2026 EDW Pediatric Brain Tumors: Current Concepts and New Horizons

Registration is required for all live Accredited CME Events. Please be sure to register to receive the CME credit for this activity and Webex information if applicable.

This CME activity will review the current landscape of pediatric neuro-oncology, emphasizing how advances in molecular and genomic technologies have improved the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric brain tumors. Participants will learn to recognize common presentations of pediatric brain tumors, explore novel and emerging therapies, and discuss the challenges and limitations associated with future treatment approaches.

1. Recognize a common presentation of brain tumors in pediatric patients.
2. Identify novel and emerging therapies in pediatric neuro-oncology.
3. Understand the limitations of future therapies as they continue to develop.

Physician Credit

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Illinois State Medical Society. Endeavor Health: Edward-Elmhurst Hospitals is accredited by the Illinois State Medical Society to provide accredited continuing medical education for physicians. Endeavor Health: Edward-Elmhurst Hospitals designates this live activity for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 0.5 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

Other Participant Credit

Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME/ISMS, please consult your professional licensing board.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

The planners, faculty, and others in control of content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. The Endeavor Health: Edward-Elmhurst Hospitals CME Program adheres to the ISMS/ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individual in a position to control the content of a CME activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies (commercial interests).

Member Information

Role in activity

Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)

Gabrielle Lapping-Carr, MD
The University of Chicago Medicine Comer Childrens Hospital

Activity Administrator

Nothing to disclose

Shawn Damodharan, DO
Pediatric Neuro-Oncologist
Comer Children's Hospital

Faculty

Nothing to disclose