January 6, 2010
Neal 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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Posted in ID, Meeting Perspectives
December 16, 2009
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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Posted in Cardiology, Meeting Perspectives
July 8, 2009
Commentary 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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Posted in Meeting Perspectives, Pulmonary/Critical Care
December 16, 2008
Commentary 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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Posted in Cardiology, Meeting Perspectives
September 25, 2008
Commentary 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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Posted in Endocrine, Meeting Perspectives
June 18, 2008
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
May 22, 2008
Commentary 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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Posted in Cardiology, Meeting Perspectives
May 14, 2008
Commentary 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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Posted in Cardiology, Meeting Perspectives
May 8, 2008
Commentary 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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Posted in Cardiology, Meeting Perspectives
January 31, 2008
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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Posted in Cardiology, Meeting Perspectives
December 13, 2007
Commentary 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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Posted in ID, Meeting Perspectives
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
