The Uncommon Challenge: Navigating Cancer-related Structural Abdominothoracic and Neurologic Emergencies

April 30, 2025

Overview

Virtual Activity

This live activity is available to Houston Methodist employees and students only.

 

 

Target Audience

Pharmacists
This activity is open to all Houston Methodist health care professionals.

 

Learning Objectives

1. Differentiate the various types of structural oncologic emergencies based on their etiologies
2. Appraise evidence-based treatments for management of superior vena cava syndrome
3. Apply the role of various pharmacologic agents in the management of malignant bowel obstruction
4. Construct a therapeutic plan for a patient presenting with a structural neuro-oncologic emergency
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist

    Houston Methodist Hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

    Participants documenting completion of the activity will receive up to 1.00 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit as activities for pharmacists.

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  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
04/23/2025
Course expires: 
06/01/2025
Event starts: 
04/30/2025 - 12:00pm CDT
Event ends: 
04/30/2025 - 1:00pm CDT
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Venue

Zoom

 

The Zoom link will be provided in the course instructions when you log in to the program.

Faculty

Speaker: 
Azzam Yazji, PharmD
PGY1 Pharmacy Resident
 

Content Preceptors:

Christina Gullion, PharmD, BCOP

Rodrigo De La Torre, PharmD, BCOP

Erika Brown, PharmD, BCOP

The speaker and preceptors do not have anything to disclose in relation to the subject matter of this presentation.

 

Accreditation

Houston Methodist Hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Participants documenting completion of the activity by attending the lecture, participating in the learning assessment, and completing an evaluation form within 30 days will receive 1.0 contact hour (0.1 CEU) of continuing pharmacy education credit as an application-based activity for pharmacists.

 

 

UAN: 0478-0000-25-017-L01-P

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist

    Houston Methodist Hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

    Participants documenting completion of the activity will receive up to 1.00 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit as activities for pharmacists.

    Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education Logo

  • 1.00 Attendance

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