Last Revision:
September 18, 2008

Department of Internal Medicine
Grand Rounds Schedule 2008-09

Date Division Speaker Topic
September 4, 2008 CARDIOLOGY O. Dogan, MD Advances in Minimally Invasive Interventions
September 11, 2008 NEPHROLOGY L. Kumbar, MD What’s new in Nephrology?
September 18, 2008 HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY P. Gillette, MD Management Issues in Sickle Cell Anemia
September 25, 2008 GASTROENTEROLOGY D. Robbins, MD GI Cancer 2008: A view through the endoscope
October 2, 2008 PULMONARY P. Smith, MD Smoking Cessation 2008
October 9, 2008     YOM KIPPUR
October 16, 2008 RHEUMATOLOGY A. Gibofsky, MD Clinical & Therapeutic Aspects of RA
October 23, 2008 ENDROCRINOLOGY J. Albu, MD In Hospital Insulin Protocols
October 30, 2008 INFECTIOUS DISEASES L. Honig, MD, PhD Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
November 6, 2008 INFECTIOUS DISEASES S. Slavinski, DVM, MPH The Biology and Epidemiology of Rabies in NYC and an Overview of Human Rabies
November 13, 2008 GERIATRICS J. C. Ahronheim, MD New York State Law v. Geriatric Medicine: Is there room for accommodation
November 20, 2008 HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY G. Soff, MD Heparin Induced Cytopenia
November 27, 2008     THANKSGIVING
December 4, 2008 GENERAL MEDICINE J.A. Avery, MD Relief of Suffering: The Noble Mandate
December 11, 2008 CARDIOLOGY M. Shinnar, MD, PhD Diastolic Heart Failure
December 18, 2008 NEPHROLOGY E. Friedman, MD Diabetic Nephropathy Update
January 8, 2009 PULMONARY M. Bergman, MD Therapeutic Hypothermia Post Cardiac Arrest
January 15, 2009 GASTROENTEROLOGY B.D. Cash, MD Pathophysiology and Treatment of Chronic Constipation
January 22, 2009 DERMATOLOGY D. Stern, MD Nails: A window into active medical disease
January 29, 2009 HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY O. Batuman, MD Multiple Myeloma: Recent Perspectives
February 5, 2009 NEPHROLOGY N. Mittman, MD Management of Kidney Disease for the Internist
February 12, 2009 GERIATRICS G. P. WolfKlein, MD Update on Alzheimer’s Disease
February 19, 2009 GASTROENTEROLOGY B.G. Feagan, MD Diagnostic Tools to Guide Treatment & Predict Outcomes in Crohn’s Disease
February 26, 2009 AMBULATORY MEDICINE    
March 5, 2009 RHEUMATOLOGY J.J. Cush, MD Update on Rheumatoid Arthritis
March 12, 2009 PULMONARY U. Rosa, MD Update on Pulmonary Vasculidites
March 19, 2009 ENDROCRINOLOGY M. Movshovich, MD Osteoporosis
March 26, 2009 CARDIOLOGY    
April 2, 2009 GASTROENTEROLOGY F. Gress, MD Advances in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
April 16, 2009 DERMATOLOGY M.R. Avram, MD State of the art skin and hair rejuvenation for men and women
April 23, 2009 HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY A. Leaf, MD Colon Cancer
April 30, 2009 GENERAL MEDICINE S.L. Cohn, MD Preoperative Cardiac Risk Evaluation and Perioperative management for Cardiac Surgery
May 7, 2009 NEPHROLOGY M. Avram, MD New ways to Prolong Life in Kidney Failure
May 14, 2009 AMBULATORY MEDICINE    
May 21, 2009 PULMONARY J. Rosenberg, MD Pulmonary Fungal Infections: Evaluation and Management
May 28, 2009 CARDIOLOGY F. H. Messerli, MD Controversies in Hypertension: To Beta Block or Not
June 4, 2009 INFECTIOUS DISEASES J.J. Rahal Update on Antibiotic Resistance

Revised September 18, 2008