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
Dr. Raj Kasthuri is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology and is the Director of the UNC HHT Center of Excellence. He is a member of the UNC Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center and the UNC McAllister Heart Institute. Dr. Kasthuri's clinical and research interests are in bleeding and clotting disorders, … Read more
Speaker: Dr. Matthew C Zimmerman, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in women in the United States. Routine screening mammography is recommended by most groups issuing breast cancer screening guidelines. There are, however, important considerations for who should be screened, when screening should start, how often they should be screened, and … Read more
Speaker: Dr. Wayne Cascio, EPA
Speaker: Da-zhi Wang, Harvard University
Dr. Burks will address anxieties families have concerning peanut allergy, how to respond to a reaction, and will describe the current research and treatments. In his Chair's Corner podcast with Dr. Falk, Dr. Burks explains "You have to ingest the food to have serious life-threatening reaction—it's not touching it, it's not smelling it, it's not … Read more
Sidney Smith is a professor of medicine, an active clinical cardiologist and a clinical researcher. He is a past president of the American Heart Association and a world-recognized expert on developing national and international guidelines for assessment of cardiovascular risk and for treatment of cardiovascular disorders including hypertension, cholesterol abnormalities, and acute coronary syndromes. At … Read more