David Medich, MD, Andrew Watson, MD, MLitt, Sultan Mahmood, MD, Juliane I. Beier, PhD, and David Binion, MD, authored articles for this CME publication including "Low-level Exposure to Vinyl Chloride: Modeling the Impact on the Liver," "Leveraging Big-data Analytics to Understand Inflammatory Bowel Disease," "A Comprehensive Third-space Endoscopy Program at UPMC Passavant," and "Adopting Telemedicine for the Preoperative and Postoperative Care of Colorectal Surgery Patients."

Educational Objectives 

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• After reading "Low-level Exposure to Vinyl Chloride: Modeling the Impact on the Liver," the reader will be able to recognize how the mouse model used mimics human diet, occupational vinyl chloride exposure, and liver disease.
• After reading "Leveraging Big-data Analytics to Understand Inflammatory Bowel Disease," the reader will be able to describe the types of the patient data captured in the UPMC IBD Natural History Registry and compiled using the meta-data platform.
• After reading "A Comprehensive Third-space Endoscopy Program at UPMC Passavant," the reader will be able to list esophageal and gastric pathologies that can potentially be treated with third-space endoscopic procedures.
• After reading "Adopting Telemedicine for the Preoperative and Postoperative Care of Colorectal Surgery Patients," the reader will be able to summarize why telemedicine is possible in 2024 and the potential benefits to patients of telemedicine for preoperative and postoperative evaluation for colorectal surgery.

Disclosures:

All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity have disclosed all financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships for the individuals listed below have been mitigated. 

 

Dr. Andrew Watson receives; 
 

• Consultant: Pencipio Health

 

No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

 

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh 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.

The University of Pittsburgh designates enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit[s]™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

For your credit transcript, please access our website 4 weeks post-completion at http://ccehs.upmc.com and follow the link to the Credit Transcript page. If you do not provide the last 5 digits of your SSN on the next page you will not be able to access a CME credit transcript. Providing your SSN is voluntary.

Release Date: 8/28/2024 | Last Modified On: 9/13/2024 | Expires: 8/28/2025