Ground Rounds 2006 - 2007

Smilow First Floor Conference Room, 8:00 a.m.
8 AM

15

Bruce Hanna, PhD
Director, Clinical Microbiology & Immunology, Bellevue
Jim G. Donnelly, PhD, MBA, FCACB
Associate Director of Pathology, South Manhattan Healthcare Network and Generations Plus Northern Manhattan Health Network; Associate Professor of Pathology, NYU
- and -
Dr. Giraldina Trevejo-Nunez

Selected Topics in Clinical Microbiology
- and -
A Clinical Case

22

J. Stephen Dumler, MD
Professor, Department of Pathology, Division of Medical Microbiology at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Department of Molecular Microbiology
The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

Anaplasma phagocytophilum and neutrophils: novel pathogens and novel pathogenic mechanisms

29

ICAAC

NO  CONFERENCE

Oct

6

Frank Lowy, MD
Professor of Medicine and Pathology at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

The Pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus Ventricular Assist Device Infections

13

IDSA

NO  CONFERENCE

20

Photini Sinnis, MD
Assistant Professor of Medical Parasitology and Medicine
NYU

The Preerythrocytic Stages of Plasmodium: Getting in Under the Radar Screen

27

Jeff Klausner, MD, MPH
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Deputy Health Officer and Director, STD Prevention and Control Services, San Francisco Dept. of Public Health

Sexual Health and Gay Men:   A Public Health Perspective

Nov

3

Arnold S. Bayer, MD
Professor of Medicine, Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Associate Chief, Adult Infectious Diseases
Senior Investigator LA Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA

Endocarditis - 2006

10

First Year Fellows

Clinical Cases

17

Philip Tierno, PhD
Director of Clinical Microbiology and Diagnostic Immunology, Tisch Hospital
- and -
Dr. Robin Stutman

Selected Topics in Clinical Microbiology
- and -
A Clinical Case

24

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

NO  CONFERENCE

Dec

1

Louis Weiss, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Pathology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Toxoplasma gondii: Investigations into a Model Apicomplexan

8

First Year Fellows

Clinical Cases

15

Dr. Jason Faulhaber and a First Year Fellow

Clinical Cases

22

Peter Williamson, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Section of Infectious Diseases,University of Illinois at Chicago

Genetic Predictors of Infectious Outcome in Fungal Infections

29

HAPPY  HOLIDAYS!!

NO  CONFERENCE

Jan

5

Judith C. Lovchik, PhD, ABMM
Director, Virus Isolation Laboratory
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

TBA

12

First Year Fellows

Clinical Cases

19

First Year Fellows

Clinical Cases

26

First Year Fellows

Clinical Cases

Feb

2

Dale N. Gerding, MD
Associate Chief of Staff
Research and Development Service
Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, IL

Clostridium difficile

9

Dr. Rebecca Marsh and a First-Year Fellow

Clinical Cases

16

First Year Fellows

Clinical Cases

23

First Year Fellows

Clinical Cases

Mar

2

Neil Fishman, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Antibiotic Management

9

First Year Fellows

Clinical Cases

16

First Year Fellows

Clinical Cases

23

First Year Fellows

Clinical Cases

30

First Year Fellows

Clinical Cases

Apr

6

Attendings and Fellows

Mini Cases

13

First Year Fellows

Clinical Cases

20

First Year Fellows

Clinical Cases

27

First Year Fellows

Clinical Cases

May

4

Barbara D. Alexander, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Transplant Infectious Disease Services
Head, Clinical Mycology Laboratory
Duke University Medical Center

TBA

11

Attendings and Fellows

Mini Cases

18

First Year Fellows

Clinical Cases

25

First Year Fellows

Clinical Cases

Jun

1

First Year Fellows

Clinical Cases

8

First Year Fellows

Clinical Cases

15

Second-Year Fellow(s) and/or First-Year Fellow           

Fellows’ Research Presentation
and/or a Clinical Case

22

Second-Year Fellow(s) and/or First-Year Fellow   

Fellows’ Research Presentation
and/or a Clinical Case

29

Second-Year Fellow(s) and/or First-Year Fellow

Fellows’ Research Presentation
and/or a Clinical Case