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Run Time:
Tue, 09/16/2025 - 7:30am
Duration:
60-minutes
CME Credits:
1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
Cost:
Free
Neera Gupta, MD, MAS

Sex Differences in Statural Growth Impairment in Pediatric Crohn’s Disease: The Growth Study

Led By
Neera Gupta, MD, MAS

At the end of this presentation, participants should be able to:

  • Recognize that normalization of growth is a marker of disease control and successful therapy for patients with Crohn’s disease (CD)
  • Explain how to interpret growth in the context of bone age
  • Discuss the potential underlying mechanisms leading to sex differences in growth impairment in children and adolescents with CD and the clinical importance of developing a sex-specific, risk-based treatment approach for pediatric CD

 


 

Delayed CME credit is available for up to 4 weeks following the live session
Please note: providers must be affiliated with Phoenix Children's (medical staff and referring) 
 

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About the presenter:

Neera Gupta, MD, MAS
Director, Children’s National Hospital Growth Program for IBD
Director of Research, Children’s National Hospital Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Dr. Neera Gupta is the Founder and Director of the newly launched Children’s National Hospital Growth Program for IBD. She will lead the expansion of the Growth Program for IBD to the Growth Program for Chronic Inflammatory Diseases over the next five years. She is the Principal Investigator for Part 1 & Part 2 of the prospective multicenter longitudinal Growth Study, funded by the NIH (Part 1: R01 Award; Part 2: R01 Award) and Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation (Part 1: Senior Research Award; Part 2: Litwin IBD Pioneers Award). She is the Director of Research for the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition at Children’s National Hospital. She is the Founder & Director of the nationally and internationally recognized Pediatric IBD Research Days Meeting—celebrating the 10th PIBDRD meeting in 2026.

 

Accreditation Statement:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson and Phoenix Children's. The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

 

Relevant Financial Relationships Statement(s):

University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson Office of Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME's Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CME activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). The CME office reviewers have nothing to disclose. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

 

Name of Individual
 

Individual's Role in Activity

Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)

John R. Hartley, DO, FAAPActivity DirectorNothing to disclose - 05/29/2025
Neera Gupta, MDFacultyNothing to disclose - 04/27/2025

 

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