Community and Continuing Medical Education

Title: “Structures of the PI3Kα/KRas complex on lipid bilayers reveal molecular mechanisms of PI3Kα activation”, Authors and Journal: Torosyan et al., Molecular Cell Vol. 86, Issue 14, 2858-2870.

Neurosurgery Thursday Residency Curriculum Series

Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the UConn Health Department of Neurosurgery.

Speaker: Jeffrey Tomlin, MD

Date: Thursday, September 17, 2026

Time: 6:00am- 7:00am

Location: UCHC/ UConn 5 Munson Road, Basement Conference Room & WebEx Live Virtual

Target Audience: UCHC/UConn Health faculty and affiliated faculty including Neurosurgeons, Primary Care physicians, Advanced Practice providers (APRN’s and PA’s), residents, medical students, and other clinicians involved in the management, care, and treatment of patients with neurosurgical conditions, including disorders of the brain and spine disorders.

Learning Objectives: Participants will (be able to):

1. Review general information surrounding recovery from brain and spine trauma in basic science considerations.
2. Describe basic surgical adjuncts for improving brain and spinal cord recovery following injury.
3. Discuss the management guidelines of traumatic brain injury (source of articles).

Speaker Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Tomlin in their role as speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for this individual to be mitigated.

Dr. Tomlin will not be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device.

Dr. Tomlin has not used AI tools in the preparation of this session.

Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.

Activity Director Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Bulsara, as the activity director, for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for this individual to be mitigated.

Planning Committee Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Bulsara, Dr. Tomlin, and Natasha Judge, as member(s) of the planning committee, for this educational event, has/have no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for this individual to be mitigated.

Commercial Support Statement:

This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.

Evaluations: Participants are required to complete an evaluation to obtain CME Credits. This CME activity uses an electronic evaluation survey, ETHOS. An email from the activity admin, Natasha Judge, njudge@uchc.edu with instruction will be sent to the participants. Please complete the evaluation within 10 business days of receiving the email. If you do not receive an email within the 5 business days of this activity, please reach directly out to the activity admin. All evaluations must be completed within 10 business of receiving the email evaluation assignment.

Title: TBA

Neurosurgery Thursday Residency Curriculum Series

Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the UConn Health Department of Neurosurgery.

Speaker: Bridget Walker, MD

Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026

Time: 6:00am- 8:00am

Location: UCHC/ UConn 5 Munson Road, Basement Conference Room & WebEx Live Virtual

Target Audience: UCHC/UConn Health faculty and affiliated faculty including Neurosurgeons, Primary Care physicians, Advanced Practice providers (APRN’s and PA’s), residents, medical students, and other clinicians involved in the management, care, and treatment of patients with neurosurgical conditions, including disorders of the brain and spine disorders.

Learning Objectives: Participants will (be able to):

1. Describe general pathophysiology of traumatic brain injury.
2. Review basic medical and surgical options for traumatic brain injury recovery.
3. Discuss the management guidelines of traumatic brain injury (source of articles).

Speaker Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Walker in their role as speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for this individual to be mitigated.

Dr. Walker will not be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device.

Dr. Walker has not used AI tools in the preparation of this session.

Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 2 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.

Activity Director Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Bulsara, as the activity director, for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for this individual to be mitigated.

Planning Committee Disclosure Statement:

Dr. Bulsara, Dr. Walker, and Natasha Judge, as member(s) of the planning committee, for this educational event, has/have no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for this individual to be mitigated.

Commercial Support Statement:

This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.

Evaluations: Participants are required to complete an evaluation to obtain CME Credits. This CME activity uses an electronic evaluation survey, ETHOS. An email from the activity admin, Natasha Judge, njudge@uchc.edu with instruction will be sent to the participants. Please complete the evaluation within 10 business days of receiving the email. If you do not receive an email within the 5 business days of this activity, please reach directly out to the activity admin. All evaluations must be completed within 10 business of receiving the email evaluation assignment.

Title: “The oncogenic CCDC6-RET fusion protein is a dual ATP- and ADP-dependent kinase”

Authors and Journal: Martin-Hurtado et al., Nature Communications 17, 3595 (2026)