About the Event
In this installment of Neurosurgery Grand Rounds, Nino Chiocca, M.D., Ph.D., presents “Surgical Immunotherapy Clinical Trials for Glioblastoma.” Chiocca serves as the Harvey W. Cushing Professor of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School.
Email Matthew Philbrook for the Zoom information.
Objectives
By the end of this presentation, the audience participant should be able to:
- Understand how GBM evades immunity
- Discuss past and current immunotherapies for GBM
- Discuss new avenues for GBM clinical trials
Target Audience
- Primary: Neurosurgeons, neurologist and other medical specialties
- Secondary: Nursing staff, residents, students and allied health professions
Attributes/Competencies
This activity has been designed to promote some of the following desired physician attributes and competencies:
- ACGME: Patient Care and Procedural Skills, Medical Knowledge, Practice-based Learning and Improvement, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Professionalism, Systems-based Practice
- IOM: Provide patient-centered care, Work in interdisciplinary teams, Employ evidence-based practice, Apply quality improvement, Utilize informatics
- IECC: Values/Ethics for Interprofessional Practice, Roles/Responsibility, Interprofessional Communication, Teams and Teamwork
Speaker Disclosure
Nino Chiocca, M.D., Ph.D., speaker for this educational activity, is a named inventor on patents and provides milestone and royalty payments to BWH.
Planner Disclosure
Nicholas Barbaro, M.D., and Matthew Philbrook, planners of this educational activity, have no relevant relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
The CME Advisory Committee, reviewers of this educational activity, have no relevant relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
All the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
Accreditation Statement
The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.