Laurence Katznelson, MD – Program Chair
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
Andrew Hoffman, MD
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Sara A. Divall, MD
Seattle Children’s Hospital/University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA
STATEMENT OF INDEPENDENCE
As a provider of CME accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, the Endocrine Society has a policy of ensuring that the content and quality of this educational activity are balanced, independent, objective, and scientifically rigorous. The scientific content of this activity was developed under the supervision of the Endocrine Society’s peer reviewers.
DISCLOSURE POLICY
The faculty, committee members, and staff who are in position to control the content of this activity are required to disclose to the Endocrine Society and to learners any relevant financial relationship(s) of the individual that have occurred within the last 12 months with any commercial interest(s) whose products or services are related to the content. Financial relationships are defined by remuneration in any amount from the commercial interest(s) in the form of grants; research support; consulting fees; salary; ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options, or ownership interest excluding diversified mutual funds); honoraria or other payments for participation in speakers' bureaus, advisory boards, or boards of directors; or other financial benefits. The intent of this disclosure is not to prevent planners with relevant financial relationships from planning or delivery of content, but rather to provide learners with information that allows them to make their own judgments of whether these financial relationships may have influenced the educational activity with regard to exposition or conclusion.
The Endocrine Society has reviewed these relationships to determine which are relevant to the content of this activity and resolved any identified conflicts of interest for these individuals.
Clinical Care Options, LLC (CCO) requires instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose all financial conflicts of interest (COI) they may have with ineligible companies. All relevant COI are thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to CCO policy. CCO is committed to providing its learners with high-quality CME/CE activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of an ineligible company.
The faculty reported the following relevant financial relationship(s) during the content development process for this activity:
- Laurence Katznelson, MD: Pfizer – Advisory Board; Novo Nordisk – Advisory Board; Stonebridge – Advisory Board; Recordati – Advisory Board; Novartis – Research Investigator; Camarus – Research Investigator; Pituitary Society – President, one year term starting July 1, 2023, currently serving as President-Elect.
- Andrew Hoffman, MD: Ascendis – Consultant; Growth Hormone Research Society – President, travel and expenses reimbursed.
- Sara A. Divall, MD: Pediatric Endocrine Society – Board Review, Presenter; International Meeting of Pediatric Endocrinology – Faculty Retreat; Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower - Presenter; Endocrine Society - Presenter
The following member who reviewed content for this activity reported no relevant financial relationships:
- Skand Shekhar, MD, DABIM
Associate Professor and Assistant Research Physician
National Institutes of Health
Cary, NC
The Endocrine Society staff involved in the development of this CME activity reported no relevant financial relationships.
The planners and content peer reviewers from Clinical Care Options, LLC do not have any relevant financial relationships to disclose, except Amy Butts, PA-C as noted below:
Amy Butts, PA-C: consultant/advisor/speaker: Abbott, Bayer, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi.
The Endocrine Society staff have reviewed all disclosures and resolved or managed all relevant identified conflicts of interest, as applicable.