Join the Northwestern Medicine Neurology Team for an In-Person CME Event

Audience

This course is designed for all healthcare providers involved in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with neurological disorders including neurologists, family medicine physicians, general practice physicians, internal medicine physicians and advanced providers.

Accreditation Statement
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 5.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 5.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

American Board of Surgery Continuous Certification Program
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

Event details

Northwestern Medicine Updates in Neurology Symposium
Friday, September 6 | 8am - 4pm

Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Cocktail reception to follow at 4:30pm at Simpson Querrey Institute on Northwestern Medicine’s downtown campus.

Course description

This neurology symposium will provide attendees with a comprehensive overview of contemporary, clinically relevant content on the care of patients with neurological disorders. We will cover a broad range of topics including neurological manifestations of COVID-19, multiple sclerosis, migraines, epilepsy, neuromuscular disease, dizziness and more. Recent advances in the field will be covered and their direct clinical relevance will be highlighted.

Course directors

Edith Graham, MD, Paul Later, MD, and Rimas Lukas, MD

Program objectives

After attending this educational activity, participants should be able to:

• Recognize and apply evidence-based treatments for neurological subspecialties including headaches, multiple sclerosis, memory disorders, epilepsy, movement disorders, neuro-oncology, stroke, and oto-neurology.
• Recognize and apply the fundamental basis and modalities of neurotherapeutics in neurological subspecialties.
• Review current controversies in the care of patients within neurological subspecialties.
• Identify indications for use of newer medications and treatment modalities in neurological subspecialties.
• Examine the use for genetics in neurological subspecialties including movement disorders and epilepsy.