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Pediatrics Review 2013

Holland America's ms Noordam

11-Night Mediterranean Explorer Cruise Conference
from Barcelona, Spain to Rome, Italy
September 28 - October 9, 2013

BIAS FREE CME - No Commercial Support was provided for this CME activity.

14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
14 Contact Hours

Course Fee
Physicians - $695
All Others - $450

Course Fee Cancellation Policy
30 days or more - None; 7-29 days - 50%; less than 7 days - 100%

Faculty

Vera Hupertz, M.D. was a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY (1974-1978) and received her BS in Biology. She attended the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY and graduated in 1982 with MD. Internship and residency was completed at Rainbow Babies & Children’s (RB&C) Hospital, Cleveland, OH by 1985 and Pediatric Gi and Hepatology fellowship by 1988. She maintains 3 board certifications which include: Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology, and Pediatric Transplant Hepatology.

Vera stayed on as Staff Physician at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital and achieved the level of Associate Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. She was made Medical Director of the Pediatric Liver Transplant Team, and was co-director of the Residency Training Program at RB&C. In addition to the above, I developed a residency curriculum for Chronic Care to be used at Health Hill Hospital (now Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation).

She became a staff physician at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in July of 2000 and currently has a joint appointment with the Department of Transplant Surgery. She is Medical Director of Pediatric Liver Transplantation. She is Vice Chair of Quality Improvement for the Children’s Hospital and Pediatric Institute at Cleveland Clinic. Current interests are liver disease (especially neonatal disease) and liver transplantation, as well as inflammatory bowel diseases.

Michael Macknin, M.D. graduated from Harvard Medical School and completed his PL-1&2 at Massachusetts General Hospital. He completed his pediatric training with a general pediatric fellowship and outpatient chief residency at Boston Children's Hospital Medical Center.

Dr. Macknin is currently a Professor of Pediatrics at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, and provides general pediatric care on the main campus at Cleveland Clinic and at Huron Hospital. He has been on the pediatric faculty at Harvard University, The University of Chicago, Pennsylvania State University, and The Ohio State University. He is a former Chairman of General Pediatrics at Cleveland Clinic and directed medical student clerkships for 20 years.

Dr. Macknin has published on a wide variety of general pediatric topics including the common cold, teething, bedtime cereal, injury prevention, enuresis, and otitis. Dr. Macknin is on multiple best doctors lists including Best Doctors in America and Castle Connolly. He has won numerous teaching awards, including housestaff teaching awards from Cleveland Clinic, and Rainbow Babies and Childrens,and received the Master Educator award from the Cleveland Clinic. He is currently a physician advisor for 14 Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine students, is the Cleveland Clinic Principal Investigator for the National Children's Study, and is on the editorial board of Pediatrics in Review.

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Pediatricians, Psychiatrists, Behavioral Psychologists, Family Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners

Statement of Purpose:
The purpose of this CME activity is to review commonly encountered conditions found among children and adolescents

Accreditation: Continuing Education, Inc is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Designation: Continuing Education, Inc designates this live activity for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^tm. Each physician should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Accredited status does not imply endorsement by Continuing Education, Inc/University at Sea or ANCC of any commercial products displayed or used with an activity.

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Conference Sessions generally take place during the days at Sea (depends on program and itinerary) so that conflict with any Ports of Call or evening entertainment is minimized.

(A Convenient Calendar to Check Your Dates)

DATE	PORT OF CALL	ARRIVE	DEPART
Sat Sep 28	Barcelona, Spain (Overnight onboard)	-	-
Sun Sep 29	Barcelona, Spain	-	4:00pm
Mon Sep 30	At Sea Cruising Lectures 9:00am-12noon, 1:00pm-5:00pm	-	-
Tue Oct 1	Marseille (Provence), France	8:00am	6:00pm
Wed Oct 2	Monte Carlo, Monaco	8:00am	8:00pm
Thu Oct 3	Calvi, France	8:00am	5:00pm
Fri Oct 4	Livorno (Florence/Pisa), Italy	7:00am	7:00pm
Sat Oct 5	At Sea Cruising Lectures 9:00am-12noon, 1:00pm-5:00pm	-	-
Sun Oct 6	La Goulette (Tunis), Tunisia	7:00am	5:00pm
Mon Oct 7	Palermo, Sicily, Italy	8:00am	4:00pm
Tue Oct 8	Naples, Italy	8:00am	6:00pm
Wed Oct 9	Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy	7:00am	-

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