Continuing Medical Education Programs Laura Goldstein, MD Chair, Lake Forest Hospital Continuing Medical Education Committee LFH GRAND ROUNDS: CME MONTHLY LECTURE SERIES Choosing Wisely: What the Hematology and Oncology Lists Mean for Primary Care Physicians Friday, January 16, 2015 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast will be served at 7:00 a.m. Lecture begins at 7:30 a.m. Health Education Center Conference Room A Lake Forest Hospital 660 North Westmoreland Road Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Course Director Laura Goldstein, MD Medical Director, Stroke Program Lake Forest Hospital CME Credit 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ Learning Objectives • Identify appropriate indications for red blood cell transfusions • Understand the role of thrombophilia testing • Understand the role of imaging in surveillance after cancer therapy is completed in early stage breast cancer Registration Register online at lfh.org/cme (NOT REQUIRED) For more information contact Sybil Chadwick at [email protected]; 312.694.0484 or Sarah Baggs at [email protected]; 312.926.7975 Biography Speaker Neal P. Christiansen, MD, FACP Board Certified in Medical Oncology Neal P. Christiansen, MD, FACP Dr. Neal P. Christiansen is a member of Northwestern Medical Group serving as a Health Service Clinician in Hematology and Oncology at Lake Forest Hospital and at Grayslake Cancer Center since August 2014. Dr. Christiansen was previously an Associate Professor and Fellowship Program Director at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston from 2009-2014. Dr. Christiansen earned his MD at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Michael Reese Hospital and Clinic in Chicago, followed by fellowship in Medical Oncology at the University of Minnesota. He is board certified in medical oncology and internal medicine. He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Society of Hematology, the American Association for Cancer Research, and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. He has been active in state oncology societies, having served as a member of the South Carolina Oncology Society board from 2004-2014 including two years as President 2010-2011. Dr. Christiansen has also served as Medical Chief of Staff at Palmetto Health Richland Memorial in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Christiansen has been active in academic medicine with faculty positions at the University of Minnesota, University of Tennessee – Memphis, Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia. He was also in private practice from 1999-2009 with South Carolina Oncology Associates, P.A. in Columbia. His interests and research through his career have included stem cell transplantation, immunotherapy, leukemia, myeloma and solid tumor oncology including breast, lung and pancreas, as well as health disparity. Postgraduate education and patient education have also been major foci for Dr. Christiansen. ACCREDITATION STATEMENT FSM’S CME LEADERSHIP AND STAFF HAVE NOTHING TO DISCLOSE The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity 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 STATEMENTS FSM’S CME LEADERSHIP AND STAFF HAVE NOTHING TO DISCLOSE The course director, Dr. Laura Goldstein, and planning committee members of this activity, Drs. Stanley Dee, Michael Ankin, Richard Clatch, Robert Gerber, Trevor Hamilton, Deborah Gulson, Bonnie Salomon, Robert Hartman, Edwin Wu, Stephen Ganshirt, and Gaurav Chaturvedi, have nothing to disclose. John X. Thomas, Jr., PhD, Sr. Associate Dean for Medical Education, Genevieve Napier, CME Director, Jen Banys, Tristan Brown and Michelle Mallery, CME Project Specialists. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine requires course directors, speakers, instructors, planners and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified conflicts of interest are thoroughly vetted by NUFSM for fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies mentioned in the materials or used as the basis for content, and appropriateness of patient care recommendations. The faculty disclosures and the discussion off-label usage will be indicated in the course syllabus.