Friday, August 26, 2011

Grand Rounds in Pediatrics

Beginning September, Grand Rounds at Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics will be freely accessible over the web, with CME. Read all about it at https://www.childrensmercy.org/GrandRounds/

Grand Rounds will be available online within two business days of their live presentation at Children's Mercy Hospital, and will remain available for sixty days. Upcoming programs are:

Sept 1: "Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Investigation and Sleep Environment", Mary Dudley MD, Jackson County MO Medical Examiner

Sept 8: "Current Management of Appendicitis", Whit Holcomb MD, MBA, Surgeon-in-Chief, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics. Dr. Holcomb is the current editor of the well-known textbook, Ashcraft's Pediatric Surgery.

Sept 15: "Thoughts on Humanistic Pediatric Leadership", Lewis First MD, Editor in Chief, Pediatrics, Professor and Chair, Dept of Pediatrics, University of Vermont College of Medicine. Kantor Memorial Grand Round

Sept 22: "Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents: A Multidisplinary Approach to Neuropathic Pain", Steve Weisman MD, Professor of Anesthesia and Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

Sep 29: "Women, Changing the Face of Pediatrics", Renee Jenkins MD, FAAP, Professor and Chair Emeritus, Dept of Pediatrics and Child health, Director, Office of Faculty Development, Howard University College of Medicine