Medicine Grand Rounds |A New Era of Plagues: Are We Losing the War Against Infectious Diseases? | Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA, CEO

Medicine Grand Rounds | Title

Presented by: Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA, Chief Executive Officer, Infectious Diseases Society of America

Join us in person! Bruce Schroffel Auditorium, University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2, First Floor Conference Room – Lunch Provided
or via Zoom.

Activity Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Name at least three resurgent infectious diseases that prior control efforts had succeeded in eliminating or near eliminatingProvide the rationale for why climate change—especially rising temperature—is contributing to the global surge in vector-borne diseasesIdentify barriers to addressing development of new medical countermeasures in the U.S., including vaccines, therapeutics, and monoclonal antibodies

Credit Designation:

The Colorado Medical Society designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.The Colorado Medical Society designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 Hour(s) Attendance w/ No Credit. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC Statement:

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 MOC point 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.

Event Disclosures:

Speakers:

Jeanne M. Marrazzo, MD, MPH has no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients to disclose.

Planners and other Administrative Support:

Jennifer Spicer, MD has no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients to disclose.

Commercial Support:

This activity is not commercially supported.

Accreditation Statement:

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 Colorado Medical Society and CU Anschutz Department of Medince. The Colorado Medical Society is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.