Section of Cardiology
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2007

SECTION OF CARDIOLOGY
GRAND ROUNDS CONFERENCES
2007

January:
Robert M. Zwolak, M.D., Ph.D.
DHMC
AAA: Rationale for Screening and the SAAAVE Act of 2006

Stacie A. Luther, M.D., M.S.P.H.
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
In search of the ideal tool to monitor heart failure

Aaron Kaplan, M.D.
DHMC
Development of a novel side-branch stent: Carving a path from concept to first clinical use: The perspective of a clinician/entrepreneur

February:
Frances C. Munkenbeck, M.D.
Shaw Heart Center of Portland, OR
Cardiocerebral resuscitation: New developments in resuscitation science

Tzung K. Hsiai, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Southern California School of Engineering & School of Medicine
Fluid shear stress and vascular oxidative stress: Implication for micro- and nano-technology

Richard J. Powell, M.D.
DHMC
Update on minimally invasive treatment of lower extremity arterial occlusive disease

March:
Timothy A. Beaver, M.D.
Kansas Cardiovascular Center
Echo-guided optimization of the biventricular pacemaker

Peter M. Morganelli, Ph.D.
DHMC
Role of immune complexes in atherosclerosis

John R. Butterly, M.D.
DHMC
CMS Initiatives: P4P

Calum A. MacRae, M.B., Ch.B.
Harvard Medical School
Genetic approaches to common cardiovascular disease in zebrafish and man


April:
Edward P. Gerstenfeld, M.S., M.D.
University of Pennsylvania school of Medicine
Ablation of atrial fibrillation: Past, present and future

May:
Justin D. Pearlman, M.D., M.E., Ph.D., M.A.
DHMC
A non-invasive look at myocardial oxygen influx and extraction

Robert S. Ross, M.D.
University of California – San Diego
Taking a bit of the idiopathic out of cardiomyopathy: The role of mechanotransduction/cytoskeletal molecules in the cardiac myocyte

Steven B. Feinstein, M.D.
Rush University Medical Center
Non-invasive imaging and treatment for atherosclerosis

David J. Malenka, M.D.
DHMC
Evidence-based anticoagulation of the patient with ACS: Building consensus

June:
John Hwa, MBBS, Ph.D.
DHMC
Prostacyclin receptor and cardiovascular disease: hIP, SNiP, COX and Vioxx

Bruce W. Andrus, M.D.
DHMC
Diabetic cardiovascular disease: From bench to starting lineup and back

Nicholas Shworak, M.D., Ph.D.
DHMC
Does anticoagulant heparin sulfate inhibit vascular inflammation?

September:

 

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December:

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2006

SECTION OF CARDIOLOGY
GRAND ROUNDS CONFERENCES
2006

January:
Donald S. Baim, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
Percutaneous valve repair and replacement

Richard J. Powell, M.D.
DHMC
Treatment of extracranial carotid artery occlusive disease

Aaron Kaplan, M.D.
DHMC
When you come to a fork in the road…FIX IT – New approaches to coronary bifurcations

Harold M. Swartz, M.D., Ph.D.
DHMC/DMS
Repeated measurements of tissue oxygen using in vivo EPR in isolated hearts, in intact animals, and in the human foot

February:
Bruce J. Friedman, M.D.
DHMC
Live Free or Die

Mark L. Greenberg, M.D.
DHMC
Small, medium, and Large: Afib research at Dartmouth

Barbara R. Gerling, M.D.
DHMC
Pregnancy and the Heart

March:
Stephen E. Epstein, M.D.
Washington Hospital Center
Cell therapy for angiogenesis:  Current and future directions

Jon W. Wahrenberger, M.D.
DHMC
Ashes to ashes: Tobacco and its cardiovascular consequences


Salvatore Costa, M.D.
DHMC
Prevention of coronary disease: Do we want to be ahead of the pay-for-performance curve?

John R. Laird Jr., M.D.
Washington Cardiovascular Center
Update on peripheral vascular interventions

Bruce D. Hettleman, M.D.
DHMC
Cardiac resynchronization: Can we improve on current approaches?

April:
Andrew Dowson, M.B., B.S.
Kings College Hospital, London, England
Patent foramen ovale and migraine

Edward Catherwood, M.D.
DHMC
Microsystems in Cardiology: The ICCU Redesign Project

May:
Andrew T. Torkelson, M.D.
DHMC
Avoiding senescence -or- Can we be here and still have hair after 90?

C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
State of the art in revascularization therapy in acute coronary syndromes

John E. Jayne, M.D.
DHMC
Left Main PCI Program

June:
Charles L. Haffajee, M.D.
Tufts University School of Medicine
Overview of AF therapy and the status of AF ablation

John A. Baron, M.D.
DHMC
Update on Vioxx


September:
Arnold M. Katz, M.D.
U Conn Health Center
Heart Failure:  A Primer

Edward Catherwood, M.D.
DHMC
Review of Cardiology Fellowship Program

Michael Simons, M.D.
DHMC
Genetics of coronary disease

Robert Palac, M.D.
DHMC
Real-Time 3D imaging: Applications and Future Directions

October:
Gary H. Gibbons, M.D.
Morehouse School of Medicine – Atlanta GA
Cardiovascular Genomics: Implications & Applications

November:
AHA 2006 Preview (no CME credit)
(held in two sessions)

Alan T. Kono, M.D.
DHMC
Heart failure disease management: Can we impact outcomes with
 low-tech/high-tech strategies?

December:
Craig Thompson, M.D.
DHMC
Stent thrombosis and outcomes in the drug eluting stent era

Navin Kapur, M.D.
Johns Hopkins
Endomyocardial coupling in heart failure: The role of Transforming Growth Factor Beta

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2005

SECTION OF CARDIOLOGY
GRAND ROUNDS CONFERENCES
2005

January:
Gegory M. Lanza, MD, PhD
Washington University Medical School
Molecular imaging and targeted drug delivery: New paradigm for cardiovascular medicine

Nathaniel W. Niles II, MD
DHMC
Acute myocardial infarction: Results from the DHMC Registry

John F. Keaney Jr., MD
Boston University School of Medicine
Whittaker Cardiovascular Institute
Oxidative stress and cardiovascular disease: Fact or fantasy

Robert O. Bonow, MD
Northwestern University Medical School
Pathogenesis and management of aortic valve disease

February:
Jorge Plutzky, MD
Harvard Medical School
Diabetic atherosclerosis: New targets, new pathways

Peter Holzberger, MD
DHMC
VT Ablation

Michael Simons, MD
DHMC
Arteriogenesis

March:
Robert J. de Winter, MD, PhD
University of Amsterdam
Management strategies in high-risk NSTEMI

Joseph A. Vita, MD
Boston University
Tickling tiny bubbles tells the tissue’s tale

David DeNofrio, MD
Tufts-New England Medical Center
ACORN support device: IS it ready for prime time?

 

John F. Robb, MD
DHMC
DASH to the finish!

April:
Roger J. Hajjar, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
Targeted gene transfer in heart failure

Arnold M. Katz, MD
University of Connecticut
Molecular mechanisms in the pathogenesis of clinical arrhythmias

Flordeliza S. Villanueva, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Targeted ultrasound imaging of endothelial dysfunction

May:
Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, MD, PhD
Duke University
Prospects for personalized cardiovascular care: The impact of genomics

John Hwa, MBBS, PhD
DHMC
Pharmacogenetics and cardiovascular disease: The times they are a changing

Daniela Tirziu, PhD
Masahiro Murakami, MD, PhD
DHMC
Fellow Research Presentations

June:
Justin D. Pearlman, MD, ME, PhD, MA
DHMC
Carbogen study of the heart

David J. Malenka, MD
DHMC
PCI: Insights into regional practices and outcomes

Michael Duong, MD
Dmitri Baklanov, MD
DHMC
Renal disease in cardiovascular medicine
Catheter guidance with 3D Echo

September:
John Elefteriades, MD
Yale University School of Medicine
Thoracic aortic aneurysm: Reading the enemy’s playbook

Ebo D. deMuinck, MD, PhD
DHMC
Cardiac regenerative therapy: Seeing is believing

Tristram Bahnson, MD
Duke University Medical Center
AF Ablation; An evolving therapy

Beth Wolf, MBA
DHMC
Getting paid for what you do….or NOT!

October:
Richard J. Comi, MD
DHMC
Intensive glucose control in the hospital: Science and outcomes

Prof. Ulrich Sigwart
University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland
Pfizer/ACC Visiting Professor
Nonsurgical myocardial reduction therapy for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: From idea to standard of care

November:
Ebo deMuinck, MD, PhD; Stephen D. Surgenor, MD; Jeremiah Brown, PhD;
Masahiro Murakami, MD, PhD; and Thomas W. Chittenden, PhD
DHMC
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2005 Presentations

Michael E. Mendelsohn, MD
Tufts University School of Medicine
Estrogen actions on the cardiovascular system

December:
Elazer R. Edelman, MD, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cardiovascular tissue engineering: Lessons from devices and vascular biology

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2004

SECTION OF CARDIOLOGY
GRAND ROUNDS CONFERENCES
2004

 

January:
Robert Foote, MD and K-T Jerry Yeo, PhD
DHMC
BNP Project Presentation

David Kass, MD
Johns Hopkins
Cardiac resynchronization: New insights

Richard J. Cohen, MD, PhD
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology
Microvolt T wave alternans testing to reduce sudden cardiac death

Alan Kono, MD
DHMC
BNP, for you and me, how happy will we be?

February:
H. Robert Superko, MD
Cholesterol, Genetics & Heart Disease Institute, Burlingame CA
A sophisticated approach to secondary prevention

Kenneth D. Bloch, MD
Mass General Hospital
Nitric oxide synthases in ventricular remodeling: Insights gained from genetically-modified mice

Paul M. Ridker, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Inflammation, C-reactive protein, and atherothrombosis: Can we better predict heart attack and stroke?

Daniel J. O’Rourke, MD
DHMC
Biomarkers and atherosclerosis

March:
Ralph A. Kelly, MD
Genzyme Corporation
Harnassing the response to hypoxia: H1F-1alpha as a therapeutic transgene for ischemic valvular disease

Robert Palac, MD
DHMC
Tickling tiny bubbles tells the tissue’s tale

David J. Malenka, MD
DHMC
PCI without onsite cardiac surgery: To be or not to be?

Justin Pearlman, MD, ME, PhD
DHMC
Microvascular disease assessment

April:
Craig Thompson, MD
DHMC
Emerging Technologies for Peripheral Arterial Disease
5:00 PM - Auditorium G

Andrew Torkelson, MD
DHMC
All Cholesterols Are Created Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others

Richard Powell, MD
DHMC
Minimally Invasive Treatment of Peripheral Vascular Disease

G. William Dec, Jr., MD
Mass General Hospital
Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy: New Insights into Pathogenesis and Treatment

Bruce R. Brodie, MD
U North Carolina/Moses Cone Memorial Hospital
Impact of Time Delays on Outcomes with Primary PCI for AMI: Implications for Patient Triage

May:
Ary Goldberger, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Fractals, Chaos & Complexity: What/Why Every Cardiologist Needs to Know about Nonlinear Dynamics

John E. Jayne, MD
DHMC
Epistemology of CTOs

John F. Robb, MD
Marvin Doyley, PhD
DHMC
IVUS and Arterial Elastography

June:
Armin Helisch, MD
DHMC
Collateral Arteries: Where do they come from? How do they grow?

Bradford C. Berk, MD, PhD
University of Rochester
Plaque Erosion: Endothelial Cell Apoptosis as a Cause of MI

Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD
Boston University School of Medicine
Homocysteine and Atherothrombosis: Mechanisms, Controversies, and Future Directions

James DeVries, MD
Dmitri Baklanov, MD, PhD
DHMC
Research Presentations

September:
Nicholas Shworak, MD, PhD
DHMC
Introduction to Molecular Cardiology: Gene Expression and Pathologic Cardiac Hypertrophy

Jason H. Moore, PhD
DMS
Bioinformatics Strategies for Cardiovascular Genetics

Joseph M. Smith, MD, PhD
Senior Vice President & CMO – Guidant Corporation
The Future of Heart Rhythm Management

Edward Catherwood, MD
DHMC
Pulmonary Hypertension: Early Steps in the Long March Towards Effective Treatment

October:
Professor Peter Carmeliet
Center for Transgene Technology & Gene Therapy, Belgium
Genetic analysis of angiogenesis: Role and therapeutic implications for the VEGF family

 

Peter Fitzgerald, MD, PhD
Stanford University School of Medicine
PCI: New Technology for a New Century

November:
Aaron Kaplan, MD
DHMC
3D2 Symposium Update

John A. Baron, MD
DHMC
The Vioxx Withdrawal

Laurence Epstein, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Advances in Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias

December:
Paul Steiner, MD
DHMC
Non-Pharmaceutical Treatments of Atrial Fibrillation

C. Michael Gibson, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
Treatment of the Microvasculature

Jonathan Lindner, MD
University of Virginia Medical School
Molecular Imaging of Angiogenesis

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