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CME / ABIM MOC

Let’s Talk About Sickle Cell Disease: Perspectives, Case Challenges, and Clinical Pearls

  • Authors: Julie Kanter, MD; Maureen Achebe, MD; Madhav Vissa, MD
  • CME / ABIM MOC Released: 12/23/2022
  • Valid for credit through: 12/23/2023, 11:59 PM EST
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  • Credits Available

    Physicians - maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

    ABIM Diplomates - maximum of 1.25 ABIM MOC points

    You Are Eligible For

    • Letter of Completion
    • ABIM MOC points

Target Audience and Goal Statement

This activity is intended for hematology/oncology specialists, pediatricians, primary care physicians (PCPs), emergency medicine physicians, and other members of the multidisciplinary care team.

The goal of this activity is for learners to be better able to understand the mechanism of SCD and improve their ability to integrate recent data into the multidisciplinary management of patients with SCD.

Upon completion of this activity, participants will:

  • Have increased knowledge regarding the
    • Mechanism of progression of SCD
    • Latest scientific evidence evaluating therapies for the management of patients with SCD
  • Have greater competence related to
    • Designing customized care plans for patients with SCD
  • Demonstrate greater confidence in their ability to
    • Integrate new therapeutic treatments into the clinical care of patients with SCD


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Moderator

  • Julie Kanter, MD

    Associate Professor
    Division of Hematology and Oncology
    The Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital
    Director of the UAB Adult Sickle Cell Clinic
    Birmingham, Alabama

    Disclosures

    Julie Kanter, MD, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Consultant or advisor for: Bausch; Fulcrum Therapeutics; Glycomimetics; Graphite Bio; Janssen; Magenta; Novartis; Novo Nordisk; Oric
    Research funding from: Bluebird Bio; Forma Therapeutics; Global Blood Therapeutics; Graphite Bio; Imara; Novartis; Shire; Vifor

Panelists

  • Maureen Achebe, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Harvard Medical School
    Clinical Director
    Non-Malignant Hematology Clinic
    Assistant Director
    Brigham and Women's Hospital Outpatient Infusion Center
    Director
    Brigham and Women's Hospital Sickle Cell Program
    Boston, Massachusetts

    Disclosures

    Maureen Achebe, MD, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Consultant or advisor for: Forma Therapeutics; Fulcrum Therapeutics; Global Blood Therapeutics; Pharmacosmos
    Research funding from: Global Blood Therapeutics

  • Madhav Vissa, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
    UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals
    Oakland, California

    Disclosures

    Madhav Vissa, MD, has no relevant financial relationships.

Editor

  • Deborah Middleton, MS

    Senior Medical Education Director, WebMD Global, LLC

    Disclosures

    Deborah Middleton, MS, has no relevant financial relationships.

Compliance Reviewer

  • Lisa Simani, APRN, MS, ACNP

    Associate Director, Accreditation and Compliance, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Lisa Simani, APRN, MS, ACNP, 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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    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.25 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

Let’s Talk About Sickle Cell Disease: Perspectives, Case Challenges, and Clinical Pearls

Authors: Julie Kanter, MD; Maureen Achebe, MD; Madhav Vissa, MDFaculty and Disclosures

CME / ABIM MOC Released: 12/23/2022

Valid for credit through: 12/23/2023, 11:59 PM EST

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Educational Impact Challenge

The goal of this activity is for learners to be better able to understand the mechanism of SCD and improve their ability to integrate recent data into the multidisciplinary management of patients with SCD.

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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