Promoting Pediatric Lead Screening in Oregon

Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Noon – 12:45 pm PT
0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU) presents a webinar designed to help learners:

• Identify potential sources of lead in Oregon and how to mitigate exposure.
• Describe current health issues associated with pediatric lead exposure and unique childhood vulnerabilities.
• Explain the importance of pediatric blood lead level surveillance and how to report lead test results in Oregon.
• Explain how to diagnose, manage and prevent elevated blood lead levels in children.
• Identify resources available pertaining to pediatric lead screening, diagnosis, management and prevention.

Presenter: Debra Cherry, MD, MS, is an occupational medicine physician at Harborview Medical Center; director of the UW Medicine Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency; UW associate professor of General Internal Medicine; and adjunct associate professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences.

OPS is hosting two virtual forums to help providers prepare for the potential fall/winter rollout of COVID-19 vaccines for children younger than 12 years of age.

Join fellow pediatric and family practice providers for virtual peer-to-peer sharing and discussion. Kristen Dillon, MD, OHA’s Vaccine Unit Lead, will answer questions about supply, billing, and workflows. Register below:

Tuesday, September 14, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

OR

Wednesday, September 15, 7:30 am – 9:00 am

OPS is hosting two virtual forums to help providers prepare for the potential fall/winter rollout of COVID-19 vaccines for children younger than 12 years of age.

Join fellow pediatric and family practice providers for virtual peer-to-peer sharing and discussion. Kristen Dillon, MD, OHA’s Vaccine Unit Lead, will answer questions about supply, billing, and workflows. Register below:

Tuesday, September 14, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

OR

Wednesday, September 15, 7:30 am – 9:00 am

Advanced Therapies for Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis

Tuesday, September 21, 2021 / Noon – 1 pm PT

1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

This webinar will spotlight various aspects of a multidimensional, holistic treatment approach for pediatric patients with atopic dermatitis (AD). At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Review strategies to overcome gaps in AD care, including identification, prevention, guideline adherence, and reducing disease burden.
• Assess current pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic options for treatment of AD in the pediatric population.
• Discuss best practice strategies for the care coordination of AD with specialists based on evidence-based standards and holistic treatment approach practices.
• Utilizing video vignettes of actual patients, recognize the quality of life burdens with AD including factors such as emotional and psychosocial effects, sleep disturbances, and decreased attention span and productivity.

Presenter: Peter Lio, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Dermatology and Pediatrics  at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Lio is also the Director of the Chicago Integrative Eczema Center, and a founding partner of Medical Dermatology Associates of Chicago.