Event Description
Topic
"Promoting Regeneration of Respiratory Neural Circuitry Following Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Using Stem Cell Transplantation, Gene Therapy and Pharmacological Interventions"
Hosted By
Drexel Neurosciences Institute
Speaker
Angelo Lepore, PhD, Department of Neuroscience, Thomas Jefferson University
Learning Objectives
- Understand how spinal cord injury (SCI) affects the critical neural circuitry that controls diaphragmatic respiratory function
- Understand the neurological mechanisms that prevent successful axon regeneration and consequent restoration of respiratory function following SCI
- Understand innovative therapeutic approaches being developed that can promote axon regeneration and reconnection of damaged neural circuitry that controls respiratory function following SCI
Target Audience
DUCoM faculty, all physicians, fellows, residents, medical students, PAs, CRNPs, RNs; all medical specialties
Continuing Medical Education Credits
Drexel University College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement: The Drexel University College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AOA: This program is eligible for 1 credits in Category 2A of the American Osteopathic Association.
Disclosure
Speakers at continuing medical education activities are required to disclose to the audience, any relevant commercial interest (which is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients). Any conflicts of interest must be resolved prior to the presentation and announced to the audience. |
