Robert Wachter, MD, Chair of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco: “Covid-19: What Have We Learned, and How Will it Change the Future of Healthcare?”
2020-10-22 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | WebEx
Robert Wachter, MD
Robert M. Wachter, MD is Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Wachter is author of 250 articles and 6 books. He coined the term “hospitalist” in 1996 and is often considered the “father” of the hospitalist field, the fastest growing specialty in the history of modern medicine. He is past president of the Society of Hospital Medicine and past chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine. In 2004, he received the John M. Eisenberg Award, the nation’s top honor in patient safety. Thirteen times, Modern Healthcare magazine has ranked him as one of the 50 most influential physician-executives in the U.S.; he was #1 on the list in 2015. His 2015 book, The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age, was a New York Times science bestseller. In 2020, his frequent tweets on Covid-19 were viewed over 60 million times by 112,000 followers and served as a trusted source of information on the clinical, public health, and policy issues surrounding the pandemic.

Virtual Medicine Grand Rounds Presents: Abhi Kshirsagar, MD, MPH and Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD, "Aligning Incentives with Patient-Centered Care: CMS and Chronic Kidney Care."
2020-10-29 12:00 - 13:00 | NC
Join us Thursday, October 29th at noon for a special presentation by Drs. Abhi Kshirsagar and Prabir Roy-Chaudhury discussing discussing new CMS initiatives in chronic kidney disease that may soon serve as a model of health care delivery throughout medicine.
Abhi Kshirsagar, MD, MPH

Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD, F.R.C.P (Edin)

Structures of Inequality: A Focused Look at Systems of Racism
2020-11-02 16:00 - 16:45 | Videoconferencing
Structures of Inequality:
A Focused Look at Systems of Racism
Today, the longstanding realities of systemic racism are being laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing police violence. Issues of injustice and inequality are broad, deep, and interconnected.
We invite all Carolina students, faculty, and staff, regardless of where they are learning and living this semester, to come together for six topical discussions with faculty experts and six hours of action designed to marshal knowledge in the fight against racism. This series is sponsored by Honors Carolina and the Phi Beta Kappa Society and is open to everyone.
We look forward to welcoming you to the conversation and learning from your participation. Click here for more information and details on how to register.

Trans Talk Tuesday (LGBTQ Center)
2020-11-03 18:30 - 19:30, 2020-11-17 18:30 - 19:30, 2020-12-01 18:30 - 19:30, 2020-12-15 18:30 - 19:30, 2021-01-05 18:30 - 19:30, 2021-01-19 18:30 - 19:30, 2021-02-02 18:30 - 19:30 | Videoconferencing
Trans Talk Tuesday

Location:

Zoom – Contact Facilitator for Link

In LGBTIQ spaces do you feel like the T is left out?
Would you like to connect with folks around topics of gender identity and gender expression?
Are you questioning your gender identity and hoping to talk to other questioning folks?
Would you like to share your knowledge and expertise in regards to navigating systems that don’t often recognize diversity within gender?

Join the LGBTQ Center’s peer support/discussion group for campus and community members that identify as transgender, genderqueer, or gender-questioning. This space is meant to provide community and connection amongst folks on the basis of gender identity. All students, staff, faculty, community members with these identities are welcome.
Note to Allies
We have been asked if allies are welcome. As this space is not meant to be an educational space where people have to explain their identities, we ask that people who do not identify as part of the transgender community (i.e., cisgender allies) not attend. Instead, please consider taking advantage of our educational programs and/or resources for supportive families or friends.
Accommodations for Social Distancing
Trans Talk Tuesday will be moving online for now. We’ll be meeting the first and third Tuesdays at 6:30 (NOT 6:15 like we usually do) on Zoom, a videoconferencing platform with an online, desktop, and mobile app. If you’d like to receive the Zoom info each week, please sign up for the Trans Talk Tuesday email list by emailing the facilitator, Anole, at anole.halper@gmail.com.

Virtual Medicine Grand Rounds: Ross Simpson, Jr., MD, PhD, "Sudden Death During the Pandemic."
2020-11-05 12:00 - 13:00 | WebEx
Ross Simpson, Jr., MD, PhD
Clinical and Research Interests
Dr. Simpson’s clinical interests include preventive cardiology and cholesterol management. As a world-class medical lecturer and collaborator towards improving cardiovascular health, Dr. Simpson is regularly invited to present his clinical work and research studies at medical conferences across the globe.
Dr. Simpson’s research interests include an emphasis on population and individual-focused intervention to prevent heart attacks, sudden death, and strokes. He has been instrumental in growing the SUDDEN Study at UNC, which is researching sudden unexpected death across the United States.

LGBTQ Center Book Club
2020-11-06 18:30 - 19:30, 2020-11-20 18:30 - 19:30, 2020-12-04 18:30 - 19:30, 2020-12-18 18:30 - 19:30, 2021-01-01 18:30 - 19:30, 2021-01-15 18:30 - 19:30 | Videoconferencing
About Book Club
The LGBTQ Center Book Club is a twice-monthly meeting of lit nerds and casual readers who love to discuss books, fanfic, and other readings with LGBTQIA+ themes. . We meet on a pattern of discussing things we love/late to read on the 1st Friday and meeting to discuss the group’s chosen works on the 3rd Friday. We stay in touch and discuss readings using a dedicated GroupMe chat in between meetings.

Fall 2020 Schedule
1st and 3rd Friday starting 8/21 from 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm starting with an interest meeting on 8/21/2020.
September 4th: Reading recs meeting. What are you reading? Tell us what you’ve loved, as well as what you’ve hated!
September 18th: We’ll be discussing Stone Butch Blues (https://www.lesliefeinberg.net/) and Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time (https://uncannymagazine.com/article/small-changes-long-periods-time/) Read whichever one interests you (or read both!)
October 2nd: Reading recs meeting. What are you reading? Tell us what you’ve loved, as well as what you’ve hated!
October 16th: We’ll be discussing The Song of Achilles (https://catalog.lib.unc.edu/catalog/UNCb9053277) and Castle Swimmer (https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/castle-swimmer/episode-1/viewer?title_no=1499&episode_no=1). Read whichever one interests you (or read both!)
November 6th: Reading recs meeting. What are you reading? Tell us what you’ve loved, as well as what you’ve hated!
November 13th (moved up one week for TDOR): We’ll be discussing Giovanni’s Room (https://catalog.lib.unc.edu/catalog/UNCb2684001) and Cigarettes and Wine (https://catalog.lib.unc.edu/catalog/UNCb8906736), Read whichever one interests you (or read both!)
December 4th: Reading recs meeting. What are you reading? Tell us what you’ve loved, as well as what you’ve hated!
Dec 18th: We’ll be discussing Fun Home (https://archive.org/details/funhomefamilytra00bech_0/page/n245/mode/2up) and No Tea, No Shade (https://catalog.lib.unc.edu/catalog/UNCb8648178). Read whichever one interests you (or read both!)
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Virtual Nephrology Grand Rounds: "Why Do So Many African Americans Have Kidney Disease? Lessons Learned From Patient-Derived Cells About Pathomechanism of APOL1 Nephropathy."
2020-11-11 16:00 - 17:00 | Videoconferencing
Opeyemi Olabisi, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, at Duke University. Dr. Olabisi utilizes patient-stem cell-derived podocytes and reprogrammed mammalian cell lines as tools for uncovering disease mechanisms of APOL1 nephropathy.

Zoom link
Meeting ID: 914 9897 0851
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Virtual Medicine Grand Rounds: Darren DeWalt, MD, MPH, "Evolution of Payment Reform: Specialty Payment Models.”
2020-11-12 12:00 - 13:00 | NC
Darren DeWalt, MD, MPH

Dr. DeWalt is an expert in primary care and innovative models of care delivery and financing. His research spans new models of care, health disparities, health literacy, quality improvement, and patient reported outcomes. From 2014-2016, Dr. DeWalt led a group at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to help support new models of care delivery and financing.
Dr. DeWalt has a long history of research and quality improvement at local, regional, and national levels. Dr. DeWalt was the principal investigator for the North Carolina Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (NC IMPaCT) grant from AHRQ. He also led the design team and was a national improvement advisor for the Improving Performance in Practice (IPIP) program for the boards and specialty societies of internal medicine, family medicine, and pediatrics. IPIP helped practicing primary care physicians improve care systems through working in improvement networks, measuring and sharing performance data, and receiving improvement education and training. As part of IPIP, he also provided technical assistance to the RWJF Aligning Forces for Quality program transforming healthcare in 17 communities across the United States. Dr. DeWalt was also an improvement advisor to the Cincinnati Beacon Community PCMH and diabetes quality improvement collaborative. He currently leads the evidence team for Heart Health Now supporting transformation in 250 practices across North Carolina.
He has also researched self-management interventions for patients with low-literacy and focused on chronic diseases like diabetes, heart failure, COPD, and asthma. His focus was on patient- physician communication and health system design to achieve better outcomes for vulnerable populations. His work in health literacy includes epidemiological studies, systematic reviews, communication tool development, and clinical trials. He also led a practice-based intervention to reduce hypertension disparities funded by NHLBI. He is the lead author of the AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit.
Dr. DeWalt was the principal investigator at the UNC research site for the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). PROMIS develops advanced tools for measurement of symptoms, function, and quality of life. Dr. DeWalt is interested in the use of self-report measurements among vulnerable populations, particularly those with low literacy.

Virtual Medicine Grand Rounds: Michael Pignone, MD, MPH, MACP, "What's it Like to Start A Medical School?"
2020-11-19 12:00 - 13:00 | WebEx
Michael Pignone, MD, MPH, MACP

Michael Pignone, M.D., MPH, MACP is the chair of the Department of Internal Medicine, interim chair of the Department of Population Health, assistant dean for Veterans Affairs, director of the program on Cancer Prevention and Control at Dell Med’s Livestrong Cancer Institutes, and professor in the Departments of Internal Medicine, Oncology and Population Health.
In his prior appointment, Pignone was a professor of medicine, chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and director of the Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his medical degree in 1993 and completed residency training in primary care internal medicine in 1996 at the University of California, San Francisco. He then completed fellowship training in 1996-98 through the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, including a master’s degree in epidemiology from the UNC School of Public Health.
Pignone’s research is focused on chronic disease screening, prevention and treatment, and on improving medical decision making. His main areas of interest include heart disease prevention, colorectal cancer screening, and management of common chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart failure. He has developed and tested interventions, including decision aids, to mitigate literacy-related health disparities and to improve the use of appropriate preventive services. He has published more than 250 peer-reviewed journal articles.
In 2013, he was appointed as a member of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. He has served on a number of national guideline and quality improvement panels, including work for the American Diabetes Association, the American Heart Association and the National Committee on Quality Assurance in Healthcare. In addition, he has served as an associate editor for Medical Decision Making, a medical editor for the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation and as an editorial board member for JAMA Internal Medicine. Pignone is a member of the Society of General Internal Medicine and the Society for Medical Decision Making, and he is a master of the American College of Physicians.

Virtual Medicine Grand Rounds: Nicholas Shaheen, MD, MPH, "Preventing Esophageal Cancer."
2020-12-03 12:00 - 13:00 | WebEx
Nicholas Shaheen, MD, MPH

Nicholas J. Shaheen, MD, MPH is the Bozymski-Heizer Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, and Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at UNC.
Dr. Shaheen’s research interests center on gastroesophageal reflux disease, and pre-cancerous and cancerous conditions of the esophagus. He has a clinical and research interest in early detection and treatment of cancerous and precancerous lesions of the esophagus, including endoscopic treatment of Barrett’s esophagus. He has authored greater than 300 publications in these areas. He is primary or secondary author on guidelines statements on Barrett’s esophagus, GERD, eosinophilic esophagitis and the use of endoscopy. He has served as senior associate editor for the American Journal of Gastroenterology, and on multiple other editorial boards.
Dr. Shaheen is currently principal investigator on multiple NIH grants investigating aspects of esophagus disease. He is also the co-PI of UNC’s Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), and co-director of the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute.
Dr. Shaheen is committed to mentoring and has served as a mentor for many clinical and translational researchers, including GI fellows, medical students, and postdoctoral fellows. He completed a K24 Mid-Career Award from NIDDK to mentor clinical researchers. He received the AGA’s Outstanding Mentor Award for the EGD section in 2018.
Dr. Shaheen currently serves as the Director of the ACG Institute for Clinical Research and Education. During his tenure, the Institute developed 4 new grants programs, the Young Physicians’ Leadership Scholars Program, the Edgar Achkar Visiting Professorship Program, and multiple ‘Schools” in subject areas like Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Functional Bowel syndromes and Hepatology, among other initiatives. He encourages his colleagues to make an investment in the future of our profession by donating to the G.U.T. fund, which provides resources to support and expand the Institute’s work.

19th Annual North Carolina Cardiovascular Update
2020-12-04 13:00 - 17:00 | WebEX
This conference will be presented as a webinar.
Mountain Area AHEC and the UNC Division of Cardiology present the 19th Annual North Carolina Cardiovascular Update on December 4, 2020.
Download conference agenda.
Register online at MAHEC
Conference Co-Directors
George A.(Rick) Stouffer, MD
Ernest and Hazel Craige Distinguished Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Co-Director, McAllister Heart Institute
Matthew Cavender, MD, MPH, FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Co-Director of Cardiology Clinical Trials
Course Description
The 2020 North Carolina Cardiovascular Update is a virtual CME event featuring a half day of lectures and discussions on optimal treatment of cardiovascular diseases, including cutting-edge technologies and drug therapies, as well as a look back on COVID’s impact on treatment and care.
Target Audience
Cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, internists, family practice and primary care physicians, ER physicians, nurses, NP’s, PA’s, and other health professionals involved in the treatment of
cardiovascular disease.
Educational Objectives

Identify and integrate various state-of-the-art treatments for cardiovascular disease, including percutaneous and surgical therapies, by primary care physicians and cardiologists
Review state-of-the-art diagnostic techniques and imaging options for assessing patients with cardiovascular disease
Review important clinical trials in cardiology that have been completed within the past year, including but not limited to, cholesterol-lowering drugs, and apply information learned to your daily practice
Update on the cardiovascular complications of COVID

Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) through the joint providership of Mountain Area Health Education Center and UNC Center for Heart & Vascular Care. The Mountain Area Health Education Center is accredited by the NCMS to
provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Disclosure Statement: MAHEC adheres to the ACCME Standards regarding industry support to continuing medical education. Disclosure of faculty and commercial support relationships, if any, will be made known at the time of the activity
Credit Designation Statement
The Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) designates this continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for .4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs), as established by the National Task force on the Continuing Education Unit. You must attend the entire activity or activities to receive CEUs.
3.75 Nursing Contact Hours – Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) is an approved provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association , an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Registration
All registrants must register online at www.mahec.net/event/64459 or call the MAHEC Registration Team at 828-257-4475.
Cancellation Policy
MAHEC has a pay-up-front policy for all CE programs. Registrations received without accompanying payment will not be processed and participants who have not paid the course fee will not be admitted into the program.

Cancellations must be made in writing (via fax, email, or mail)
Cancellations received more than two weeks prior to the event will receive 100% refund
Cancellations received between two weeks and two full business days prior to the first day of the event are refunded at 70% of the registration fee subject to a minimum $25 cancellation fee
No refunds or credits will be given for cancellations received less than two full business days prior to the event
No vouchers will be issued in lieu of a refund
Transfers/substitute(s) are welcome (please notify us in advance of the program)

Virtual Medicine Grand Rounds, “Pre-clinical, Clinical and Future Considerations for AAV-mediated Gene Therapy of Hemophilia."
2020-12-10 12:00 - 13:00 | WebEx
This will be a multi-person presentation featuring:

Nigel Key, MD
Tim Nichols, MD

Stanley Lemon, MD

Virtual Medicine Grand Rounds, Jonathan S. Berg, MD, PhD
2020-12-17 12:00 - 13:00 | WebEx
Jonathan S. Berg, MD, PhD

Virtual Medicine Grand Rounds - Ethan Basch, MD, MSc, "Patient-Reported Outcomes for Symptom and Adverse Event Monitoring in Oncology."
2021-01-07 12:00 - 13:00 | WebEx
Ethan Basch, MD, MSc
Dr. Ethan Basch is Physician-in-Chief of the North Carolina Cancer Hospital and Chief of Oncology at the University North Carolina, where he is the Richard M. Goldberg Distinguished Professor in Medical Oncology and Professor of Health Policy & Management. He has devoted his career to bringing the patient voice into cancer care delivery and drug development processes. His research group established that up to half of patients’ symptomatic adverse events go undetected in clinical trials, and that patient-reported outcome questionnaires substantially improve detection. His team determined that integrating web-based patient-reported symptoms into oncology clinical practice improves clinical outcomes, including survival, and reduces health service utilization. His group created a system for the National Cancer Institute to collect patient-reported AEs during cancer trials called the ‘PRO-CTCAE.’ Dr. Basch is involved in efforts to bring PROs into comparative effectiveness research, routine care, and quality improvement. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), an Associate Editor at JAMA, and a prior member of the Board of Scientific Advisors for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Methodology Committee of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

Virtual Medicine Grand Rounds - David Scrase, MD, "Using Data to Direct Public Policy for COVID in NM.”
2021-01-14 12:00 - 13:00 | WebEx
David Scrase, MD
David R. Scrase, MD was appointed as the Secretary Designate of the Human Services Department by Governor, Michelle Lujan-Grisham, soon after her election in November 2018.
Dr. Scrase is a Board Certified Internist and Geriatrician, and at the time of his appointment was the Interim Division Chief for General Internal Medicine and the Chief of Geriatrics at UNM. His first love and understood calling is as a primary care physician, and he has continuously cared for patients for over 30 years, despite concurrent service in administrative roles. He continues to see patients while serving as Secretary of the Human Services Department.
Dr. Scrase has held a variety of administrative positions, including nine years in medical education, as well as numerous healthcare executive positions in Michigan and New Mexico. Since moving to New Mexico more than 20 years ago, he has been active in many New Mexico public policy committees and community organizations, including four years as Director and Treasurer of Equality New Mexico and as a member of the Board of Menaul School in Albuquerque. He served on Governor Richardson’s Insure New Mexico! Committee and Health Care for New Mexicans Committee, on the national Ambulatory Quality Association setting quality metrics for professional practice, and on the Executive Committee of the New Mexico Association of Commerce and Industry. He worked closely with the New Mexico Medicaid program for the three years prior to his appointment as Secretary, working to enhance the treatment of Hepatitis C for Medicaid members and to improve quality and reduce hospital readmissions in all New Mexico nursing facilities.

Virtual GI Visiting Professor Grand Rounds on DEI: Darrell Gray, MD, MPH, FACG, “Reaching Beyond Our Walls, Aiming for Health Equity”
2021-01-20 07:30 - 08:30 | WebEX
Darrell Gray, MD, MPH, FACG
Darrell Gray, MD, MPH, FACG is an Associate Professor of Medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, specializing in the evaluation, management, and prevention of diseases involving the digestive tract.

Medicine Grand Rounds: Sidney C. Smith, Jr., MD, MACC, FAHA, FACP, "Treating Blood Cholesterol to Prevent Cardiovascular Events: Current Guidelines and New Directions”
2021-01-21 12:00 - 13:00 | WebEx
Sidney C. Smith, Jr., MD

Virtual Medicine Grand Rounds - Special Presentation - Wesley Burks, MD, Dean, UNC School of Medicine, Cristen Page, MD, MPH, Executive Dean, UNC School Of Medicine
2021-01-28 12:00 - 13:00 | WebEx
Wesley Burks, MD and Cristy Page, MD, MPH will be giving a UNC Health and UNC SOM update. WebEx information will be included in the invite email.

Dr. Kawan Swain will present "Within these walls: Racism and it's Legacy in Medicine" at Nephrology Grand Rounds
2021-02-03 16:00 - 17:00 | NC
Dr. Kawan Swain, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension

Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 919 3029 8926
Passcode: [REDACTED]
