Date:

Friday, February 1, 2008, 8:00 a.m.

Dept.

Neurology- CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Case of the Week Conference - 8:00 a.m.
Lecture: Annual Compliance Training 2008 - 9:00 a.m.

Presenter:

Dr. Debra Fiala

Links:

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Friday, February 1, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Osteoporosis Research Center - 5th Floor CUMC Conference Room 5766

Topic:

Presenter:

Links:

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Monday, February 4, 2008, 7:00 a.m.

Dept.

Surgery - CUMC, Department of Surgery Classroom, Suite 3700

Topic:

Stenting or Endarterectomy for Carotid Bifurcation Stenosis

Presenter:

Shipra Arya and Dr. Iraklis Pipinos

Links:

• Current trends in managing carotid artery disease.  Biggs KL, Moore WS.  Surg Clin North Am. 2007 Oct;87(5):995-1016, vii.
• Endarterectomy or carotid artery stenting: the quest continues.  van der Vaart MG, Meerwaldt R, Reijnen MM, Tio RA, Zeebregts CJ.  Am J Surg. 2008 Feb;195(2):259-69.

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Monday, February 4, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Morbidity and Mortality Case Conference

Presenter:

Dr. Siddhartha Kakani

Links:

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Pathology - CUMC, Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Massive Transfusion

Presenter:

Dr. Lisa Tyler

Links:

• Access Medicine.  Massive Transfusion.
• The coagulopathy of massive transfusion.  Hardy JF, de Moerloose P, Samama CM.  Vox Sang. 2005 Oct;89(3):123-7.

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 7:00 a.m.

Dept.

Surgery - CUMC, Department of Surgery Classroom, Suite 3700

Topic:

Morbidity and Mortality Conference

Presenter:

Links:

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 8:00 a.m.

Dept.

Oncology - CUMC, Department of Surgery Classroom, Suite 3700

Topic:

Oncology Conference

Presenter:

Links:

Links are provided by the Health Sciences Library Reference Staff.

CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 8:00 a.m.

Dept.

Ob/GYN - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

**No Conference**

Presenter:

Links:

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Psychiatric Sequelae of Pediatric Burn Injury

Presenter:

Dr. Christopher R. Thomas, Child Psychiatry Dept., University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

Links:

• Christopher R. Thomas, MD.  Biography.
• Prevalence of major psychiatric illness in young adults who were burned as children.  Meyer WJ, Blakeney P, Thomas CR, Russell W, Robert RS, Holzer CE.  Psychosom Med. 2007 May;69(4):377-82.
• Psychological problems reported by young adults who were burned as children.  Meyer WJ 3rd, Blakeney P, Russell W, Thomas C, Robert R, Berniger F, Holzer C 3rd.  J Burn Care Rehabil. 2004 Jan-Feb;25(1):98-106

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit is available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Thursday, February 7, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

What's the Difference? Recommendations on Women and Organic Heart Disease

Presenter:

Dr. Amy Arouni

Links:

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Friday, February 8, 2008, 8:00 a.m.

Dept.

Neurology- CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Case of the Week Conference - 8:00 a.m.
Lecture: Rasmussen Encephalitis - 9:00 a.m.

Presenter:

Dr. Kanishk Makhija

Links:

• Rasmussen's syndrome: progressive autoimmune multi-focal encephalopathy.  Freeman JM.  Pediatr Neurol. 2005 May;32(5):295-9.
• Pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of Rasmussen encephalitis: a European consensus statement.  Bien CG, Granata T, Antozzi C, Cross JH, Dulac O, Kurthen M, Lassmann H, Mantegazza R, Villemure JG, Spreafico R, Elger CE.  Brain. 2005 Mar;128(Pt 3):454-71.

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Friday, February 8, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Osteoporosis Research Center - 5th Floor CUMC Conference Room 5766

Topic:

Presenter:

Links:

Links are provided by the Health Sciences Library Reference Staff.

CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Monday, February 11, 2008, 7:00 a.m.

Dept.

Surgery - CUMC, Department of Surgery Classroom, Suite 3700

Topic:

Hyperparathyroidism: Diagnosis & Surgical Management

Presenter:

Dr. Ye Ye

Links:

• eMedicine.  Hyperparathyroidism.
• A systematic review of the diagnosis and treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism from 1995 to 2003.  Ruda JM, Hollenbeak CS, Stack BC Jr.  Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005 Mar;132(3):359-72

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Monday, February 11, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Chronic Kidney Disease in the Outpatient Setting

Presenter:

Dr. Richard Lund

Links:

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Monday, February 11, 2008, 4:00 p.m.

Dept.

Medical Microbiology & Immunology - Hixson Lied Room 404

Topic:

Macrophage-mediated inflammation affects neural injury and repair: relevance to HIV-1 associated dementia

Presenter:

Dr. Jialin Zheng, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Links:

• Jialin Zheng, MD.  Biography.
• University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience.

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Wednesday, February 13, 2008, 7:00 a.m.

Dept.

Surgery - CUMC, Department of Surgery Classroom, Suite 3700

Topic:

Morbidity and Mortality Conference

Presenter:

Links:

Links are provided by the Health Sciences Library Reference Staff.

CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Wednesday, February 13, 2008, 8:00 a.m.

Dept.

Oncology - CUMC, Department of Surgery Classroom, Suite 3700

Topic:

Oncology Conference

Presenter:

Links:

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Wednesday, February 13, 2008, 8:00 a.m.

Dept.

Ob/GYN - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

*No Conference*

Presenter:

Links:

Links are provided by the Health Sciences Library Reference Staff.

CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Wednesday, February 13, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Viral Respiratory Infections and Acute Exacerbations of Asthma

Presenter:

Dr. James E. Gern, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Links:

• Role of viral infections in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.  Proud D, Chow CW.  Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2006 Nov;35(5):513-8.
• Viral respiratory infection and the link to asthma.  Gern JE.  Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2004 Jan;23(1 Suppl):S78-86.

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit is available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Thursday, February 14, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

General Medicine Research - Something for Everyone

Presenter:

Dr. Anna Maio

Links:

Links are provided by the Health Sciences Library Reference Staff.

CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Friday, February 15, 2008, 8:00 a.m.

Dept.

Neurology- CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Case of the Week Conference - 8:00 a.m.
Lecture: New Protocols for Glioblastoma - 9:00 a.m.

Presenter:

Dr. Cam Nguyen

Links:

• eMedicine.  Glioblastoma Multiforme.
• Clinical impact of adjuvant chemotherapy in glioblastoma multiforme : a meta-analysis.  Spiegel BM, Esrailian E, Laine L, Chamberlain MC.  CNS Drugs. 2007;21(9):775-87.

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Friday, February 15, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Osteoporosis Research Center - 5th Floor CUMC Conference Room 5766

Topic:

Presenter:

Links:

Links are provided by the Health Sciences Library Reference Staff.

CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Monday, February 18, 2008, 7:00 a.m.

Dept.

Surgery - CUMC, Department of Surgery Classroom, Suite 3700

Topic:

Student, Resident, & Staff: Newer Paradigms for Education

Presenter:

Dr. Thomas Lynch

Links:

Links are provided by the Health Sciences Library Reference Staff.

CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Monday, February 18, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

General Dermatology

Presenter:

Dr. James M. Shehan

Links:

Links are provided by the Health Sciences Library Reference Staff.

CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 7:00 a.m.

Dept.

Surgery - CUMC, Department of Surgery Classroom, Suite 3700

Topic:

Morbidity and Mortality Conference

Presenter:

Links:

Links are provided by the Health Sciences Library Reference Staff.

CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 8:00 a.m.

Dept.

Oncology - CUMC, Department of Surgery Classroom, Suite 3700

Topic:

Oncology Conference

Presenter:

Links:

Links are provided by the Health Sciences Library Reference Staff.

CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 8:00 a.m.

Dept.

Ob/GYN - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

* No Conference *

Presenter:

Links:

Links are provided by the Health Sciences Library Reference Staff.

CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Pneumonia - Updates in the Standard of Care

Presenter:

Dr. Akhilesh Sharma

Links:

• Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society consensus guidelines on the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults.  Mandell LA, Wunderink RG, Anzueto A, Bartlett JG, Campbell GD, Dean NC, Dowell SF, File TM Jr, Musher DM, Niederman MS, Torres A, Whitney CG; Infectious Diseases Society of America; American Thoracic Society.  Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Mar 1;44 Suppl 2:S27-72.

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit is available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Thursday, February 21, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Anemia

Presenter:

Dr. Peter Silberstein

Links:

• eMedicine.  Anemia.
• The definition of anemia: what is the lower limit of normal of the blood hemoglobin concentration?  Beutler E, Waalen J.  Blood. 2006 Mar 1;107(5):1747-50.

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Friday, February 22, 2008, 8:00 a.m.

Dept.

Neurology- CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Case of the Week Conference - 8:00 a.m.
Lecture - Spinal Shock - 9:00 a.m.

Presenter:

Dr. Najib Murr

Links:

• AccessMedicine.  Spinal Shock.
• Spinal shock revisited: a four-phase model.  Ditunno JF, Little JW, Tessler A, Burns AS.  Spinal Cord. 2004 Jul;42(7):383-95.

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Friday, February 22, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Osteoporosis Research Center - 5th Floor CUMC Conference Room 5766

Topic:

Presenter:

Links:

Links are provided by the Health Sciences Library Reference Staff.

CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Monday, February 25, 2008, 7:00 a.m.

Dept.

Surgery - CUMC, Department of Surgery Classroom, Suite 3700

Topic:

Presenter:

Links:

Links are provided by the Health Sciences Library Reference Staff.

CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Monday, February 25, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Smoking and Smoking Cessation

Presenter:

Dr. Lee Morrow

Links:

• The most addictive drug, the most deadly substance: smoking cessation tactics for the busy clinician.  Crane R.  Prim Care. 2007 Mar;34(1):117-35.

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Monday, February 25, 2008, 4:00 p.m.

Dept.

Medical Microbiology & immunology - Hixson-Lied Room 404

Topic:

A recombinant allergen chimer as novel mucosal vaccine candidate for prevention of multi-sensitivities

Presenter:

Jesse Mitchell

Links:

• A recombinant allergen chimer as novel mucosal vaccine candidate for prevention of multi-sensitivities.  Wild C, Wallner M, Hufnagl K, Fuchs H, Hoffmann-Sommergruber K, Breiteneder H, Scheiner O, Ferreira F, Wiedermann U.  Allergy. 2007 Jan;62(1):33-41.

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Pathology - CUMC, Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Recent Advances in Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Presenter:

Dr. Qingmei Xie

Links:

• The genetics of the myelodysplastic syndromes: classical cytogenetics and recent molecular insights.  Cherian S, Bagg A.  Hematology. 2006 Feb;11(1):1-13.
• The myelodysplastic syndromes: diagnosis and treatment.  Steensma DP, Bennett JM.  Mayo Clin Proc. 2006 Jan;81(1):104-30.

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Wednesday, February 27, 2008, 7:00 a.m.

Dept.

Surgery - CUMC, Department of Surgery Classroom, Suite 3700

Topic:

Morbidity and Mortality Conference

Presenter:

Links:

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Wednesday, February 27, 2008, 8:00 a.m.

Dept.

Oncology - CUMC, Department of Surgery Classroom, Suite 3700

Topic:

Oncology Conference

Presenter:

Links:

Links are provided by the Health Sciences Library Reference Staff.

CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Wednesday, February 27, 2008, 8:00 a.m.

Dept.

Ob/GYN - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

OB Morbidity and Mortality

Presenter:

Dr. Peggy Jones

Links:

Links are provided by the Health Sciences Library Reference Staff.

CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Wednesday, February 27, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Department of Medicine Annual Compliance Training

Presenter:

Debra R. Fiala, MD, JD

Links:

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit is available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Thursday, February 28, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Medical Jeopardy

Presenter:

Dr. Devin Fox

Links:

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Friday, February 29, 2008, 8:00 a.m.

Dept.

Neurology- CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Case of the Week Conference - 8:00 a.m.
Lecture: Rite Exam at UNMC - 9:00 a.m.
** CANCELLED, NO CONFERENCE **

Presenter:

Links:

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CME:

Continuing Education Credit may be available. Contact the CME office at 280-1830 for details.

Date:

Friday, February 29, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Osteoporosis Research Center - 5th Floor CUMC Conference Room 5766

Topic:

Presenter:

Links:

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CME:

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