206 - Fighting the TB Epidemic in Children and Adolescents: Game-changing Advances in Pediatric TB

10/5/2019

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Room: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 103 AB

MOC Credit: Maximum of 1 hours of MOC Credit
CME Credit: Maximum of 1 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
ACPE Credit: ACPE 1 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: 0221-9999-19-398-L01-P

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

discuss how to improve delivery of preventive therapy to TB contacts
describe the challenges posed by the TB epidemic in children/adolescents globally

Presentations:

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
1901 - Meeting the Challenges Posed by the TB Epidemic in Children/Adolescents Globally
Christy Beneri, DO – Stony Brook Children's Hospital
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
1900 - Pediatric TB Contact Tracing: Can we Improve Delivery of Preventive Therapy to TB Contacts?
Anna M. Mandalakas, MD, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine

Speaker(s)

Christy Beneri, DO

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Stony Brook Children's Hospital
Stony Brook, NY

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose
Anna Mandalakas, MD, PhD

Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose