2019 Grand Rounds | UAMS Department of Internal Medicine

12/19/2019 – Influenza 101

Robert H. Hopkins, Jr., M.D., MACP, FAAP (Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Director of Division of General Internal Medicine, UAMS)

12/12/2019 – Modern Management of Atrial Fibrillation

John Mounsey, M.D. (Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Cardiology, UAMS)

12/5/2019 – Malnutrition- A Hospitalist Perspective

Bharat Reddy Dhanireddy, M.D., MPH (Assistant Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine, UAMS)

11/21/2019 – Ascites: A Review

Matthew G. Deneke, M.D. (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Fellowship Program Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology)

11/14/2019 – Celebrating World Pneumonia Day: Before and After Pneumococcal Vaccine

Mary Burgess, MD (Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, UAMS)

11/7/2019 – Antibiotic Resistance: Challenges and Opportunities

Arjun Srinivasan, M.D., FSHEA (Captain, USPHS, Associate Director for Healthcare Associated Infection Prevention Programs, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

10/31/2019 – Pathophysiology and Novel Causative Factors in Membranous Nephrology

John Arthur, M.D., Ph.D., FASN (Professor and Chief of Nephrology, Director of Nephrology, UAMS)

10/24/2019 – Micro Satellite Instability (MSI)

Rang Govindrajan, M.D., M.R.C.P. (Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Chief, Hematology/Oncology, CAVHS)

10/17/2019 – “Improving Care of the Seriously Ill: Evidence for Use of the Surprise Question

Alvin H. Moss, M.D. (Director, Center for Health Ethics and Law, Professor of Medicine, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center of West Virginia University)

10/10/2019 – Are We Getting Too “Isolated”?

Atul Kothari, M.D. (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, UAMS)

10/3/2019 – Eye, Ear and Airway Manifestations of Rheumatologic Diseases

Seth Mark Berney, M.D. (The Eleanor A. Lipsmeyer Professor in Rheumatology, Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Program, UAMS)

9/26/2019 – Survive and Thrive in Academic Medicine

Erick Messias, M.D., MPH, Ph.D. (Associate Professor for Faculty Affairs, Professor of Psychiatry, UAMS)

9/19/2019 – Readmission: Risk and Reduction

Aaron S. Wenger, M.D. (Director, Division of Hospital Medicine, UAMS)

9/12/2019 – Chest Pain: A patient’s journey from ER to Cath-Lab

Shiv K. Agarwal, M.D. (Assistant Professor, Interventional Cardiology, Division of Cardiology, CAVHS, UAMS)

9/5/2019 – Methicillin Resistant Staph aureus Bacteremia: Any New Therapy?

Robert W. Bradsher, Jr, M.D., MACP, FIDSA (Ebert Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, UAMS)

8/29/2019 – Patient-Centered Approach to Thyroid Nodules

Spyridoula Maraka, M.D., M.S. (Assistant Professor, Associate Program Director of Endocrinology Fellowship, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, UAMS)

8/22/2019 – Management of Drug Induced Liver Injury

Ragesh Thandassery, M.D. (Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, VISN-16 Lead for Advanced Liver Disease, CAVHS, UAMS)

8/15/2019 – Population Health and Effective Care for High Need Patients

Riley Lipschitz, M.D. (Assistant Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, UAMS)

8/8/2019 – Physician Burnout and Wellbeing

Latha Achanta, M.D., MPH, FACP (Associate Professor of Medicine, Acting Internship Director for Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, UAMS)

8/1/2019 – Multidisciplinary management of CAR-T cell Toxicites

Appalanaidu Sasapu, M.D. (Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology Oncology, CAR-T cell Immunotherapy Program Lead, Associate Program Director, Hematology Oncology Fellowship, UAMS)

7/25/2019 – Residual Cardiovascular Risk in Statin-Treated Patients with Elevated Triglycerides: Now We Can REDUCE-IT

Deepak L. Bhatt, M.D., MPH., FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, FESC (Executive Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Programs, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Heart & Vascular Center, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School)

7/18/2019 – Lupus for Non rheumatologists

Sruthi Kanuru, M.D. (Chief, Division of Rheumatology CAVHS, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)

7/11/2019 – Ask the Pulmonologist: A Few FAQs

Larry G. Johnson, M.D. (Professor of Medicine, Director, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UAMS)

6/20/2019 – Novel Approaches for the Treatment of GvHD

John Dipersio, M.D., Ph.D, FACP (Virginia E and Samuel J Goldman Professor of Medicine, Chief of Division of Oncology, Deputy Director of Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine)

6/13/2019 – Renal Transplantation: Journey from diagnosis of chronic kidney disease to being transplanted

Sushma Bhusal, M.D., FASN, FAST (Assistant Professor of Nephrology, Medical Director of Kidney Transplant, UAMS)

6/6/2019 – Oral and Genital Ulcers, a review of “Behcets Disease” – Diagnosis and Treatment

Aaroop Haridas, M.D., Rh.MSUS (Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, UAMS)

5/30/2019 – Low T, High Tea/High T Cardiovascular Effects of Testosterone

James D. Marsh, M.D. (Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Nolan Family Distinguished Chair in Internal Medicine, UAMS)

5/23/2019 – 30 Years Myeloma Care at UAMS: What have we learned from modern imaging techniques?

Frits Van Rhee, M.D. (Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Clinical Director of the Myeloma Center, UAMS)

5/16/2019 – HIV: Getting to Zero

Mary Burgess, M.D. (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Infectious Disease Fellowship Program Director, UAMS)

5/9/2019 – Endoscopic Mucosal Resection

Shashank Garg, M.D., M.S. (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UAMS)

5/2/2019 – Primary hyperparathyroidism: who needs treatment?

Elena Ambrogini, M.D., Ph.D. (Staff Endocrinology Physician, Central Arkansas Veteran Health Care System, Little Rock, AR. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, UAMS)

4/25/2019 – VT Ablation in Patients with Structural Heart Disease: State of the Art and What Lies Ahead

David J. Wilber, M.D. (George M. Eisenberg Professor of Cardiovascular Sciences, Director of the Cardiovascular Institute, Medical Director of Clinical Electrophysiology, Department of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Loyola University Medical Center)

4/18/2019 – End of Life and Palliative Care

Bruce L. Miller, Jr., M.D. (Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Mt. Zion Medical Center)

4/11/2019 – Potential Protective Mechanisms

James A. Tumlin, M.D. (Professor of Medicine and Nephrology Emory University, Director NephroNet Clinical Trials Consortium, Fellow of American Society of Nephrology)

4/4/2019 – Asthma – COPD Overlap Syndrome

Anand Venkata, M.D. (Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, UAMS)

3/28/2019 – Measles

Keyur S. Vyas, M.D. (Associate Professor, Medical Director Infection Prevention, Program Director for Internal Medicine Residency, UAMS)

3/21/2019 – From Glycemic Control to Complications & Preventions; Shifting the Focus in Diabetes

Katalin Susztak, M.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Medicine and Genetics, University of Pennsylvania)

3/14/2019 – Phage

Srirama Appalaneni, M.D. (Assistant Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine, UAMS)

3/7/2019 – Dysphagia: A difficult pill to swallow

Sumant Inamdar, M.D., MPH (Interventional Gastroenterologist, Assistant Professor Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UAMS)

2/28/2019 – Outbreak Investigations in Arkansas – Hepatitis A and Tuberculosis

Sarah Labuda, M.D., MPH (Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Arkansas Dept. Of Health)

2/21/2019 – Clinical Decision-Making in Coronary Artery Disease

Barry Uretsky, M.D. (Chief, Division of Cardiology, Director of Interventional Cardiology, UAMS)

2/14/2019 – Role of Surrogate in Decision Making

Manisha Singh. M.D. (Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology, UAMS)

2/7/2019 – Uric acid: Foe, friend or both?

Nasim A. Khan, M.D., MS (Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, UAMS)

1/22/2019 – Respiratory Failure due to Neuromuscular Diseases

Rajani Jagana, M.D., FCCP (Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UAMS)

1/17/2019 – Management and Prevention of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections

Juan Carlos Rico Crescencio, M.D. (Assistant Professor, Transplant Infectious Disease, UAMS)

1/10/2019 – PSCK9 Inhibitors

Sergio Fazio, M.D., P.h.D. (Professor of Medicine and Physiology & Pharmacology, Director, Center of Preventive Care, OHSU)

1/3/2019 – Medication Induced Gastroparesis

Stephan Dehmel, M.D. (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UAMS)