Grand Rounds

Saint Vincent Grand Rounds are presented weekly on Fridays at 8:00 a.m. in McGarvey Learning Center at the Health Center, 232 West 25 Street in Erie, offering an integral component of continuing medical education, including discussion of clinical cases. You may participate in Saint Vincent's Grand Rounds remotely via webstreaming. 

LIVE GRAND ROUNDS

No Grand Rounds on Friday, September 3.


CREATING HIGH-VALUE CARE DELIVERY
  
Speaker:
Bruce Hamory, MD
Executive Vice President
Geisinger Health System
Danville, PA  

Event Date:
September 10, 2010



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Past programs available for webstreaming and on CD:

GRAND ROUNDS

MANAGEMENT OF LEAD TOXICITY  
Speakers:
Douglas Moses, MD
Hospitalist Program
Akron Children’s Hospital  

Michelle Bestic, PharmD
Clinical Toxicologist
Akron Children’s Hospital  

Event Date:
August 27, 2010



FAILURE TO THRIVE

Speaker:
Kishore Vellody, MD
Pediatric Hospitalist
Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh

Event Date:
August 13, 2010



Sorry Works!  Making the Case for Full Disclosure Following Medical Errors

Speaker:
Doug Wojcieszak
Founder, The Sorry Works! Coalition 
Glen Carbon, IL  

Event Date:
August 6, 2010



Caring for the NICU Graduate

Speaker:
Feras Alkhudari, MD, FAAP
Section of Neonatology
Saint Vincent Health Center

Event Date:
July 23, 2010



CANCER STAGING UPDATE

Speaker:
Melissa Fowler, M.D.
Section of Pathology
Saint Vincent Health Center

Event Date:
July 16, 2010



SAFE AND EFFECTIVE DVT PROPHYLAXIS

Speakers:
Jenna Banner, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Saint Vincent Health Center

Brian Lang, DO
Division of Internal Medicine
Saint Vincent Health Center

Event Date:
July 9, 2010



ORGAN DONATION AT SAINT VINCENT HEALTH CENTER

Speaker:
Susan Stuart
President/CEO
Center for Organ Recovery and Education

Event Date:
June 11, 2010



PEDIATRIC ASTHMA
  
Speaker:
Sylvia Choi, MD
The Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh  

Event Date:
June 4, 2010



CURRENT PHARMACY RESEARCH
  
Speakers:
Breanne Nestor, PharmD
Pharmacy Resident
Saint Vincent Health Center
Topic:  Assessment of Emergency Department Visits Secondary to Adverse Drug Reactions  

Amanda Dicus, PharmD
Pharmacy Resident
Saint Vincent Health Center
Topic:  Evaluation of the Incidence of Elevated INRs  

Event Date:
May 21, 2010



ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA & DYSPHAGIA

Speaker:
James Coyle, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Science and Disorders
Clinical Speech Language Pathologist/Consultant
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center  

Event Date:
May 7, 2010


ROBOTIC SURGERY IN GYNECOLOGY

Speaker:
Pedro Escobar, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Cleveland Clinic  

Event Date:
April 30, 2010


PEDIATRIC FEVER
  
Speaker:
Samantha Gunkelman, MD
Pediatric Hospitalist
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron, OH  

Event Date:
April 23, 2010


CASE STUDIES IN ADVANCE DIRECTIVES (PROGRESS AND PITFALLS)

Speakers:
Michael Cooney, M.D.
Medical Director of Palliative Care
Division of Internal Medicine
Saint Vincent Health Center

Betsy DiSantis, RN
Outcomes Care Manager
Care Coordination Services
Saint Vincent Health Center

Event Date:
April 16, 2010


"COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION!"
CREATING A SAFER HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

Speaker:
Arnold Mackles, MD, MBA, LHRM
Licensed Healthcare Risk Manager
Innovative Healthcare Compliance Group
Palm Beach Gardens, FL  

Event Date:
March 26, 2010


INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO CANCER CARE

Speaker:
Raymond Wynn, M.D.
Executive Medical Director, The Regional Cancer Center
Leader, Section of Radiation Oncology, Saint Vincent Health Center  

Event Date:
March 19, 2010


EVIDENCE BASED PERIOPERATIVE ANTICOAGULATION MANAGEMENT

Speaker: 
Brian Lang, D.O. 
Division of Internal Medicine
Saint Vincent Health Center  

Event Date:
March 12, 2010


IMPROVING AUTISM RECOGNITION

Speaker:
Joseph Barber, M.D.
Section of General Pediatrics
Saint Vincent Health Center

Event Date:
February 26, 2010


MANAGEMENT OF THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSMS
  
Speaker:
John Cardone, M.D.
Division of Thoracic/Cardiovascular Surgery
Saint Vincent Health Center  

Event Date:
February 12, 2010


TAI CHI - AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO PATIENT CARE

Speakers:
Shawn Zeto, M.D.
Division of Internal Medicine
Saint Vincent Health Center

Ed Matthews
Tai Chi Instructor
Body Awareness, Erie, PA

Event Date:
February 5, 2010


EMERGENCE OF BACTERIAL RESISTANT RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN THE HOSPITAL
  
Speaker:
Stephen Kovacs, D.O.
Section of Pulmonary Medicine
Saint Vincent Health Center  

Event Date:
January 29, 2010


BARIATRICS 101
  
Speakers:
Scott Bedwell, MD                                   Daniele Haupt, MD                        Muhammad Asad, MD
Chairman, Department of Surgery       Section of General Surgery          Section of General Surgery
Saint Vincent Health Center                  Saint Vincent Health Center        Saint Vincent Health Center

Event Date:
January 22, 2010


REVIEW OF THE INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION PROCESS

Speakers:
Haluk Aydin, MD
Division of Psychiatry
Saint Vincent Health Center  

Richard Hahn, PsyD
Staff Psychologist
Saint Vincent Health Center

Event Date:
January 15, 2010

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME 2010
Speaker:

Ross Peterson, MD
Division of Cardiology
Saint Vincent Health Center

Event Date:
January 8, 2010

CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE - DRUG INTERACTIONS AND QT PROLONGATION
Speaker:                
Larry Sasich, PharmD, MPH
Chairman, Department of Pharmacy Practice
LECOM School of Pharmacy
Erie, PA  

Event Date:          
December 11, 2009


ADIPOSE-DERIVED STEM CELLS: PHENOTYPE, FUNCTION, AND CLINICAL TARGETS
Speaker:
Albert Donnenberg, PhD
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Hillman Cancer Research Center
Pittsburgh, PA

Event Date:
December 4, 2009

NEW DRUGS IN CLINICAL MEDICINE
Speaker:
Rebecca Nick-Dart, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Saint Vincent Health Center

Event Date:
November 20, 2009

IMPACTS OF PATIENT SATISFACTION IN HEALTH CARE
Speaker:
James McAdams
Regional Manager, Health Systems
Press Ganey Associates, Inc.

Event Date:
November 13, 2009

"WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?  PLEASE SIGN IN." UPDATE ON INPATIENT CODING PRINCIPLES FOR PHYSICIANS, NURSE PRACTIONERS, AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
Speaker:
Kevin Shaffer, M.D.
Physician Advisor, CDI Project
Division of Family Medicine
Saint Vincent Health Center

Event Date:
November 6, 2009


WHAT VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARE SAYING: IF ONLY WE WOULD LISTEN
Speaker:
David McCollum, M.D.
Emergency Physician
Ridgeview Medical Center, Waconia, MN
Board Chair, Academy on Violence and Abuse

Event Date:
October 23, 2009



DISRUPTIVE PHYSICIAN BEHAVIOR
Speaker:
Margaret Palmer, PhD
President, Healthcare Management Consulting Group
President, DocExecutive
New Gloucester, ME

Event Date:
October 9, 2009


CHALLENGES IN VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT
Speaker:
Frank Bontempo, M.D.
Medical Director, Coagulation Laboratory
Institute for Transfusion Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

Event Date:
October 2, 2009


IMMUNIZATION UPDATE
Speaker:
William Atkinson, MD, MPH
Head of the National Immunization Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

Event Date:
September 25, 2009



CHALLENGES IN MANAGING PMR AND TEMPORAL ARTERITIS
Speaker:
Edward Engel, M.D.
Leader, Section of Rheumatology
Saint Vincent Health Center

Event Date:
September 18, 2009


HEALTH CARE REFORM UPDATE: WHERE ARE WE GOING?
Speaker:
Nancy Nielsen, M.D., Ph.D.
Immediate Past President
American Medical Association

Event Date:
September 4, 2009