Meeting Perspectives

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

January 31, 2008
Meeting Perspectives: American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2007- Report from the cardiology fellows

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 – the social event of the week, cocktails in the lobby of the Rosen Centre Hotel with Glenn Fishman, Barry Rosenzweig, Jennifer Mieres and me was not much of a distraction either – so the fellows were able to concentrate…

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

December 13, 2007
Meeting Perspectives: Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) October, 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 also other infections such as serious necrotizing pneumonia. Clinicians can no longer rely on demographics in predicting which patient is at high risk for MRSA when an individual appears with a suspected staph infection. If the infection appears serious and is…

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

July 5, 2007
Meeting Perspectives: The ADA Scientific Sessions: Advances in the Pharmacologic Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus


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 this topic.

TZDs

The ADA did not mount a serious attack on the Nissen NEJM metanalysis of Rosiglitazone. They suggested that patients speak to their physicians regarding the drug. I missed the Nissen/ADA debate that occurred, but gather…

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Meeting Perspectives-ASCO 2007

June 26, 2007
Meeting Perspectives-ASCO 2007

Commentary By: Theresa Ryan, M.D. Assistant Professor, Division of Oncology

During the first five days in June, the American Society of Clinical Oncology met in Chicago for their 43rd annual meeting. The theme of this meeting was “Translating Research into Practice,” emphasizing the society’s goal of enhancing patient care by creating a forum wherein the latest advances in translational and clinical cancer research are presented in the context of our current understanding of cancer biology. Many abstracts presented will lay the groundwork for…

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Meeting Perspectives: Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2007

June 20, 2007
Meeting Perspectives: Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2007

Commentary by Milini Sahu, MD Fellow, Division of Gastrotenterology, Gina Sam-DeRiggs, Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology, and Michael Poles MD,  Assistant Professor, NYU Division of Gastroenterology and Associate Editor, Clinical Correlations

Close to 17,000 gastroenterologists attended Digestive Disease Week (DDW) from May 19-24 in Washington DC. While I stayed behind (someone has to help with emergency endoscopies), the majority of NYU’s gastroenterology fellows and attendings were there for a week of learning, presenting, and making NYU proud.  Two of our fellows, Malini…

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Meeting Perspectives: 2007 American Thoracic Society International Conference

June 5, 2007
Meeting Perspectives: 2007 American Thoracic Society International Conference

Commentary by Doreen Addrizzo-Harris MD, Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

The 2007 American Thoracic Society (ATS) meeting took place between May18-23 in San Francisco, California at the Moscone Conference center.  There were more than 400 sessions, 800 speakers and 5,500 original research abstracts.  The meeting is concentrated in the areas of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine.

The NYU Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care medicine, under the direction of Dr. William N. Rom, presented more than 30…

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Meeting Perspectives-Internal Medicine 2007-The American College of Physicians,Part 2 (continued)

June 1, 2007
Meeting Perspectives-Internal Medicine 2007-The American College of Physicians,Part 2 (continued)

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

I now return (See previous post) to my discussion of the STAR *D report (Am J Psychiatry. 2006;106) which is a very important study of antidepressant therapy conducted by NIMH. 4000 patients at 41 sites (18 general medical settings). There was no placebo control. Those patients who failed monotherapy with citalopram (up to 60 mg) were offered two options: switching to another therapy or…

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Meeting Perspectives-Internal Medicine 2007 -The American College of Physicians

May 11, 2007
Meeting Perspectives-Internal Medicine 2007 -The American College of Physicians

By: Mitchell Charap, MD Senior Associate Program Director, NYU Internal Medicine Residency Program

The ACP’s annual session is a bit different from other major annual medical meetings. In general it is an excellent review of the prior year’s literature rather than a forum for breaking news and major announcements. Information that is vital to a practicing internist is reviewed in depth. What follows is a collection of what I found to be the most important and interesting clinical points that I took away…

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Meeting Perspectives: The 2007 American College of Cardiology Scientific Session

April 5, 2007
Meeting Perspectives: The 2007 American College of Cardiology Scientific Session

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

The 56th annual scientific session of the American College of Cardiology was held in New Orleans on March 24-27.  The site of the meeting had been selected before hurricane Katrina; the ACC re-affirmed its commitment last year when the devastation caused by the storm was still fresh and when future prospects for southern Louisiana were still uncertain. The ACC meeting was by far the largest…

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