Regional Spine Surgery RSS:
“Spine Surgery Perioperative Care of Fragile Patients”

Date/Time:    
Thursday, May 21, 2020  at  7:30am - 8:30am

Educational Objectives:   
As a result of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Apply up-to-date knowledge in treatment of both routine and complex spinal pathologies.
2. Standardize treatment options for specific diagnoses and patient presentations.
3. Collaborate with TPMG colleagues regarding various case treatments.
4. Minimize variability in outcomes for like patient pathologies.

Speakers/Presenters:     
Dr. Alem Yacob
Spine Surgeon – KP Oakland

Target Audience:  
TPMG Orthopedic and neurological spine surgeons, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) physicians who refer to spine surgeons and other health care team members in the spine surgery team.

Spine Surgery RSS Planning Committee: 
Dr. Ravi Bains - Chief, Regional Spine Department/ KP Oakland Medical Center
Dr. Calvin Kuo - KP Oakland Spine Surgeon
Dr. Kamran Majid - KP Oakland Spine Surgeon
Jane C Prather, RN, PhD - Service Unit Director, Spine Surgery, Oakland
Armen Oganesian, DO - Spine Surgery Fellow/Oakland
Mark Hawk, MD - SOG Chair, Neurosurgery/Sacramento
 

Consultant:
Mary Choi, MPH – Senior Professional Development Consultant

CME Credit Info: 

 TPMG Physician Education and Development is accredited by the California Medical Association (CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 
TPMG Physician Education and Development designates this live activity for 1.0 hour of AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)^TM per webinar. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity meets the requirement for 1.0 hour of Geriatric credit per webinar.
This activity meets the requirement for 1.0 hour of Radiologic Technology credit per webinar.
This activity meets the requirement for 1.0 hour of Pain Management and/or End-of-Life Care credit per webinar.

Nurses may report up to 1.0 hour of credit per webinar towards the continuing medical education requirements for license renewal by the California Board of Registered Nurses.

Certificate of attendance will be available on the TPMG Physician Education & Development website for printing upon completion of the evaluation and claiming credit. It will be up to the individual attendees to report applicable hours of attendance to their respective boards.

CME Disclosure: 

Certificate of attendance will be available on the TPMG Physician Education & Development website for printing upon completion of the evaluation and claiming credit. It will be up to the individual attendees to report applicable hours of attendance to their respective boards.

Faculty for TPMG Continuing Medical Education Activities must complete a Declaration of Disclosure prior to the CME activity. Having an interest in or affiliation with a commercial entity does not preclude making a presentation at a CME activity, but if a Conflict of Interest exists, it must be resolved prior to the educational activity being delivered. Relevant financial relationships, or the lack of such relationships, must be disclosed to learners prior to the beginning of the educational activity.

All speakers, planning committee members, and consultants for this activity do not have affiliations with any corporate organizations (commercial interests) that may constitute a conflict of interest with this activity. Kaiser Permanente does not endorse any brand-name products