Dartmouth Medical School - DMS Roundup April 2007

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DMS Roundup—April 2007

The Roundup is a monthly bulletin for the Dartmouth Medical School community distributed by DMS Communications.

In this issue
1. Upcoming
2. News & Notes
3. Faculty & Staff
4. Students
5. Save the Dates
6. Rounds & Seminars
7. News Links

1. UPCOMING

Apr. 3-May 20, "About Aging: Fostering Health ~ Coping with Frailty," Dartmouth Community Medical School, two series:
- A: Tuesdays, Apr. 3-May 15, 6:30-9 pm, Kellogg Aud.
- B: Saturdays, Apr. 7-May 12, 10 am-12:30 pm, Lebanon Senior Center.
Space limited, so register now. Contact: 653-1532, DCMSregistration@dartmouth.edu, or visit: http://dms.dartmouth.edu/dcms/.
Apr. 12, "Climate Change and Infectious Diseases," Paul R. Epstein, MD, Harvard Medical School, 7-9 pm, Filene Aud. More Info.
Apr. 17, 8th Shared Decision Making Research Seminar: "Can Shared Decision Making Save Public Mental Health in the US?" Robert E. Drake, 5-6:30 pm, Fuller Board Rm., DHMC. Light supper served. For more info, contact CECS, 653-0830.

2. NEWS & NOTES

Kosovo visitors for perinatal training: The Dartmouth-Kosovo Alliance for Healthy Newborns is hosting five physicians March 23-April 6 from the University Clinical Center of Kosovo in Pristina, who are working with George Little, peds and ob/gyn, and Bill Young, ob/gyn. For more info, contact Elaine Livingston, 653-0865.

3. FACULTY & STAFF

Madeline Dalton, peds and c&fm, will deliver the commencement address at her alma mata, Alfred U, where she will also receive an honorary degree during the commencement exercises May 12.
Robert Racusin, psych and peds, and Heather Blunt, biomed lib, presented a workshop, "Creating a Participatory Evidence-Based Journal Club," at the annual meeting of the American Assoc. of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training on Mar. 9.
Gregory J. Tsongalis, path, was selected to serve on the CALGB Pathology Committee.
DMS faculty named among New Hampshire Magazine's Top Doctors for 2007 by their peers include: Peter Anderson, med; Misty Blanchette Porter, ob/gyn and radiol; Ira Byock, anes and c&fm; Patricia Campbell, peds; Charles Carr, ortho; Stephen Del Giudice, med; Leslie DeMars, ob/gyn; Jeffrey Harnsberger, surg; Gautami Rao, med; Andrew Torkelson, med; Norman Yanofsky, med and c&fm.

4. STUDENTS

Winners of the 2007 E. Lucile Smith Biochemistry Awards, presented by the department for scientific scholarship and community service are: Martina Ding, postdoctoral fellow with Bernard Trumpower, for the publication, "Investigating the Qn site of the Cytochrome BC1 complex in Saccharomyces cerevisiae with mutants resistant to ilicicolin H, a novel Qn site inhibitor" (J. Biol. Chemistry 281, 36036-36043 2006), and Youngsoo Jun, student with Bill Wickner, for the publication "Reversible, cooperative reactions of yeast vacuole docking" (EMBO Journal 25, 5260-5269 2006).
Apr. 2, Student Government Meeting, 5:30-7 pm, Fuller Board Rm., DHMC.
Apr. 14, Class of 2009 Sophie Davis Welcome, 9 am-5 pm, AM session: Remsen 332, SBM conf. rm.; PM session: DMS 1 East/West, DHMC. For more info, contact Student Affairs, 650-1509. SNMA Sophie Davis Tour and Dinner, 6-10 pm. For more info, contact Multicultural Affairs, 650-1529.

5. SAVE THE DATES

May 11, "3rd Annual Dartmouth Symposium on Substance Use: Integrating Specialist and Generalist Care to Improve Management of Addictions," Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center. Check The DCARE site for info as available.
June 9, "DMS 2007 Class Day," with keynote speaker Ben Carson, MD, Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Oncology and Pediatrics Professor, John Hopkins School of Medicine. More info at Class Day 2007.
June 25-July 6, "CECS: Summer Institute in Informed Patient Choice." For more info, contact donna.rocke@dartmouth.edu or 653-1529.
Aug. 9-11, "Evidence-Based Mental Health." For more info, contact sarah.l.castle@dartmouth.edu or 653-1512.
Sept. 15, "Class of 2011 White Coat Ceremony," 8 am-12 pm, Kellogg Aud. For more info, contact Student Affairs, 650-1509.

6. ROUNDS & SEMINARS

ANATOMY: Contact: Colleen.B.King@dartmouth.edu, 650-1636.

ANESTHESIOLOGY GRAND ROUNDS: Wed., 6:30-7:30 am, Anesthesiology Conf. Rm. #422I01. M&M: Wed., 7:30-8:30 am, Anesthesiology Conf. Rm. Contact: Billie.Jean.Bruno@hitchcock.org, 653-0642.

Apr. 25, "The Development of Outcomes-Based Competencies and the Use of a Learning Portfolio to Support Competency Assessment," Lisabeth Maloney.

BIOCHEMISTRY SEMINARS: Contact: Kathleen.B.Savage@dartmouth.edu, 650-1118.

BIOMEDICAL LIBRARIES GRAND ROUNDS: Quarterly, March, June, Sept., Dec., 12-1 pm, Aud. E. Contact: Lora.L.Thompson@dartmouth.edu, 650-1683. Bring your lunch; drinks and dessert provided!

FACULTY SEMINARS: Matthews-Fuller Library, 5th Floor, DHMC. Bring lunch! Register online.
Apr. 11, 12-1:30 pm, "Google: Lets Get Serious," Pamela Bagley.
Apr. 20, 11:30 am-1 pm, "PowerPoint Presentations: Advanced Tips and Tricks," David Izzo.
WORKSHOPS: 12-1:30 pm, Matthews-Fuller Library, 5th Floor, DHMC. Bring lunch! Register online.
Apr. 3, "PowerPoint Presentations: Advanced Tips and Tricks" David Izzo.
Apr. 5, 12-1 pm, "Library Tour and Orientation," Lora Thompson.
Apr. 10, 12-1 pm, "MEDLINE: Advanced Strategies for Effective PubMed Searching," Sheila Gorman.
Apr. 12, "EndNote: Managing Citations and Bibliographies," Tom Mead.
Apr. 19, "SurveyMonkey: Introduction to Creating and Managing Online Surveys," Heather Blunt.
Apr. 25, 12-1 pm, "PsycINFO and MEDLINE: Finding Psychiatry and Psychology Information," Pamela Bagley.

CARDIOLOGY GRAND ROUNDS: Thurs., 5-6 pm, Aud. G. Contact: Diane.C.Bruce@hitchcock.org, 650-3540.

Apr. 12, "Size Matters: Some New Ideas About Cardiac Hypertrophy," Cam Patterson, MD, E&H Craige Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chief of Cardiology � UNC, Carolina Cardiovascular Biology Center Director, Chapel Hill, NC.
Apr. 26, "Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Past, Present, and Future," Edward P. Gerstenfield, MS, MD, Medicine Asst. Professor, U of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

COMMUNITY & FAMILY MEDICINE: Contact: M.Scottie.Eliassen@hitchcock.org, 650-3421.

Apr. 2, 12-1 pm, Aud. G, "Partnerships for a Healthier Future," Clint Koenig, MD, MA, MSPH, Interim State Medical Director, NH Dept. of Health & Human Services and faculty in the Grant Hospital Family Practice Residency Program; Alisa Butler-Druzba, Section Administrator for Rural Health & Primary Care, NH Dept of Health & Human Services. Lunch served. RSVP to sandi.l.cragin@dartmouth.edu or 650-4920.

GENETICS SEMINARS: Tues., 4 pm, Chilcott Aud. Contact: Teresa.R.Eastman@dartmouth.edu, 650-1907.

MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS: Fri., 8-9 am, Aud. E. M&M: Wed., 12:15-1:15 pm, Aud. E. Contact: Mindy.F.Pickett@Hitchcock.org, 650-7684.

Apr. 6, "Functional Dyspepsia � An Evidence Based Approach," Brooks D. Cash, MD, Gastroenterology and the Colon Health Initiative Chief, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.
Apr. 13, "Concepts for the Pathogenesis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: The Role of Vascular Remodeling and Circulating Mesenchymal Progenitor Cells," Robert M. Strieter, MD, Henry B. Mulholland Medicine Professor, Medicine Chair, U of Virginia School of Medicine.
Apr. 20, "Communities of Clinical Practice," Gerald T. O'Connor.
Apr. 27, "The Silent Treatment: Harnessing RNA Interference," Judy Lieberman, MD, PhD, CBR Institute for Biomedical Research Senior Investigator, Pediatrics Professor, Harvard Medical School.

MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY SEMINARS: Mon., 4 pm, Borwell 658W. Contact: Doris.Beyer@dartmouth.edu, 650-4919.

Apr. 2, 5 pm, Aud. G, "MHC-Independent Mechanism of Self-Tolerance in Natural Killer Cells: A New Definition for Self," Vinay Kumar, MBBS, MD, FRC Path, Pathology Chairman, Biologic Sciences Division Vice Dean, Pritzker Medic l School, U of Chicago.
Apr. 9, "A Genetic Screen to Identify Genes That Control Toxoplasma Gondii Differentiation," Mariana L. Matrajt, PhD, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Asst. Professor, UVM.
Apr. 16, Chilcott Aud., "Stronger Than Spiderman? Regulation of Caulobacter Adhesion to Surfaces," Yves V. Brun, PhD, Biology Professor, Molecular Biology and Genetics Program Director, Indiana U.
Apr. 30, "Molecular Pathogenesis of Adenovirus Keratitis," James Chodosh, MD, Ophthalmology Professor and M.G. McCool Chair, U of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

NEUROLOGY GRAND ROUNDS: Fri., 12-1 pm, Aud. E. Contact: Jill.R.Grodan@hitchcock.org, 650-5458.

NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER GRAND ROUNDS: Thurs., 12-1 pm, Aud. E. Live webcast at: http://129.170.61.64/NCCCGrandRounds.htm. Contact: Marianne.L.Barthel@Dartmouth.EDU, 653-6024. Lunch provided. First come, first served. RSVP to andrea.gilbert@dartmouth.edu, or 653-6018.

Apr. 5, "Treatment Advances in Pancreatic Adenocarinoma: Fact or Fiction?" Eileen O'Reilly, MD, GI Medical Oncology Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Apr. 12, TBA, Murray Kork.
Apr. 26, TBA, Nancy Kuemmerlie.
NEWSLETTER: http://www.cancer.dartmouth.edu/currents

OBSTETRICS AND GYNOCOLOGY GRAND ROUNDS: Thurs., 4-5 pm, Aud. A&B. Contact: Inger.Imset@Hitchcock.ORG. 653-9291.

Apr. 5, Aud. E, "Hidradenitis Suppurativa," Lynette Margesson.
Apr. 12, Aud. G, "Ethics of Prenatal Diagnosis," Steven Ralston, MD, ObGyn Assoc. Professor, Tufts New England Medical Center.

ORTHOPAEDIC GRAND ROUNDS: Wed., 6:45-7:30 am, Aud. F. Contact: Megan.C.Linn@Hitchcock.ORG, 653-6014.

Apr. 4, "Facilitated Endogenous Repair of Orthopaedic Tissues," Christopher Evans, DSc, PhD, Robert W. Lovett Orthopaedics Professor, Harvard Medical School.
Apr. 11, TBA, Gunnar Andersson, MD, PhD, Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital.
Apr. 18, "Dupuytren's Disease," Edward Akelman, MD, Orthopaedics Professor and Vice Chairman, Brown Medical School.
Apr. 25, TBA, Michael Sparks.

PATHOLOGY RESEARCH AND REVIEW SEMINARS: Tues., 4-5 pm, Borwell 658W. Contact: Susan.M.Gagnon@dartmouth.edu, 650-7740.

Apr. 2, 3:30 pm, Kellogg Aud., "The Inception and Evolution of Robbins Pathology and Speculation on Medical Texts of the Future: A Personal Perspective," Vinay Kumar, MBBS, MD, FRC Path, Pathology Chairman, Biologic Sciences Division Vice Dean, Pritzker Medic l School, U of Chicago.
Apr. 10, "From Antiserum to Antibiotics: Pneumonia and the Application of the Therapeutic Specific in 20th-Century America," Scott H. Podolsky, MD, Medicine Asst. Professor, Harvard; Center for the History of Medicine Director, Countway Medical Library.

PEDIATRIC GRAND ROUNDS: Wed., 8-9 am, Aud. E. Contact: Karen.F.Parker@hitchcock.org, 653-6041.

Apr. 4, "Transitions: Everyone's Opportunity and Responsibility," Thomas Tonniges, MD, Boys Town Pediatrics Medical Director, Boys Town Institute for Child Health Improvement Director, Nebraska.
Apr. 11, "Umbilical Cord Blood Banking," Jennifer L. Jones.
Apr. 18, "Spit Happens," Jessica Jacobs.
Apr. 25, 12th Annual Pediatric Ethics Conference: "Refusals in Pediatrics: When Parents and Children Refuse," Lainie Ross, MD, PhD, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics Director, U of Chicago.

PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY SEMINARS: Wed., 3:30 pm, Chilcott Aud. Contact: Penny.M.Cope@Dartmouth.edu, 650-1731.

Apr. 4, "Ubiquitin Regulation at the ER and Nuclear Envelope," Mark Hochstrasser, PhD, Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry and Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Professor, Yale U.
Apr. 9, 12 pm, Thesis Defense Seminar: "Regulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation: Rapamycin Reveals a Novel Role for mTOR in Cell Type-Specific Transcription," Bethany Merenick. Hosted by Kathleen Martin.
Apr. 11, "Ubiquitin Ligase Machinery: From Plant Biology to Human Diseases," Ning Zheng, PhD, Pharmacology Asst. Professor, U of Washington.
Apr. 25, "DNA Damage Checkpoint Activation and Silencing During Early Embryogenesis," Matthew Michael, PhD, Molecular and Cellular Biology Assoc. Professor, Harvard U.

PHYSIOLOGY SEMINARS: Wed., 4-5 pm, Aud. E, coffee at 3:45 pm. Contact: Rhonda.A.Stewart@Dartmouth.edu, 650-6132.

Apr. 4, "Growth and Survival Signals Controlling Development of the Peripheral Nervous System," David D. Ginty, PhD, Neuroscience Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, John Hopkins U School of Medicine.
Apr. 11, "Concepts for the Pathogenesis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: The Role of Vascular Remodeling and Circulating Mesenchymal Progenitor Cells," Robert M. Strieter, MD, Henry B. Mulholland Medicine Professor, Medicine Chair, U of Virginia School of Medicine.
Apr. 18, "Antiviral Immune Responses by the Epithelial Cells of the Female Reproductive Tract," Mimi Ghosh.
Apr. 24, "Paradigms for the Mechanism of Action of Aldosterone on Na Transport-Surprises and Advances," John B. Stokes, MD, Internal Medicine Professor, Nephrology Director, U of Iowa.
Apr. 25, "Steroid-Regulated Expression of the Epithelial Sodium Channel: Kidneys and Mammary Gland," Cary R. Boyd.

PSYCHIATRY GRAND ROUNDS: Tues., 8:00-9:15 am, Aud. G. Contact: Ella.L.Duhaime@dartmouth.edu, 650-5820.

RADIOLOGY: Contact: Wendi.L.Jewell@Hitchcock.ORG, 650-7443.

SURGERY GRAND ROUNDS: Wed., 7:30-8:30 am, Aud. G. M&M: Wednesdays, 7-7:30 am, Aud. G. Contact: Christina.D.Cole@hitchcock.org, 650-7412.

Apr. 11, "Current Treatment of Venous Disease � An Opportunity to Improve Quality of Life," Peter Neglen, MD, PhD, River Oaks Hospital, St. Dominic Hospital, Jackson, MI.
Apr. 25, Borwell 658W, "Setting Goals/Learning Objectives and Feedback," Joseph Perras.

7. NEWS LINKS

For more information on rounds, seminars and continuing medical education credits, check Blitzmail bulletins or search for "Continuing Education Bulletin" at www.dhmc.org

For more events and information, or to list any DMS or DHMC event, go to the online calendar at dms.dartmouth.edu/events/

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