Department of Medicine


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11/17/2009“Understanding Health Care Reform”
12:00-1:00 pmHarold Pollack, PhD, Monica Vela, MD, Marshall Chin, MD, Monica Peek, MD
Billings Auditorium - P117
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11/10/2009“Palliative Care and Chronic Illness: Dementia as a Paradigm”
12:00-1:00 pmJoe Shega, MD
Billings Auditorium - P117Associate Professor of Medicine
 
 “Treatment of High Risk Adult AML”
 Sarah Larson, MD
 Internal Medicine Resident
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11/03/2009“Hyperuricemia and Gout”
12:00-1:00 pmSaima Chohan, MD
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine; Section of Rheumatology
 
 “Endoscopic Management of Complex Pancreatitis”
 Jennifer Chennat, MD
 Assistant Professor of Medicine; Section of Gastroenterology
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10/27/2009“Singular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor-Writer at Bellevue”
12:00-1:00 pmDanielle Ofri, MD, PhD, D Litt(Hon), FACP
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine; New York University School of Medicine
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10/20/2009“Oral Chemotherapy: Issues that my Generation of Oncologists Never Had to Think About”
12:00-1:00 pmMerrill J. Egorin, MD, FACP
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute; The 2009 Leon I. Goldberg Memorial Lecture
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10/13/2009“Transplant: Living Donor Advocacy at UCMC”
12:00-1:00 pmJohn Schumann, MD
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine
 
 “Improving Function in ICU Survivors”
 John Kress, MD, FCCP
 Associate Professor of Medicine
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10/06/2009“Improving Quality at an Academic Medical Center: Wins, Losses and Draws”
12:00-1:00 pmCharles M. Watts, MD
Billings Auditorium - P117Chief Medical Officer; Professor, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care; Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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09/29/2009“Up in Smoke! Treating tobacco addiction in the hospital and policy implications”
12:00-1:00 pmLisa M. Shah, MD, MA
Billings Auditorium - P117
 
 “Pandemic Planning at UCMC”
 Stephen Weber, MD, MA
 
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09/22/2009“Infiltrative and Restrictive Cardiomyopathy: An Essential Role for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance”
12:00-1:00 pmAmit Patel
Billings Auditorium - P117--moved to L-168
 
 “An unusual case of acute renal failure”
 Patrick Cunningham
 --moved to L-168
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09/15/2009“Novel therapies in differentiated thyroid cancer”
12:00-1:00 pmRebecca Brown
Billings Auditorium - P117
 
 “The Case of Vexing Vesicles”
 Sarah Stein
 
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09/08/2009“Joseph B. Kirsner in Gastroenterology: A Look Back (1936-2009)”
12:00-1:00 pmJoseph B. Kirsner, MD, PhD
Billings Auditorium - P117
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09/01/2009“Clinical and Translational Research in Head and Neck Cancer at the University of Chicago”
12:00-1:00 pmEverett Vokes and Ezra Cohen
Billings Auditorium - P117
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06/23/2009“"HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!"”
12:00-1:00 pmGRAND ROUNDS CANCELLED FOR SUMMER MONTHS
Billings Auditorium - P117WILL RESUME ON 8/25/09
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06/16/2009“Annual Department Address”
12:00-1:00 pmEverett E. Vokes, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Chairman, Department of Medicine Director, Section of Hematology/Oncology Deputy Director, Cancer Research Center John E. Ultmann Professor of Medicine and Radiation and Cellular Oncology
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06/09/2009“Diagnosis and Mangement of Fractures in Stage 1-d CKD”
12:00-1:00 pmPaul D. Miller, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Medical Director, Colorado Center for Bone Research, Lakewood, Colorado
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06/02/2009“The University of Chicago Internal Medicine Residency Training Program”
12:00-1:00 pmResident Scientific Session
Billings Auditorium - P117Come over and view the excellent and hard work of our residents!
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05/26/2009“Genetic Risk Tests Already Available for Common Cancers and Cardiovascular Diseases”
12:00-1:00 pmJeffrey Robert Gulcher, M.D., Ph.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Chief Scientific Officer, Decode Genetics
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05/19/2009“Novel Therapeutics and Endpoints for Pulmonary Hypertension”
12:00-1:00 pmMardi Gomberg-Maitland, M.D., M.Sc.
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Cardiology
 
 “Prevention of Falls in Older Adults”
 Katherine Thompson, M.D.
 Chief Resident, General Internal Medicine
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05/12/2009“Dr. Coggeshall's Vision Updated The Future of Academic Medicine”
12:00-1:00 pmDarrell G. Kirch, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117President and Chief Executive Officer AAMC Washington, DC
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05/05/2009“Update on Resident Duty Hour Regulations and Evaluation of Resident Competencies”
12:00-1:00 pmThomas J. Nasca, M.D., MACP
Billings Auditorium - P117Chief Executive Officer, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Chicago, IL, Professor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College
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04/28/2009“Pregnancy and Transplant”
12:00-1:00 pmMichelle A. Josephson, M.D., FACP
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine, Section of Nephrology
 
 “Rheumatoid Arthritis Related Lung Disease: What is so Rheumatic about the Lung?”
 Rebecca A. Shilling, M.D.
 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine
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04/21/2009“Can Inhaled CO be a Therapy in Human Disease?”
12:00-1:00 pmDr. Augustine M.K. Choi
Billings Auditorium - P117Parker B. Francis Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
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04/14/2009“Should Current Blood Pressure Goals be Re-evaluated?”
12:00-1:00 pmDr. George L. Bakris
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine, Director, Hypertensive Diseases Center, Department of Medicine Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
 
 “Adult Sickle Cell Program 2009 Update”
 Dr. Nicole L. Artz
 Assistant Professor, Hospitalist Clinician Educator, Section of Hospital Medicine
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04/07/2009“Shared Decision-Making and Diabetes Health Disparities”
12:00-1:00 pmMonica E. Peek, MD, MPH
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine
 
 “Multiple Myeloma: Improved Survival with Novel Agents”
 Todd M. Zimmerman, M.D.
 Associate Professor of Medicine Section of Hematology/Oncology
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03/31/2009“Rheumatoid Arthritis as a Segmental Aging Syndrome”
12:00-1:00 pmCornelia M. Weyand, MD, PhD
Billings Auditorium - P117David Lowance Professor of Medicine Director, Lowance Center for Human Immunology and Rheumatology Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia
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03/24/2009“Alopecia”
12:00-1:00 pmLady C. Dy, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117TBA
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03/10/2009“Update on Scleroderma”
12:00-1:00 pmFredrick M. Wigley, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD
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03/03/2009“Screening and Treating Prostate Cancer in Older Adults”
12:00-1:00 pmWilliam Dale, M.D, Ph.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Section Chief Geriatrics Associate Director, MD/PhD Program in Medicine, Social Science and Humanities (MeSH)
 
 “Is IBD an Eating Disorder?”
 David L. Boone, Ph.D.
 Assistant Professor of Medicine Section of Gastroenterology
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02/24/2009“Molecular Portraits of Cancer”
12:00-1:00 pmPatrick O. Brown, Ph.D., M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biochemistry Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, California
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02/17/2009“Hyperparathyroidism - What Have We Learned in 100 Years?”
12:00-1:00 pmTamara J. Vokes, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Director, Endocrinology Outpatient Clinic, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
 
 “Referral Decisions for Older Adults: The Case of Chronic Kidney Disease”
 Kellie Hunter Campbell, MD, MA
 Instructor of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
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02/10/2009“The Patient Centered Medical Home”
12:00-1:00 pmDavid William Baker, MD, MPH, FACP
Billings Auditorium - P117Chief and Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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01/27/2009“Why Are We Doctors?”
12:00-1:00 pmSandeep Jauhar, M.D., Ph.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Director, Heart Failure Program, Long Island Jewish Medical Center New York, New York
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01/20/2009“Immune Reconstitution in HIV Infection: Can We Repair the Damage?”
12:00-1:00 pmDavid L. Pitrak, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine, Chief Section of Infectious Diseases
 
 “Infections and Transplantation Tolerance”
 Maria-Luisa Alegre, M.D., Ph.D.
 Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology
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01/13/2009“The Infection Connection with Chronic Lung Disease”
12:00-1:00 pmMichael J. Holtzman, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor Department of Cell Biology and Physiology Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri
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01/06/2009“Diuretic Resistance: Getting Water from Stone"”
12:00-1:00 pmDavid H. Ellison, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine, Division Head, Nephrology & Hypertension Oregon Health & Science University Portland, Oregon
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12/30/2008“CANCELLED”
12:00-1:00 pmCANCELLED
Billings Auditorium - P117HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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12/23/2008“CANCELLED”
12:00-1:00 pmCANCELLED
Billings Auditorium - P117HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY
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12/16/2008“Obesity and the GI Tract: You are What You Eat”
12:00-1:00 pmM. Michael Wolfe, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine and Chief, Section of Gastroenterology Boston University School of Medicine Boston, Massachusetts
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12/09/2008“Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women and Leadership in Academic Medicine”
12:00-1:00 pmRekha Vij, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Chief Resident Internal Medicine Residency Program Fellow, Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine
 
 “Primary Immunodeficiencies Come of Age”
 Kevin Gregg, M.D.
 Chief Resident, Internal Medicine Residency Program Fellow, Section of Infectious Diseases
 
 “Late Stent Thrombosis - What's Blocking Our Progress”
 Rajiv S. Swamy, M.D.
 Chief Resident Internal Medicine Residency Program Fellow, Section of Cardiology
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12/02/2008“Mobility & Aging: Guidance for Non-geriatricians”
12:00-1:00 pmStephanie Anne Studenski, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine Department of Geriatrics University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pensylvania
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11/25/2008“Why Good Drugs are Sometimes Bad for the Liver”
12:00-1:00 pmPaul Brent Watkins, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Verne S. Caviness Distinguished Professor of Medicine University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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11/18/2008“Translating Prevention of Mental Disorders into Primary Care: Prevention for Adolescents"”
12:00-1:00 pmBenjamin VanVoorhees, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine Associate Director of the Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency Program Seciton of General Internal Medicine
 
 “Leprosy in Hyderabad”
 Jean-Luc Benoit, M.D.
 Assistant Professor of Medicine Section of Infectious Diseases
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11/11/2008“Diffusion of Innovation: Translating Infection Prevention Research Into Practice”
12:00-1:00 pmSanjay Saint, MD, MPH
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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11/04/2008“Interferon Alpha as a Heritable Risk Factor for Lupus”
12:00-1:00 pmDr. Timothy Niewold
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine Section of Rheumatology
 
 “Targeted Photodynamic Therapy”
 Dr. Bernhard Ortel
 Clinical Associate of Medicine
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10/28/2008“First Annual Melinda K. Gordon, M.D. Lecture on Doctor-Patient Communication and Medical Decision Making "Integration of Humanism and Science in Medicine"”
12:00-1:00 pmTerri Gilewski, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York, New York
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10/21/2008“Curbside Cardiology Consults”
12:00-1:00 pmRoy Charles Ziegelstein, MD, FACP
Billings Auditorium - P117Executive Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
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10/14/2008“(Hep) B Aware”
12:00-1:00 pmKaren E. Kim, MS, MD
Billings Auditorium - P117Associate Professor of Medicine Section of Gastroenterology
 
 “T Cell Costimulation and Atopy: Does Inducible Costimulator Molecule Induce Disease?”
 Anne Sperling, Ph.D.
 Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care
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10/07/2008“HIV Neurocognitive Disease in the Post HAART Era”
12:00-1:00 pmJoseph K. Wong, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases University of California, San Francisco
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09/30/2008“"CANCELLED"”
12:00-1:00 pmROSH HASHANAH
Billings Auditorium - P117ROSH HASHANAH
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09/23/2008“Blinking or Thinking: New Approaches to Clinical Decision Making”
12:00-1:00 pmPat Croskerry, M.D., Ph.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor, Emergency Medicine Dalhousie University Halifax Nova Scotia Canada
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09/16/2008“Improving Quality and Reducing Disparities: Can Both Be Done?”
12:00-1:00 pmRomana Hasnain-Wynia, MS, PhD
Billings Auditorium - P117Associate Professor Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine Research Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Institue of Health Studies
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09/09/2008“Clinical Application of the Novel Method of Immunosuppression Monitoring: The Immuknow Assay”
12:00-1:00 pmPradeep V. Kadambi, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine Section of Nephrology
 
 “Environmental Endocrine Disruptors, Adipocytes, and Obesity”
 Robert M. Sargis, M.D., Ph.D.
 Fellow, Department of Medicine Section of Endocrinology
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09/02/2008“Peripheral Vascular Disease/Hybrid Labs and Beyond”
12:00-1:00 pmSatyendra Giri, MD, MPH, RVT, MRCP
Billings Auditorium - P117Director, Cardiac Cath Lab and Vascular Medicine Section of Cardiology Department of Medicine
 
 “Development of Peptide Therapeutics for MLL-Associated Leukemia”
 Michael J. Thirman, M.D.
 Associate Professor of Medicine Section of Hematology/Oncology Director of Leukemia Biology
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08/26/2008“Acute Lung Injury: The Past, The Present, The Genomic Future”
12:00-1:00 pmDr. Joe G.N. Garcia
Billings Auditorium - P117Lowell T. Coggeshall Professor of Medicine Chairman, Department of Medicine
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06/24/2008“"HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!"”
12:00-1:00 pmGRAND ROUNDS CANCELLED FOR SUMMER MONTHS
Billings Auditorium - P117WILL RESUME ON 8/26/08
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06/17/2008“"State of the Department Address"”
12:00-1:00 pmDr. Joe G.N. Garcia
Billings Auditorium - P117Lowell T. Coggeshall Professor of Medicine Chairman, Department of Medicine
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06/10/2008“Clinical Vignettes in Genetics: When is Genetic Testing Warranted?”
12:00-1:00 pmNancy J. Cox, PhD
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor, Department of Medicine Chief, Section of Genetic Medicine
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06/03/2008“The University of Chicago Department of Medicine”
12:00-1:00 pm5th Annual Resident Scientific Session
Billings Auditorium - P117"Come support the internal medicine residents by viewing all of their hard work and scholarly activity"
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05/27/2008“"I Want a Real Doctor" Informed Consent and Medical Education”
12:00-1:00 pmTimothy Baker, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Chief Resident, Department of Medicine
 
 “The Quality Assessment and Improvement Curriculum: Empowering Residents to Improve Care”
 Lisa M. Vinci, M.D.
 Assistant Professor of Medicine Section of General Internal Medicine
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05/20/2008“The Beta Cell in Type 2 Diabetes”
12:00-1:00 pmDaniel Porte, Jr., M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor Emeritus of Medicine University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle, Washington
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05/13/2008“What Hippocrates Knew and We Have Forgotten”
12:00-1:00 pmJohn Patrick, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117President and Professor of the History of Science and Medicine Augustine College Ottawa, Ontario,Canada
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05/06/2008“The Coming of the Second Revolution in Medical Education”
12:00-1:00 pmKenneth M. Ludmerer, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine and Professor of History Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
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04/29/2008“The Importance of Race/Ethnicity in Biomedical Research and Clinical Practice”
12:00-1:00 pmEsteban Gonzalez Burchard, MD, MPH
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Biopharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine University of California San Francisco
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04/22/2008“Neonatal Diabetes: Insulin Gene Mutations”
12:00-1:00 pmLouis H. Philipson, MD, PhD
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine, Director, University of Chicago Kovler Comprehensive Diabetes Center
 
 “Update on Department of Medicine Quality Activities”
 Andrew M. Davis, MD, MPH, FACP
 Assistant Professor of Medicine Director of Quality, Section of General Internal Medicine
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04/15/2008“The Patron Saint of Medicine: Osler and His Values”
12:00-1:00 pmJohn William Michael Bliss, CM, MA, PhD, FRSC
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor Emeritus of History University of Toronto
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04/08/2008“Rethinking Lupus Nephritis”
12:00-1:00 pmMarcus R. Clark, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Chief, Section of Rheumatology, Co-Director, Knapp Center for Lupus Research
 
 “Doing a Lot with a Little: Emergent Care in International Settings”
 Janis P. Tupesis, MD, FACEP Christine Theodosis, MD, MPH
 Associate Director, Residency Program Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine
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04/01/2008“Out of Africa: Dermatology and Global Health”
12:00-1:00 pmAisha Sethi, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine Section of Dermatology
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03/25/2008“GI (and CV) Effects of NSAIDs”
12:00-1:00 pmLoren Laine, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine Chief, Gastroenterology Section USC School of Medicine Los Angeles, California
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03/18/2008“AIDS-Related Cancers: Paradigm for Etiology of Cancer in Man”
12:00-1:00 pmAlexandra Mary Levine, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Distinguished Professor of Medicine, University of Southern California Chief Medical Officer City of Hope National Medical Center Duarte, CA
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03/11/2008“Advances in the Management of Gout”
12:00-1:00 pmMichael A. Becker, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Emeritus Professor of Medicine University of Chicago, Section of Rheumatology President-Elect/President, Purine and Pyrimidine Society
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03/04/2008“Transparency, Transformation and Value Creation: Balancing the Need for Quality Improvement with the Call for Value-Driven Healthcare”
12:00-1:00 pmCarolyn Maureen Clancy, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Rockville, Maryland
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02/26/2008“Interpreting Illness in Light of Myth and the Hero-Journey"”
12:00-1:00 pmMichael J. Collins, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Partner, Hinsdale Orthopaedic Associates Staff Physician, Hinsdale Hospital Hinsdale, Illinois
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02/19/2008“Enhancing Independence in Older Adults by Targeting Relevant Inflammatory Pathways”
12:00-1:00 pmGeorge A. Kuchel, MD, FRCP
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine, Travelers' Chair in Geriatrics and Gerontology, Director UConn Center on Aging, Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine University of Connecticut Health Center Farmington, CO
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02/12/2008“Assessing Outcomes of Breast Cancer Care”
12:00-1:00 pmAnn Butler Nattinger, MD, MPH
Billings Auditorium - P117Chief and Professor of Medicine Medical College of Wisconsin Division of General Internal Medicine Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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02/05/2008“Cardiac CT Angiography: Just Another Heart Test or Cardiac Panacea”
12:00-1:00 pmJoseph A. Lodato, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine Section of Cardiology
 
 “Novel HIV Prevention Interventions Internationally”
 John A. Schneider, MD, MPH
 Clinical Associate, Department of Medicine Section of Infectious Diseases
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01/29/2008“Medicine Discovers Sickle Cell Anemia”
12:00-1:00 pmTodd L. Savitt, Ph.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor, Department of Medical Humanities, and Adjunct in Department of History East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina
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01/22/2008“EPO: Friend or Foe”
12:00-1:00 pmAjay K. Singh, BSc, MBBS
Billings Auditorium - P117Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts
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01/15/2008“Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome and Sleep Apnea: New Insights in the Pickwick Papers”
12:00-1:00 pmBabak Mokhlesi, MD, MSc
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine
 
 “Myths About the Care of the Poisoned Patient”
 Trevonne Thompson, MD & James Rhee, MD
 FAEEM, Assistant Professors of Medicine Section of Emergency Medicine
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01/08/2008“COPD: From Dyspnea to Biomarkers”
12:00-1:00 pmBartolome R. Celli, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division, Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center; Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston
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01/01/2008“CANCELLED”
12:00-1:00 pmCANCELLED
Billings Auditorium - P117HAPPY & SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON!
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12/25/2007“CANCELLED”
12:00-1:00 pmCANCELLED
Billings Auditorium - P117HAPPY & SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON!
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12/18/2007“Is This Severe Asthma? A Tale of Two Patients”
12:00-1:00 pmJerry A. Krishnan, MD, PhD
Billings Auditorium - P117Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Director, Asthma Center
 
 “Growing Academic Hospital Medicine at The University of Chicago: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities”
 David O. Meltzer, M.D., Ph.D.
 Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine, Director, Center for Health and the Social Sciences; MD/PhD Program in Medicine and Social Sciences; Academic Hospitalist Program
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12/11/2007“Specialty Differences in Treatment Timing Decisions for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms”
12:00-1:00 pmWilliam Dale, MD, PhD
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine Associate Director, MD/PhD Program in Medicine, Social Science and Humanities
 
 “Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibition in the Treatment of Refractory Sarcoidosis: Slaying the Dragon?”
 Nadera J. Sweiss, M.D.
 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology
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12/04/2007“MRSA: The Science Behind the Hype”
12:00-1:00 pmEmily L. Mawdsley, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Chief Resident
 
 “DR. CART, DR. CART: Bringing Cardiac Resuscitation Training to the Forefront of Medicine”
 George W. Bell, M.D.
 Chief Resident
 
 “Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Fixed but not Cured”
 Anitra Romfh, M.D>
 Chief Resident
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11/27/2007“What's the Big Deal About a Little Fat?”
12:00-1:00 pmNancy S. Reau, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology
 
 “Hepaticojejunostomy and ERCP: New Tools for an Old Problem”
 Charles E. Dye, M.D.
 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Director of Endoscopie Education for Fellows; Director of Quality Assurance
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11/20/2007“Clostridium Difficile Global Epidemic: Is There Cause for Concern?”
12:00-1:00 pmKathleen M. Mullane, DO, PharmD
Billings Auditorium - P117Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases
 
 “Sleep Apnea and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome”
 David A. Ehrmann, M.D.
 Professor of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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11/13/2007“The Pritzker Initiative: A Curriculum for the 21st Century - Update 2007”
12:00-1:00 pmHalina Brukner, M.D. & Holly Humphrey, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professors of Medicine, Associate Dean & Dean for Medical School Education
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11/06/2007“At the Crossroads of Organ Transplantation and Medical Ethics: A Century of Innovations at The University of Chicago”
12:00-1:00 pmMark Siegler, MD, FACP
Billings Auditorium - P117Lindy Bergman Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine Director, MacLean center for Clinical Medical Ethics
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10/30/2007“Weekends Were Made for Hospitalists”
12:00-1:00 pmDr. Chaim Bell
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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10/23/2007“The Clinical Pearl and Evidence-Based Medicine”
12:00-1:00 pmLawrence M. Tierney, Jr., M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine in Residence Co-Director, Internal Medicine Residency University of California, San Francisco
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10/16/2007“Photodynamic Therapy: New Approaches to Non-Melanoma Skin Tumors and Beyond”
12:00-1:00 pmMaria M. Tsoukas, M.D., Ph.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Dermatology
 
 “The End-Stage Renal Disease That Went Away - Case Reports of Wegener's Granulomatosis and Primary Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome”
 Richard J. Quigg, Jr., M.D.
 Professor of Medicine, Chief, Section of Nephrology
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10/09/2007“Innovative Health Disparities Curriculum for Medical Students”
12:00-1:00 pmMonica Vela, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine Associate Vice Chair for Diversity
 
 “Case Study: Treatment of Combined Hyperlipidemia in a Patient with Subclinical Atherosclerosis”
 Michael H. Davidson, MD, FACC, FACP
 Clinical Professor, Director of Preventive Cardiology and Atherosclerosis Research Executive Medical Director, Radiant Research Chicago
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10/02/2007“A patient with Brushite Kidney Stone”
12:00-1:00 pmFredric Lawrence Coe, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Co-Director, Kidney Stone Program, Director, Clinical Research Training Program
 
 “Elucidation of the Mechanisms of Recurring Chromosome Translocations in DeNovo and Therapy-Related Leukemia”
 Yanming Zhang, M.D.
 Assistant Professor of Medicine Assistant Director, Cancer Cytogenetics Laboratory, Section of Hematology/Oncology
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09/25/2007“Herpes Simplex Virus: From Encephalitis to Gene Therapy”
12:00-1:00 pmRichard James Whitley, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Loeb Eminent Scholar Chair in Pediatrics; Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology, Medicine and Neurosurgery; Co-Director, Center for Emerging Infections and Emergency University of Alabama Birmingham
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09/18/2007“Advocacy to Overcome Health Disparities: Personal Reflections on Three Decades of Service at Cook County Hospital”
12:00-1:00 pmDr. Gordon Schiff & Dr. Mardge Cohen
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine, Rush University, Senior Attending Physician and Former Director of Clinical Quality Research; Professor of Medicine, Rush University, Senior Attending Physician and Former Direc
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09/11/2007“Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant”
12:00-1:00 pmJoan G. Clark, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine, Section Head of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, Washington
  Details

09/04/2007“Cancer Physician Communication About Dying: A Barrier or Facilitator to Appropriate Palliative Care?”
12:00-1:00 pmDr. Christopher K. Daugherty
Billings Auditorium - P117Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology Chair, Institutional Review Board, Biological Sciences Division
 
 “Pay for Performance: Is UCMC at the Forefront?”
 Dr. Neda Laiteerapong
 Resident, Department of Medicine Section of General Internal Medicine
  Details

08/28/2007“GRAND ROUNDS ”
12:00-1:00 pmWILL RESUME ON
Billings Auditorium - P117September 4, 2007
  Details

06/26/2007“HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!”
12:00-1:00 pmGRAND ROUNDS CANCELLED FOR SUMMER MONTHS
Billings Auditorium - P117WILL RESUME ON 8/28/07
  Details

06/19/2007“State of the Department Address”
12:00-1:00 pmDr. Joe G.N. Garcia
Billings Auditorium - P117Lowell T. Coggeshall Professor of Medicine Chairman, Department of Medicine
  Details

06/12/2007“Bronchoscopy: Past, Present, Future”
12:00-1:00 pmDr. Douglas Kyle Hogarth
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine
 
 “Reducing Complications During Central Line Placement”
 Dr. David R. Brush
 Resident, Internal Medicine
  Details

06/05/2007“"Come support the internal medicine residents by viewing all of their hard work and scholarly activity.”
12:00-1:00 pmThe University of Chicago Department of Medicine
Billings Auditorium - P1175th Annual Resident Scientific Session
  Details

05/29/2007“Modern Environmental Health Research: An Example of Arsenic in Drinking Water”
12:00-1:00 pmHabibul Ahsan, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor, Departments of Health Studies, Human Genetics and Medicine University of Chicago Medical Center
  Details

05/22/2007“Bedside Diagnosis of Purpura”
12:00-1:00 pmWarren W. Piette, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Chair, Residency Program Director Division of Dermatology John H. Stroger, Jr., Hospital of Cook County
  Details

05/15/2007“Transform Patient Care for Better Resident Training”
12:00-1:00 pmDavid P. Stevens, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Vice President for Healthcare Improvement Association of American Medical Colleges Washington, DC
  Details

05/08/2007“DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD HONORING”
12:00-1:00 pmLOUIS COHEN, MD
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine Section of Cardiology for his service to our department over the last 6 decades
 
 “Use of Corotid Ultrasound to Detect Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease”
 Jeanne M. DeCara, M.D.
 Assistant Professor of Medicine Section of Cardiology
 
 “Vitamin D Deficiency, A Prevalent & Underappreciated Condition: From Vitamins to Hormones”
 Mindy Alyce Schwartz, M.D.
 Associate Professor of Medicine Section of General Internal Medicine
  Details

05/01/2007“Clio and Janus: Racial Health Inequity and the History of U.S. Medicine”
12:00-1:00 pmHarriet A. Washington
Billings Auditorium - P117Visiting Scholar, College of Law, DePaul University Visiting Scholar, Tuskegee University
  Details

04/24/2007“When the Doctor has Dementia...”
12:00-1:00 pmCaroline Nobuko Harada, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Clinical Instructor Department of Medicine Section of Geriatrics
 
 “New Genetic Thyroid Defect Provides Key to Hormone Transport into Cells”
 Samuel Refetoff, M.D.
 The Frederick H. Rawson Professor in Medicine Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  Details

04/17/2007“Mitochondria - At the Intersection Between Oxygen Sensing, Pulmonary Hypertension and Cancer”
12:00-1:00 pmStephen Lawrence Archer, MD, FRCP(C), FAHA, FACC
Billings Auditorium - P117Director, Cardiology Division Heart and Stroke Foundation Chair in Cardiovascular Research Professor of Medicine & Physiology University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
  Details

04/10/2007“Colon Cancer Screening”
12:00-1:00 pmDavid F. Ransohoff, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine, Clinical Professor of Epidemiology, Director, Clinical Research Curriculum (K30) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Details

04/03/2007“Androgens and Metabolic Risk: From the Ovary to the Pancreas”
12:00-1:00 pmAdrea Dunaif, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Charles F. Kettering Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine
  Details

03/27/2007“Chronic Hepatitis B: Advancement in Therapy”
12:00-1:00 pmSmruti Ranjan Mohanty, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine Section of Gastroenterology
 
 “Creating a Backup Plan: Investigation of Opthalmologic Anticholinergic Agents as an Alternative to Atropine to Treat Cholinesterase Inhibitor Toxicity”
 James W. Rhee, M.D.
 Clinical Instructor of Medicine Section of Emergency Medicine - 1st 15 mins
 
 “Creating a Backup Plan: Investigation of Opthalmologic Anticholinergic Agents as an Alternative to Atropine to Treat Cholinesterase Inhibitor Toxicity”
 Trevonne M. Thompson, M.D.
 Clinical Instructor of Medicine Section of Emergency Medicine - last 15 mins
  Details

03/20/2007“Physiologic and Pathophysiologic Roles of COX-2 on the Kidney”
12:00-1:00 pmRaymond C. Harris, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine Director, Vanderbilt Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
  Details

03/13/2007“E-Prescribing Policy: Can Data Standards Foster Better Pharmaceutical Care?”
12:00-1:00 pmDouglas S. Bell, M.D., Ph.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor in Residence, UCLA Department of Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine
  Details

03/06/2007“Rheumatoid Arthritis: We've Come a Long Way But is There a Cure?”
12:00-1:00 pmRichard M. Pope, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine Northwestern University Medical School Chicago, Illinois
  Details

02/27/2007“Laennec, the Stethoscope and the Meaning of Life”
12:00-1:00 pmJacalyn Mary Duffin, MD, PhD
Billings Auditorium - P117J.A. Hannah Professor, History of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
  Details

02/20/2007“Planning for the Future: Improving Quality of Life for Older Adults”
12:00-1:00 pmR. Sean Morrison, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor and Director, National Palliative Care Research Center Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY
  Details

02/13/2007“”
12:00-1:00 pmCANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
Billings Auditorium - P117SPEAKER COULD NOT MAKE IN
  Details

02/06/2007“Permanent Neonatal Diabetes”
12:00-1:00 pmLou Philipson, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine Section of Endocrionology
 
 “Influenza: Preparing for the Flu Season, Preparing for a Pandemic”
 David L. Pitrak, M.D.
 Professor of Medicine, Chief Section of Infectious Diseases
  Details

01/30/2007“Teaching Students and Residents about Caring for Underserved Patients”
12:00-1:00 pmSharad Jain, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Residency Director University of California San Francisco, California
  Details

01/23/2007“Lung Cancer”
12:00-1:00 pmDr. Paul Bunn
Billings Auditorium - P117James Dudley Endowed Professor of Lung Cancer Research Director, Cancer Center
  Details

01/16/2007“Hepatitis C: What Next?”
12:00-1:00 pmDonald M. Jensen, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine Director, Center for Liver Diseases Section of Gastroenterology
 
 “Targeted Therapies for Metastatic Breast Cancer”
 Dr. Rita Nanda
 Instructor, Department of Medicine Section of Hematology/Oncology
  Details

01/09/2007“Hypertension in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients”
12:00-1:00 pmBharathi V. Reddy, MD
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine Section of Nephrology
 
 “A Chronic Recalcitrant Dermatitis”
 Vesna Petronic-Rosic, MD, MSc
 Assistant Professor of Medicine Section of Dermatology Director, Physician Directed Practice
  Details

01/02/2007“IPF - Recent Advances”
12:00-1:00 pmImre Noth, MD
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care
 
 “Primary Care-Based Depression Prevention for Adolescents (CATCH-IT)”
 Benjamin W. Van Voorhees, MD, MPH
 Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics Section of General Internal Medicine
  Details

12/12/2006“Should We Make DNR DNR? An Historical, Psycho-linguistic Analysis”
12:00-1:00 pmDaniel J. Brauner, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Associate Professor of Medicine Section of Geriatrics Assistant Director, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
 
 “Targeted Biological Therapies for SLE”
 Tammy O. Utset, M.D.,M.P.H.
 Associate Professor of Medicine Section of Rheumatology
  Details

12/05/2006“Metabolic Consequences of Sleep Loss (Why It's Okay to Sleep Through this Talk)”
12:00-1:00 pmLeslie Hoffman, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Chief Resident
 
 “Taking the Form out of Informed Consent”
 Andrew Aronsohn, M.D.
 Chief Resident
 
 “A Critical Juncture: Prognostication and Medical Decision-Making in the ICU”
 Jason Poston, M.D.
 Chief Resident
  Details

11/28/2006“Neuronal Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels: The Swiss Army Knife of Neurological Disease”
12:00-1:00 pmChristopher Manuel Gomez, MD, PHD
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor and Chair Department of Neurology University of Chicago
  Details

11/21/2006“Home Dialysis - Why more is better”
12:00-1:00 pmOrly F. Kohn, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine Sectin of Nephrology
 
 “Controlling Antimicrobial Resistance”
 Stephen G. Weber, M.D., M.S.
 Assistant Professor of Medicine Section of Infectious Diseases
  Details

11/14/2006“Toward A Primary Prevention of Breast Cancer”
12:00-1:00 pmOlufunmilayo F. Olopade, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology and Human Genetics
  Details

11/07/2006“Improving Post-Cardiac Arrest Outcomes: Evidence from Bench to Bedside”
12:00-1:00 pmDavid G. Beiser, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor, Section of Emergency Medicine
 
 “Rheumatologic Disease: A Call for Joint Care”
 Richard M. Keating, M.D., FACR, FACP
 Professor of Medicine Section of Rheumatology University of Chicago
  Details

10/31/2006“The University of Chicago: Its Beginning, Challenges, Fulfillments 7 Decades of Personal Observations”
12:00-1:00 pmJoseph Barnett Kirsner, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Louis Block Distinguished Professor of Medicine Section of Gastroenterology
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10/24/2006“Population Health: The Relationship of Hierarchy and Mortality”
12:00-1:00 pmStephen Bezruchka, M.D., M.P.H.
Billings Auditorium - P117Senior Lecturer Department of Health Services School of Public Health, University of Washington Seattle, Washington
  Details

10/17/2006“Developing Anti-Rheumatic Drugs: "Asking the Right Questions"”
12:00-1:00 pmDaniel Eric Furst, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Carl M. Pearson Professor of Rheumatology University of California, Los Angeles Department of Medicine/Rheumatology
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10/10/2006“Update in General Internal Medicine”
12:00-1:00 pmDr. Adam Cifu
Billings Auditorium - P117Associate Professor of Medicine
 
 “Update in General Internal Medicine”
 Dr. Andy Davis
 Director of Quality
 
 “Update in General Internal Medicine”
 Dr. Diane Altkorn
 Associate Professor of Medicine
 
 “Update in General Internal Medicine”
 Dr. Scott Stern
 Assistant Professor of Medicine
  Details

10/03/2006“Amebic Colitis: How the parasite, host and environment contribute to pathogenesis.”
12:00-1:00 pmWilliam A. Petri, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Internal Medicine, Pathology and Microbiology University of Virginia Health Sciences Center Charlottesville, VA
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09/26/2006“The State of Medical Education at the University of Chicago: 2006”
12:00-1:00 pmHolly J. Humphrey, M.D., FACP
Billings Auditorium - P117Dean for Medical Education The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
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09/19/2006“PharmGKB: Informatics to Catalyze Pharmacogenomics”
12:00-1:00 pmRuss Biagio Altman, M.D., Ph.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Genetics, Bioengineering and Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
  Details

09/12/2006“A Frank Public Health Conversation on Health Disparities and Racism: From Woodlawn to Springfield”
12:00-1:00 pmEric E. Whitaker, M.D., MPH
Billings Auditorium - P117Director, Illinois Department of Public Health
  Details

09/05/2006“Prostate Cancer in the Era of Molecular Medicine”
12:00-1:00 pmEdwin Melencio Posadas, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Instructor, Department of Medicine Section of Hematology/Oncology
 
 “Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Expanding the Indications”
 John F. Beshai, M.D.
 Assistant Professor of Medicine Section of Cardiology Cardiac Electrophysiology
  Details

08/29/2006“New Developments on Treating and Preventing VTE”
12:00-1:00 pmAlexander Graham Turpie, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  Details

06/27/2006“HAVE A GREAT SUMMER”
12:00-1:00 pmGRAND ROUNDS CANCELLED FOR SUMMER MONTHS
Billings Auditorium - P117WILL RESUME ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2006
  Details

06/20/2006“State of the Department Address”
12:00-1:00 pmJoe G.N. Garcia, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Lowell T. Coggeshall Professor of Medicine Chairman, Department of Medicine
  Details

06/13/2006“Addressing the Gender Divide: The Effect of Saphenous Vein Graft Quality on Post-CABG Outcomes in High Risk Patient Populations”
12:00-1:00 pmJ. Matthew Brennan, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Resident, Department of Medicine
 
 “The Physical Recovery from Critical Illness”
 John P. Kress, MD, FCCP
 Assistant Professor of Medicine Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care
  Details

06/06/2006“Come support the internal medicine residents by viewing all of their hard work and scholarly activity. NOTE ROOM CHANGE DCAM 4th FLOOR”
12:00-1:00 pmThe University of Chicago Deparment of Medicine
Billings Auditorium - P1174th Annual Resident Scientific Session
  Details

05/30/2006“The Calcium-Sensing Receptor and Calcimimetrics in Understanding and Treating Secondary Hyperparathyroidism”
12:00-1:00 pmSteven C. Hebert, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Yale University School of Medicine Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology New Haven, Connecticut
  Details

05/23/2006“Metabolic Syndrome: Concept or Disease”
12:00-1:00 pmJohn Bernard Buse, MD, PhD, FACE
Billings Auditorium - P117Associate Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
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05/16/2006“The Genetics of Heart Attack”
12:00-1:00 pmEric Jeffrey Topol, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor, Department of Genetics Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio
  Details

05/09/2006“Humoral Rejection - Nothing to Laugh About”
12:00-1:00 pmSavitri E. Fedson, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine/Pediatrics Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation Program Section of Cardiology
 
 “Healthy Campus 2010: Strategies for Assessment, Intervention and Evaluation at the University of Chicago”
 Sarah A. Van Orman, M.D.
 Assistant Professor of Medicine/Pediatrics Medical Director, U of C Student Care Center
  Details

05/02/2006“Progress in Curing Adult Acute Leukemia”
12:00-1:00 pmClara D. Bloomfield, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio
  Details

04/25/2006“Prescribing for Patients Late in Life: Looking Beyond the Guidelines”
12:00-1:00 pmHolly M. Holmes, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Instructor of Medicine Section of Geriatrics
 
 “Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy”
 Saima Chohan, M.D.
 Instructor of Medicine Section of Rheumatology
  Details

04/18/2006“Clostridium Difficile - C'est Difficile?”
12:00-1:00 pmChristina Mathilda Surawicz, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine Chief, Gastroenterology at Harborview Medical Center Assistant Dean for Faculty Development University of Washington Seattle, Washington
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04/11/2006“Academia's Response to Global Health”
12:00-1:00 pmPierce Gardner, M.D., F.A.C.P. Lowell T. Coggeshall Memorial Lecturer
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine Senior Advisor for Global Health Student Activities State University of New York at Stony Brook New York
  Details

04/04/2006“Evidence Based Leg Ulcer Management”
12:00-1:00 pmClaude Shreve Burton, III, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Associate Professor of Medicine Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC
  Details

03/28/2006“Improving Diabetes Care with the Health Disparities Collaborative”
12:00-1:00 pmMarshall H. Chin, M.D., MPH, FACP
Billings Auditorium - P117Associate Professor of Medicine
 
 “Obscure GI Bleeding "Where No Man Has Gone Before"”
 Carol E. Semrad, M.D.
 Associate Professor of Medicine Section of Gastroenterology
  Details

03/21/2006“The Development of Treatment for Patients with Lymphoma-A Paradigm for Clinical Research”
12:00-1:00 pmJames O. Armitage, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor, Department of Medicine Joe Shapiro Chair for the Study of Oncology and Clinical Research
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03/14/2006“Accelerated Preclinical Atherosclerosis in RA and SLE”
12:00-1:00 pmJane Eva Salmon, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynecology Collette Kean Research Chair Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York, NY
  Details

03/07/2006“Biomedical Informatics: What's Coming and What Will It Mean To The Internist?”
12:00-1:00 pmEdward H. Shortliffe, M.D., Ph.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine Rolf A. Scholdager Professor and Chair Department of Biomedical Informatics Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons New York, NY
  Details

02/28/2006“Transplantation: A Promising Option for People with HIV & Organ Failure”
12:00-1:00 pmDr. Nancy L. Ascher
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor and Chair of Surgery University of California, San Francisco
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02/21/2006“Towards an Understanding of the Biology of Frailty and Vulnerability in Older Adults”
12:00-1:00 pmDr. Jeremy D. Walston
Billings Auditorium - P117Associate Professor of Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland
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02/14/2006“Exercise and Cardiovascular Disease: Observations and Mechanisms”
12:00-1:00 pmDr. Gary John Balady
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine, Director, Preventive Cardiology Section of Cardiology, Boston Medical Center at Boston University Medical Center Boston, Ma
  Details

02/07/2006“The Unwelcome Visitor”
12:00-1:00 pmDr. Jay E. Purdy
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine Section of Infectious Disease
 
 “Thyroid Nodules: When Should We Worry?”
 Dr. Ronald N. Cohen
 Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine Section of Endocrinology
  Details

01/31/2006“Health, Human Rights and Advocacy”
12:00-1:00 pmDr. Allen S. Keller
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine NYU School of Medicine
  Details

01/24/2006“Stem Cell Therapy: The Next Therapeutic Frontier”
12:00-1:00 pmH. David Humes, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor, Department of Internal Medicine UMMC Ann Arbor, Michigan
  Details

01/17/2006“Pharmacogenomics: Can We Individualize Drug Therapy?”
12:00-1:00 pmDr. Federico Innocenti
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine Section of Hematology/Oncology
 
 “Endoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment of Barrett's Esophagus...As Good as It Gets”
 Dr. Irving Waxman
 Professor of Medicine & Surgery Section of Gastroenterology
  Details

01/10/2006“Anemia in CKD: In for a Roller Coaster Ride?”
12:00-1:00 pmNicole S. Stankus, M.D., MSc
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine Associate Program Director, Nephrology Fellowship Department of Medicine
 
 “Pax3 Regulates Differentiation of Melanocyte Stem Cells”
 Deborah Lang, Ph.D.
 Instructor, Department of Medicine Section of Dermatology
  Details

01/03/2006“Hypoxemia in a 60 year old man: A case of too much of a good thing”
12:00-1:00 pmSteven M. Dudek, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine Section of Pulmonary & Critical Care
 
 “The delicate balance of resident sleep loss and safe patient care: The University of Chicago Experiment”
 Vineet Arora, M.D., MA
 Instructor of Medicine Associate Program Director Internal Medicine Residency Program
  Details

12/13/2005“PCOS-Syndrome XX?”
12:00-1:00 pmDr. David A. Ehrmann
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine Section of Endocrinology
 
 “Latest Background to the Leak Case”
 Dr. Catherine E. DuBeau
 Associate Professor of Medicine Section of Geriatrics
  Details

12/06/2005“Joseph B. Kirsner's 70-year career at the University: Metamorphosis of the Triple Threat”
12:00-1:00 pmSonia Kupfer, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Chief Resident Department of Medicine
 
 “Quality-based Certification: Are We Ready?”
 Julie Oyler, M.D.
 Chief Resident, Department of Medicine
 
 “Health Care Systems: A Delicate Balance of Medicine and Economics”
 William Borden, M.D.
 Chief Resident, Department of Medicine
  Details

11/29/2005“Approach to the Patient with GERD”
12:00-1:00 pmDonald O. Castell, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine Medical University of South Carolina Gastroenterology and Hepatology Charleston, SC
  Details

11/22/2005“Calcium Channel Blocker Toxicity - Therapeutic Options”
12:00-1:00 pmJames W. Rhee, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Clinical Instructor Section of Emergency Medicine
 
 “Probiotics: Are there good bacteria in our midst?”
 Elaine O. Petrof, M.D., M.Sc.
 Instructor Section of Infectious Diseases
  Details

11/15/2005“Inflammation, Atrophy, Gastric Cancer: Connecting the Molecular Dots”
12:00-1:00 pmJuanita Lynne Merchant, M.D., Ph.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Internal Medicine and Integrative and Molecular Physiology
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11/08/2005“Outcomes of Renal Transplantation in Patients with Lupus Nephritis”
12:00-1:00 pmBasit Javaid, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine Section of Nephrology
 
 “Pulmonary Disease and Clinical Manisfestations of MCTD”
 James J. Curran, M.D.
 Professor of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology
  Details

11/01/2005“Clinical Pharmacology, Prescribing and Drug Policy”
12:00-1:00 pmJerry L. Avorn, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine Chief, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology/Pharmacoeconomics Department of Medicine Brigham & Women's Hospital Boston, MA
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10/25/2005“Palliative Care in Hospitals”
12:00-1:00 pmDiane E. Meier, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Director, Center to Advance Palliative Care Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, New York
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10/18/2005“Genetic Regulation of Allergic Responses”
12:00-1:00 pmDonata Vercelli, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy Assistant Director, Arizona Respiratory Center University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona
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10/11/2005“Future of Internal Medicine Training”
12:00-1:00 pmLawrence Gerald Smith, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Chief Academic Officer and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Great Neck, New York
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10/04/2005“Update on Sleep Disorders”
12:00-1:00 pmAllan I. Pack, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine Department of Neurology University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
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09/27/2005“Translational Genetics: Examples from Type 2 Diabetes”
12:00-1:00 pmNancy J. Cox, Ph.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine Chief, Section of Genetic Medicine
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09/20/2005“Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering Reflections on the 10th Anniversary of My Heart and Lung Transplant”
12:00-1:00 pmProfessor Dame Julia M. Polak
Billings Auditorium - P117Director, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Imperial College, London Chelsea & Westminister Hospital
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09/13/2005“Strategies for Antifungal Therapy”
12:00-1:00 pmJohn R. Perfect, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine Director, Mycology Research Unit Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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09/06/2005“Translational Research and the Development of Antiangiogenic Therapy in Renal Cancer”
12:00-1:00 pmWalter Stadler, M.D., FACP
Billings Auditorium - P117Associate Professor of Medicine Section of Hematology/Oncology
 
 “Cardiovascular Risk and the Metabolic Syndrome ”
 Matthew Sorrentino, M.D., FACC
 Associate Professor of Medicine Section of Cardiology
  Details

06/14/2005“State of the Department Address”
12:00-1:00 pmDr. Joe G.N. Garcia
Billings Auditorium - P117Lowell T. Coggeshall Professor of Medicine Chairman, Department of Medicine
  Details

06/07/2005“NOTE ROOM CHANGE - DCAM ATRIUM”
12:00-1:00 pmHoustaff Poster Presentations- NOTE ROOM CHANGE DCAM ATRIUM
Billings Auditorium - P11725 Housestaff Speakers
  Details

05/31/2005“T-Cell Depleted Allo Transplant for AML”
12:00-1:00 pm Koen van Besien, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Associate Professor of Medicine
 
 “Mild Cognitive Impairment: New Diagnosis, Treatments, and Dilemmas?”
 Greg A. Sachs, M.D.
 Professor of Medicine Chief, Section of Geriatrics
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05/24/2005“The Straw that Broke the Camel's Back - The Importance of Recognizing the Vertebral Fractures”
12:00-1:00 pmDr. Tamara Vokes
Billings Auditorium - P117Associate Professor of Medicine Section of Endocrinology
 
 “Racial Disparities in Health Care ”
 Dr. Tochi Okwuosa
 Housestaff
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05/17/2005“I'm Short of Breath Again Assessment and Management of Severe MR”
12:00-1:00 pmLissa Sugeng, MD, MPH
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine Section of Cardiology
 
 “Is the Movie Gattaca Really Science Fiction?”
 Richard J. Quigg, Jr., M.D.
 Professor of Medicine, Chief, Section of Nephrology
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05/10/2005“Diagnosis and Treatment of EBV Associated Lymphoproliferative Diseases”
12:00-1:00 pmElliott D. Kieff, M.D., Ph.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Harriet Ryan Albee Professor of Medicine Co-Director, Channing Lab. Harvard Univ.
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05/03/2005“Adrenal Insufficiency”
12:00-1:00 pmDonald Lynn Loriaux, M.D., Ph.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Chairman, Department of Medicine Oregon Health Sciences University Portland, Oregon
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04/26/2005“Clinical and Research Challenges in Elder Abuse”
12:00-1:00 pmMark Steven Lachs, M.D., M.P.H.
Billings Auditorium - P117Irene F. and I. Roy Psaty Distinguished Professor of Medicine Cornell University Medical College New York, NY
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04/19/2005“Lowell T. Coggeshall Memorial Lecture Crossing the Quality Chasm: The Compelling Role for Medical Education”
12:00-1:00 pmHolly Humphrey, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine and Dean for Medical Education
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04/12/2005“Stem Cell Transplantation for Autoimmune Disease: Ready for Prime Time?”
12:00-1:00 pmDaniel Eric Furst, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Carl M. Pearson Professor of Rheumatology UCLA Los Angeles, California
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04/05/2005“Management of the Different Facets of Chronic Hepatitis B”
12:00-1:00 pmHelen S. Te, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine Section of Gastroenterology
 
 “Complex Cardiac Surgery Using Beating Heart Techniques”
 Jai Raman, M.D., FRACS PhD
 Associate Professor of Surgery Dept of Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery
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03/29/2005“Pathophysiology of Renal Hypertensive Target Organ Injury”
12:00-1:00 pmKaren A. Griffin, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center
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03/22/2005“Optimal Therapy for IBS in 2005”
12:00-1:00 pmNicholas J. Talley, M.D., Ph.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Rochester, MN
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03/15/2005“Bitter Almonds and Cut Hay”
12:00-1:00 pmDouglas Kyle Hogarth, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Clinical Instructor of Medicine
 
 “HIPAA Security Education Session”
 Al Bothe, Jr., M.D.
 Executive Director, University of Chicago Practice Plan
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03/08/2005“Wind, Sand and Flies: Health and Human Rights Today”
12:00-1:00 pmLynn Lieberman Amowitz, MD., M.S.P.H., MSc.
Billings Auditorium - P117Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts
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03/01/2005“Understanding and Eliminating Racial Disparities in Medical Care”
12:00-1:00 pmJohn Z. Ayanian, M.D., M.P.P.
Billings Auditorium - P117Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Care Policy Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts
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02/22/2005“Vasopressin in Vasodilatory Shock”
12:00-1:00 pmDonald W. Landry, M.D., Ph.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine Director, Division of Clinical Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics Columbia University, Department of Medicine, New York,
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02/15/2005“Are We Making Any Progress Against Advanced Pancreatic Cancer?”
12:00-1:00 pmHedy Lee Kindler, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology
 
 “The Global Response to the HIV Pandemic: Health Worker Training”
 Renslow D. Sherer, Jr., M.D.
 Clinical Associate of Medicine Section of Infectious Disease
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02/08/2005“Cognitive Impairment and Delirium in the Critically Ill”
12:00-1:00 pmE. Wesley Ely, M.D., M.P.H.
Billings Auditorium - P117Associate Professor of Medicine Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville, Tennessee
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02/01/2005“Pharmaceutical Innovation and the Doctor-Patient Relationship: Understanding the Diffusion of Cox-2 Inhibitors from 30,000 feet to the Ground Level”
12:00-1:00 pmG. Caleb Alexander, M.D., M.S.
Billings Auditorium - P117Instructor, Department of Medicine Section of General Internal Medicine
 
 “Does This Patient Have A C-Spine Injury?”
 Rohit Gupta, M.D.
 Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine Section of Emergency Medicine
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01/25/2005“Advances in the Pathobiology and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension”
12:00-1:00 pmStuart Rich, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine, Section of Cadiology
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01/18/2005“What's New in Mycology? Recent Advances and Ongoing Challenges”
12:00-1:00 pmThomas F. Patterson, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
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01/11/2005“Better Drug Choices in the Aging Patient: What is the Rhyme and Reason?”
12:00-1:00 pmPaula M. Podrazik, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine Section of Geriatrics
 
 “Chondrocalcinosis and Hypomagnesemia”
 Michael H. Ellman, M.D.
 Professor of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology
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01/04/2005“Cystic Fibrosis in Adults”
12:00-1:00 pmEdward T. Naureckas, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Associate Professor of Medicine Section of Pulmonary & Critical Care
 
 “Radiocontrast Nephropathy?”
 Patrick Murray, M.D.
 Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Nephrology
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12/28/2004“CANCELLED”
12:00-1:00 pmCANCELLED
Billings Auditorium - P117CANCELLED
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12/21/2004“CANCELLED”
12:00-1:00 pmCANCELLED
Billings Auditorium - P117CANCELLED
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12/14/2004“Nutritional Concerns of the Post Bariatric Surgery Patient”
12:00-1:00 pmJeanette Newton Keith, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Assistant Professor of Medicine Section of Gastroenterology/Nutrition
 
 “Kaposi Sarcoma Update”
 Christopher R. Shea, M.D.
 Professor of Medicine, Chief, Section of Dermatology
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12/07/2004“Inner-City Asthma: Opportunities for Improvement”
12:00-1:00 pmSteve Davis, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Chief Resident
 
 “Labored Breathing: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Pregnancy”
 Nuala Meyer, M.D.
 Chief Resident
 
 “Surveillance of Barrett's Esophagus: Does the Evidence Support the Practice?”
 Andelka Losavio, M.D.
 Chief Resident
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11/30/2004“Molecular Approaches to Trauma Medicine”
12:00-1:00 pmDr. Raphael C. Lee, MS(BmE), MD, PhD(Hon.),SCD, FACS
Billings Auditorium - P117Professor, Department of Surgery
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11/23/2004“Pheochromocytoma Presenting as Peripartum Cardiomyopathy”
12:00-1:00 pmDr. Jaime Kim
Billings Auditorium - P117Instructor, Department of Medicine Section of Endocrinology
 
 “Managing Cardiac Device Infection”
 Dr. Martin C. Burke
 Associate Professor of Medicine Section of Cardiology
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11/16/2004“Pharmacogenomics and Drug Development”
12:00-1:00 pmJanet Woodcock, M.D.
Billings Auditorium - P117Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Food and Drug Administration Brookeville, MD
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