Medicine Grand Rounds - Personalized Management of GERD: Using Precision Medicine to Tailor Therapy



Date & Location
Friday, February 25, 2022, 8:00 AM - Monday, February 24, 2025, 9:00 AM

Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), CME-Designated Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

Overview

Participants in Medicine Grand Rounds will be able to identify and apply the most current treatment guidelines and standards of practice to provide optimal patient care, incorporating the principles of health equity, evidence-based medicine, and innovation to achieve clinical quality and safety goals. 

Presenter
John E. Pandolfino, MD
Hans Popper Professor of Medicine
Chief, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine

About our Presenter
Dr. John Pandolfino’s career has focused primarily on studying the biomechanics of bolus transport and gastrointestinal motility as it pertains to gastroesophageal reflux and swallowing disorders.  He maintains a clinical practice in the Esophageal Center at Northwestern which serves as one of the nation’s top referral centers for complicated esophageal diseases.

Learning Outcome
At the conclusion of this learning activity, at least 75% of participants will be able to phenotype gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) into clinically relevant categories that can inform traditional and innovative therapies to achieve the most targeted effect, including protein pump inhibitors, medications that impact neurotransmitter levels in the central nervous system, behavioral therapies, and endoscopic surgical procedures. 

Disclosure
The following activity director(s), planning committee member(s), speaker(s), author(s) or anyone in a position to control the content for this activity have reported the following financial relationship(s)* with ineligible company(ies)**. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

Richard Rothstein, MD ~ has Research Support from Fractyl, and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Allurion.

John Pandolfino, MD ~ reports being a consultant/advisor for Torax/Ethicon and Alfasigma. He also reports being a member of speakers bureaus for Takeda and Torax/Ethicon.

* A “financial relationship" includes employee, researcher (named as the PI), consultant, advisor, speaker, independent contractor (including contracted research), royalties or patent beneficiary, executive role, and/or an ownership interest (not including stocks owned in a managed portfolio).

** An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Bibliographic Material
Please see recording for Bibliographic references.


Accreditation

Dartmouth Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Dartmouth Health designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Registration/Requirements for Successful Completion
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Provider Contact Information
Provider contact information for questions regarding accreditation of the activity:

Center for Learning and Professional Development
CME/CNE Office
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