Case 5: Frailty, Recognition, Quantification, and Management in the Context of a Patient Considering Lumbar Laminectomy

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Release Date: 08/19/2021

Expiration Date: 02/01/2024

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Advisory Panel

The following members of the advisory panel had no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose:

Ruben Azocar, MD

George Drach, MD

Sandhya Lagoo-Deenadayalan, MD, PhD

Andrew Lee, MD

Mike Malone MD

Myron Miller, MD

Arvind Nana, MD

Tom Robinson, MD

Victoria Tang MD, MAS

The following members of the advisory panel have reported relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies that have been mitigated through peer review of planning decisions by persons without relevant financial relationships and recusal from any aspect of planning and content related to the financial relationship:

Kevin Biese MD, MAT is a paid consultant for Call 9 Telemedicine Medical Advisor and Bristol Meyers Squibb/ Pfizer

Daniel Mendelson, MS, MD is a paid consultant for Point Click Care Touchscreen

Writing Panel

The following members of the writing panel had no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose:

Tomas Griebling, MD

Joseph Hejkal, MD

Melissa Hornor, MD

Jason Johanning, MD

Sushila Murthy, MD, MPH

Tony Rosen, MD, MPH

Kate Schenning, MD, MPH

The following members of the writing panel have reported relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies that have been mitigated through peer review of content by persons without relevant financial relationships:

Charles Brown, MD is a paid consultant for and receives grants from Medtronic

Badrinath Konety, MD, MBA is a paid consultant for NxThera, and Bristol Myers Squibb, Opko and receives grant funding from Photocure, Genentech, and Genomic Health

Reviewers:

The following reviewers had no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose:

Shamsuddin Akhtar, MD

Patrick Kortebein, MD

Joseph LoCicero, MD

Support Statement

This CME activity is supported by a grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation.

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