Calendar of Events
MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS
Tuesdays at 12:00 Noon — URIS AUDITORIUM
February 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
“New and Unique Drugs of Abuse: Incense, Bath Salts, and Legal Heroin”
Lewis S. Nelson, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director, Fellowship in Medical Toxicology
Department of Emergency Medicine
New York University Langone Medical Center
New York, New York
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
“Erythropoetic Stimulatory Agents and Serious Adverse Events: When Physiology and Pharmacology Collide”
Jerry Spivak, MD
The Richard T. Silver, M.D. Visiting Professor
Professor of Medicine and Oncology
Director, Center for the Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders
Division of Hematology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
“Caregiving and Medicine: Are They Compatible in Our Time?”
Arthur Kleinman, MD
Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor
Department of Anthropology
Harvard University Asia Center
Cambridge, MA
Sponsored by the Division of Geriatrics
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
TBA
Paul H. Mayo, MD, FCCP
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Director of Medical Intensive Care Unit
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
New Hyde Park, NY
Statement of Need
Advances in these fields need to be presented to Weill Cornell faculty and other physicians on a regular basis as one means of promoting state-of-the-art health care for patients.
Target Audience Physicians in this specialty and others interested as one means of promoting state-of-the-art health care for patients.Course Objectives Physicians attending this conference regularly should be apprised of recent advances in medicine that will lead to improved patient care.CME Accreditation Weill Cornell Medical College is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.Weill Cornell Medical College designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.Faculty Disclosure It is the policy of Weill Cornell Medical College to adhere to ACCME Essential Areas, Policies, and Standards for Commercial Support in order to ensure fair balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its sponsored programs. All faculty participating in sponsored programs are expected to disclose to the audience any potential, apparent, or real conflict of interest related to their contribution to the activity, and any discussions of off-label or investigational uses of any commercial products or devices not yet approved in the United States. All disclosures will be made to attendees prior to each presentation.WCMC is accessible for individuals with disabilities or special needs. Participants with special needs are requested to contact the Office of CME at (212) 746-2631.
All disclosures will be made at the time of this CME activity.
