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 also participate in Saint Vincent's Grand Rounds remotely via webstreaming. 

LIVE GRAND ROUNDS

HOARSENESS
Speaker:
Rick Fornelli, MD
Section of Otolaryngology
Saint Vincent Health Center  
Event Date:  February 3, 2012


Click here to see a calendar of upcoming CME events and topics.


Past Grand Rounds available for webstreaming and on CD:

INSPIRED PARENTING: A CHILD’S JOURNEY TO COOPERATION AND RESPECT
Speaker:
Joseph Barber, M.D.
Chief, Division of Pediatrics
Saint Vincent Health Center  
Event Date:  January 20, 2012


PAROTID TUMORS AND COSMETIC RECONSTRUCTION OF POST-REMOVAL DEFECTS
Speaker:
Ruthann Lipman, D.O.
Section of Otolaryngology
Saint Vincent Health Center  
Event Date:  January 13, 2012


HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA
Speaker:
Robert Mikelonis, MD
Division of Family Medicine
Saint Vincent Health Center  
Event Date:  January 6, 2012


MEDICINE, FEAR, & FAITH
Speaker:
Scott Bedwell, MD
Chairman, Department of Surgery
Saint Vincent Health Center  
Event Date:  December 9, 2011


DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS
Speaker:
Steven Shook, M.D.
Staff, Neuromuscular Center
Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute  
Event Date:  December 2, 2011


PROSTATE CANCER
Speaker:
Andrew Figura, M.D.
Section of Radiation Oncology
Saint Vincent Health Center  
Event Date:  November 18, 2011


VISUAL DIAGNOSIS
Speaker:
Basil Zitelli, M.D.
Chief, The Paul C. Gaffney Diagnostic Referral Service
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Event Date:
   November 11, 2011


RECOGNIZING CHILD ABUSE: CAN WE DO BETTER?
Speaker:
Janet Endress Squires, M.D.
Chief, Child Advocacy Center
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh  
Event Date:  October 28, 2011


OUR HIGH FAT AND SUPERSIZED KID:  THE ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF HYPERLIPIDEMIA AND OBESITY IN CHILDREN
Speaker:
Vivek Allada, M.D.
Clinical Director, Pediatric Cardiology
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh  
Event Date:  October 21, 2011


IMMUNIZATIONS:  WHAT’S NEW?
Speaker:
William Atkinson, MD, MPH
Head of the National Immunization Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA  
Event Date:  October 14, 2011


CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE OVERVIEW
Speaker:
R. Peter Vande Kappelle Jr., MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
Akron Children's Hospital  
Event Date:  October 7, 2011


BLEEDING DISORDERS IN CHILDREN
Speaker:
Erin Cockrell, DO
Department of Hematology-Oncology
Akron Children's Hospital  
Event Date:  September 30, 2011


DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF THE PEDIATRIC NECK MASS
Speaker:
Todd Otteson, MD
Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh  
Event Date:  September 16, 2011


EVALUATION OF A LIMP OR ABNORMAL GAIT IN CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS
  
Speaker:
Sheryl Handler, MD
Department of Orthopedics
Akron Children's Hospital  
Event Date: September 9, 2011


CELIAC DISEASE
Speaker:
Robert Squires, MD
Clinical Director, Gastroenterology
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh  
Event Date:  August 19, 2011


EPILEPSY IN CHILDREN
Speaker:
Satyanarayana Gedela, MD
Division of Child Neurology
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Event Date:  August 12, 2011


VESICOURETERAL REFLUX/UTI
Speaker:
Curtis Clark, MD
Department of Urology
Akron Children's Hospital
Event Date:  July 29, 2011


MANAGING YOUR ONLINE REPUTATION
  
Speaker:
Annissa McDonald
Client Executive, Professional Services
HealthGrades
Denver, CO  
Event Date:  July 22, 2011  


EARLY AND LATE PUBERTY
Speaker:
Luigi Garibaldi, MD
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh  
Event Date:  July 15, 2011


BARIATRIC SURGERY
Speaker:
Muhammad Asad, MD
Section of General Surgery
Saint Vincent Health Center  
Event Date: July 8, 2011


HYPOSPADIAS: WHAT THE PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER SHOULD KNOW
  
Speaker:
Steven Docimo, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Vice President, Children's Subspecialty Services
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh  
Event Date:   June 17, 2011


HEMORRHOIDS: PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT

Speaker:
Patrick Recio, DO
Leader, Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery
Saint Vincent Health Center  
Event Date:   June 10, 2011


CURRENT PHARMACY RESEARCH
Speakers:
Megan Anderson, PharmD
Pharmacy Resident
Saint Vincent Health Center
Topic:  REMS… It’s Not Just About Sleep Anymore  

Melinda Wingard, PharmD
Pharmacy Resident
Saint Vincent Health Center
Topic:  The Impact of Education on Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Pain

Event Date:
June 3, 2011


Understanding Patient Satisfaction and the HCAHPS Impact
Speaker:
Jamie McAdams
Client Relationships Executive
Press Ganey Associates, Inc.
Event Date:  May 20, 2011



EATING DISORDERS:  FROM SUSPICION TO DIAGNOSIS

Speaker:
Eleni Lantzouni, MD
Division of Adolescent Medicine
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron
Event Date:  May 13, 2011


REDUCING THE RISK OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAWSUITS
AND RELATED ETHICAL ISSUES

Speaker:
Joel Snavely, Esq.
Quinn, Buseck, Leemhuis, Toohey & Kroto, Inc.
Erie, PA 
Event Date:  April 15, 2011


EKG MISDIAGNOSIS

Speaker:
Benjamin Lawner, DO, EMT-P
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine  
Event Date:  April 8, 2011


DISSECTION:  RITE OF PASSAGE IN AMERICAN MEDICINE
Speaker:
James Edmonson, PhD
Chief Curator, Dittrick Medical History Center and Museum
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH  
Event Date:  March 25, 2011


MANAGEMENT OF PNEUMONIA IN CHILDREN

Speaker:
Jonathan Spahr, M.D.
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh  
Event Date:  March 18, 2011


SUDDEN SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS
  
Speaker:
Sidney Lipman, MD
Leader, Section of Otolaryngology
Saint Vincent Health Center  
Event Date:  March 11, 2011


PET/CT: A CLINICIAN'S APPROACH

Speaker:
Matthew Thomas, MD 
Chief, Division of Diagnostic Medicine
Section of Radiology
Saint Vincent Health Center
Event Date:  March 4, 2011


ADVANCES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE

Speaker:
Matthew "Casey" Becker, MD
Division of Cardiology
Saint Vincent Health Center  
Event Date:  February 18, 2011


PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND MANAGEMENT OF FOLEY CATHETER-ASSOCIATED UTI'S

Speaker:
Paul Newell, MD
Section of Infectious Diseases
Saint Vincent Health Center  
Event Date:  February 11, 2011


EVIDENCE-BASED TRANSFUSION PRACTICE

Speaker:
Jeffrey Richmond, MD
Section of Pathology
Saint Vincent Health Center
Event Date:  February 4, 2011