Continuing Medical Education

House Calls

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is making it easier and more convenient to obtain Continuing Medical Education credits – through our free CME House Calls program.

Physicians from Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh will present CME programs at convenient regional locations in your neighborhood.

All presentations are from 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Light breakfast is provided.  Free parking is available at all locations. To register, please contact Laura Mull at laura.mull2@chp.edu or by calling 412-692-7157.

Lecture 2 — “What’s New in Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgeries”
Speaker: Tim Kane, MD
Children’s South — Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008
Children’s East — Friday, Jan. 25, 2008
Children’s North — Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008

Lecture 3 — “Diagnosis and Management of Seizures in Children.”
Speaker: Shelley Williams, MD
Children’s North — Friday, March 21, 2008
Speaker: Monica Naik, MD
Children’s South — Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Speaker: Gulay Alper, MD
Children’s East — Thursday, April 10, 2008

Lecture 4 -“Pediatric Obesity: Tackling the Problem in Primary Care”
Speaker: Goutham Rao, MD
Children’s North — Tuesday, May 15, 2008
Children’s South — Thursday, April 21, 2008
Children’s East —Tuesday, May 1, 2008

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other health care professionals are awarded 0.1 continuing education unit (CEU), which is equal to 1.0 contact hour.