Commentary by Urania Rappo, PGY-2
This week’s Medicine Grand Rounds guest lecturer was Dr. Robert Finberg, currently Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He earned his MD …
Category: Systems
Clinical Correlations
Grand Rounds: Breast Cancer Genomics
November 20, 2007Commentary by Jonathan Willner MD, PGY-2
This week’s Medicine Grand Rounds speaker was Lisa Carey, MD, Associate Professor in Hematology/Oncology at the University of North Carolina and Medical Director of the UNC …
Treatment of obesity with bariatric surgery: evidence and implications
November 15, 2007
Commentary by Jatin Roper MD PGY-3 and Christine Ren MD Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Bariatric procedures to treat obesity involve the restriction of the gastric reservoir, bypass of part of the gastrointestinal …
FDA Approves Raltegravir- A First in New Class of HIV Medications
November 14, 2007
Commentary by Helen Kourlas PharmD, Pharmacology Section Editor
On October 16th the FDA announced the approval of raltegravir (Isentress®) for the treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-1 infection in combination with other antiretroviral agents. …
Grand Rounds: “Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pathogenesis-Studies of an Opportunist”
November 9, 2007Welcome to our Grand Rounds Series. Each week, we plan to post a summary of the week’s Medicine Grand Rounds lecture. The summaries are reviewed and approved by the grand rounds …
Inpatient Diabetes Management: Case 6
November 8, 2007
Commentary by Mary Vouyiouklis MD, Fellow, and Ann Danoff MD, Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, NYU Medical Center
Welcome to Case 6 of our special diabetes series intended to highlight the essentials …
Vagally-induced Atrial Fibrillation
November 7, 2007
Case by: Alana Choy-Shan, Chief Resident
Commentary by William Slater MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Following Thanksgiving dinner, a 36 year-old healthy man developed palpitations and heart racing. He was …
Grand Rounds: “Towards Biologically Rational Therapy for Myelodysplastic Sydrome.â€
November 2, 2007Welcome to our new Grand Rounds Series. Each week, we plan to post a summary of the week’s Medicine Grand Rounds lecture. The summaries are reviewed and approved by the grand …