DESCRIPTION
Neuro-Oncology Lecture/Teaching Conference is a weekly lecture on different facets of brain tumors. Its a fundamental topic that spans multiple medical and surgical disciplines including medical oncology, neuro-oncology, radiation oncology, cancer biology, physics and chemotherapeutics.  The target audience is medical oncologists, neuro-oncologists, neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists, physician midlevels (ARNP-PA), and nurses. The course will be internally advertised via e-mail to Mayo multidisciplinary staff.

TARGET AUDIENCE
This course is intended primarily for medical oncologists, neuro-oncologists, neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists, physician midlevels (ARNP-PA), and nurses.  The course will be internally advertised via email to Mayo multidisciplinary staff.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to: 

• Describe the diagnostic approach to tumors of the brain and spinal cord
• Describe the approach to tumors of peripheral nervous system.

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Statement(s):
AMA
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION
ABS (effective 7/1/23)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements 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 SUMMARY
As a provider accredited by Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science must ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in its educational activities.  All who are in a position to control the content are required to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible company.   Faculty will also identify any off-label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their content for FDA compliance.

Listed below are individuals with control of the content of this program who have disclosed…

Relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies:
SPEAKER POOL
Stephen Montgomery Pirris: Consultant for Cerapedics and Stock options - NexSIS, Fibrobiolgics; HippoFi
Rabih Tawk: Stock Options - Medtronic
Eric Nottmeier: Stock options - Mirus, OR Hub, Excelsius Spine; Royalties: Globus anterior cervical plate, posterior cervical system, robot. Symgery 3D printed cadaver model
Daniel Michael Trifiletti: Consultant for Boston Scientific and grant support from Varian Medical, Blue Earth Diagnostics and Florida Dept of Health, Novocure
Wendy Sherman: Consultant for DSMB for Focused Ultrasound Foundation Advisory Board for Kiyatec
Kurt Jaeckle: Stock - Entegrion

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated. 

No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies:
Alfredo Quinones Hinojosa, MD; Kaisorn Chaichana, MD; Linda Marenco Hillembrand, MD; Claudia Pickering; Leilani Catus (added 6/20/23); Ashley Wolfe (added 6/20/23); and Maryna Kol'Tyakova (added 9/22/23)

Speaker Pool:

David	Abarbanel		Samir	Kashyap
Kinsley	Abode Iyamah		James Seung	Lee
Oluwaseum	Akinduro		David	Miller
Al-Wala	Awad		Aala	Montaser
Alok A.	Bhatt		John	Murray
Karen	Blackmon		Rodrigo	Navarro Ramirez
David Scott	Brown		Andrea	Otamendi-Lopez
Grace	Bryan		Vishal	Patel
Ian	Buchanan		Carlos	Perez Vega
Joao	Cavalcante de Almeida		Jennifer	Peterson
Selby	Chen		Krishnan	Ravindran
Gaetano	De Biase		Ryan Keith	Rigsby
Olga	Fermo		Steven	Rosenfeld
W. Christopher	Fox		Susan Leanne	Samson
Ansh	Goyal		Sukhwinder Johnny Sing	Sandhu
Sanjeet	Grewal		Jeffrey	Stone
Maria Daniela	Hurtado Andrade		Miriam	Tsikvadze
Thein	Huynh		Jeyan Kumar	(added 6/20/23)

References to off-label usage(s) of pharmaceuticals or instruments in their presentation:
Eric Nottmeier - Medtronic - BMP

For disclosure information regarding Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development accreditation review committee member(s), please go here. 

CE Broker Code: 21R00821-C

ATTENDANCE/CREDIT
Text the session code (provided only at the session) to 507-200-3010 within 48 hours of the live presentation to record attendance.  All learners are encouraged to text attendance regardless of credit needs.  This number is only used for receiving text messages related to tracking attendance.  Additional tasks to obtain credit may be required based on the specific activity requirements and will be announced accordingly. Swiping your badge will not provide credit; that process is only applicable to meet GME requirements for Residents & Fellows.

COURSE DIRECTORS
Kaisorn Chaichana, M.D & Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD

QUESTIONS?
Contact Maryna Kol'Tyakova