Thoracic Surgery - An Overview
| Release Date: |
December 9, 2009 |
Expiration Date: |
December 9, 2010 |
| Estimated Time of Completion: |
60 minutes |
Type: |
Adobe Flash |
| Hardware: |
PC or MAC with Speakers |
Software: |
Mac or Windows 2003 or later |
| Technical Requirements: |
Adobe Flash Player |
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| To Obtain CME credits: |
1. View presentation, 2. Take the CME post-test, 3. Complete the registration and return to the Office of CME |
Description:
This lecture will focus on
the management of patients with lung cancer, emphysema, esophageal cancer, and mediastinal diseases.
The focus will be on surgical techniques and rational. Natural history will be reviewed as well as some research findings. Surgical approaches to this condition and outcomes will be reviewed.
Objectives:
1 increase competency in the development of cardio thoracic surgery
2. describe various approaches for surgery
3. improve their performance with new emerging procedures
Target Audience:
Internal medicine physicians, surgeons, residents, fellows and general practitioners
Accreditation Statement:
The State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation Statement:
SUNY Downstate Medical Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA/PRA Category 1 credit TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Activity Director
Scott Reminick, MD
Chairman, Department of Medicine
The Brooklyn Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
Presenting Faculty
Ramachandra C. Reddy, MD
Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Faculty Disclosure
SUNY Downstate Medical Center Office of CME (OCME) and its affiliates are committed to providing educational activities that are objective, balanced and as free of bias as possible. The OCME has established policies that will identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. All participating faculty are expected to disclose to the audience, verbally or in writing, any commercial relationships that might be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations, and unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs and devices.
The following faculties have indicated they have no relationships which could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:
Ramachandra C. Reddy, MD
Scott Reminick, MD
Planners: Drs. Kenneth Ong and Mahnak Ahmad
Commercial Support: None
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