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  5. 2021 Grand Rounds

2021 Grand Rounds

  • 12/16/2021 – “Review of Safe Opioid Prescribing Practices” 

Heather C. Moore, M.D. (Assistant Professor, Division of Palliative Medicine, Program Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Staff Physician Palliative Care Section, LSTDI Coordinator, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System)

  • 12/9/2021 – “Moving Measures – Implementation Science at Scale”  

William Golden, M.D., MACP (Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Medical Director, Arkansas Medicaid, Medical Director, Office of Health Information Technology)

  • 12/2/2021 – “Current Type 2 Diabetes Management – Key Guidelines” 

Joseph Henske, M.D., FACE (Director of Diabetes Program, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism)

  • 11/18/2021 – “Vancomycin: A Double-edged Sword”

Michell Jenkins, M.D. (Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, UAMS Department of Internal Medicine)

  • 10/28/2021 – “Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Integrated Care Model” 

Stephen Dehmel, M.D. (Assistant Professor, Division Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UAMS German Board-Certified Internist, Gastroenterologist and Diabetologist)

  • 10/21/2021 – “COVID-19 in Rheumatic disease and Immunosuppressed”

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

  • 10/14/2021 – “UAMS Institutional QI Priority: Morality Reduction”

Aaron S. Wenger, M.D. (Associate Chief Medical Officer, Director, Division of Hospital Medicine, Medical Director and Quality Officer for Inpatient Car, Integrated Medicine Service Line, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)

  • 10/07/2021 – “Metastatic non-small cell lung cancer in 2021: Progress and next step”

Sajjad Akbar Bhatti, M.B.B.S. (Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)

  • 9/30/2021 – “Heart Failure: why are we failing?”

Yusuf Hassam, MRCP, M.D. (Interventional Cardiologist, Associated Professor of Medicine, Division Cardiology, UAMS Department of Internal Medicine)

  • 9/23/2021 – “Conducting a Family Meeting”

Sarah E. Harrington, M.D., FAAHPM (Professor of Medicine, Director Division of Palliative Medicine, UAMS Department of Internal Medicine, Chief CAVHS Palliative Care)

  • 9/16/2021 – “COVID-19 Conversation Redux: Vaccination and Civil Discourse”

Robert H. Hopkins, Jr., M.D., MACP, FFAP (Professor if Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Chief Division of General Internal Medicine, UAMS College of Medicine)

  • 9/9/2021 – “The Ethics and Art of Chart Noting”

Laura Guidry-Grimes, Ph.D., HEC-C (Assistant Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics with a secondary appointment in Psychiatry, Clinical Ethicist for UAMS and ACH)

Sara G. Tariq, M.D., F.A.C.P. (Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean Student Affairs, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)

  • 8/26/2021 – “Containing the Contagion: COVID – 19 Treatment (August 2021)”

Ryan Dare, M.D. (Associate Professor of Medicine, Director UAMS Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program, Director Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Division Infectious Diseases)

  • 8/19/2021 – “Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis”

John Arthur, M.D., Ph.D., FASN (Director, Nephrology, Associate Director and KL2 Director, Translational Research Institute)

  • 8/12/2021 – “Introduction to ECMO”

Nikhil Meena, M.D., FCCP (Associate Professor; Department of Internal Medicine, Program Director Interventional Pulmonary Fellowship, Director of Medical Intensive Care Unit, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)

Benjamin Davis, M.D., MBA, FACS (Assistant Professor of Surgery Director, Surgical Critical Care Medical Director, UAMS ECMO)

Jay K. Bhama, M.D., (Cardiothoracic Surgeon Professor & Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Surgical Director of Heart Transplant & Co-Director Of MCS, Heart Failure & Transplant Institute Baptist Health Medical Center – Little Rock)

  • 8/5/2021 – “Methotrexate hepatoxicity”

Jonathan Dranoff, M.D. (Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology)

  • 7/29/2021 – “Update on Gout: 2021”

Michael Pillinger, M.D. (Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Section Chief Rheumatology, VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, New York Campus)

  • 7/22/2021 – “A Case of Spider Bite”

Sarah Floyd, M.D. (Assistant Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine)

  • 7/15/2021 – “Immune-Oncology: A Learning Curve”

Ahmed Safar, M.D. (Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, CAVHS/UAMS)

  • 7/8/2021 – “Advances in the Treatment of Intra-Thoracic Organ Failure – MCS, Transplant & Beyond”

Jay K. Bhama, M.D. (Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Professor & Chief Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Surgical Director of Heart Transplant & Co-Director of MCS, Heart Failure & Transplant Institute, Baptist Health Medical Center – Little Rock)

  • 6/17/2021 – “Liver Transplantation Update 2021”

M. Katherine Rude, M.D. (Assistant Professor Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine”

  • 6/10/2021 – ” Management of Hypothyroidism In Women During Childbearing Age of Pregnancy”

Spyridoula Maraka, M.D., M.S. (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Program Director of Endocrinology Fellowship, Division of Endocrinology Fellowship, Division Endocrinology and Metabolism University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Staff Endocrinologist Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System)

  • 6/3/021 – “Obesity – Whose Field is it Anyway?”

Thaddeus Bartter, M.D. (Professor of Medicine University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Central Arkansas Veterans Health Services Co-director, Interventional Pulmonary Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory)

Elena Ambrogini, M.D.  (Professor of Medicine Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Staff of Endocrinologist, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System)

Srikanth Vallurupalli, M.D. (Associate Professor of Medicine Director, Cardiac Noninvasive laboratory Director, Cardiovascular Fellowship program University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)

  • 5/27/2021 – “Cancer Survival and Quality of Life”

Samantha McKelvey, MD, FACOG (Assistant Professor, Department of Hospice & Palliative Care, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology)

  • 5/20/2021 – “Cardiovascular Complications of Cancer Therapy”

Edward. T.H. Yeh, MD (Professor and Chair Department Internal Medicine, Nolan family Distinguished Chair, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)

  • 5/13/2021 – “Everything you ever wanted to know about value-based purchasing”

Aaron S. Wenger, M.D. (Director, Division of Hospital Medicine, Medical Director and Quality Officer for Inpatient Care, Integrated Medicine Service Line, Associate Professor Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)

  • 5/6/2021 – “Probiotics”

Juan Carlos Rico Crescencio, M.D. (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease)

  • 4/29/2021 – “Does This Actually Work? Tales of Placebos, Nocebos, and Shams”

Nicholas Gowen, MD FACP (Academic Hospitalist, VA Site Director Internal Medicine, Residency Program, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare systems, Internal Medicine Residency Associate Program Director, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)

  • 4/22/2021 – “Sjogrens Syndrome – Extra Glandular Manifestations”

Aruthi Kanuru, M.D. (Chief of the Division of Rheumatology (CAVHS), Assistant Professor of Medicine, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)

  • 4/08/2021 – “Cellular Therapies”

Akash Mukherjee, M.D. (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Stem cell transplant and Cellular therapy, Director of Bone Morrow services, UAMS Department of Internal Medicine)

  • 4/01/2021 – Pitfalls in the Management Valvular Heart Disease

AllisonShaw-Devine, M.D. (Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology)

  • 3/25/2021 – MARCHing forward with COVID-19 Vaccination: How we can win this WAR

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

  • 3/18/2021 – Bone Health during endocrine therapy for non metastatic breast and prostate cancer

Elena Ambrogini, M.D., Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Staff Endocrinologist, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare Systems)

  • 3/11/2021 – Morbidity and Mortality on the COVID Wards

Nicholas Gowen, Academic Hospitalist (VA Site Director Internal Medicine Residency Program, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare Systems, Internal Medicine Residency Associate Program Director, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, UAMS)

Franklin John Gray Jr, M.D. (Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Hospitalist for the Division of Hospital Medicine)

  • 3/4/2021 – Tracing the small things- Trace elements and kidney disease

Manisha Singh (Associate Professor, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Director Home Dialysis Program – UAMS, VA Little Rock, Co-Director M2 Renal Module, UAMS)

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  • 2/25/2021 – Cystic Fibrosis 

Harmeen Goraya, M.D. (Assistant Professor of Medicine)

  • 2/18/2021 – Management of metabolic dysfunction associated fatty liver disease

Ragesh Thandassery, M.D. (GI Staff Physician and Liver Program Director at CAVHS, VISN-16 MD lead for advanced liver disease, Assistant Professor of Medicine at UAMS)

  • 2/11/2021 – Prevention of HIV Infection: Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)

Michael Saccente, M.D., FACP, FIDSA (Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, Professor of Medicine, UAMS)

  • 2/4/2021 – Management of Checkpoint Inhibitor side effect

Anuradha Kunthur, M.D. (Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology, UAMS, Staff Physician, CAVHS)

  • 1/28/2021 – Perioperative Medicine Update

Latha Achanta, M.D., MPH, FACP (Associate Professor, M4 Clerkship/Acting Internship Director for Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, UAMS)

  • 1/21/2021 – Structural Cardiac Interventions

Gaurav Dhar, M.D., FACC, FSCAI (Professor of Medicine, Director of Interventional Cardiology, Division of Cardiology, UAMS)

  • 1/14/2021 – PTLD (Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder)

Nasir Khan, M.D. (Assistant Professor, Transplant Nephrology, Division of Nephrology, UAMS)

  • 1/7/2021 – Non-obstructive CAD, the rule of CCTA in stratification and risk reduction

Munthir Mansour, M.D. (Assistant Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, UAMS)

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