Calendar of Events
MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS
Tuesdays at 12:00 Noon — URIS AUDITORIUM
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
AIDS Care and the Optimal Time to Start Antiretroviral Therapy
Daniel W. Fitzgerald, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Center for Global Health
Division of Infectious Disease
Department of Medicine
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, New York
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Take Two Aspirin and Call Me in the Morning: Manipulating Prostaglandins in Cardiovascular Disease
Victor L. Schuster, MD
Baumritter Professor and Chairman
Department of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine and
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Genetics of the Metabolic Syndrome: Lessons from a Founder Population
Alan R. Shuldiner, MD
John A. Whitehurst Professor of Medicine
Director, Program in Genetics and Genomic Medicine
Head, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
TBD
Bruce S. McEwen, PhD
The Holly Andersen Visiting Professor in Integrative Medicine
Alfred E. Mirsky Professor
Head, Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology
The Rockefeller University
New York, New York
Statement of Need
Advances in these fields need to be presented to Weill Cornell faculty and other physicians on a regular basis as one means of promoting state-of-the-art health care for patients.
Target Audience Physicians in this specialty and others interested as one means of promoting state-of-the-art health care for patients.
Course Objectives Physicians attending this conference regularly should be apprised of recent advances in medicine that will lead to improved patient care.
CME Accreditation Weill Cornell Medical College is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.
Weill Cornell Medical College designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Faculty Disclosure It is the policy of Weill Cornell Medical College to adhere to ACCME Essential Areas, Policies, and Standards for Commercial Support in order to ensure fair balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its sponsored programs. All faculty participating in sponsored programs are expected to disclose to the audience any potential, apparent, or real conflict of interest related to their contribution to the activity, and any discussions of off-label or investigational uses of any commercial products or devices not yet approved in the United States. All disclosures will be made to attendees prior to each presentation.
WCMC is accessible for individuals with disabilities or special needs. Participants with special needs are requested to contact the Office of CME at (212) 746-2631.
All disclosures will be made at the time of this CME activity.
