Grand Rounds, October 2, 2025

Presentation Title: Chronic Pain and Sickle Cell Disease

Speakers: Tolulope Oso, MD

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Date: Thursday, October 2, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: MSB 2.103
Learning Format: In-Person and Online

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Series Objectives:

• Apply the latest evidence with patients and practice evidence-based medicine.
• Discuss current research and its potential for application to patient care.
• Discuss the latest clinical practice guidelines relevant to clinical practice.

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Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Define chronic pain.
• Identify chronic pain conditions related to Sickle Cell Disease.
• Describe the appropriate management of pain.
• Define the biopsychosocial model as it relates to pain.

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Credit Designation:

• McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston designates this live activity 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.
• McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston designates this live activity 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.

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ABIM MOC Statement:

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 MOC point in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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Classification:
Pain and Opioid Management

• This activity has been designated by McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for 1 credit of education in Pain and Opioids Management.

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Event Disclosures:
Speakers:
Tolulope Oso, MD 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.

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Planners and other Administrative Support:
Tanvi Gupta, MD, Aastha V Bharwad, MD, Philip Orlander, MD, Mark A Farnie, MD, Robby Wesley, DO, FACP, Andrew Sullivan, MD, Gabriel Aisenberg, MD, Jeffrey Chen, MD, Carley Allen, MD, and Sanjana M Rao, MD have 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.

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Commercial Support:
This activity is not commercially supported.

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Accreditation Statement:
McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

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UTHealth Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
The Walter M. Kirkendall, MD and Margaret A. Kirkendall Annual Endowed Lecture Series

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