Continuing Education

Continuing Education

Faculty Letter

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Invitation

General Information

Military Health System Research Symposium

August 26-29, 2024 | Gaylord Palms, Kissimmee, FL

Jointly provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs

Target Audience

The CE activities are targeted to military providers with deployment experience and research and academic scientists.

Educational Objectives

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

Promote awareness of the depth and quality of DoD sponsored medical research
Inform on the outcomes of DoD sponsored medical research in approximately 70 research categories
Provide a forum for conversation and collaboration environment between military, academic and industry partners in order to promote advances in military medicine

Faculty

To view a Faculty List, with complete titles and affiliations, refer to the onsite Program Guide.

Program Agenda

Please refer to the online agenda (available in August). The agenda is also available in the onsite Program Guide, as well as the mobile app.

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation

PHYSICIAN CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 20.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CONTINUING NURSING EDUCATION

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 20.5 contact hours.

CONTINUING PSYCHOLOGIST EDUCATION

Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

Credit Designation: This program offers 19 continuing education credits for psychologists.

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires faculty, planners, and others in control of educational content to disclose all their financial relationships with ineligible companies. All identified conflicts of interest (COI) are thoroughly mitigated according to PIM policy. The existence or absence of COI for everyone in a position to control educational content will be disclosed to participants prior to the start of each activity.

Conflicts of Interest

The following ORAL PRESENTERS have reported the following conflicts:

Presenter: Mr. Anthony Marrama
Research Topic: Military Exposures and Subsequent Long-term Outcomes
Reported COI: Non-Mutual funds/Stock Ownership/Stock Options: MyMD stocks (MyMD is public)

Presenter: Dr. Jason Spector
Research Topic: Improving Traumatic Wound Healing and Recovery
Reported COI: Employee/Owner: Fesarius Therapeutics; Patent Holder/Royalties: Fesarius Therapeutics

Presenter: Dr. Saul Datwyler
Research Topic: Advances in Diagnosis of TBI: Biomarkers and Beyond
Reported COI: Employee/Owner: Employee of Abbott Laboratories

Presenter: Dr. Mohamadmahdi Samandari
Research Topic: Improving Traumatic Wound Healing and Recovery
Reported COI: Patent Holder/Royalties: The following are the patents that I have been listed as an inventor on them. All of the patents are filed by the University and none of them are licensed yet: “Liquid crystal scaffolds and use thereof for organoid, spheroid, and 3d cell aggregate manufacturing”. 2023. International patent No. PCT/US23/85628 filed. “Photo-crosslinkable plant-based materials, methods of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same”. 2023. US patent No. 63/431,523 published. “Printers for manufacturing constructs for regenerative medicine”. 2023. US patent No. 63/437,351 filed. “Cleanroom-free fabrication of microneedle arrays for multimodal drug delivery”. 2023. Provisional US patent filed. “Devices for forming in-situ microneedles and methods thereof”. 2022. US patent No. 63/397,690 Published. “Multimaterial Handheld in situ Printing”. 2022. US patent No. 17/570,431 Published. “Foam Biomaterial and Systems, Methods, and Devices for Making and Using Same”. 2022. International patent No. PCT/US2022/024034 Published. “Multi-Material Bioprinting”. 2022. International Patent No. PCT/US2022/021938 Published.

Presenter: Dr. Michael Super
Research Topic: An Ounce of Prevention: Next Generation Vaccines and Passive Immunoprophylaxis to Enhance Warfighter Readiness
Reported COI: Non-Mutual funds/Stock Ownership/Stock Options: BOA Biomedical

Presenter: Dr. Sameer Shah
Research Topic: Innovative Tools and Technologies for PrePredicting and Assessing Musculoskeletal Injuries of the Warfighter
Reported COI: Employee/Owner: Neuretix is a start-up company based on technology developed from our research group. There is no product yet, as work is still in the preclinical phase.

Presenter: Dr. Nicholas Ashton
Research Topic: Advances in Life Saving Interventions at Point of Injury and in Prolonged Care
Reported COI: Consultant/Advisory Board: Purgo Scientific; Non-Mutual funds/Stock Ownership/Stock Options: Purgo Scientific

Presenter: Dr. Nathan Pickle
Research Topic: Innovative Tools and Technologies for Predicting and Assessing Musculoskeletal Injuries
Reported COI: Consultant/Advisory Board: TheraVista Health; Non-Mutual funds/Stock Ownership/Stock Options: TheraVista Health

Presenter: Dr. Ben Smarr
Research Topic: Managing Fatigue in the DoD: Methodologies for Sleep and Circadian Measurement
Reported COI: Consultant/Advisory Board: Oura Health Oy, INTO, OWaves Inc; Non-Mutual funds/Stock Ownership/Stock Options: Oura Health Oy, INTO, OWaves Inc; Patent Holder/Royalties: Oura Health Oy

Presenter: Ms. Ellie Gordon
Research Topic: Solutions Addressing Behavioral Health Clinician Shortage - Leveraging Telebehavioral Health
Reported COI: Employee/Owner: Behaivior

Presenter: Dr. Hai Hu
Research Topic: Genetic Readiness of the Force: Genetics and Integrative Omics for Optimizing Warfighter Health and Performance
Reported COI: Employee/Owner: miRoncol Diagnostics, Inc.; Patent Holder/Royalties: Patents filed but not granted

Presenter: Dr. Anne Naclerio
Research Topic: Genetic Readiness of the Force: Genetics and Integrative Omics for Optimizing Warfighter Health and Performance
Reported COI: Employee/Owner: Polaris is a private company. Products same as title business lines

Presenter: CDR J Kent Werner
Research Topic: Managing Fatigue in the DoD: Methodologies for Sleep and Circadian Measurement
Reported COI: Employee/Owner: Cogentis Therapeutics

Presenter: Dr. Jeffrey Lewine
Research Topic: TBI Management: Epidemiology and Down Range Management
Research Topic: Novel Interventions to Address Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Service Members and Veterans
Reported COI: Employee/Owner: CADET NM Inc; Patent Holder/Royalties: CADET NM Inc

Presenter: Dr. Naduparambil Jacob
Research Topic: Protecting the Warfighter from Nuclear Threats: Acute Radiation Syndrome and Radiation Polytrauma
Reported COI: Non-Mutual funds/Stock Ownership/Stock options: Capture Collective, Inc.

Presenter: Dr. Anne Germain
Research Topic: Solutions Addressing Behavioral Health Clinician Shortage - Leveraging Telebehavioral Health
Reported COI: Employee/Owner: NOCTEM Health, Inc; Patent Holder/Royalties Paid: University of Pittsburgh

Presenter: Dr. Mark Ettenhofer
Research Topic: TBI Management: Epidemiology and Down Range Management
Reported COI: Consultant – REACT Neuro, Cambridge, MA; Stock options - REACT Neuro, Cambridge, MA; Patent License: REACT Neuro, Cambridge, MA

All other speakers/presenters in eligible CE sessions had nothing to disclose.

The PIM planners and managers have nothing to disclose. The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and The Bridge Group, planners, and managers have nothing to disclose.

Americans with Disabilities Act

Event staff will be glad to assist you with any special needs (i.e., physical, dietary, etc.). Please contact our Operations Team prior to the event at info@mhsrs.net.

Fee Information

There is no fee for this educational activity.

Evaluation

Request for Credit

In order to obtain your CME/CE certificate, please follow the steps below at the conclusion of the activity:

Go to www.cmeuniversity.com
Select 'Login' or 'Create a New Account' (will take less than 1 minute)
- If you receive a message when creating a new account that “the email you entered is already in use”, please click the 'Forgot my Username or Password' link to have your Username and Password sent to you via email.
- After logging in, you may be asked to verify/update your information; after doing so, click 'Save' at the bottom of the page.
Type in 18496 at the top of the page, “Find Post-Test/Evaluation by Course”, and click enter.
Click on the activity title when it appears.
Choose the type of credit you desire.
Complete the online assessment.
Receive an immediate CME/CE Certificate to download and/or print for your file.

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