Enduring Material

• Understand the problem with neurulation in the development of open neural tube defects and the “second hit hypothesis.
• Understand the results of the MOMS Trial and the implications for prenatal repair myelomeningocele.
• Understand the limitations of our current approach to prenatal myelomeningocele repair and technical advances which have the potential to improve outcomes in the future.

• Connecticut Children's Office of Continuing Medical Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• The Connecticut Children's designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 Hour(s) Attendance w/ No Credit. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity contributes to the CME component of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s redesigned Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology^™ (MOCA^®) program, known as MOCA 2.0^®. Please consult the ABA website, www.theABA.org, for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn their required annual part II self-assessment credit in the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery's Continuing Certification program(formerly known as MOC). It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of recognizing participation.

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.

Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

Timothy Crombleholme, MD, Fetal Surgery has no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients to disclose.

David Hersh, MD has disclosed a financial relationship with one or more ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients:

• proSapient - See above - market research - Relationship Ended
• GuidePoint Global - See above - market research - Relationship Ended

David Hersh, MD has indicated the presentation may include discussion of any off-label uses of a product. Explanation Given: We will discuss the potential off-label use of the da Vinci SP robot for the fetal repair of open spina bifida. None of my disclosures are related to this product.

Connecticut Children’s is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Connecticut Children's designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the various activities. MOC Part 2: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity and individual assessment of and feedback to the learner, enables the learner to earn up to 1 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP), American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery’s (ABOHNS), American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA), and the and the American Board of Surgery’s (ABS) 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. • Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty participating in Continuing Medical Education activities sponsored by Connecticut Children’s are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or perceived conflict of interest related to the content of their presentation. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content. David Hersh, MD, has a financial relationship with proSapient and GuidePoint Global, as a market researcher. The additional planners, activity director and speaker(s) do not have a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organizations that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation. Dr. Hersh may discuss the potential of off-label use of the da Vinci SP robot for the fetal repair of open spina bifida.

This activity is not commercially supported.

• Connecticut Children's is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Connecticut Children's takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

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