McAllister Heart Institute Seminar Series: Dr. Ann Murphy
Speaker: Dr. Ann Murphy, Johns Hopkins University
Events
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Medicine Grand Rounds, Hyman Muss “Personalizing Care for the Older Cancer Patient”
Dr. Muss is a translational researcher who is involved in the design and of both clinical trials that contain collaborative trials involving both laboratory and health services research. His major interest is in cancer in older patients with a focus on the treatment of breast cancer in older women. Breast cancer is a disease of … Read more
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Medicine Grand Rounds, Laurence E. Earley Lecture: Cornelia Dean “Doctors and Patients: Ignorance, Irrationality and Risk”
When ordinary people attempt to understand scientific, medical or other technical information, they may find themselves hampered by ignorance, irrational patterns of thinking and erroneous ideas about risk. These problems are always unfortunate, but when the information people are trying to understand relates to their own health, they are particularly unfortunate.Clinicians can do a lot … Read more
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Medicine Grand Rounds, Timothy Ives “Medical Uses of Cannabinoids”
This presentation will cover the current medical uses of cannabinoids, such as those found in marijuana or hemp products. The action of these agents, as well as a review the evidence-based literature for their use for common medical conditions will also be provided. Dr. Timothy Ives is the Director of Pain Management Service, Division of … Read more
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McAllister Heart Institute Seminar Series: Young-sup Yoon, M.D., Ph.D
Speaker: Young-sup Yoon, M.D., Ph.D, Emory University
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Medicine Grand Rounds, Patricia Rivera and Jason Akulian “Empyema Thoracis: Diagnostic Challenges and New Insights into an Old Disease”
This lecture will review the epidemiology, pathogenesis, microbiology and morbidity and mortality of thoracic empyema. Two cases will be used as examples to highlight pitfalls in the diagnosis of empyema. The role of non-invasive studies including thoracic ultrasound and the approach to pleural drainage and interpleural therapy with tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) and DNase will … Read more
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Medicine Grand Rounds, Bryan Roth, “G-Coupled Protein Receptors”
Bryan Roth is the Michael Hooker Distinguished Professor of Protein Therapeutics and Translational Proteomics in the Department of Pharmacology. He is a world-renowned scientist best known for creating an innovative scientific method that allows neuroscientists to manipulate and study brain circuits in health and disease. G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) represent one of the most evolutionarily … Read more
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Cardiovascular Grand Rounds: Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Failing Fontan Circulation in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Speaker: Mahesh Sharma, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at UNC; Chief, Section of Congenital Cardiac Surgery; and Co-Director, North Carolina Children's Heart CenterTopic: Failing Fontan Circulation in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
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McAllister Heart Institute Seminar Series: Yoh-suke Mukouyama, Ph.D
Speaker: Yoh-suke Mukouyama, Ph.D, National Institutes of HealthTopic:Macrophage control of neuronal and vascular development Brief summary: Macrophages have diverse functions in immunity as well as in homeostasis, yet their functions during organ development remain largely undefined. Our work employs high-resolution whole-mount imaging and genetic tools to determine how embryonic tissue-resident macrophages influence neuronal and vascular … Read more
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Medicine Grand Rounds Blythe Lecture, Donald Wesson “The Evolving Spectrum of Acid Stress and Its Contribution to Chronic Kidney Disease”
This lecture will convey our expanding understanding of how the accumulation of body acid occurs and its detrimental effects on kidney function. Dr. Wesson will discuss how these findings are being translated into new, possibly disease-modifying treatments for chronic kidney disease. Donald Wesson is President of the Baylor Scott & White Health and Wellness Center, … Read more