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CME / ABIM MOC

Micro-Lessons in Heart Transplant Monitoring

  • Authors: Shelley Hall, MD; Josef Stehlik, MD, MPH; Jon A. Kobashigawa, MD
  • CME / ABIM MOC Released: 4/22/2022
  • Valid for credit through: 4/22/2023
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  • Credits Available

    Physicians - maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

    ABIM Diplomates - maximum of 0.50 ABIM MOC points

    You Are Eligible For

    • Letter of Completion
    • ABIM MOC points

Target Audience and Goal Statement

This activity is intended for cardiologists, transplant surgeons, and other healthcare providers who work with patients who have received a heart transplant.

The goal of this activity is that learners will have improved knowledge of current recommendations for monitoring for rejection, including use of available noninvasive technologies, after heart transplantation.

Upon completion of this activity, participants will:

  • Have increased knowledge regarding the
    • Advantages and limitations of endomyocardial biopsy (EMB)
    • Donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) in heart transplant rejection monitoring
    • Gene expression profiling (GEP) in heart transplant rejection monitoring
    • Other noninvasive testing options for acute rejection
    • Research into biomarkers for heart transplant rejection surveillance


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Faculty

  • Shelley Hall, MD

    Chief of Transplant Cardiology & Mechanical Support/Heart Failure
    Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated)
    Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine
    Chair, UNOS Cardiac Committee
    Chair, Thoracic and Critical Care Council of Practice, AST
    President, Texas Chapter, ACC
    Baylor University Medical Center
    Dallas, Texas

    Disclosures

    Consultant or advisor for: Abbott; Abiomed; CareDx; Medtronic; Natera
    Research funding from: Abbott; Abiomed; CareDx; Medtronic; Natera; Novartis

  • Josef Stehlik, MD, MPH

    Christi T Smith Professor Medicine
    University of Utah Health
    Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
    Salt Lake City, Utah

    Disclosures

    Consultant or advisor for: Medtronic; Natera; Sanofi; Transmedics
    Research funding from: Natera

  • Jon A. Kobashigawa, MD

    DSL/Thomas D. Gordon Professor of Medicine
    Director, Advanced Heart Disease Division
    Director, Heart Transplant Program
    Associate Director, Smidt Heart Institute
    Associate Director, Comprehensive Transplant Center
    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Los Angeles, California

    Disclosures

    Consultant or advisor for: CareDx; Novartis; Sanofi
    Research funding from: CareDx; CSL Behring; Sanofi; TransMedics

Editors

  • Joy P. Marko, MS, APN-C, CCMEP

    Senior Medical Education Director, Medscape, LLC 

    Disclosures

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

  • Frederick Stange, DO

    Scientific Content Manager, Medscape, LLC  

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Frederick Stange, DO, has no relevant financial relationships. 

Compliance Reviewer

  • Susan L. Smith, MN, PhD

    Associate Director, Accreditation and Compliance, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Disclosure: Susan L. Smith, MN, PhD, has no relevant financial relationships.

Peer Reviewer

This activity has been peer reviewed and the reviewer has no relevant financial relationships.


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    For Physicians

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    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.50 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. Aggregate participant data will be shared with commercial supporters of this activity.

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CME / ABIM MOC

Micro-Lessons in Heart Transplant Monitoring

Authors: Shelley Hall, MD; Josef Stehlik, MD, MPH; Jon A. Kobashigawa, MDFaculty and Disclosures

CME / ABIM MOC Released: 4/22/2022

Valid for credit through: 4/22/2023

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