This episode explores topics concerning Neurointerventional care especially as relating to stroke, as well as advanced neurological care including specialized intensive care. It’s a great episode, hope you enjoy. CME credits available. Special thanks as always to Robert Morgan for his time, use of the studio, and A/V expertise.

The panel features doctors:

*Sung Lee, Medical Director of Neurointerventional Surgery

* Tarek Dakakbi, Director of Acute Care Neurology and Neurocritical Care Director

* Jon Kerrick, Neurologist NGPG, Neurology and Physician Service Line Director, NGPG Specialty Services *Larry Dudas Hospitalist, NGPG Service Line Director, and Medical director of NGMC Patient Safety and Quality *Stephen Morgan, outgoing Chief of Medicine and Credentials Chair

Hey everyone, here's a special podcast performed at the behest of our Sepsis Alert Team. We were asked to cover fluids, antibiotics and inflammatory markers. Larry Dudas and I were honored to host Dr's Qutob, Ruch and Varghese. It was a great conversation and we hope you enjoy. As always, CME credit is available through the following link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RWSKMXN.

Hope you enjoyed, our thanks to Dr Nilam Soni. Remember to email your interest in a course and we’ll set something up that works for the most providers possible. Again mid levels, physicians and any specialty is welcome. 

Here’s a link is to a great table from a landmark paper comparing POCUS, the stethoscope, cxr with CT imaging as the gold standard.  (I couldn’t find the article Dr. Nolan Soni mentioned)

https://imgur.com/a/o5NADd4

Article link here

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14695718/

Lastly here is a link to a few of the memes that came from that “landmark” CNN piece Dr Marsh smoothly referenced. 

https://imgur.com/a/gDJEq39

Enduring CME will expire on 2/5/2023.

Today's Presenter: 
Uche Blackstock MD, Founder and CEO, Advancing Health Equity 

Objectives:
1. Describe the historical and current-day impact of structural racism on health equity.
2. Define and explore the concept of structural competency to better understand how to eradicate racial health inequities.
3. Identify practical strategies to mobilize for health equity.

Disclosures:
- There is no commercial support for this activity
- The speakers have disclosed that there are no relevant personal or financial relationships

Accreditation and Designation:
The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. is accredited by the Medical Association of Georgia to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Click here to complete the survey for CME credit.

Enduring CME will expire on 1/29/2023.

The presentation is originating from Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville.

Today's Presenters:
Adam Raulerson M.S., LMFT, Manager, Laurelwood 
Kalpana Prasad MD, Program Director, Psychiatry Residency Program, NGHS 
Kyle Armstrong DO, Consultation Liaison Psychiatrist, NGPG 

Objectives:
1. Understand BH prior to COVID-19
2. Describe the BH impact of COVID-19
3. Describe changes to BH service delivery in response to COVID-19 (both nationally and internally at NGHS)

Disclosures:
 - There is no commercial support for this activity
 - The speakers have disclosed that there are no relevant personal or financial relationships

Accreditation and Designation:
The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. is accredited by the Medical Association of Georgia to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Click here to complete the survey for CME credit. 

Now available for CME!  Follow this link -
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8FPGB9Y

Join Dr. Stephen Morgan, Dr. Eric Marsh, and Dr. Larry Dudas, as they sit down with Endocrinologist, Dr. Matthey Harris, to discuss the latest trends and treatment options for diabetes.

Enduring CME will expire on 1/7/2023. 

The presentation is originating from Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville.

Objectives:
1. Discuss iron deficiency anemia effect on A1c.  

2. Discuss SGLT2 inhibitors use for systolic congestive heart failure. 

3. Discuss A1c goals related to clinical condition and goals for a particular patient.

Disclosures:
- There is no commercial support for this activity
- The speakers have disclosed that there are no relevant personal or financial relationships

Accreditation and Designation:
The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. is accredited by the Medical Association of Georgia to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Enduring CME will expire on 11/13/2022.

Presenter: Damon Tweedy, MD ; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Duke University School of Medicine

The presentation is originating from Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville.

Objectives:
- Explore how medical education and the health care system perpetuate disparities
- Explain how provider bias and patient mistrust exacerbate health differences
- Examine barriers to underrepresented minority recruitment and retention in the health care setting

Disclosures:
- There is no commercial support for this activity
- The speakers have disclosed that there are no relevant personal or financial relationships

Accreditation and Designation:
The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. is accredited by the Medical Association of Georgia to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Links

• Click here to complete the survey for CME credit.

Enduring CME will expire on 12/15/2022.

Presenter: Andre Churchwell, MD; Vanderbilt University Medical Center

The presentation is originating from Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville.

Objectives:
- Explore how medical education and the health care system perpetuate disparities
- Explain how provider bias and patient mistrust exacerbate health differences
- Examine barriers to underrepresented minority recruitment and retention in the health care setting

Disclosures:
- There is no commercial support for this activity
- The speakers have disclosed that there are no relevant personal or financial relationships

Accreditation and Designation:
The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. is accredited by the Medical Association of Georgia to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Links

• Click here to complete the survey for CME credit.

Now available for CME!  Follow this link - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SW9Q75Q

Enjoy this podcast featuring Dr. Egolum who has completed two fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease and Advanced Heart Failure, and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices and Cardiac Transplantation at Vanderbilt University.  We hope you enjoy, please send me any feedback at [email protected]

Dr. Egolum’s lecture - (it’s apparently 45 pages and not 12)

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MvjVZQwQn8CHh8yEf1H0P9neJ7l8YAgpod0REEw8XqY/edit