Description

During the Fibroid Summit 2008, Dr. Elizabeth Stewart presented "MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound: A Fibroid-Specific Therapy," which was captured and repurposed into a webcast. The MR-guided focused ultrasound therapy presentation will describe the technology, appropriate indications, efficacy, and side effects of this therapy, which has the potential to improve the clinical care of a specific patient population of women with uterine fibroids resulting in improved outcomes in a substantial population of women.

Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

1. Analyze the clinical trial findings, outcomes data, and evidence-based guidelines supporting the use of MR-guided focused ultrasound for treating symptomatic uterine fibroids.
2. Describe the technical advances in MR imaging that form the basis for MR-guided focused ultrasound.
3. Compare and contrast the efficacy and side effects of MR-guided ultrasound versus thermally ablative therapy, myolysis, and hysterectomy.
4. List the patient and fibroid characteristics that are the most appropriate for MR-guided focused ultrasound.

Target Audience

Obstetricians, gynecologists, pathologists, and radiologists as well as other healthcare professionals.

Accreditation

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association Council on Continuing Medical Education for Category 2 credit.

Activity Director

Linda D. Bradley, MD
Vice Chairman
OB/GYN & Women's Health Institute
Director, Center for Menstrual Disorders
Fibroids, Hysteroscopic Services
Cleveland Clinic

James S. Newman, MD, PhD
Staff, Section of Interventional Radiology
Medical Director, Interventional Radiology
Cleveland Clinic Health System Eastern Region

Faculty

Elizabeth A. Stewart, MD

Faculty Disclosure

The following faculty has indicated that she may have a relationship which, in the context of her presentation, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:

Elizabeth A. Stewart, MD

The following faculty have indicated they have no relationship which, in the context of their presentation, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:

Linda D. Bradley, MD

James S. Newman, MD, PhD