CME Events/News

The ABC Sponsors and Co-Sponsors several Medical Educational Symposiums each year, and has been accredited by the ACCME since 1995. The Annual Dr. Booker Memorial Symposium has been held for past 25 years. Below are links to some of the classes and events offered.

Events and Programs

ABC offers continuing education opportunities that provide the most current, evidence-based information to health care practitioners. The ABC and its collaborating partners design educational programs to foster professional development and enhance the provision of patient care. The expected results are to increase professional competence, improve performance in practice and improve patient outcomes.

On-Demand Sessions

Addressing Inequities in CAD/PAD Care: A Call to Action and a Way Forward Episode 2
On-Demand CME News Broadcast

Medscape Education

This complimentary CME activity is available for up to 0.50 hour of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

With ABC Member: Foluso Fakorede, MD

Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cardioprevention: Actionable Insights
to Enhance Patient Care

Medscape Education

This activity is intended for primary care physicians, cardiologists, and diabetologists/endocrinologists. The goal of this program is for learners to be better able to understand how social determinants of health manifest as health inequities and contribute to CVD-related morbidity and mortality.

With ABC Members: Karol E. Watson, MD, PhD and Modele O. Ogunniyi, MD, MPH
Credit available: 0.25 CME / ABIM MOC

Eliminating Disparities in PAD Care: Key Considerations for Practicing Clinicians

Join Lee Kirksey, MD, FACS, MBA and Charisse Ward, MD, MPH to review the factors that contribute to disparities in care for Black patients with peripheral artery disease and gain key strategies for optimizing the use of guideline-directed antithrombotic therapy in Black patients with PAD. This activity is intended for cardiologists, surgeons, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners and nurses. Developed through a collaboration between the ABC and Medscape Education and supported by an independent educational grant from Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Credit available: 0.25 CME / ABIM MOC

Expert Perspectives on Improving Cardiovascular Disease Management in Women

Medscape Education

Join Michelle Johnson, MD, ABC Board Member and Rachel M. Bond, MD, Co-chair for the ABC Cardiovascular Disease in Women and Children Committee, to gain a better understanding of strategies to enhance CVD management, including cardio-prevention, in women. This activity is intended for primary care physicians, cardiologists, and diabetologists/endocrinologists. Developed through a collaboration between the ABC and Medscape Education and supported by an independent educational grant from Bayer.

Credit available: 0.25 CME / ABIM MOC

Considerations for Heart Failure Management in the African American Population

Identify patient-centric risk factors for development and progression of HF in a racially diverse patient population
Review best-practice recommendations for pharmacological management of HF, with a focus on African American patients
Discuss safety, efficacy, and clinical-outcomes data related to new and emerging therapies for HF
With ABC Members Drs. Martha Gulati and Clyde Yancy

Credit available: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Addressing Inequities in CAD/PAD Care: A Call to Action and a Way Forward

Paradigm Medical Communications, LLC

Join Fakorede Foluso, MD, Co-Chair of the ABC PAD Initiative, and Joshua A. Beckman, MD, MS, Director, Vascular Medicine Vanderbilt University Medical Center, for a two-episode series on health disparities in the care and management of coronary artery disease (CAD) and peripheral artery disease (PAD). This activity has been designed for general cardiologists, interventional cardiologists, vascular surgeons, hospitalists, primary care providers, podiatrists, endocrinologists, nurse practitioners, PAs, and other clinicians who are interested in the diagnosis and management of patients with CAD and/or PAD.

This series is provided by Paradigm Medical Communications, LLC. In collaboration with the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC).

Decreasing Disparities: Bridging Gaps in Immunization to Decrease the Burden of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

Faculty for this course:
Elena Rios, MD, MSPH, MACP
Lakesha M. Butler, PharmD
Zeke J. McKinney, MD, MHI, MPH, FACOEM

Obstacles and Opportunities: How Do We Increase Adult Immunization Rates?

Faculty for this course:
LJ Tan, MS, PhD
Robert H. Hopkins, Jr., MD
Mitchel C. Rothholz, RPh, MBA

Progress and Perils: Expert Perspectives on Adolescent Immunization During COVID-19 and Beyond.

Faculty for this course:
Henry (Hank) Bernstein, DO, MHCM, FAAP
Tamera Coyne-Beasley, MD, MPH, FAAP, FSAHM
Patricia (Patsy) A. Stinchfield, RN, MS, CPNP

The Immunization Resource Center: Advancing Protection Against Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

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