MGH Memory Disorders Unit & Movement Disorders Unit Conference

Date:   July 11^th 2019

Presenters:  

-Dr. Todd Herrington, MGH Movement Disorder Neurologist 

-Dr. Kwang-Soo Kim, Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School and Director, Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, McLean Hospital

-Dr. Jeffrey Schweitzer, MGH Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Topic: "Toward Personalized Cell Therapy for PD.”

Location & Time:  Thursday, 12-1 PM, MGH Department of Neurology (WACC8 Conference Room)

Target Audience:  The target audience for this activity is clinicians & staff affiliated with the MGH Memory and Movement Disorders Units

Objectives:  Course attendees will learn:

1. Review published data on fetal cell transplants to treat Parkinson’s disease

2. Explore alternative approaches to cell therapy including IPSC-derived dopamine neurons

Course Directors:  M. Teresa Gomez-Isla, MD, PhD & Albert Hung, MD, PhD

ACCREDITATION

Partners HealthCare System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Partners HealthCare System designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

FACULTY DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS

In accord with the disclosure policy of Partners HealthCare System as well as guidelines of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), planners, speakers and anyone who may have an influence on the content of the activity have been asked to disclose any relationship they or their spouse/partner have to companies producing pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, devices, etc. that may be germane to the content of their presentation. Such disclosure is not intended to suggest or condone bias, but provides participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a given presentation.

RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST (COI) 

Partners HealthCare System has implemented a process to resolve potential COIs for this CME activity to help ensure content objectivity, independence, fair balance and ensure that the content is aligned with the interest of the public. 

The following planners and/or their spouse/partner have reported no relevant financial relationship with a commercial interest:

Albert Hung, MD, PhD, Course Director

Liang Yap, PhD, Course Administrator

Grace Crotty, MD, Course Planner (Movement Disorders Unit)

Anna Goodheart, MD, Course Planner (Movement Disorders Unit)

Emily Ferenczi, MD, Course Planner (Movement Disorders Unit)

The following planners and/or their spouse/partner have reported a relevant financial relationship with a commercial interest:

M. Teresa Gomez-Isla, MD, PhD, Course Director

Honoraria (speaker @ educational symposium):  Eli Lilly

Honorarium (Member of Data Monitoring Committee):  Eli Lilly

The following speakers and/or their spouse/partner have reported no relevant financial relationships with a commercial interest: all speakers