Reducing Treatment Burden in Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration: What’s Now? What’s Next?

 

Release Date: September 14, 2018

Last Reviewed: July 18, 2018

Expiration Date: September 14, 2019

This activity is provided by Global Education Group. UNLV School of Dental Medicine and Paradigm Medical Communications, LLC, are the educational partners.

                                                      

         

Professor of Dermatology and Medicine

University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia VAMC

Department of Dermatology

Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

 

Vice Chairman, Professor

The Mount Sinai Medical Center

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Department of Dermatology

New York, NY

 

This activity has been designed for dermatologic and dental clinicians. It may also benefit other healthcare providers (HCPs) interested in the management of pemphigus vulgaris, including rheumatologists and hematologists.

 

Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) belongs to a group of rare autoimmune mucocutaneous blistering disorders that were often fatal prior to the introduction of effective treatments. There are, as yet, no US guidelines regarding the diagnosis or management of PV. In the absence of a cure, treatments focus on decreasing new blister formation and promoting healing of current blisters/erosions, without causing undue adverse effects. While dermatologists are typically the primary clinicians to diagnose and manage PV, dental clinicians are well-positioned to aid in the diagnosis of PV, since they may be the first HCPs to notice oral lesions that occur in PV. Other clinicians (such as rheumatologists) help administer some of the treatments and assist in the prevention and management of adverse treatment effects. Management has evolved from corticosteroids to steroid-sparing immunosuppressant agents, cyclophosphamide, rituximab, intravenous immunoglobulin, immunoadsorption, and plasmapheresis. Many clinicians would benefit from ongoing education that delineates evidence-based recommendations for management of PV, including how to integrate current and emerging clinical trial data into the decision-making process.

 

Upon proper completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:

 

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Global Education Group designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

For information about the accreditation of this program, please contact Global at (303) 395-1782 or inquire@globaleducationgroup.com.

 

This continuing education activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the standards of the ADA Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP) through joint efforts between UNLV School of Dental Medicine, Global Education Group, and Paradigm Medical Communications, LLC.
 

 

UNLV School of Dental Medicine is an ADA CERP approved provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.
Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ADA.org/CERP.

The UNLV School of Dental Medicine designates this activity for 1.0 continuing education credits.

 

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the standards of the Academy of General Dentistry Program Approval for Continuing Education (PACE) through the joint program provider approval of UNLV School of Dental Medicine, Global Education Group, and Paradigm Medical Communications, LLC.

 

 

This activity is supported by an educational grant from Genentech, Inc.

 

To receive a CE certificate of participation, participants must:

A certificate of participation/certificate of completion will be available for download/printing immediately following your successful completion of the posttest and evaluation.

 

For questions regarding CE credit, contact the Paradigm CME Department at (845) 398-5949.

 

There is no fee required for this educational activity.

 

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Independent peer reviewer has no financial relationships to disclose.

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