Continuing Medical Education
The CME Program at Lowell General Hospital was awarded ACCME Accreditation with Commendation for demonstrating excellence in compliance in all Accreditation Criteria and accreditation policies. Lowell General Hospital's accreditation term ends on March 28, 2029. Lowell General Hospital received approval from the American Board of Medical Specialties (“ABMS”) to award Maintenance of Certificate (MOC) credits for all CME programs and events. This is in addition to the AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s).

Grand rounds schedule and Zoom information

No registration is required for adult medicine and pediatric medicine programs. Simply join us on Zoom when you find a session you would like to attend on the schedule. 

Adult medicine schedule

Pediatric medicine schedule

To join the session, follow these steps:

  1. Join the ZOOM
  2. Before the end of the session, open the chat
  3. Program evaluation is uploaded to chat 10 minutes before the session ends
  4. Complete the program evaluation (credit is only awarded if you complete the program evaluation)

If you have a question for the speaker, please send it via chat, and the moderator will present the question to the speaker during the Q&A portion.
Contact us
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David Sidebottom, MD
Director of Medical Education

Karen Arbuckle
Medical Education Manager
karen.arbuckle@tuftsmedicine.org

On-demand online grand rounds

Lowell General Hospital’s internet enduring programs are on-demand activities with no specific time or location designated for participation. Instead, the participant determines whether and when to complete the activity for credit.

We retain all attendance and program evaluations for 6 years. All participants are awarded credit by completing the program evaluation on the online class page.

  • Step 1: Choose an online educational program from the list
  • Step 2: Watch and then review the video located (program evaluation can be found under the “useful links" section)
  • Step 3: Complete the quiz or survey located under “My Quia activities”

Choose an online educational program:
Adult medicine

A Practical Guide to Bariatric Surgery
Recorded Live: March 15, 2023
Center for Weight Management and Bariatric Surgery; Lowell General Hospital; Corey Campbell, MD; Medical Director and Caitlin Polistena, MD; General and Minimally Invasive/Bariatric Surgeon
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Advances in Artificial Intelligence for Infectious-Disease Surveillance
Recorded Live: October 4, 2023
Benjamin Rader, MPH; Computational Epidemiology Lab; Boston Children’s Hospital; Boston University School of Public Health
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and (1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Alopecia
Recorded Live: February 7, 2024
Farah Moustafa, MD; Tufts Medical Center, Dermatologist; Director of Laser and Cosmetics. Tufts University School of Medicine, Assistant Professor in Dermatology
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
(1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Basivertebral Nerve Ablation
Recorded Live: December 13, 2023
Alexandra Adler, MD; LGH Pain Management Gregg Franco, MD; LGH Interventional Radiology
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™; Risk Management Study, Pain Management Credit; (1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Bioelectricty and Medicine
Recorded Live: September 27, 2023
Michael Levin, PhD; Vannevar Bush Professorship, Biology Distinguished Professor; Tufts University School of Medicine, Biology and Biomedical Engineering
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and (1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Breast Cancer Genetics
January 10, 2024
Brittany Bychovsky, MD; Dana Farber Cancer Institute; Medical Oncologist; Breast Cancer and Genetics Specialist; Harvard Medical School, Assistant Professor in Medical Oncology
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™; (1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Caring for Adult Patients with Mitochondrial Disease
Recorded Live: March 6, 2024
Amel Karaa, M.D.; Massachusetts General Hospital; Director, Mitochondrial Disease Program; Director, Lysosomal Disorders Program; Assistant Professor Harvard Medical School
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™;  
(1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Chronic Foot Pain
Recorded Live: September 6, 2023
Gregory McNamara, DPM; Podiatry; Lowell General Hospital
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and (1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Diabetes Update
January 24, 2024
Miguel Ariza, MD; Lowell General Hospital; Medical Director of Diabetes and Endocrine Center; Endocrinologist. Tufts University School of Medicine, Assistant Professor in Medicine
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™; (1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Fear Based Disorders: (PTSD, Phobias, Panic Disorder)
Recorded Live: April 24, 2024
Kerry Ressler, MD; McLean Hospital; Chief, Division of Depression and Anxiety Disorders; James and Patricia Poitras Chair in Psychiatry; Director, Neurobiology of Fear Laboratory
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™;  
(1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Gastric Cancer: What Every Practitioner Needs to Know
Recorded Live: March 8, 2023
Thomas Schnelldorfer, MD; Surgical Oncologist; Director; Minimally Invasive Surgical Oncology; Director of the Surgical Imaging Laboratory; Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Hematology Update
Recorded Live: March 20, 2024
Ruchi Hamal, MD; Lowell General Hospital
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™;  
(1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Liver Transplant
January 31, 2024
Francis Nugent, MD; Tufts Medical Center, Medical Oncologist
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™; (1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Long Covid: Neuropsychiatric Symptoms
Recorded Live: May 3, 2023
Zeina El-Chemali, MD; MPH; Neuropsychiatrist/Behavioral Neurologist; Director of Neuropsychiatry Clinics and Training, Department of Psychiatry/Neurology; Associate Professor in Psychiatry/Neurology; Harvard Medical School
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Massive Transfusion Protocol (MTP)
Recorded Live: April 26, 2023
Ray Comenzo, MD; Director, Transfusion Services; Director, John C. Davis Myeloma and Amyloid Program; Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Medication Management for Adult ADD Patients
Recorded Live: October 11, 2023
Craig Surman, MD; Adult ADHD Research Program, Scientific Coordinator; Massachusetts General Hospital. Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and (1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Pancreatic Cysts
Recorded Live: March 27, 2024
Anne Marie Joyce, MD; Lowell General Hospital
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™;  
(1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Parkinson’s: What’s New
Recorded Live: February 14, 2024
Bryan Ho, MD; Tufts Medical Center, Neurologist; Director of Movement Disorders Program. Tufts University School of Medicine, Assistant Professor in Neurology
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
(1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter
Recorded Live: September 13, 2023
Cherylanne Perry, RN, CRNI, VA-BC; Lowell General Hospital Vascular Access Team Leader
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and (1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Podiatry: Part Two
Recorded Live: February 28, 2024
Gregory McNamara, DPM; Lowell General Hospital, Podiatrist
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
(1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Recorded Live: February 21, 2024
Tanayott Thaweethai, PhD; Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Director, Biostatistics Research and Engagement for MGH Biostatistics.Harvard Medical School, Instructor in Medicine
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
(1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Stroke Update
Recorded Live: November 29, 2023
Lester Leung, MD, MSc; Vascular and General Neurology; Tufts Medical Center; Associate Professor of Neurology; Tufts School of Medicine; Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center at TMC; Founder, Stroke and Young Adults Program; Co-Chair, American Heart Association, Massachusetts Stroke Systems of Care
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and (1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Surgical Management of Pancreatic Cancer
Recorded Live: May 10, 2023
Suman Koganti, MD; Lowell General Hospital; Surgeon and completed Hepato-Pancreato Biliary and Liver Transplant Fellowship.
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Risk Management Study

Treating Tobacco Users: Best Practices, New Ideas and Current Controversies
Recorded Live: April 17, 2024
Nancy Rigotti, MD; Massachusetts General Hospital; Director, Tobacco Research and Treatment; Professor, Harvard Medical School
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™;  
(1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Vascular Surgery Update
Recorded Live: September 20, 2023
Omar Selim, MD; Vascular Surgeon; Tufts Medical Center; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and (1) Maintenance of Certification Credit
Bias

Addressing Inequities in Asthma Pediatric Patients
Recorded Live: March 7, 2024
Wanda Phipatanakul, MD; Boston Children’s Hospital; Attending Physician Division of Immunology; Director Research Center, S. Jean Emans, MD; Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School.  Dr. Phipatanakul has built a deep network of community relationships, and she conducts both school- and home-based asthma studies in children and has had continuous NIH funding for 23 years. She leads the NIAID School Inner-City Asthma Intervention Study, the NHLBI Environment Assessment of Sleep in Youth.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™;  
(1) Maintenance of Certification Credit Risk Management Study; Bias Credit

CMS Improving the Health of Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Recorded Live: January 4, 2023
LaShawn McIver, MD, MPH; CMS Director of Office of Minority Health
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™; Risk Management Study, Bias Credit ; (1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Diabetes Disparities within the Asian Population
December 6, 2023
George King, MD; Director of the Asian American Diabetes Initiative; Director, Research, Senior Vice President, Head of Vascular Cell Biology at Joslin Diabetes Center, Thomas J. Beatson, Jr. Professor of Medicine in the Field of Diabetes at Harvard Medical School.
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Risk Management Study, Bias Credit

Hepatitis B: Health Disparities within the Cambodian Population
Recorded Live: March 29, 2023
Speaker Panel Discussion: Lowell Mayor Sokhary Chau; Robert Marlin, MD; Rothsovann Yong, MD; Tsung Mou, MD
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Risk Management Study, Bias Credit

Racial Disparities in Healthcare: Implicit Bias
April 13, 2022, Live Recording
John Dovidio, PhD; Public Health Yale University; John F. Dovidio, Ph.D. is the Carl Iver Hovland Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Public Health at Yale University. His work centers around issues of social power and social relations, both between groups and between individuals. He explores both conscious (explicit) and unconscious (implicit) influences on how people think about, feel about, and behave toward others based on group membership.
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Risk Management and Bias Credit
Dementia

Alzheimer’s and Dementia Update
Recorded Live: April 3, 2024
Brent Forester, MD; Tufts Medical Center; Chief of Psychiatry; Chairman, Department of Psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center; Director of Behavioral Health for Tufts Medicine; Expert in Geriatric Psychiatry
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™;  
(1) Maintenance of Certification Credit Risk Management Study; Alzheimer’s Dementia Credit, End of Life Credit

Alzheimer’s and Early Warning Signs
Recorded Live: October 19, 2022
Dr. Edmariae Guzmán-Vélez; Multicultural Alzheimer Prevention Program (MAPP) at the MGH Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology focuses on advancing dementia research, prevention and treatment with multicultural populations. Dr. Guzman-Velez is an Assistant Professor at MGH and Harvard Medical School
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Risk Management Study; Dementia Credit; End of Life

Note: This program is approved by the Massachusetts Board of Medicine for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias credit.
Domestic violence

Domestic Violence
12/7/2022, Live Recording
Elaine Alpert, MD, MPH; Dr. Alpert is the Founding Chair and current member of the Massachusetts Medical Society Committee on Violence Intervention and Prevention.  She is an internationally-respected scholar and consultant in family violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking.  
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Risk Management Study Credit, Domestic Violence Credit
End of life

Alzheimer’s and Dementia Update
Recorded Live: April 3, 2024
Brent Forester, MD; Tufts Medical Center; Chief of Psychiatry; Chairman, Department of Psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center; Director of Behavioral Health for Tufts Medicine; Expert in Geriatric Psychiatry
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™;  
(1) Maintenance of Certification Credit Risk Management Study; Alzheimer’s Dementia Credit, End of Life Credit

Palliative Care for Non Cancer Patients
Recorded Live: November 15, 2023
Mary Buss, MD; Tufts Medical Center; Director, Outpatient Palliative Care; Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program Director
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™; Risk Management Study; End of Life Credit; (1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Would You Refer This Patient with Cancer to a Palliative Care Specialist?
Recorded Live: April 5, 2023
Mary Buss, MD, MPH, Director, Outpatient Palliative Care and Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship (starting July 2023); Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine.
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Risk Management Study, Bias Credit
Pain management

Assessment and Treatment of Chronic Pain
Recorded Live: October 18, 2023
John Otis, PhD; Boston University School of Medicine, Director of Behavorial Medicine Program
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™; Risk Management Study, Pain Management Credit; (1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

New 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain
Recorded Live: February 22, 2023
Jaswinder Legha, MD; MPH; Centers for Disease Control; Medical Director, Clinical Practice Team; Division of Overdose Protection
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit; Risk Management Study; Pain Management Credit

Opioid Crisis Update
Recorded Live: March 13, 2024
Robert Goldstein, MD; Department of Public Health Commissioner; previous Senior Policy Advisor at CDC; Infectious Disease Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and Faculty; Harvard Medical School
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™;  
(1) Maintenance of Certification Credit Risk Management Study, Pain Management Credit

Pain Reprocessing Therapy
Recorded Live: April 10, 2024
Abigail Hirsch, PhD
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™;  
(1) Maintenance of Certification Credit Risk Management Study, Pain Management Credit

Sociobiological Aspects of Pain
Recorded Live: June 22, 2022
Daniel Carr, MD; Professor Emeritus of Public Health and Community Medicine;Program Director and Founder, MS in Pain, Research Education & Policy Program, Tufts University School of Medicine; Past-President, American Academy of Pain Medicine; Founding Editor, IASP’s Pain: Clinical Updates; Co-founding Editor, Pain Trials, Cochrane Reviews
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Risk Management Study; Pain Management Credit

Substance Use Disorder in Pediatrics
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
Pediatrics

Addressing Inequities in Asthma Pediatric Patients
Recorded Live: March 7, 2024
Wanda Phipatanakul, MD; Boston Children’s Hospital; Attending Physician Division of Immunology; Director Research Center, S. Jean Emans, MD; Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School.  Dr. Phipatanakul has built a deep network of community relationships, and she conducts both school- and home-based asthma studies in children and has had continuous NIH funding for 23 years. She leads the NIAID School Inner-City Asthma Intervention Study, the NHLBI Environment Assessment of Sleep in Youth.
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™;  
(1) Maintenance of Certification Credit Risk Management Study; Bias Credit

Management of Pediatric Burns
Recorded Live: September 7, 2023
Robert Sheridan, MD, Medical Director of Burn Service, Shriners Hospital for Children; Interim Chief of Staff, Shriners Hospital for Children; Attending Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital Burn Unit
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and (1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Pediatric Type II Diabetes
Recorded Live: November 2, 2023
Melissa Crocker, MD; Clinical Chief of Endocrinology, Type II Diabetes Program Director; Boston Children’s Hospital
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and (1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Phototherapy Guidelines
Recorded Live: March 2, 2023
Cathleen Renzi, DO; Pediatric Hospitalist; Clinical Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

Phototherapy Guidelines Recorded Live: March 2, 2023 Cathleen Renzi, DO; Pediatric Hospitalist; Clinical Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

Neonatal Fever and Workup
Recorded Live: May 4, 2023
Dinah Thibeault, MD and Ann Cheung, MD; Fellows; Tufts Medical Center Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship Program
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Substance Use Disorder in Pediatrics
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
Risk management

Concepts of Culturally Sensitive Care
Recorded Live: November 1, 2023
Speaker: TBA
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and (1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

Ethics Training: Case Presentations
Recorded Live: November 8, 2023
Lauren Rigsby, MDiv; Lowell General Hospital, Manager of Spiritual Care Department
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™; Risk Management Study and (1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

In Flight Emergencies
Recorded Live: April 19, 2023
Theodore Macnow, MD; UMass Memorial Health; Interim Chief of Emergency Medicine
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Risk Management Study

Work Place Violence
January 17, 2024
Tyler Michaud, Lowell General Hospital, Patient Safety Manager
(1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™; Risk Management Study, Pain Management Credit; (1) Maintenance of Certification Credit

My CME Tracker

For physicians only: CME Passport allows you to track your CME/MOC credits and generate a transcript with the ability to share your transcript via email to licensing, certifying board or credentialing entities.

View My CMEs

Board of Registration in Medicine's CME requirements

Guidelines for fulfilling the continuing medical education (CME) and the education requirements during the pilot program (adopted December 6, 2018). The guidelines are for your Massachusetts license initial and renewal applications.

New guidelines

Required and should be included in your biennial 50 credits of CME. You must review for at least 2hours to receive the mandatory 2 credits.

Reminder: Please keep a copy of the completion for your files. We do not keep track of these programs.

Here are the one-time requirements:
Suspected child abuse or neglect

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
Domestic violence and sexual violence

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.
Electronic Health Records (EHRs)

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.

Medical staff office online privilege programs