2010-2011 Medical Grand Rounds

May 6
George Annas, J.D.
ANNAS weekly announcement

May 13
Robyn Birdwell, M.D.
Breast Imaging: Evolution, Societal Impact, Encouraging the Future
Seymour A. Kaufman Memorial Lecture

May 20
Thomas A. Medsger, Jr., M.D.
Systemic Sclerosis
Joseph Korn Memorial Lecture

May 27
Darrell Kotton, M.D.
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine: A Primer for Clinicians

Apr. 1
Clinical Problem Solving Case
Moderator: Peter Smith, M.D.
A 43 year old woman with fever and joint pain

Apr. 8
Terri Fried, M.D.
Patient-Centered Decision Making for Older Persons: Promoting Greater Choice
Faulkner Visiting Professor

Apr. 15
Nezam Afdhal, M.D.
Hepatitis C: A New Diagnostic and Therapeutic Decade
Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center

Apr. 22
Laurence H. Beck, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
Membranous Nephropathy: What’s All the Fuss About?

Apr. 29
Howard Koh, M.D.
Health Reform
Assistant Secretary for Health
U. S. Department of Health & Human Services

Mar. 4
Susan Redline, M.D.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Topic

Mar. 11
Lewis Braverman, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, BUSM
Physician, Section of Endocrine, Diabetes and
Nutrition, BMC
Thyrotoxicosis: A Hidden Solution

Mar. 18
George O’Connor, M.D.
From Bronchial Thermoplasty to Broccoli Sprouts: New Ideas for Treating Asthma

Mar. 25
Beldon Idelson Memorial Lecture
Ronald Perrone, M.D.
Polycystic Kidney Disease: From Bench to Bedside

Feb. 4
Clinical Problem Solving Case
Valvular Heart Disease: Update for 2011
A 44 year-old man with fever, abdominal pain, and jaundice
Moderator: Robert Lowe, M.D.
Discussant: David Battinelli, M.D.

Feb. 11
Gary Garber Memorial Lecture
Valvular Heart Disease: Update for 2011
Ravin Davidoff, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, BUSM
Vice President of Medical Affairs and
Chief Medical Office, BMC

Feb. 18
Mark Moskowitz Memorial Lecture
Phoenix Rising from Health Care Reform Innovation In New Orleans
Karen DeSalvo, M.D.

Feb. 25
Philip Kramer Visiting Professor
Douglas K. Rex, M.D.
Screening and Surveillance for Colorectal Cancer
Jan. 2011 Medical Grand Rounds schedule

Jan. 7
Thinking Like a Doctor: Learning and Teaching Clinical Reasoning
Warren Hershman, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, BUSM
Director, Student Education
Department of Medicine, BMC

Jan. 14
NEUROCARDIOLOGY
Martin Samuels, M.D.
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Chairman, Department of Neurology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Jan. 21
Breast Cancer: More Than One Disease
Rita Blanchard, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, BUSM

Jan. 28
Current Concepts of the Management of Hypertension
Aram Chobanian, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, BUSM

Dec 17
AIDS: INTERNATIONAL UPDATE
Jon Fuller, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, BUSM
Center for HIV/AIDS Care and Research, BMC

Dec 24
CHRISTMAS Week

Dec 31
CHRISTMAS Week

Nov 5
Updates in Arterial and Venous Thrombosis
Elaine Hylek, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, BUSM
Director, thrombosis Clinics & Anticoagulation Serviced

Oct. 1
Infectious Diarrhea: An Update
Carol Sulis, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, BUSM
Hospital Epidemiologist, BMC

Oct. 8
Clinical Decision Making and Indecision in Managing Patients with Type2 Diabetes and Osteoporosis

Ellen Miller, M.D.
Clinical Associate professor of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Vice President of Academic Affairs
NS/LIJ Southside Hospital, Bay Shore, NY

Oct. 15
Why Is the Epidemiology and Genetic Basis of Atrial Fibrillation Relevant to a Clinician?
Emelia Benjamin, M.D., Professor of Medicine, BUSM

Oct. 22
Ending Invisibility: Improving Health Care For LGBT Communities
Harvey Makadon, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director of Professional Education
The Fenway Institute

Oct 29
Genomics of Common Diseases: Lessons Learned and Prospects Ahead
Teri A. Manolio, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine
F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Director, Office of Population Genomics
National Human Genome Research Institute

Sept. 17
Sue Kim Hanson Memorial Lecture: Microbiota and HIV at the Interface of Innate and Adaptive Immunity

Daniel Littman, M.D.
Professor of Pathology and Microbiology
NYU School of Medicine
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Sept. 24
The Peculiar Case of Phineas Gage: The Evolution of Judgment

Faith T. Fitzgerald, M.D.
Professor, Internal Medicine
Associate Dean of Humanities and Bioethics
University of California Davis School of Medicine