Nov 17, 2020 | Medicine Grand Rounds
Climate change represents one of our great generational challenges and will significantly impact the practice of academic medicine. Climate change will impact humans through environmental exposure to fire smoke, the movement of tropical infections pathogens like tick...
Nov 10, 2020 | Medicine Grand Rounds
With over 47 million confirmed cases of COVID19 worldwide and over 1.2 million deaths, the scientific push for a vaccine has been unparalleled. However, beyond the logistics of vaccine development, production, and distribution, there lies an incredible amount of...
Nov 3, 2020 | Cardiology, Medicine Grand Rounds
Ample evidence demonstrates the benefits of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) on functional status, health services utilization, cardiovascular morbidity, and mortality following a cardiac event. Yet despite these proven benefits, relatively few eligible patients...
Oct 27, 2020 | Cardiology, Medicine Grand Rounds
What’s new in the world of cardiology? Join us to hear exciting practice changing updates from our UPMC experts in electrophysiology, interventional & structural cardiology, heart failure, general cardiology, and cardiac imaging! Department of Medicine Grand...
Oct 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Infectious Diseases, Medicine Grand Rounds
Infectious disease has come to the forefront of medicine on the national stage and, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, influenza season is upon us. How will UPMC managing flu testing and monitor circulating viruses? What are our strategies for health care...
Oct 6, 2020 | Cardiology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medicine Grand Rounds, Pulmonary, Allergy and CCM, Residents
Five of our outstanding internal medicine residents present their research spanning a wide range of topics within the subspecialities of internal medicine. Department of Medicine Grand RoundsOctober 6, 2020 Resident Research Presentations 0:15 “Metformin is...
Sep 29, 2020 | Diversity, Medicine Grand Rounds
What disparities exist within our current medical education system? Does bias exist within the AOA selection process? Are biased letters of recommendation having long term impacts on the success of our learners? How can we overcome these disparities to ensure a...
Sep 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Diversity, General Internal Medicine, Medicine Grand Rounds
SARS-CoV2 disproportionately affects vulnerable populations, including African Americans, Latinos, patients from lower socio-economic groups, and the elderly, particularly in long term care facilities. We face similar stark challenges in Pittsburgh. Approximately...
Sep 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Medicine Grand Rounds
Why are we masking? Are face masks increasing rates of asymptomatic infection? Is asymptomatic infection able to provide immunity?Join our Grand Rounds Sept. 15 to hear from Dr. Monica Gandhi from UCSF on the importance of masking and its impact on asymptomatic...
Sep 8, 2020 | Medicine Grand Rounds
How are you teaching students/learners to perform video visits? Join us for today’s Medicine Grand Rounds when some of our master clinician educators will share their expertise and best practices! Department of Medicine Grand RoundsSeptember 8, 2020...
