COVID-19: An Evolving Disease

Dates and Times

Start: 12/11/2024 8:00 AM
End: 12/11/2024 9:00 AM

Objectives

1. Provide an overview of the extensive research efforts of the World Trade Center Health Program into Acute COVID-19 and Post-Acute COVID-19 Sequelae (PACS) in the World Trade Center (WTC) responder cohort.

2. Suggest a relationship between PACS and changes in cognition, as well as changes in cognition resulting from PACS and neuroinflammation.

3. Through a review of published peer-reviewed research efforts, showcase the evidence pointing towards a possible explanation of immune dysregulation as the cause of changes in cognition and neuroinflammation.

4. Characterize the widespread nature of PACS in the WTC responder cohort, especially neurological PACS.

5. Demonstrate the need to better understand the underlying explanation for PASC in WTC responders and work to develop effective treatment strategies for those still suffering.

Speakers

Accreditation

The School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ^™. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Maintenance of Certification

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.