Seminar Series 2016 – 2017

1. July 7, 2016 – Introduction, goals, and orientation. David Gerber and John Kizer.

2. July 21, 2016 – What am I reading? – 5 vignettes. John Kizer.

3. August 4, 2016 – Perforated Diverticulitis – What is best approach? Laparoscopic lavage vs. Hartman’s vs. other? Sentinel Paper Annals Intern Medicine 2016; 164:137. Mark Koruda.

4. August 18 – PCSK9 monoclonal antibodies – Value driven therapy for heart disease? Sentinel Article NEJM 2015; 372:1489. Rick Stouffer.

5. September 1, 2016 – ProBNP – can we give up our clinical skills? Sentinel Articles. Am J Cardiol 2012; 110:870. BMJ 2015; 350:h910. Patty Chang.

6. September 15, 2016 – ERAS Protocols in Surgery. Sentinel Article, Brit J Surgery 2013; 100:482-9. David Gerber.

7. September 29, 2016 – Therapeutic hypothermia – Should the genie go back in the bottle? Sentinel Articles JAMA 2014; 311: 35, JAMA 2013; 310:2174, NEJM 2015; 373: 2403, and NEJM 2013; 369:2197. Shannon Carson.

8. October 20, 2016 – Peripheral vascular disease; exercise, revascularization, drugs, etc.? Sentinel Article JAMA 2015; 314:1936. Bill Marston.

9. November 3, 2016 – Confusion about blood pressure control; what should be the target? Sentinel Article – Sprint Trial. NEJM 2015; 373:2103. Rom Colindres.

10. November 17, 2016 – Newer insulins – do they provide better value and better care? Sentinel Article JAMA 2016; 314:665-666. John Buse.

11. December 1, 2016 – Cardiac resuscitation; compressions only, machine assisted, drugs, intubation, immediate shock? Sentinel Articles. NEJM 2015; 373:2203, NEJM 2016; 374:1711, and NEJM 2010; 363:434. Kevin Beise.

12. December 15, 2016 – Physician Assisted Suicide – Is this a part of the doctor’s charge to relieve suffering? Sentinel Articles JAMA 2016; 315: 245, 247,249, 251, and 253. Laura Hanson.