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CME / ABIM MOC / CE

Integrating New Treatments and Individualizing Care in CMV Infection Post-Transplant

  • Authors: Camille Nelson Kotton, MD, FIDSA, FAST; Atul Humar, MD, FRCP(C); Raymund R. Razonable, MD, FIDSA, FAST
  • CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: 6/22/2022
  • Valid for credit through: 6/22/2023
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  • Credits Available

    Physicians - maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

    ABIM Diplomates - maximum of 0.75 ABIM MOC points

    Nurses - 0.75 ANCC Contact Hour(s) (0.5 contact hours are in the area of pharmacology)

    Pharmacists - 0.75 Knowledge-based ACPE (0.075 CEUs)

    You Are Eligible For

    • Letter of Completion
    • ABIM MOC points

Target Audience and Goal Statement

This activity is intended for transplant specialists (solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplants), infectious disease specialists, transplant pharmacists, advanced practice providers (NPs/PAs), and other healthcare professionals interested in the management of CMV infection following transplantation.

The goal of this activity is that learners will be better able to discuss the role of new treatments for CMV infection in patients following transplant and how to best incorporate them into clinical practice.

Upon completion of this activity, participants will:

  • Have increased knowledge regarding the
    • Clinical burden of refractory or resistant CMV infection post-transplant
    • Prevention of CMV infection post-transplant
  • Have greater competence related to
    • Management of CMV infection with conventional therapy and infections that are resistant to conventional antiviral therapy
  • Demonstrate greater confidence in their ability to
    • Select individualized treatment strategies for CMV infection in patients following transplant


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Chair

  • Camille Nelson Kotton, MD, FIDSA, FAST

    Clinical Director
    Transplant and Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases
    Infectious Diseases Division
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Harvard Medical School
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Disclosures

    Camille Nelson Kotton, MD, FIDSA, FAST, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Consultant or advisor for: BeiGene (Beijing) Co., Ltd; Evrys; Hookipa; Merck; resTORbio; Synklino; Takeda
    Speaker or member of speakers bureau for: Roche Diagnostics; Takeda
    Research funding from: AiCuris; BeiGene (Beijing) Co., Ltd.; BioHOPE

Faculty

  • Atul Humar, MD, FRCP(C)

    Professor, Department of Medicine
    University of Toronto
    R. Fraser Elliott Chair in Transplantation
    University Health Network
    Director, University of Toronto Transplant Institute
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Disclosures

    Atul Humar, MD, FRCP(C),  has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Consultant or advisor for: Merck; Takeda
    Research funding from: Astellas, Merck; Qiagen; Roche

  • Raymund R. Razonable, MD, FIDSA, FAST

    Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
    Vice Chair, Division of Infectious Diseases
    Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Training Program
    Mayo Clinic
    Rochester, Minnesota, United States

    Disclosures

    Raymund R. Razonable, MD, FIDSA, FAST,  has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Consultant or advisor for: Exevir
    Research funding from: Gilead, Regeneron; Roche

Editor

  • Anne M. Sendaydiego, PharmD

    Medical Education Director, WebMD Global, LLC 

    Disclosures

    Anne M. Sendaydiego, PharmD, has no relevant financial relationships.

Compliance Reviewer

  • Leigh Schmidt, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CNE, CHCP

    Associate Director, Accreditation and Compliance, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Leigh Schmidt, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CNE, CHCP, 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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  • Medscape, LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 0.75  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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    For Pharmacists

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CME / ABIM MOC / CE

Integrating New Treatments and Individualizing Care in CMV Infection Post-Transplant

Authors: Camille Nelson Kotton, MD, FIDSA, FAST; Atul Humar, MD, FRCP(C); Raymund R. Razonable, MD, FIDSA, FASTFaculty and Disclosures

CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: 6/22/2022

Valid for credit through: 6/22/2023

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