Professional satisfaction is a powerful driver of patient experience, quality of care and wise resource use. Burnout is widespread among physicians and is the result of health system dysfunctions, rather than weakness on the part of individuals. Improvements in clinical workflow, teamwork and leadership are among the most potent anecdotes to the burnout. This session … Read more
In epidemiologic studies, sex steroid deficiency predicts cardiovascular risk in both men and women, but the utility of hormone replacement therapy for reducing cardiovascular risk remains uncertain. Exogenous sex steroids regulate plasma concentrations of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), but little is known about sex steroid-mediated effects on other metrics of HDL composition and function. Understanding … Read more
Speaker: Dr. Brian Kim, Stanford University
Dr. Jay will discuss the diagnosis and pathophysiology of minor Traumatic Brain Injury, along with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. He also will describe the most common forms of Post-Traumatic Headache, including diagnosis and treatment. Gary Jay specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of headache and pain of all types including migraine with and without aura, chronic … Read more
Speaker: Dr. Lena Claesson-Walsh, Uppsala University
Patrick T. O'Gara, MD, is the Director of Strategic Planning for the Cardiovascular Division at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Watkins Family Distinguished Chair in Cardiology and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His clinical activities are focused on patients with valvular heart disease, other structural heart diseases and aortic diseases, although he … Read more
Target Audience Cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, internists, family practice and primary care physicians, emergency physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other health professionals involved in the treatment of cardiovascular disease Objectives Identify and integrate various state-of-the art treatments for cardiovascular disease utilized by primary care physicians and cardiologists, including percutaneous and surgical therapies Review state-of-the-art … Read more
A Satellite Symposium at the North Carolina Cardiovascular Update YOU'RE INVITEDThe UNC Center for Heart & Vascular Care is pleased to present an Echo Satellite Symposium at the 2018 North Carolina Cardiovascular Update.1. Enhance sonographers' clinical knowledge of the prevalence, incidence, prognosis and progression of aortic stenosis (AS).2. Enhance sonographers' clinical knowledge of the pathophysiology … Read more
Speaker: Robert Rayson, MD, UNC Cardiology FellowTopic: "Percutaneous Mechanical Support in STEMI: Options, Patient Selection & Future Directions"
The internet is rife with warnings about the side effects of acid suppressants. With millions of people taking these drugs, new reports about dementia, kidney damage, bone fracture and other putative side effects cause much concern for patients and providers. But how much of it is true? And what should we do about it? The … Read more