June 10, 2009
Kristen Lee MD
Please also see the clinical vignette presented before Grand Rounds on the 13th of May.
The Medical Grand Rounds lecture on May 13, 2009 titled “ Genomic Medicine: Hope, Hype and Reality” was presented by Dr. Robert Desnick, M.D., Ph.…
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June 4, 2009
Michael Chu MD
Please also see the clinical vignette presented before Grand Rounds on the 21st of May.
The Medical Grand Rounds presentation on May 21, 2009 titled “Primary Aldosteronism, Beyond Conn’s Syndrome” was delivered by Dr. William F. Young M.D., Professor of Medicine…
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May 6, 2009
Michael Owen MD
Please also see the clinical vignette presented before Grand Rounds on the 15th of April.
Grand rounds on April 15th was presented by Dr. Joel Kremer, Pfaff Family Professor of Medicine at Albany Medical College and Director of Research at the…
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April 24, 2009
Commentary by Jessica Lambert MD
Please also see the clinical vignette presented before Grand Rounds on the 8th of April.
The Medical Grand Rounds presentation on April 8, 2009, titled “10 Moveable Objects,” was delivered by Dr. Jeff Wiese, MD, FACP, an Associate…
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April 15, 2009
Summary by Daniel Frenkel MD
Please also see the clinical vignette presented before grand rounds on the 1st of April.
In his grand rounds lecture on April 1st 2009, Dr. Fritz Francois enlightened us to some novel aspects of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Despite simple…
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April 8, 2009

Commentary by Peter Shue MD, PGY-3
The medical grand rounds presentation on March 4, 2009 was delivered by a distinguished NYU faculty member and research investigator, Dr. Bruce Cronstein. Although his training and research is primarily in rheumatology, he breathed new…
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April 1, 2009
Commentary by Daria Crittenden, MD, PGY-2
Please also see the clinical vignette presented before grand rounds on the 18th of March.
In grand rounds two weeks ago, March 18, 2009, Dr. Sherwin Nuland, Clinical Professor of Surgery from Yale University, ethicist, and acclaimed…
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March 25, 2009
Commentary by Beth Haskins, MD, PGY-3
Please also see the clinical vignette presented before grand rounds on the 25th of February.
In eukaryotes, iron is a required element but can be toxic at high levels, and thus is tightly regulated. Iron is regulated…
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March 18, 2009
Commentary by Melissa Price, MD, PGY-3
Please also see the clinical vignette presented before last week’s Grand Rounds.
At Medical Grand Rounds on March 11th, 2009, the NYU Medical Community had the immense pleasure of hosting Dr. Allan I. Pack, MD, Ch.B, and…
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March 11, 2009

Commentary by Deena Altman MD, PGY-2
Please also see the clinical vignette presented before grand rounds on February 18th.
At medical grand rounds on February 18, 2009, our very own Dr. Pillinger gave a unique overview of the history, pathogenesis, and new theories…
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February 11, 2009

Commentary by Zackary Berger MD PhD, PGY-3, Health Care Policy Section Editor
As Massachusetts’ Secretary of Health and Human Services, JudyAnn Bigby, MD, is charged with overseeing the health-care program which covers nearly all of the Commonwealth’s residents (nearly 98%) while…
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January 28, 2009

Commentary by Adi Diab MD, PGY-3
This past week on January 21th, Medical Grand Rounds was given by guest speaker Dr. John Griffin who shared his knowledge of the role of Activate Protein C in both human and murine models of…
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