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Grand Rounds | Bench to Bedside - Do Probiotics Really Matter?
When
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
8:00 AM
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9:00 AM
Description
Presented by:
Susan Lynch, PhD
Director of the Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine
Professor of Medicine
University of California San Francisco
Planners expect learners to:
1. Recognize relationships between the gut microbiome and inflammatory diseases, particularly allergic diseases.
2. Describe why commercially available probiotic products have distinct effects in different individuals.
3. Identify which commercially available probiotic products have undergone clinical trials and shown efficacy for specific conditions.
4. Describe newer live microbial therapeutics, administered to neonates, which have shown the capacity for disease prevention.
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland is accredited by the California Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland designates this live activity for a maximum of 1
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABP MOC Part 2 Points
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 1 MOC point 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. Contact Cristina.Fernandez@ucsf.edu for further details.
ABS Continuous Certification (CC)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn 1 credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit. Contact Cristina.Fernandez@ucsf.edu for further details.
Zoom Participants:
Please contact Cristina.Fernandez@ucsf.edu for webinar information.
For CME credit, evaluations must be completed by 12pm on the Friday after Grand Rounds. Requests for the link to the current evaluation must be sent to Cristina.Fernandez@ucsf.edu by NOON on the day of Grand Rounds.
Dr. Lynch has financial relationships with the following: Siolta Therapeutics, Atria Institute, and Sanofi . CME committee members have mitigated this disclosure by previewing this presentation and determining that it is without bias.
CME committee members, as a planning peers with no financial relationships, reviewed Dr. Kittams’ financial relationship with Merck and Pfizer; Dr. Venturelli's financial relationship with Moderna and Dr. Kevin Yen's financial relationship with Biomarin Pharmaceutical, Eli Lily & Co. and Eton Pharmaceuticals, and found that these relationships were not relevant to this presentation. The following planners for this educational activity do not have relevant financial relationships to disclose: Sabina Ali, MD; Allison Coleman, MD; RoseEllen Morrell, MD; Michelle Nakaishi, CPNP; Javay Ross MD; and Prachi Singh, DO.
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