Medicine Grand Rounds, Laurence E. Earley Lecture: Cornelia Dean "Doctors and Patients: Ignorance, Irrationality and Risk"
2019-01-10 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
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 to reduce this kind of trouble, Some useful steps are relatively simple, others are more complicated. As the practice of medicine becomes more and more complex, it is important for clinicians to embrace and adopt them.
Cornelia Dean is a lecturer at Brown University and a science writer and former science editor of The New York Times. In her editing tenure in the newspaper’s science department, members of its staff won every major journalism prize as well as the Lasker Award for public service.
The Laurence E. Earley lecture honors Dr. Earley (1931-2012), an internationally known nephrologist who retired from UNC in 2000.
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Medicine Grand Rounds, Timothy Ives "Medical Uses of Cannabinoids"
2019-01-17 12:00 - 13:00
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 General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Professor of Medicine and Professor of Pharmacy. His research interests are in the area of inflammation and chronic pain management, with neuropathic pain in particular.
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McAllister Heart Institute Seminar Series: Young-sup Yoon, M.D., Ph.D
2019-01-23 10:00 - 11:00
Speaker: Young-sup Yoon, M.D., Ph.D, Emory University

Medicine Grand Rounds, Patricia Rivera and Jason Akulian "Empyema Thoracis: Diagnostic Challenges and New Insights into an Old Disease"
2019-01-24 12:00 - 13:00
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 be discussed.
Patricia Rivera specializes in the care of patients with lung cancer, immunocompromised hosts, lung screen screening, novel approaches for early detection of lung cancer in high-risk patients, chemotherapy and radiation-induced pneumonitis. She is a professor in the division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine.
Jason Akulian is an assistant professor and Director of Interventional Pulmonology. His specialty areas are interventional bronchoscopy and pleural disease.
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Medicine Grand Rounds, Bryan Roth, "G-Coupled Protein Receptors"
2019-01-31 12:00 - 13:00
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 diverse superfamilies of the human genome. Roth’s lab studies all aspects of GPCR structure and function ranging from the atomic-level analysis of ligand-receptor interactions to in vivo studies. Currently they are focused on members of the serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) and opioid receptor families and their accessory proteins.
Roth is also a Professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. He has published more than 400 articles in many prestigious journals, including Science, Nature, Cell, and The New England Journal of Medicine.

Cardiovascular Grand Rounds: Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Failing Fontan Circulation in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
2019-02-04 12:00 - 13:00
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

McAllister Heart Institute Seminar Series: Yoh-suke Mukouyama, Ph.D
2019-02-06 10:00 - 11:00
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 development at single-cell resolution.

Medicine Grand Rounds Blythe Lecture, Donald Wesson "The Evolving Spectrum of Acid Stress and Its Contribution to Chronic Kidney Disease"
2019-02-07 12:00 - 13:00
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, Senior Vice President of Baylor Scott & White Weight Management Services, and Professor of Medicine at Texas A&M University College of Medicine.
Every one to three years, the Division of Nephrology and Kidney Center invites a lecturer to honor the memory of Dr. William Blythe, II. Dr. Blythe, the first Division Chief for Nephrology and Hypertension at UNC, was an outstanding physician-scientist and teacher who inspired many of us to pursue nephrology. He was also a gifted man of letters.

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Medicine Grand Rounds, Point/Counterpoint: Lindsay Wilson and Adrian Austin "Antipsychotics and Delirium Prevention"
2019-02-14 12:00 - 13:00
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5th Annual Women’s Heart Symposium
2019-02-16 08:00 - 16:00

McAllister Heart Institute Seminar Series: Elizabeth Murphy, Ph.D
2019-02-20 10:00 - 11:00
Speaker: Elizabeth Murphy, Ph.D, National Institutes of Health

Medicine Grand Rounds: Lisa Rose-Jones and James Ford, Pulmonary Hypertension: Definitions and Guidelines Update
2019-02-28 12:00 - 13:00

Cardiovascular Grand Rounds: Dr. Eric Pauley
2019-03-11 12:00 - 13:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall

Cardiovascular Grand Rounds: Dr. Ross Simpson
2019-03-25 12:00 - 13:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall

Medicine Grand Rounds: Felicia Cosman, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University, "Optimal Treatment Strategies for Patients at High Risk of Fracture"
2019-03-28 12:00 - 13:00 | Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Felicia Cosman is Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Medical Director of the National Osteoporosis Foundation.
Dr. Cosman’s research includes studies on the causes of osteoporosis and how estrogen, SERMs, vitamin D, bisphosphonates, denosumab, and anabolic therapies work as treatments for osteoporosis. She has also studied the causes of stress fractures and factors influencing the acquisition of peak bone mass during youth, as well as identifying patient factors, which should prompt targeted screening for vertebral fractures. A major research focus over the last decade has been on the use of bone-building medications (teriparatide, abaloparatide and romosozumab). She is a major thought leader in studies of treatment sequences and combinations, long-term treatment paradigms and goal-directed osteoporosis therapy.
Dr. Cosman is the recipient of multiple research grants from the NIH, the Department of Defense, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and multiple pharmaceutical companies. She has published more than 150 peer-reviewed articles in the field of osteoporosis. Most recently, she was selected as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Osteoporosis International.
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Medicine Grand Rounds: Mirnela Byku, Brian Jensen, and Rebecca Traub, TTR Cardiac Amyloidosis
2019-04-04 12:00 - 13:00

Cardiovascular Grand Rounds
2019-04-08 12:00 - 13:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall

Medicine Grand Rounds: Dan Jonas, MD, MPH, "Benefits and Harms of Aspirin for Primary Prevention of Vascular Events""
2019-04-11 12:00 - 13:00
The lecture will describe the benefits and harms of using aspirin for primary prevention and describe the results of newer studies on the topic. Dr. Jonas will discuss why this may be a preference sensitive decision, and address whether we can identify individuals more or less likely to benefit or to be harmed.
Dan Jonas’ areas of expertise include preventive services, unhealthy alcohol use, evidence-based medicine, pharmacogenomics, and individualized therapy. He has led numerous systematic evidence reviews and meta-analyses for the Effective Healthcare Program of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). He currently co-directs the RTI-UNC Evidence-based Practice Center and serves as Deputy Director for Research at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research.
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Science Friday morning report with Dr. Simon Gray
2019-04-12 07:45 - 08:30 | Macnider 133

Noon Conference - Schwartz Rounds
2019-04-15 12:15 - 13:00 | Sanofi Cancer Center

Morning Report with Dr. Jess Guidici
2019-04-16 07:45 - 08:30 | Macnider 133

Noon Conference - High-Yield Thyroid Cases with Dr. Deepa Kirk
2019-04-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Old Clinic Auditorium

Ontjes - EKG reading with Dr. Tony Mazzella
2019-04-18 07:45 - 08:30 | Macnider 238

Medicine Grand Rounds: Joshua Berkowitz "Exercise Is Medicine"
2019-04-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Dr. Berkowitz will review data supporting the efficacy of exercise as treatment and/or prevention of numerous common and important medical conditions. His presentation will offer recommendations regarding the utilization of exercise for health promotion across a broad range of patient populations.
Joshua Berkowitz‘s primary appointment is in the Department of Orthopaedics, with secondary appointments in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics. In addition, he serves as Team Physician for UNC Sports Medicine, and Associate Director and Continuity Clinic Director for the Internal Medicine-Pediatrics residency program.
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Morning report CANCELLED
2019-04-19 07:45 - 08:30 | Macnider 133

Morning Report with Dr. Sarah Todd
2019-04-24 07:45 - 08:30 | Macnider 133

Noon Conference - Healthcare Disparities with Dr. Sam Cykert
2019-04-24 12:00 - 13:00 | Old Clinic Auditorium

Medicine Grand Rounds Physician Scientist Lecture: Patrick Hu “Type 2 Diabetes: From C. elegans Genetics to Human Pathophysiology”
2019-04-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Patrick J. Hu, MD, PhD, is Associate Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University. He is a Physician-scientist, C. elegans geneticist, and oncologist. He also directs the Vanderbilt Physician-Scientist Training Program in Internal Medicine.
The UNC Department of Medicine’s Physician Scientist Training Program integrates post-graduate clinical and research training and provides developmental support to transition trainees into independent research careers.
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Morning Report with Dr. Scott Rose
2019-04-26 07:45 - 20:30 | Macnider 133

Noon Conference - Burnout and Physician Well-being with Dr. Winston Li
2019-04-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Old Clinic Auditorium
