Objectives

1. After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to describe the roles of the members of the health care team in their respective responsibilities for quality care
2. After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to identify the current state of the art knowledge in terms of Prion Disease. 
3. After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to describe the pathophysiology clinical manifestations of diagnostic approaches to Prion Disease. 

4.After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to understand the limited therapeutic armamentarium.

5. After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to appreciate Prion Disease in the neurological universe. 

Faculty

Jose Martagon-Villamil, MD
Hospital Medicine
Baystate Medical Center

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.