Overview

GI Tumor Case Discussions - presented by Melissa Sherman, MD & Jayanthi Vijayakumar, MD

Accreditation

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

HealthPartners Office of Continuing Medical Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

• 1.00 Medical Knowledge MOC point in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program
• 1.00 MOC Lifelong Learning point in the American Board of Pathology (ABPath) Continuing Certification program
• Credit toward the CME and/or Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program
• Credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery’s Maintenance of Certification program

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM, ABPath MOC, ABS or ABTS credit.

Objectives

Regularly attending this series will allow participants to be able to:

• Implement advances in diagnostic evaluation and treatment for malignancies in all major GI sites
• Apply the current AJCC staging system 
• Assess the role of the primary care, specialty care and ancillary services in providing optimal care for patients with cancer