Webcast CME

Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician Webcasts

COVID-19 and Rheumatologists/Clinical Immunologists

Release date: April 21, 2023
Expiration date:
April 21, 2025

Estimated Time of Completion: 1 hour and 45 minutes

Description

Watch Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician on-demand webcast series to receive instruction from leading experts in the field of immunology. The series begins with an overview of advances in immunology, and then leads into a review of hot topics in immunology. Education also focuses on the standard of care for SpA and PsA, along with new developments in treatments for SAPHO, SLE, and complement and vasculitis. The webcasts are also devoted to topics related to COVID-19 and rheumatologists/clinical immunologists, including vaccines, long COVID, and cytokine storm, wellness and treating the COVID-19 patient long-term.

 

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss breakthroughs, vaccines, and treatments for COVID-19 as they relate to the Rheumatologist.
  • Explore Long COVID: what it is and how to treat it.
  • Examine the epidemiology, endotypes, and immunopathogenesis of Long COVID.

Target Audience

The online series is directed to rheumatologists; dermatologists; infectious disease clinicians; allergists; clinical immunologists; specialists in integrative medicine, preventive medicine, wellness, and primary care; nurses; physician assistants, and other health care professionals caring for patients with immunologic diseases.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians / American Medical Association (AMA)
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.75 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 for Category 2 credit.

Nurses / American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.75 ANCC contact hours.

Physician Assistants / American Academy of PAs (AAPA)
Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Certificate of Participation
A certificate of participation will be provided to other health care professionals for requesting credits in accordance with their professional boards and/or associations.

Activity Director and Faculty

Activity Director

Cassandra Calabrese, DO
Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases
Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Leonard H. Calabrese, DO
Professor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
R.J. Fasenmyer Chair of Clinical Immunology
Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases
Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

M. Elaine Husni, MD, MPH
Director, Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Treatment Center
Vice Chair of Rheumatology
Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases
Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Planning Committee

Elizabeth Kirchner, DNP
Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases
Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Debra Kangisser, PA-C
Clinical Affairs, PA Services
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Faculty

Puja Mehta, MD
Clinical Research Training Fellow in Respiratory Medicine, UCL Respiratory
Center for Inflammation and Tissue Repair
University College London
London, UK

CME Disclaimer

The information in this educational activity is provided for general medical education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient's medical condition. The viewpoints expressed in this CME activity are those of the authors/faculty. They do not represent an endorsement by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. In no event will The Cleveland Clinic Foundation be liable for any decision made or action taken in reliance upon the information provided through this CME activity.

Disclosures

Cassandra Calabrese, DO

Astra Zeneca, Lilly

Consulting

Sarofi-Regererun

Consulting
Teaching and Speaking

Leonard Calabrese, DO

Astra Zeneca, BMS

Teaching and Speaking

Novartis, Regeneron, Sanofi Aventis

Consulting

Genentech/Roche

Consulting
Advisor or review panel participant
Teaching and Speaking

Abbvie Pharmaceuticals, Janssen, UCB

Consulting
Teaching and Speaking

M. Elaine Husni, MD

Abbvie Pharmaceuticals, Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Janssen, Lilly, Regeneron

Consulting
Advisor or review panel participant

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Consulting
Advisor or review panel participant
Teaching and Speaking

Pfizer, Inc.

Advisor or review panel participant

UCB, Inc.

Consulting

WebMD

Consulting
Teaching and Speaking

National Psoriasis Foundation

Other activities from which remuneration is received or expected: grant support to the project
Research: PI NPF grant: Mind Matters: A high touch, low cost approach to improving mental health outcomes in patients with Psoriatic Disease

Elizabeth Kirchner, DNP

Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Consulting

RhAPP

Teaching and Speaking


Puja Mehta, MBBS

GlaxoSmithKline

Research: Fellowship

Abbvie Pharmaceuticals, SOBI

Consulting

Eli Lilly, Eusa Pharma

Teaching and Speaking

UCB

Advisor or review panel participant
Teaching and Speaking

Boehringer Ingelheim

Teaching and Speaking

The following faculty have indicated they have no relationship which, in the context of their presentation(s), could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:

Debra Kangisser, PA-C

Acknowledgment

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education acknowledges educational grants for partial support of this activity from:

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC
Genentech, Inc.
Incyte
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation


This CME activity was produced by the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education, Cleveland Clinic’s R.J Fasenmyer Center for Clinical Immunology.