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Cardiovascular (CV) Grand Rounds - HUP

Time / Location: Thursdays, from 7:30AM - 8:30AM in HUP's 5 Maloney Conference Room.
Information: Denice Susini, (215) 662-3140.
Past Grand Rounds: 2008 / 2007

2008 – 2009 Grand Rounds

October 16 Dr. Patricia Pellikka
Mayo Clinic
"Noninvasive Detection of Coronary Artery Disease in Women"
October 23 Morbidity & Mortality  
October 30 Dr. Raymond Kim
Duke University Medical Center
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center
"Topic To Be Announced"
November 6 Cancelled - AHA Scientific Sessions »  
November 13 Dr. Gaetano Thiene
Padua Center for Sports Medicine
University of Padua, Italy
"Topic To Be Announced"
November 20 Dr. Peter Stone
Brigham and Women's Hospital and
Harvard University
"Topic To Be Announced"
November 27 Cancelled - Thanksgiving  
December 4 Morbidity & Mortality  
December 11 Dr. Marc Semigran
Massachusetts General Hosptial and
Harvard Medical School
"Topic To Be Announced"
December 18 Dr. Daniel Levy
Director, Framingham Heart Study, NHLBI
"Topic To Be Announced"
December 25 Cancelled - Christmas  
January 1 Cancelled - New Year's Day  
January 8 Dr. Robert Wilensky,
University of Pennsylvania
"Topic To Be Announced"
January 15 Morbidity & Mortality  
January 29 Dr. James De Lemos
UT Southwestern Medical Center
"Topic To Be Announced"
February 5 Dr. Jeffrey Olgin
UC San Francisco
"Topic To Be Announced"
February 12 Dr. Marc Creager
Brigham and Women's
"Topic To Be Announced"
February 19 Dr. Howard Rockman
Duke Univeristy Medical Center
"Topic To Be Announced"
February 26 Dr. Sanjay Dixit
University of Pennsylvania
"Topic To Be Announced"
March 5 Dr. Victor Ferrari
University of Pennsylvania
"Topic To Be Announced"
March 12 Morbidity & Mortality
 
 
March 19 Dr. Daniel Simon
Case Western Reserve University
"Topic To Be Announced"
March 26 Speaker To Be Announced
 
"Topic To Be Announced"
April 2 Dr. Michael Simons
Dartmouth
 
April 9 Cancelled - Passover
 
 
April 16 Dr. Roberto Lang
University of Chicago
"Topic To Be Announced"
April 23 Speaker To Be Announced
 
"Topic To Be Announced"
April 30 Dr. Julio Chirinos
University of Pennsylvania
"Topic To Be Announced"
May 7 Morbidity & Mortality
 
 
May 14 Dr. Cam Patterson
University of North Carolina
"Topic To Be Announced"
May 21 Dr. Michael Bristow, Ph.D
University of Colorado Health Science Center
"Topic To Be Announced"
May 28 Dr. Calum McRae
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard University
"Topic To Be Announced"
June 4 Morbidity & Mortality
 
 
June 11 Dr. Douglas Losordo
Northwestern University
Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute
"Topic To Be Announced"
June 18 Dr. Martin St. John Sutton
University of Pennsylvania
"Topic To Be Announced"

2008 Past Grand Rounds

October 9 Cancelled - Yom Kippur  
October 2 Dr. Joshua Cooper
University of Pennsylvania
"Options and Techniques for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Optimization"
September 25 Cancelled
 
 
September 18 Dr. Edward Gerstenfeld
University of Pennsylvania
"Frequency Mapping of Atrial Fibrillation: Lessons Learned From Humans and Animal Models"
June 19 Dr. Bradley Knight,
University of Chicago
"Management of Supraventricular Tachycardia in 2008"
June 12 Cancelled Grand Rounds resume on June 19
June 5 John Lee, MD, Ph.D.,
University of Pennsylvania
"Role of Klf2 in vascular development and function"
May 29 Dr. Dan Dries,
University of Pennsylvania
"Recent Advances in Natriuretic Peptide Physiology and Cardiovascular Disease"
May 22 Morbidity and Mortality Dr. Eron Sturm
Dr. Wendy Tzou
May 15 Dr. Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center "Murine echocardiography: linking basic and clinical investigations in heart failure"
May 8 Dr. Paul Forfia,
University of Pennsylvania
"Why and How the Right Ventricle Fails:
Characterizing RV failure in various disease stages"
May 1 Dr. Stuart Rich,
University of Chicago
"The Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension: Past, Present and Future"
April 24 Dr. Kim Eagle,
University of Michigan
"Acute Aortic Syndromes: Questions that Keep Me Awake at Night"
April 17 Dr. David Drucker,
Mercer Bucks Cardiology
Carotid Artery Stenting
April 10 Morbidity and Mortality Maxwell Prempeh, MD
Stacey Rentschler, MD, PhD
Amresh Raina, MD
April 3 Dr. Harold Palevsky,
University of Pennsylvania
"Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension – 2008"
March 27 Dr. Warren Manning,
Harvard University
"Non-invasive coronary artery imaging: Focus on CMR"
March 20 Dr. Vasan Ramachandran,
Boston University
Epidemiology of Heart failure and Left Ventricular Remodeling: Insights from the Framingham Heart Study
March 13 Dr. Valentin Fuster,
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
"Promoting Health Through Non-invasive Imaging"
March 6 Dr. Clyde Yancy,
Baylor
"Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) - A Clinical Conundrum"
February 28 Dr. Frank Marchlinski,
University of Pennsylvania
Non-Ischemic RV ad LV Cardiomyopathies: Lessons Learned About Pathophysiology from Mapping and Ablation
February 21 Dr. Robert Bonow,
Northwestern
Evidence-based Management of Valvular Heart Disease
February 14 Morbidity and Mortality Presenters: Dr. Steven Farmer, Dr. David Frankel, Dr. Jay Giri
Cardiovascular Fellows, University of Pennsylvania
February 7 Dr. Lynne Stevenson,
Director, Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure Program
Brigham and Women's
Coming In Out of the Rain: De-Congesting Heart Failure
January 31 Dr. David Callans,
University of Pennsylvania
Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure
January 24 Dr. Wayne Levy,
University of Washington
Can We Predict Mortality in Heart Failure?
January 17 Dr. Muredach Reilly,
University of Pennsylvania
Genome Wide Association and Replication of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
January 10 Dr. Stanley Schwartz,
University of Pennsylvania
History of the Thiazolidinediones: Implications for Understanding Current Controversies and Use
January 3 Morbidity and Mortality Dr. Anjali Owens,
Dr. Alexander Opotowsky,
Dr. Jeffrey Testani,
University of Pennsylvania

2007 Grand Rounds

Date Speaker Topic
December 20 / 27 Cancelled Holiday
December 13 Dr. Vickas Patel
University of Pennsylvania
A Population of Melanocyte-like Cells in the Heart and Pulmonary Veins are a Source of Triggers for Atrial Arrhythmias
December 6 Dr. Barry Fuchs,
University of Pennsylvania
Education on Clinical Documentation
November 29 Dr. John Webb,
Medical Director, Catheterization Lab
Director, Interventional Cardiology Research St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia
Balloon Expandable Aortic Valve Implantation: The First 100 Canadian Procedures
November 22 Cancelled Thanksgiving Holiday
November 15 Dr. Jeffrey Olin,
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Management of Renal Artery Disease for the Cardiovascular Specialist
November 8 Cancelled Cancelled
November 1 Cancelled Pre-AHA Scientific Sessions
October 25 Dr. John Miller,
Krannert Institute of Cardiology,
Indiana School of Medicine
Common Fibs about Atrial Fib
October 18 Morbidity and Mortality
Elad Anter, MD
Joshua Moss, MD
Atif Qasim, MD
Cardiovascular Fellows
University of Pennsylvania
 
October 11 Dr. Matthais Friedrich,
Director, Stephenson Cardiovascular MR Centre
University of Calgary
Myocardial Tissue Characterization by Cardiovascular MRI
October 4 Dr. Aaron Proweller,
University of Pennsylvania
Notch Signaling Dysregulation in Cerebrovascular Syndromes
September 27 CANCELLED Cancelled
September 20 Dr. Leslie Miller,
Walters Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine,
Director of Cardiology Programs, Washington Hospital Center and Georgetown University Hospital
Cardiac Remodeling:
Lessons from Ventricular Assist Devices
September 13 Cancelled Rosh Hashanah Holiday
06/21/07 Dr. Frederick Samaha,
University of Pennsylvania
Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: Beyond LDL Cholesterol Lowering
06/0707 CANCELLED  
06/14/07 Dr. Sanjay Dixit,
University of Pennsylvania
AF Ablation: Where We Are and Where Do We Go from Here
05/31/07 Morbidity and Mortality Presenters:
Suzanne Brown, M.D., Quang Bui, M.D., Nehal Mehta, M.D.
05/24/07 Dr. Edward Gerstenfeld,
University of Pennsylvania
Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes
05/17/07 Dr. Jeffery Molkentin,
Cincinnati Children's
Role of PKC as a regulator of contractility and heart failure
05/10/07 Dr. Marvin Konstam,
Tufts University
Cardio-Renal-Vascular Dysfunction and the
Syndromes of Heart Failure
05/03/07 Dr. Ken Margulies,
University of Pennsylvania
Endogenous Cardiac Repair Potential in Human Hearts
04/26/07 Dr. Deepak Bhatt,
Cleveland Clinic
Advances in Atherothrombosis
04/19/07 Morbidity and Mortality Steven A. Farmer, MD
Nazanin Moghbeli, MD
David Scollan, MD, PhD
Cardiovascular Fellows University of Pennsylvania
04/12/07 Dr. Emile Mohler,
University of Pennsylvania
Vascular Jeopardy II
04/05/07 Kathleen Daily Mock, RN, BSN, JD, LL.M,
Mylotte, David & Fitzpatrick
Risk Reduction Procedure Lecture -
Mandatory Faculty Attendance


Faculty need to attend one of the sessions, Fellows are encouraged to attend, be sure to sign-in.

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*If unable to attend Thursday, please plan on attending another lecture.

Gastroenterology » Weds., April 4, 2007 from 5-6 PM in 5 Maloney
Cardiology » Thurs., April 5, 2007 from 7:30-8:30 AM in 5 Maloney*
Pulmonary » Mon., April 9, 2007 from 7:30-8:30 AM in 8 Maloney.
03/29/07 ACC New Orleans No Grand Rounds
03/22/07 ACC New Orleans No Grand Rounds
03/15/07 Dr. Thomas Cappola,
University of Pennsylvania
Genomics of Cardiac Remodeling in Human Heart Failure
03/08/07 Dr. Gerald Dorn,
University of Cincinnati
Adrenergic Polymorphisms:
ature’s Proof of the Neurohormonal Theory for Heart Failure
03/01/07 Morbidity and Mortality  
02/22/07 Dr. John Gorcsan,
University of Pittsburgh
Echocardiography and Pacing Therapy for Heart Failure:
Mechanisms and Mechanics
02/15/07 Dr. Robert Wilensky,
University of Pennsylvania
What’s Going on with Drug-Eluting Stents
02/08/07 Dr. Beth McNally,
University of Chicago
Genetic mechanisms in cardiovascular disease:
Lessons from single gene disorders
02/01/07 Dr. Karl T. Weber,
University of Tennessee
Congestive Heart Failure, A Systemic Illness
01/25/07 Dr. Joseph Savino,
University of Pennsylvania
USNWR Methods:
How do we apply these methods to improve patient care?
01/18/07 Dr. Howard Herrmann,
University of Pennsylvania
Will Percutaneous Therapies Replace Surgery for Mitral Regurgitation?
01/11/07 Samy Mir, MD
Maxwell Prempeh, MD
Wendy Tzou, MD

Cardiovascular Fellows
University of Pennsylvania
Morbidity and Mortality
01/04/07 Dr. Zahi A. Fayad,
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
MR, PET, CT for Atherosclerotic plaque imaging and differentiation

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