2024 Autonomic Disorders Reading List

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C-cert Activity Description

The Continuous Certification (C-cert) activities provide subspecialty learning and knowledge assessment to ensure that diplomates are staying up to date on the latest science, treatments, and therapeutics relating to their subspecialty. The annual activities include: 1) reading the subspecialty  journal articles, and 2) taking and passing the 25-question online post-reading quiz to assess knowledge gained from the journal article content. 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this UCNS C-cert activity, participants will be able to:
  • Accurately diagnose patients with autonomic dysfunction and autonomic failure, including disorders of orthostatic intolerance, orthostatic hypotension, and various synucleinopathies
  • Correctly incorporate testing modalities and utilize biomarkers in the patient population to more quickly provide accurate diagnosis and prognosis to patients with autonomic dysfunction and failure
  • Utilize treatment modalities that serve the patient population experiencing rare autonomic syndromes, such as autonomic hyperactivity, ROHHAD, afferent baroreflex failure, and orthostatic hypertension

Core Competencies

This UCNS C-cert activity covers the following core competencie:
  • Medical Knowledge
  • Patient Care
  • Practice-Based Learning and Improvement

Disclosures

The UCNS complies with all standards and policies of the ACCME, including identification and resolution of all conflicts of interest prior to the educational activity being delivered to learners. Accordingly, UCNS  planners, authors, and staff comply with the UCNS’s Conflicts of Interest Policy

2024 C-cert Activity Planner Disclosures
All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

Autonomic Disorders Certification Examination Committee Contributors

Elizabeth Coon, MD, Chair, Mayo Clinic – Rochester 
Disclosures: Nothing to disclose.

Satish Raj, MD, Vice Chair, University of Calgary
Disclosures: Received personal compensation for serving as a consultant to: Theravance Biopharma – nOH Consulting; Amneal Pharma – nOH Consulting; Servier Affaires Medicales – POTS Consulting; Regeneron – POTS Consulting; Argenx BV – POTS Consulting; Antag Pharma – POTS Consulting; received personal compensation for serving as an editor: Autonomic Neurosciences: Basic & Clinical (Elsevier) [ME]; received research support from Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada, Dysautonomia International, and Standing Up To POTS; within the past two years served as American Autonomic Society – Past President (no financial compensation).

Srikanth Muppidi, MD, Stanford Neuroscience Health Center
Disclosures: Received personal compensation for serving on a scientific advisory or data safety monitoring board for Alexion, argenx, UCB/Ra pharma, and Horizont Pharma.

Melissa M. Cortez, DO, University of Utah Health
Disclosures: Currently serves on the DSMB for the RECOVER CT, which is NIH funded; received research funding from the NIH NINDS (K23, R21, R61), Amgen (Young Investigator Award), and Dysautonomia Int’l. 

Elisabeth Golden, MD, UT Southwestern
Disclosures: Within the past two years received research support (grant for salary support) from the nonprofit Ware Fund while at UT Southwestern, 2020-2022, total of $50,000; received honoraria from The Dysautonomia Project for serving as faculty for The Residents Course 1/2023, and upcoming speaking at patient course Dyscourse, total $2500 and reimbursement of travel expenses to the events.

Nathaniel Robbins, MD, Mass General/Brigham and Women's
Disclosures: Received personal compensation for Market research consulting: Guidepoint Global Consulting, TDG health, and Alpha detail; received personal compensation for serving as an expert witness for the Department of Justice and DHHS; received research support for work on Ethnoinstitute, Dysautonomia Project - Dysautonomia International, Reeves Foundation, and Diamond Foundation.

Howard Snapper, MD, WellStar Medical Group
Disclosures: Nothing to disclose.

Kamal Shouman, MD, Mayo Clinic – Rochester 
Disclosures: Own stock or an ownership interest (excluding mutual funds) from/with a commercial interest greater than 5 percent of the company or greater than $10,000 in value (whichever dollar value is lowest): Apple stock.

Amanda Peltier, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Disclosures: Received personal compensation from Alnylam- consultant and independent speaker; served on advisory board AstraZeneca, consultant and independent speaker; served on advisory board CSL Behring, research support for investigator-initiated research in CIDP; received personal compensation for serving on a speakers bureau for Alnylam and AstraZeneca; received personal compensation for serving on the board of directors, and am president elect of the American Autonomic Society; received personal compensation for providing expert opinion in a legal case involving Merck pharmaceutical; received research support as an investigator-initiated research project through CSL Behring. Dr. Peltier is NIH funded and serves as local site investigator for a study based at Massachusetts General Hospital (Healey, non-profit); she is the local site investigator for a Alexion study; participated as a member of an examination development or certification examination review course committee for ABPN Neuromuscular board committee (resigned 2 years ago to comply for this board/committee).

Gisela G. Chelimsky, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University
Disclosures: Received personal compensation from ABP Pediatric GI certification exam committee for reviewing and writing questions; Co-owner of PainSTakers LLC, but receive no compensation; Within the past two years received research support from NIH.

Staff Contact

Bryan Hagerla, Continuous Certification Manager
Disclosures: Nothing to disclose.
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