More Than Pain: New Therapies and Considerations for Sickle Cell Disease

Sunday, November 17, 2024

10:35 AM – 11:20 AM CT

Location: Texas Ballroom A

CE: 0.75 credits/hours

Speaker(s)

Katie Colosimo, MSN, FNP-C (she/her/hers)

Nurse Practitioner
Duke Health
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Nirmish Shah, MD (he/him/his)

Associate Professor
Duke University
Cary, North Carolina, United States

Disclosures:

Katie Colosimo has no relevant financial relationships to disclose. Nirmish Shah has served on speakers bureaus for Alexion and Pfizer and acted as a consultant for Agios, bluebird bio, and Vertex.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the pathology of sickle cell disease
List common complications of sickle cell disease
Apply best practices in managing acute pain associated with sickle cell disease when a patient presents to the emergency room
Discuss new and developing therapies for sickle cell disease