Obesity and Liver Disease

Ames, IA US
June 11, 2014

Mary Greeley Medical Center Grand Rounds is a multi-disciplinary clinical activity which serves to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance and relationships that a physician uses to provide services for patients, the public or the profession.  

Target Audience

Physicians, mid-level providers, nurses and healthcare administrators.

Learning Objectives

  1. Understand the impact of the rising incidence of obesity on the incidence of fatty liver disease.
  2. Be familiar with diagnostic & treatment options for patients with fatty liver disease.
  3. Understand the impact of issues of obesity on transplantation.

Speaker(s)

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Julie Heimbach, MD
Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic

Disclosures

Speaker(s)

Dr. Heimbach has nothing to disclose regarding financial relationships with any commercial entities, commercial companies providing support for this program, or any commercial manufacturers of products and/ or the providers of services discussed in this presentation.

CME Committee

  • Dr. Brenda Burrough discloses she is a principal investigator in an Amgen research trial.
  • No members of the Mary Greeley Medical Center CME Committee who planned this activity, including Dr. Burrough, have any financial relationship to disclose relating to the content. 

The content and selection of speaker(s) is the responsibility of the Mary Greeley Medical Center for Continuing Medical Education Committee.

Continuing Education Credit

  • DO: Des Moines University is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and approves this live activity for 0.5 AOA Category 2-A CME credit(s).
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.50 AOA Category 2­A
Course opens: 
06/11/2014
Course expires: 
06/11/2014
Event starts: 
06/11/2014 - 12:00pm CDT
Event ends: 
06/11/2014 - 12:45pm CDT
Cost:
$0.00
Rating: 
0
Mary Greeley Medical Center
Bessie Myers Auditorium
1111 Duff Avenue
Ames, IA 50010
United States

Available Credit

  • 0.50 AOA Category 2­A

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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