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ONLINE ONLY: Pediatric Grand Rounds
Start Date: 3/20/2020Start Time: 8:00 AM
End Date: 3/20/2020End Time: 9:00 AM
Event Description

Please note: This event is online only.

Watch this lecture remotely

Meeting ID: 775 861 076

Topic
The Forgotten Thymus

Presented By
Daniel H. Conway, MD, chief, Section of Immunology; interim chief, Section of Infectious Diseases; director, Dorothy Mann Center, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children; assistant professor of pediatrics

Learning Objectives

  • Demonstrate the clinical importance of the thymus in T cell development, reinforcing knowledge of genetic autoimmunities and how that ties to the development of tolerance
  • Review T cell development and the laboratory and biologic rationales for newborn screening for severe combined immunodeficiency
  • Inform about advances in thymopoiesis in tissue regeneration, stem cell transplantation, and reversing immune senescence

Target Audience
Physicians, nurse practitioners, nursing personnel, fellows, residents, medical students and other health care professionals who take care of children

Accreditation Statement
Tower Health is accredited by the Pennsylvania Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Tower Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Claiming CME Credits
Attendees MUST sign in with the six-digit activity code provided at the session using eeds within 24 hours of the conference start time and complete the online evaluation within 30 days at

http://towerhealth.eeds.com.
Contact Information:
Name: Alma Barberena
Email: alma.barberena@towerhealth.org
Location:
https://zoom.us/j/775861076
Meeting ID: 775 861 076
Audience:
  • Graduate Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Medical Residents/Fellows
  • Special Features:
  • CEU Available

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