Cardiology Grand Rounds Schedule for 2006-2007 Series

Fridays 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m., Health Sciences Bldg, Room 209 (*except time change April 20, 7:00-8:30 am)
Live Telecast via UW Telehealth Services on the third Friday of the month, (*except on the fourth Friday in April).

Date

Speaker

Institute

Title

Host

Sep 2006

8

Mark Sullivan, MD, PhD

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Living with advanced heart failure, how do I plan for the future?:  A qualitative study of patients, spouses and providers

Kevin O’Brien, MD

 

15
Live Telecast

Thomas Buchanan, MD

USC, Los Angeles, CA

Prevention and Early Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

Kevin O’Brien, MD

 

22

Brian H. Annex, MD

Duke Univ., Durham, NC

Jack and Nadine Murray Visiting Professor

Richard Page, MD

 

29

Corinne Fligner, MD & Kier Huehnergarth, MD

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Cardiology Pathology Autopsy Conference

 

Oct 2006

6

Frederick Samaha, MD

Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Dietary and Pharmacologic Approaches for Treatment of Metabolic Syndrome

Xue-Qiao Zhao, MD

13

Timothy Fleming, MD

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Comparison of Delivery of Cardiology Services in New Zealand and the United States:  Are We Ready For a Change?

Douglas Stewart, MD

20
Live Telecast

Catherine M. Otto, MD

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

An Update on Valvular Heart Disease – Guidelines and Beyond

Kevin O’Brien, MD

27

Sanjiv Kaul, MD

OHSU, Portland, OR

What is Coronary Blood Flow Reserve

Edward Gill, MD

Nov 2006

3

Edward Gill, MD

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

The Holy Grail of Cardiology:  Evaluation of Left Ventricular Function – New Perspectives on a Very Old Theme – Dyssynchrony and Beyond

Kevin O’Brien, MD

AHA 11/12-15, Chicago)

10

No Lecture – Veteran’s Day

 

 

 

 

17
Live Telecast

Carol Buchter, MD

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Heart Disease in Women

Catherine M. Otto, MD

 

24

No Lecture – Thanksgiving Holiday

 

 

 

Dec 2006

1

Corinne Fligner, MD & Kier Huehnergarth, MD

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Cardiology Pathology Autopsy Conference

 

 

8

Jane Reusch, MD

Univ. of Colorado, Denver, CO

Exercise, CVD and Diabetes:  What’s Stopping People?

Kevin O’Brien, MD

15
Live Telecast

Arthur J. Labovitz, MD

St. Louis Univ, St. Louis, MO

Diastolic Heart Failure:  Mechanisms, Pathophysiology and Treatment

Kevin  O’Brien, MD

22

No Lecture – Winter Holiday

 

 

 

 

29

No Lecture – New Years Holiday

 

 

 

Jan 2007

5

Matthew T. Levy, MD

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia

Robert Rho, MD

12

Steven B. Feinstein, MD, FACC

 

Rush Univ.. Chicago, IL

Surrogate Markers of Atheroscleroses

Kevin O’Brien, MD

19
Live Telecast

Jeffrey Probstfield, MD

Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA

Can we prevent Diabetes? We can prevent Diabetes!?

Kevin O’Brien, MD

26

Jordan M. Prutkin, MD

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Antitachycardia Pacing

 

Kristen Patton, MD

Feb 2007

2

Bipin K. Ravindran, MD

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Cardiac Autonomics: A Novel Therapeutic Target for Atrial Fibrillation

 

Kelley Branch, MD

9

NO

GRAND

ROUNDS

 

16
Live Telecast

Amir Lerman, MD

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Identifying the Vulnerable Plaque

Marshall Corson, MD

23

Kier Huehnergarth, MD

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Tetralogy of Fallot-Beyond Blue Babies

 

Karen Stout, MD

Mar 2007

(ACC 3/24-27, New Orleans)

2

Ryland (Trey) Melford, MD

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Revascularization of Multivessel CAD:  Battle of the Balloons and Blades

Ken Lehmann, MD

9

Corinne Fligner, MD & Kier Huehnergarth, MD

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Cardiology Pathology Autopsy Conference

 

16
Live Telecast

Larry Dean, MD

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Drug-eluting stents and late thrombosis:  Falsely accused or guilty as charged?

Kevin O’Brien, MD

23

David Owens, MD

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy:  Looking Beyond the Obstruction

 

April Stempien-Otero, MD

30

Alberto Zambon, MD, PhD

University of
Padua, Italy

From normal arteries to the unstable atherosclerotic plaque: is Dr. Jekyll Hyde-ing behind LDL cholesterol?

John Brunzell, MD

Apr 2007

6

Alan Tall, MD

Columbia University, NY

Is HDL a Therapeutic Target?

Alan Chait, MD

13

Wai Shun Wong, MD

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

ICD Shock Therapy: Saves Lives but is that across the Board?

Jeanne Poole, MD

20
*Time Change 7:00am – 8:30 am

Larry Kaiser, MD

Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Cardiothoracic Surgery Teaching Rounds

(This is not a CME accredited activity.)

Edward Verrier, MD

27
*Live Telecast

Steve Goldberg, MD

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Percutaneous Treatment of Functional Mitral Regurgitation

Kevin O’Brien, MD

May 2007

4

Uri Elkayam, MD

Univ. of Southern California, CA

Issues in the Treatment of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

Dan Fishbein, MD

11

Justin Strote, MD

Univ. of Washington, WA

Adjunctive Coronary Artery Lesion Assessment

Doug Stewart, MD

18
Live Telecast

Donna Mancini, MD

Columbia University, NY

Optimal Immunosuppressive Regimens for Post-Heart Transplant Recipients

Dan Fishbein, MD

25

Douglas L. Packer, MD

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Murray Visiting Professor

Image Guided Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: The Future is Now

Richard Page, MD

June 2007


(ASE, 6/18-21/07, Seattle)

1

Corinne Fligner, MD & Kier Huehnergarth, MD

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Cardiology Pathology Autopsy Conference

 

8

Joshua D. Scholnick, MD

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Is Coronary Artery Calcium the Best Predictor of Cardiovascular Risk?

Richard Page, MD

15
Live Telecast

Brad Munt, MD

St. Paul’s Hospital and Providence HealthCare, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

Percutaneous replacement of the aortic valve: ready for prime time?

Catherine Otto, MD

22

Creighton W. Don, MD, PhD

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Sick Hospitals or Sick Patients?  Measuring Hospital Quality for MI Treatment in Washington State

Larry Dean, MD

29

Peter Cawley, MD

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

CMR & Valvular Heart Disease:  From Past to Future

Catherine Otto, MD

Revised:  06/21/07