Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Management for Health Care Providers

Cordova, TN US
March 28, 2025

This conference is designed to provide health care providers such as internists, general practitioners, emergency room physicians, hospitalists, advanced care practice nurses, registered nurses, and social workers with the information they need to treat sickle cell disease pediatric and adult patients.  There is no charge for this conference and continuing medical and nursing hours will be provided.

Planning Committee:

Sara W. Day, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Assistant Dean, Center for Community and Global Partnerships, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Nursing

Yvonne Carroll, JD, RN, Director, Hematology Patient Services, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 

Keesha Roach, PhD, MSN, BSN, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Nursing

Margaret Lynn, LMSW, RDN, CCRP, Project Manager, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Nursing

Karen Nellis, BSN, RN, Research Nurse Manager, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Nursing

 

 

Target Audience

The target audience for this conference is primary care providers, such as internists, general practitioners, emergency room physicians, hospitalists, advanced care practice nurses, registered nurses, and social workers.

Learning Objectives

To familiarize primary care providers (PCPs) with the pathophysiological processes, diagnostic evaluation, and medical management of sickle hemoglobinopathies and their complications.  

Current standards of care, clinical research advances, and new treatment options will also be addressed to assist PCPs in the management of SCD. Healthcare providers are in an era of increased routine screening, assessment, and management of chronic complications not previously seen in the care of persons with SCD, and more persons living with SCD are relying on PCPs in non-specialty practices for comprehensive disease management.

Attendees will gain awareness of current guidelines for management of sickle cell
pain as evidenced by knowledge assessment and by participation in case studies
portraying patients presenting with pain.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 5.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 5.50 ANCC
  • 5.50 Attendance
Course opens: 
10/01/2024
Course expires: 
04/17/2025
Event starts: 
03/28/2025 - 9:00am CDT
Event ends: 
03/28/2025 - 4:30pm CDT
Rating: 
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9:00am - 9:15am

Welcome

 

Steve Goodman, PhD, Moderator

 

9:15am - 9:45am

Sickle Cell Disease Overview

Wally Smith, MD

9:45am - 10:30am

Caring for the Child from Birth to Transition

Jane Hankins, MD, MS

10:30am - 11:00am

Managing Acute and Chronic Pain

Wally Smith, MD

11:00am – 11:15am

Break

 

11:15am – 12:00pm

Hydroxyurea Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease

Russell Ware, MD, PhD

12:00pm - 1:00pm

 

Conference Lunch Provided

 

 

1:00pm - 1:30pm

Stroke Prevention and Treatment

Russell Ware, MD, PhD

1:30pm - 2:30pm

Living with Sickle Cell Disease

Jackie Sharp, DNP, APRN, PMHMP-BC

Bria Sharp, UTHSC, College of Nursing Student

2:30pm - 3:00pm

 

Implementing Evidence Based Care for Vasso Occlusive Events in the ED

 

Paula J. Tanabe, PhD, MSN, FAAN

3:00pm – 3:15pm

Break

 

3:15pm - 3:45pm

Acute Chest Syndrome and Pulmonary Complications

Artangela Henry, DNP, AGACNP-BC, FNP-C, CLSSYB

3:45pm - 4:15pm

Psychosocial Implications for Individuals with SCD

Paula J. Tanabe, PhD, MSN, FAAN

 

4:15pm - 4:30pm

 

Evaluation and Closing Remarks

 

Kenneth Ataga, MD

 

FedEx Event Center located within Shelby Farms Park
415 Great View Dr. E., Suite 103
Free parking
Cordova, TN 38018
United States
+1 (901) 222-7280

Keynote speakers: 

Jane S. Hankins, MD, MS

Global Pediatric Medicine

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Memphis, Tennessee

 

Wally R. Smith, MD

Florence Neal Cooper Smith Professor of Sickle Cell Disease 

Vice Chair for Research

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

 

 

Paula J. Tanabe, PhD MSN

Laurel Chadwick Distinguished Professor of Nursing

Professor in the School of Nursing

Vice Dean, Research and Regulatory Affairs

Assistant Professor in Surgery

Professor of Medicine

Affiliate Faculty Member, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy

Hematology

 

Russell Ware, MD, PhD

Director, Division of Hematology

Institute Co-Executive Director, Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute Director, Global Health Center                                   

Marjory J. Johnson Chair of Hematology Translational Research

Professor, University of Cincinnati, Department of Pediatrics

Cincinnati, Ohio

A conflict of Interest occurs when an individual has an opportunity to affect educational content about health-care products or services of a commercial interest with which she/he has a financial relationship. The planners and presenters of this NCPD/CME activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests pertaining to this activity.

 Commercial Support: No

Noncommercial Sponsor Support: No

Off-label Product Use: This NCPD activity does not include any unannounced information about off-label use of a product for a  purpose other than that for which it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Course Director(s)

Sara Day, PhD, RN, FAAN

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Medical director(s)

Jane S Hankins, MD, MS

has a financial relationship (Professional Services) with UpToDate;.
Planner(s)

Karen Nellis, BSN, RN, AE-C

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Speaker(s)

Jane S Hankins, MD, MS

has a financial relationship (Professional Services) with UpToDate;.

Paula Tanabe, PhD

has a financial relationship (Independent contractor) with CSL Behring LLC;.

5.5 CME/CEU credits provided

In order to receive full contact credit(s) for this NCPD/CME activity, you must:

• Be in attendance for at least 80% of the program, and

• Complete and submit the Evaluation at the conclusion of the program.

 

 

 

AMA Credit Designation: The University of Tennessee College of Medicine (UTCOM) designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Continuing Education for Non-Physicians: The UTCOM will issue Certificates of Participation to non-physicians for participating in this activity and designates it for CEUs using the national standard that 1 hour of educational instruction is awarded .1 CEU.

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

The University of TN Health Science Center College of Nursing, Memphis, is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

 

Available Credit

  • 5.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 5.50 ANCC
  • 5.50 Attendance
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Lunch will be provided at the conference. If you have any specific dietary needs, please email Margaret Lynn, mlynn@uthsc.edu