Register now for Grand Rounds on Sept. 30, with topic of ‘Pediatric sepsis: We have come so far … but we are only getting started’

System Updates

Ballad Health’s Systemwide Grand Rounds – “Pediatric sepsis: We have some so far … but we are only getting started” – takes place Wednesday, Sept. 30, from noon to 1 p.m. It will be held at Johnson City Medical Center in Auditoriums 1-2 on the seventh floor, with an option to attend virtually.

This event is part of Ballad Health’s recognition of September as Sepsis Awareness Month.

Presenting will be Mark W. Hall, MD, a national leader in pediatric sepsis research. Dr. Hall is a professor of pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and chief of the Division of Critical Care Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Hall’s immunology work includes clinical conditions such as trauma, burns, sepsis and cardiopulmonary bypass. He is the Principal Investigator for Nationwide Children’s Hospital in the NICHD’s Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN) and is an active member of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) research network.

Register now for this free, one-hour virtual seminar, which is worth 1 hour of CME/CNE credit.

Click here for more information or to register for the event.

* Ballad Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide CME for physicians and designates this activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

*Ballad Health is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Sepsis Awareness Month

We’ll be posting information about sepsis each week in September. Be on the lookout in Ballad Health News and on Ballad Health social media.