Cardiology Grand Rounds Schedule for 2007-2008 Series    

Fridays 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m., Health Sciences Bldg, Room D-209 (*except time change to 7:00-8:30AM

on May 2, May 9 and June 27)

Live Telecast via UW Telehealth Services on the third Friday of the month, except for May when the telecast will be on May 9th.  No live telecast in December.

Date

Speaker

Institute

Title

Host

Sep 2007

7

Jefferson Baer

 

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Ultrafiltration: When should Cardiologists become Nephrologists?

Fishbein

 

 

14

Debra Schwinn

 

Univ. of Washington,

Seattle, WA

Perioperative Genomics: Defining the Vulnerable Patient

Dichek

 

21

 Live Telecast

David Flum

 

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

 

Cardiovascular Disease and Bariatric Surgery

O’Brien

 

28

Fligner/Aoukar

 

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Cardiology Pathology Autopsy Conference

N/A

Oct 2007

5

Sharon Hunt

 

 

Stanford U.

CA

Heart Transplantation:  History and State-of-the-Field

 

O’Brien

12

Ranjini Krishnan

 

 

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

 

Premature Coronary Artery Disease

Dichek

19
Live Telecast

Peter Byers

 

 

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

 

Aneurysms and Dissections – Insights into Mechanisms from Genetic Disorders

Gurvitz

26

Steven Steinhubl

 

 

Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Variability of Platelet Response for Oral Antiplatelet Agents: Evaluating Clinical Significance

O’Brien

Nov 2007

2

Mary Gregg

 

 

Swedish Hospital, Seattle, WA

COAP: Quality Improvement in Washington State

O’Brien

 

9

Kevin O’Brien

Cecilia Giachelli

Catherine Otto

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

A “Trileaflet” Discussion of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease

N/A

 

16
Live Telecast

John Brunzell

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Hypertriglyceridemia and Premature CAD

Paramsothy

 

23

No Lecture – Thanksgiving Holiday

NO

GRAND

 

ROUNDS

 

30

Stanton Shernan

 

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Intraoperative Three-Dimensional TEE Evaluation of the Mitral Valve

Gill

 

Dec

7

Gail P. Jarvik

 

 

Univ. of

Washington,

Seattle, WA

Genetic Variation and Carotid Artery Disease

O’Brien

2007

14

Fligner/Aoukar

 

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Cardiology Pathology Autopsy Conference

N/A

21

No lecture –

Winter Holiday

 

NO

GRAND

ROUNDS

28

No Lecture – Winter Holiday

NO

 

GRAND

ROUNDS

 

 

 

 

Jan 2008

4

Susan R. Heckbert

 

 

Univ. of Washington,

Seattle, WA

Atrial Fibrillation:  Risk Factors and Genetics

Probstfield

11

Joseph Blatt

 

 

Univ. of Washington,

Seattle, WA

ICD Implantation:  Is It Time to Abandon Defibrillation Threshold Testing?

Rho

18
Live Telecast

Kevin O’Brien

Univ. of Washington,

Seattle, WA

Update on Markers for Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Probstfield

25

Justin Strote

 

 

Univ. of Washington,

Seattle, WA

Early In-Hospital Care of Sudden Cardiac Arrest: A Role for Interventional Cardiology?

Kim

Feb 2008

1

Pierre Aoukar

 

 

Univ. of Washington,

Seattle, WA

 Mediterranean Diet and Heart Disease:  From Hippocrates to Lyon

Paramsothy

8

Matthew Budoff

 

 

UCLA

Torrance, CA

Clinical Usage of CT Cardiac Angiography

O’Brien

15
Live Telecast

Irl Hirsch

Univ. of Washington,

Seattle, WA

Insulin, Glucose, and CVD: Why Such a Mess?

O’Brien

22

Elizabeth Chan

 

 

Univ. of Washington,

Seattle, WA

Hormone Replacement Therapy:  How Does It Impact CAD Risk?

Paramsothy

 

29

Fligner/Aoukar

 

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Cardiology Pathology Autopsy Conference

N/A

Mar 2008

 

7

Jay Chen 

 

 

Univ. of Washington,

Seattle, WA

The Role of Atrioventricular Junctional Ablation and Pacing in Atrial Fibrillation

O’Brien

14

Hui-San Chung

 

Univ. of Washington,

Seattle, WA

Genetics of Beta Receptor Function

O’Brien

21
Live Telecast

Nahush Mokadam

Univ. of Washington,

Seattle, WA

Ventricular Assist Devices:  Past, Present and Future

O’Brien

28

 

No lecture --

ACC Meeting

 

NO

GRAND

ROUNDS

Apr

2008

4

Karen Matthews

 

 

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Depression, Menopause and Cardiovascular Risk

Sotoodehnia

11

Creighton Don

 

 

Univ. of Washington,

Seattle, WA

The End of Large Clinical Trials?  The Problem of Increasing Sample Sizes and Diminishing Risk Reduction in Cardiovascular Trials

Probstfield

18
Live

Telecast

Jonathan Drezner and

Richard Page

 

Univ. of Washington,

Seattle, WA

Should All Young Athletes Be Screened With an ECG?  A Debate:  Pro and Con

O’Brien

25

Jefferson Baer

 

 

Univ. of Washington,

Seattle, WA

Niacin:  From Vitamin to Panacea?

Zhao

May 2008

2

*Time Change

 7:00am –8:30am

David Fullerton

 

 

Univ. of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Ctr.

Cardiothoracic Surgery Teaching Rounds

 

(This is not a CME accredited activity.)

 

N/A

9

*Time Change 7:00am- 8:30am

Live Telecast

(note telecast date switch)

Peter Libby

 

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Murray Visiting Professor

 

Update on the Pathogenesis of the Acute Coronary Syndromes

 

Page

Chin

16

Eric Krieger

 

 

Univ. of Washington,

Seattle, WA

Long Term Complications of the Fontan Operation

Stout

23

Kier Huehnergarth

 

 

Univ. of Washington,

Seattle, WA

Aortic Aneurysm: Can We Treat Medically?

Otto

 

30

Fligner/Aoukar

 

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Cardiology Pathology Autopsy Conference

N/A

June 2008


 

6

Trey Melford

 

 

Univ. of Washington,

Seattle, WA

Stem Cell Therapy in Ischemic Heart Disease: Of Mice and Men

Lehmann

13

Paul J. Wang

 

 

Stanford U.

CA

The Future of the Arrhythmia Therapy

Rho

20
Live Telecast

Jonathan Lindner

Oregon Health & Science University

Molecular Imaging in Cardiology:  Looking Small, Thinking Big

Gill

27

*Time change 7:00am –8:30am

David Owens

 

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Bruce-Laughlin Fellowship Award Presentation

 

Aortic Valve Calcification: Incidence, Progression and Outcomes in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

 

O’Brien

Revised 5/20/08