The Materials, Medicine and Nanotechnology Summit is a joint-sponsored educational activity comprised of the biennial Cleveland Clinic NanoMedicine Summit and ASM’s annual Materials & Processes for Medical Devices (MPMD) Conference and Exposition.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education and ASM International®. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 16.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)1. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity may be submitted for American Osteopathic Association Continuing Medical Education credit in Category 2.
This meeting is directed towards innovators in medical devices, clinical practice, and biomedical research, who are interested in the latest materials advances and nanotechnology discoveries, and their potential applications in medicine. The meeting will be valuable for academic nanotechnology scientists, medical device engineers, biomedical scientists, medical entrepreneurs, and corporate R&D managers who would like to gain clinical perspective and identify opportunities for collaboration. Physicians from a variety of specialties, including cardiac and vascular medicine, neurological diseases, and orthopedic and spine disorders, will find the meeting useful in understanding how nanotechnology and materials might affect the roadmap for the future of medicine.
At the end of the meeting, the attendee will be able to:
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education has implemented a policy to comply with the current Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Commercial Support requiring resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest. Faculty declaring a relevant commercial interest will be identified in the activity syllabus.
