LGBTQ Center Book Club
2022-08-05 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-08-19 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-09-02 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-09-16 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-10-07 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-10-21 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-11-04 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-11-18 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | 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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Trans Talk Tuesday (LGBTQ Center)
2022-08-16 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-09-06 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-09-20 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-10-04 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-10-18 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-11-01 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-11-15 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.

Department of Medicine Grand Rounds 22-23 opening with Dr. Ron Falk
2022-09-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Old Clinic Auditorium
The Department of Medicine Grand Rounds would like for you all to be prepared for this upcoming season of Grand Rounds which kicks off on September 8th.

We have the pleasure of beginning the season with the Chair of the Department of Medicine Dr. Ron Falk. Grand Rounds will be held IN-PERSON (Old Clinic Auditorium) or VIRTUAL (WebEx).
IN-PERSON attendance does require that a mask is worn.

Hope that you can attend, more information to come regarding capturing attendance, CME, and MOC credit.

Medicine Grand Rounds Dr. Ron Falk "Don't Stop Believing" with a Postlude Performance by the band Midlife Crisis
2022-09-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Old Clinic Auditorium

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Marshall Fleurant presents: "ACE's and the Relationship to the African American Population"
2022-09-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Old Clinic Auditorium
Dr. Marshall Fleurant is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics, Grady Division. He serves as a medical director for the primary care clinic at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. As a Clinician Educator, he oversees medical residents and students in the inpatient wards. He is a clinical preceptor for medical students and residents at the Grady Hospital Primary Care Clinic. Dr. Fleurant’s main interests include trauma-informed care, its application in improving health access, health disparities and improving primary care for underserved populations, preserving the safety net for the underserved, and strengthening the field of primary care. His publications include a contributed chapter on the book “Tectonic Shifts: Haiti Since the Earthquake” and the text Trauma-Informed Healthcare Approaches A Guide for Primary Care.”
Dr. Fleurant received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed his residency training at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He completed a general medicine fellowship at Harvard University School of Medicine and completed a Master’s in Public Health at Harvard School of Public Health with a focus on Clinical Effectiveness. He has practiced as a Clinician Educator at Boston University School of Medicine and worked as a private practitioner at Kaiser Permanente, The Southeastern Permanente Medical Group. Dr. Fleurant hopes to use his experience and interest in underserved populations to affect policy and contribute to improving the quality of care given through primary care while simultaneously improving the practice life of physicians who practice primary care.

Medicine Grand Rounds- Scott Keller, De Vaughn (Monty) Williams, MD, & John Falk Presents: "Enhancing Clinical Communication to Improve Patient Care and Reputational Metrics"
2022-09-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Old Clinic Auditorium
Scott is the Director of Business Development in the Department of Medicine at UNC. In this role, he works throughout the health care system to help implement and support new projects focused on delivering higher value care and improving the way we operate. He has worked at UNC since 2010 and is a graduate of Miami University (B.S. – Engineering Physics) and the University of Kentucky (MHA). Outside of work he enjoys spending time with his wife Julie and three young children (Adelaide (4), Wesley (2), Cole (9 mos).

My name is De-Vaughn Williams–affectionately known as Monty to friends and family. Born and raised in the melting pot that is South Florida, I moved to the research triangle in 2018 with an interest and appreciation for those of diverse backgrounds and walks of life. My hope is to approach each patient-physician relationship with holistic and comprehensive attention to patient goals, social determinants of health, nutrition, mental health, and preventative medicine through education. My faith, family, and friends are my biggest source of support and I’m excited to give back to a community that has provided me with wonderful opportunities and resources.

John is the Director of Clinical Operations Support at UNC Hospitals. John works with a team of project managers and analysts to partner with clinical departments to plan and implement organization-wide projects and initiatives. John is a life-long Tar Heel. He is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill (B.A. – Political Science, History) and the UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health (MHA).

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Adrian Di Bisceglie Presents: "Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Pathogenesis and Management"
2022-09-29 12:00 - 13:00 | Old Clinic Auditorium
Dr. Di Bisceglie completed his medical school education and internal medicine residency in South Africa before coming to the NIH in Bethesda, MD to complete a fellowship in liver diseases. There, he rose through the ranks to become Chief of the Liver Diseases Section before moving to join the faculty of Saint Louis University in 1994. He served on the faculty there for 25 years, including a 12-year period as Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine and he is now an Emeritus Professor. Most recently Dr. Di Bisceglie has been serving as Chief Medical Officer for HighTide Therapeutics since 2019.
His research has been in the area of viral hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma and he has been the recipient of NIH funding to conduct both clinical and laboratory-based research in these areas. Dr. Di Bisceglie is the author or co-author of more than 500 original articles and book chapters in the medical literature. He served for 5 years on the Governing Board of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and was president of that professional organization in 2014. He has also served as a member of the Governing Board of SLUCare (the Physician Organization of Saint Louis University) and a member of the Governing Board of Saint Louis University Hospital from 1998 to 2000.

Dr. Di Bisceglie is the recipient of a number of awards including:

White House Certificate of Appreciation, in association with AASLD, in recognition of leadership in the prevention and treatment of viral hepatitis on World Hepatitis Day 2014
Being a recipient of the AASLD Distinguished Service Award in 2018
Outstanding St. Louis Scientist Award from the Academy of Science of St. Louis

UNC Cardiovascular Grand Rounds presented by Grayson Eubanks, MD, Cardiovascular Disease Fellow
2022-10-03 12:00 - 13:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Flyer
Grayson Eubanks, MD, UNC Cardiology Fellow, will be the first speaker for the 2022-2023 sessions of Cardiovascular Grand Rounds, Monday, October 3, 12:00 p.m.
The topic is “The Use of TAVR CT Prior to SAVR – Lessons Learned about Patient Prosthesis Mismatch”.
Lunch will be provided.

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Nikolaos Mavrogiorgos Presents: "Antimicrobial Stewardship at UNC Medical Center"
2022-10-06 12:00 - 13:00 | Old Clinic Auditorium
Dr. Nikolaos Mavrogiorgos divides his time between clinical infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship. He sees patients both in the inpatient and outpatient settings and is interested in general infectious diseases including endocarditis, joint and bone infections, diabetic foot infections, skin infections, and soft tissue infections. Currently, he is an Associate Professor and the Medical Director of Carolina Antimicrobial Stewardship General Infectious Diseases here at UNC.

Dr. Nikolaos Mavrogiorgos educational background is as follows:

Medical School: National University of Athens School of Medicine
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Fellowship: Boston University Medical Center

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Ali Ellebedy Presents: B Cell Response to mRNA Vaccination in Humans: Learning from ‘Experiments of Nature’
2022-10-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Ali Ellebedy is a viral immunologist. He was born in Egypt and graduated with a B.S. in pharmaceutical sciences from Cairo University in 2004. It was during his time at pharmacy school that he was first exposed to and became fascinated with immunology.
In 2006, he moved to the US where he studied influenza virus vaccines at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN for his Ph.D. He then moved to Emory University in Atlanta, GA, where he was a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Rafi Ahmed studying human B cell responses to viruses.
In 2017, Ali joined the Department of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis as an Assistant Professor. His team studies the factors determining the ultimate fate of B cells once they are engaged via virus infection or vaccination. He is a tenured associate professor and co-director of the Center for Vaccines and Immunity to Microbial Pathogens at Washington University School of Medicine.

UNC Cardiovascular Grand Rounds presented by Lili Barouch, MD, FACC, FAHA, Director of the Sports Cardiology Program at Johns Hopkins University
2022-10-17 12:00 - 13:00 | G100 Bondurant Hall
Flyer
Lili Barouch, MD, FACC, FAHA, Director of the Sports Cardiology Program at Johns Hopkins University, will be the speaker for Cardiovascular Grand Rounds, Monday, October 17, at 12:00 p.m.
The topic is “Athlete’s Heart or Cardiomyopathy? Key Concepts in Sports Cardiology”.
Lunch will be provided.

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. David Systrom presents: "Advanced Exercise Testing for Evaluation of ME/CFS and Long Covid"
2022-10-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Old Clinic Auditorium
Dr. David M. Systrom is a physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is also an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
He received his medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School (now known as Geisel School of Medicine). He then completed a residency in internal medicine at Emory University Hospital, followed by a fellowship in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is board certified in internal medicine and pulmonary disease.
An active investigator and director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cardiopulmonary laboratory, Dr. Systrom regularly publishes research examining pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary vascular disease, right heart failure, and thromboembolic disease. He has authored over 130 peer-reviewed publications, has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association, and has been named to the annual list of the Best Doctors in America. Dr. Systrom is a member of the American Thoracic Society, the American Heart Association, and the American Physiological Society.

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Robert Yeh presents: "The Uneasy Relationship Between Health Policy and Cardiovascular Care"
2022-10-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Old Clinic Auditorium
Robert W. Yeh, MD MSc is the Founding Director of the Richard and Susan Smith Center for Outcomes Research at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He holds the Katz-Silver Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Outcomes Research and is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Yeh is also the Associate Chief of Interventional Cardiology at BIDMC.
Dr. Yeh’s research focuses on understanding the value of novel cardiovascular devices and therapies, studying the effects of health policy interventions on cardiovascular practice, and using novel sources of data to better predict patient and procedural risk. His work is funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the US Food and Drug Administration. He is a standing voting member of the FDA’s Circulatory Devices Advisory Panel.

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Joshua Berkowitz presents: “Novel, minimally-invasive therapies in Orthopaedics: Between cortisone and the OR”
2022-11-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Old Clinic Auditorium
Dr. Josh Berkowitz is a Tar Heel through and through, receiving both his undergraduate and medical degrees at UNC before going on to complete combined residency training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at UNC Hospitals. After residency, he served as Chief Resident across both departments and subsequently completed Sports Medicine fellowship training here as well.
Dr. Berkowitz is appointed to the faculty of the UNC School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. He serves as a Team Physician for UNC Athletics, with primary responsibilities for Women’s Basketball, Men’s Lacrosse and Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving. He also works closely with UNC Football and is the primary provider for UNC student-athletes from all 28 athletics programs who require point-of-care ultrasound for diagnostics and/or procedural guidance.
A clinically oriented physician, Dr. Berkowitz’s interests largely involve patient care, medical education and advancing minimally-invasive management of musculoskeletal conditions. In conjunction with Dr. Stephan Moll, he has helped to develop a specialty clinic devoted to managing high-level athletes nationwide who have experienced issues with clotting and anticoagulation, producing several publications on this topic. Outside of the university, Dr. Berkowitz serves as Team Physician for Chapel Hill High School as well as local professional ultimate teams the Carolina Flyers and the Raleigh Radiance. He is a member of the Medical Advisory Group for USA Ultimate and serves as an Event Physician for the National Basketball Association, providing medical coverage at major sporting events nationally and internationally.

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. James Howard Jr. presents: "Reducing the Burdens of Myasthenia Gravis: A Tale of Two Targets"
2022-11-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Old Clinic Auditorium
Dr. Howard is a Professor of Neurology, Medicine and Allied Health in the Department of Neurology at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. He is the former James F Howard Distinguished Professor of Neuromuscular Disease and the prior Chief of the Neuromuscular Disorders Section at UNC. He received his medical degree from the Larner School of Medicine at the University of Vermont and his neurological training at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Dr. Howard is a practicing neurologist for over 43 years with a focus on myasthenia gravis and EMG. He currently directs the Myasthenia Gravis Clinical Trials and Translational Research Unit at UNC. He is the author of more than 150 articles, 35 book chapters, and 3 books in the field.

Medicine Grand Rounds- Professor Heather Webb presents: "A History of Cardiac Sensation"
2022-11-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Old Clinic Auditorium
Heather Webb (Ph.D. Stanford 2004) is a Professor of Medieval Italian Literature and Culture at the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on medieval ideas of physiology and emotion. Her books explore changing ideas of bodies and depictions of the human over time, including The Medieval Heart (Yale, 2010), Dante’s Persons; An Ethics of the Transhuman (Oxford, 2016), and her most recent publication, Dante, Artist of Gesture (Oxford, 2022).

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. George Karam in honor of the Third Annual Alan Jacobs Memorial Lecture presents: " Understanding Humanism"
2022-12-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Old Clinic Auditorium
Dr. Karam is a graduate of LSU School of Medicine New Orleans, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society.  He did his residency in internal medicine, a year as Chief Resident, and his fellowship in infectious diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.  He joined the full-time faculty at LSU School of Medicine in 1983 and achieved the rank of Professor of Medicine in 1994.  In 1990, Dr. Karam became the Head of Internal Medicine at Earl K. Long Hospital in Baton Rouge and has been the Program Director for the internal medicine residency since that time.  In 2001, he was awarded the endowed Paula Garvey Manship Chair of Medicine.
Dr. Karam is truly a gifted teacher.  He received awards for teaching excellence as both a resident and fellow at UAB.  As a faculty member, he has received the Aesculapian Award as an outstanding professor 19 times, and the graduating senior class named him the best clinical professor 15 times.  He has also been the recipient of the Copping Award, the Shelby-Bourgeois teaching award, the Van Dyk teaching award, and the Humanism in Medicine award, and he was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society.  He has received numerous visiting professorship and lectureship awards.  He is an internationally recognized expert on antibiotic resistance and the judicious use of antimicrobials.
Dr. Karam has served the school of medicine with distinction for more than 30 years.  He has touched the lives of countless students and residents.

The Alan Jacobs Memorial Lecture
Alan Jacobs passed away in February 2016 from complications of cardiac amyloidosis. Prior to his diagnosis, Alan led a successful career in film spanning over 40 years. Beginning in the 1960s, he produced documentary films supporting the civil rights and feminist movements and critiquing the Vietnam War. Alan held executive positions at the Trans-Lux Corporation and Hallmark Entertainment Company, where he produced films for television; and board positions at both the Sundance Film Festival, of which he was a founding member and The American Film Institute. In his later years, Alan taught cinematic history and film production at California State University, Long Beach. As impactful as his professional accomplishments were, those fortunate to know Alan remember his intellect, warmth, and humor.
Alan spent his last years in North Carolina and was a patient at UNC Hospitals. Throughout his illness, Alan maintained an interest in the science of his condition and a firm belief in the importance of humanism in patient care, including end-of-life care. One of Alan’s final wishes was to establish a lectureship at the UNC School of Medicine to support the kind of compassionate care that he was so fortunate to receive.
The Department of Medicine is grateful for the generous donation by Alan’s family to establish the Alan Jacobs Memorial Lecture.
