McAllister Heart Institute Seminar Series: Dr. Lena Claesson-Walsh
Speaker: Dr. Lena Claesson-Walsh, Uppsala University
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
Through his roles as medical director of hospital epidemiology and associate chief medical officer of UNC Health Care, Dr. Weber works to prevent hospital-acquired infections in patients and staff at UNC Hospitals. Watch the video
Speaker, Gregory Sprung, MD, UNC Cardiology Fellow
Speaker: Dr. Matthias Nahrendorf, Professor, Center for Systems Biology, Harvard UniversityTopic: Myeloid cells in cardiovascular disease
Dr. Ron Falk, Chair of the Department of Medicine, will provide updates on the department. Dr. Wesley Burks, Executive Dean of the School of Medicine, also will make a presentation. This meeting replaces Medicine Grand Rounds and is for faculty, fellows and residents. A boxed lunch will be served. Watch the video