Presenters

Ravi Jhaveri, MD, Division Head, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Virginia H. Rogers Professor in Infectious Diseases, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Disclosure: Advisor – Sanofi-Aventis and Gilead; consulting fees – AstraZeneca, Dynavax (ended), Moderna (ended), and Seqirus; royalties or patent beneficiary – UpToDate; independent contractor (included contracted research) – Elsevier (ended) and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society; grant or research support – GlaxoSmithKline. All relevant financial relationships for this individual have been mitigated.

Target Audience

Primary Care Providers

Objectives

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

• Describe the current epidemiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in pregnant patients and infants
• Discuss the shortcomings of prior testing recommendations for infants with perinatal HCV exposure
• Describe the timing and specific tests included in the new CDC recommendations for infants with perinatal HCV exposure

Release Date: 4/8/2024

CME quiz must be taken before 4/8/2025 to receive credit.

How to Earn Credit

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4. Click on the blue "Submit for Credit" button.
5. Complete the evaluation and quiz.

Accreditation & Credit Statements

Accreditation Statement: The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement: The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Board of Surgery Continuous Certification Program: Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

Disclosure of Financial Relationships for CME Activity Planners, Faculty and Others in Control of Content

FSM's CME Leadership, Review Committee, and Staff have no relevant financial relationships with ineligibale companies to disclose.

Course Director’s and Planning Committee Members Disclosure Information:

• Dr. Ravi Jhaveri, Course Director, Lurie Children's: Advisor – Sanofi-Aventis and Gilead; consulting fees – AstraZeneca, Dynavax (ended), Moderna (ended), and Seqirus; royalties or patent beneficiary – UpToDate; independent contractor (included contracted research) – Elsevier (ended) and Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society; grant or research support – GlaxoSmithKline. All relevant financial relationships for this individual have been mitigated.
• Dr. Alanna Higgins Joyce, Planning Committee Member, Lurie Children's: has nothing to disclose.
• Vita Lerman, Editor, Lurie Children’s: has nothing to disclose.

To contact the FSM CME office, please call 312.503.8533 or email cme@northwestern.edu
To contact the course director and planning group at Lurie Children’s, please email vlerman@luriechildrens.org

All the relevant financial relationships for these individuals have been mitigated.