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This channel contains presentations that are a part of the CME offerings of Northeast Georgia Health System, Inc. Enduring CME material expires two years from presentation date.

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    IM Grand Rounds: Lactic Acidosis

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2023 41:54


    Speaker: Olivia Peralta, MD IM Resident, PGY-3 No Disclosures Objectives: -Pathophysiology of anaerobic and aerobic metabolism - Prevalence of Lactic Acidosis and Prognostic Indications -Types of Lactic Acidosis -Role of Thiamine in the setting of persistent Lactic Acidosis -Approach to and management of Lactic Acidosis

    Trauma Rounds: Writing for Publication

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2023 64:30


    Speaker: Judy Mikhail, PhD, MBA, RN Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Trauma Nursing Program Manager, Michigan Trauma Quality Improvement Program University of Michigan Disclosures: None Objectives: • Identify the outline of a scholarly article, including how to formulate a compelling introduction, effectively discuss methods, present results, and conclude with a powerful discussion that can stimulate further research. • Employ strategies for clarity, conciseness and precision in one's writing, including identifying and rectifying common pitfalls such as passive voice, excessive jargon or verbosity. • Familiarize oneself with the submission and publication process, including publication ethics and the stages of peer review.

    GHI Grand Rounds: CT Angio Suite: Unlocking the Power of Advanced Imaging in the EP/Cath Lab

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 59:55


    Speaker: Brian Schuler, MD System Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology WellSpan Health, York, PA Disclosures: Speaker and Consultant: Canon Medical, USA Speaker, Consultant, and Medical Advisory Board: Boston Scientific Objectives: •Demonstrate the utility of the CT-Angio Suite for EP/cath procedures. •Review data strongly suggesting CT-guided LAAO is the gold standard of PDL prevention. •Review data demonstrating CT-Angio Suite is a fee-for-service and value-based care champion.

    DEA Training: Ethics, Legal, Regulatory Panel Discussion

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 57:21


    Dr. Bedri Yusuf, Andrei Boyarshinov, Steve Kelly, Kassandra Lawson, Dr. Hellen Ransom, and Dr. Janeane Walker Steve Kelly, Compliance Kassandra Lawson, Associate Counsel, Legal Department Hellen Ransom, PhD, Clinical Ethicist Bedri Yusuf, MD, Chief Physician Executive Janeane Walker, PhD, RN, Director Faculty Development and Educational Outcomes

    IM Grand Rounds: Circulating Tumor DNA (CTDNA): Past, Present and Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2023 47:29


    Speaker: Ruben Ruiz Vega, MD IM Resident, PGY-3 No Disclosures Objectives: • Understand the concept of ctDNA by defining what it is and learning its relevance in cancer research and diagnostics. • Grasp the clinical applications of ctDNA by discovering how ctDNA is utilized in cancer diagnosis, prognosis, treatment monitoring and early detection, and the potential impact on patient care. • Identify the challenges and limitations of working with ctDNA, including issues related to sensitivity and specificity. • Explore ctDNA's role in personalized medicine and its potential for other medical applications.

    IM Grand Rounds: GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: Indications, Differences, and Future Outlook

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2023 35:19


    Speaker: Aleksandros Mihilli, MD PGY-3 IM Resident No disclosures Objectives: •Understand how GLP-1RA function, and their use in diabetes and weight loss •Compare the available GLP-1RA in terms of efficacy, and when to use which •Look at future advancements in the field and what research is currently ongoing

    DEA Training: State of Emergency, Opioid Crisis: Medication Assisted Treatment

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2023 30:46


    DEA Training: Smart Prescribing: Opioids for Chronic Pain Management

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2023 57:19


    Speaker: Alix Schnibben, PharmD, BCACP, CTTS Director, Clinical Quality and Ambulatory Pharmacy Services Ambulatory Care Pharmacist No disclosures. Objectives: -Discuss the growing Opioid Epidemic and related statistics. -Review Federal and Georgia State laws and NGHS policies regarding prescribing controlled substances. -Review how to calculate Morphine Milliequivalent Per Day (MME/day). -Summarize the new 2022 CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain. -Discuss nonpharmacologic, nonopioid and opioid pharmacologic therapy options. -Discuss Office Visit Workflow for treatment of chronic pain with opioids.

    GHI Grand Rounds: Hypertension: Focus on Resistant Hypertension and Upcoming Treatments

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2023 62:18


    Speaker: Glen Henry, MD; Medical Director, Cath Lab, Georgia Heart Institute Sanjay Lall, MD, MBA, FACC; Cardiologist; Georgia Heart Institute Speakers have no disclosures Objectives: • Discuss the burden and impact of hypertension. • Discuss the definition and diagnostic evaluation of hypertension. • Discuss the treatment of hypertension.

    ID Grand Rounds: Emerging Infections & Future Pandemics

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 33:24


    Speaker: Budder Siddiqui, MD Infectious Diseases, Northeast Georgia Medical Center No disclosures Objectives: • To identify the causes of emerging global infections • To discuss ways to prevent future pandemics

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    DEA Training: Overview of Suboxone Usage In Opioid Use Disorder During Pregnancy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2023 59:13


    Brittany Parker, MD NGPG Family Medicine Tembele Yangandawele, MD NGPG Family Medicine No Disclosures Objectives: •Review epidemiology of maternal opioid use disorder •Understand pharmacology and use of buprenorphine/naloxone in opioid treatment •Overview of maternal comprehensive opioid addiction program •In-depth review of medication initiation and maintenance during pregnancy and postpartum period •Understand monitoring parameters during initiation and discontinuation •Review of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Ramification

    Research Month: Antibody Drug Conjugates in Breast Cancer

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 51:15


    Speaker: Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS Professor of Medicine Director, Glenn Family Breast Center Director, Breast Medical Oncology Louisa and Rand Glenn Family Chair in Breast Cancer Research Objectives: - To learn about currently approved ADCs in HER2- breast cancer - To have further understanding of HER2 low breast cancer - To learn about future ADCs Disclosures: Advisory/Consulting: Genentech/Roche, Immunomedics, Seattle Genetics, Daiichi Sankyo, Puma Biotechnology, Mersana, Menarini Silicon Biosystems, Myovant Sciences, Takeda

    ID Grand Rounds: Infection Prevention and Control Update

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 56:57


    Speaker: Supriya Mannepalli, MD Disclosures: None Objectives: - Review Infection prevention and control data for 2013 Fiscal year for hospital acquired infections - Review CDC definitions and best practice prevention bundles for hospital acquired infections - Discuss upcoming changes to CDC definitions for CLABSI and Lab ID C. diff reporting

    DEA Training: Substance Use Disorders: Models for Treatment and Recovery

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023 55:50


    Speaker: Kyle Armstrong, DO Emergency and Inpatient Psychiatry Disclosures: None Objectives: •Discuss screening, brief intervention/treatment, and referral to treatment model of care •Overview of motivational interviewing and other brief treatment modalities •Review various other treatment and recovery models for the treatment of substance use disorder

    Research Month: What's Happening with Maternal Mortality in GA?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023 60:10


    Speaker: Jane Ellis, MD, PhD Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Emory University School of Medicine Disclosures: None Objectives: •Describe basic terminology important in understanding maternal mortality •Review current status of maternal deaths worldwide, in US and in Georgia •Highlight Georgia's leading causes of pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated deaths •Review recommendations for reducing maternal deaths from Georgia's Maternal Mortality Review Committee

    Research Month: Revolutionizing Healthcare with Dr. Angela Taylor

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023 57:46


    DEA Training: Opioid and Critical Care

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 58:13


    Speaker: Dr. Konstantin Zubelevitskiy No disclosures Objectives: •Introduce the ICU Liberation initiative •Define PADIS guidelines and ABCDEF bundle •Discuss the importance of pain management in the ICU setting •Compare valid and reliable pain assessment tools •Identify challenges in assessing pain •Introduce effective strategies to prevent and manage pain •Discuss working with opioid-dependent patients •Review the case scenario

    DEA Training: Substance Abuse and Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2023 48:09


    Speaker: Dr. Abhishek Singh No Disclosures Objectives: •Outline the DSM 5 criteria for substance use disorders •Identify etiologies and pathophysiology of Alcohol use disorders and Stimulant Use disorder •Describe treatment options for Alcohol Use disorder various substance use disorders •Identify how interprofessional team strategies can improve patient outcomes in SUD •Identify and discuss new challenges in SUD

    Cardiology Grand Rounds: Cerebral Protection for TAVR Evidence and Rationale

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 69:30


    Title: Cardiology Grand Rounds: Cerebral Protection for TAVR Evidence and Rationale Speaker: Alexandra Lansky, MD Professor of Medicine, Section of Cardiology Yale School of Medicine Disclosures: Grant/Research: Emboline, Emblok, Boston Scientific Consultant: MedAlliance, Abiomed, Boston Scientific Objectives: - To review the incidence of stroke after TAVR - To review the timing and mechanisms of stroke after TAVR - To review the evidence for Cerebral Embolic Protections - To review future innovations in cerebral embolic protection

    DEA Training: Pain Management and Pharmacokinetics

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2023 57:45


    Title: DEA Pain Management and Pharmacokinetics Speakers: Dr. Leena Dutta and Dr. Alix Schnibben Disclosures: Dr. Dutta - none Dr. Schnibben - speakers bureau: GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical vaccines Objectives: - Review history of opioids - Define pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of opioids - Understand different types of pain and how to assess - Consider when to manage pain with non-pharmacologic - Recite how to use the WHO ladder to start pharmacologic management of pain - Understand the difference between tolerance, dependence, pseudo-addiction and addiction

    Psychiatry Grand Rounds: From Red Tape to Recovery: How You Can Unlock Clozapine's Game-Changing Potential

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2023 65:09


    Speaker: Robert O. Cotes, MD Associate Professor at Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Director Clinical & Research Program for Psychosis at Grady Health System Title: Psychiatry Grand Rounds: From Red Tape to Recovery: How You Can Unlock Clozapine's Game-Changing Potential Disclosures: Grant/Research Support: Otsuka, Roche, Alkermes, Karuna Consultant: Saladax Biomedical, HLS Therapeutics (unpaid) Speakers bureau: Saldax Biomedical Objectives: - List three scenarios for when to obtain TDM for clozapine as per the ASCP/AGNP guideline - List one clinically relevant example of how someone from a specific ethnic or cultural background may metabolize clozapine differently - Describe one possible change the FDA could make to the Clozapine REMS system to improve access

    DEA Training: Changing the Bias in Treating Substance Use

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2023 59:30


    Title: DEA MATE: Changing the bias in treating substance use Speakers: Dr. Kalpana Prasad and Dr. Andrea Huntley No Financial Disclosures

    What are you eating for lunch? The Effects of Diet on Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2023 35:26


    Title: IM Grand Rounds: What are you eating for lunch? The Effects of Diet on Health Speaker: Nina Le, DO, MPH IM Resident PGY3 No financial disclosures Objectives: - Review cardiovascular disease and types of diets - Evaluate literature in support of Mediterranean diet as well as vegetarian diet - Discuss vegetarian dietary patterns and cardiometabolic risk in patients with cardiovascular disease - Discuss how dietary guidelines should change to reflect the emerging evidence in the field

    Watch the DEA Trailer Requirement with Dr. Yusuf

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2023 1:08


    DEA Training: Opiate Use Disorder: Background and Management

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 51:21


    Title: Opiate Use Disorder: Background and Management Speakers: Alison Ruch, MD, FACEP Bedri Yusuf, MD Speakers have no financial disclosures. Objectives: •OUD Background •Opiate non-fatal OD and fatal OD in Northeast Georgia •Role of fentanyl in rising mortality of OUD •CDC's recommendations to combat OD deaths •MOUD Protocol at NGHS

    GHI Grand Rounds: DOAC's and the New Factor XI Anti-thrombotic Therapies

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2023 65:41


    Title: Cardiology Grand Rounds: Lessons Learned from DOAC's and the New Factor XI Anti-thrombotic Therapies Being Studied Speaker: Manesh R. Patel, MD Chief, Division of Cardiology Co-Director, Duke Heart Center Duke Clinical Research Institute Duke University, Durham, NC Disclosures: Research Grants: PACIFIC-AF: Bayer, Janssen, Heartflow, Idorsia, NHLBI, Novartis Advisory Board/Consulting: Bayer, Janssen, Heartflow, Medscape Objectives: •Understand the Net-Benefit of Warfarin and then NOACs in AFib •Understand the use of NOACs and limitations •Understand the Factor XI therapy and promise in A. Fib

    IM Grand Rounds: Delirium in Hospitalized Older Adults

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2023 32:55


    IM Grand Rounds: Delirium in Hospitalized Older Adults Speaker: Akshay Kumar, MD PGY-3 IM Resident No Disclosures Objectives: -Identify what constitutes delirium in an institutionalized older adults. -How to appropriately assess and manage delirium in acute setting as per latest guidelines. -Measures healthcare provider should take to prevent onset of delirium in hospitalized setting.

    Neuro Science Grand Rounds: AHA Guidelines Update

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2023 34:27


    Neuro Science Grand Rounds: UPDATED AHA GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ANEURYSMAL SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE Speaker: Andres Ruiz, MD, Neuro Critical Care No Disclosures Objectives: - Review updated algorithm for management through different phases of care - Summarize new recommendations that differ from 2012 guidelines - Review pathophysiology and updated management strategies for delayed cerebral ischemia

    ID Grand Rounds: Hepatic Infections

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2023 48:35


    Title: ID Grand Rounds: Hepatic Infections Speaker: Merin Varghese, MD Consultant, Infectious Disease Physician Lead, Antimicrobial Stewardship No financial disclosures Objectives: Review common etiologies of liver abscesses Review common fungal etiologies of liver infections Brief overview of pathogens associated with viral hepatitis

    GHI Grand Rounds : J. Eduardo Rame

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2023 63:23


    Title: Comprehensive Care of the Cardiomyopathy Patient: From Pillars that Sustain to Buttresses that Assist Presented by: J. Eduardo Rame, MD, MPhil, FAHA, FESC Director of Advanced Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplant Thomas Jefferson University Division of Cardiology, Philadelphia, PA Financial Disclosure: Co-Primary Investigator ReSTAGE HF (Thoratec, now Abbott, Inc) Primary Investigagor ADVANCE and ENDURANCE (HeartWare, now Medtronic Inc) National PI: SoPRANO (Macitentan post LVAD, Jannsen) Objectives: 1. To describe the different adaptations of human heart failure 2. To describe the potential for myocardial recovery 3. To describe the pillars of heart failure therapy

    Psychiatry Grand Rounds: Beyond Telehealth: Advances in Digital Mental Health Research and Practical Clinical Considerations for Smartphone Apps in Care

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2023 60:06


    Speaker: John Torous, MD, MBI Objectives: - Assess which digital phenotyping data streams could be most useful in helping understand your patients' clinical trajectories and list three risks and benefits of this method of data collection - Apply a digital literacy frame to be able to evaluate which of your patients may most benefit from digital health and which first require training / support - Define digital phenotyping and list three risks and benefits of this method of data collection - List the four stages of the APA app evaluation framework in order of use - Be able to guide a patient through informed decision making in using a mental health related smartphone app

    Addressing Mental Health Disparities in Hispanic-Latino/A/X Communities in NEGA

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2023 80:52


    Enduring CME will expire on 6/23/2025 Objectives: 1. Describe the barriers to mental healthcare among Hispanic/Latino communities and their prevalence 2. Utilize screening tools/assessments and strategies to overcome language barriers in diagnosing mental health conditions 3. Demonstrate cultural competence when interacting with Hispanic and Latinx patients Speakers: Marshall Bruner, PsyD Assistant Professor, Director of the Center for Counseling & Psychological Services, and Assessment Coordinator at Brenau University School of Psychology and Adolescent Counseling Betsy Escamilla, MS Lead School Counselor at Gainesville City School System Vanesa Sarazúa Founder & Executive Director of Hispanic Alliance Georgia No disclosures Objectives Accreditation and Designation: The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. is accredited by the Medical Association of Georgia to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Candida Auris

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2023 14:36


    Enduring CME will expire on 6/8/2025 Speakers: Supriya Mannepalli, MD, CIC, MBA Sandy Bozarth, RN No disclosures Objectives Review Candida auris epidemiology Review infection prevention and control measures to prevent the spread of candida auris Review treatment for Candida auris infections Accreditation and Designation: The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. is accredited by the Medical Association of Georgia to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    IM Grand Rounds: Palliative Care the Earlier, the Better!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2023 43:11


    Enduring CME will expire on 6/2/2025 Speaker: Mariam Anwar, MD No disclosures Objectives: •Understand early palliative care. •Recognize and identify patients that benefit from early palliative care. •Discuss hospice and non-hospice survival. •Review evidence demonstrating that hospice is associated with longer survival times for certain terminally ill patients Accreditation and Designation: The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. is accredited by the Medical Association of Georgia to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    ID Grand Rounds: C. Diff

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2023 55:50


    Enduring CME will expire on 6/1/2025 Speakers: Jaime Morel Ruiz, MD Pathology Addison Parris, MD NGPG Infectious Disease Supriya Mannepalli, MD, MBA, CIC NGHS Medical Director, Infection Prevention No disclosures Objectives: •Discuss clinical presentation of clostridium difficile infection. •Discuss diagnosis and testing of clostridium difficile infection. •Review infection prevention and control best practices for patients with clostridium difficile infection. •Review current guidelines and best practices in management of clostridium difficile infection. Accreditation and Designation: The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. is accredited by the Medical Association of Georgia to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    GHI Grand Rounds: Role of the Clinician-Scientist in Medical Device Development: From Concept to Reality

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2023 66:10


    Enduring CME will expire on 6/26/2025 Speaker: Jeffrey Popma, MD Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Structural Heart, Coronary and Renal Denervation, Medtronic Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School, Boston No disclosures Objectives: • Review the critical value of clinician investigation in the discovery of medical devices to serve unmet patient needs. • Discuss the risks and benefits of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis. • Outline the clinical outcomes associated with transcatheter treatment of patients with symptomatic, severe mitral regurgitation with edge-edge repair and other advanced therapies. Accreditation and Designation: The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. is accredited by the Medical Association of Georgia to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    IM Grand Rounds: CHATGPT – Implications in Clinical Medicine, Medical Education, and Reflective Practice

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2023 69:56


    Enduring CME will expire on 5/11/2024 Speakers: Nathaniel J Kim, MD IM Resident PGY-3 Ahreum Lim, PhD University of Georgia Postdoc Researcher No disclosures Objectives: •Analyze ChatGPT and explain the concept of Large Language Models. •Assess the applications of broad and narrow Artificial Intelligence in clinical medicine and medical education. •Generate discussion concerning the role and necessity of learning in the context of Artificial Intelligence and automation. Accreditation and Designation: The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. is accredited by the Medical Association of Georgia to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    IM Grand Rounds: Opioid Substitution Therapy in the Inpatient Setting

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2023 38:27


    Enduring CME will expire on 5/11/2024 Speaker: Paul Takla, MD No disclosures Objectives: • Decrease stigma surrounding opioid use disorder • Improve ability to identify patients at risk for opioid withdrawal • Understand the pharmacology of Buprenorphine and methadone • Be able to better manage hospitalized patients on Buprenorphine and methadone • Increase use of our hospital's opioid withdrawal protocol • Learn who can initiate patients on opioid substitution therapy • Connect patients with available resources for opioid use disorder Accreditation and Designation: The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. is accredited by the Medical Association of Georgia to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Psychiatry Grand Rounds: Addiction issues amongst functioning adults and ways to address it

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2023 60:21


    Enduring CME will expire on 5/11/2024 Learning Objectives: • Improve their knowledge base in substance use disorder in adult patients • Recognize appropriateness of in office treatment versus referral to specialized treatment programs • Improve their knowledge base about medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) Accreditation and Designation: The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. is accredited by the Medical Association of Georgia to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    GHI Grand Rounds: Robotic Heart Surgery

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023 63:30


    Enduring CME will expire on 5/10/2024 Objectives: Familiarize the audience with the latest robotic mitral valve technology Detail methods of repair including a live case Education audience on the overlap between transcatheter structural heart technology and robotic cardiac surgery. Disclosures: - There is no commercial support for this activity - The speaker has disclosed the following financial relationships: - Advisory Board – Regeneron - Speaker Bureau – Boehringer Ingelheim, Amgen, and Esperion Accreditation and Designation: The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. is accredited by the Medical Association of Georgia to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Northeast Georgia Medical Center & Health System, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    IM GRAND ROUNDS : POST-COVID TACHYCARDIA

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2023 31:14


    Objectives: Recognize the association between post-COVID syndrome (or long COVID syndrome) and post-COVID tachycardia. Identify the difference between post-COVID tachycardia and inappropriate sinus tachycardia and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. Discuss the demographics, comorbidities and severity of COVID-19 infection associated with post-COVID tachycardia.

    Trauma Grand Rounds: Is there a role for neurointervention in subdural hematoma?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023 41:00


    Objectives: Understand the pathophysiology of chronic subdural hematomas Know the techniques for neurointervention in subdural hematoma Review the recent research outcomes on endovascular techniques in chronic subdural hematomas

    IM GRAND ROUNDS FAST-PACED ADVANCES IN HFpEF

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2023 34:43


    Objectives: •Understand Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), including definitions, signs, symptoms, and risk factors. •Discuss the proposed pathophysiology of heart failure with both preserved and reduced ejection fractions. •Review the new trial called “MyPACE” to discuss effects of personalized accelerated pacing in patients with HFpEF.

    PHYSICIAN ORDERS FOR LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT: THE POLST STRIKES BACK

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2023 52:53


    Objectives: • Examine what is POLST and its use in Northeast Georgia Health System. • Review patient criteria for POLST qualification. • Understand POLST's role in assisting patients with expressing their medical wishes. • Recognize when POLST is appropriate for patient completion.

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    GHI Grand Rounds: In Vivio Imaging Of The Immune System For Health and Disease Assessment

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2023 70:40


    Today's Speaker: ZAHI A. FAYAD, PHD, FAHA, FACC, FISMRM Director, BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai School, NY Disclosures: Grant/research support from NIH. Consultant for Trained Therapeutix Discovery and Co-founder/Board of directors for Trained Therapeutix Discover. Objectives: •Understand personalized patient care. How to implement personalized care. Understand the expected outcomes from personalized care.

    IM Grand Rounds: Polypharmacy and Deprescribing

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2023 31:13


    Today's Speaker: Rosemary Chofor, MD IM Resident, PGY-3 Objectives: • Define polypharmacy and deprescribing. • Recognize patients at risk for deleterious effects of polypharmacy. • Integrate screening tools when completing medication reconciliation. • List the strategies that can help minimize polypharmacy.

    IM Grand Rounds: Role of Aspirin as a single agent for venous thrombophylaxis in patients after extremity fracture

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2023 39:48


    Today's Speaker: Speaker: Oluseyi Abidoye, MD Objectives: - Review and understand the pathophysiology of VTEs in patients with traumatic fractures - Understand role of Antithrombotic agents in preventing VTEs in post-surgical patients - Review current guidelines of VTE prevention in patients with fractures - Understand the Role of Aspirin as a single agent for venous thrombophylaxis in patients after extremity fracture

    IM Grand Rounds: Finerenone, a novel nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid-receptor antagonist and its recommended use in patients with Type 2 diabetes and CKD

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2023 31:08


    Today's Speaker: Sahil Parag, DO IM Resident, PGY-3 Objectives: 1. Understand the mechanism of action of Finerenone, and how it differs from currently used mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists 2. Identify patients that may benefit from addition of this medication 3. Understand adverse effects and monitoring for these patients 4. Identify the recommendations for specific population that may benefit from use of this medication along with current guidelines 5. Understand patients who this medication would be contraindicated despite have ckd and diabetes

    ID Grand Rounds: Diagnostic stewardship and clinical microbiology

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 63:48


    Speakers: Jaime Morel Ruiz, MD Pathology William O'Sick, MLS (ASCP)CM Microbiology Supervisor, Laboratory Objectives: • Detail the most common samples received from microbiology testing. • Explain proper sample collection and its intended uses. • Detail adequacy requirements for microbiology samples. • Clarify expectations from microbiology reports.

    IM Grand Rounds: Resistant Hypertension, A New Approach to Treatment

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2023 37:11


    Speaker: Hadia Ahmad, MD IM Resident PGY-3 No Disclosures Objectives: •Define treatment resistant hypertension. •Understand the role of endothelin and aldosterone in the pathophysiology of hypertension. •Recognize the endothelin pathway as a target for treatment of resistant hypertension. •Review current research investigating endothelin-receptor antagonists and aldosterone synthase in the treatment of hypertension.

    IM Grand Rounds: A Health System Plague, Delirium. The Past, Present, and Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2023 48:47


    No Disclosures Learning Objectives: 1. Identify what delirium is 2. Identify the current practices of delirium 3. Be able to explain why the current practices for delirium management are limited 4. Predict the direction of the future of delirium management

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