2019
Friday Fri
Pediatric Grand Rounds (CME): Precision Medicine in Pediatric Oncology - Translating Discoveries Into Care
Stefan Pfister, MD - Heidelberg University Hospital
The Department of Pediatrics and the Division of Child Neurology welcome the 11th Riley Church Guest Professor, Dr. Stefan Pfister
Speaker
Dr. Stefan M. Pfister
Director Preclinical Program,
Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ)
Head, Division of Pediatric Neurooncology, DKFZ
Deputy Head, KiTZ Clinical Trial Unit (ZIPO) and Pediatric Brain Tumors,
Heidelberg University Hospital
Education Goals
During this session, you will learn:
- Pediatric tumors are a paradigmatic set of diseases in that they are generally driven by very few driver mutations
- Next-generation sequencing and a more favorable regulatory environment comprise enormous opportunities for pediatric oncology.
- Hereditary predisposition to childhood cancer is a clinically under-appreciated challenge.
- Very thorough preclinical filtering is needed to prioritize novel therapies for children with cancer.
Location
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, West Building Auditorium
725 Welch RoadStanford, CA 94304
CME Credit
Accreditation
The Stanford University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation
The Stanford University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Cultural and Linguistic Competency
California Assembly Bill 1195 requires continuing medical education activities with patient care components to include curriculum in the subjects of cultural and linguistic competency. The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area. The Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal also contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws. You are encouraged to visit the portal: http://lane.stanford.edu/portals/cultural.html
Contact Stanford Center for Continuing Medical Education for CME credit transcript. Email Magna Patel, RSS Manager at magna@stanford.edu or stanfordcme@stanford.edu.
Planner and Faculty Disclosure to Learners
In accordance with the standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), all speakers, planners and/or persons who can influence the CME content must disclose to learners any relationships with commercial interests providing products or services that are relevant to the content of the presentation. The following individual(s) HAVE indicated the following relationships:
Speaker:
Stefan Pfister, MD
Advisory board member with monetary and/or other compensation - Bayer
Planner
Bertil Glader, MD
Contracted Research: Agios
The following speakers, planning committee members and/or persons who can influence CME content have indicated they have NO relationships with commercial industry to disclose relevant to the content of this CME activity:
Course Director
Alan Schroeder, MD, Associate Chief for Research, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Planners
Mary Leonard, MD, MSCE, Chair Department of Pediatrics
Matthew Porteus, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine
Neville H. Golden, MD, Chief, Division of Adolescent Medicine
Lisa Chamberlain, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, General Pediatrics
Minnie Dasgupta, MD, Chief Resident, Pediatric Residency Program