Program Description: 

Review of NICU cases and basic physiology topics in neonatology.

Target audience: 
  • Physicians
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • NICU Fellows
Learning objectives: 

Participants who engage in this educational intervention will be able to:

  • Review the morphogenesis of the central nervous system (neuronal proliferation, migration, and myelination and the factors that effect these processes)
  • Discuss abnormalities of neuronal migration, proliferation, and myelination (holoprosencephaly, agenesis of the corpus callosum, lissencephaly, and schizencephaly)
  • Discuss the embryology, prevention, and findings with myelomeningoceles and encephaloceles
  • Analyze the development and physiologic roles of neurotransmitters in the fetus and neonate
  • Assess etiology, management, and outcomes of abnormal cranial shape/size (macrocephaly, hydrocephalus, and microcephaly)






    


 

Faculty & credentials: 

Activity Director(s):

Scott Welak, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Program Director, Neonatal Perinatal Medicine Fellowship 
Medical College of Wisconsin/Children's Wisconsin 

Planning Committee Member(s):

Scott Welak, MD

G.Ganesh Konduri, MD

Speakers:

William Scott, MD
Neonatology Fellow
Medical College of Wisconsin
 

Erin Rholl, MD., M.A.
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics 
Division of Neonatology 
Attending Physician Pediatric Palliative Care 
Medical College of Wisconsin
Children's Wisconsin
 

In accordance with the ACCME® Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Standard 3, all persons in control of content must disclose any relevant financial relationships. It is the policy of the Medical College of Wisconsin to identify, mitigate and disclose the absence or presence of all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies held by the speakers/presenters, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence content of this accredited continuing education. The following in control of content had no relevant financial relationships to disclose. 

 

  • Scott Welak, MD
  • G Ganesh Konduri, MD
  • William Scott, MD
  • Erin Rholl, MD., M.A.

Contact

Name: 
Jaclyn Luckow
Phone number: 
+1 (414) 266-6820

The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Hours of Participation for Allied Health Care Professionals:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 1.00 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.

MOC Part II:

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 1 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

Participation shared with through PARS:

Individual participants’ information will be shared with ABP through the ACCME Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS).

 

Session date: 
12/03/2025 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm CST
Location: 
Virtual
Milwaukee, WI 53226
United States
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.
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