Seminars, Conferences and Talks for the week of October 29 – November 2,
2007. (Please submit next months calendar items ASAP to the email below.)
To access information on some of the courses currently available click here:
http://www.medbd.ca.gov/CME_Classes.htm
Monday, October 29:
7:30 a.m.
Infectious Diseases Core Lecture Series: “Gram-negative resistance”,
Dr. Mehta, Hillcrest, AVRC 150 W. Washington St.
12:00 noon Residents Noon Conference Hillcrest: “Sexually Transmitted Diseases”,
Dr. Smith, Hillcrest, Inpatient Tower, Rm 3-310
12:00 noon Residents Noon Conference VAMC: “Alcohol Dependence”, Dr.
Esposito, VAMC, Rm 3004
12:00 noon Residents Noon Conference Thornton: “GERD”, Dr. Lee, Triton Rm
5:30 p.m.
Cardiology Grand Rounds: “TBA”, Hillcrest, MPF L-064, CME Series
Tuesday, October 30:
8:00 a.m.
Hepatology Journal Club: Hillcrest, MPF Bldg., 2nd Floor, Bloom
Conference Rm
8:30 a.m.
Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology Seminar Series: “Natural
Antibody mediated down-regulated of TRL-induced myeloid dendritic cell
maturation, cytokine and chemokine”, Toshi Yoshizawa, Ph.D., Sahil
Kahanna, Ph.D., Yong-Beom Park, M.D., Ph.D., Leichtag Building, Rm
107, CME Series
11:30 a.m.
Pulmonary/CT Surgery/Radiology Conference: Case Presentations,
Hillcrest, South Wing, Jagger Conf. Rm 3-310
12:00 noon Residents Noon Conference VA: “Sexually Transmitted Diseases”, Dr.
Smith, VAMC, Rm 3004
12:00 noon Residents Noon Conference Hillcrest: Intern Report, Hillcrest, Inpatient
Tower, Rm 3-310
12:00 noon Residents Noon Conference Thornton: “Palliative Care”, Dr.
Bazhenova, Trout Rm
12:30 p.m.
Diabetes Care Conference: VAMC, Rm 3068
4:00 p.m.
Renal Conference: “TBA”, Leichtag Building, Rm 2A05, CME Series
4:00 p.m.
Liver Tumor Multidisciplinary Program: Hillcrest Hospital, 1st flr, Lasser
Conference Rm
6:30 p.m.
City-Wide Gastroenterology Grand Rounds: “TBA”, VAMC, Rm 1558,
Conference Rm B, CME Series
Wednesday, October 31 – Happy Halloween!
7:30 a.m.
Department of Medicine Grand Rounds: “Hematopoietic
Growth Factors,
The Light and the Dark Side”, Kenneth Kaushansky, M.D., F.A.C.P.,
Helen M. Ranney Professor of Medicine, Chair, Department of Medicine,
UCSD, La Jolla Campus, Basic Science Building, Liebow Auditorium,
CME Series
8:00 a.m.
Interventional Cardiology Conference: Thornton Hospital, Trout Rm
9:30 a.m.
Endocrine Grand Rounds: “Genetic Differences between Humans and
Apes: a Novel Mechanism for Dietary Exacerbation of Atherosclerosis”,
Ajit Varki, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Medicine,
UCSD, VAMC Rm 3004, CME Series
12:00 noon Residents Noon Conference VA: “Parkinson’s Disease”, Dr. Lessig,
VAMC Rm 3004
12:00 noon Residents Noon Conference Hillcrest: “Single Hot Joint”, Dr.
Terkeltaub, Jagger Conf. Rm 3-310
12:00 noon Residents Noon Conference Thornton: “Head and Neck Cancers”, Dr.
Read, SDG&E Rm
12:00 noon Biomedical and Clinical Research Seminars: “Streptococcal Disease
in Indigenous Australians”, Virginia Boon, Ph.D., James Cook University,
Townsville, Australia, Hillcrest, Clinical Teaching Facility 9CTF) Bldg. C,
Rm 301
12:00 noon Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology Seminar Series: Beta3 Integrin
Activation in Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis”, Brian Petrich, UCSD,
Center for Molecular Genetics (CMG) Large Conference Rm
Thursday, November 1:
8:30 a.m.
Owen Clinic Teaching Conference: Hillcrest, Ambulatory Care Center,
1st flr Conference Rm
10:30 a.m.
Dermatology Grand Rounds: NAVY, Hillcrest, CTF C-301
12:00 noon Residents Noon Conference VA: Intern Report, VAMC Rm 3004
12:00 noon Residents Noon Conference Hillcrest: “Endobronchial Ultrasound”, Dr.
Channick, Hillcrest, Jagger Conference Rm, 3-310
12:00 noon Residents Noon Conference Thornton: Cardiology Conference, Dr.
Blanchard, SDG&E Rm
12:00 noon UCSD Genetics and Genomics in Medicine Seminar: “New Insight into
Pathogenesis of Dominantly Inherited Neurodegenerative Diseases”,
Huda Zoghbi, HHMI Baylor College of Medicine, Leichtag Auditorium,
lunch provided
12:30 p.m.
Endocrine Post-Clinic Conference: VAMC Rm 6016
3:00 p.m.
Infectious Diseases Rounds and Research Conference: “Life and
Death of Giardia as an Intestinal Off-shore Pathogen”, Lars Eckmann,
M.D., Dept of Medicine, UCSD, VAMC, Room 3004, CME Series
5:30 p.m.
Cardio Catheterization Conference: Hillcrest, MPF Bldg., 4th Flr.
Conference Rm
Friday, November 2:
7:30 a.m.
Principles of Translational Hem/Onc: Moores Cancer Center, Otterson
Boardroom
8:00 a.m.
AIDS Clinical Rounds: “TBA”, Owen Clinic, 150 West Washington St.,
CME Series
8:00 a.m.
Rheumatology Basic Science Conference: “Pathogenic auto-antibodies
in lupus and primary Sjogren’s syndrome”, Dr. Tom Gordon, Australia, Rm
247b, CME Series
8:30 a.m.
Topics in Hem/Onc: Moores Cancer Center, Otterson Boardroom
12:00 noon Residents Noon Conference Hillcrest: “CPC”, TBA, Jagger Conf. Rm.
3-310, CME Series
12:00 noon Residents Noon Conference VA: “Medical Management” TBA, VAMC
Rm 3004
12:00 noon Residents Noon Conference Thornton: “Hospitalist Conference”,
SDG&E Rm
12:00 noon Thoracic Oncology Tumor Board: Hillcrest, 2nd Flr Surgical Pathology
Conference area AND Moores Cancer Center, 2nd Flr Conference Rm
2210, lunch served at both sites
3:00 p.m.
Division of Physiology Seminar Series: “Aging and Sex: Perspectives
on Limb Vascular Heterogeneity”, Steven Nishiyama, UCSD, Dept. of
Medicine, La Jolla campus, MTF, Rm 274