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DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 17\, 202512:00pm - 1:00pmHybrid Attendance: Re
 search Bldg. 6\, 1.206 Auditoriumor Zoomhttps://www.zoomgov.com/s/16090392
 03?pwd=ZGILbiLGtdLuMnWgX9TrdHhw06tyb2.1passcode: 089555&nbsp\;Guest Presen
 terWilliam J. Calhoun\, MD\, FACP\, FCCP\, FAAAI\, FACAAIProfessor of Inte
 rnal MedicinePulmonary\, Allergy\, and Clinical ImmunologyVice Chair for R
 esearch&ldquo\;Biologics in Asthma: Where we are\, and where we are going&
 rdquo\;Objectives: At this conclusion of this presentation\, participants 
 should be able to:Review rationale and mechanisms of action for currently 
 licensed biologic treatments for asthma.Explore novel approaches for enhan
 cing control of asthma.Evaluate the pathogenic network in asthma for futur
 e therapeutic directions.&nbsp\;Target Audience and Needs: Internal Medici
 ne faculty\, staff\, registered nurses\, residents\, fellows\, students\, 
 and internists specializing in Allergy &amp\; Immunology\, Cardiology\, En
 docrinology\, Gastroenterology\, General Medicine\,\n    Geriatrics\, Hema
 tology &amp\; Oncology\, Infectious Diseases\, Nephrology\, Palliative Car
 e\, Pulmonary Critical Care &amp\; Sleep Medicine\, and Rheumatology need 
 to be regularly updated with new research and guidelines regarding the eva
 luation\n    and management of medical disorders and implement them in cli
 nical practice to enhance the quality of patient care and improve patient 
 outcomes.Educational Methods: Educational methods will include lectures\, 
 case presentations\, literature review\, and panel discussion.Activity Eva
 luation: Participants may be asked to complete a session evaluation.Financ
 ial Disclosure: The following are reports of relationships with commercial
  interests by those individuals who are in the position to control the con
 tent of this activity.Dr. Calhoun does not have any financial disclosures 
 to provide.&nbsp\;Accreditation/Credit Designation: The University of Texa
 s Medical Branch is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
  Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for phy
 sicians.The University of Texas Medical Branch designates this live activi
 ty for a maximum of _1_ AMA PRA Category 1 Credits&trade\;. Physicians sho
 uld claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participat
 ion in the activity.&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:Grand Rounds - 04/17/2025
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="text-align:center\;"><strong>Thursda
 y\, April 17\, 2025</strong><br /><strong>12:00pm - 1:00pm</strong><br /><
 br /><strong style="color:#da1f12\;">Hybrid Attendance: Research Bldg. 6\,
  1.206 Auditorium<br />or </strong><br /><strong style="color:#da1f12\;">Z
 oom</strong><strong><br /></strong></p><p style="text-align:center\;"><a h
 ref="https://www.zoomgov.com/s/1609039203?pwd=ZGILbiLGtdLuMnWgX9TrdHhw06ty
 b2.1">https://www.zoomgov.com/s/1609039203?pwd=ZGILbiLGtdLuMnWgX9TrdHhw06t
 yb2.1</a></p><p style="text-align:center\;">passcode: 089555</p><p style="
 text-align:center\;"><strong>&nbsp\;</strong></p><p style="text-align:cent
 er\;"><strong>Guest Presenter</strong></p><p style="text-align:center\;fon
 t-size:large\;"><strong>William J. Calhoun\, MD\, FACP\, FCCP\, FAAAI\, FA
 CAAI</strong><br /><em><span style="font-size:medium\;">Professor of Inter
 nal Medicine<br />Pulmonary\, Allergy\, and Clinical Immunology<br />Vice 
 Chair for Research<br /><br /></span></em></p><p style="text-align:center\
 ;font-size:large\;"><strong>&ldquo\;Biologics in Asthma: Where we are\, an
 d where we are going&rdquo\;</strong></p><p style="text-align:left\;"><str
 ong>Objectives:</strong> At this conclusion of this presentation\, partici
 pants should be able to:</p><ol style="text-align:center\;"><li style="tex
 t-align:left\;">Review rationale and mechanisms of action for currently li
 censed biologic treatments for asthma.</li><li style="text-align:left\;">E
 xplore novel approaches for enhancing control of asthma.</li><li style="te
 xt-align:left\;">Evaluate the pathogenic network in asthma for future ther
 apeutic directions.</li></ol><p>&nbsp\;</p><p style="text-align:left\;"><s
 trong>Target Audience and Needs: </strong>Internal Medicine faculty\, staf
 f\, registered nurses\, residents\, fellows\, students\, and internists sp
 ecializing in Allergy &amp\; Immunology\, Cardiology\, Endocrinology\, Gas
 troenterology\, General Medicine\,\n    Geriatrics\, Hematology &amp\; Onc
 ology\, Infectious Diseases\, Nephrology\, Palliative Care\, Pulmonary Cri
 tical Care &amp\; Sleep Medicine\, and Rheumatology need to be regularly u
 pdated with new research and guidelines regarding the evaluation\n    and 
 management of medical disorders and implement them in clinical practice to
  enhance the quality of patient care and improve patient outcomes.</p><p s
 tyle="text-align:left\;"><strong>Educational Methods: </strong>Educational
  methods will include lectures\, case presentations\, literature review\, 
 and panel discussion.</p><p style="text-align:left\;"><strong>Activity Eva
 luation: </strong>Participants may be asked to complete a session evaluati
 on.</p><p style="text-align:left\;"><strong>Financial Disclosure: </strong
 >The following are reports of relationships with commercial interests by t
 hose individuals who are in the position to control the content of this ac
 tivity.</p><p style="text-align:center\;"><strong>Dr. Calhoun does not hav
 e any financial disclosures to provide.</strong></p><p style="text-align:c
 enter\;"><strong>&nbsp\;</strong></p><strong></strong><p style="text-align
 :left\;"><small>Accreditation/Credit Designation: </small><small>The Unive
 rsity of Texas Medical Branch is accredited by the Accreditation Council f
 or Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical educ
 ation for physicians.</small></p><small></small><p style="text-align:left\
 ;"><small>The University of Texas Medical Branch designates this live acti
 vity for a maximum of _1_ AMA PRA Category 1 Credits&trade\;. Physicians s
 hould claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their particip
 ation in the activity.</small></p><strong></strong><p>&nbsp\;</p>
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