Ninety Minutes: The Medical Magazine of the Web - The Latest on COVID Vaccines, Racial Disparities in Healthcare and More (Symposium #27)

Welcome to our general medical magazine of the web, where we offer a variety of topics spanning adult and pediatric medicine. Our programs will appeal to healthcare providers and, as always, the CME credit is free. Our topics will also be of interest to anyone wishing to keep up-to-date about healthcare. Take the opportunity to tune in and pose questions to our panelists.

An online webinar, the 27th Symposium is sponsored by New York Medical College of Touro University. Continuing Medical Education credits are available upon request.

What's current? What's common? What do lots of healthcare providers and patients need to know?

Program

Opening Remarks and Moderator:

Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A.
Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer, New York Medical College, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Pediatrics and History | The Miriam Popack Chair in Biomedical Ethics and the Holocaust | Director of the Hirth and Samowitz Center for Medical Humanities and Holocaust Studies | Provost for Biomedical Affairs, Touro University 

Presenters:

Doctor, you've been our pediatrician for years. After what I have read about concussions, do you think I should allow my son to go out for the middle school or high school football team?"
Tami Hendriksz, DO, FACOP, FAAP
Dean and Chief Academic Officer, Professor of Pediatrics, Touro University California College of Osteopathic Medicine 

An update on the COVID-19 vaccines that will be available this year, and who needs them?
Marisa A. Montecalvo, M.D.
Medical Director, Health Services, New York Medical College | Infectious Disease Specialist 

"Ouch, my shoulder hurts! And I can't sleep at night because it hurts when I roll over in bed:" The diagnosis and treatment of rotator cuff injuries.
Daniel Zelazny, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Associate Program Director, Orthopedic Residency Program, New York Medical College | Chief of Orthopedic Trauma, Stamford Hospital | Orthopedic Surgery and Orthopedic Sports Medicine Specialist, WMCHealth 

PANEL DISCUSSION:

Talking About Allegations of Racial Disparities in Health Outcomes

Karen M. Murray, M.D.
Associate Dean for Admissions, School of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York Medical College 

Mill Etienne, M.D., M.P.H., FAAN, FAES
Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion, Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Associate Professor of Neurology and Medicine, New York Medical College | Chief Neurologist, Good Samaritan Hospital, WMCHealth Network 

Moderated by: Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A.
Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer, New York Medical College, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Pediatrics and History | The Miriam Popack Chair in Biomedical Ethics and the Holocaust | Director of the Hirth and Samowitz Center for Medical Humanities and Holocaust Studies | Provost for Biomedical Affairs, Touro University 

Q&A:

Hosted by: Alan Kadish, M.D.
Cardiologist, President, Touro University and President, New York Medical College 

Responses will be provided to the questions submitted in advance of the webinar. Questions may be submitted to webinar@touro.edu

Register in advance for the webinar

This meeting has been approved for 1.5 CME credits by the Office of Continuing Medical Education, New York Medical College free of charge as a community service to our Healthcare Providers.

Accreditation Statement:
New York Medical College is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Target Audience: 
Hospital-based physicians; Community physicians; Nurses; Pharmacists; Medical Students; Residents/Fellows; Public Health; Other Healthcare Providers; and Press.

Credit Designation:
The New York Medical College designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement:
All activity faculty and planners participating in continuing medical education activities provided by New York Medical College are expected to disclose to the audience any significant support or substantial relationship(s) with commercial entities whose products are discussed in their presentation and/or with any commercial supporters of the activity. In addition, all faculty are expected to openly disclose any off-label, experimental, or investigational use of drugs or devices discussed in their presentations.

Commercial Support:
There is no outside funding for this activity.