Cardiology Grand Rounds 2024
Wednesdays at Noon
April 2024:
April 17th:
Speaker: Mark Dweck, MD.
Institution: University of Edinburgh
Topic: Non-Invasive Coronary Atherosclerotic Imaging
April 10th:
Speaker: Vasken Dilsizian, MD.
Institution: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Topic: Cardiovascular Applications of FGD-PET Imaging
April 3rd:
Speaker: Andrew D Krahn MD, FRCP, FCCS, FHRS.
Institution: University of British Columbia
Topic: Congenital Long QT Syndrome
March 2024:
March 27th:
Speaker: Jeff Healey MD, MSc, FRCPC, FHRS.
Institution: McMaster University
Topic: Anticoagulation for Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation
March 20th: DOM DEIA WEEK
Speaker: Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, MACC, FAHA, MACP, FHFSA, FRCP, FASPC (Hon.), FPCNA (Hon)
Institution: Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Topic: Diversity, Equity and Inclusiveness in Cardiovascular Medicine
March 13th (Hybrid)Speaker:
Speaker: Nir Ayalon, MD.
Institution: Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Topic: Pulmonary Fluid detection and Monitoring Innovations in Heart Failure Patients
March 6th (Virtual)
Speaker: Michelle M. Kittleson, MD, Ph.D.
Institution: Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai
Topic: Cardio-Obstetrics and Heart Failure
February 2024:
February 28th (Hybrid)
Speaker: David Sosnovik, MD, FACC.
Institution: Mass General Hospital
Topic: The Role of Cardiac Energetics in Aortic stenosis Disease Progression
February 21st:
Speaker: Arthur A Wilde, MD.
Institution: University of Amsterdam
Topic: Risk Stratification in Brugada Syndrome
February 14th (Hybrid)
Speaker: Amanda Vest, MD.
Institution: Tufts University School of Medicine
Topic: Innovations in Mechanical Circulatory Support and Heart Transplantation
February 7th (Hybrid)
Speaker: Michelle D. Kelsey, MD.
Institution: Duke University Medical Center
Topic: Clinical Processing of Patients with Stable Suspected Coronary Artery Disease: Quantitative Risk Stratification and selective use of CCTA and CCTA-FR
January 2024:
January 31st (Virtual)
Speaker: Robert J. Mentz, MD.
Institution: Duke University Medical Center
Topic: Ferric Carboxymaltose in Heart Failure with Iron deficiency
1-24-24 Cancelled
Grand Rounds will return on January 31st at Noon.
1-17-24 (Hybrid)
Speaker: Mikhail Kosiborod, MD.
Institution: Saint Luke’s Health System
Topic: Targeting Obesity to Manage HFpEF: Dawn of a New Era
1-10-24 (Hybrid)
Speaker: Robert H. Helm, MD.
Institution: Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Topic: Innovations in Cardiac Pacing
1-3-24 (Virtual)
Speaker: Rebecca Hahn, MD.
Institution: Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Topic: Tricuspid Regurgitation
December 2023:
12-27-23: Cardiology Grand Rounds return on January 3rd 2024
12-20-23 (Hybrid)
Speaker: David Guez, MD.
Institution: Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center
Topic: Catheter Based Approaches for resolving Pulmonary Emboli and Deep Vein Thrombosis
12-13-23 (Hybrid)
Speaker: Marcelo Fernando DiCarli, MD.
Institution: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital
Topic: Imaging of Coronary Blood flow Reserve by Positive Emission Tomography (PET-CFR)”
12-6-23 (Hybrid)
Speaker: Dianna M. Milewicz, MD, PhD.
Institution: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) McGovern Medical School.
Topic: Silent Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Thoracic Aortic Disease and Its Hazards for Family Member of Affected Individuals
November 2023:
11-29-23 (Remote)
Speaker: Steven Grinspoon, MD.
Institution: Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Topic: Pitavastatin to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease in HIV Infection
11-22-23 (Hybrid)
Speaker: Sam Fatoba, MD.
Institution: Bayer Cardiovascular and Renal Director
Topic: Non- mineralocorticoid antagonist in the treatment of cardio renal disease
11-15-23 (Hybrid)
Speaker: Julio A. Chirinos MD, PhD.
Institution: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Topic: Exercise Training in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection fraction; Is the Peripheral Circulation Involved
11-8-23 (Virtual)
Speaker: H. Wilson Tang MD, FACC FAHA FHFSA.
Institution: Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at CWRU
Topic: Distinct Impact of Noncardiac Comorbidities on Exercise Capacity and Functional Status in Chronic Heart Failure
11-1-23 (Virtual)
Speaker: Carol Ann Remme MD, PhD.
Institution: University of Amsterdam.
Topic: Advances in Understanding the Pathophysiology of Brugada Syndrome
October 2023:
10-25-23: (Hybrid)
Speaker: David Spragg, MD, FHRS.
Institution: Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
Topic: PVC-Induced Cardiomyopathy
10-18-23 (Virtual)
Speaker: Philippe B. Bertrand MD, PhD.
Institution: Hasselt University, Belgium.
Topic: Mitral Valve Dysfunction in Patients with Annular Calcification
10-11-23 (Virtual)
Speaker: Toby Rogers MD.
Institution: MedStar Health, Washington, DC.
Topic: Management of Mechanical Prosthetic Heart Valve Thromboses
10-4-2023 (Virtual)
Speaker: Sami Viskin MD.
Institution: Tel Aviv Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Topic: Arrhythmogenic Effects of Cardiac Memory
September 2023:
9-27-2023 (Virtual)
Speaker: Joseph Westaby MD, BM BS PhD CHAT FRCPath RCPathME.
Institution: St. George’s University of London. Cranmer Terrace, London.
Topic: Obesity Cardiomyopathy and Sudden Cardiac Death
9-20-23 (Hybrid)
Speaker: Ilan Goldenberg MD.
Institution: University of Rochester Medical Center. Rochester, NY.
Topic: Association Between Syncope Trigger Type and Risk of Subsequent Life-Threatening events in Patients with Long QT Syndrome
9-13-23 (Hybrid)
Speaker: Richard Allen Williams MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP.
Institution: Minority Health Institute, Inc. Los Angeles, CA
Topic: Cardiology in Black and White: A Black Cardiologist’s Perspective