Department of Pediatrics

Grand Rounds


January 1

 No Grand Rounds – Happy New Year
January 8 “What Have Clinical Trials Taught Us and Where Next?”
  Leo Mascarenhas, MD, MS
    Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics,
      Keck School of Medicine, USC, Los Angeles
    Section Head, Oncology & Director,
      Solid Tumor/Bone & Soft Tissue Tumor Program
    Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases,
      Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
January 15 “Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Appendicitis”
  Christopher M. Pruitt, MD
   Assistant Professor,
   UAB Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Scott Anderson, MD
    Assistant Professor, UAB Division of Pediatric Surgery
January 22 “Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD): Inevitability and Outcomes”
  Alan H. Jobe, MD, PhD
    Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati
    Director, Division of Perinatal Biology,
      Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
January 29 “Pediatric Healthcare in the 21st Century”


Mitchell B. Cohen, MD
    Professor and Chair, UAB Department of Pediatrics


To view live Pediatric Grand Rounds for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ go to:
www.childrensal.org/cme

Grand Rounds are held each Thursday at 12 noon
in the Bradley Lecture Center, 4th Floor of the Children's Center for Research & Innovation

Children's of Alabama designates these live activities for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Children's of Alabama is accredited by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  

The Alabama Board of Nursing will acknowledge programs of continuing medical education designated as category 1 as acceptable activities for the renewal of license to practice nursing.

Children's of Alabama Continuing Medical Education relies upon its faculty to provide information in a manner that is objective and as free from bias as possible.  All activity faculty are asked to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentation.

Grand Rounds Regularly Scheduled Series Objectives:

Upon completion of the live activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Recognize and review current management options for a variety of illnesses related to the field of pediatrics.
  2. Discuss research related to a variety of pediatric illnesses.
  3. Recognize and utilize new advances in technology and physician practice for the care and treatment of the pediatric patient.
  4. Utilize a multidisciplinary approach to provide optimal outcomes for the pediatric patient.
  5. Discuss improvement methodology to provide quality care for the pediatric patient.
CME Contact

Office of CME - (205) 638-9898    
E-mail:  Amy.Richardson@childrensal.org 

CME Office

205-638-9898

Amy.Richardson@childrensal.org

Live webcast technical support

205-638-9533    

Curt.Posey@childrensal.org

On Demand Lectures

205-638-6059

Katherine.Busler@childrensal.org

Technical Support for On Demand Lectures

1-866-702-3278

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