2008 Grand Rounds

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12/31/08	[No Grand Rounds]	[Holiday]
12/24/08	[No Grand Rounds]	[Holiday]
12/17/08	Thomas C. Ricketts, PhD Director of Research Cecil B. Sheps Center	The "Obama Generation Health Reform Program"
12/10/08	W. Bruce Shingleton, MD UNC Urology	Renal Cryoablation
12/3/08	Michael Helmrath UNC Pediatric Surgery	Creativity
11/29/08	[No Grand Rounds]	[Thanksgiving Holiday]
11/19/08	[No Grand Rounds]	[Mock Orals]
11/12/08	Robert Mendes, MD UNC Vascular Surgery	IVC Filters: Have the Indications for IVC Filters Changed?
11/5/08	Brad Warner, MD	Short Bowel Syndrome in Children: Surgical Options and Base Opportunities
10/29/08	Gordon W. Jacobs, MD, FACS, PA Charlotte NC	Tropical Surgery in Africa
10/22/08	Nirmal Veeramachaneeni, MD UNC Neurosurgery	The Surgical Treatment for Cancer of the Esophagus: There is Need for Improvement
10/15/08	[No Grand Rounds]	[ACS Meeting in San Francisco]
10/8/08	David A. Gerber, MD Chief, UNC Transplant Surgery	Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Resection or Transplantation
10/1/08	Aaron P. Garrison, MD PGY-5, UNC Dept. of Surgery	Developmental Insight into Intestinal Adaptation: Characterization of Intestinal Stem Cell (ISC) Expansion and Glucagon-Like Peptide-2 (GLP-2) Actions During Murine Intestinal Development (SF17)
10/1/08	Javeria S. Qureshi, MD PGY-2, UNC Dept. of Surgery	Charlson Comorbidity Index is a Predictor of Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay and Mortality in the Elderly Trauma Patient
10/1/08	Megan C. Jack, MD PGY-5, UNC Dept. of Surgery	Strategies to Improve Resident Education in an 80-Hour Work Week: Comparisons of Learning and Teaching Styles
9/24/08	Wendy Moore Journalist and Author	John Hunter: the Once and Future Surgeon
9/17/08	Renae Stafford, MD, MPH UNC Trauma and Critical Care	Patient Safety Initiatives in the Surgical ICU
9/10/08	Eric G. Halvorson, MD UNC Plastic Surgery	A Brief History of Microsurgery: From Carrell to Bunke, From Head to Toe, From Lyons to Chapel Hill
9/3/08	Brian Goldstein, MD Chief of Staff, UNC SOM Exec Assoc Dean for Clinical Affairs	Chief of Staff Double Feature: 1. Update on Performance Improvement and Patient Safety Activities 2. Changes in Pre-Operative Consultation
8/27/08	Robert Fanelli, MD, FACS Univ of Mass Medical Center	The Importance of Flexible Endoscopy for Future Surgeons
8/20/08	Thomas Egan, MD UNC Cardiothoracic Surgery	The New Lung Allocation System - Three Years Later and the Future of Lung Transplantation
8/13/08	Robert Berger, MD Director of Medical Informatics; Matthew G. Ewend, MD UNC Neurosurgery	Ask Not What Your Information Systems Can Do For You... Status of the UNC Informational Systems
8/6/08	Nancy DeMore, MD UNC Surgical Oncology	Discovery of Novel Protein Target for Angiogenesis
7/30/08	Raj S. Pruthi, MD UNC Urology	Evaluating the Impact of Race in Prostate Cancer
7/23/08	William Adamson, MD UNC Pediatric Surgery	Current Status of Fetal Intervention and Surgery
7/16/08	Wolfgang Losken, MD Professor Emeritus UNC Plastic Surgery	UNC Missions Around the World
7/9/08	David Weber, MD Hospital Epidemiology Occupational Health and Safety	Infection Control Issues in the OR
6/25/08	Bruce A. Cairns, MD Director, NC Jaycee Burn Center	Radiation Injury Treatment Network (RITN): A UNC Cooperative Response to Radiation Injury
6/11/08	Nancy Andersen, MD PGY-6, UNC Dept. of Surgery	NF-Kappa B and the Heart
6/11/08	Trey Riesenman, MD PGY-6, UNC Dept. of Surgery	Lipopolysaccharide and Mechanical Ventilation Induced Alterations in Purinoceptor Expression in the Lung and Extrapulmonary Organs
6/4/08	Keith D. Amos, MD UNC Sugical Oncology	Genetic Testing and Prophylactic Surgery for Cancer
5/21/08	Jeffrey H. Fair, MD UNC Transplant Surgery	Current Challenges and Future Prospects for Hepatic Based Stem Cell Therapies
5/14/08	Benjamin Haithcock, MD UNC Cardiothoracic Surgery	The Role of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Early Stage Lung Cancer
5/7/08	Lewis Flint, MD, FACS American College of Surgeons Chicago, IL	Management of Abdominal Solid Organ Injuries: A Contrarian View
4/30/08	Edmund Rutherford, MD Wake Medical Center	CCATT During Operation Iraqi Freedom
4/23/08	Mark J. Koruda, MD UNC GI Surgery	Treating Post-Operative Ilieus... The Answer to the Bed Crunch
4/16/08	Linda J. Collins, MSLS UNC Health Sciences Library	Demystifying the NIH Public Access Policy
4/9/08	Eric M. Wallen, MD UNC Urology	Urologic Robotic Surgery: Where We've Been, Where We Are, and Where We're Going
4/2/08	Robert A. Warriner, III, MD Exec. VP for Medical Affairs Diversified Clinical Services Jacksonville, FL	Evidence-Based Diagnoses and Treatment Outcomes for HBO That Pertain to Our Outpatient, Nonemergent Center
3/26/08	Noelle Granger, PhD UNC Cell and Development Biology	Leonardo Da Vinci: Artist and Anatomist
3/19/08	Anand V. Germanwala, MD UNC Neurosurgery	Current Management Strategies for the Treatment of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms
3/12/08	Frederick L. Grover, MD Chair, Dept. of Surgery Univ of CO Health Science Center	Quality Improvement, Past Experiences and Future Directions
3/5/08	C. Scott Hultman, MD Chief, UNC Plastic Surgery	Improving Access to Care: An Operational and Financial Analysis of Service-Based Interventions in Optimized Patient Throughput in an Academic Plastic Surgery Practice
2/27/08	J. Duncan Phillips, MD UNC Pediatric Surgery	Premature Birth in American: Recent Developments and Implications for the Pediatric Surgeon
2/20/08	Robert G. Berger, MD Director of Medical Informatics	e-Chart Coming to Critical Care Units: Demo
2/13/08	John van Aalst, MD UNC Plastic Surgery	Cleft Care on the West Bank and Gaza: Tissue Engineering Using Nanofibers, Scaffolds, and Umbilical Cord Stem Cells
2/6/08	Thomas R. Russell, MD Executive Director, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL	A Surgeon's Responsibility in a Changing World
1/23/08	Hartwig Bunzendahl, MD, PhD UNC GI Surgery	Hernia Repair Without Disability: Following the Goad of I. L. Lichtenstein
1/16/08	George F. Sheldon, MD UNC Dept. of Surgery	The Education of a Physician and Surgeon: History and Future
1/9/08	Mark M. Zare, MD, FACS Boston VA Healthcare System, Boston Univ	Surgical Outcomes: From the Golden Goose Ostrich to the American Veterans