Disclosure:
ASE is committed to ensuring that its educational mission, and all accredited continuing educational programs provide a protected space to learn, teach, and engage in scientific discourse free from influence from organizations that may have an incentive to insert commercial bias into education.
While a monetary or professional affiliation with an ineligible company does not necessarily influence a speaker’s presentation, the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education and policies of the ACCME require that all financial relationships with ineligible companies* be identified and mitigated prior to engaging in an accredited CE activity. In accordance with these policies, ASE actively identified relevant financial relationships between faculty in control of this accredited CE activity and ineligible companies and implemented mitigation strategies to eliminate any potential influence from persons or organizations that may have an incentive to insert commercial bias in this activity. (*Companies that are ineligible to be accredited in the ACCME System (“ineligible companies”) are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.)
The following faculty members have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies:
- Theodore Abraham, MD, FASE
- Federico Asch, MD, FASE
- Kiran Belani, MD
- Jerry Estep, MD, FASE
- Rebecca Hahn, MD, FASE
- Roberto Lang, MD, FASE
- Sunil Mankad, MD, FASE
- Vera Rigolin, MD, FASE
- Vincent Sorrell, MD, FASE
- Gregory Scalia, MBBS, FASE
- Edwin Tucay, MD, FPSE, FASE
- Cathy West, MSc, AMS, FASE
All relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies listed for the following faculty members have been mitigated:
- Ana Barac, MD, PhD; Astra Zeneca (Consultant/Advisor)
- Renuka Jain, MD, FASE; GE Healthcare (Research Funding); Medtronic (Speaker/Speaker's Bureau, Consultant/Advisor)
- Linda Gilliam, MD, FASE; Medtronic (Consultant/Advisor); Philips (Consultant/Advisor)
- Noreen Kelly, MD, FASE; Abbott (Speaker/Speaker's Bureau)
- Dermot Phelan, MD, PhD, FASE; Bristol Myers Squibb (Speaker/Speaker's Bureau); Caption Health (Consultant/Advisor)
- Muhamed Saric, MD, PhD, FASE; Medtronic (Speaker/Speaker's Bureau); Abbott (Speaker/Speaker's Bureau); Boston Scientific (Speaker/Speaker's Bureau)
Members of the ASE CME Committee members (not serving as faculty) do not have any financial relationships with ineligible companies. Click here for a list of these members.
None of the ASE staff who were involved in the planning and implementation of this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies. Click here for a list of ASE staff members.