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Seminar Series 2010 – 2011

  1. July 8, 2010 – Introduction, Expectations, & Schedules. Frederick Sparling and John Kizer.
  2. July 15, 2010 – Can you believe what you read? John Kizer.
  3. July 29, 2010 – CT angiography, can we substitute for standard coronary arteriography? Larry Klein.
  4. August 5, 2010 – Will the health care reform bill reduce the cost of medical care in the US or increase the supply of general physicians? Jonathon Oberlander.
  5. August 26, 2010 – Screening for colon cancer – A single flexible sigmoidoscopy exam – Is this the best yet? David Ransohoff.
  6. September 9, 2010 – Controlling the misuse of Narcotics – what works? Paul Chelminksi.
  7. September 23, 2010 – When should a patient begin taking bis-diphosphonates and for how long? Janet Rubin.
  8. October 7, 2010 – Urinary incontinence in women – what works? Drugs, exercises, surgery? Anna Marie Connelly.
  9. October 21, 2010 – Patenting Old Medicines – The strange case of colchicine. John Conley.
  10. November 4, 2010 – Critical Illness Polyneuropathy – Can we prevent it? James Howard.
  11. November 18, 2010 – How effective are anticonvulsants as mood stabilizers? Linda Nicholas.
  12. December 2, 2010 – Does the pneumococcal vaccine prevent pneumonia in those at risk? Thomas Sparling.
  13. December 9, 2010 – How much brain function determines awareness? When is a person truly brain dead? Albert Hinn.
  14. January 13, 2011 – After treatment for DVT – can we predict which patients will relapse? Stephan Moll.
  15. January 27, 2011 – Carotid endarterectomy vs. stenting. Has the dust settled? Sten Solander.
  16. February 10, 2011 – How safe? How effective? Single, dual or triple anticoagulant therapy for cardiovascular disease in the presence of atrial fibrillation? Paul Mounsey.
  17. February 24, 2011 – Laryngeal cancer – what is the best treatment? Surgery or combined chemotherapy/radiotherapy. Carol Shores and Bhishamjit Chera.
  18. March 10, 2011 – Genetic polymorphisms and the metabolism of clopidogrel, does it matter for clinical outcomes? Jim Evans.
  19. March 24, 2011 – Do statins reduce mortality in high risk patients without established coronary artery disease? Jupiter revisited. Rick Stauffer.
  20. April 7, 2011 – A look at the data suggesting that Vitamin A derivatives are associated with inflammatory bowel disease. Mike Kappleman.
  21. April 14, 2011 – Prophylaxis for DVTs in orthopedic patients during surgery. Nigel Key.
  22. April 28, 2011 – Post- hospital interventions: Effects on hospital readmissions, morbidity and mortality from congestive heart failure. Carla Dupree.
  23. May 5, 2011 – Student Research Presentations. Frederick Sparling and John Kizer.