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August 2024


Please note that in order to receive CME credit, you MUST fill out an evaluation after viewing Grand Rounds on our website.

Upcoming Grand Rounds

Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024

“STEP Program Update: Lessons in Healthcare Transition”

Betsy Hopson, MSHA
Administrative Director of “STEP” Program and Spina Bifida Program at Children’s of Alabama and University of Alabama at Birmingham
Carlie Somerville, MD
Assistant Program Director to Med-Peds Residency; Associate Professor, Medicine-General Internal Medicine


Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024

“Antibody - Mediated Tolerance in Food Allergy”

Sarita Patil, MD
Co-Director of the Food Allergy Center; Allergy and Immunology at Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School


Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024

“State of the DOP 2024”

Mitchell B. Cohen, MD
Chair of the UAB Department of Pediatrics in the University of Alabama School of Medicine; Physician-in-Chief of Children’s of Alabama


 Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024

“Title”

Duane Wesemann, MD, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School; Allergy and Immunology


Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024

“Keep It Moving - Introduction to Gastrointestinal Motility”

Dhiren Patel, MBBS, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Saint Louis University; Medical Director, Neurogastroenterology and Motility; SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center

Follow the login instructions on the Cloud CME page and then clicking on the Online tab located at the top of the screen. This provides a menu of prior Grand Rounds in reverse chronological order. 

You can also visit the CME Extras page for additional login instructions.


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

Grand Rounds are held each Thursday at 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.

Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds is considered a Regularly Scheduled Series; therefore our educational objectives are global in scope.  

Grand Rounds Regularly Scheduled Series Objectives:
Upon completion of the 2022 Grand Rounds series, participants will be able to:

  1. Recognize and review diagnosis and current management options for a variety of illnesses related to the field of pediatrics.

  2. Discuss research related to pediatric illnesses.

  3. Recognize and utilize new advances in technology and physician practice for the diagnosis, care, and treatment of the pediatric patient.

  4. Use a multidisciplinary approach to provide optimal outcomes for the pediatric patient.

  5. Discuss improvement methodology to provide quality care for the pediatric patient.

  6. Discuss the role of pediatric practice in education and advocacy.

CME Contact

CME Office | 205.638.9898 | bria.means@childrensal.org

Live Webcast Technical Support | 205.638.9533 | curt.posey@childrensal.org

On Demand Lectures | 205.638.6059 | Bria.Samuels@childrensal.org 

Technical Support for On Demand Lectures | 1.866.702.3278 | support@peachnewmedia.com