Innovations in Surgery
Laparoscopic Surgery
in Complex Crohn's Disease
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Release Date: December 29, 2011
Expiration Date: December 29, 2013
Estimated Time of Completion: 1 hour
Description
Innovations in Surgery is a monthly, case-based videoconference and CME webcast educational series providing demonstrations and discussions of new and innovative minimally invasive procedures, devices, and techniques. The overall goal of this series is to enhance participants’ knowledge, competence, and skills to perform surgical procedures and improve outcomes.
Learning Objectives
- Differentiate complex Crohn’s disease from uncomplicated disease, and understand the indications for surgery.
- Recognize the different anatomical approaches needed to successfully complete the surgery laparoscopically.
Target Audience
These activities are directed to practicing surgeons and other health practitioners who care for patients undergoing minimally invasive surgery.
Accreditation
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association Council on Continuing Medical Education for Category 2 credit.
Activity Director
Philip R. Schauer, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
Director, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
Director, Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery
Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
CoDirectors
| Adrian E. Park, MD, FACS Chief of General Surgery Campbell and Jeanette Plugge Professor of Surgery University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, Maryland |
Steven Wexner, MD, FACS Chief Academic Officer Cleveland Clinic Florida Professor and Chair Department of Colorectal Surgery Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Florida Atlantic University College of Medicine Affiliate Dean for Clinical Education Florida International University College of Medicine Miami, Florida |
Faculty
Barry Salky, MD, FACS
Franz W. Sichel Professor of Surgery
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Chief, Division of Laparoscopic Surgery
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, New York
Disclosures
In accordance with the Standards for Commercial Support issued by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education requires resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest to ensure CME activities are free of commercial bias.
The following faculty have indicated that they may have a relationship which, in the context of their presentations, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:
| Philip R. Schauer, MD, FACS | ||
| Remedy MD; Surgical Excellence LLC | Board of Directors | |
| Ethicon Endosurgery; Bard-Davol; Gore | Consultant | |
| Allergan; Bard-Davol; Baxter; Covidien; Ethicon Endosurgery; Gore; Stryker Endoscopy |
Research | |
| Barosense; Bard-Davol; Cardinal/Snowden Pincer; Ethicon Endosurgery; Stryker Endoscopy, Surgiquest |
Scientific Advisory Board | |
| Steven Wexner, MD, FACS | ||
| Covidien; Karl Storz Endoscopy America, Inc. | Inventor | |
| Ethicon, Inc.; Karl Storz Endoscopy America, Inc.; Nitl | Consulting | |
| EZ Surgical; Neatstitch | Consulting and Stock Options | |
The following faculty have indicated that they have no relationship which, in the context of their presentations, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:
Adrian E. Park, MD, FACS
Barry Salky, MD, FACS
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education
acknowledges educational grants for partial support of this activity from:
Allergan; Baxter Healthcare Corporation; Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.; W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
This CME activity was produced by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education
and the Cleveland Clinic Center for Surgical Innovation, Technology, & Education
