Continuing Medical Education

Bacteriophage Therapeutics 
January 28, 2026
Speaker: Robert Schooley, MD 
Institution: University of California San Diego 
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™
Class Link:  https://www.quia.com/pages/lghmec/bt

Contemplative Medicine 
January 21, 2026 
Speaker: Muhil Kannappan, MD 
Institution: Lowell General Hospital 
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™
Class Link: https://www.quia.com/pages/lghmec/cm

Meningioma Reconsidered: What the Molecular Era Is Teaching Us 
January 14, 2026 
Speaker: Malak AlThgafi, MD 
Institution: Tufts Medical Center 
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™
Class Link:  https://www.quia.com/pages/lghmec/meni

Stroke Update 
January 7, 2026 
Speaker: Chris Burke, MD 
Institution: Lowell General Hospital 
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™
Class Link: https://www.quia.com/pages/lghmec/str

Cancer Vaccines on the Horizon
Recording Date: June 11, 2025
Catherine Wu, MD; Dana Farber Cancer Center, recently awarded the Sjöberg Prize for her pioneering research in the field of personalized vaccines to treat cancer. ‌Chief, Division of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies; Lavine Family Chair for Preventative Cancer Therapies Physician; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™

Connection Between PFAS and Human Disease
Recording Date: October 30, 2024
Phil Brown, PhD; The PFAS Project LAB; Co-Director; Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute; University Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Health Sciences at Northeastern University. He is on the National Advisory Environmental Health Science Council, which advises the director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™
(1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Diagnosis and Management of Short Bowel Syndrome
Recording Date: June 4, 2025
Joel Mason, MD; Senior Scientist, Professor of Medicine; Professor of Nutrition, Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University School of Medicine. ‌He studies the cellular pathways by which 1-carbon nutrients, obesity, and the colonic microbiome alter the risk of cancer formation, and his team develops strategies based on this knowledge for the purposes of cancer prevention. 
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™

Dietary Approaches to Chronic Disease Management
Recording Date: January 22, 2025
Kumara Sidhartha, MD; Cape Cod Hospital; He is certified in Plant-Based Nutrition by e-Cornell University and T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies. ‌His pursuit of nutritional knowledge led him to complete a Master of Public Health in Nutrition at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™

Food is Medicine
Recording Date: December 10, 2025
Dariush Mozaffarian, MD – Tufts University   
Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian is a cardiologist and Jean Mayer Professor of Nutrition and Medicine at Tufts University. He is a leading researcher in food policy, nutrition science and chronic disease prevention, and has authored influential work shaping global health policy.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™

Functional GI Disorders
Recording Date: May 21, 2025
Jacqueline Chu, MD; Lowell General Hospital, Gastroenterologist; Clinical Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine. She joined Integrated Gastroenterology Consultants from Massachusetts General Hospital, where she completed her gastroenterology training. Dr. Chu was a research fellow at MIT in the Traverso Lab where she studied drug delivery in the gastrointestinal tract.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™

GLP-1 Update and Indication Review
Recording Date: November 5, 2025
Chika Anekwe, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Chika Anekwe is an obesity medicine specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital and a faculty member at Harvard Medical School. Her clinical practice and research center on sustainable weight management strategies, lifestyle medicine​ and reducing health disparities related to obesity.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™

HPV-related Anal Dysplasia and Anal Cancer Screening
Recording Date: November 20, 2024
Jose Caro, MD; Tufts Medical Center; Tufts University School of Medicine’s Assistant Dean for Multicultural Affairs, Dr. Jane Murphy Gaughan Professorship​ and Assistant Professor of Medicine. He will break down the stigma associated with anal cancer and present who’s at risk and how to prevent this rarely discussed disease.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™
(1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Menopause and Midlife Care
Recording Date: September 24, 2025
Jan Shifren, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Jan Shifren is Director of the Midlife Women’s Health Center at Massachusetts General Hospital and a Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology​ and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School. Her clinical and research focus includes menopause management, hormone therapy​ and midlife women’s health.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™

Overview of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) Medications
Recording Date: January 15, 2025
Ekta Tirthani, MD; Endocrinologist, Emory Health Care and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Emory School of Medicine; completed Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Fellowship at Tufts Medical Center.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™

Recognizing Autoimmune Toxicity with Immunotherapy
Recording Date: April 2, 2025
Ross Merkin, MD; Medical Oncologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School. He studies complications of immune checkpoint inhibitors, immune-related adverse events (irAEs). 
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™

STD Community Update
Recording Date: October 1, 2025
Katherine Hsu, MD – Boston University School of Medicine
Dr. Katherine Hsu is an infectious disease physician and Professor of Pediatrics at Boston University. She serves as Medical Director of the Division of STD Prevention at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and is a national leader in STI surveillance, education​ and policy.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™

Total Hip Replacement Update
Recording Date: November 19, 2025
Steve DiSegna, MD – Lowell General Hospital
Dr. Steve DiSegna is a diagnostic radiologist at Lowell General Hospital with a focus on advanced imaging techniques and clinical integration. He contributes to initiatives that streamline radiologic interpretation for improved community-based patient care.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™

Tuberculosis Update - Infection Prevention Program
Recording Date: October 15, 2025
John Bernardo, MD – Massachusetts DPH
Dr. John Bernardo is a pulmonary and infectious disease specialist and Medical Advisor for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Tuberculosis Program. He has decades of leadership in public health initiatives and tuberculosis control and has served in key advisory roles for the CDC and NIH.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™

Understanding Bird Flu
Recording Date: November 26, 2025
Catherine Brown, DVM – Massachusetts State Epidemiologist
Dr. Catherine Brown, DVM, is the Massachusetts State Epidemiologist. She provides leadership in tracking and managing communicable diseases statewide, with expertise in vector-borne and zoonotic diseases and public health surveillance.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™

What's New in Sleep Medicine
Recording Date: January 29, 2025
Rajesh Zacharias, MD; Pulmonologist; Associate Director, Critical Care, Melrose Wakefield Hospital; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine. Previously, he was attending physician in Pulmonary and Critical Care at Eastern Maine Medical Center, where he served as the Medical Director for Respiratory therapy
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™

Disparities in Cancer Care and the Asian American Population
Recording Date: December 3, 2025
Richard Lee, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Richard Lee is a radiation oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. He specializes in treating head and neck cancers and is involved in research focused on improving radiation delivery and outcomes.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™; Risk Management Study; Bias Credit

Implicit Racial/Ethnic Bias in Healthcare
Recording Date: January 8, 2025
Ria Roberts, MD; Physician Leader, Center for Healthy Aging, Adult Medicine-Geriatric Clinic, Lowell Community Health Center; Co-Chair, Black Women in Medicine, Office of Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership, Harvard Medical School;  Massachusetts Medical Society’s Essex North District 2024 Clinician of the Year.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™; Risk Management Study; Bias Credit

Delirium: Understanding Management and Long-Term Effects
Recording Date: February 26, 2025
Cristina Montalvo, MD; Chief, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Emergency Services, Tufts Medical Center
Chief, Psychiatry, Lowell General Hospital
Division Chief, Consultation-Liaison and Psychiatric Emergency Services Psychiatrist; Assistant Professor, TUSM
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Risk Management Study; Dementia

Early-life Events Could Predispose to Dementia
Recording Date: March 5, 2025
Stephen Ginsberg, PhD; Center for Dementia, Research Scientist; Director of Ginsberg Laboratory; Professor of Psychiatry, and Neuroscience at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Risk Management Study; Dementia
 

Intimate Partner Violence and Traumatic Brain Injury: An Invisible Public Health 
Recording Date: June 5, 2024
Eve Valera, Ph.D. Psychiatry, Mass General Research Institute; Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Harvard Medical School; As a pioneer in the field of IPV-related brain injury, she regularly lectures internationally.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   Risk Management Study, Domestic Violence Credit
(1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Palliative Care for CHF Patients
Recording Date: February 5, 2025
Virginia Doherty, NP; Lowell General Hospital; Palliative Care Unit. Clinical Instructor at Tufts University School of Medicine.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Risk Management Study; End of Life Credit

New Innovations for Drug Abuse Treatment
Recording Date: September 10, 2025
Josiah Rich, MD – Brown University School of Medicine
Dr. Josiah D. Rich is a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Brown University and an infectious disease and addiction specialist. He has provided clinical care in correctional settings since 1994 and co-founded the Center for Health and Justice Transformation. His NIH-funded research focuses on opioid overdose, infectious diseases​ and addiction among incarcerated populations.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Risk Management Study; Pain Management Credit

Newly-Emerging Designer Drugs of Abuse
Recording Date: February 19, 2025
Michael Baumann, PhD; Staff Scientist and Facility Head at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program.  Unit Director; Designer Drug Research Unit; where the main goal is to collect, analyze and disseminate the most up-to-date information about the pharmacology and toxicology of newly-emerging designer drugs of abuse. 
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Risk Management Study; Pain Credit

Eating Disorders in Teens
Recording Date: January 9, 2025
Melissa Freizinger, PhD; Boston Children’s Hospital; Associate Director, Eating Disorder Program Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Dr. Freizinger has presented national and local workshops and lectures on the topic of eating disorders. ‌She is published in the areas of eating disorders and bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Pediatric Stroke Update
Recording Date: September 11, 2025
Elizabeth Rosen, MD – Tufts Medical Center
Dr. Elizabeth Rosen is a pediatric neurologist at Tufts Medical Center, specializing in cerebrovascular disease, epilepsy, and complex neurological conditions in children. She is actively involved in clinical education and advancing care strategies for pediatric stroke and related disorders.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Substance Use Disorder in Pediatrics
Recording Date: January 4, 2024
Mariam Schizer, MD; Boston Children’s Hospital; Medical Director, Adolescent Substance Use and Addiction Program (ASAP); Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Risk Management Study, Pain Management Credit, (1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare
Recording Date: December 17, 2025
Rajesh Manrai, PhD – Harvard Medical School
Dr. Rajesh Manrai is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School. His research uses machine learning and big data to uncover mechanisms of disease and improve precision medicine approaches.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™; Risk Management Study

Caring for the Burned-Out Caregiver
Recording Date: October 29, 2025
Marie Clouqueur, LICSW – McLean Hospital
Marie Clouqueur, LICSW, is a licensed clinical social worker at McLean Hospital with expertise in trauma-informed care and behavioral health services. She is involved in delivering evidence-based treatment for patients with complex psychiatric needs.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™; Risk Management Study

The "Difficult" Patient
Recording Date: November 6, 2024
Autumn Riester, MD; University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Associate Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy; Vice Chair for Education MBE/MSME Program Director; Director, Penn Program in Clinical Conflict Management. She has been a member of several international bioethics initiatives including projects in Tanzania, the EU, the UAE, Singapore​ and Japan. She is author of over 100 publications in the areas of clinical ethics, clinical conflict management, LGBT bioethics, and medical ethics education.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™;
(1) Maintenance of Certification Credit, Risk Management Study

Nutrition Security and Screening Tools
Recording Date: April 9, 2025
Parke Wilde, PhD; Tufts University School of Medicine; Professor, Friedman School and a leading authority on US food policy and economics of US federal nutrition assistance programs.  Previously, he worked for Community Nutrition Institute and for the USDA’s Economic Research Service. His research addresses food security and hunger management. ‌He is a member of the Institute of Medicine’s Food Forum and member of research committee advising Agree, a national food policy initiative.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™; Risk Management Study

Physicians’ Experiences With Mistreatment and Discrimination
Recording Date: December 18, 2024
Colin West, MD; Mayo Clinic
Colin P. West, M.D., Ph.D., is a quantitative health sciences researcher whose work focuses primarily on physician well-being, evidence-based medicine and biostatistics​ and medical education.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™;
(1) Maintenance of Certification Credit; Risk Management Study

Safe Handling of Medication
Recording Date: April 23, 2025
Christina Johnson, PharmD; Lowell General Hospital, Department of Pharmacy, Lowell General Hospital’s Program Director of the Pharmacy Resident Program.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™; Risk Management Study

This program is only for new physicians or if you have not completed your ONE TIME MANDATORY Program for licensure. REMINDER PRINT OFF YOUR CERTIFICATE AT THE END OF PROGRAM, MEDICAL EDUCATION OFFICE DOES NOT KEEP THESE FOR YOU AND THIS DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR CME CREDITS. 
51A Online Mandated Reporter Training

This program is only for new physicians or if you have not completed your ONE TIME MANDATORY Program for licensure.  The Lowell General Hospital Medical Education Committee is currently scheduling a Grand Rounds event to qualify for this mandatory credit.

Physicians renewing their Massachusetts License are required to attest (one time only) to their proficiency with EHRs.

You can fulfill this requirement (1) of (4) ways, the list is below:

1. Participation in a Meaningful Use program as an eligible professional.
2. Employment with, credentialed to provide patient care at, or in a contractual agreement with an eligible hospital or critical access hospital with a CMS Meaningful Use program.
3. Participation as either a Participant or an Authorized User in the Massachusetts Health Information Highway.
4. Completion of three hours of a Category 1 EHR-related CPD course that discusses, at a minimum, the core and menu objectives and the CQMs for Meaningful Use.

Majority of physicians fulfill this requirement with #2 in the list above. Lowell General Hospital participates with CMS Meaningful Use Program and if you have Active Privileges at Lowell General Hospital, you have fulfilled this requirement.