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2008 Grand Rounds

 

12/31/08 [No Grand Rounds] [Holiday]
12/24/08 [No Grand Rounds] [Holiday]
12/17/08 Thomas C. Ricketts, PhD
Director of Research
Cecil B. Sheps Center		 The “Obama Generation Health Reform Program”
12/10/08 W. Bruce Shingleton, MD
UNC Urology		 Renal Cryoablation
12/3/08 Michael Helmrath
UNC Pediatric Surgery		 Creativity
11/29/08 [No Grand Rounds] [Thanksgiving Holiday]
11/19/08 [No Grand Rounds] [Mock Orals]
11/12/08 Robert Mendes, MD
UNC Vascular Surgery		 IVC Filters: Have the Indications for IVC Filters Changed?
11/5/08 Brad Warner, MD Short Bowel Syndrome in Children: Surgical Options and Base Opportunities
10/29/08 Gordon W. Jacobs, MD, FACS, PA
Charlotte NC		 Tropical Surgery in Africa
10/22/08 Nirmal Veeramachaneeni, MD
UNC Neurosurgery		 The Surgical Treatment for Cancer of the Esophagus: There is Need for Improvement
10/15/08 [No Grand Rounds] [ACS Meeting in San Francisco]
10/8/08 David A. Gerber, MD
Chief, UNC Transplant Surgery		 Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Resection or Transplantation
10/1/08 Aaron P. Garrison, MD
PGY-5, UNC Dept. of Surgery		 Developmental Insight into Intestinal Adaptation: Characterization of Intestinal Stem Cell (ISC) Expansion and Glucagon-Like Peptide-2 (GLP-2) Actions During Murine Intestinal Development (SF17)
10/1/08 Javeria S. Qureshi, MD
PGY-2, UNC Dept. of Surgery		 Charlson Comorbidity Index is a Predictor of Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay and Mortality in the Elderly Trauma Patient
10/1/08 Megan C. Jack, MD
PGY-5, UNC Dept. of Surgery		 Strategies to Improve Resident Education in an 80-Hour Work Week: Comparisons of Learning and Teaching Styles
9/24/08 Wendy Moore
Journalist and Author		 John Hunter: the Once and Future Surgeon
9/17/08 Renae Stafford, MD, MPH
UNC Trauma and Critical Care		 Patient Safety Initiatives in the Surgical ICU
9/10/08 Eric G. Halvorson, MD
UNC Plastic Surgery		 A Brief History of Microsurgery: From Carrell to Bunke, From Head to Toe, From Lyons to Chapel Hill
9/3/08 Brian Goldstein, MD
Chief of Staff, UNC SOM
Exec Assoc Dean for Clinical Affairs		 Chief of Staff Double Feature:
1. Update on Performance Improvement and Patient Safety Activities
2. Changes in Pre-Operative Consultation
8/27/08 Robert Fanelli, MD, FACS
Univ of Mass Medical Center		 The Importance of Flexible Endoscopy for Future Surgeons
8/20/08 Thomas Egan, MD
UNC Cardiothoracic Surgery		 The New Lung Allocation System – Three Years Later and the Future of Lung Transplantation
8/13/08 Robert Berger, MD
Director of Medical Informatics;
Matthew G. Ewend, MD
UNC Neurosurgery		 Ask Not What Your Information Systems Can Do For You… Status of the UNC Informational Systems
8/6/08 Nancy DeMore, MD
UNC Surgical Oncology		 Discovery of Novel Protein Target for Angiogenesis
7/30/08 Raj S. Pruthi, MD
UNC Urology		 Evaluating the Impact of Race in Prostate Cancer
7/23/08 William Adamson, MD
UNC Pediatric Surgery		 Current Status of Fetal Intervention and Surgery
7/16/08 Wolfgang Losken, MD
Professor Emeritus
UNC Plastic Surgery		 UNC Missions Around the World
7/9/08 David Weber, MD

Hospital Epidemiology
Occupational Health and Safety

 Infection Control Issues in the OR
6/25/08 Bruce A. Cairns, MD
Director, NC Jaycee Burn Center		 Radiation Injury Treatment Network (RITN): A UNC Cooperative Response to Radiation Injury
6/11/08 Nancy Andersen, MD
PGY-6, UNC Dept. of Surgery		 NF-Kappa B and the Heart
6/11/08 Trey Riesenman, MD
PGY-6, UNC Dept. of Surgery		 Lipopolysaccharide and Mechanical Ventilation Induced Alterations in Purinoceptor Expression in the Lung and Extrapulmonary Organs
6/4/08 Keith D. Amos, MD
UNC Sugical Oncology		 Genetic Testing and Prophylactic Surgery for Cancer
5/21/08 Jeffrey H. Fair, MD
UNC Transplant Surgery		 Current Challenges and Future Prospects for Hepatic Based Stem Cell Therapies
5/14/08 Benjamin Haithcock, MD
UNC Cardiothoracic Surgery		 The Role of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Early Stage Lung Cancer
5/7/08 Lewis Flint, MD, FACS
American College of Surgeons
Chicago, IL		 Management of Abdominal Solid Organ Injuries: A Contrarian View
4/30/08 Edmund Rutherford, MD
Wake Medical Center		 CCATT During Operation Iraqi Freedom
4/23/08 Mark J. Koruda, MD
UNC GI Surgery		 Treating Post-Operative Ilieus… The Answer to the Bed Crunch
4/16/08 Linda J. Collins, MSLS
UNC Health Sciences Library		 Demystifying the NIH Public Access Policy
4/9/08 Eric M. Wallen, MD
UNC Urology		 Urologic Robotic Surgery: Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, and Where We’re Going
4/2/08 Robert A. Warriner, III, MD
Exec. VP for Medical Affairs
Diversified Clinical Services
Jacksonville, FL		 Evidence-Based Diagnoses and Treatment Outcomes for HBO That Pertain to Our Outpatient, Nonemergent Center
3/26/08 Noelle Granger, PhD
UNC Cell and Development Biology		 Leonardo Da Vinci: Artist and Anatomist
3/19/08 Anand V. Germanwala, MD
UNC Neurosurgery		 Current Management Strategies for the Treatment of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms
3/12/08 Frederick L. Grover, MD
Chair, Dept. of Surgery
Univ of CO Health Science Center		 Quality Improvement, Past Experiences and Future Directions
3/5/08 C. Scott Hultman, MD
Chief, UNC Plastic Surgery		 Improving Access to Care: An Operational and Financial Analysis of Service-Based Interventions in Optimized Patient Throughput in an Academic Plastic Surgery Practice
2/27/08 J. Duncan Phillips, MD
UNC Pediatric Surgery		 Premature Birth in American: Recent Developments and Implications for the Pediatric Surgeon
2/20/08 Robert G. Berger, MD
Director of Medical Informatics		 e-Chart Coming to Critical Care Units: Demo
2/13/08 John van Aalst, MD
UNC Plastic Surgery		 Cleft Care on the West Bank and Gaza: Tissue Engineering Using Nanofibers, Scaffolds, and Umbilical Cord Stem Cells
2/6/08 Thomas R. Russell, MD
Executive Director, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL		 A Surgeon’s Responsibility in a Changing World
1/23/08 Hartwig Bunzendahl, MD, PhD
UNC GI Surgery		 Hernia Repair Without Disability: Following the Goad of I. L. Lichtenstein
1/16/08 George F. Sheldon, MD
UNC Dept. of Surgery		 The Education of a Physician and Surgeon: History and Future
1/9/08 Mark M. Zare, MD, FACS
Boston VA Healthcare System, Boston Univ		 Surgical Outcomes: From the Golden Goose Ostrich to the American Veterans