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Lectures & Seminars for Professionals

Physicians and researchers with the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center offer a wide variety of educational programs and grand rounds for medical professionals. Throughout the year, Health Center faculty and faculty from other hospitals and academic medical centers share state-of-the-art information about the latest advances in cardiovascular care.

Recent topics have included: the evaluation of the therapy for heart disease; atrial fibrillation pathogenesis and prevention; lipid mediators in vascular biology and more.

Grand rounds are sponsored by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Office of Continuing Education.

September 2009
September 23, 2009

8 to 9 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. William C. Roberts
Title: "Shifting From Decreasing Risk to Prevent and Arresting Atherosclerosis"
Location: Low Learning Center, CG076, UConn Health Center
October 2009
October 7, 2009

8 to 9 a.m.
Speaker: Dr.  Bruce T. Liang
Title: "From Molecule to Cardiovascular Medicine. Two for the Price of One on Ischemic Heart Disease"
Location: Low Learning Center, CG076, UConn Health Center
October 21, 2009

8 to 9 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Joseph Hill
Title: "Pathological Cardiac Remodeling: Mechanisms and Therapies"
Location: Low Learning Center, CG076, UConn Health Center
December 2009
December 2, 2009

8 to 9 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. William White
Title: “Advances in Hypertension: Clinical and Research”
Location: Low Learning Center, CG076, UConn Health Center
December 16, 2009

8 to 9 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Nancy Petry
Title: "Can Drug Abuse Treatments Improve Cardiovascular Health Behaviors?"
Location: Low Learning Center, CG076, UConn Health Center
January 2010
January 13, 2010

8 to 9 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Sheldon Litwin
Title: "Cardiovascular Effects of Obesity: Can We Reverse Remodeling and Atherosclerosis with Weight Loss?"
Location: Low Learning Center, CG076, UConn Health Center
March 2010
March 10, 2010

8 to 9 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Beatriz Tendler
Title: "Orthostatic Hypotension with Supine Hypertension: A Clinical Dilemma"
Location: Low Learning Center, CG076, UConn Health Center
March 24, 2010

8 to 9 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Anjanette Ferris-Senatus
Title: "Novel Cardiac Risk Markers"
Location: Low Learning Center, CG076, UConn Health Center
April  2010
April 21, 2010

8 to 9 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Michael Dahn
Title: "AAA: Is There Anything New?"
Location: Low Learning Center, CG076, UConn Health Center
May  2010
May 19, 2010

8 to 9 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Joyce Meng
Title: "Cardiac MRI in Heart Failure"
Location: Low Learning Center, CG076, UConn Health Center
September 2010
September 8, 2010

8 to 9 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth McNally
Title: "Genetics of Inherited Heart and Muscle Disease"
Location: Low Learning Center, CG076, UConn Health Center
September 22, 2010

8 to 9 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Barry London
Title:
Location: Low Learning Center, CG076, UConn Health Center
October 2010
October 13, 2010

8 to 9 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Joao Lima
Title: "MRI Assessment of Myocardial Fibrosis: The Next Frontier"
Location: Low Learning Center, CG076, UConn Health Center
October 27, 2010

8 to 9 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Andrea Kao
Title: "The Optimal Selection of Heart Transplant Candidates: Does One Size Fit All?"
Location: Low Learning Center, CG076, UConn Health Center
December 2010
December 8, 2010

8 to 9 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Wilson Colucci
Title: "Update On Acute Heart Failure"
Location: Low Learning Center, CG076, UConn Health Center
December 15, 2010

8 to 9 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Michel
Title: "Nitric Oxide Synthases and Cardiovascular Signaling"
Location: ARB, EG013, UConn Health Center
January 2011
January 12, 2011

8 to 9 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Danielle Barry
Title: "Health Psychology and Obesity Treatment"
Location: Low Learning Center, CG076, UConn Health Center
March 2011
March 9, 2011

8 to 9 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Howard Herrmann
Location: Low Learning Center, CG076, UConn Health Center

March 23, 2011

8 to 9 a.m.
Location: Low Learning Center, CG076, UConn Health Center
April 2011
April 13, 2011

8 to 9 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. W. David Hager
Location: Low Learning Center, CG076, UConn Health Center
April 27, 2011

8 to 9 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Allan Jaffe
Location: Low Learning Center, CG076, UConn Health Center
May 2011
May 18, 2011

8 to 9 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Wilson Szeto
Location: Low Learning Center, CG076, UConn Health Center