Immune-related adverse events are an unintentional side effect of immune checkpoint inhibitors used for cancer immunotherapy. Immune checkpoint inhibitors upregulate the immune system to prevent tumor evasion and promote destruction of tumor cells. These immune checkpoint inhibitors are effective as noted by the expanding number of FDA-approved drugs in this class and number of indications. … Read more
Speaker: Nenad Bursac, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Duke UniversityTopic: Engineering Excitable Tissues for Experimental Studies and Regenerative Therapy Presentation Preview: In this talk, I will present our recent progress on engineering of human excitable tissues using primary, stem cell-derived, and genetically engineered cell sources. I will first describe scalable methodology for engineering of functional … Read more
Rescheduled from January 4 -- In this lecture, Drs. Sartor and Barnes will summarize an evidence-based approach to the management of post-operative Crohn’s disease, and describe the future landscape based on novel molecular and microbial predictors of risk of recurrence. This topic is clinically important because the majority of patients with Crohn’s disease eventually undergo … Read more
Speaker: Didier Stainier, PhD, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Heart & Lung Research in Bad Nauheim, GermanyTopic: Cardiovascular development and regeneration in zebrafish
Speaker: Wolfgang Bergmeier, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics, UNCTopic: Platelets at the vascular interface: finding the right balance between too little and too much activation Presentation Preview: Platelets are small anucleated cells that constantly patrol the cardiovascular system to preserve its integrity and prevent excessive blood loss where the vessel lining is breached. … Read more
The LCME and ACGME require that learners participate and demonstrate competency in quality improvement activities. However, learners are not always welcome to do these activities in clinical settings due to perceived burdens on productivity, time, and resources. Dr. Shaeen will demonstrate the learner activities as beneficial to the practice and health system. Amy W. Shaheen … Read more
Speaker: Shivanshu Madan, MD, UNC Cardiology FellowTopic: Cardiac MRI in the Modern Era
Speaker: Hossein Ardehali, MD, PhD, Director of the Center for Molecular Cardiology & the Medical Scientists Program at Northwestern UniversityTopic: Role of Iron in Cardiovascular Disease