80030030: Third Annual Johns Hopkins Traumatic Brain Injury Conference: Biomarkers in Brain Trauma

Online registration is no longer available for this activity. Please contact our CME office at (410) 502-9634 for registration information.

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. OTHER CREDIT American Academy of Nurse Practitioners American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME. American Academy of Physician Assistants American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 7.75 hours of Category 1 credit for completing this program.

American Nurses Credentialing Center
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. (AOTA)
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is an AOTA Approved Provider of continuing education. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures. .775 AOTA CEUs will be provided.
Contact Hours for Non-Physicians
The Johns Hopkins University has approved this activity for 7.75 contact hours for non-physicians.
National Athletic Trainers Association
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is recognized by the Board of Certification, Inc. to offer continuing education for Certified Athletic Trainers.
Professional Counselors and Therapists
This CE Program has been approved by the Maryland Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists for Category A CEUs.
Psychologists
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is authorized by the Maryland State Board of Examiners of Psychologists as a provider of continuing education. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine maintains responsibility for this program. A certificate for 7.75 CEUs will be awarded upon completion of this activity.
Social Workers
The Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners certifies that this program meets the criteria for 7.75 credit hours of Category 1 or 7.75 CEUs of continuing education for social workers and associates licensed in Maryland. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland

Description

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and disability in the first four decades of life. A central concern in TBI is how to identify tissue injury and remodeling, and how such information can inform clinical decision-making, treatment, and prognostication. Neurologic biomarkers, quantitative indicators of brain dysfunction or damage, may be obtained via sampling of behavioral phenotypes, biological tissues (blood, CSF, brain interstitial fluid), electrophysiological recordings, or neuroimaging. Biomarker research has concentrated on single marker assays, however an emerging body of work suggests that multi-marker panels may enhance sensitivity and specificity for acute neurologic injury; there is also considerable interest in genomic, proteomic and lipidomic profiles. At the Third Annual Johns Hopkins TBI Conference, seminal research into TBI biomarkers will be presented and discussed by an interdisciplinary panel of experts who are internationally recognized for their work in the field.

Objectives

After attending this activity, the participant will demonstrate the ability to:

• Use MRI to define structural and functional changes in brain after a traumatic injury
• Use PET to identify inflammatory and metabolic changes in brain after trauma
• Recognize clinical markers such as sleep, eye movements and gait that have the potential to serve as diagnostic and prognostic markers of mild traumatic brain injury
• Describe prognostic markers of moderate/severe TBI.

Talks

Policy On Speaker And Provider Disclosure

It is the policy of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine that the speaker and provider disclose real or apparent conflicts of interest relating to the topics of this educational activity, and also disclose discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s). Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine OCME has established policies in place that will identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. Detailed disclosure will be made in the activity handout materials.