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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Patricia (Patty) Chang presents: "More Success in Heart Failure"
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Patricia (Patty) Chang is Professor of Medicine and Director of the Heart Failure Program\, Medical Director of the Heart Transplant Program\, and Program Director of the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship\, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  She completed her cardiology fellowship at Johns Hopkins University\, where she also earned a Masters in Health Sciences in Clinical Epidemiology.  She holds an adjunct faculty appointment at the UNC School of Public Health and serves as a long-time co-investigator on the NIH-funded Atherosclerosis Risks in Communities (ARIC) Study.  She is an author on over 100 original research publications and has been a writing member on various consensus statements and reviews related to cardiac transplantation and heart failure.  Her research has focused on heart failure and cardiovascular epidemiology\, as she has been involved with multiple epidemiologic studies and patient-oriented studies including multicenter randomized clinical trials.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dr-patricia-patty-chang-presents-more-success-in-heart-failure/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- DOM Chief Residents presents: "Chief Grand Rounds: A Year in Review"
DESCRIPTION:Erin Dunneback\, MD\nMedicine-Pediatrics Chief Resident  \nErin Dunneback grew up in Michigan where she later attended Michigan State University and received her bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and Education. She couldn’t imagine leaving her beloved Spartans and stayed at Michigan State for medical school\, where she was inducted into the AOA Honor Society and was an active leader in the American Medical Women’s Association. During medical school she developed her passion for hospital medicine\, both adult and pediatric care and quality improvement. UNC’s strong med/peds program and faculty presence brought her down to Chapel Hill where she has completed her med/peds residency. After chief year she plans to pursue a career in adult and pediatric hospital medicine. During her free time she enjoys traveling\, trying new restaurants in The Triangle\, and spending as much time outside as possible. \n\n\nTaylor Holmes\, MD\nOutpatient Chief Resident \nTaylor Holmes is an Alabama native that studied biology and Spanish at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa before attending medical school at UAB in Birmingham. She moved to North Carolina to complete her residency in Internal Medicine and now serves as the Ambulatory Chief Resident for the program. Her interests include medical education and point of care ultrasound. Following her Chief Residency year\, she plans to pursue a fellowship in Cardiology. She enjoys hydroponics gardening\, hiking with her two dogs\, and true crime podcasts/audiobooks. \n  \n \nDarryl Kalil\, MD\nInpatient Chief Resident  \nDarryl Kalil and his family are from South Africa originally\, but moved to the States when he was a child. Darryl \nhas lived most of his life in North Carolina. He attended UNC for college\, and after graduating spent time back in South Africa working on research projects related to tuberculosis\, and reconnecting with his family roots before going to medical school at Wake Forest. Internal medicine fascinated him early on with its rich \ndiagnostic dilemmas and complex problem solving. After Darryl’s chief year\, he plans to pursue fellowship in cardiology\, and aspires to remain active in medical education and clinical reasoning throughout his career. In his free time\, he is an avid golfer and also enjoys traveling (especially back to South Africa)\, gardening and catching up on UNC sports. His wife and him are also very blessed with a young family including a baby boy (born in 2022) and a chocolate labradoodle! \n\n  \n \nKathryn Langley\,MD \n Wake Med Chief Resident \nKathryn (Kat) Langley grew up in rural Virginia but has been trekking south on her educational journey with stops at William and Mary for a \nBS in Kinesiology\, Eastern Virginia Medical School for her MD\, and UNC for residency. She is excited to be continuing her journey at UNC this year as the Wake Medicine Chief in Raleigh. Kat is excited to use her role as chief to promote continued education as well as wellness. Outside of the hospital (and sometimes inside) you can catch her passionately working on puzzles or playing one of her many favorite board games. She and her husband Robert also love touring the triangle’s many restaurants and breweries. \n\n  \n  \n\nAlisa Siebrasse\, MD\nInpatient Chief Resident \nAlisa Siebrasse was born in Michigan and grew up in a suburb of Chic \nago. Returning to her Michigan roots\, she completed undergrad at the University of Michigan where she majored in Neuroscience and Gender and Health Studies. She worked as a scribe in the Mayo Clinic Emergency Department before starting medical school at Medical College of Wisconsin. There\, she cultivated a passion for Quality Improvement while working with a Cardiologist to improve the lives of patients with congenital heart disease. She was incredibly excited to match at UNC for residency and live near her family who had also relocated to Chapel Hill. Outside of work\, Alisa enjoys downhill skiing\, golf\, traveling\, and any water sports\, particularly sailing and paddleboarding. Following chief year\, Alisa plans to pursue fellowship training in Gastroenterology.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dom-chief-residents-presents-chief-grand-rounds-a-year-in-review/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Caprice Greenberg presents: "Thinking Differently and Promoting Disruption: New Models for a Healthcare System in Crisis."
DESCRIPTION:Caprice C. Greenberg MD MPH is the Colin G. Thomas\, Jr.\, MD Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of North Carolina\, Chapel Hill. Prior to that\, she served as the Moretz-Mansberger Distinguished Chair of the Department of Surgery at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. She is a surgical oncologist specializing in breast cancer and a health services researcher with a focus in quality and safety. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health\, the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality\, and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. She has founded several organizations to ensure research impacts practice\, including the Surgical Collaborative of Wisconsin and the Academy for Surgical Coaching. Dr. Greenberg has served in multiple national leadership roles\, including as Recorder and President of the Association for Academic Surgery and President of the Surgical Outcomes Club.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dr-caprice-greenberg-presents-thinking-differently-and-promoting-disruption-new-models-for-a-healthcare-system-in-crisis/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds 2024 Blythe Lecturer- Dr. Josie Briggs presents: "Uncertainty and the Practice of Evidence-Based Medicine"
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Josephine Briggs is an internationally recognized nephrologist and researcher. \nShe is a graduate of Radcliffe College and Harvard Medical School and did post-graduate internal medicine and nephrology training at Mount Sinai Medical School in NYC\, where she served as the first woman chief medical resident.  Her research training continued at Yale University and the University of Munich. From 1985 to 1997 she was a member of the faculty at the University of Michigan where she was Professor of Internal Medicine\, Professor of Physiology and Associate Chair of the Department of Medicine. \nShe served for approximately 20 years in leadership positions at the National Institutes of Health\, including serving as Director of the Division of Kidney\, Urology and Hematology in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases from 1996 to 2007\, and Director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health\, the leading U.S. Federal agency for research on integrative and complementary health practices\, from 2008 to 2017.  While at the NIH she was the founding director of the Precision Medicine Initiative and founding co-director of the NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory. For six years she was a member of the NIH Steering Committee. From 2019 to 2020\, she served as Interim Executive Director of the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)\, and she continues to serve as a consultant to PCORI and Associate Editor for PCORI’s peer review process. \nHer research interests include health policy related to kidney disease\, chronic kidney disease and circadian regulation of blood pressure and renal hemodynamics.  She is an expert on clinical research oversight and policy.  She has published approximately 220 research articles\, book chapters\, and other scholarly publications. \nShe is an elected member of the Association of American Physicians and the American Society for Clinical Investigation and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is a recipient of many awards including the Volhard Prize of the German Society of Nephrology\, the Alexander von Humboldt Scientific Exchange Award\, and NIH Director’s Award for her direction of the NIH Collaboratory. Dr. Briggs also received the American Society of Nephrology John P. Peters Award in recognition for her wide-ranging contributions to improving the lives of patients and to furthering the understanding of kidney in health and diseases and was also the recipient of the Department of Health and Human Services 2014 Secretary’s Award for Distinguished Service\, the Department’s highest award. \nShe served as Editor in Chief of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) from 2018 to 2023.  During her six-year term\, the journal intensified the rigor of its peer review process and established a highly successful Editorial Fellowship program that integrates early career scientists into the editorial review. \nShe is currently and Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the University of Michigan. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-2024-blythe-lecturer-dr-josie-briggs-presents-uncertainty-and-the-practice-of-evidence-based-medicine/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Onyinye I. Iweala presents: "Allergic Effector Cell Activation: From Alpha-gal syndrome to Mast Cell Activation"
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Iweala’s primary research interests include 1) the mechanisms of pathogenesis behind alpha-gal mammalian meat (red meat) allergy and 2) the regulation of IgE antibody responses. Dr. Iweala also enjoys caring for individuals with allergic conditions and/or immune dysfunction at the UNC Allergy Clinic. She has a particular interest in patients with alpha-gal allergy\, chronic urticaria\, and mast cell disorders.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dr-onyinye-i-iweala-presents-allergic-effector-cell-activation-from-alpha-gal-syndrome-to-mast-cell-activation/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Jonathan Sorah & Tammy Triglianos\, DNP  presents: UNC Undiagnosed Cancer Clinic (UCC): Rapid Oncology Access
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Sorah is a Medical Oncologist with the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center where he specializes in the care of patients with GI malignancies and advanced melanoma. He did his undergrad at Virginia Tech\, medical school at Virginia Commonwealth University\, before doing his residency and fellowship in Medical Oncology here at UNC. Within the Department of Medicine\, he serves as the service leader for the inpatient oncology and medical oncology consult teams and has several roles focused on trainee education including the Hem/Onc Fellowship Education Committee and a career goal advisor for MS4 medical students. His professional interests are in medical education\, goals of care\, and inpatient medical oncology. In his free time\, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two rambunctious young sons\, running\, and hiking \n  \n  \nTammy Triglianos\, DNP\, ANP-BC\, AOCNP\, is an experienced Adult Oncology Nurse Practitioner and has provided care for cancer patients at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center since 2007. Tammy is a member of the gastrointestinal oncology team and the Undiagnosed Cancer Clinic. She is also a clinical assistant professor at the UNC School of Nursing.  In partnership with the UNC Lineberger Cancer Network\, she coordinates a monthly APP-centric Grand Rounds.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dr-jonathan-sorah-dr-tammy-triglianos-presents-unc-undiagnosed-cancer-clinic-ucc-rapid-oncology-access/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T120000
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Stephanie Duggins Davis presents: "Spectrum and Evolution from Acute to Chronic Pulmonary Embolism."
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Davis is a pediatric pulmonologist whose research is focused on diseases that affect the lungs of infants and children such as cystic fibrosis\, primary ciliary dyskinesia\, and lung disease related to premature birth. Specifically\, by gaining a firmer understanding of the early pathogenesis of these diseases\, developing new ways of assessing or predicting developing disease\, and testing new therapeutics in the youngest patients\, Dr. Davis’s research group aims to slow or prevent disease progression at the earliest stages of development. Dr. Davis is a world-renown expert in pediatric pulmonology\, with extensive expertise in infant and preschool lung function testing\, who has been a member of many national and international consensus groups responsible for establishing guidelines for the diagnosis\, monitoring\, and treatment of infants and children with pediatric respiratory disease. \nSome of Dr. Davis’s research initiatives have included: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvaluating and allowing for the expanded use of preschool lung function testing for monitoring lung disease progression.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGaining a better understanding of the links between the various genetic mutations which cause primary ciliary dyskinesia and the resultant structure/function of the respiratory cilia play in the severity and progression of disease.\nInvestigating the role that viruses may play in the early disease trajectory of infants with cystic fibrosis.\nCharacterizing the spectrum of respiratory disease observed in children born extremely premature and developing tools useful for clinicians to predict and allow for closer follow-up of those at higher risk of worse lung disease.\nTesting the efficacy of inhaled hypertonic saline as a therapy in infants and preschoolers with cystic fibrosis.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dr-stephanie-duggins-davis-presents-spectrum-and-evolution-from-acute-to-chronic-pulmonary-embolism/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Gustavo Heresi presents:" Spectrum and Evolution from Acute to Chronic Pulmonary Embolism"
DESCRIPTION:Gustavo A. Heresi\, M.D.\, M.S. is the Head of the Pulmonary Vascular Disease Section of the Department of Pulmonary Medicine\, Respiratory Institute at the Cleveland Clinic\, Ohio. He is board certified in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine. After receiving his medical degree from the University of San Agustin Faculty of Medicine in Arequipa\, Peru\, Dr. Heresi completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Medical Center in Miami\, Fl. He completed his fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical care medicine at The Cleveland Clinic. He then received a Master Degree in Clinical Research from Case Western Reserve University. He is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. \nDr. Heresi’s clinical interests are in pulmonary hypertension\, acute pulmonary embolism\, and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). Dr. Heresi has focused his research efforts on his specialty interests\, including risk prediction\, non-invasive biomarkers and metabolic dysregulation in pulmonary arterial hypertension\, management of acute pulmonary embolism\, and diagnosis and treatment of CTEPH. He is an NIH-funded investigator. He is the author of more than 95 peer-reviewed articles and is Assistant Associate Editor for CHEST. \nDr. Heresi has been the recipient of many awards including The Medical Student Inpatient Teaching Award\, University of Miami School of Medicine 2004; Distinguished Medical Resident Award\, Department of Medicine\, University of Miami 2005; Gilead Sciences Research Scholars Program Award in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 2009; Young Investigator Award\, American College of Chest Physicians 2012; and Teacher of the Year Award\, Cleveland Clinic Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship 2013-2014.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dr-gustavo-heresi-presents-spectrum-and-evolution-from-acute-to-chronic-pulmonary-embolism/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240314T120000
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Scott Commins and Dr. Eleanor Saunders presents: The Puzzle of Post-Infection Syndromes
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Scott Commins is the William J. Yount\, MD Distinguished Professor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he is a member of the UNC Food Allergy Initiative\, the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases\, and the Southeastern Center of Excellence for Vector Borne Diseases. Dr. Commins maintains an active clinical practice and research program related to the alpha-gal mammalian meat allergy syndrome and the human immune response to tick bites. \nDr. Commins received his M.D. & Ph.D. (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology) from the Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston\, SC). Following a residency in Internal Medicine\, Scott completed a fellowship in Allergy and Clinical Immunology at The University of Virginia (Charlottesville\, VA). He is an author for UpToDate (Food allergy in adults; Allergy to meats) and serves as the Chief Editor for the Drug\, Venom & Anaphylaxis section of Frontiers. Dr. Commins is the current President of the Southeastern Asthma\, Allergy\, and Immunology Society and was a member of the Congressionally-appointed Tick-Borne Disease Working Group (2018-2020) where he was co-chair of the alpha-gal syndrome and public comment subcommittees. \n  \n \nDr. Eleanor Saunders is a third-year Infectious Diseases fellow at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is spending this research year studying the epidemiology of alpha-gal syndrome under the mentorship of Dr. Scott Commins at UNC and Dr. Johanna Salzer in the Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch at CDC. Her funding comes through an ORISE Fellowship with CDC. \nDr. Saunders received her MD & MPH from the UNC School of Medicine and UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health (Chapel Hill\, NC)\, and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Bellevue Hospital/NYU Langone Health (New York\, NY). \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dr-scott-commins-and-dr-eleanor-saunders-presents-the-puzzle-of-post-infection-syndromes/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240307T120000
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Ambassador William Taylor presents: "Why Ukraine Must Win."
DESCRIPTION:Ambassador William B. Taylor is vice president\, of Europe and Russia at the U.S. Institute of Peace. In 2019\, he served as chargé d’affaires at the U.S. embassy in Kyiv and as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 to 2009. During the Arab Spring\, he oversaw U.S. assistance and support to Egypt\, Tunisia\, Libya\, and Syria. He served in Jerusalem as the U.S. government’s representative to the Mideast Quartet. He served in Kabul in 2002 and Baghdad in 2004. \nIn the 1990s\, Ambassador Taylor coordinated U.S. assistance to the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. He earlier served on the staff of Senator Bill Bradley. \nAmbassador Taylor is a graduate of West Point and Harvard’s Kennedy School and served as an infantry platoon leader and combat company commander in the U.S. Army in Vietnam and Germany.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-ambassador-william-taylor-presents-why-ukraine-must-win/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240229T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240229T130000
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CREATED:20240228T164220Z
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Ciara Zachary presents: "Medicaid Expansion: How Policy Impacts the People of North Carolina"
DESCRIPTION:Ciara Zachary\, MPH\, PhD is a public health professional whose work focuses on health policy research and policy advocacy to increase access to affordable\, high-quality health coverage\, especially to underserved populations. Prior to joining the UNC Department of Health Policy and Management\, she led several policy advocacy initiatives and lobbied state and federal lawmakers to improve health care programs. She frequently worked with grassroots and grasstops partners across North Carolina on policy issues\, such as Medicaid Transformation\, Medicaid Expansion\, and the Affordable Care Act. In addition to her advocacy work\, Dr. Zachary has extensive experience in state and federal health policy analysis. \nDr. Zachary also worked in program evaluation for diverse communities—including projects focusing on reducing the rate of high school noncompletion by students residing in low-resource communities\, and injury prevention programs with American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and tribal organizations. Her evaluation work has addressed health programs\, such as school-based behavioral health services and older adult injury prevention. Through her experiences working with diverse stakeholders\, Dr. Zachary is passionate about understanding how health policy impacts health equity and health disparities.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dr-ciara-zachary-presents-medicaid-expansion-how-policy-impacts-the-people-of-north-carolina/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240222T120000
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Scott Donaldson presents: "A Revolution in Cystic Fibrosis Care"
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Scott Donaldson is the Hubert E. Hatcher Family Distinguished Professor of Medicine and co-Director of the UNC Adult CF Care Center. He has 30 years of experience in CF research and care. He was trained at the University of Michigan (BS\, MD)\, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hospitals (Internal Medicine) and UNC (Fellowship). He established the multidisciplinary adult CF clinic at UNC in 1998 and has been active in basic\, translational\, and clinical CF research throughout his career. He is currently the Director of Mucociliary Clearance National Resource Center; Chair of the “Clinical Research Award +” grant review committee (CF Foundation); co-PI of the UNC Therapeutic Development Center; Associate Medical Director of the UNC CTRC; and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dr-scott-donaldson-presents-a-revolution-in-cystic-fibrosis-care/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240215T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240215T130000
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. David Weber presents: “Prevention of Respiratory Tract Infections: Focus on Vaccines for COVID-19\, Influenza\, RSV\, and Pneumococcus.”
DESCRIPTION:Dr. David Jay Weber is currently the Charles Addison and Elizabeth Ann Sanders Distinguished Professor of Medicine\, Pediatrics and Epidemiology\, the University of North Carolina\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, USA.  Dr. Weber received his Medical Degree from the University of California\, San Diego in 1977\, a Master’s in Public Health from Harvard University in 1985\, and completed his medicine residency and infectious disease fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 1985.  He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine\, Infectious Disease\, Critical Care Medicine\, and Preventive Medicine.  Dr. Weber serves as an Associate Chief Medical Office\, Associate Chief Quality Officer and Medical Director of Infection Prevention for the UNC Medical Center.  He is the President-Elect of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and the Deputy Editor of Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.  He is an Associate Editor of the journal Vaccine. Dr. Weber has published more than 550 scientific papers in the peer-reviewed literature cited in PubMed and more than 700 total papers and chapters.  He is a member of the CDC Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) and on the following working groups: National Health Surveillance Network (Chair)\, Dental Water Lines (Chair)\, and Occupational Health for Healthcare personnel. He Chairs\, the NC Dept. of Health\, TB Advisory Committee. His research interests include the epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections\, disinfection and sterilization\, new and emerging infectious diseases (highly communicable pathogens including SARS-CoV-2\, newly emerging pathogens including Candida auris)\, response to biothreats\, nontuberculous mycobacteria\, control of drug-resistant pathogens\, immunization practices\, zoonotic diseases\, and epidemiology of tuberculosis.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dr-david-weber-presents-prevention-of-respiratory-tract-infections-focus-on-vaccines-for-covid-19-influenza-rsv-and-pneumococcus/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Sascha Tuchman presents: "Nimbly Bounding Over the Hills? Multiple Myeloma in 2024."
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Tuchman is an expert in managing patients with multiple myeloma\, amyloidosis\, and other plasma cell disorders. His clinical research focuses on treating multiple myeloma in patients who are at high risk for toxicity due to advanced age or other medical problems; developing novel drugs for treating all patients with multiple myeloma; and optimizing management for amyloidosis. Here at UNC\, he leads the clinical and research multiple myeloma and amyloidosis program\, as well as serving in a number of administrative and research oversight roles.  He is a member of international myeloma and amyloidosis working groups that formulate guidelines for treating these disorders\, and his research has been funded by NIH\, pharma partners\, and private philanthropic organizations.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dr-sascha-tuchman-presents-nimbly-bounding-over-the-hills-multiple-myeloma-in-2024/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240125T120000
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Kevan Herold presents: Finding\, Preventing\, and Reversing Type 1 Diabetes
DESCRIPTION:My background and research are in translational immunology. I am interested in understanding the basis for autoimmune diseases and developing new therapies based on our understanding of disease mechanisms. My focus has largely been in the field of autoimmune Type 1 diabetes. The work encompasses basic laboratory work as well as clinical studies to understand the regulation of autoreactive T cells to clinical trials that involve novel therapeutics. As part of these studies\, my lab has been very interested in the analysis of beta cell function in Type 1 diabetes and identifying the cellular mechanisms that can protect them from immune killing. We have also been studying the development of autoimmune diabetes in patients with cancers who are treated with checkpoint inhibitors. Our clinical and basic studies are focused on understanding how beta cells are destroyed and react to inflammation. Finally\, with the COVID-19 pandemic\, we have been studying the immunologic basis for responses in children and adults who are hospitalized with COVID-19 to understand the mechanisms that can lead to disease protection.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dr-kevan-herold-presents-finding-preventing-and-reversing-type-1-diabetes/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240118T120000
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Brian Jensen presents: "Do alpha-blockers incur cardiovascular risk in patients with BPH? Recent collaborative ventures in translational and clinical research"
DESCRIPTION:Brian Jensen is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Dr. Jensen is a physician-scientist with a clinical and investigative focus on heart failure.  He has clinical certification in Advanced Heart Failure/Transplantation and directs the UNC Cardio-oncology clinic. His laboratory uses mouse and cell culture models to study the molecular response to myocardial injury with a focus on adrenergic receptor biology and the cardiotoxicity of targeted cancer therapies.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dr-brian-jensen-presents-do-alpha-blockers-incur-cardiovascular-risk-in-patients-with-bph-recent-collaborative-ventures-in-translational-and-clinical-research/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240104T120000
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Amanda Nelson presents: " A discussion on the application of AI tools to answer clinical questions around diagnosis\, phenotyping\, prognosis\, and precision medicine using examples from investigators at UNC."
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Nelson is a board-certified internist and rheumatologist with a Masters in Clinical Research in Epidemiology. She spends one day per week in the clinic\, divided between general rheumatology and musculoskeletal ultrasound\, and is involved in fellow education and mentoring. Her research is focused on a variety of aspects of imaging in osteoarthritis (OA)\, including the contribution of bone shape to OA risk\, novel methodologies for the analysis of large and complex datasets including machine learning\, and assessment of the whole-body burden of OA. Also\, Dr. Nelson is co-PI of the Johnston County OA Project\, a 30-year community-based prospective cohort of OA\, multiple chronic conditions\, pain\, and disability in Black and White men and women\, and its new enrollment phase\, the Johnston County Health Study. Last but not least\, she is also the Director of the Phenotyping and Precision Medicine Resource Core of the UNC Core Center for Clinical Research (CCCR).
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dr-amanda-nelson-presents-a-discussion-on-the-application-of-ai-tools-to-answer-clinical-questions-around-diagnosis-phenotyping-prognosis-and-precision-medicine-using-ex/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231214T120000
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CREATED:20231212T145639Z
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds: Dr. Anthony Comuzzie presents: "Beyond the Bench or Bedside: Advocating for Access to Evidence-Based Obesity Care."
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Comuzzie is the CEO of The Obesity Society\, the leading professional scientific organization devoted to obesity.  He is a world-renowned obesity researcher and scientist\, having previously spent nearly 25 years on the faculty of Genetics at Texas Biomedical Research Institute where his research focused on the genetic epidemiology of obesity\, diabetes\, and cardiovascular disease\, and has over 30 years of experience in the obesity space.   In addition\, to his role as CEO for The Obesity Society\, he currently serves as a Co-Chair for the Obesity Care Action Network (OCAN) as well as serving on the board of the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC)\, and the external advisory board for the Obesity Policy Engagement Network (OPEN).  He has published over 250 articles and chapters\, with the majority of these focused on the genetics of cardiometabolic-related phenotypes.  Dr. Comuzzie received his BS degree in Biology in 1981 and a MA degree in Anthropology in 1987 from Texas A&M University and his PhD in Biological Anthropology in 1992 from the University of Kansas.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dr-anthony-comuzzie-presents-beyond-the-bench-or-bedside-advocating-for-access-to-evidence-based-obesity-care/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231130T120000
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CREATED:20231127T205923Z
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds: Dr. Alex Duncan presents: “The Clap is back: Challenges and Progress towards a Gonorrhea Vaccine that is Needed Now More Than Ever.”
DESCRIPTION:My lab focuses on studies of the molecular mechanisms by which pathogens interaction with host immune responses influence infection pathogenesis. Our lab began with studies of the activation of the family of innate immune signaling proteins known as NOD-like receptors (NLRs) by bacterial pathogens. Our lab has focused on studying the molecular mechanisms of NLR protein ligand recognition and activation\, particularly NLRP3 which forms a Caspase-1 activating\, IL-1 processing complex known as the inflammasome upon activation. In addition to biochemical and molecular work focused on mechanisms of innate immune signaling\, we have studied the host innate and adaptive immune responses that influence N. gonorrhoeae infection pathogenesis. My lab discovered that N. gonorrhoeae suppresses host antigen presenting cells’ ability to stimulate T lymphocyte proliferation and has ongoing studies to understand the mechanisms that support this immune evasion. Our studies of N. gonorrhoeae pathogenesis and immunity have been bolstered by the use of a human challenge model for N. gonorrhoeae infection. I have worked in collaboration with Dr. Marcia Hobbs here at UNC running unique experimental human gonococcal infection program for nearly a decade. We have used this model to study N. gonorrhoeae pathogenesis comparing isogenic mutant strains of N. gonorrhoeae. We collaborated on a study of the efficacy of a novel antibody-based therapeutic in the prevention of N. gonorrhoeae infection using the human challenge model. We also have ongoing research projects studying the cross-reactive immune responses against N. gonorrhoeae that are induced by outer-membrane vesicle-based vaccines against the related pathogen\, N. meningitidis using a combination of mouse and human infection models.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dr-alex-duncan-presents-the-clap-is-back-challenges-and-progress-towards-a-gonorrhea-vaccine-that-is-needed-now-more-than-ever/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231116T120000
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody presents: "Developing Precision Medicine Approaches in Psychiatry-- Research Innovation to Improve Treatment of Perinatal Depression"
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody\, MD\, MPH is the Assad Meymandi Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  She also directs the UNC Center for Women’s Mood Disorders. As Chair\, Dr. Meltzer-Brody directs one of the largest public university departments of psychiatry in the United States and collaborates with UNC Health and the state of North Carolina on broad-based initiatives to improve mental health. \nShe is a passionate advocate for innovation and transformation of mental health care. She has also served in leadership roles in physician and health care worker mental health and well-being in the School of Medicine and UNC Health.  Dr. Meltzer-Brody is an internationally recognized physician-scientist in perinatal depression. Her research investigates the epidemiologic and biological predictors of perinatal depression and innovative treatment approaches (pharmacologic and psychotherapeutic)\,  which have taken her across the globe including sub-Saharan Africa.  She had led the MOMS GENES study—the largest global genetic study of postpartum depression (PPD) using app-based tools. She also served as the academic PI for the novel psychopharmacologic clinical trials developing the first FDA-approved medication for postpartum depression (brexanolone) and also served an investigator for the newly approved oral drug (zuranolone) for PPD. \nDr. Meltzer-Brody has received numerous awards for her work.  She was awarded the 2023 NIH Clinical Center Distinguished Clinical Research Scholar and Educator in Residence\, and the 2020 UNC O Max Gardner Award\, a UNC System Award (17 universities) for the highest faculty honor. Dr. Meltzer-Brody is also the recipient of the 2019 American Psychiatric Association Alexandra Symonds Award in Women’s Mental Health.   She was named to the 2022\, Forbes List of 16 Healthcare Innovators You Should Know\, the 2021 Forbes The Visionary List: Women Over 50 Shaping The Future Of Science\, Technology And Art\, and the Forbes List of ‘Women over 50 Working to Improve our Collective Mental Health”. She was also ranked in 2021 by Expertscape\, as the number one expert in the world for postpartum depression.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dr-samantha-meltzer-brody-presents-developing-precision-medicine-approaches-in-psychiatry-research-innovation-to-improve-treatment-of-perinatal-depression/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Furman McDonald presents: "Evidence Based Education: Medical Knowledge\, Acquisition and Associations with Patient Relevant Outcomes"
DESCRIPTION:Dr. McDonald\, a board-certified internist and Senior Vice President for Academic and Medical Affairs at the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) provides physician leadership for the effective functioning of the ABIM Council and Specialty Boards\, graduate medical education (GME)–related leadership\, and oversight for the consistent quality/integrity of ABIM’s certification programs. In these roles\, he supports the development and implementation of integrated policy and standards for the Certification programs of the specialty and subspecialties of Internal Medicine and discipline-specific aspects of Maintenance of Certification (MOC). \n  \nPrior to joining ABIM\, Dr. McDonald held numerous GME-related positions. He was program director of one of the largest internal medicine residencies in the nation at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester\, Minn.\, where he led the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Educational Innovations Project. Dr. McDonald was also a member of the Residency Review Committee for Internal Medicine (RRC-IM) during the transition to the Next Accreditation System (NAS) and remains on the RRC-IM ex officio. \n  \nDr. McDonald’s career-long scholarly passion has been to study the links between graduate medical education and patient-relevant outcomes using sound evidence-based methods.  He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and has won numerous awards for medical education research and teaching\, including the 2019 Alliance for Academic Medicine (AAIM) Special Recognition Award “…presented to an individual who has contributed most to helping the Alliance meet its mission which “promotes the advancement and professional development of its members who prepare the next generation of internal medicine physicians and leaders through education\, research\, engagement\, and collaboration.” \n  \nHe holds the rank of Adjunct Professor of Medicine at both the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science\, Rochester\, Minn\, and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania. Dr. McDonald remains clinically active as a supervising physician for the resident continuity clinic in the J. Edwin Wood Clinic of the Pennsylvania Hospital\, Philadelphia PA.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dr-furman-mcdonald-presents-evidence-based-education-medical-knowledge-acquisition-and-associations-with-patient-relevant-outcomes/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231102T120000
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Thomas Nasca presents: "Discussion of Professionalism"
DESCRIPTION:Thomas J. Nasca\, MD\, MACP is president and chief executive officer of the ACGME; Professor of Medicine\, Jefferson Medical College; and senior scholar in the Department of Medical Education\, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Medicine.\nDr. Nasca graduated from the University of Notre Dame with High Honors and is an Alpha Omega Alpha graduate of Jefferson Medical College. Prior to joining the ACGME\, Dr. Nasca served as senior vice president for Academic Affairs at Thomas Jefferson University\, and as the Anthony and Gertrude DePalma Dean of Jefferson Medical College. Dr. Nasca left the deanship at Jefferson to assume the leadership of the ACGME in December 2007. In May 2009\, Dr. Nasca became the founding president of ACGME-International.\nDr. Nasca is board-certified in internal medicine and nephrology. He has been a member and leader of a number of organizations with a mission of advancing excellence in medical education. He was a member of the Council of the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM)\, having served as both secretary-treasurer and president. He served as associate editor of the Nephrology Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program for the American College of Physicians and was a member of the Internal Medicine In-Training Examination Steering and Writing Committees\, the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine\, and the Federated Council for Internal Medicine. He is a former chair of the ACGME Review Committee for Internal Medicine and a former member of the Board of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates. Dr. Nasca served on the Initiative to Transform Medical Education of the American Medical Association and on the Committee to Evaluate the US Medical Licensing Examination and is a past member of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. Dr. Nasca was a member of the Council on Graduate Medical Education of the Department of Health and Human Services and the US Congress. He is a Co-Chair of the Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience of the National Academy of Medicine.\nDr. Nasca was elected a Master of the American College of Physicians in 2006\, received the Dema C. Daley Founders Award for Excellence in Internal Medicine Education from APDIM\, the Rev. Clarence Shaffrey Award from St. Joseph’s University\, the John C. Leonard Award from the Association of Hospital Medical Education\, the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Achievement Award\, the Founders Award from the Dr. Thomas Dooley Society of the University of Notre Dame\, the Weinberger Award for Leadership from the American College of Physicians\, the Miller Award from the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine\, and the Federation of State Medical Licensing Board’s Distinguished Service Award. He was named one of the 50 Most Powerful/Influential Physician Executives in 2009\, 2010\, 2011\, 2012\, and 2013 by Modern Healthcare. He is the author of over 200 peer-reviewed articles\, chapters\, and other publications\, and has delivered more than 500 invited lectures on topics related to medical education to national and international audiences.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dr-thomas-nasca-presents-discussion-of-professionalism/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231012T120000
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Nigil Haroon "John B. Winfield Visiting Scholar" presents: "The New Age of Spondyloarthritis Care: Unpacking Two Decades of Transformation in Ancient Disease"
DESCRIPTION:Dr Nigil Haroon is a world-renowned rheumatologist and clinical immunologist located in Toronto\, Canada. He is a Clinician Scientist at the University Health Network\, the largest research hospital in Canada with over 17\,000 active staff members (ranked top 5 in the world). He is an associate professor of medicine and rheumatology at the University of Toronto and a senior scientist at the Krembil Research Institute. \nHis current leadership positions include \n\nHead\, Division of Rheumatology\, University Health Network and Sinai Health\, Toronto\nPresident\, Canadian Rheumatology Association\nTreasurer\, Spondyloarthritis Research and Treatment Network (SPARTAN)\n\nHe is qualified in Internal Medicine\, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology and has a PhD in Functional Genomics and Immunology. He completed an MBA in Health and Life Sciences from the prestigious Rotman School of Business. \nHis area of research includes predicting radiographic progression\, identifying novel therapeutic targets and understanding the immunology and genetic basis of ankylosing spondylitis. He is well-funded and has over 100 high-impact publications in this area. Dr Haroon is a Vanier Scholar and has won several awards\, including the Jane Bruckel Award of the Spondylitis Association of America.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dr-nigil-haroon-john-b-winfield-visiting-scholar-presents-the-new-age-of-spondyloarthritis-care-unpacking-two-decades-of-transformation-in-ancient-disease/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231005T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231005T130000
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CREATED:20231003T145621Z
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- "2023 Craige Visiting Professor" presenter: Dr. Michelle Albert
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Michelle A. Albert\, MD MPH is the Walter A. Haas-Lucie Stern Endowed Chair in Cardiology and Professor in Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF)\, Admissions Dean for UCSF Medical School and Director of the Center for the StUdy of AdveRsiTy and CardiovascUlaR DiseasE (NURTURE Center). Dr. Albert is a graduate of Haverford College\, the University of Rochester School of Medicine\, and Harvard School of Public Health. She completed Internal Medicine Residency and served as Chief Medical Resident at Columbia University Medical Center in New York. Dr. Albert then completed a Cardiovascular Clinical and Research Fellowship at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School\, where she rose in the ranks to an Associate Professor in Medicine. She was previously the Vivian Beaumont Allen Endowed Professor/Chair and Chief of Cardiology at Howard University. \nDr. Albert’s clinical expertise involves both taking care of the most critically ill heart disease patients and preventive cardiology at UCSF. As a physician-scientist-epidemiologist\, Dr. Albert has had a longstanding commitment to health equity and is engaged in cutting-edge research that innovatively seeks to incorporate “biology” with social determinants of health to transform CVD science and healthcare of global populations\, i.e “the biology of adversity”. Her research has followed a bold\, non-traditional path for cardiovascular disease research. A central component of her current work focuses on developing innovative implementation strategies to curb adversity-related CVD risk\, particularly in women and diverse racial and ethnic populations with a focus on cumulative toxic stress. She is the recipient of sustained research funding as principal investigator including NIH R01 funding\, funding from Robert Wood Johnson (Harold Amos Scholar)\, Kellogg and Doris Duke Foundations. Dr. Albert is also a recipient of the American Heart Association (AHA) COVID-19 Rapid Track Grant. Additionally\, she is one of two recipients nationally of the prestigious 2018 AHA Merit award for visionary research and is the first woman and under-represented racial/ethnic person to receive this award. Dr. Albert also received the distinguished 2020 AHA Population Science Award. \nDr. Albert is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)\, the Association of University Cardiologists (AUC)\, the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI) and the Association of American Physicians (AAP). \nShe is the 86th President of the American Heart Association (AHA: 2022-2023)\, Immediate-Past President of the Association of Black Cardiologists\, Inc (ABC: 2020-2022)\, the Past 60th President of the Association of University Cardiologists (AUC: 2021-2022). She is the first person in history to serve collectively and concurrently as President of these three of the most prestigious cardiovascular societies. Dr. Albert is the first woman of color and Black woman to serve as AHA President and AUC President. \nAlbert currently serves as a member of the federal Advisory Committee to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (ACD)\, NHLBI Board of External Experts (BEE)\, 2019 ACC/AHA Cardiovascular Prevention Guidelines committee and previously served as a standing committee member of NIH study section – Mechanisms\, Emotion\, Sleep & Health (MESH. \nDr. Albert has also served/serves on multiple national AHA and American College of Cardiology (ACC) committees including on the Sarnoff Cardiovascular Medical Research Foundation Board of Directors. \nDr. Albert is a member of the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) Your Health Advisory Board and the Health/Cardiovascular Advisory Board for Women’s Day Magazine. Her research has been featured on national and international media outlets such as the BBC\, Canada Broadcasting Corporation\, TIME\, CNN\, Today Show\, CBS\, Associated Press\, NPR\, Boston Globe\, San Francisco Chronicle and Washington Post. She is a sought-after interviewee/speaker on multiple news outlets including TV\, digital and print media about especially about topics pertaining to research\, cardiovascular health\, maternal health and health equity. \nDr. Albert enjoys mentoring trainees at all levels across the United States. She was a nominee/finalist for the competitive 2011-2012 Excellence in Mentoring Award at Harvard Medical School and the recipient of the Women in Cardiology Mentoring Award from the AHA (2016). She received the ACC Heart of Women’s Health Credo Award (2012)\, Woman’s Day Magazine’s Red Dress Award (2014)\, the 2018 Daniel D. Savage Science Award (ABC’s highest honor) and the Haverford College Alumni Award (2015) — given to an alumnus whose “work typifies the values of the college and is of outstanding service to humanity”. \nDr. Albert is named on the 2022 Forbes 50 over 50 list for her Impact.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-2023-craige-visiting-professor-presenter-dr-michelle-albert/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230928T120000
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CREATED:20230926T132010Z
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- "The 2023 Fried Lecture" presenter: Dr. Norah Terrault
DESCRIPTION:Norah Terrault\, MD\, MPH\, FAASLD\, is shaping how the hepatitis B virus (HBV)\, hepatitis C virus (HCV)\, and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are treated nationally and internationally through her leadership and groundbreaking research in the field.   \n\n\nDr. Terrault coedited Zakim and Boyer’s Hepatology: A Textbook of Liver Disease\, 7thedition.  She has written more than 330 peer-reviewed manuscripts\, editorials\, and invited reviews\, along with United States national guidelines for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B and C. She recently was elected senior councilor on the executive committee of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and will serve as AASLD president in 2023.  \n\n\nIn addition to HBV\, HCV\, and NASH\, Dr. Terrault’s research interests include fatty liver\, cirrhosis\, and liver transplantation. She has led multiple National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded studies\, including the HBV Clinical Research Network (CRN) and NASH CRN.   \n\n\nA dedicated educator\, she founded ECHO-Plus\, a telementoring program that trains and supports primary care physicians in California in treating patients with hepatitis.  
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-the-2023-fried-lecture-presenter-dr-norah-terrault/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230914T120000
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Professor Robert Capra presents: "How does AI/ChatGPT change how people search for information online? What are implications for health information seeking?"
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Robert Capra is a Professor in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  His interests include human-computer interaction and information retrieval.  His research focuses on how people search for information and on developing tools to support users’ search needs. He regularly teaches courses on programming\, databases\, and human-computer interaction. Dr. Capra is a recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER grant and he publishes regularly in top computer and information science conferences and journals.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-professor-robert-capra-presents-how-does-ai-chatgpt-change-how-people-search-for-information-online-what-are-implications-for-health-information-seeking/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230907T120000
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Ron Falk\, MD\, FACP\, FASN Chair of the DOM presents: "De-Widgetizing" Clinical Care in the Department of Medicine- An Experiment
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Falk was appointed as Chair of the University of North Carolina Department of Medicine in July 2015 after having served as Chief of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension from July 1993 through May 2015. \nDr. Falk is recognized as an international expert in vasculitis and autoimmune kidney disease. His career as a translational physician-scientist spans more than three decades. His practice and translational research focus on characterizing the cell\, tissue\, and physiologic changes in the development of specific autoimmune kidney diseases and developing new approaches for studying autoimmunity\, inflammation\, and basic neutrophil/monocyte biology. After the discovery in 1988 by Dr. Falk and colleagues of myeloperoxidase anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (MPO-ANCA)\, his laboratory has focused on clinical and translational science investigation of the immunogenesis\, pathogenesis\, and response to treatment of ANCA vasculitis and other autoimmune kidney diseases. \nDr. Falk is a highly respected scholar and mentor who has guided\, for over three decades\, young physicians\, scientists\, and physician-scientists to successful careers in academia and industry. \nDr. Falk has served in various capacities within the American Society of Nephrology\, including numerous committees and the ASN Council. He served as its president from 2011-12. A notable achievement during his term as president was the founding of the Kidney Health Initiative in 2012\, which is a public/private partnership of the American Society of Nephrology and the U.S. FDA. During his tenure as ASN President\, the American Society of Nephrology Foundation for Kidney Research was established with a substantial endowment. He has also served or chaired numerous study sections and special emphasis panels within the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Falk continues to receive funding in a P01 Program Project Grant\, “ANCA Glomerulonephritis: From Molecules to Man\,” UM1\, “GDCN Clinical Center—Advancing Clinical Research in Primary Glomerular Diseases\,” and a T32 Renal Epidemiology Training Grant.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dr-ron-falk-md-facp-fasn-chair-of-the-dom-presents-de-widgetizing-clinical-care-in-the-department-of-medicine-an-experiment/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230622T120000
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Dean Wesley Burks & Executive Dean Cristen Page presents: "Dean's Office Update"
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Wesley Burks is CEO of UNC Health\, Dean of the UNC School of Medicine\, and Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. He has led the statewide academic health system since January\, 2019. \nUNC Health’s network spans the state of North Carolina\, currently including 16 hospitals or hospital systems\, the clinical programs of the UNC School of Medicine\, and an expansive provider network. The UNC School of Medicine is consistently rated as one of the nation’s leading public medical schools for both research and clinical training. \nDuring Burks’ tenure as CEO\, UNC Health has expanded its network\, adding multiple hospitals and establishing new clinical and educational partnerships. Burks has also spearheaded work to better unify and integrate UNC Health’s statewide system and to create a world class workplace culture. Each of these changes is meant to help UNC Health better meet its mission to “improve the health and well-being of the people of North Carolina.” \nPrior to being named Dean and CEO\, Burks spent more than 30 years taking care of patients\, conducting research\, and helping to educate trainees. He joined UNC-Chapel Hill in 2011 as physician-in-chief of the North Carolina Children’s Hospital and was named chair of the Department of Pediatrics in 2012\, as well as the Curnen Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics. In 2015\, he was named executive dean of the UNC School of Medicine\, during which he oversaw the school’s focus on rural health initiatives\, and primary care education\, a program has been consistently rated among the nation’s best. \nAn internationally renowned expert on food allergies\, specifically peanut allergy\, Burks and colleagues lead several immunotherapy clinical studies\, and his initial work on peanut allergies is cited as the basis for potential peanut allergy treatment regimens currently under FDA review. Burks is a past chair and member of the NIH Hypersensitivity\, Autoimmune\, and Immune-mediated Diseases study section and is Past President of the American Academy of Allergy\, Asthma and Immunology. \nBurks graduated from the University of Central Arkansas and then the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He completed a pediatric residency at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital and a fellowship in allergy and immunology at Duke University Medical Center. He served on the faculty at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children’s Hospital and Duke University Medical Center before joining the UNC School of Medicine. \n  \n \nCristy Page\, MD\, MPH\, is a family physician and national leader in rural healthcare delivery and workforce development. \nShe currently serves as Executive Dean of the UNC School of Medicine\, a position she has held since 2019. In this role\, she oversees the school’s tripartite mission of clinical care\, teaching\, and research. Under Page’s leadership\, the UNC School of Medicine has made great strides toward realizing the vision of being known as the nation’s leading public school of medicine. \nPage has overseen a continual increase in research funding. In 2022\, funding exceeded $600 million for the first time\, growing by more than $100 million since 2019. The School is also in the midst of a period of growth in medical education. In the spring of 2023\, the UNC School of Medicine will open Roper Hall\, a new medical education building. In the coming years\, the School will also expand its class size to better meet the healthcare needs of North Carolina. \nIn addition to her leadership within the UNC School of Medicine\, Page also serves as the Chief Academic Officer of UNC Health. In this role\, she oversees the educational and research enterprise across UNC Health’s statewide system. She is responsible for the expansion and development of branch campuses to train more health providers\, strategic growth of residency programs in affiliated hospitals\, expansion of clinical trials to new communities\, and leadership of statewide faculty\, among other priorities. \nShe is also a member of the UNC Health Board of Directors and UNC Health Executive Council\, where she collaborates with other senior leaders to set the vision and oversee strategic planning\, financial management\, and operations for the statewide UNC Health system\, as well as a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine\, where she previously served as Chair. \nPage’s vision and leadership have also helped expand the clinical\, research\, and educational footprint of the UNC School of Medicine and UNC Health. She has been instrumental in a partnership with fellow North Carolina system Novant Health to work together in the Wilmington\, North Carolina region. This work includes expanded educational opportunities for medical and other health affairs students\, as well as access to clinical trials and expanded pediatric specialty care in the region. \nPage’s leadership also expands well beyond UNC. As the founder of the Rural GME and Teaching Health Center GME Center\, Page and colleagues have worked to enhance access to care in underserved areas across the nation. The consortium focuses on increasing access to care through support for the development of new rural residency programs across multiple specialties as well as health policy and health workforce scholarship. The consortium has produced extensive research on rural health workforce development and successfully informed policies that support increased access to underserved care. Since 2018\, the consortium has directly supported 58 new programs that received funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) Program\, as well as an additional 46 programs through the Teaching Health Center Planning and Development (THCPD) Program. A total of 463 new rural training positions have been accredited since the program’s inception. Federal funding for the national centers over the last 3 years is nearly $13 million\, with an additional $2M pending. \nA native of Wilmington and lifelong North Carolinian\, Page first came to UNC as a Morehead Scholar before going on to complete her Medical Doctorate\, Master of Public Health\, family medicine residency\, chief resident position\, and faculty development fellowship in Chapel Hill. She has served on the UNC School of Medicine faculty since 2006.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dean-wesley-burks-executive-dean-cristen-page-presents-deans-office-update/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Evan Dellon presents: "Update in Eosinophilic Esophagitis:  You’ve Probably Got Cases in your clinic!"
DESCRIPTION:Evan S. Dellon\, MD\, MPH\, is a Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill. Dr. Dellon received his undergraduate degree from Brown University and his medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He completed an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.  He performed a clinical and a research fellowship in Adult Gastroenterology at UNC\, during which he also received a Masters of Public Health degree in Epidemiology from the UNC School of Public Health. Dr. Dellon is currently the Director of the UNC Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing (CEDAS) and has served as an Associate Editor for Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.  Dr. Dellon’s main research interest is in the epidemiology\, pathogenesis\, diagnosis\, treatment\, and outcomes of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic GI diseases (EGIDs). The goal of his research is to improve the lives of patients with EoE and EGIDs by learning how to better diagnose\, treat\, and monitor these conditions.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dr-evan-dellon-presents-update-in-eosinophilic-esophagitis-youve-probably-got-cases-in-your-clinic/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230601T120000
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SUMMARY:Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Gaurav Dave presents: "Addressing Adverse Social Determinants of Health In Rural North Carolina."
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Dave is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine\, Director of Abacus Evaluation\, and the Co-Director of the Center for Health Equity Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). Dr. Dave trained as an emergency medicine physician in India with a master’s and a doctorate in public health from UNC-Greensboro. He has over 20 years of experience in clinical\, public health\, and evaluation research. Dr. Dave is an MPI for the National Institutes of Health’s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics-Underserved Populations (RADx-UP). The RADx-UP Program provides critical findings to inform ongoing SARS-CoV-2 public health efforts to improve the reach\, acceptance\, uptake\, and sustainability of COVID-19 testing and prevention in marginalized and vulnerable communities across the United States. Dr. Dave is a Principal Investigator for two NHLBI-funded R01 studies that aim to address adverse social determinants of health associated with chronic disease risk in rural North Carolina. He is also a site Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on multiple grants funded by the National Heart\, Blood\, and Lung Institute\, the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences\, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation\, and the Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Dave’s research focuses on mitigating adverse social determinants of health and eliminating health inequities associated with chronic conditions in historically marginalized and rural communities.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/event/medicine-grand-rounds-dr-gaurav-dave-presents-addressing-adverse-social-determinants-of-health-in-rural-north-carolina/
LOCATION:Room 4008 Old Clinic Auditorium\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Medicine Grand Rounds
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