Some gleanings from the meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) in Philadelphia, October 29-November 1. 2009

January 6, 2010

idsa_logoNeal H. Steigbigel, M.D.

The recent IDSA meeting reviewed many important and interesting findings.  Topics spanned a wide array of subjects, many of which are of importance and interest to all physicians.  These subjects included:

  • HIV/AID- increasing support for starting HAART earlier
  • Influenza-details…

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Meeting Perspectives: American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009

December 16, 2009

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Steven Sedlis, MD

 

The annual scientific session of the American Heart Association (AHA) was held in Orlando on November 14-18 2009. It felt like a ghost town. I ran into Ira Schulman, my medicine resident at Bellevue when I was a…

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Meeting Perspectives: The 2009 American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference

July 8, 2009

atsCommentary by Kristy Bauer MD and Nishay Chitkara MD, NYU Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

The 2009 meeting of the American Thoracic Society took place in sunny San Diego, California from May 15-20. The ATS meeting is the largest…

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Meeting Perspectives: American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2008- Report from the cardiology fellows

December 16, 2008

heart.jpgCommentary by Steven Sedlis, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Cardiology Manhattan Veterans Administration Medical Center

The annual scientific session of the American Heart Association was held in New Orleans on November 8-12 2008, the second major cardiology meeting in…

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Meeting Perspectives: The ADA Scientific Sessions: Advances in the Pharmacologic Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

September 25, 2008

logo.jpgCommentary by  Howard Furst MD and Mitchell Charap MD

We will focus our review of the 2008 ADA meetings on new data regarding the GLP-1 analogues and the DPP 4 inhibitors. Before describing the clinical data, we will review the basic…

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Meeting Perspectives: 2008 American Thoracic Society Meeting

June 18, 2008

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Commentary by Laura Evans MD, NYU Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 

The 2008 American Thoracic Society (ATS) meeting took place from May 16-21 in Toronto, Ontario.  Over 16,000 physicians, nurses and respiratory therapists attended the meeting.  There were more than…

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Posted in Meeting Perspectives, Pulmonary/Critical Care

Meeting Perspectives: American College of Cardiology, Part 3

May 22, 2008

acc.jpgCommentary by Rob Donnino MD, NYU Division of Cardiology

The annual meeting of the ACC was held last month in Chicago. A good number of NYU faculty and fellows either presented at or attended the meetings. The cardiology fellows exhibited an…

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Meeting Perspectives: American College of Cardiology, Part 2

May 14, 2008

acc.jpgCommentary by Rob Donnino MD, NYU Division of Cardiology

The annual meeting of the ACC was held last month in Chicago. A good number of NYU faculty and fellows either presented at or attended the meetings. The cardiology fellows exhibited an…

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Meeting Perspectives: American College of Cardiology, Part 1

May 8, 2008

acc.jpgCommentary by Rob Donnino MD, NYU Division of Cardiology

The annual meeting of the ACC was held last month in Chicago. A good number of NYU faculty and fellows either presented at or attended the meetings. The cardiology fellows exhibited an…

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Meeting Perspectives: American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2007- Report from the cardiology fellows

January 31, 2008

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Commentary By: Steven Sedlis, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Cardiology Manhattan Veterans Administration Medical Center

This year’s AHA meeting was held in November in Orlando Florida. The cardiology fellows were not overly distracted by the attractions at Disneyworld –…

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Meeting Perspectives: Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) October, 2007

December 13, 2007

idsa.jpgCommentary by Neal Steigbigel MD, Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases/Immunology)

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was a hot topic at this year’s IDSA meeting. The CA (community-acquired)-MRSA strains are spreading rapidly in the United States causing largely soft tissue infections, but…

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Meeting Perspectives: The ADA Scientific Sessions: Advances in the Pharmacologic Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

July 5, 2007


Commentary by Mitchell Charap MD, Senior Associate Program Director, NYU Internal Medicine Residency Program

Caveat: What follows below reflects my perspective on new and old pharmacologic approaches to Type 2 Diabetes. It is not intended to be a comprehensive review of…

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Posted in Endocrine, Meeting Perspectives