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CME / ABIM MOC / CE

Statins and COVID-19: What We Know and Where We’re Going

  • Authors: Joseph Saseen, PharmD, FNLA; Behnood Bikdeli, MD, MS; Steven Grinspoon, MD
  • CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: 6/25/2021
  • THIS ACTIVITY HAS EXPIRED FOR CREDIT
  • Valid for credit through: 6/25/2022, 11:59 PM EST
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Target Audience and Goal Statement

This activity is intended for cardiologists and primary care physicians.

The goal of this activity is to improve awareness of importance of statin therapy in the era of COVID-19.

Upon completion of this activity, participants will:

  • Have increased knowledge regarding the
    • Current meta-analysis data demonstrating impact of statin therapy on COVID-19 outcomes
    • Ongoing trials examining effect of statin therapy on COVID-19-related outcomes 
    • Role of inflammation in COVID-19 infection and progression 
    • Impact of statin therapy on inflammation


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Moderator

  • Joseph Saseen, PharmD, FNLA

    Professor and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
    Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
    Professor of Family Medicine
    University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
    Aurora, Colorado
    President, National Lipid Association

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Joseph Saseen, PharmD, FNLA, has no relevant financial relationships.

Faculty

  • Behnood Bikdeli, MD, MS

    Cardiovascular Medicine Division,
    Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation,
    Yale University School of Medicine
    Cardiovascular Research Foundation
    Boston, Massachussetts

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Behnood Bikdeli, MD, MS, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Other: Consulting expert, on behalf of the plaintiff, for litigation related to two specific brand models of IVC filters

  • Steven Grinspoon, MD

    Professor of Medicine,
    Harvard Medical School
    Chief, Metabolism Unit,
    MGH Endowed Chair in Neuroendocrinology and Metabolism
    Director, Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Boston, Massachussetts

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Steven Grinspoon, MD, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Advisor or consultant for: Theratechnologies
    Grants for clinical research from: Gilead; KOWA; Theratechnologies; Viiv

Editor

  • Joy P. Marko, MS, APN-C, CCMEP

    Senior Medical Education Director, Medscape, LLC 

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Joy P. Marko, MS, APN-C, CCMEP, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.  

CME/CE Reviewer/Nurse Planner

  • Hazel Dennison, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, CHCP, CPHQ, CNE

    Associate Director, Accreditation and Compliance, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Hazel Dennison, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, CHCP, CPHQ, CNE, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

None of the nonfaculty planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.


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CME / ABIM MOC / CE

Statins and COVID-19: What We Know and Where We’re Going

Authors: Joseph Saseen, PharmD, FNLA; Behnood Bikdeli, MD, MS; Steven Grinspoon, MDFaculty and Disclosures
THIS ACTIVITY HAS EXPIRED FOR CREDIT

CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: 6/25/2021

Valid for credit through: 6/25/2022, 11:59 PM EST

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Educational Impact Challenge

The goal of this activity is to improve awareness of importance of statin therapy in the era of COVID-19.

Before you begin this activity, please assess your clinical knowledge by completing this brief survey. Answering these questions again after the activity will allow you to see what you learned and to compare your answers with those of your peers.

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