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First, Know Thyself - Precision Therapy with Emerging Cytokine Inhibitors in Asthma

Allergy/ Immunology
Curriculum:
The Future of Asthma Management: Precision Therapy with Emerging Cytokine Inhibitors
Credits:
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™
Launch Date:
September 27, 2016
Expiration Date:
The accreditation for this activity has expired.

Primary Audience:

Physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants who specialize in allergy/immunology and pulmonology

Relevant Terms:

Asthma

Bradley E. Chipps, MD, FAAP, FACAAI, FAAAAI, FCCP

Bradley E. Chipps, MD, FAAP, FACAAI, FAAAAI, FCCP
Vice President, American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
Medical Director, Capital Allergy & Respiratory Disease Center Main
Sacramento, CA

Bradley E. Chipps, MD, received his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. He was a pediatric resident for two years before serving in the Air Force at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota for two years as a General Pediatrician. He then completed a combined Allergy and Pulmonary Fellowship at Johns Hopkins and spent one year on the faculty in the Pediatric Respiratory Sciences Division.

Dr. Chipps has been in private practice in Sacramento for 37 years and is Medical Director of Respiratory Therapy and the Cystic Fibrosis Center at Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento, California. He established and is also Associate Medical Director of the Sutter Community Hospitals Sleep Laboratory. Dr. Chipps is the Vice President of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. He is Board Certified in Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
1. Characterize the signs and symptoms, disease burden, and unmet medical needs of patients with severe and difficult-to-treat asthma
2. Cite the mechanism of action as well as the safety and efficacy data for new and future biologic therapies for severe and difficult-to-treat asthma
3. Identify the current biomarkers under investigation as well as the phenotypes and endotypes that would assist in appropriately selecting patients and utilizing precision therapy
4. Appropriately manage patients with severe or difficult-to-treat asthma

PHYSICIAN CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and RMEI Medical Education, LLC. The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
Credit Designation
The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors, planners, managers and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest (COI) they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified COI are thoroughly vetted and resolved according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality CME activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.
 
The faculty reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity:
  • Bradley E. Chipps, MD, FAAP, FACAAI, FAAAAI, FCCP, has affiliations with AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, Meda, Merck, Novartis (Consulting Fees); AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, Meda, Merck, Novartis (Fees for Non-CME/CE Services Received Directly from a Commercial Interest or their Agents).
RMEI Medical Education, LLC 
  • Jacqui Brooks, MBBCh, MRCPsych, has no affiliations with commercial interests to disclose.
  • Chelsey Goins, PhD, has no affiliations with commercial interests to disclose.
  • Nora Hartley has no affiliations with commercial interests relative to the content to disclose.
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine
The following PIM planners and managers, Judi Smelker-Mitchek, RN, BSN, Trace Hutchison, PharmD, Samantha Mattiucci, PharmD, CHCP, and Jan Schultz, MSN, RN, CHCP, hereby state that they or their spouse/life partner do not have any financial relationships or relationships to products or devices with any commercial interest related to the content of this activity of any amount during the past 12 months.
 
DISCLAIMER
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patients' conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer's product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities
 
DISCLOSURE OF UNLABELED USE
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. 
 
The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
  
Estimated time to complete: 1.0 hours
Medium: Internet

FEE INFORMATION
There is no fee for this educational activity.

COMMERCIAL SUPPORT
This activity is supported by an independent medical educational grant from Sanofi US and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.
 
PROVIDERS
Jointly provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and RMEI Medical Education, LLC.

HOW TO RECEIVE CREDIT
By reviewing the course content and successfully completing the post-test and evaluation, physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants are entitled to receive up to 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. A statement of credit will be available to print from your user history page. Users must:
 
  • Read the learning objectives and faculty disclosures.
  • Participate in the activity.
  • Complete the activity evaluation.
Physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants who successfully complete the post-test and evaluation will receive CME credit. You must score 75% or higher on the post-test to receive credit for this activity. All other participants who successfully complete the post-test and evaluation will receive a certificate of participation.
 
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