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CME / ABIM MOC / CE

Infectious Disease Specialist Perspectives on CMV Management in Transplant Patients: New Data and New Options 

  • Authors: Daniel R. Kaul, MD; Roy F. Chemaly, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FACP; Hannah Imlay, MD, MS
  • CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: 11/16/2022
  • Valid for credit through: 11/16/2023, 11:59 PM EST
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  • Credits Available

    Physicians - maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

    ABIM Diplomates - maximum of 1.00 ABIM MOC points

    Nurses - 1.00 ANCC Contact Hour(s) (0.75 contact hours are in the area of pharmacology)

    Pharmacists - 1.00 Knowledge-based ACPE (0.100 CEUs)

    You Are Eligible For

    • Letter of Completion
    • ABIM MOC points

Target Audience and Goal Statement

This activity is intended for infectious disease specialists, internal medicine and primary care physicians, transplant specialists (solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplants), transplant pharmacists, advanced practice providers (nurse practitioners/physician assistants), 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 understand of the role of new treatments for CMV infection in post-transplant patients and how best to incorporate them into patient care.

Upon completion of this activity, participants will:

  • Have increased knowledge regarding the
    • Identification of transplant patients at high risk of CMV 
    • Key differences in available treatments for CMV
  • Have greater competence related to
    • Management of resistant/refractory CMV 
  • Demonstrate greater confidence in their ability to
    • Optimize individualized management strategies for CMV in post-transplant patients in a multidisciplinary team environment


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Moderator

  • Daniel R. Kaul, MD

    Professor of Internal Medicine
    Director, Transplant Infectious Disease
    Program Director, ID Fellowship Program
    University of Michigan
    Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Disclosures

    Daniel R. Kaul, MD, has the following relevant financial relationships: 
    Research funding from: AstraZeneca; Gilead; Janssen; Merck; Nobelpharma; Takeda 
    Other: Data and Safety Monitoring Board Chair: Noveome

Speakers

  • Roy F. Chemaly, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FACP

    Professor of Medicine
    Chief Infection Control Officer
    Director, Clinical Virology Research
    Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health
    The University of Texas
    MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Houston, Texas

    Disclosures

    Roy F. Chemaly, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FACP, has the following relevant financial relationships: 
    Consultant or advisor for: ADMA Biologics; AiCuris; Ansun Biopharma; Genentech; Janssen; Karius; Merck; Molecular Partners; Oxford Immunotec; Pulmotec; Takeda; Viracor-Eurofins 
    Speaker or member of speakers bureau for: Merck
    Research funding from: AiCuris; Ansun Biopharma; Genentech; Karius; Merck; Takeda; Viracor-Eurofins
    Stock options from: Xenex

  • Hannah Imlay, MD, MS

    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    University of Utah
    Salt Lake City, Utah

    Disclosures

    Hannah Imlay, MD, MS, has no relevant financial relationships.

Editor

  • Anne M. Sendaydiego, PharmD

    Medical Education Director, WebMD Global, LLC

    Disclosures

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

Compliance Reviewer/Nurse Planner

  • Leigh Schmidt, MSN, RN, CNE, CHCP

    Associate Director, Accreditation and Compliance, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Leigh Schmidt, MSN, RN, 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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CME / ABIM MOC / CE

Infectious Disease Specialist Perspectives on CMV Management in Transplant Patients: New Data and New Options 

Authors: Daniel R. Kaul, MD; Roy F. Chemaly, MD, MPH, FIDSA, FACP; Hannah Imlay, MD, MSFaculty and Disclosures

CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: 11/16/2022

Valid for credit through: 11/16/2023, 11:59 PM EST

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