Conferences offer pediatric-focused knowledge, multiple CME credits
St. Louis Children’s Hospital’s Early Bird Rounds began again in September, and it’s a good time to remember the presentations earn participants one hour of continuing medical education (CME). In recent years, this has become easier with CMEasy, through which the recorded Early Bird Rounds presentations may be viewed online at times convenient for physicians. The presentations cover a range of important pediatric topics; last year’s talks addressed such subjects as adolescent substance abuse, sports-related concussions, and management of pediatric pain and depression in adolescents. The CMEasy presentations include pre-test, post-test and evaluation sections.
“The Early Bird Rounds presentations are a valuable resource for physicians who want to keep abreast of the latest advances in diagnosing and treating pediatric-related illnesses and disorders,” says Ellyn Rosenblum, manager of physician services/telehealth.
“This is a great opportunity for physicians to advance their knowledge with presentations conducted by nationally recognized leaders in their subspecialties.”
In addition, community physicians may take advantage of several annual and semi-annual conferences throughout the year that provide them with in-depth updates while earning multiple CME credits.
“For example, we conduct spring and fall clinical pediatric updates and annual psychiatry and coding conferences,” says Linda Menard, program coordinator in physician services. “Physicians may learn and network with their peers while earning seven to eight CME credits.”
For details about other programs and CME opportunities, go to StLouisChildrens.org/Med_Ed.
The 2015-2016 Early Bird Rounds Presenters
“Early Bird Rounds are an integral part of the educational and training experience at St. Louis Children’s Hospital,” says Ellyn Rosenblum, manager of physician services/ telehealth. “We are grateful to our attending physicians for their exceptional efforts
in developing informative, interesting presentations throughout the year.”
Presenters for 2015-2016:
Philip Abraham, MD, Hospitalist Medicine
Shafkat Anwar, MD, Cardiology
Kevin Baszis, MD, Rheumatology
Avi Beigelman, MD, Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine
Kathleen Berchelmann, MD, Hospitalist Medicine
Candice Burns, MD, Critical Care Medicine
John Constantino, MD, Psychiatry
Douglas Coplen, MD, Urology
Susan Culican, MD, PhD, Ophthalmology
Pirooz Eghtesady, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Michele Estabrook, MD, Infectious Diseases
Eric Eutsler, MD, Radiology
Paul Glaser, MD, PhD, Psychiatry
Andrea Granados, MD, Endocrinology and Diabetes
Carmen Halabi, MD, Nephrology
Mark Halstead, MD, Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Christina Hickey, MD, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Keiko Hirose, MD, Pediatric Otolaryngology/ Head & Neck Surgery; Craig Buchman, MD, Otolaryngology; Jamie Cadieux, Audiology; Drea Gregg, SLP
Dee Hodge III, MD, Emergency Medicine
Rochelle Holtzman, PhD, Clinical Pediatrics
David Hunstad, MD, Infectious Diseases
Martin Keller, MD, Trauma Services
James Kemp, MD, Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine; and Maithilee Menezes, MD, Otolaryngology
Sarah Mermelstein, MD, Adolescent Medicine
Diane Merritt, MD, Gynecology
Peter Michelson, MD, Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine
Jessica Muse, MD, Hospitalist Medicine
Jeff Nepple, MD, Pediatric Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Shalani Shenoy, MD, Hematology and Oncology
Janis Stoll, MD, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Zachary Vesoulis, MD, Newborn Medicine
Adam Vogel, MD, Surgery
Michael Wong, MD, PhD, Neurology
