Gorgas 2006

Gorgas Cases in Clinical Tropical Medicine

Tropical Medicine Cases in Peru in 2006

Certified for 3 Category 1 AMA Credits

Jointly sponsored by the University of Alabama School of Medicine
Division of Continuing Medical Education and Cayetano Medical School

Release Date: October 01, 2007	Expiration Date: September 30, 2008

Target Audience
Objectives
Faculty
CME Participation
Accreditation
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TARGET AUDIENCE:

Infectious disease physicians and other physicians managing the care of returning travelers and immigrants and physicians working in tropical countries.

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OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of this CME activity, participants will be better able to identify and learn the treatment options of a wide spectrum of tropical diseases.

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SOURCE:

COURSE DIRECTORS:

David O. Freedman, MD
Director, UAB Travelers Health Clinic
Professor of Medicine and Epidemology
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Eduardo Gotuzzo, MD, FACP
Director, Instituto Medicina Tropical (IMT)
“Alexander von Humboldt”
Principal Professor of Medicine
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH)
Lima, Peru

FACULTY:

Fifty-four faculty from:

University of Alabama School of Medicine (UAB)
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Tropical Medicine Institute (UPCH)
US Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima (NMRCD)
McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Guest Faculty from Other Countries

IMT, UPCH Key Faculty
Carlos Seas, MD, MSc Course Coordinator - Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine	Humberto Guerra, MD, PhD, DrMed Professor of Medicine Past Director, IMT	Martin Montes Course Coordinator - Laboratory Assistant Professor of Medicine
Ciro Maguiña, MD, DrMed Principal Professor of Medicine Associate Director, IMT	Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas, MD PhD DrMed Dean School of Public Health	Pedro Legua, MD, PhD, DrMed Associate Professor of Medicine

UAB Faculty

Peter Pappas, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases

US Naval Medical Research Center Detachment (NMRCD) Lima Faculty
Gregory Martin, MD Officer-in-Charge NMRCD-Peru	David Blazes, MD, MPH Director, Emerging Pathogens NMRCD-Peru	Amy Morrison, PhD Director, Iquitos Laboratory NMRCD-Peru
Ted Kochel, PhD Director, Virology NMRCD-Peru	Alan Magill, MD, FACP Science Director, Div. of Communicable Dieases & Immunology Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

McGill University Faculty - Montreal, Canada
Brian Ward, MD Director, Division of Infectious Diseases McGill Centre for Tropical Disease	Evelyne Kokoskin, MSc Chief Technologist McGill Centre for Tropical Diseases	Theresa Gyorkos Assoc Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology McGill Centre for Tropical Diseases

Guest Faculty
K.M. Bhatt University of Nairobi Nairobi, Kenya	Jaime Torres , MD Tropical Medicine Institute Caracas, Venezuela	Sten Vermund, MD, PhD Director, Institute of Global Health, Vanderbilt Unversity, Nashville, Tennessee
Alfredo Guzmán, MD Regional Director Pathfinder International - Lima	Claudio Lanata, MD, MPH Director of Research Institute of Nutrition Research, Lima	Mary Penny Roberts, MD Senior Investigator Institute of Nutrition Research, Lima
Laura Altobelli Associate Professor School of Public Health, UPCH	Cesar Náquira Director, Natl Institute of Health of Peru Prof, Univ Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Former Dir, Inst of Trop Med, San Marcos	Victor Mulanovich, MD M.D. Anderson Institute Houston, Texas

IMT, UPCH Faculty
César Villarán, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Pneumology	Isaís Rolando, MD Associate Professor Opthalmology	Alejandro Bussaleu, MD Professor of Medicine Gastroenterology
Juan Cabrera, MD Associate Professor Neurology	Fernando Calmet, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Gastroenterology	Francisco Bravo, MD Associate Professor Dermatology
Juan Echevarría, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Director, Research Office, UPCH	Martin Tagle, MD Gastroenterology	Luis Valdez, MD Associate Professor
C. De Las Casas Assistant Professor	Jose Hidalgo Assistant Professor	Eduardo Salatar Lindo, MD Professor of Pediatrics

Faculty from Other UPCH Departments
Fabiola Léon-Velarde, MD Vice-Rector of Research UPCH	Pablo Trefogli, MD Professor of Surgery Department of Pediatrics	Wilson Delgado, MD Professor of Dentistry School of Dentistry
Patricia Garcia, MD, MPH Vice Dean School of Public Health	Hector Hugo Garcia Associate Professor of Microbiology	Juan C. Ferrufino, MD Professor of Pathology UPCH Hospital
Manuel Gutierrez, MD Professor of Pediatrics Department of Pediatrics	Teresa Ochoa , MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Department of Pediatrics

Sub-Specialty Clinics - Attending Physicians

Tropical Gastroenterology
Martin Tagle, MD
Alejandro Bussaleu, MD
Fernando Calmet, MD
J. Huerta-M

Tropical Surgery
Pablo Trefogli, MD

Tropical Neurology
Juan Cabrera, MD

Tropical Hematology
C. De Las Casas

Tropical Pathology
J.C. Ferrufino

Tropical Ophthalmology
Isais Rolando, MD

Pediatrics
Eduardo Verne
Elizabeth Appiani

Loayza Hospital
Oscar Pamo
Aldo Vivar

In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Commercial Support, Dr. Freedman discloses that he is a consultant for Shoreland, Inc. and receives honoraria from Sanofi Aventis. Dr. Valdez discloses that he is a consultant for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Seas discloses grants/research support from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Pappas discloses grants/research support from Pfizer, Merck, Schering-Plough, is a consultant for Pfizer, Merck, Schering-Plough and Astellas and receives honoraria from Pfizer, Merck and Astellas. All other faculty have no affiliations to disclose. All faculty members have agreed to identify when they are discussing unlabeled or investigational uses of a commercial product during their presentation.

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CME PARTICIPATION:

To participate in this program for CME credit, please review the objectives before beginning the program. Complete the course and submit your evaluation before September 30, 2008 to receive CME credit. Your certificate will be available online at the completion of the course. This process should take approximately 3 hours.

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ACCREDITATION (for the entire cases):

The University of Alabama School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Alabama School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The boards of nursing in many states, including Alabama, recognize Category 1 continuing medical education courses as acceptable activities for the renewal of license to practice nursing.

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OVERVIEW:

The Gorgas Courses in Clinical Tropical Medicine are given at the Tropical Medicine Institute at Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, Peru. In 2006 we disseminated each week by e-mail an interesting case seen by the course participants that week. Each case included a brief history and an attached digital image pertinent to the case. The diagnosis and a brief discussion were posted at the same time on this website. These are the 11 cases that were presented in that format.

Information and Registration for the Gorgas Course

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