Dartmouth Medical School - DMS Roundup May 2007

DMS Roundup—May 2007

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

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

1. UPCOMING

May 1, "Planning Today for a Technology-Enabled Preventative Health Care System," 5:30 pm, Filene Aud., Moore Bldg., Michael Magee, MD, host of "Health Politics with Dr. Mike Magee," and Director of the Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative.
May 8, "Research and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Record," Clinical Research Education & Training Series, 3-4 pm, Aud. G, Andrew Gettinger. For more info, contact michele.i.sbrega@dartmouth.edu or 650-1975.
May 10, "26th Annual Prouty Bike Ride & Challenge Walk Kick-Off Party," 5:15-7 pm, Richmond Middle School, light dinner. RSVP to mary.keeler@dartmouth.edu or 653-6089.
May 11, "3rd Annual Substance Use Symposium: Integrating Specialist & Generalist Care to Improve Management of Addictions," 8:30 am-4:30 pm, Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center. More...
May 15, "9th Shared Decision Making Research Seminar: Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT)," James N. Weinstein, 5-6:30 pm, Aud. E, DHMC, light supper. For more info, contact 653-0881.
May 21, "3rd Annual Heart Failure Symposium: Advances in Heart Failure 2007," DHMC. More...
May 31, "GME Grand Rounds: Supervision - Coaching for Improved Performance," 12-1 pm, Aud. G, light lunch. For more info, blitz walter.f.wallace@hitchcock.org
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2. FACULTY & STAFF

Victor Ambros, gen, was among 72 new members elected to the National Academy of Sciences for "distinguished and continuing achievements in original research," announced May 1 at the Academy annual meeting.
Constance E. Brinckerhoff, med and biochem, has been selected to serve a four-year term on the Arthritis, Connective Tissue and Skin Study Section of the NIH Center for Scientific Review, beginning July 1, based on achievement in the discipline.
Jennifer Daley, c&fm, was recognized among the top 25 women in the health care industry by trade publication Modern Healthcare for her work as chief medical officer of Tenet Healthcare Corp.
Elliot S. Fisher, med and c&fm, discussed geographic variations in medical practice and spending, and the potential for harm by too much medical care at the 4th annual Vermont Blueprint for Health Conference, "Beyond Chronic Care," April 20.
Mark Israel, peds and gen, was elected to the Assoc. of American Physicians, which honored new members during the annual meeting April 13-15.
Paul H. Kispert, surg, and two house staff, S. Theresa Lau, ob/gyn, and Kane Anderson, ortho, are recipients of the 2006-07 Alma Hass Milham Award, for those who "best exemplify human and ethical values" in the practice of medicine, and will be honored at a reception May 15.
James Leiter, phys, discussed research on sudden infant death syndrome at the 7th annual Partners in Respiratory Care Excellence Symposium, March 15-16, hosted by Salisbury University's Health Sciences and the Respiratory Care Dept. at Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Maryland.
DMS faculty who participated in the American Assoc. for Cancer Research annual meeting, April 14-18, included: Ethan Dmitrovsky, pharm/tox and med, and David J. Robbins, pharm/tox, who were session leaders; Tim Ahles, who discussed, "Chemotherapy-related cognitive problems and possible genetic contributions," and Randolph J. Noelle, m&i, who presented: "Triggering of innate and adaptive immunity induces protective anti-tumor immunity."

3. STUDENTS

Debraj Mukherjee, med, has been named a Sommer Scholar at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for the next academic year, where he was also awarded a Schweitzer Fellowship to develop a smoking cessation program for adolescents at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Sherzana Sunderji, med, was selected alternate for the AAMC Organization of Student Representatives for DMS; the primary rep is Abigail Proffer, med.
DMS students named 2007-08 NH/VT Schweitzer Fellows and their projects are: Albie Ackil, Mascoma Clinic, outreach and operations; Jennifer Bentwood and Duncan Meiklejohn, Good Neighbor Health Clinic, nutrition; Cindy Nu Chai, DHMC, studio art classes; Nicholas Ellis and Pablo Valdes, a Manchester high school, health care professions for inner city youth; Lucinda Leung and Leslie Morris, Good Neighbor Health Clinic, mental health; Emmy Liscord and Abigail Sanders, Hartford Middle School, empowering young women.
May 7, Student Government Meeting, 5:30-7 pm, Fuller Board Rm., DHMC.
May 7, Rural Health Highlights, 5:30-7 pm, SBM conf. rm., Remsen, dinner served. RSVP to susan.linsey@dartmouth.edu

4. SAVE THE DATES

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...
June 25-July 6, "CECS: Summer Institute in Informed Patient Choice." For more info, contact donna.rocke@dartmouth.edu or 653-1529.
July 14, "26th Annual Prouty Bike Ride & Challenge Walk," Richmond Middle School. Info and Registration.
July 29-Aug. 3, "Nursing Faculty Microsystems Symposium," DC. For more info, contact CCEHS at 653-1234.
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.

5. 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.

May 2, "Selye to SIRS: The Bell Curve of Cortisol Inflammatory Effects," Mark Yeager.
May 16, "Heart Rate Variability," Athos Rassias.
May 23, "Acute Stroke Protocols," Timothy Lukovits.
May 30, "From Chore to Ethical Requisite and Clinical Resource � Taking a New Approach to Advance Directives," Ira Byock.

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

May 1, 2 pm, "RNAi screening identifies regeneration and stem cell regulators in planarians," Peter W. Reddien, PhD, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Member, Biology Asst. Professor, MIT.
May 7, "Quantitative Analysis of Actin-Based Cellular Motility and Cytokinesis," Thomas D. Pollard, MD, Sterling Professor and Chair, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, Yale.
May 7, 1 pm, Kellogg Aud., "Role of Formin Proteins in Actin Polymerization, Bundling, and Microvillar Assembly," Elizabeth Harris. Host Henry Higgs.
May 8, "Backpedaling the Cell Cycle: Reversibility of Mitotic Exit in Vertebrae Cells," Gary J. Gorbsky, PhD, Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Research Program Member and Program Head, Dept. of Cell Biology Adjunct Professor, U of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
May 11, 2 pm, Aud. F, "Chromatin Changes Associated With the Mammalian B-Globin Switch," Y. Mei Hsu. Host Steven Fiering.
May 15, "Life in the Fast Lane: Regulation of Fast Axonal Transport and Neurodegenerative Disease," Scott Brady, PhD, Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology Professor and Head, U of Illinois.
May 22, "Maturation and Function of MicroRNA's Early in Xenopus Development," James E. Dahlberg, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Biomolecular Chemistry Dept., U of Wisconsin.

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!

May 29, "Collaborative Tools."
FACULTY SEMINARS: Matthews-Fuller Library, 5th Floor, DHMC. Bring lunch! Register online.
May 4, 12-1:30 pm, "Finding Digital Images for Your Presentation," Heather Blunt and Laura Graveline.
May 17, 12-1 pm, "Image Editing Made Easy," David Izzo.
WORKSHOPS: 12-1:30 pm, Matthews-Fuller Library, 5th Floor, DHMC. Bring lunch! Register online.
May 4, 2-3:30 pm, Aud. F, "Business Information Resources for Healthcare Managers," Cindy Stewart and Anne Esler.
May 9, "Google: Let's Get Serious," Pamela Bagley.
May 10, "PowerPoint Presentations: Getting Started," David Izzo.
May 14, 12-1 pm, "Library Tour and Orientation," Lora Thompson.
May 22, 12-1 pm, "Refworks: Managing Citations and Bibliographies," Heather Blunt.
May 30, "MEDLINE: Getting Started With PubMed," Sheila Gorman.
NEWSLETTER: The Pulse Newsletter

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

May 10, "Non-Invasive Look at Myocardial Oxygen Influx and Extraction," Justin D. Pearlman.
May 17, "Taking a Bit of the Idiopathic out of Cardiomyopathy: Role of Mechanotransduction/Cytoskeletal Molecules in the Cardiac Myocyte," Robert S. Ross, MD, Medicine Assoc. Professor, U of California.
May 24, "Non-Invasive Imaging and Treatment for Atherosclerosis," Steve B. Feinstein, MD, Medicine Professor, Rush U Medical Center.
May 31, TBA, David J. Malenka.

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

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.

May 4, "Unraveling the Mysteries of Intraocular Tumors," Carol L. Shields, MD, Ocular Oncology Service Associate Director, Wills Eye Hospital.
May 11, "Intracranial Aneurysms: Current Practices and Future Directions," Christopher Ogilvy, MD, Surgery Professor, Harvard Medical School.
May 18, "Senior Resident Research Presentations."

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

Tues., May 1, 10 am, Aud. G, "T Regulatory Cell Contact Mediated Suppression via Granzyme B," David C. Gondek.
May 7, 614 Vail, "Secretin-Induced Cell Envelope Stress in Gram Negative Pathogens: A Tale of Two Species," Andrew J. Darwin, PhD, Microbiology Asst. Professor, New York U School of Medicine.
May 9, 2 pm, Borwell 659W, "Regulation of Anti-Tumor Responses by NK Cells and Roles for Ly49 Inhibitory Receptors," Melissa A. Barber.
May 10, 11 am, "Regulation of the Peripheral CD4+TCR V? Repertoire by TGF-?1," Richard T. Robinson.
May 14, 11 am, Borwell 658W, "Host Response in a Non-Replication Model of Toxoplasma Gondii Infection," Jason P. Gigley.
May 21, "Viral Modulation of Direct and Cross Presentation Pathways," Christopher C. Norbury, PhD, Penn State College of Medicine Asst. Professor, Hershey, PA.

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.

May 3, "The Organizational Context for Colorectal Cancer Screening: Policies, Programs, and Systems in U.S. Health Plans," Carrie Klabunde, PhD, National Cancer Institute.
May 10, "Developmental and Therapeutic Implications of the Molecular Portraits of Breast Cancer," Charles M. Perou, PhD, Genetics, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Asst. Professor, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
May 17, TBA, Abram Recht, MD, Radiation Oncology Professor, Harvard Medical School; Deputy Chief and Senior Radiation Oncologist, Dept. of Radiation Therapy, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
May 24, "Phosphoproteomics of the DNA Damage Response," Stephen J. Elledge, PhD, Gregor Mendel Professor of Genetics and Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
May 31, "Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia-Diagnosis and Management," John Rifkind.
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.

May 3, Aud. G, "WHI: Is it Time to Dump the Progestin?" Paul Manganiello.
May 10, Aud. E, TBA, Valerie LaCroix and Rebecca Pschirrer.
May 17, 12:45-5 pm, Aud. G, "Residency Research Day," Gloria E. Sarto, MD, PhD, Obstetrics and Gynecology Professor, Center for Women's Health Co-Director, U of Wisconsin.
May 24, TBA, Sophia Ouhilal.
May 31, Aud. G, "Of Satellites and Sandinistas: Role of Compact Ultrasound in Undeveloped Countries," Robert Harris.

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

May 2, "Femoral Injuries in Children: Hip to Knee," Chad T. Price, MD, Director Pediatric Orthopaedic Fellowship Program, Research Director, Orlando Regional Medical Center.
May 9, "Update on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome," James Murphy.
May 16, "Second Generation Highly Crosslinked UHMWPE's in Total Joint Arthroplasty," Orhun K. Muratoglu, PhD, Orthopaedic Biomechanics and Biomaterials Laboratory Co-Director, Massachusetts General.
May 23, "Advance Directives and DNR/DNI Orders: Turning Obligations into Clinical Opportunities," Ira Byock.
May 30, 6:45-8:30 am, "JBJS Journal Club/Grand Rounds," Marc F. Swiontkowski, MD, JBJS Editor, Professor Orthopaedic Surgery, U of Minnesota.

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

May 8, "Hepatocellular Carcinoma, the Old, New, and Unknown," Swan N. Thung, MD, Pathology and Gene & Cell Medicine Professor, Hepatopathology Director, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York.
May 22, "Pharmacogenomics: an Assessment of Market Conditions and Competition," Louis F. Rossiter, PhD, Research Professor and Director, Schroeder Center for Healthcare Policy, Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA.

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

May 2, "Mother-Infant Bed Sharing," Anna Hankins.
May 9, "What Docs Can Do About Hard Head Knocks: Acute Concussion Evaluation and Care Plan," Gerard Gioia, PhD, Pediatric Neuropsychology Director, Children's National Medical Center, Maryland.
May 16, "State of the State: An Update on the Welfare of New Hampshire's Children," Elizabeth Murray.
May 23, "Childhood Cancer Survivorship: An Update," Lisa Diller, MD, Pediatric Oncology Clinical Director, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital, Boston.
May 30, "When Pediatricians and Lawyers Play Nice: Medical Legal Partnerships in Pediatrics," Joshua Kantrowitz.

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

May 9, "Unique Role of the Ligand Inducible and Ligand Dependent Corepressor RIP140 in Nuclear Receptor Signaling," Kelly Heim.
May 16, "Toxic View of Na-Channel Function, or Is One Man's Poison another's Meat?" Kenneth Blumenthal, PhD, Biochemistry Chair and Professor, SUNY at Buffalo.
May 23, "New Insights into the Dual Role of TGF-Betas in Carcinogenesis," Lalage Wakefield, D. Phil, Senior Investigator, Cancer Biology and Genetics Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, NIH.
May 25, "Synthetic Triterpenoids: Molecular Targets & Mechanisms of Action," Mark Yore.

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

May 2, "CD13 in Angiogenesis and Arteriogenesis," Theodore H. Yuo.
May 7, Aud. G, "Effects of Persistent and Pseudoperisistent Pollutants on Reproduction in Ceriodaphnia dubia and Fish," James A. Jukosky.
May 9, "Estrogen and Plasticity at Hippocampal Synapses," Lori L. McMahon, PhD, Assoc. Professor, Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program, Physiology and Biophysics Dept., U of Alabama.
May 11, 3 pm, "Tale of Two Mice Strains: Role of K+ Channels and Redox Potential in the Acute Hypoxic Response of CF1 and CAF1 Mice," Jacob G. Swan.
May 16, "Melanophilin and Myosin Vc: Possible Players in ENaC Trafficking," Jessica A. Martel.
May 23, TBA.
May 30, "Neutrophil Inhibition of Neisseria Gonnorrhoeae Biofilm Formation," Jennifer Smith.

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

May 8, "A New Age in Mild TBA," Gerald A. Gioia, PhD, Pediatrics & Psychiatry Assoc. Professor, George Washington U School of Medicine, Washington, DC; Pediatric Neuropsychology Program Director, Children's National Medical Center, Rockville, MD.
May 15, "Cognitive and Biological Dimensions of Chronic Insomnia: Theory and Practice," Michael J. Stateia.

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.

May 9, TBA, Michael Dalsing, MD, Chief Vascular Surgery, Indiana U.
May 23, TBA, Horace Henriques.

6. 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/

* RIDE THE BUS! Advance Transit Blue Line shuttle departs from DHMC and DMS every 15 minutes. The DHMC stop is the new East Entrance, adjacent to the Cancer Center. The DMS stop is the Remsen/Vail Circle.

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