Please join an expert multidisciplinary faculty in a compelling live and on-demand webcast on how to effectively implement MREMS in clinical practice. As a bonus feature, you’ll also be able to participate in an engaging MREMS “Clinical Clues” Escape Room activity to further reinforce the importance of pregnancy planning and/or prevention when using mycophenolate in women of childbearing potential.
Miae Kim, PharmD, MS, BCPS, received a master’s degree in Clinical Pharmacy from Seoul National University in South Korea, then moved to the U.S. where she graduated Summa Cum Laude with high distinction from the University of Minnesota with a PharmD. She completed her PGY-1 pharmacy practice training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and did a PGY-2 training in solid organ transplant at Brigham and Women?s Hospital in Boston. Dr. Kim joined the Center for Advanced Heart Disease at Brigham and Women’s Hospital as a heart transplant/MCS pharmacy specialist in 2013, working in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. She attained board certification as a Pharmacotherapy Specialist in 2013. Dr. Kim’s current interests include cardiac transplant complications, antibody-mediated rejection, and cardiac allograft vasculopathy, and she has published in multiple peer-reviewed journals and textbooks and presented at local, national, and international transplant conferences.
Quality of life (QoL) depends greatly on adequate pain management. Without sufficient care, patients dealing with chronic pain suffer in every station of their lives, ranging from personal to professional.
Charles Vega, MD grew up in Northern California and completed his undergraduate degree at Harvard University. He attended medical school at the University of Wisconsin Madison and completed residency training in Family Medicine at University of California Irvine (UCI). He remained as faculty in the Department of Family Medicine at UCI and now holds the title of Health Sciences Clinical Professor. He is the Executive Director of UCI’s Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community and won a Macy Faculty Scholarship to improve patient-centered health education at UCI. He currently serves as Assistant Dean for Culture and Community Education in the UCI School of Medicine.
Dr. Vega has seen patients and taught medical students and residents at UCI Health Family Health Center, Santa Ana for the past 20 years. This clinic is a federally qualified health center and the largest safety-net clinic for Orange County. Dr. Vega’s academic interests are focused on access to quality, compassionate medical care for underserved populations, and the development of training programs to promote this vision of healthcare.
Monica Peek, MD, MPH, MSc is an Ellen H. Block Professor of Health Justice in the Department of Medicine. She is also the Associate Director, Chicago Center for Diabetes Translation Research, and Director of Research, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. She is a practicing internist, medical educator, and clinician investigator. Her research pursues health equity and social justice, with a focus on promoting equitable doctor/patient relationships among racial minorities, integrating the medical and social needs of patients, and addressing health care discrimination and structural racism impacting health outcomes (e.g., diabetes, COVID-19). Dr. Peek has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications and abstracts on health care disparities, diversity, and bias; has been the principal investigator of multiple grants to address health disparities; and has been invited to speak at numerous local and national medical meetings.
This video is a replay of a plenary session from the 12th Annual Chair Summit Master Class for Neuroscience Professional Development held in Las Vegas, NV from February 27 – 29, 2020.
Dr. Siegel is a practicing physician-scientist specializing in the treatment of schizophrenia and psychosis. He comes to USC after 20 years at the University of Pennsylvania, where he had active roles in research, teaching and clinical care. Dr. Siegel received his M.D. and Ph.D. in Neurobiology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 1996 after completing an undergraduate degree in Neuroscience at Colgate University in 1986. He later completed residency in Psychiatry and a Fellowship in Neuropsychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania before joining the faculty in 2001.
Dr. Siegel has made contributions to understanding the basic neurobiology of schizophrenia, autism, drug abuse and nicotine dependence, as well as making significant contributions in the translation of his research to the bedside. His laboratory uses animal models to evaluate EEG and event related brain activity, combined with behavioral and molecular studies. Additionally, his laboratory has established new methods for the treatment of schizophrenia by inventing long acting biodegradable implants, now under development for clinical application. His work has been supported by federal, state, foundation, and industry sources over the past 20 years. He has published more than 130 manuscripts spanning topics related to drug abuse, basic research in animal models of schizophrenia and autism, as well as clinical aspects of schizophrenia. He is on the editorial board of several leading journals related to psychiatry and neurobiology.