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2009 Calendar
January 21
2009

John Kellum, MD
Professor and Vice Chair of Research
Department of Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

"Why the Kidneys?"

1104 Scaife Hall
February 11
2009

Hülya Bayir, MDAssistant Professor of Critical Care Medicine
Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
UPMC-Department of Critical Care Medicine

" Oxidative Lipidomics in Traumatic Brain Injury: An Analysis of Fat(al) Consequences" 1104 Scaife Hall
February 24
2009

Michael R. Pinsky, MD, CM, Dr hc, FCCP, FCCM
Vice-Chair, Academic Affairs
Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Bioengineering, Cardiovascular Disease and Anesthesiology
UPMC-Department of Critical Care Medicine

“Functional Hemodynamic Monitoring: Use of Derived Variables to Diagnose and Manage the Critically Ill”

1104 Scaife Hall

March 11
2009

Paul Kubes, PhD
Professor, Departments of Physiology and Biophysics
Director - Calvin, Phoebe and Joan Snyder Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation
University of Calgary

CCM Research Conference
“Imaging Intravascular Immunity”

S120 Biomedical Science Tower

March 12
2009
Paul Kubes, PhD
Professor, Departments of Physiology and Biophysics
Director - Calvin, Phoebe and Joan Snyder Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation
University of Calgary

“Role of Immune Cells, Platelets and Endothelium in Sepsis Models”

1105AB Scaife Hall

April 14
2009

Michael Matthay, MD
Professor of Medicine and Anesthesia
Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
University of California, San Francisco

Grenvik Research Conference
“Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of Acute Lung Injury”

Lecture Room 5
4th Floor, Scaife Hall

April 15
2009

Michael Matthay, MD
Professor of Medicine and Anesthesia
Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
University of California, San Francisco

14th Annual Ake and Inger Grenvik Lecture
“Acute Lung Injury 2009: Pathogenesis and Treatment”

Lecture Room 5
4th Floor, Scaife Hall

May 11
2009

Mitchell P. Fink, MD
Professor, Department of Critical Care Medicine
Associate Vice-Chancellor for Translational Research and Commercialization

"Tales from the Darkside: The Life and Times of a Biotech CEO"

S100A Biomedical Science Tower

Monday
July 6
2009
11:45 am – 12:45 pm

Cynthia Gries, MD
Acting Instructor, Department of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle WA

“The Psychological Impact of Transplantation:
How to Improve Care to Donors, Recipients and Family Members”

1105 BC Scaife Hall

Thursday, September 17, 2009
Noon – 1:00pm

Tor Inge Tonnessen
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Head of Division of Anesthesiology
The Interventional Centre
University of Oslo

“Novel Biosensors for Real Time Intra-Organ Detection of Ischemia”

Biomedical Science Tower, room 120

Friday, September 18, 2009
Noon – 1:00pm

Ake Grenvik, MD, PhD
Distinguished Service Professor
Department of Critical Care Medicine

40 Years of Critical Care Medicine at Pitt

Lecture Room 5 Scaife Hall

Critical Care Medicine
Mini-Research Symposium

Friday, September 18, 2009
1:30pm – 4:00pm
Scaife Hall Lecture Room 5

1:30pm – Eric Milbrandt, MD, MPH, FCCP, FACP
"Informal Caregiver Burden Among Survivors of Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation."

2:00pm – Ragi Murugan, MD
“Influence of Donor Inflammation and Resuscitation on Organ and Recipient Outcomes following Cadaveric Organ Transplantation”

2:30pm – A. Murat Kaynar, MD
“The Role of MMP-8 in Sepsis”

3:00pm – Florian Mayr, MD, MPH
“Racial Differences in Infection and Severe Sepsis

3:30pm – Peter Simon, MD
"Determinants of Microvascular Hemoglobin Desaturation Rate"

Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Mini Research Symposium
615 Scaife Hall
Chair: Dr. John Kellum

TIME

SPEAKER

TITLE OF TALK

3:30 pm

Murat Kaynar, MD

MMP-8 in Murine and Human Sepsis

3:50 pm

Matthew Rosengart, MD

Preparing for Battle: Autophagy in the Macrophage Response to Sepsis

4:10 pm

Hulya Bayir, MD

Oxidative Lipidomics of Apoptosis in Brain Injury

4:30 pm

Sachin Yende, MD

Understanding recovery from severe sepsis

4:50-5:15

Group Discussion

 

 

Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Noon – 1:00pm

Steven Opal, MD
Professor Division of Infectious Disease
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

"The Pneumococcus-Ancient Pathogen, Continuing Threat"

Scaife Room 1103

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 / Noon – 1 p.m.

Douglas B. White, MD

“The pneumococcus-ancient pathogen, continuing threat”

Conference Room 1104 Scaife Hall
       

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