Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician Webcasts

Webcasts

The Immune System at 30,000 Feet and Hot Topics in Basic and Clinical Immunology
Faculty: Leonard H. Calabrese, DO; William Rigby, MD; John Looney, MD; Gregg Silverman, MD

Release date: April 19, 2024
Expiration date: April 18, 2026
Estimated Time: 2 hours and 15 minutes

Type: Webcast
Technical Requirements: None
Specialty: Rheumatology, Allergy, Immunology, Gastroenterology, Dermatology, Pulmonology; Specialists in Integrative Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Wellness, and Primary Care

Insights and Advances in Biologic Therapies of Immune Mediated Inflammatory Diseases, Vasculitis and Crystal Mediated Inflammatory Diseases, and Gout
Faculty: Philip J. Mease, MD; M. Elaine Husni, MD, MPH; John R.P. Tessar, MD, FACR; Adam Brown; Brian Mandell, MD, PhD

Release date: April 19, 2024
Expiration date: April 18, 2026
Estimated Time: 2 hours and 45 minutes

Type: Webcast
Technical Requirements: None
Specialty: Rheumatology, Allergy, Immunology, Gastroenterology, Dermatology, Pulmonology; Specialists in Integrative Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Wellness, and Primary Care

Pain and Immune Mediated Inflammatory Diseases
Faculty: Neha S. Shah, MD; Philip J. Mease, MD; Pavan Tankha, DO

Release date: April 19, 2024
Expiration date: April 18, 2026
Estimated Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes

Type: Webcast
Technical Requirements: None
Specialty: Rheumatology, Allergy, Immunology, Gastroenterology, Dermatology, Pulmonology; Specialists in Integrative Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Wellness, and Primary Care

Fatigue Across IMIDS – Meeting the Challenge in Care and Research
Faculty: Leonard H. Calabrese, DO; Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD

Release date: April 19, 2024
Expiration date: April 18, 2026
Estimated Time: 1 hour

Type: Webcast
Technical Requirements: None
Specialty: Rheumatology, Allergy, Immunology, Gastroenterology, Dermatology, Pulmonology; Specialists in Integrative Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Wellness, and Primary Care

Advances in Immunology for the Non-Immunologist: The human immune response at 30,000 feet – History and COVID-19 as the model
Faculty: Leonard H. Calabrese, DO

Release date: April 21, 2023
Expiration date: April 21, 2025
Estimated Time: 1 hour

Type: Webcast
Technical Requirements: None
Specialty: Rheumatology; Dermatology; Infectious Disease; Allergy/Immunology, Wellness

Hot Topics in Immunology
Faculty: Leonard H. Calabrese, DO (moderator); William Rigby, MD; Gregg Silverman, MD; John Looney, MD

Release date: April 21, 2023
Expiration date: April 21, 2025
Estimated Time: 1 hour

Type: Webcast
Technical Requirements: None
Specialty: Rheumatology; Dermatology; Infectious Disease; Allergy/Immunology, Wellness

Old Diseases, New Treatments
Faculty: Elaine Husni (moderator); Lianne Gensler, MD; M. Elaine Husni, MD, MPH

Release date: April 21, 2023
Expiration date: April 21, 2025
Estimated Time: 1 hour

Type: Webcast
Technical Requirements: None
Specialty: Rheumatology; Dermatology; Infectious Disease; Allergy/Immunology, Wellness

Old Diseases, New Developments
Faculty: Elaine Husni (moderator); Adam Brown, MD; Emily Littlejohn, DO, MPH

Release date: April 21, 2023
Expiration date: April 21, 2025
Estimated Time: 1 hour and 15 minutes

Type: Webcast
Technical Requirements: None
Specialty: Rheumatology; Dermatology; Infectious Disease; Allergy/Immunology, Wellness

COVID-19 and Rheumatologists/Clinical Immunologists
Faculty: Cassandra Calabrese, DO (moderator); Leonard H. Calabrese, DO; Cassandra Calabrese, DO; Puja Mehta, MD

Release date: April 21, 2023
Expiration date: April 21, 2025
Estimated Time: 1 hour and 45 minutes

Type: Webcast
Technical Requirements: None
Specialty: Rheumatology; Dermatology; Infectious Disease; Allergy/Immunology, Wellness

Wellness and Treating the COVID-19 Patient: Long term
Faculty: Leonard H. Calabrese, DO, and M. Elaine Husni, MD, MPH (moderators); Chenchen Wang, MD, MSc; Amanda Shallcross, ND, MPH

Release date: April 21, 2023
Expiration date: April 21, 2025
Estimated Time: 1 hour and 15 minutes

Type: Webcast
Technical Requirements: None
Specialty: Rheumatology; Dermatology; Infectious Disease; Allergy/Immunology, Wellness

Series Learning Objectives

Explain the integrated immune response as it applies to host defense ad immune mediated diseases and recognize recent advances that may influence patient care.
Describe and critically appraise the immunologic mechanisms of action for targeted therapies and targeted synthetic therapies regarding the efficacy and safety across the immune mediate inflammatory diseases including psoriatic arthritis (PsA), spondyloarthritis (SpA), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), vasculitis, and others.
Describe recent advances in prevention and outpatient treatment of COVID-19 in immunocompromised patients, and the use of immune based therapies for hospitalized patients with severe disease.
Critically appraise data on the role of wellness behaviors on general health, immunologic health, and management of COVID-19 and its complications.

Target Audience

The symposium is directed to rheumatologists; dermatologists; infectious disease clinicians; allergists; clinical immunologists; specialists in integrative medicine, preventive medicine, wellness, and primary care; nurses; physicians assistants, and other health care professionals caring for patients with immunologic diseases.

Activity Directors

Cassandra Calabrese, DO
Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases
Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Leonard H. Calabrese, DO
Professor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
R.J. Fasenmyer Chair of Clinical Immunology
Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases
Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

M. Elaine Husni, MD, MPH
Director, Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Treatment Center
Vice Chair of Rheumatology
Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases
Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Planning Committee

Elizabeth Kirchner, DNP
Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases
Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Debra Kangisser, PA-C
Clinical Affairs, PA Services
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

This CME activity was produced by the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education and Cleveland Clinic’s R.J Fasenmyer Center for Clinical Immunology.