Date

Speaker

Institute

Title

Host

Sep 2005

2

No Lecture

9

Gretchen Crittenden, MD

Univ of WA

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Kevin O’Brien, MD

16
Telecast

Xue-Qiao Zhao, MD

Univ of WA

Vascular Protective Effects of Lowering LDL Plus Increasing HDL

B. Greg Brown, MD

23
*7:30am
Plaza Cafe A&B

Roberto M. Lang, MD

Univ of Chicago

Three-Dimensional Echocardiography:  From ECG Gated to Real-Time Acquisition

Ed Gill, MD

23
*8:30am
Plaza Cafe A&B

Jonathan Sackner-Bernstein, MD

New York

Nesiritide:  A Litmus Test for Regulators and Clinicians

Carol Buchter, MD

30
*Plaza Cafe A&B

Vickas V. Patel, MD, PhD

Univ of PA

Mechanisms of Cardiac Arrhythmogenesis Induced by the Metabolic Sensor AMP Kinase

Robert Rho, MD

Oct 2005

7

David D. Ralph, MD

Univ of WA

Pulmonary Hypertension – 2005

Steven Goldberg, MD

14

James Revenaugh, MD

Utah Heart Clinic

Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support 2005

Larry Dean, MD

21
Telecast

Richard L. Page, MD

Univ of WA

Atrial Fibrillation – Where Do We Go From Here?

Kevin O’Brien, MD

28

Michael H. Crawford, MD

UCSF

Athletics and the Heart

Ed Gill, MD

Nov 2005

4
*7:30 am

Francis Kim, MD

Univ of WA

A Practical Approach to Out-of-Hospital Cooling for Cardiac Arrest

Kevin O’Brien, MD

4
*8:10 am

John Murray, MD

Univ of WA

CAD 2005 – The Chinese Revolution

Kevin O’Brien, MD

11

No Lecture – Veteran’s Day

18
Telecast

Frank W. Smart, MD

Texas Heart Institute

Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy for End-Stage CHF

Kevin O’Brien, MD

25

No Lecture – Thanksgiving Holiday

Dec 2005

2

Ira Goldberg,MD

Columbia Univ

Hearts Get Sick From Too Much Fat or Sugar

Kevin O’Brien, MD

9

Corinne Fligner, MD

Univ of WA

Cardiology Pathology Autopsy Case Conference

Kevin O’Brien, MD

16
Telecast

Bryan Kestenbaum, MD

Univ of WA

Cardiovascular Disease in the Setting of Chronic Renal Failure

Kevin O’Brien, MD

23

No Lecture – Winter Holiday

30

No Lecture – New Years Holiday

Jan 2006

6

Kevin D. O’Brien, MD

Univ of WA

What’s New in “Old” Aortic Valves

Kevin O’Brien, MD

13

Stephanie H. Dunlap, DO

Rush Univ

Effects of Ethnicity and Gender in Heart Failure

Benjamin Rhee, MD

20
Telecast

James H. O’Keefe, Jr., MD

Mid America Heart Institute

Improving Prognosis of Heart Disease and Diabetes

Kevin O’Brien, MD

27

Peter Cawley, MD

Univ of WA

Cardiovascular Stress MRI:  A Clinically Applicable Test

Alan Pearlman, MD

Feb 2006

3

Justin Strote, MD

Univ of WA

Cardiac CT:  Beyond Angiography

James Caldwell, MD

10

Joshua Scholnick, MD

Univ of WA

Assessing Hemodynamics at the Bedside

Kelley Branch, MD

17
Telecast

John Gorcsan III, MD

Univ of Pittsburgh

Dyssnchorny and Predictors of Response to Pacing Therapy:  Mechanisms and Mechanics

Edward Gill, MD

24

Wai Shun Wong, MD

Univ of WA

Electrocardiographic and Electrophysiologic Tools in Predicting Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction

Jeanne Poole, MD

Mar 2006

3

Creighton Don, MD, PhD

Univ of WA

Platelet Reactivity and Cardiovascular Disease

Steven Goldberg, MD

10

Corinne Fligner, MD, Justin Strote, MD, Bipin Ravindran, MD

Univ of WA

Cardiology-Pathology Autopsy Conference

17
Telecast

Gust H. Bardy, MD

Univ of WA and Seattle Institute for Cardiac Research

A Cynic’s View of Device Trials in Heart Failure or Why the Aliens Won’t Land

Kevin  O’Brien, MD

24

James K. Liao, MD

Harvard Med School

Inflammation and Coronary Artery Disease

Kevin O’Brien, MD

31

Joseph Blatt, MD

Univ of WA

Mother Rotors, Tarantula venom and a Four Headed Hydra:  Mechanisms of Fibrillation

Kristen Patton, MD

Apr 2006

7

Grace Chen, MD

Univ of WA

Imaging the Cardiac Sympathetic Nervous System?  A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

James Caldwell, MD

14

Frank M. Sacks, MD

Harvard Med School

Apolipoproteins and CVD:  Mechanisms and Treatments

Kevin O’Brien, MD

21
Telecast

John C. Rutledge, MD

University of California Davis

The Postprandial State:  Foods for Health and Disease

Marshall Corson, MD

28

Stanley L. Hazen, MD, PhD

Cleveland Clinic, Case Western Reserve Univ

Myeloperoxidase (MPO) and the Evolution of Cardiovascular Disease

Kevin O’Brien, MD

May 2006

5
*Time Change: 7:00 – 8:30 am

Martin Elliott, MD, FRCS,  CT Surgery Visiting Professor

Great Ormond Street Hosp for Children, London, England

Cardiothoracic Surgery Teaching Rounds

Edward Verrier, MD

12
2^nd Friday
Telecast
*Time Change: 7:00 am:  Buffet Breakfast Reception, 7:30 am: Lecture

Jeffrey Probstfield, MD

University of Washington

Homocysteine, a risk factor for CVD!?  HOPE 2, NORVIT and VISP sound sour notes for vitamin therapy – clear outcomes, but complex reasons”

Kevin O’Brien, MD and Richard Page, MD

19

David Liang, MD, PhD

Stanford University

Update on Marfan Syndrome

Edward Gill, MD

26

Kent Chen, MD, PhD

Univ of WA

Stem Cells for Regenerative Repair in the Heart

Charles E. Murry MD, PhD

Jun 2006

2

Corinne Fligner, MD & Justin Strote, MD

Univ of WA

Cardiology-Pathology Autopsy Conference

9

Benjamin Schaefer, MD

Univ of WA

Bicuspid Aortic Valve – Two Leaflets, One Disease?

Catherine Otto, MD

16
Telecast

Terry B. Gernsheimer, MD

Univ of WA and Puget Sound Blood Center

Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia:  Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Therapy

Kevin O’Brien, MD

23

Peter Sutcliffe, MD

Univ of WA

Peripheral Vascular Disease for the Cardiologist

Xue-Qiao Zhao, MD

30

Justin Lee, MD      and Siddhartha Sikdar, PhD

Univ of WA

Ultrasonic Doppler Vibrometry:  A Novel Method for Early Detection of Coronary Artery Disease

Xue-Qiao Zhao, MD