Live CME Offerings

This course will include information about the successful experiences of the Neonatal Comfort Care Program in providing perinatal palliative care for over a decade at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC). Moreover, the course faculty will discuss evidence-based rationale, practical aspects and strategies for implementing and applying aspects of perinatal palliative care to provide safe and up-to-date obstetric care, support for families and achieve a state of comfort for newborns with life-limiting conditions.

This two-day course will cover virtually all aspects of neonatal respiratory care, including kinder, gentler mechanical ventilation, NAVA, high frequency ventilation, non-invasive modes of respiratory support, oxygen targeting, one-lung ventilation, surfactant therapy, inhaled nitric oxide therapy, and the use of laryngeal mask airway. Participants will become familiar with the application and pitfalls of bubble nasal prong CPAP therapy and ventilatory strategies in infants with respiratory distress. We will also address strategies for CPAP success from nursing perspective, clinical care of patients with RDS, persistent pulmonary hypertension in term and preterm infants, pulmonary hypertension in infants with chronic lung disease, and fetal surgery. In addition, innovations in monitoring during neonatal intensive care, golden hour management, screening for congenital heart disease, comfort care, point of care sonography, and ‘Pearls in Neonatology’ will be discussed. The main learning objectives of the conference are that at the conclusion of this conference, participants will be able to recognize the rationale for using bubble nasal CPAP, familiarize with practical aspects of effective bubble CPAP use, identify strategies for replicating and evaluating success with bubble nasal CPAP and other respiratory care practices at their own institutions. This two-day course will cover virtually all aspects of neonatal respiratory care, including kinder, gentler mechanical ventilation, NAVA, high frequency ventilation, non-invasive modes of respiratory support, oxygen targeting, one-lung ventilation, surfactant therapy, inhaled nitric oxide therapy, and the use of laryngeal mask airway. Participants will become familiar with the application and pitfalls of bubble nasal prong CPAP therapy and ventilatory strategies in infants with respiratory distress. We will also address strategies for CPAP success from nursing perspective, clinical care of patients with RDS, persistent pulmonary hypertension in term and preterm infants, pulmonary hypertension in infants with chronic lung disease, and fetal surgery. In addition, innovations in monitoring during neonatal intensive care, golden hour management, screening for congenital heart disease, comfort care, point of care sonography, and ‘Pearls in Neonatology’ will be discussed. 

This virtual program is designed for research scientists, clinicians, and students with an interest in diabetes and obesity. Specifically, this conference will focus on recent basic and clinical insights regarding bidirectional crosstalk between the brain and peripheral tissues integral to maintaining body weight, glucose and lipid homeostasis. Particular emphasis will be placed on the interactions – and potential genetic mechanistic links – relating to susceptibility to development of obesity, diabetes and related dyslipidemias. Additional areas of focus will include novel potential approaches to the treatment of these metabolic diseases. At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be better able to: • Review effects of the central nervous system on body weight, glucose and lipid metabolism. • Discuss potential mechanisms of crosstalk between somatic tissues and the brain. • Discuss novel mechanistic links between obesity and metabolic diseases.