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Multi-Credit On Demand

The VOC 2 - Family Medicine - Track 4


Total Credits: 7 including 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™, 7 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s), 1 AOBIM Specialty Credit(s)



Description

This program will expire and must be completed by 08/25/25.

*** Please note this classroom webinar was part of The Virtual Osteopathic Conference 2. If you have already completed The Virtual Osteopathic Conference 2, you will not want to choose this program. ***

Accreditation Statement:
This program is co-sponsored by the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) and the Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of Oregon (OPSO). Both osteopathic associations are accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.

The program has been designated for a maximum of seven (7) AOA Category 1-A Credit(s) by the co-sponsors who have authorized the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons to report CME and specialty credits to the AOA commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation in this activity.  

The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) designates this conference for a maximum of seven (7) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Planning Disclosure:
The Virtual CME Committee consisting of representatives from the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) and the Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of Oregon (OPSO) has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of these presentations. 

 
Osteopathic Grievance Policy:

All grievances should be in writing and should specify the nature of the grievance.  Initially, all grievances should be directed to the MAOPS Executive Director, who will then forward said grievance to the Virtual CME Committee.  All grievances will receive an initial response in writing within 30 days of receipt.  If the participant does not receive a satisfactory response, they can then submit a complaint in writing to the Council on Continuing Medical Education of the AOA at 142 East Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611.

 

Faculty

Julie Benard, MD, DABOM, FAAP's Profile

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Dr. Julie Benard completed her Doctor of Medicine degree at the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia, Missouri. She completed her residency in Child Health at MU Children's Hospital in Columbia, Missouri, and then joined the faculty. During her residency, Dr. Benard developed a passion for assessing and treating pediatric obesity and associated concerns. Dr. Benard became board certified in Pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics in 2015 and then became board certified in Obesity Medicine by the American Board of Obesity Medicine in 2018. She worked previously as the Medical Director of the Tigers on Track clinic, a multidisciplinary clinic that provides comprehensive treatment for pediatric obesity. She also was an Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri – Columbia in the Department of Child Health – Division of General Pediatrics. She recently joined the Pediatrics Division at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and is working on expanding pediatrics and pediatric obesity services in southeast Missouri. 

Dr. Benard discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.


Michael Clearfield, DO's Profile

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Dr. Michael Clearfield is retired as Professor and Dean Emeritus of Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Vallejo, California, a position he held from 2006 to 2021. From 1979 to 2006, Dr. Clearfield served in several capacities (Chair Department of Internal Medicine, Associate Dean for Clinical Research amongst others) at the University of North Texas Health Sciences Center/Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1975 he received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He is board certified in Internal Medicine by the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Clearfield's research interests have focused on preventative heart disease, cholesterol metabolism & management, and obesity-related issues. Dr. Clearfield has published over 100 manuscripts and was the co-primary investigator for the Air Force/Texas Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention Study, the first large-scale randomized statin primary prevention trial in the United States. It is still the largest clinical trial ever conducted at a College of Osteopathic Medicine.  

Dr. Clearfield served a decade on the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME) Board of Directors and chaired the Product Committee, which developed the original blueprint resulting in the COMLEX exams. He also served on the Board and as President of the American College of Osteopathic Internists (ACOI), the Chair of AOA Bureau/Council of Research, and the Bureau of Osteopathic Clinical Education and Research (BOCER). For a decade, he was the AOA representative to the National Cholesterol Education Program. In addition, Dr. Clearfield also served on the Board of Deans of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) from 2006-2021, where he was Chair from 2014-16. He currently serves on the Commission of Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA).

Dr. Clearfield was the Internist of the Year recipient in 1997 from the American College of Osteopathic Internists. He also received the Darryl A. Beehler DO Research Mentor Award, the American Osteopathic Foundation's Astra-Zeneca Healthy Heart Award, the Gutensohn-Denslow Award for outstanding contributions in research & scholarly activity, and the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine. Other notable recognitions he received include top doctors in Internal Medicine in Fort Worth, initiation into the inaugural class of the National Academy of Osteopathic Medical Educators, Researcher of the Year from the American College of Osteopathic Internists, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California, 2018 AOA Distinguished Service Certificate and the 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award from his undergraduate alma mater, Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania. In 2021, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine in California.

Dr. Clearfield discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.


Olivia Danforth, MD's Profile

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Dr. Danforth is a Family Physician working at the Geary St. Clinic with Samaritan Health in Albany, Oregon. She completed her residency in Family Medicine at Good Samaritan Family Medicine Residency Program in Corvallis, Oregon, in 2020. In 2017 she received her Doctor of Medicine degree from Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Danforth is board certified in Family Medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine.

Dr. Danforth began and continues to maintain an informed-consent HRT practice and student & resident education on gender-affirming and LGBT primary care at Samaritan Family Medicine – Geary Street in Albany, Oregon. She is also involved with the local Gender Health and Community Network and previously served on the executive board for Trans Lifeline from 2016 to 2021. Olivia lives in Corvallis with her wife and three cats.

Dr. Danforth discloses she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.


Jennifer Hansen, MD, FAAP's Profile

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Dr. Jennifer Hansen is a Child Abuse Pediatrician and the Medical Director of the P-SANE (Pediatric Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) Program at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. She completed her Child Abuse Pediatrics Fellowship training at Children's Mercy in Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Hansen attended medical school completed her General Pediatrics Residency training at the University of New Mexico Children's Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Dr. Hansen is also an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine in Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Hansen is a member of multiple multidisciplinary teams in Kansas and Missouri and serves on multiple local and state boards and workgroups addressing child abuse and commercial sexual exploitation of children. She is interested in expanding general knowledge about child abuse identification and prevention to the public.

Dr. Hansen discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.


Mandilin Hudson, DO's Profile

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Dr. Mandilin Hudson grew up in San Luis Obispo, California. For her undergraduate education, she attended Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. After graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Biology, she attended Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in Pomona, California, where she found her passion in psychiatry. Specializing in psychiatry allowed her the time and expertise to treat patients holistically. Dr. Hudson completed her psychiatry residency through Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis, Oregon.

Dr. Hudson currently works as a Psychiatrist at Children's Farm Home, Trillium Family Services, a residential mental health treatment facility for adolescents in Corvallis, Oregon. Dr. Hudson also works in private practice with adolescent and adult patients and is an Assistant Professor at Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in Pomona, California, and College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific - Northwest in Yakima, Washington. In addition, she also works for the Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center Psychiatry Residency program in Corvallis. Dr. Hudson is board certified in Psychiatry by the American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry.  

Dr. Hudson shares her passion for medicine with her husband, a cardiologist. They have three children and enjoy boating, gardening, hiking, biking, and skiing as a family. 

Dr. Hudson discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.


Melissa Lawson, MD's Profile

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Dr. Melissa Lawson is a Professor of Child Health at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine in Columbia, Missouri. She has been practicing adolescent medicine for over twenty years. Dr. Lawson specializes in the care of adolescents from the ages of 10 to 22 years old. In addition to general adolescent care, she has expertise in managing patients with eating disorders, depression and anxiety, contraceptive needs, and menstrual management.

Dr. Lawson received her undergraduate and medical degree from the six-year accelerated program at the University of Missouri – Kansas City, in Kansas City, Missouri. She completed her residency in pediatrics and her fellowship in adolescent medicine at Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dr. Lawson is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM). She has been a member of the SAHM Eating Disorder Committee and is a physician Hub team member for the Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders ECHO program in Missouri.

Dr. Lawson and her husband live in Columbia, Missouri, where they experienced the joys and worries of the adolescent years of their two children, who are now in college. In her spare time, Dr. Lawson enjoys camping, working on projects, and participating in various sporting activities.

Dr. Lawson discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.


Claire Unruh, DO's Profile

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Dr. Claire Unruh received her bachelor of arts degree from Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas, in 2021. She then attended Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Buies Creek, North Carolina, receiving her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree in 2018. Dr. Unruh completed her residency in family medicine at Samaritan Health Services in Corvallis, Oregon, in 2021. Her primary interest areas during her training included transgender health, chronic disease management, and hospital medicine. Dr. Unruh is currently a hospitalist at Mid-Columbia Medical Center in Dalles, Oregon.

Dr. Unruh discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.


Tameem Yehyawi, MD's Profile

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Dr. Tameem Yehyawi was born and raised in Keokuk, Iowa. He specializes in Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy, and he works with the Columbia Orthopaedic Group in Columbia, Missouri. Dr. Yehyawi is board certifed in Orthopedic Sports Medicine by the the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. He attended Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. He graduated with honors and was also a captain and All-American linebacker for the football team. He attended medical school at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City, Iowa. He graduated as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society. He then spent the next five years completing his residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, which remains one of the most highly ranked programs in the country in orthopedic surgery. He completed his fellowship at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego, California, where he sub-specialized further in Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine.

Dr. Yehyawi performs surgery, but he also utilizes non-operative techniques to help patients of all ages achieve their goals and return to being active. He has a special interest in treating knee and shoulder injuries, such as ligament and cartilage injuries of the knee, meniscus tears, shoulder instability, and labrum and rotator cuff tears. Dr. Yehyawi feels the most satisfying part of his career is his interaction with his patients each day and helping them find their way back to participating in the activities they enjoy.

Dr. Yehyawi discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.


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