8:30 am - 6:00 pm EST
9:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST
Topics in Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Adult and Pediatric Emergency Medicine
7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise Conference
Round-trip Fort Lauderdale, FL
March 10 - 17, 2019
14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
14 Contact Hours
Course Fees:
$895 for Physicians, Attorneys, Psychologists, Doctors of Pharmacy & Dentists
$695 for Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners
$495 Nurses, Residents, Students & Others
BIAS FREE CME - No Commercial Support was provided for this CME activity.
Jonathan Glauser, MD, FACEP, MBAProfessor, Emergency Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Faculty, Residency Training Program in Emergency Medicine
MetroHealth Medical Center/ Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Dr. Glauser is originally from Philadelphia and attended medical school at Temple University Medical School.
He attended medical school at Temple University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.
He is board certified in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Emergency Medicine, and is currently on faculty of the residency program in Emergency Medicine based at MetroHealth Medical Center and the Cleveland Clinic.
He practices clinically full-time at MetroHealth Medical Center, a Level I trauma center affiliated with Case Western Reserve University. He lives with his wife Barbara in the greater Cleveland area.
George Yung-hsing Wu, MD, PhDProfessor of Medicine
Chief, Hepatology Section
Herman Lopata Chair in Hepatitis Research
University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, CT
Dr. George Y. Wu is a Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Hepatology Section, and holds the Herman Lopata Chair in Hepatitis Research at the University of Connecticut Health Center.
He has been a pioneer of targeted delivery of biological substances including genes, and mitochondria specifically to hepatocytes. He has received an American Gastroenterological Association/Industry Research Scholar Award, American Liver Foundation Research Prize, AGA-Gastroenterology Research Group Young Scientist Award, was elected a Fellow of the AGA, and the American Association for the Study of liver Diseases.
He was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation, Association of American Physicians, the National Academy of Inventors, and was a Fulbright Specialist. He has published more than 160 articles, edited 13 books and is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology, and senior associate editor of the Journal of Digestive Diseases.
Our staff can assist you with all your travel arrangements.
- Celiac disease
- Identify risk factors, symptoms, signs, tests, treatment for celiac disease
- C. difficile colitis
- Define risk factors, symptoms, signs, tests, treatment for C. difficile colitis
- Eosinophilic esophagitis
- Describe risk factors, symptoms, signs, tests, treatment for eosinophilic esophagitis
- Fulminant hepatic failure
- Cite risk factors, symptoms, signs, tests, treatment for fulminant hepatic failure
- Update, chronic hepatitis C
- Identify risk factors, symptoms, signs, tests, treatment for chronic hepatitis C
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
- Define risk factors, symptoms, signs, tests, treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
- Imaging of space occupying lesions of the liver
- Analyze the principles, strengths, weaknesses, and diagnostic characteristics of modalities for imaging of space occupying lesions of the liver.
Accreditation: Continuing Education, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation: Continuing Education, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each physician should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Osteopathic Physicians: This program is eligible for Category 2 credit with the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) .
Canadian Physicians: This activity is eligible for Section 1 credits in the Royal College’s Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program . Participants must log into MAINPORT to claim this activity.
US or Canadian Family Physicians: Please let us know if you require AAFP Prescribed Credits.
Physician Assistants: AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME.
Nurse Practitioners: can claim either ANCC Contact Hours or AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ as needed.
Pharmacology credits are identified on individual activities.
Continuing Education, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Accredited status does not imply endorsement by Continuing Education, Inc./University at Sea or ANCC of any commercial products displayed or used with an activity.
We can assist you with all your travel arrangements. We'd be happy to help you plan your flights, hotels or tours before and/or after your cruise conference.
| DATE | PORT OF CALL | ARRIVE | DEPART |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Mar 10 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
- | 4:00 pm |
| Mon Mar 11 | At Sea - Cruising Lectures 8:00am - 12 Noon |
- | - |
| Tue Mar 12 | Labadee, Haiti |
7:00 am | 4:00 pm |
| Wed Mar 13 | Falmouth, Jamaica |
9:30 am | 6:00 pm |
| Thu Mar 14 | At Sea - Cruising Lectures 9:00am - 12 noon; 1:00pm - 4:00pm |
- | - |
| Fri Mar 15 | Cozumel, Mexico |
7:00 am | 5:00 pm |
| Sat Mar 16 | At Sea - Cruising Lectures 8:00am - 12 Noon |
- | - |
| Sun Mar 17 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
6:15 am | - |
Please note that our shore excursions are operated separately and
independently of those offered by the cruise line.