"CONFRONTING CJD AND OTHER PRION DISORDERS"
The Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of a 55 minute educational DVD titled "Confronting CJD and other Prion Disorders." This project was developed for medical professionals, specifically to elevate awareness and provide current information about CJD and other prion diseases.
The DVD consists of a series of lectures presented by some of the world's leading prion disease experts including:
- Pierluigi Gambetti, MD, Director of the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center. Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Stanley Prusiner, MD, Nobel Laureate and Professor, University of California at San Francisco
- Robert Will, MD, co-founder and former Director of the National CJD Surveillance Unit, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Richard Knight, MD, Director of the National CJD Surveillance Unit, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Richard Johnson, MD, former Chairman of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA and formerly with NIH, NINDS
- Interviews with family members who have lost a loved one to CJD
- A rare interview with a CJD patient
"The DVD entitled Confronting CJD and Other Prion Disorders is a meticulously produced scientifically sound educational material that brings together scientific information from internationally-recognized prion disease physicians and researchers. The DVD is broken down into different segments to allow ease of navigation through various important topics. It answers many of the questions raised by health care providers about this enigmatic group of diseases whose origin had puzzled many researchers over several decades. The DVD blends scientific information with testimonials from family members and CJD patients, highlighting the need for compassion and sensitivity to the needs of affected family members as part of the overall management of patients with prion diseases. The DVD can be used as a prion disease educational tool for a wide variety ofhealth care providers, public health workers, and policy makers." Dr. Ermias Belay, Centersfor Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Created with the endorsement and financial support of the CDC and some of our families and under the guidance of Dr. Pierluigi Gambetti, our Medical Director we have produced this seminal body of work. One CME credit is available through the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and BioSciences.
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INDIVIDUAL CME CREDITS
are available through the University of Buffalo School of Medicine and Biosciences. Double click on the icon on the actual DVD and it will take you to the appropriate website to apply for credits.
Use this link to access the DVD and CME Process
http://www.smbs.buffalo.edu/cme/cjd/
ORDERING A DVD
If you would like a copy of the DVD for your hospital's medical library, please contact us at 1-800-659-1991 or complete the following order form and fax it to us at 330-668-2474.
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