Series Faculty Members:

• Dr. Vishal Sidhar

Series Planning Committee Members:

• Dr. Vishal Sidhar

Series Learning Objectives:

• Discuss and employ contemporary advances in Interventional Radiology techniques in treating patients with ESRD and HD access, acute and chronic venous thromboembolic disease, and locoregional therapy for hepatic malignancies.
• Differentiate which patients need surgical vs medical vs percutaneous (IR) treatments for a variety of diseases and conditions.
• Develop strategies to avoid potential complications of IR procedures.

Series List of References:

• SIR anticoagulation guidelines 2019
• SIR Best practice guidelines for thromboembolic disease intervention 2020 references provided during discussion

Series Cultural and Linguistic Competency:

• Business & Professions Code 2190.1(b)(AB 1195) generally requires that, whenever possible, all CME presentations must include information on cultural & linguistic differences that may affect patient care.

Are there disparities among different patient groups in care or outcomes?

• There are likely implicit biases that affect care. For instance, age based stereotypes may shift our recommendations to
  more aggressive surgery in teenagers as opposed to elderly patients for cancers

How will the health disparities identified be addressed in this series?

• Patient care recommendations

How will implicit bias be addressed in this series?

• Addressing unintended bias as it relates to age and referral for curative therapy for liver cancer (transplant candidacy, surgical resection candidacy, or y90 radioembolization candidacy). Higher age may preclude patients from curative treatments, and thus our session will look to recognize this bias and address it not based on age but actual performance status

Accreditation Statement: The Kaiser San Francisco (San Francisco, CA 94115) is accredited by the California Medical Association (CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation: The Kaiser San Francisco (San Francisco, CA 94115) designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement The faculty and planners for this activity, as well as the CME staff, do not have any relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies to disclose.