Date:

Wednesday, January 2, 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, January 2, 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, January 2, 2008, 8:00 a.m.

Dept.

Obstetrics & Gynecology - CUMC, Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Dermatosis in Pregnancy

Presenter:

Dr. James Shehan

Links:

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CME:

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

Date:

Wednesday, January 2, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

** No Conference **

Presenter:

Links:

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CME:

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

Date:

Thursday, January 3, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

New Insights into Osteoporosis

Presenter:

Dr. Robert R. Recker

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, January 4, 2008, 8:00 a.m.

Dept.

Neurology- CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

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

Presenter:

Dr. Bassel Salem

Links:

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CME:

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

Date:

Friday, January 4, 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, January 7, 2008, 7:00 a.m.

Dept.

Surgery - CUMC, Department of Surgery Classroom, Suite 3700

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, January 7, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - 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, January 7, 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, January 9, 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, January 9, 2008, 8:00 a.m.

Dept.

Ob/GYN - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

The Sun and Your Skin

Presenter:

Dr. Christopher Heurter

Links:

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CME:

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

Date:

Wednesday, January 9, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Hypercalcemia: Diagnosis and Management

Presenter:

Dr. J.C. Gallagher

Links:

• Evaluation and management of hypercalcemia.  Hutton E.  JAAPA. 2005 Jun;18(6):30-5.
• eMedicine.  Hypercalcemia.

Links are provided by the Health Sciences Library Reference Staff.

CME:

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

Date:

Thursday, January 10, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Research in Cardiac Resynchronization

Presenter:

Dr. Dennis Esterbrooks, Dr. Mark Holmberg, Dr. Kishlay Anand, and Dr. Jacob Koruth

Links:

• Effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on overall mortality and mode of death: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.  Rivero-Ayerza M, Theuns DA, Garcia-Garcia HM, Boersma E, Simoons M, Jordaens LJ.  Eur Heart J. 2006 Nov;27(22):2682-8.
• Why should we care about CARE-HF? Ellenbogen KA, Wood MA, Klein HU.  J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005 Dec 20;46(12):2199-203. 

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, January 11, 2008, 8:00 a.m.

Dept.

Neurology- CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Case of the Week Conference - 8:00 a.m.
Lecture: Multiple Sclerosis ADEM/NMO: an Overview - 9:00 a.m.

Presenter:

Dr. Neelima Thakur

Links:

• Comparative immunopathogenesis of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, neuromyelitis optica, and multiple sclerosis.  Wingerchuk DM, Lucchinetti CF.  Curr Opin Neurol. 2007 Jun;20(3):343-50.
• Natural history of multiple sclerosis.  Kantarci OH, Weinshenker BG.  Neurol Clin. 2005 Feb;23(1):17-38.

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CME:

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

Date:

Friday, January 11, 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, January 14, 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, January 14, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

GIM

Presenter:

Links:

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CME:

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

Date:

Wednesday, January 16, 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, January 16, 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, January 16, 2008, 8:00 a.m.

Dept.

Ob/GYN - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Thrombophilias and Pregnancy Loss

Presenter:

Dr. Al Fleming

Links:

• Pregnancy failure and heritable thrombophilia.  Middeldorp S.  Semin Hematol. 2007 Apr;44(2):93-7.
• Thrombophilias and recurrent pregnancy loss.  Kutteh WH, Triplett DA.  Semin Reprod Med. 2006 Feb;24(1):54-66.

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CME:

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

Date:

Wednesday, January 16, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Genomics, Medicine and Society

Presenter:

Dr. Francis Collins

Links:

• Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.  Biography.
• Realizing the promise of genomics in biomedical research.  Guttmacher AE, Collins FS.  JAMA. 2005 Sep 21;294(11):1399-402.
• A vision for the future of genomics research.  Collins FS, Green ED, Guttmacher AE, Guyer MS; US National Human Genome Research Institute.  Nature. 2003 Apr 24;422(6934):835-47.

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CME:

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

Date:

Thursday, January 17, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - 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:

Friday, January 18, 2008, 8:00 a.m.

Dept.

Neurology- CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Case of the Week Conference - 8:00 a.m.
Lecture: Huntington's Disease - 9:00 a.m.

Presenter:

Dr. Sohail Khan

Links:

• eMedicine.  Huntington Disease.
• Huntington's Disease.  Walker FO.  Semin Neurol. 2007 Apr;27(2):143-50.

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, January 18, 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, January 21, 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, January 21, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Improving Communication as a Teacher

Presenter:

Dr. Hank Sakowski

Links:

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CME:

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

Date:

Monday, January 21, 2008, 4:00 p.m.

Dept.

Medical Microbiology & Immunology - Hixson-Lied Room 404

Topic:

Viral Induction of Cell Cycle Arrest

Presenter:

Cameron Schweitzer

Links:

HIV-1 Vpr activates the G2 checkpoint through manipulation of the ubiquitin proteasome system.  DeHart JL, Zimmerman ES, Ardon O, Monteiro-Filho CM, Argañaraz ER, Planelles V.  Virol J. 2007 Jun 8;4:57.

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CME:

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

Date:

Tuesday, January 22, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Pathology - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Leishmaniasis: A Neglected Disease

Presenter:

Dr. Susan Repertinger

Links:

• eMedicine.  Leishmaniasis.
• Leishmaniasis.  Piscopo TV, Mallia Azzopardi C.  Postgrad Med J. 2007 Feb;83(976):649-57.
• Advances in leishmaniasis.  Murray HW, Berman JD, Davies CR, Saravia NG.  Lancet. 2005 Oct 29-Nov 4;366(9496):1561-77.

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, January 23, 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, January 23, 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, January 23, 2008, 8:00 a.m.

Dept.

Ob/GYN - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Rational Use of HPV Testing for the Prevention of Cervical Carcinoma

Presenter:

Dr. Murray Casey

Links:

• Human papillomavirus testing and molecular markers of cervical dysplasia and carcinoma.  Dehn D, Torkko KC, Shroyer KR.  Cancer. 2007 Feb 25;111(1):1-14.

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CME:

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

Date:

Wednesday, January 23, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Primary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease

Presenter:

Dr. Aryan Mooss

Links:

• Primary prevention of coronary heart disease: guidance from Framingham: a statement for healthcare professionals from the AHA Task Force on Risk Reduction. American Heart Association.  Grundy SM, Balady GJ, Criqui MH, Fletcher G, Greenland P, Hiratzka LF, Houston-Miller N, Kris-Etherton P, Krumholz HM, LaRosa J, Ockene IS, Pearson TA, Reed J, Washington R, Smith SC Jr.  Circulation. 1998 May 12;97(18):1876-87.
• Primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases with statin therapy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.  Thavendiranathan P, Bagai A, Brookhart MA, Choudhry NK.  Arch Intern Med. 2006 Nov 27;166(21):2307-13.

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CME:

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

Date:

Thursday, January 24, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Medical Jeopardy

Presenter:

Dr. Devin Fox

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, January 25, 2008, 8:00 a.m.

Dept.

Neurology- CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Case of the Week Conference - 8:00 a.m.
Lecture: New and Emerging Therapies for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment - 9:00 a.m.

Presenter:

Diana Kirby, APRN

Links:

• New therapeutic approaches for multiple sclerosis.  De Jager PL, Hafler DA.  Annu Rev Med. 2007;58:417-32.
• Emerging therapeutic targets in multiple sclerosis.  Fontoura P, Steinman L, Miller A.  Curr Opin Neurol. 2006 Jun;19(3):260-6.

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CME:

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

Date:

Friday, January 25, 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, January 28, 2008, 7:00 a.m.

Dept.

Surgery - CUMC, Department of Surgery Classroom, Suite 3700

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, January 28, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

Faculty Meeting

Presenter:

Dr. Syed Mohiuddin

Links:

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CME:

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

Date:

Wednesday, January 30, 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, January 30, 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, January 30, 2008, 8:00 a.m.

Dept.

Ob/GYN - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

GYN Morbidity and Mortality

Presenter:

Dr. Hemant Satpathy

Links:

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CME:

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

Date:

Wednesday, January 30, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

CPC: "57 yo male with a 2 week hx of dyspnea, hemoptysis and systemic complaints"

Presenter:

Dr. Robert Wear

Links:

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CME:

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

Date:

Thursday, January 31, 2008, 12:00 noon

Dept.

Medicine - CUMC Morrison Seminar Room

Topic:

BlueLine: Powerful online teaching and learning experiences

Presenter:

Dr. Kamran Shaffi and Alice Smith

Links:

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CME:

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

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