Grand Rounds
Date/Location
Grand Rounds are held on Wednesday mornings at 8:00 am in the Coleman Building North Auditorium, unless otherwise noted.
UTHSC Department of Medicine prides itself in hosting a premier grand rounds series, featuring world-class speakers both local and from around the globe.
2020 - 2021
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
| Sep 29 |
Promoting Healthy Eating in Primary Care: The key to Heart Health in Tennessee |
James E. Bailey, MD Professor, General Internal Medicine, UTHSC |
| Sep 22 | It’s All in Your Head – Type 3 Diabetes | Helmut O. Steinberg, MD Professor, Endocrinology, UTHSC |
| Sep 15 | E – Cigarettes Use in 2021: Where Are We Now | Christopher Jackson, MD Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, UTHSC |
| Sep 08 | Invasive Hemodynamic Assessment of the Right Ventricle in Pulmonary Hypertension | Inderjit Singh, MD Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, UTHSC |
| Sep 01 | I UTHSC-UTK Academic Drug Development Consortium (Zoom) | Darryl Quarles, MD Division Chief and Professor, Division of Nephrology, UTHSC |
| May 26 | 2021 Updates in General Internal Medicine | Christopher Jackson, MD Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, UTHSC |
| May 19 | The Systems that Make Us Sick | Austin Dalgo, MD, Kendra Hotz, PhD, Duane Loynes, PhD Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, UTHSC |
| May 12 | Cardio – Oncology: More Than Just Heart Tumors | Isaac Rhea, MD Assistant Professor, Cardiology, UTHSC |
| Apr 28 | Feasibility of Contrast Echocardiography in Assessing Right Ventricular Size and Function | Ifeoma Ugonabo, MD Assistant Professor, Cardiology, UTHSC |
| Apr 21 | Department of Medicine and AΩA Medical Student Virtual Research Day Single Center Aquapheresis Ultrafiltration Experience: Year One, Biofiring on All Cylinders: Validation of Biofire Filmarray Pneumonia Panel and Determination of Optimal Utility, Impact of Area-Level Social Determinants of Health on Clinical Outcomes and Healthcare Utilization |
Aranyak Rawal, MD Fellow, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases Rachel Strength, MD Resident, Medicine/Pediatrics Aditya Shah Medical Student Moderator: Jim Dale, MD |
| Apr 14 | 2021 AΩA Lecture In the Eye of the Storm: Hurricane Katrina and Charity Hospital |
Alfredo (Fred) A. Lopez, MD Vice Chair & Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Louisiana State University, School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA |
| Apr 07 | The Fourth Annual Dr. Arthur S. Headley Memorial Lecture | Fernando J. Martinez, MD Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY |
| Mar 31 | Transcatheter Structural Heart Interventions for Cardio-Embolic Strokes | Uzoma Ibebuogu, MD Associate Professor, Cardiology, UTHSC |
| Mar 24 | Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Advances in Management | Saurin Chokshi, MD Assistant Professor, Hematology/Oncology, UTHSC |
| Mar 17 | Eosinophilic Esophagitis | Ikuo Hirano, MD Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL |
| Mar 10 | Dealing with the New York Surge, Issues We Face with COVID 19 | Mangala Narasimhan, DO Professor of Medicine, Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York |
| Mar 03 | Changing Paradigms in Atrial Fibrillation Management | Rajesh Kabra, MD Professor, Cardiology, UTHSC |
| Feb 24 | Therapeutic Drug Monitoring | Leonard Baidoo, MD Associate Professor, Gastroenterology, UTHSC |
| Feb 17 | Hope on the Horizon: Novel Fungal Treatments in Development | Andrej Spec, MD Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri |
| Feb 10 | Common Clonal Origins of Medical Comorbidities and Leukemogenesis | Swapna Thota, MD Assistant Professor, Hematology/Oncology, UTHSC |
| Feb 02 | Cardiology Then & Cardiology Now | Rami Khouzam, MD Professor, Interventional Cardiology, UTHSC |
| Jan 27 | Microbiome Reservoirs for Antimicrobial Resistance and Transmission | Jennie Kwon, DO, MS Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri |
| Jan 20 | Acute Respiratory Failure in Pregnancy | Amik Sodhi, MD, MBBS Associate Professor & Interim Chief, Pulmonary, UTHSC |
| Jan 13 | Development of a GI-Safe & Effective Anti-Inflammatory Drug: Hydrogen Sulfide to the Rescue | John Wallace, PhD Adjunct Professor, Pharmacology, Toxicology, University of Calgary |
| Jan 06 | A Research Symposium | Andrew Griffith, PhD Associate Dean of Research, COM, UTHSC |
| Dec 16 | Regional Healthcare System Resource Management in the COVID Pandemic | Richard Walker III, MD Interim Chair and Program Director, Emergency Medicine, UTHSC |
| Dec 09 | Transitional Care of Medically Complex Patient to Adulthood | Michael Kleinman, MD Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, UTHSC |
| Dec 02 | Use of Gene Expression Profiles to Map Molecular Pathology in Type 1 Diabetes | Ivan Gerling, PhD Professor, Endocrinology, UTHSC |
| Nov 18 | COVID 19 – an Endocrinologist View | Helmut O. Steinberg, MD Professor, Endocrinology, UTHSC |
| Nov 11 | Steroids in COVID 19: A Ray of Hope in the Darkness | Dipen Kadaria, MD Associate Professor, Pulmonary Critical Care, UTHSC |
| Nov 04 | Personalized Management of GERD: Using Precision Medicine to Tailor Therapy | John E. Pandolfino, MD, MSCI Professor and Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL |
| Oct 28 | New Therapies and Technologies in Diabetes Management | Sam Dagogo-Jack, MD, DSc Professor and Chief, Division of Endocrinology, UTHSC |
| Oct 14 | Tales from the Front Lines: Memphis & UTHSC Experience with COVID 19 | Shelley R. Ost, MD Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, UTHSC |
| Oct 07 | The Future of Clinical Microbiology | Charles W. Stratton, MD Associate Professor, Clinical Microbiology Lab, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN |
2019 - 2020
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
| May 27 | A Cytokine Storm Is Brewing | Vaishnavi Pulusani, MD Assistant Professor, Rheumatology, UTHSC |
| May 06 | Chief Residency During COVID-19: Restructuring a Residency in One Week (login required) | Dr. Bradsher & Internal Chiefs |
| Apr 29 | Cystic Lung Diseases FOCUS on Lymphangioleiomyomatosis | Cristobal Risquez, MD Assistant Professor, General Pulmonary, UTHSC |
| Apr 01 | E- Cigarettes in 2020 | Christopher Jackson, MD Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, UTHSC |
| Mar 11 | Hepatitis A Outbreak Changing Epidemiology, National Trends and Local Experience | Neena Thomas-Gosain, MD Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases, UTHSC, Department of Medical Education, Memphis VAMC |
| Mar 04 | Sickle Cell Disease a New Era | Ugochi Ogu, MD Assistant Professor, Medical Director Diggs – Kraus, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, UTHSC |
| Feb 26 | Recent Advancement in Therapeutic Endoscopy | Mohammad K. Ismail, MD Associate Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, UTHSC |
| Feb 19 | Psoriatic Arthritis: Clinical Presentation | Cathy Chapman, MD Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, UTHSC, VA Staff Rheumatologist |
| Feb 12 | Hepato – Renal Syndrome: A Liver Disease with a Renal Twist | Omer M. Asif Siddiqui, MD Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology & Transplant, UTHSC |
| Feb 05 | Turning the Tables on Hepatitis B | Bradford Waters, MD Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, UTHSC VA Medical Center |
| Jan 29 | Acute Pancreatitis | Dina Ahmad, MD Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, UTHSC |
| Jan 22 | Osteoporosis in 2020: How Far We Have Come, How Much Further We Need to Go | Syed Hasan Raza, MD Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, UTHSC |
| Jan 15 | Evolution of Cardiology the Past 50 Years; Contributions by Clinical Scientist from UTHSC | KB Ramanathan, MD Professor, Division of Cardiology, UTHSC |
| Jan 08 | Preoperative Evaluation 2020 Review and Update | James B. Lewis, MD Professor, Division of Internal Medicine, UTHSC |
| Dec 18 | Recent Advances in: Detection & Management of Atrial Fibrillation | Rajesh Kabra, MD Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology, UTHSC |
| Dec 11 | Recent Advances in Fabry Disease: Translating the Latest Science into Best Practice | John L. Jefferies, MD Jay M. Sullivan Endowed Chair, Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiology, UTHSC |
| Dec 04 | Pediatric Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes | Joan C. Han, MD Associate Professor and Director, Pediatric Endocrinology, Pediatric Obesity Program, UTHSC |
| Nov 27 | Apocalypse How? Infectious Diseases as Weapons of Mass Destruction | Kerry O. Cleveland, MD Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, UTHSC |
| Nov 20 | Homelessness: Lessons We Have Learned from HIV | Christian Fuchs, MD Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, UTHSC |
| Nov 13 | Transcatheter Renal Denervation for Uncontrolled Hypertension | Uzoma Ibebuogu, MD Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology, UTHSC |
| Nov 06 | Esophageal Cancer | Danny Yakoub, MD, PhD, FACS Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, UTHSC |
| Oct 30 | Identification of Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death: Beyond the Guidelines | Alfred E. Buxton, MD Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director, Clinical Electrophysiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Oct 23 | Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: Can We Make a Difference | Songul Onder, MD Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology, UTHSC |
| Oct 16 | Recent Advances in Renal Replacement Therapy | Arif Showkat, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Division of Cardiology, UTHSC |
| Oct 09 | Pulmonary Hypertension: A Diagnosis not to Miss | Qasim Mirza, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Pulmonary, Division of Cardiology, UTHSC |
| Oct 02 | The Annual Karl Weber Distinguished Visiting Professorship Novel Nephrocentric Perspectives in the Management of Heart Failure |
Dan Villareal, MD Professor of Medicine, Division Chief of Cardiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University |
| Sep 25 | Rheumatoid Arthritis: Past, Present, and Future | Jacob Aelion, MD, FACR Clinical Professor of Medicine, UTHSC, Diretor, West Tennessee Research Institute |
| Sep 18 | Hidden Pathologies Behind Diastolic Heart Failure and the Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Neeraja Yedlapati, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, UTHSC |
| Sep 11 | The 4th Annual Abbas E. Kitabchi Distinguished Visiting Professorship Transplantation in the Treatment of Diabetes |
A. Osama Gaber, MD, FACS Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, Vice Chair Administration & Faculty Affairs, Department of Surgery, Director Houston Methodist, JC Walter Jr. Transplant Center, Houston, TX |
| Sep 04 | Modeling Clinical Trials Using Observational Methods: How Big Data Can Help Us | Csaba P. Kovesdy MD Fred Hatch Professor of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Interim Chair, Department of Medicine, UTHSC |
2018 - 2019
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
| Jun 05 | The Annual Della Reichert Lectureship Preventing Diabetes: Thinking Outside of the Box 2018 |
Karol E. Watson, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine / Cardiology, John C. Mazziotta Term Chair, Co-Director, UCLA Preventive Cardiology Program, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA |
| May 29 | Exogenous and Endogenous Cannabinoids | Arnold E. Postlethwaite, MD, AB Goodman Chair of Excellence, Professor of Medicine, Director, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, UTHSC |
| May 22 | The 20th Annual James R. Givens Distinguished Visiting Professorship Cardiovascular Outcomes Trials Changing the Diabetics Landscape - 2019 |
Jane EB Reusch, MD Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver |
| May 15 | Post Hospital Discharge, Transitions of Care: Where We Are | Ankur Seth, MD, MS Interim Vice Chair & Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, Center for Health System Improvement, UTHSC |
| May 08 | The Second Clinical Pathology Conference CPC Internal Medicine Residency Training in the 21st Century |
UTHSC Chief Residents: Christopher Jackson, MD Natalie Dunlap, DO Malia Willis, MD Manyoo Agarwal, MD Peter Snell, DO Aradhana Pathak, MD |
| May 01 | How Our Health System Can Better Address Obesity and Measurably Improve Population Health | James E. Bailey, MD, MPH Professor of Medicine & Preventive Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Center for Health System Improvement, UTHSC |
| Apr 24 | Pancreatic Cysts; What We Should Know | Claudio Tombazzi, MD Associate Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology, VAMC, UTHSC |
| Apr 17 | 2019 AΩA Lecture Grand Rounds Strategies and Novel Strategies for a Lethal Tumor: Pancreatic Cancer |
Selwyn M. Vickers, MD, FACS James C. Lee Jr. Endowed Chair, Senior Vice President and Dean of Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| Apr 10 | The Arthur S. Headley Memorial Lecture The Role of Vitamin C & Vitamin S (Steroids) in Patients with Septic Shock |
Mark Rumbak, MD Professor of Medicine, Director, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida |
| Apr 3 | The Influence of Cardiac Imaging on the Management of Atrial Fibrillation | Warren J. Manning, MD Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA |
| Mar 27 | Stem Cell Transplant for Management of Severe Systemic Sclerosis | Bradley Postlethwaite, MD Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, UTHSC |
| Mar 20 | Precision Oncology: From Promise to Practice | Lee Schwartzberg, MD, FACP Executive Director, West Cancer Center, Professor, Hematology/Oncology, UTHSC |
| Mar 13 | Pulmonary Embolism: To Lyse or Not to Lyse | Amik Sodhi, MD, MPH Associate Professor & Interim Chief, Pulmonary, Program Director, Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, UTHSC |
| Mar 06 | Blowing Up Silos: Empowering Patients and Clinicians to Improve Patient Care Across
the Care Continuum (not recorded) |
Burton Hayes, MD Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, UTHSC |
| Feb 27 | Addressing Clinical Inertia in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes | Ayotunde Dokun, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Endocrinology, UTHSC, Chief of Endocrine Service, Regional One Health |
| Feb 20 | Transplantation of Kidneys from Hepatitis C Infected Donors to Hepatitis C Negative Recipients | Miklos Molnar, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Surgery, UTHSC |
| Feb 13 | Endoluminal to Third Space Endoscopy and Beyond: New Advancements | Mohammad Ismail, MD Associate Professor, Program Director, GI Fellowship, UTHSC |
| Feb 06 | Thoughts Regarding the Future of Physician Led Translational Research | Scott E. Strome, MD, FACS Executive Dean and Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs, College of Medicine, UTHSC |
| Jan 30 | Osteoarthritis: Where Do We Stand? | John M. Stuart, MD Professor, Rheumatology, UTHSC |
| Jan 23 | Gastroparesis | Muhammad Bilal, MD Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UTHSC/UTMP |
| Jan 16 | The Jay Michael Sullivan Memorial Lecture Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; Current Perspectives |
John L. Jefferies, MD, MPH Jay Michael Sullivan Distinguished Chair, Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiology, UTHSC |
| Jan 09 | Biomedical Information Management – or Why It Is Okay to Ignore Most of the Research Results | Helmut Steinberg, MD Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, UTHSC |
| Dec 19 | Towards a Cure for Cystic Fibrosis: Are We There Yet? | Khawaja Muddassir, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, UTHSC |
| Dec 12 | Recent Advances in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke Prevention | Rajesh Kabra, MD, FHRS Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, UTHSC |
| Dec 04 | Changes in Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Parameters in Adolescent Bariatric Surgery | Ilene Fennoy, MD, MPH Professor of Pediatrics, Columbia University, Irving Medical Center |
| Nov 28 | Device Therapy for Heart Failure – Recent Updates and Future Directions | Sunil K. Jha, MBBS, MD, MRCP, FACC, FHRS Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, UTHSC |
| Nov 21 | Gene Expression Profiles from Islets Suggest Heterogeneity in the Pathophysiology of Type 1 Diabetes | Ivan Gerling, PhD Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, UTHSC |
| Nov 14 | Epigenetic Modifications in Solid Organ Transplantation | Valeria Raquel Mas, PhD Endowed Professor of Transplant Research, Professor of Surgery, Professor of Genetics, Genomics, and informatics, Department of Surgery, UTHSC |
| Nov 07 | Overview of Sickle Cell Disease: Promise for a Brighter Tomorrow | Kenneth I. Ataga, MD Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Director, UTHSC Center for Sickle Cell Disease, Methodist Endowed Chair in Sickle Cell Anemia |
| Oct 31 | Bedside Ultrasound-Evolution or Revolution | Ben Smith, MD Chief, Division of Emergency Ultrasound, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Tennessee Chattanooga |
| Oct 24 | Leptospirosis | Michael Gelfand, MD Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, UTHSC |
| Oct 17 | Essentials in Medical Education and Time Efficient Teaching Techniques | Tina Mullick Borschel, MD, MS Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, UTHSC |
| Oct 10 | Palliative Care in Nephrology | Adnan Naseer, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Nephrology, UTHSC |
| Oct 03 | Diabetic Ketoacidosis: The Past, The Future and The Present | Ebenezer Nyenwe, MD, FWACP, FACP, FACE Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, UTHSC |
| Sep 26 | The Glenn Clark Memorial Lecture Update on Large Vessel Vasculitis |
Kenneth J. Warrington, MD Chair, Division of Rheumatology, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN |
| Sep 19 | Dilemma of Intrathoracic Lesions: An Approach to Intrathoracic Lesions in Areas Prevalent with Sarcoidosis and Histoplasmosis | Dipen Kadaria, MD Associate Professor, Pulmonary Critical Care, UTHSC |
| Sep 12 | Type 2 Diabetes: Pathophysiology and Standards of Care | Sam Dagogo-Jack, MD Professor and Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, UTHSC |
2017 - 2018
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
| Jun 6 | The First Annual Della Faye Reichert Endowed Distinguished Visiting Professorship Translational Population Science: A Tool to Identify Novel Diabetes Prevention Targets |
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| May 30 | Transcatheter Structural Heart Interventions for Valvular Heart Disease, Strokes, Intracardiac Defects and Beyond | Uzoma N. Ibebuogu, MD, FACC, FSCAI Associate Professor, Medicine-Cardiology, UTHSC |
| May 23 | Clock Genes at the Intersection of Chronobiology and Human and Health and Disease | Joseph Bass, MD, PhD Charles F. Kettering Professor of Medicine Chief, Division of Endocrinology Northwestern University, Chicago |
| May 16 | The Inaugural Clinical Pathology Conference CPC First CPC Grand Rounds A Master Clinician will solve an unknown clinical problem case in real time! |
James Bryant Lewis, Jr., MD Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine, UTHSC Associate Chief of Staff for Education, VAMC Memphis |
| May 09 | MRSA BACTEREMIA: What to Do about Resistance? | Barbara Menzies, MD Associate Professor Medicine-Infectious Disease |
| May 02 | Treating Obesity-Associated Chronic Conditions in Primary Care | Jim Bailey, MD, MPH Professor of Medicine, General Internal Medicine |
| Apr 25 | Advances in Treatment of Locally Advanced and Metastatic Melanoma | Ari VanderWalde, MD, MPH Assistant Professor / Director of Clinical Research Division of Hematology / Oncology, UTHSC, West Cancer Center |
| Apr 18 | AΩA Lecture What’s Wrong with Genetic Engineering? |
Norman Fost, MD, MPH Departments of Pediatrics and Medical History & Bioethics, University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health |
| Apr 11 | Arthur S. Headley Lecture Post Cardiac Arrest Care: Keeping it Cool |
Dr. Amik Sodhi, MD, MPH, FCCP Program Director, Pulmonary & Critical Care, Medicine Fellowship Program, UTHSC |
| Apr 04 | Inaugural Karl T. Weber Lecture Evolution in the Treatment of Heart Failure |
Kodangudi Ramanathan, MD Professor of Medicine, UTHSC |
| Mar 28 | Venom Allergy: Wings and Strings | Mike Tankersley, M.D., MBA Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, UTHSC |
| Mar 21 | Coagulopathy of Cirrhosis | Jaquelyn Fitch Fleckenstein, MD, FACP, FAASLD Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO |
Mar 14 |
Role of Genetics in Peripheral Arterial Disease Outcomes; Significance of the Limb-Salvage Quantitative Locus-1 (LSq-1) | Ayotunde Dokun, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, UTHSC |
| Mar 07 | Diagnostic Error: Scope, Causes, and Opportunities | G. Stephen Nace, MD, FACP Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Education |
| Feb 28 | Atrial Fibrillation: One Size Does Not Fit All | Yehoshua Levine, MD Division of Cardiology, UTHSC |
| Feb 19 | Lupus Nephritis, the Unmet Needs | Debendra Pattanaik, MD Division of Rheumatology, UTHSC |
| Feb 14 | Healthcare 2.0 – Back to the Future | Sandeep Palakodeti, MD, MPH Regional Medical Officer; CareMore Health System |
| Feb 7 | Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Internal Medicine: Shared Experience, Evidence, and Recommendations for Moving Forward | Michael Wagner, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine; Director, Internal Medicine Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina School of Medicine |
| Jan 31 | Transition of Care in Chronic Kidney Disease | Csaba P. Kovesdy MD Fred Hatch Professor of Medicine; Director, Clinical Outcomes and Clinical Trials Program; Division of Nephrology, UTHSC; Nephrology Section Chief, Memphis VA Medical Center |
| Jan 24 | Coronary Angioplasty: What Did We Learn in 40 Years? | Shadwan Alsafwah, MD, FACC, FSCAI Associate Professor of Medicine, UTHSC |
| Jan 10 | Celiac Disease – Grudge in the Grain | Muhammad Bilal, MD Assistant Professor Division of Gastroenterology, UTHSC |
| Dec 20 | No Conference | |
| Dec 13 | Esophageal Achalasia – A Review and Management Update | Kanak Das, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, UTHSC |
| Dec 06 | Pancreatic Cancer: Endoscopic Evaluation and Updates | Mohammad K. Ismail, MD, AGAF Associate Professor of Medicine Program Director Director, GI Fellowship, UTHSC |
| Nov 29 | No Conference | |
| Nov 22 | No Conference | |
| Nov 15 | Getting the Diagnosis Right: Morphologic, Molecular and Genomic Classification of Cancer | D. Neil Hayes, MD, MPH Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, UTHSC |
| Nov 08 | Post Antibiotic Era: The Case for Antibiotic Stewardship | Mack Land, MD Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, UTHSC |
| Nov 01 | Lung Ultrasound | Ivan Romero-Legro, MD, FCCP Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, UTHSC |
| Oct 25 | Stemming the Tide of Type 2 Diabetes and Childhood Obesity - 2017 Update | James R. Gavin III, MD, PhD, CEO & CMO Healing Our Village, Inc., Clinical Professor of Medicine, Emory University |
| Oct 18 | Statin Associated Myalgia: Fact or Fiction | Marshall B. Elam, PhD, MD Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine, UTHSC; Director, Lipid Metabolism Clinics VAMC |
| Oct 11 | Safety Concerns with Proton Pump Inhibitors | Colin W. Howden, MD Hyman Professor of Medicine, UTHSC |
| Oct 04 | Rescuing the Failing Heart | Karl T. Weber, MD Professor Emeritus, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, UTHSC |
| Sep 27 | HIV Prevention: Achieving 90-90-90 in the Deep South | E. Turner Overton, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham |
| Sep 20 | OSA - CPAP vs. CVD Risk in Perspective | Amado X. Freire, MD, MPH Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, UTHSC |
| Sep 13 | Hypoglycemia and the Syndrome of Hypoglycemia Associated Autonomic Failure (HAAF) in Diabetes | Sam Dagogo-Jack, MD AC Mullins Chair in Translational Research, Director, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Director, UT Clinical Research Center |
2016 - 2017
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
| May 31 | Update on the Diagnosis and Management of Type 2 Diabetes and Comorbidities | Deirdre James, MD, Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, UTHSC |
| May 24 | Hepatitis C: Closing in on the Cure | Matthew Barnes, MD Internal Medicine, UTHSC |
| May 17 | Changes in Our Understanding of the Pathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) | Alvin Powers, MD School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University |
| May 10 | Zika and Other Emerging Viral Diseases in a New Era of Vaccinology | Barney S. Graham, MD, PhD UTHSC |
| May 03 | The Evolution of Morbidity and Mortality Conference in Internal Medicine Residency (Not recorded) | Shelly Swindler, MD Chief Resident, Internal Medicine |
| Apr 26 | The Medicine and Technology of Tomorrow (Not recorded) | Marschall Runge, MD EVP for Medical Affairs University of Michiagan at Ann Arbor |
| Apr 19 | What Doctors Cannot Tell You: Clarity, Confidence, and Uncertainty in Medicine | Kevin B. Jones, MD UTHSC |
| Apr 12 | The Sepsis Aftermath - Understanding Recovery after Sepsis | Sachin Yende, MD, MS Vice President, Critical Care, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Associate Professor, Director of Clinical Epidemiology Program, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh |
| Apr 05 | New Perspectives on the Natriuretic Peptides in Health and Disease-Jay M. Sullivan Memorial Lecture | Thomas J. Wang, MD Friesinger Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Physician-in-Chief, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute |
| Mar 29 | Perioperative Medicine | James B. Lews, Jr, MD, MACP |
| Mar 22 | Cognitive Learning Theory in the Age of Evidence-Based Practices | Andrew Han, MD Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, UTHSC |
| Mar 15 | Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension | Julio Lanfranco Molina, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, UTHSC |
| Mar 08 | Hepatitis B - 2017 | Bradford Waters, MD, FACP Professor of Medicine, UTHSC, VA Medical Center |
| Mar 01 | Management of Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease | Barry M. Wall, MD UTHSC, VA Medical Center |
| Feb 22 | Helicobacter Pylori 2017 | Colin W. Howden, MD Division of Cardiology, UTHSC |
| Feb 15 | Beyond Inhalers: Additional Therapies for the Management of Asthma | Alex Woods, MD Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, UTHSC |
| Feb 08 | Atrial Fibrillation (AF): Advances in Evaluation and Management | Rajesh Kabra, MD, FHRS, FACC Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiology, UTHSC |
| Feb 01 | Thyroid Nodules and Molecular Markers | Saba Khayal, MD Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, UTHSC-ROH |
| Jan 25 | Health Care Innovation Initiative | Vaughn Frigon, MD HCFA/TennCare Medical Director and Victor Wu, MD, MPH, HCFA/TennCare Chief Medical Officer, Tennessee Division of Health Care Finance & Administration |
| Jan 18 | Allagille Syndrome: A Disease that Bridges Pediatric and Adult Hepatology | Dennis Black, MD Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nurtrition, UTHSC |
| Jan 11 | Challenges in the Management of Syncope | Brian Olshansky, MD Emeritus Professor, University of Iowa, Electrophysiologist, Mercy Hospital, Mason City, Iowa |
| Dec 14 | Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine | Shelley Ost, MD Assistant Professor, UTHSC |
| Dec 07 | Management of Gout and Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia: Ancient Pathology with Contemporary Significance | Syed Hasan Raza, MD Assistant Professor, Rheumatology, UTHSC |
| Nov 30 | Cancelled | |
| Nov 23 | Cancelled | |
| Nov 16 | Treatment Landscape for Triple Negative Breast Cancer | Gregory A. Vidal, MD, PhD West Cancer Center |
| Nov 09 | There Are Known Unknowns and Unknown Knowns: How Ignorance Drives Science | Stuart Firestein, PhD Biological Sciences, Columbia University |
| Nov 02 | Osteoporosis: An Under-Diagnosed and Under-Treated Disease | Catherine R. Womack, MD UTHSC |
| Oct 26 | Alternative Donor Sources for Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation | Yasser Khaled, MD Medical Director, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, West Cancer Center |
| Oct 19 | Goitrogenesis and the Regulation of Thyroid Growth and Function: Clinical Applications | Sam Dagogo-Jack, MD A.C. Mullins Chair in Transitional Research, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, UTHSC |
| Oct 12 | Finding Patient-Centered Approaches for Management of Diabetes in Everyday Life: The MODEL Program | James E. Bailey, MD, MPH Center for Health System Improvement, General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine and Preventive Medicine, UTHSC |
| Oct 05 | Gene Expression Studies Uncover New Mechanistic Insights into Type 1 Diabetes | Ivan C. Gerling, PhD Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology, UTHSC |
| Sep 28 | Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A "Rear Window" with "Look to the Future" | Amado X. Freire, MD, MPH, Division Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, UTHSC |
| Sep 21 | ADPKD: An Old Challenge with New Perspectives | Songul Onder, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine-Nephrology, UTHSC |
| Sep 14 | Mitigating the Impact of Enteric Infections on Global Health | Jim Fleckenstein, MD, Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine |
2016 - 2015
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
| May 25 | Smartphone ... Dumbphone? Apps: First Do No Harm | Rami Khouzam, MD, FACC, FACP, FASNC, FASE, FSCAI UTHSC Interventional Cardiology Program Director |
| May 18 | The Nexus of Human Development and Disease Throughout the Lifespan: Implications for Strategic and Comprehensive Family-Centered Care | Michael E. Fant, MD, PhD USF Morsani College of Medicine |
| May 11 | Handling the Handoff: From Theory to Practice | Jeanne M. Farnan, MD, MHPE Assistant Dean, Curricular Development and Evaluation, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine |
| May 04 | Infections in the Elderly | Michael S. Gelfand, MD, FACP Methodist University Hospital, UTHSC |
| Apr 27 | Guidelines Revisited: Case Studies in Infective Endocarditis | Mannu Nayyar, MD UTHSC |
| Apr 20 | Cardio-Vascular Disease and Proteinuria | Santhosh K. G. Koshy, MD, DM, MBA, FACC, FSCAI Professor of Medicine, Chief of Medicine, Director of Cardiology, Regional One Health, UTHSC |
| Apr 13 | The Choice We Made: Sustaining Joy in Our Lives as Physicians | Barbara Lee Bass, MD, FACS John F, and Carolyn Bookout Distinguished Endowed Chair, Houston Methodist Hosptial, Methodist Institute for Technology, Innnovation, and Education |
| Apr 06 | New Paradigm for Blood Pressure Goals: The SPRINT Trial | William C. Cushman, MD, Karen C. Johnson, MD, and Catherine Womack, MD, UTHSC |
| Mar 30 | Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: A Call for a Universal Definition | Joe Goldkamp, MD Internal Medicine Chief Resident, UTHSC |
| Mar 23 | Antimicrobial Resistance in Gram-negative Bacteria | Kerry O. Cleveland, MD UTHSC |
| Mar 16 | The New Rules of Patient Engagement | Burton Hayes, MD Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, UTHSC |
| Mar 09 | Tele-Endocrinology: Bridging the Gap in Endocrine Care Via Videoconferencing | Ebenezer Nyenwe, MD, FWACP, FACP, FACE Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, UTHSC |
| Mar 02 | The Evolution of Medical Education: See One. Do One. Teach One. | Samantha Houston, MD and Rebekah Mulligan, MD, Internal Chief Residents, UTHSC |
| Feb 24 | Cirrhosis is a Systemic Disorder | Adrian Reuben, MD Conflict-Free Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of South Carolina |
| Feb 17 | The American Civil War: Hidden African American Contributions and Medical Advances | Timothy C. Fabian, MD, FACS UTHSC |
| Feb 10 | Management of Hypertension in CKD: Different from Non-CKD? | Csaba P. Kovesday, MD UTHSC, Memphis VA Medical Center |
| Feb 03 | A Call to Arms: The Case for a Resident Curriculum in Safety, Quality, and Utilization | Evan Paul, MD Chief Resident of Quality and Safety, UTHSC |
| Jan 20 | Targeted Temperature Management After Sudden Cardiac Death: "Dr. Ice May Save Your Life!" | A. Stacey Headley, MS, MD, FCCP Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, UTHSC |
| Jan 13 | Transcatheter Therapy for Aortic Stenosis: A Proven Paradigm Shift | Uzoma Ibebuogu, MD, FACC, FSCAI Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, UTHSC |
| Jan 06 | Ultrasound in Medical Education: Lessons Learned from Nine Years of an Integrated Ultrasound Curriculum | Richard Hoppmann, MD |
| Dec 16 | Hyperoxia in the ICU: Why More is Not Always Better | Scott E. Sinclair, MD, FCCP, Associate Professor of Medicine |
| Dec 09 | Update on Osteoporosis | Laura Carbone, MD, MS, Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Rheumatology, UTHSC |
| Dec 02 | UTHSC Research Vision and Strategy | Steven R. Goodman, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Research, Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Physiology, UTHSC |
| Nov 18 | 28th E. Eric Muirhead Hypertension Research Day | |
| Nov 11 | What You Don't Know About Pregnancy | Laura Read Sprabery, MD, FACP Division of General Internal Medicine, UTHSC |
| Nov 04 | Psoriatic Arthritis: Diagnosis and Management - A Multidisciplinary Approach | Debendra Pattanaik, MD, FACP Division of Rheumatology, UTHSC |
| Oct 28 | In Search of Joy in Practice | Christine A. Sinsky, MD, FACP |
| Oct 21 | Statins, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly: A Rheumatologist's Perspective | Arnold E. Postlethwaite, MD, Director, Division of Connective Tissue Diseases, Goodman Chair of Excellence Professor of Medicine, UTHSC and VA Medical Center |
| Oct 14 | How Else Will They Learn? | Susan C. Brewer, MD, FACP, UTHSC |
| Oct 07 | Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis | Muthiah P. Muthiah, MD, D-ABSN, FCCP Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, UTHSC |
| Sep 23 | Pulmonary Hypertension Updated | Richard Channick, MD |
| Sep 16 | Global Impact of HCV Infection | Michael S. Bronze, MD David Ross Boyd Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine OUHSC, Stewart G. Wolf Endowed Chair |
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine designates this continuing medical education activity for a maximum of 1 credit hour in Category 1 of Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. Each physician should claim only those hours he / she actually spent in the educational activity.
This course is approved for .1 CEU's by The University of Tennessee.