Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome

Drs. Heyman and Shoemaker have created an intensive, 6-week online educational experience designed for the health professional seeking proficiency and certification in treating biotoxin Illness, including comprehensive management of the CIRS patient. Up to 20% of the US population is vulnerable to biotoxin exposures, leading to chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, neuroinflammatory related disorders, cardiopulmonary problems, gastrointestinal dysfunction, and immune impairment. Every Anti-aging, Functional and Integrative practitioner must know how to treat this condition since it is so common and often underlies hormonal imbalances, ‘leaky gut,’ mood and memory problems, weight gain, and so many other complaints treated by our specialty. Clinical reviews of complex cases, special populations, and the role of transcriptomics in guiding care will be synthesized over the final weeks to ensure competency with complex patients. Students will have direct access to faculty during the course through weekly discussion boards, case analyses, literature reviews, and paper submissions. The online learning environment ensures active faculty interaction while delivering multi-modal content through video, academic articles, book chapters, and various assignments. This is the graduate-level program you have been waiting for to learn how to manage some of your most complex patients. Class size is limited to 40 participants to ensure personal attention by faculty for every student.

Target Audience

 
This activity is intended to meet the educational needs of the healthcare team including but not limited to:
 
  • Physicians
  • Residents
  • Medical Students
  • Pharmacists
  • Physician assistants
  • Nurses
  • Other Healthcare Professionals

Learning Objectives

 
After participating in this activity, learners will be able to:
 
  • Review the epidemiology and case definition of CIRS,
  • Perform comprehensive evaluation of the CIRS patient,
  • Synthesize and apply validated treatments for the CIRS patient, including those affected by mold and lyme disease.
  • Discuss ancillary testing and its contribution toward proper diagnosis
  • Apply transcriptomic analysis to CIRS patients
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 90.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 90.00 Completion
Course opens: 
05/20/2024
Course expires: 
05/20/2027
Faculty & Disclosure
 
Faculty
Ritchie Shoemaker, MD
 
 
Andrew Heyman, MD, MHSA    
 
 
 
Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships
In accordance with The Standards for Integrity and Independence, GW requires all planners, faculty, and others in control of educational content to disclose the absence or existence of all financial relationships (of any dollar amount) with any ineligible companies within the past 24 months. We define ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 
GW reviews all disclosure statements to determine which financial relationships are relevant to the educational content of the CE Activity.  An individual is considered to have a relevant financial relationship if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.
 
Disclosure Statement(s)
 
Absence of Relevant Financial Relationships
None of the planners, faculty, or others in a position to control content for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 
Disclaimer
The information in this educational activity is provided for general medical education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition. The viewpoints expressed in this CME activity are those of the authors/faculty. They do not represent an endorsement by The George Washington University.
 
Accreditation Statements
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
Credit Designation Statement(s)
Physicians (CME)
 
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 90 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) recognizes AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ earned as AOA Category 2 credit. 
 
It is the physician's responsibility to report CME credits earned directly to AOA.
 
Ways to report CME Credit:
 
Other Healthcare Professionals (Attendance)
All other healthcare professionals who successfully complete the activity will receive a Certificate of Attendance.  Many credentialing bodies such as the ANCC, AANP, and AAPA accept certificates of attendance for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME. If you have doubts about whether an activity will qualify for CE, please contact your certifying organization for clarification on credit eligibility.

Available Credit

  • 90.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 90.00 Completion
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