UNC Stem Cell Seminar – “Cytoskeletal Vetting of Mechanical Signals that Determine Mesenchymal Step Cell Fate” with Dr. Janet Rubin
February 13, 2017
McAllister Heart Institute Seminar Series: Mark Kahn, MD
February 10, 2017
Speaker: Mark Kahn, MD (Edward Cooper, MD and Norman Roosevelt & Elizabeth Meriwether McLure Professor, University of Pennsylvania-Perelman School of Medicine)Topic: Cerebral Cavernous Malformation: From Mechanism to Therapy
Medicine Grand Rounds, Morbidity & Mortality, “Tachycardia-Induced Cardiomyopathy”
February 9, 2017
Dr. Andrew Greganti will review the clinical course of a patient who initially presented with a polymyalgia rheumatica syndrome and whose prolonged illness was complicated by a cardiomyopathy of unclear pathogenesis. Dr. Anil Gehi is an electrophysiologist in the UNC Center for Heart & Vascular Care specializing in pacemaker and...
Department of Medicine Grand Rounds: Dr. M. Andrew Greganti and Dr. Anil Gehi
February 9, 2017
Speakers: Dr. M. Andrew Greganti (Vice Chair, Department of Medicine; Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine) and Dr. Anil Gehi (Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology)Topic: Tachycardia-Induced Cardiomyopathy
Medicine Grand Rounds, Balfour Sartor, “Intestinal Microbiota in Health and Inflammatory Diseases: The Basis for Improved Therapeutic Manipulation”
February 2, 2017
Dr. Sartor is a gastroenterologist and mucosal immunologist with a long-standing interest in mechanisms by which commensal microbiota induce chronic intestinal inflammation vs. mucosal homeostasis. He specializes in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and directs the UNC Multidisciplinary IBD Center. Dr. Sartor has been a faculty member at UNC for his...
Technology-Driven Healthcare Brings New Opportunities to Engage People and Provide the Care They Need
February 2, 2017
Expert in the News: Dr. Lisa Hightow-Weidman featured on WUNC (91.5) Radio’s The State of Things
Esophagus 2017 – A CEDAS co-hosted CME Event
January 31, 2017
On Saturday, February 4th, the UNC Center of Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, along with the UNC Department of Medicine and UNC Department of Surgery will host Esophagus 2017 at the UNC Friday Center. This course will cover evidence-based, multidisciplinary updates on the latest diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to esophageal diseases...
Medicine Grand Rounds, David Weber and Sarah McGill, “Clostridium Difficile Infection”
January 26, 2017
Drs. Weber and McGill will talk about this infection that costs more than $3 billion per year in the U.S. alone
Gerald Hladik, MD, Appointed Chief of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
January 19, 2017
Ronald Falk, MD, Chairman of the Department of Medicine has announced that Gerald Hladik, MD, has been appointed Chief of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension.
Medicine Grand Rounds, Marie Demay, “FGF23 in Normal Physiology and Disease”
January 19, 2017
Dr. Demay is an endocrinologist visiting from Harvard.
Medicine Grand Rounds, Melina Kibbe, “Sex Bias in Biomedical and Clinical Research”
January 12, 2017
Melina R. Kibbe is the Zack D. Owens Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery. She also is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Prior to UNC, Dr. Kibbe was faculty at Northwestern University for 13 years where she also served as the Vice Chair...
Medicine Grand Rounds, Raj Kasthuri and Jian Liu, “Heparins: Into the Second Century”
January 5, 2017
Dr. Raj Kasthuri is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology and is the Director of the UNC HHT Center of Excellence. Dr. Kasthuri earned his medical degree from the Kasturba Medical College in India. He completed his fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology at the...