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.
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