138 - Vaccine and Older Adults: Case Studies

Speaker(s)

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  Lisa Grohskopf

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Atlanta, Georgia

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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  Kenneth E. Schmader, MD

  Professor
  Duke University Medical Center
  Durham, North Carolina

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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  Cynthia Whitney, MD, MPH

  Professor, Rollins School of Public Health and Emory Global Health Institute
  Emory University
  Atlanta, Georgia

  Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit

No CPE Credits

Learning Objectives:

• examine the current vaccine guidelines
• list the different approaches to challenging geriatric vaccine cases
• differentiate public health versus personal health vaccine decisions

Presentations:

• 1:15pm – 3:00pm EDT

  Influenza Vaccines for Older Adults: How Do I Choose?
  Lisa Grohskopf – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• 1:15pm – 3:00pm EDT

  Practical Considerations for Zoster Vaccines
  Kenneth E. E. Schmader, MD – Duke University Medical Center
• 1:15pm – 3:00pm EDT

  Protecting Older Adults from Pneumococcal Disease
  Cynthia G. Whitney, MD, MPH – Emory University