The bionic pancreas system proved better than either conventional or sensor-augmented insulin pump therapy at managing blood sugar levels in patients with type 1 diabetes living at home, with no restrictions, over 11 days. "For study participants living at home without limitations on their activity and diet, the bionic pancreas successfully reduced average blood glucose, … Read more
Monoclonal gammopathies are a group of plasma cell or B-cell disorders including true cancers such as multiple myeloma or “sort-of cancers” such as light chain amyloidosis. These disorders in many cases cause no injury to a person (i.e., monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance ) but when they do cause injury, the pattern of injury can … Read more
Speaker: David Zawieja, PhD, Regents Professor and Department Head of Medical Physiology, Texas A&M University College of MedicineTopic: Lymphatics: the link between the parenchyma, cardiovascular and immune systems
2018 Chief Residents Hannah Bensimhon, Alyssa Tilly, Tony Mazzella, Russell Coletti, and Rosanne TillerTony Mazzella and Rosanne Tiller will present Multidisciplinary Bedside Rounds, their project to restructure rounds with a consistent multidisciplinary team presence at the patients’ bedsides to have a clinical discussion with the most important team member: the patient. Alyssa Tilly will discuss … Read more
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, debilitating autoimmune disease with heterogeneous manifestations ranging from scarring skin rash or arthritis to severe, organ-threatening involvement of the kidneys, heart, lungs or central nervous system. SLE is characterized by the presence of autoantibodies against nuclear antigens, which are thought to be caused by dysregulation of the immune … Read more
Richard Boucher is James C. Moeser Eminent Professor of Medicine and Director of Marsico Lung Institute. Dr. Boucher’s lab has focused on the normal physiology of airway surface liquids (ASL) and how this system fails in airways diseases, e.g., cystic fibrosis and COPD. The lab pursues a variety of investigations into the functions of airway … Read more
Dr. Ria Dancel Ria Dancel specializes in the care of hospitalized adults and children, bedside ultrasound at the point of care, ultrasound guided procedures, resident education. Dr. Dancel's area of clinical interest and quality improvement research focuses on point of care ultrasound (POCUS) as a diagnostic tool and an instrument to increase patient safety during … Read more
Speaker: Cory Henderson, UNC Cardiology FellowTopic: Cardiac CT: A Review of Clinical Applications
Once deemed primarily diagnostic, endoscopy has quickly transcended to a minimally invasive intervention and therapeutic tool. This continuous evolution of the spectrum of endoscopy represents an active area of ongoing research and clinical care with tremendous biomedical potential. This review will focus on latest developments in the field of therapeutic endoscopy Ian Grimm, MD, has … Read more