Target Audience: The intended audience for this activity is plastic surgeons and other healthcare professionals involved in treatment of plastic surgery patients.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity participants should be able to learn how to improve speech outcomes after speech surgery during humanitarian missions using an algorithmic multidisciplinary team approach.
Faculty:
Anand R. Kumar, MD
Department of Surgery
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
University of Pittsburgh, PA.
Tara Dean MS, CCC-SLP
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, MD.
Diya Tantawi, MD
Department of Surgery
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
University of Pittsburgh, PA.
Patrick Basile MD
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, MD.
Department of Surgery
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD.
Ian Valerio MD, MS, MBA
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, MD.
Department of Surgery
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD.
Department of Surgery
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
University of Pittsburgh, PA.
Raymond Harshbarger, MD
Craniofacial and Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Dell Children’s Medical Center
Austin, TX
External Reviewers:
Loren S. Schechter, MD, FACS
This enduring material is approved for 3 years from the date of release, April 16, 2012 to April 15, 2015.
Disclosures:
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education’s Standards for Commercial Support, all CME providers are required to disclose to the activity audience the relevant financial relationships of the planners, teachers, and authors involved in the development of CME content. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if he or she has a financial relationship in any amount occurring in the last 12 months with a commercial interest whose products or services are discussed in the CME activity content over which the individual has control.
The authors disclose that they do have significant financial interests in any products or class of products discussed directly or indirectly in this activity, including research support.
Planning Committee and Faculty members report the following relationship(s):
Anand R. Kumar, MD
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Tara Dean MS, CCC-SLP
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Diya Tantawi, MD
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Patrick Basile MD
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Ian Valerio MD, MS, MBA
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Raymond Harshbarger, MD
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Seth R. Thaller, MD, DMD, FACS (Planning Committee)
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
External Reviewer reports the following relationship(s):
Loren S. Schechter, MD, FACS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Unlabeled and Investigational Usage:
The audience is advised that this continuing medical education activity may contain references to unlabeled uses of FDA-approved products or to products not approved by the FDA for use in the United States. The faculty members have been made aware of their obligation to disclose such usage. All activity participants will be informed if any speakers/authors intend to discuss either non-FDA approved or investigational use of products/devices.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity participants should be able to learn how to improve speech outcomes after speech surgery during humanitarian missions using an algorithmic multidisciplinary team approach.
Faculty:
Anand R. Kumar, MD
Department of Surgery
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
University of Pittsburgh, PA.
Tara Dean MS, CCC-SLP
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, MD.
Diya Tantawi, MD
Department of Surgery
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
University of Pittsburgh, PA.
Patrick Basile MD
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, MD.
Department of Surgery
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD.
Ian Valerio MD, MS, MBA
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, MD.
Department of Surgery
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD.
Department of Surgery
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
University of Pittsburgh, PA.
Raymond Harshbarger, MD
Craniofacial and Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Dell Children’s Medical Center
Austin, TX
External Reviewers:
Loren S. Schechter, MD, FACS
This enduring material is approved for 3 years from the date of release, April 16, 2012 to April 15, 2015.
Disclosures:
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education’s Standards for Commercial Support, all CME providers are required to disclose to the activity audience the relevant financial relationships of the planners, teachers, and authors involved in the development of CME content. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if he or she has a financial relationship in any amount occurring in the last 12 months with a commercial interest whose products or services are discussed in the CME activity content over which the individual has control.
The authors disclose that they do have significant financial interests in any products or class of products discussed directly or indirectly in this activity, including research support.
Planning Committee and Faculty members report the following relationship(s):
Anand R. Kumar, MD
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Tara Dean MS, CCC-SLP
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Diya Tantawi, MD
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Patrick Basile MD
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Ian Valerio MD, MS, MBA
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Raymond Harshbarger, MD
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Seth R. Thaller, MD, DMD, FACS (Planning Committee)
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
External Reviewer reports the following relationship(s):
Loren S. Schechter, MD, FACS
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Unlabeled and Investigational Usage:
The audience is advised that this continuing medical education activity may contain references to unlabeled uses of FDA-approved products or to products not approved by the FDA for use in the United States. The faculty members have been made aware of their obligation to disclose such usage. All activity participants will be informed if any speakers/authors intend to discuss either non-FDA approved or investigational use of products/devices.