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Join our Virtual Grand Rounds: Long COVID Update: What We Know Now on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. PT.
Long COVID continues to persist as a significant cause of chronic illness. In this Virtual Grand Rounds, Nisha Viswanathan, M.D., director of the UCLA Long COVID Program, will present emerging evidence about the cause, outcomes and treatment of Long COVID, as well as tips for managing Long COVID in outpatient settings. We will also have an infectious disease update, reviewing the winter respiratory season and other evolving infections including H5N1, otherwise known as avian influenza.
Featured Speakers:
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Nisha Viswanathan, M.D., FACP, Director, UCLA Long COVID Program; Assistant Professor & Extensivist physician, UCLA David Gergen School of Medicine. |
This event will be moderated by Kimberly Newell Green, M.D.
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Kimberly Newell Green, M.D., CMA Trustee; Associate Clinical Professor, University of California, San Francisco |
As a result of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Summarize the current epidemiology of COVID-19, influenza, RSV and other winter respiratory viruses.
- Articulate the current epidemiology of Avian flu.
- Communicate updated clinical research on Long COVID with patients.
- Utilize up-to-date Long COVID management strategies.
- Distinguish when and where to refer patients for complex Long COVID
Disclosure:
The following speakers disclose no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies: Kimberly Newell Green, M.D.; Nisha Viswanathan, M.D., FACP.
All other planners, staff and others involved with this activity have reported no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
This activity has not received commercial support.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the California Medical Association (CMA) and the California Department of Public Health. CMA is accredited by ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The California Medical Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. 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 learner to earn credit toward the General CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS MOC credit.
Registration Fees
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| CMA and Component Medical Society Staff |
$0.00 |
| CMA Member Physician |
$0.00 |
| Non-Member Physician |
$0.00 |
| Nurse Practitioner |
$0.00 |
| Other |
$0.00 |
| Physician Assistant |
$0.00 |
Speakers
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Long COVID continues to persist as a significant cause of chronic illness. In this Virtual Grand Rounds, Nisha Viswanathan, M.D., director of the UCLA Long COVID Program, will present emerging evidence about the cause, outcomes and treatment of Long COVID, as well as tips for managing Long COVID in outpatient settings. We will also have an infectious disease update, reviewing the winter respiratory season and other evolving infections including H5N1, otherwise known as avian influenza.
Featured Speakers:
--Erica Pan, M.D., MPH, California State Epidemiologist and Deputy Director, California Department of Public Health, Center of Infectious Diseases
--Nisha Viswanathan, M.D., FACP, Director, UCLA Long COVID Program; Assistant Professor & Extensivist physician, UCLA David Gergen School of Medicine.
This event will be moderated by Kimberly Newell Green, M.D.
--Kimberly Newell Green, M.D., CMA Trustee; Associate Clinical Professor, University of California, San Francisco
As a result of this activity, participants should be able to:
Summarize the current epidemiology of COVID-19, influenza, RSV and other winter respiratory viruses.
--Articulate the current epidemiology of Avian flu.
--Communicate updated clinical research on Long COVID with patients.
--Utilize up-to-date Long COVID management strategies.
--Distinguish when and where to refer patients for complex Long COVID
Disclosure:
The following speakers disclose no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies: Kimberly Newell Green, M.D.; Erica Pan, M.D., MPH;, Nisha Viswanathan, M.D., FACP.
All other planners, staff and others involved with this activity have reported no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
This activity has not received commercial support.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the California Medical Association (CMA) and the California Department of Public Health. CMA is accredited by ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The California Medical Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. 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 learner to earn credit toward the General CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS MOC credit.
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