Grand Rounds - January 2001, NIH Clinical Center

Clinical Center Grand Rounds

January 2001 • Lipsett Amphitheater • noon - 1 pm

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Wednesday, January 3
noon-1 p.m.

NO GRAND ROUNDS LECTURE TODAY

Wednesday, January 10
noon-1 p.m.

Bench to Bedside
Cytokines, Stress Hormones, and Sleep
George Chrousos, M.D., Chief, Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch and Director, Pediatric Training Program, NICHD Alexandros Vgontzas, M.D., Director, Center for Sleep Disorder Medicine, Professor and Endowed Chair in Sleep Disorders Medicine and Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Pennsylvania State University, Milton S. Hersey Medical Center, Hershey, PA

Wednesday, January 17
noon-1 p.m.

Nitric Oxide for Sickle Cell Disease
Mark Gladwin, M.D., Physician Staff Scientist, Critical Care Medicine Department, CC and Laboratory of Chemical Biology, NIDDK Central Neuropathic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury Christine Sang, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Clinical Trials Program, Massachusettts General Hospital Pain Center, and Assistant Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Wednesday, January 24
noon-1 p.m.

Kaposi's Sarcoma: New Therapeutic Approaches
Robert Yarchoan, M.D., Chief, HIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, Division of Clinical Sciences, NCI

Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in Persons with HIV Infection: A Cure at Last?
Michael Polis, M.D., Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, NIAID

Wednesday, January 31
noon-1 p.m.

CLINICAL STAFF CONFERENCE

Approaches to Human Substance Abuse Vulnerability Genetics

George Uhl, M.D., Chief, Molecular Neurobiology Research Branch, Intramural Research Program, NIDA and Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Moderator

Past Rounds

All health-care professionals are invited to CC Grand Rounds. Participants will be provided state-or-the-art research on the latest scientific advances in the field of biomedical research. Lectures will be held in the Lipsett Amphitheater, First Floor, Clinic Building, (ACRF), Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland. Parking is very limited on the NIH campus, but Medical Center Station on the Red line is within a 10-minute walk of the Clinical Center.

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If you must drive, please park in the overflow lot. This is Mid-Pike Plaza, located north of NIH at Montrose Rd. and Rockville Pike. This lot is served by shuttle buses, which run to the Clinical Center every 20 minutes. Parking in the P-3 level of the ACRF garage is intended for patients, their visitors, and staff members with handicap-parking stickers.

The National Institutes of Health /The Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

The National Institutes of Health/The Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences, Inc. designates this continuing medical education activity for 1 hour per session up to a maximum of 48 hours in category 1 of the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he or she actually spent in the educational activity.

Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities: If you require special accomodations to participate, please provide information about your requirements to Clinical Center Communications at 301-496-2563 at least five business days in advance of lecture.