Montefiore Einstein Cardiology Grand Rounds

June 2011 

Tuesday, June 7, 2011 

7:30-8:30 am
Montefiore, Cherhasky Auditorium

Fellows Session, 8:30 am

“Treating the Cause of Coronary Artery Disease”

Caldwell B Esselstyn, Jr, MD, FACS
Director, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Reversal Program
Director, Preventive Medicine
Preventive Medicine Consultant
Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute


 

May 2011 

Tuesday, May 24, 2011  

7:30-8:30 a.m.
Einstein, Weiler Auditorium

“Hereditary Arrhythmias: An Update on the Montefiore Einstein Cardiogenetics Program”

Thomas McDonald, MD
Professor of Medicine and Joint Professor of Molecular Pharmacology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Co-Director, Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care

Objectives

After attending this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Know when to suspect an inherited arrhythmia
2. Know how genetic testing can help in diagnosis of hereditary arrhythmias
3. Know how genetic testing can aid in management of families with hereditary arrhythmias syndromes

Tuesday, May 17, 2011  

7:30-8:30 a.m.
Einstein, Weiler Auditorium

Fellow's Session, Weiler Auditorium
8:30 am

“Left Ventricular Remodeling: From Bedside to Population”

Joao A.C. Lima, MD, MBA
Professor of Medicine and Radiology, School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Professor of Epidemiology, School of Hygiene and Public Health
Director of Cardiovascular Imaging, Division of Cardiology
Johns Hopkins University

Objectives

After attending this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Review the epidemiology of heart failure in the US
2. Discuss determinants of heart failure with preserved systolic function
3. Discuss the role of imaging in heart failure population studies

Tuesday, May 10, 2011       

7:30-8:30 a.m.

Einstein, Weiler Auditorium

Fellow's Session
8:30 am

“Maternal Heart Health”

Samuel Chi Bun Siu, MD
Gunton Professor of Cardiology
Chair, Division of Cardiology
University of Western Ontario
Citywide Chief of Cardiology
London Health Science Centre and St Joseph Health Centre
Medical Leader, London Health Sciences Centre Cardiac Program

Tuesday, May 3, 2011       

7:30-8:30 a.m.
Einstein, Weiler Auditorium

“Imaging For Coronary Artery Disease Diagnosis: New Clinical and Research Paradigm”

Pamela S. Douglas, MD
Tenured Professor
Ursula Geller Professor, Research in Cardiovascular Diseases
Director, DCRI Cardiovascular Imaging Program
Duke University/Duke University Medical Center 

April 2011 

Tuesday, April 5, 2011  

ACC Meeting in New Orleans - no grand rounds

Tuesday, April 12 , 2011 

7:30-8:30 am
Cherkasky Auditorium
 
"A Cardiologist's View of Diabetes"

Dr. A. Michael Lincoff
Professor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Director, Cleveland Clinic Coordinating Center for Clinical Research (C5Research)
Heart and Vascular Institute
The Cleveland Clinic

Tuesday, April 19, 2011  

Passover - no grand rounds

Tuesday, April 26, 2011 

7:30am 
Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart & Vascular Care

8:30am Fellow's Session

"Multimodality Imaging in Evaluation of Post-MI LV Remodeling"

Dr. Albert Sinusas
Professor of Medicine & Diagnostic Radiology
Yale University School of Medicine
Director, Cardiovascular Nuclear Imaging & Stress Laboratory
Director, Animal Research Laboratories
Section of Cardiovascular Medicine
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Objectives:

After attending this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Understand emerging technologies relevant to evaluation of post-MI remodeling.
2. Learn about targeted molecular imaging of the heart
3. Understand the role of molecular imaging in the evaluation of ischemic heart disease, and associated complications 

March 2011 

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 

7:30 am 
Weiler Auditorium

"Device-Based Improvement in Cardiac Diagnostics"

John Devens Fisher, MD
Professor of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Director, Unified Intercampus Arrhythmia/Pacer Services
Associate Chief of Cardiology (Intercampus)/Chief of Academic Affairs
Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care

Objectives

After attending this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Become more aware of what information is available from pacers and ICDs
2. Learn how this information can help your patient care and quality
3. Learn about some protocols that take advantage of device capabilities

Tuesday, March 22, 2011 

7:30 am 
Weiler Auditorium

Fellows Session, 8:30 am
Weiler Auditorium 

"10 Lessons From a Clinical Cardiographer"

Gerard P. Aurigemma, MD
Professor of Medicine and Radiology
Director of Noninvasive Cardiology
Associate Director, Division of Cardiology
University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Attending Physician
Clinton Hospital, Clinton, MA

Objectives

After attending this activity, participants will be able to better understand:

1. The hemodynamics of heart failure
2. The hemodynamics of constrictive pericarditis
3. The place of newer imaging methodology in contemporary clinical practice

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 

7:30 am 
Weiler Auditorium

"New Paradigms in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Using Genotype to Redefine Phenotype"

Carolyn Yung Ho, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Medical Director, Cardiovascular Genetics Center
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Medical Advisor, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine
Harvard-Partners Center for Genetics and Genomics

Objectives

After attending this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Review the genetic basis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
2. Review how genetic testing can be used in current clinical management
3. Describe how genetic insights can further understanding of pathogenesis and lead to new management strategies

Tuesday, March 8, 2011 

7:30 am 
Weiler Auditorium

Fellows Session, 8:30 am
Weiler Auditorium

"2011 Update on Management and Treatment of Patients with Stable Ischemic Heart Disease"

Bernard R. Chaitman, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director of the Cardiovascular Research Department
St Louis University School of Medicine
Attending Staff
St Louis University Hospital

Objectives

After attending this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Review risk stratification to optimally select patients with stable ischemic heart disease for medical or coronary revascularization
2. Discuss the strength and limitations of medical as compared to coronary revascularization treatment for the management of stable ischemic heart disease
3. Discuss the cellular consequences of myocardial ischemia and potential therapeutic targets that have been shown to alleviate angina

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 

7:30 am 
Weiler Auditorium

"Patient Selection for ICD and CRT: The Value of Nuclear Testing"

Mark I. Travin, MD
Director of Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine
Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart & Vascular Care
Professor of Clinical Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Objectives

After attending this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Understand the use of radiotracers to image cardiac autonomic innervation
2. Discuss the potential of cardiac autonomic imaging to manage patients with heart failure, particularly the potential to guide selection of patients for an ICD
3. Describe the development of nuclear techniques to assess ventricular dyssynchrony, and its potential use in guiding implementation of CRT 

February 2011 

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 

7:30 am     
Cherhasky Auditorium
Montefiore Medical Center

8:30am     
Fellow's Session
Fellow’s Conference Room

"Inflammation and Atherothrombosis: Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?"

Paul M, Ridker, MD, MPH, FAHA, FACC
Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Division of Preventive Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Objectives

After attending this activity, participants will be able to understand:

1. The role of inflammation in several stages of atherogenesis, from early plaque formation to late rupture.
2. Recent clinical trial evidence indicating that statin therapy is both lipid lowering and anti-inflammatory, and that inflammatory biomarkers such as hsCRP can be used to identify high-risk individuals who benefit from statin therapy.
3. How future clinical trials will be designed to directly test the inflammatory hypothesis of atherosclerosis.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011 

7:30 am
Cherhasky Auditorium
Montefiore Medical Center

"Diastology Dilemma: The Mythbusters Test Myths About Diastolic Function"

Daniel Spevack, MD, FACC, FASE
Associate Professor of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Director, Non-Invasive Cardiology Laboratory
Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care
Interim Director, Non-Invasive Cardiology Laboratory
Jack D Weiler Hospital 

Objectives:

After attending this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Improve physician’s understanding of what diastolic dysfunction means
2. Improve physician’s ability to diagnose diastolic dysfunction
3. Raise physician’s awareness of the prognostic importance, and need for proper diagnosis of diastolic dysfunction 

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 

7:30 am
Cherhasky Auditorium
Montefiore Medical Center

8:30am
Fellow’s Session
Fellows Conference Room

"Chagas Disease: 101 Years of Solitude!"

Carlos A. Morillo, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine
McMaster University, HHSC-PHRI
Director of the Arrhythmia and Pacing Service
HHSC, David Braley Cardiac Vascular & Stroke Research Institute
Ontario, Canada

January 2011 

Tuesday, January 4, 2011 

7:30 am
Jack D Weiler Hospital
Weiler Auditorium

8:30am
Fellow’s Session
Weiler Auditorium

“Advances in Antithrombotic Therapy for Stroke Prevention in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation”

Jonathan L. Halperin, MD
Robert and Harriet Heilbrunn Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Director, Cardiology Clinical Services, Zena and Michael A Weiner Cardiovascular Institute, Marie-Josee and Henry R Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Tuesday, January 11, 2011 

7:30 am
Jack D Weiler Hospital
Weiler Auditorium

“Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Disease”

Seth Sokol, MD
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Jacobi Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Assistant Program Director (Jacobi Site Director), Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Director, Training in Vascular Medicine and Endovascular Intervention, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, Jacobi Medical Center

Objectives:

After attending this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Understand the classical and non-classical roles of vitamin D in health and disease
2. Review and understand the strengths and gaps in the current literature linking suboptimal vitamin D levels to cardiovascular disease
3. Understand the proposed mechanisms relating vitamin D to CVD with a focus on inflammatory pathways

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 

7:30 am
Jack D Weiler Hospital
Weiler Auditorium

8:30am
Fellow’s Session
Weiler Auditorium

“Organ Failure in ACHD Patients”
Leneveu Lectureship

Gary D. Webb, MD
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati
Director, Cincinnati Adolescent and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Past Rounds 

December 2010 

Tuesday, December 7, 2010
7:00-8:00 am (note change in time)

Can Stress Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Survive in a Value-Based Healthcare System?

Rory Hachamovitch, MD
Staff Cardiologist, Section of Cardiovascular Imaging
Cleveland Clinic

There will be a Fellows Session immediately after Grand Rounds in the Nuclear Medicine Conference Room at Weiler.


 

Tuesday, December 14, 2010 
7:00-8:00 am  (note change in time)
Weiler Auditorium, Weiler Hospital

Peripheral Artery Disease: Implications for the Cardiologist

Mark A. Creager, MD
Director, Vascular Center
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Objectives:

After attending this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Discuss the epidemiology and prognosis of peripheral artery disease (PAD)
2. Discuss the diagnostic evaluation of PAD
3. Provide a current treatment paradigm to reduce cardiovscular risk in patients with PAD
4. Provide an overview of treatment options to improve symptoms and preserve limb viability in patients with PAD

 There will be a fellows' session immediately after Grand Rounds in Forchheimer.

 

November 2010 

Tuesday, November 30, 2010
8:00 am   
Jack D. Weiler Hospital, Weiler Auditorium

Catheter Ablation of Idiopathic VT

Samuel J. Asirvatham, MD, MBBS
Professor of Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics
College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Vice Chair of Cardiovascular Innovation
Division of Cardiovascular Disease Department of Medicine
Program Director, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education
College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

After attending this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Appreciate the regional anatomy of common arrhythmogenic substrates
2. Correlate fluoroscopic views, electrograms and anatomy
3. Use anatomic knowledge of the outflow tracts to improve ablation success and decrease complications

 

Tuesday, November 16, 2010
American Heart Association (AHA) Meeting

Tuesday, November 23, 2010
8:00 am   
Jack D. Weiler Hospital, Weiler Auditorium

"Cardio-Renal Syndrome: How the Heart and the Kidney Communicate"   

Gary S. Francis, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Minnesota Cardiovascular Division
Interim Head, Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Section
Member, Lillehei Heart Institute Steering Committee
Lillehei Heart Institute
Associate Director, Lillehei Cardiac Clinical Trials Center

Objectives: After attending this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Understand the challenges in the definition and nomenclature of the cardio-renal syndrome
2. Appreciate the major pathophysiologic mechanisms that drive the syndrome
3. Enable one to have a rational, systematic approach to management, and briefly review possible future management strategies

Tuesday, November 9, 2010
8:00 am  
Jack D. Weiler Hospital, Weiler Auditorium

"Therapeutic Arteriogenesis-From Bedside To Bench And Back"

Michael Simons, MD, FACC, FAHA
Robert W. Berliner Professor of Medicine
Honorary Professor of Medicine
University College London, London, UK
Professor of Cell Biology
Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine

Objectives: After attending this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Understand the clinical challenges of advanced CAD
2. Current understanding of arteriogenesis
3. Translation of basic science discoveries intro clinical practice

 

Tuesday, November 2, 2010
8:00 am  
Montefiore Medical Center, Cherkasky Auditorium

"The New Paradigm for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Valvular Heart Disease: Echocardiography and Transcatheter Valve Procedures"

Rebecca T. Hahn, MD, FACC, FASE
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons
Associate Director Valve Center (Non-Invasive)
Columbia University
Associate Director Echocardiography and Vascular Ultrasound Core
Lab Director of Invasive and Valvular Echocardiography
Columbia University Medical Center

Objectives: After attending this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Recognize the unmet clinical need for non-surgical options in the treatment of Valvular heart disease
2. Describe the role of echocardiography in pre-procedural, intra-procedural planning for transcatheter valve procedures
3. Illustrate ways in which echocardiography may advance our understanding of Valvular pathophysiology

October 2010 

Tuesday, October 26, 2010
8:00 am - Cherkasky Auditorium
 
Subclinical Atherothrombosis: Scientific Challenges at the Basic, Clinical, and Population Levels

Valentin Fuster, MD
Director of Mount Sinai Heart, the Zena and Michal A Wiener Cardiovascular Institute,
and the Marie-Josee and Henry R Kavis Center for Cardiovascular Health
Richard Gorlin, MD/Heart Research Foundation Professor
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Objectives: After attending this activity, participants will be able to:

• Understand the scientific challenges at the basic level
• Understand the scientific challenges at the clinical level
• Understand the scientific challenges at the population level

Tuesday, October 19, 2010
8:00 am - Cherkasky Auditorium
 
Heart Failure: How Best to Address Readmissions and 30 Day Mortality Rates

Clyde W. Yancy, MD, FACC, FAHA, MACP
Medical Director, Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute
Baylor University Medical Center
Chief, Cardiothoracic Transplantation
Baylor University Medical Center
President, American Heart Association

Objectives: After attending this activity, participants will be able to:

• Review the impetus for public reporting
• Discuss strategies that work
• Anticipate now performance measures and new guidelines that may improve outcomes 

Tuesday, October 12, 2010
8:00 am - Cherkasky Auditorium

"Arrhythmia Therapy 2010: At the Crossroad"
 
Jay N. Gross, MD, FACC
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center
Interim Director, Arrhythmia Services
Director, Inter-Campus Pacemaker Service
Montefiore Medical Center
 
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
8:00 a.m., Montefiore Medical Center, Cherkasky Auditorium

“Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in 2010 and Beyond” 

Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, FACC, FAHA 
Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine 
Tenure Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine 
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 
Medical Director, Cardiovascular Clinical Trials Unit, Bluhm Cardiovascular Unit 
Northwestern Memorial Hospital

September 2010 

Tuesday, September 21, 2010
8:00 am, Jack D. Weiler Hospital, Weiler Auditorium

"Mental Stress and the Heart: Myocardial Ischemia and Congestive Heart Failure"

David S. Krantz, PhD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Medical & Clinical Psychology
Uniformed Services at University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Georgetown University School of Medicine

Objectives: After attending this activity, participants will be able to:

• Identify the epidemiological evidence for the role of mental stress as an acute trigger of clinical cardiac events
• Identify the effects of stress on myocardial ischemia and the unique features of mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia
• Understand the relationship of stress and psychological factors to symptoms, functional status, and biomarkers in heart failure

Tuesday, September 14, 2010
8:00 am  Cherkasky Auditorium, Montefiore Medical Center

"Contemporary Management of Critical Limb Ischemia"

David P. Slovut, MD, PHD, FSVM, FACC
Lecturer and Clinical Affiliate, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Staff Physician, Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, North Shore Medical Center, Salem MA

July 2010 

Tuesday, July 12, 2010
8:00 am  Cherkasky Auditorium, Montefiore Medical Center

“Reducing 30-Day Rehospitalization Rates for Heart Failure: Is it Feasible?”

ILEANA L. PIÑA , MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA,
Professor of Medicine, Professor of Epidemiology/Biostatistics,
Case Western Reserve University
Graduate VA Quality Scholar at Louis Stokes Cleveland Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center

June 2010 

Tuesday, June 15, 2010
8-9 am
Cherhasky Auditorium, Montefiore Medical Center

Diastolic Heart Failure: Getting Below the Tip of the Iceberg

Mario J. Garcia, MD, FACC, FACP
Chief,  Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Pauline Levitt Endowed Chair in Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Co-Director, Montefiore Einstein Heart Center

April 2010 

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 

8:00am- 9:00am   

Weiler Auditorium, Jack D. Weiler Hospital

 

"Myocardial Reperfusion Injury"

 

Tarek Helmy, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology

Medical Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, University Hospital

Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH

 

Objectives: After attending this activity, participants will be able to understand:

1. Pathophysiology of reperfusion injury 
2. Potential therapeutic modalities
3. Translation from bench to bedside

 

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 

8:00am- 9:00am   

Weiler Auditorium, Jack D. Weiler Hospital

 

“2010 ACC Abstracts”

Moderator: Dr. James Scheuer

1. Association of Hyponatremia and Outcomes in Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Ventricular Failure ; Asaf Rabinovitz, Ronald Zolty, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY  ACC Oral Contributions. PRESENTER: ASAF RABINOVITZ, MD
2. Completeness of Revascularization and Long Term Survival in Patients eligible for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Meta-Analysis of Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease Studies. PRESENTER: VIKAS AGGARWAL, MBBS
3. Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Decrease after Response to Beta Blocker Therapy in Patients with Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy.  PRESENTER: PATRICK HOURANI, MD
4. A Comparison of Clinical Outcomes in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (BARI 2D) by Type of Stent implantation. PRESENTER: V.S.SRINIVAS, MD

 

Objectives: After attending this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Understand the association between hyponatremia and outcomes in heart failure
2. Compare the outcomes of patients with multivessel CAD recieving complete versus incomplete revascularization by PCI
3. Identify clinical circumstances when beta blocker use reduced LV ejection fraction
4. Compare clinical outcomes of drug eluting stent use vs. medical therapy in the BARI-2D  

 

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 

8:00am – 9:00am 

Weiler Auditorium, Jack D. Weiler Hospital

 

Cardiovascular Grand Rounds Debate

 

“It is More Than Pretty Pictures”

Cynthia C. Taub, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Director of Echocardiography 

Montefiore Einstein

 

“One Dimension Too Many”

Ythan Goldberg, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Attending Physician, Echocardiography Laboratory

Montefiore Einstein 

 

Objectives: After attending this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Understand the limitations of 2-D echo
2. Learn where 3-D echo may provide clinical benefit
3. Learn the limitations of 3-D echo

 

February 2010 

Tuesdays, 8-9 am
Location: Cherhasky Auditorium (Montefiore)

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

George Lui, MD
Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Division of Cardiology
Montefiore Medical Center

After attending this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Understand the problems associated with an adult with congenital heart disease
2. Learn the evaluation and management of pregnancy, arrhythmias, and surgical indications in adults with repaired congenital heart disease
3. Learn the latest interventions for the adult congenital heart patient

 

Tuesday, February 9, 2010 

Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease in HIV-Infected Adults

Robert C. Kaplan, PhD 
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health 
Albert Einstein College of Medicine 
Principal Investigator, Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (SOL) 

After attending this activity, participants will be able to understand:

1. The epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in HIV-infected adults
2. The design and objectives of the Women's Interagency HIV Study
3. The mechanisms relating HIV infection with atherosclerotic vascular disease

 

Tuesday, February 2, 2010 

Living at the Cross Roads: Management of the Advanced Heart Failure Patient Approaching End of Life

Eldrin F. Lewis MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Assistant Director, Cardiovascular Clerkship
Brigham and Women's Hospital

After attending this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Identify the difficulty with determining who needs end of life care in heart failure
2. Review utility of advanced therapies for patients with Stage D heart failure
3. Understand end of life management in heart failure patients

January 2010 

Tuesdays, 8-9 am
Location: Weiler Auditorium, Jack D. Weiler Hospital, Einstein

January 5, 2010 

In Search of the Transfusion Trigger

Jeffrey L. Carson, MD
Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Richard C Reynolds, MD, Chair in General Internal Medicine
Medical Director, Center for Innovations in Bloodless Surgery and Medicine
Director, Executive Health Program, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

After attending this activity, participants will be able to understand:

1. The effect of anemia on mortality and morbidity
2. The effect of blood transfusion on mortality and morbidity
3. What is known about transfusion triggers 
4. Some of the side effects of transfusion

January 12, 2010 

Exercise Training as Cardiovascular Medicine

Richard A. Stein, MD
Director of Preventive Cardiology, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York
Director, Beth Israel Hospital-Long Island College Hospital Cardiology Fellowship Training Program
Professor of Medicine, Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, NYU School of Medicine 
Director Urban Community Cardiology Program, NYU Medical Center
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Founder and Co-Director, Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation Program, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

After attending this activity, participants will be able to understand and be aware of the following:

1. The cardiovascular hemodynamic response to exercise and exercise training
2. Current data regarding plaque stabilization and exercise training
3. Current data regarding the value and risk of exercise training patient with congestive heart failure.

January 19, 2010 

No Grand Rounds.

January 26, 2010 

Optimizing Antiplatelet Therapy in PCI Patients

Jinnette Dawn Abbott, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, Rhode Island Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University

After attending this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Understand the benefits and limitations of antiplatelet therapy in PCI patients
2. Review the heterogeneity in response to antiplatelet agents
3. Discuss novel antiplatelet therapy in PCI patients 

December 2009 

Tuesdays, 8-9 am
Location: Cherhasky Auditorium

December 1, 2009 

Bone Disease After Organ Transplantation

Maria Coco, MD, MS, FASN
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Medical Director, In Patient Dialysis
Montefiore Medical Center

December 8, 2009 

Cardiac Imaging in the Patient With Acute Chest Pain 

Jack A. Ziffer, MD, PhD
Chief of Radiology
Baptist Hospital of Miami
Director, Cardiac Imaging
Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute 

November 2009 

Tuesdays, 8-9 am
Location: Weiler Auditorium

November 3, 2009  

Cardiovascular Problems in Competitive Athletes
Paul D. Thompson, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Director, Preventive Cardiology and Division of Cardiology
Hartford Hospital

November 10, 2009 

Therapeutic Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest: The Evidence Base
Stephan A. Mayer, MD, FCCM
Professor of Neurology and Neurological Surgery
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Director, Neurological Intensive Care Unit
Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center 

November 24, 2009  

The Stich SVR Trial: Details Do Matter
Robert E. Michler, MD
Surgeon-In-Chief, Samuel I. Belkin Chair
Professor and Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery
Co-Director, Montefiore Einstein Heart Center

October 2009 

Tuesdays, 8-9 am
Location: Cherkasky Auditorium

October 6, 2009 

Thyroid and the Heart
Gilbert H. Daniels, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Co-Director and Founder, Endocrine Tumor Genetics Clinic
Massachusetts General Hospital

October 13, 2009 

Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular
Neomi A. Shah, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Associate Director, Montefiore Medical Center Sleep Lab

September 2009 

Tuesdays, 8-9 am
Weiler Auditorium

September 15, 2009   

Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation
Linda D. Gillam, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Medical Director, Cardiac Valve Program
Attending Cardiologist
Columbia University Medical Center

September 22, 2009    

PCI for Stemi: Bleeding, Thrombosis and Transfers
Harold L Dauerman, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Vermont
Director, Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratories
Fletcher Allen Health Care
University Cardiology Associates, VT

September 29, 2009  

The BARI 2D Clinical Trial: What Have We Learned?

V. S. Srinivas, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Interventional Cardiology
Jack D. Weiler Hospital
Montefiore Medical Center/NY

Joel Zonszein, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Director, Clinical Diabetes Center
Jack D. Weiler Hospital
Montefiore Medical Center/NY

Sponsor 

Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center

Accreditation 

Albert Einstein College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.  Physicians should only claim credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.