Grand Rounds: Kamal Henderson, MD. Advancing Cardiovascular Health Outcomes with Social Determinants of Health
Speaker: Kamal Henderson, MD, UNC Cardiology FellowTopic: "Advancing Cardiovascular Health Outcomes with Social Determinants of Health"
Speaker: Kamal Henderson, MD, UNC Cardiology FellowTopic: "Advancing Cardiovascular Health Outcomes with Social Determinants of Health"
As of the beginning of this year, UNC Senior Alliance, our Accountable Care Organization (ACO), is responsible for the total cost of care for approximately 24,000 attributed Medicare beneficiaries in the Triangle and Caldwell service areas, regardless of where they receive care. Our ACO rewards coordinated care across settings and provides us with flexibility to … Read more
Dementia (Alzheimer’s disease and other major neurocognitive disorders) affects 15% of the United States’ population older than age 65 and is the sixth leading cause of deaths among all adults. Despite the impact of dementia on patients, families and society, the last FDA-approved treatment was in 2003. In this presentation, Dr. Winzelberg will share evidence-based … Read more
Speaker: Laurie Boyer, PhD, Departments of Biology & Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyTopic: Mending a Broken Heart
Speaker: Dr. Suk-Won Jin, Associate Professor of Medicine, Yale University, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, KoreaTopic: Context-dependent outcomes of BMP signaling in vasculature
Dr. Brian Jensen will be giving this year's annual Whitehead Lecture.
Speaker: Michael Bode, MD. Cardiology Fellow, UNCTopic: Protease-activated Receptors in Cardiac Disease
Speaker: Nikolaos Frangogiannis, MD: Edmond J Safra/Republic National Bank of New York Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine; Professor, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.Topic: The functional pluralism of fibroblasts in the remodeling myocardium Additional information from Dr. Frangogiannis: Cardiac fibroblast populations expand following injury and mediate repair, while contributing to adverse remodeling and ventricular … Read more
Dr. Fuster is Physician-in-Chief of Mount Sinai Hospital.