The Science and Medicine of Parkinson’s Disease

Webcast CME Disclosure

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Intended Audience:

The educational activity is designed for all physicians, nurses, NPs, academicians, pharmacists, researchers, investigators, and program directors from the fields of neurology, movement disorders, geriatrics, geropsychiatry, internal medicine, primary care, and related disciplines who care for patients with Parkinson’s Disease.

Registration:

Enrollment for this WebCAST is complimentary, and clinicians are invited to participate in this CME-certified WebCAST and/or share this invitation with other colleagues, departmental staff members, and healthcare professionals.

Grantor Support:

Supported by an independent educational grant from Teva Neuroscience, Inc.
 

Accreditation Statement:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of The University of Massachusetts Medical School, Office of CME and CMEducation Resources, LLC. The University of Massachusetts Medical School is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement:

The University of Massachusetts Medical School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Policy on Faculty & Provider Disclosure:

It is the policy of the University of Massachusetts Medical School to ensure fair balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all activities. All faculty participating in CME activities sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Medical School are required to present evidence-based data, identify and reference off-label product use and disclose all relevant financial relationships with those supporting the activity or others whose products or services are discussed. Faculty disclosure will be provided in the activity materials.

Faculty Disclosures:

Lawrence W. Elmer, MD, PhD
Research/Grant Support/Clinical Trials: GSK
Consultant: Schwarz-Pharma, TEVA, GSK
Speakers Bureau: Boehringer-Ingelheim, GSK, Novartis, Pfizer, Teva, Valeant, Vernalis

Mark F. Lew, MD, FAAN
Grant/Research Support: Boehringer-Ingelheim, Eisai, GSK, Ipsen, Kyowa, Mentor, NIH, Novartis, Schering Plough, Schwarz Pharma/UCB, Solstice, Solvay, Teva
Consultant: Boehringer-Ingelheim, GSK, Ipsen, Kyowa, Novartis, Prestwick, Schwarz Pharma, Solstice, TEVA, Valeant, Vernalis
Speaker’s Bureau: Allergan, Boehringer-Ingelheim, GSK, Novartis, Solstice, Teva, UCB, Valeant

Andrew D. Siderowf, MD, MSCE
Grant/Research Support: Boehringer-Ingelheim
Consultant: Boehringer-Ingelheim, TEVA
Speaker’s Bureau: Boehringer-Ingelheim, Schwarz-Pharma, Teva

William G. Ondo, MD
Grant/Research Support: Forrest, UCB
Speaker’s Bureau: Boehringer-Ingelheim, GSK, TEVA, Valeant, UCB

Program Faculty:

Lawrence W. Elmer, MD, PhD
Program Chairman
Associate Professor of Neurology
Director, The Center for Neurological Disorders
The University of Toledo
Toledo, OH

William G. Ondo, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Mark F. Lew, MD, FAAN
Professor of Neurology
Director, Division of Movement Disorders
Vice-Chair Department of Neurology
Keck/USC School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

Andrew Siderowf, MD, MSCE
Parkinson’s Disease and Movement
Disorders Center
Associate Professor of Neurology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Educational Objectives:

Neurologists, movement disorder specialists, geriatric neurologists, geriatricians, geriatric nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and internal medicine specialists will:

• Learn to risk stratify, screen for, and evaluate patients with suspected or possible risk for Parkinson’s Disease (PD), and identify optimal thera peutic approaches.

• Learn to undertake a systematic evaluation of patients at risk for PD, including neurological exam, radiological examination, and appropriate laboratory markers.

• Learn evidence-based approaches to reducing pro gression of PD, and sequencing pharmacological ap proaches in patients requiring monotherapy combination therapy for PD.

• Learn how to select safe and effective pharmacotherapy for treatment of PD.

• Learn how issues related to dosing, dosing schedules, compliance, persistence, and adherence may impact patient preferences and outcomes in patients with PD.

• Learn how issues related to drug interactions, side ef fects, and combination therapy may impact drug selec tion strategies and outcomes in patients with PD.

• Learn how landmark trials and analyses focusing on disease modification in PD may one day guide clinical management of patients with this condition

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