Cardiovascular Medicine Grand Rounds are Fridays from 8:00 am - 9:00 am in the ACTRI Building Conf. Room 1W-210. Due to recent COVID-19 restrictions, Grand Rounds will be held virtually. Please contact
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2021
January 29, 2021
"Cardiac Amyloidosis: The Future is Now"
Ahmad Masri, MD, MS
Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Oregon Health and Science University
February 5, 2021
"Rate or Rhythm Control in Atrial Fibrillation: Why? When? How?"
Vivek Reddy, MD
Helmsley Trust Professor of Medicine Director,
Cardiac Electrophysiology Mount Sinai School of Medicine
February 9, 2021
"Demystifying the Tricuspid Valve: Anatomy, Pathophysiology and Treatment"
Rebecca T. Hahn, MD, FACC, FESC, FASE
Professor of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center
February 26, 2021
"The Ischemia Trial, an updated look at stable ischemic heart disease"
Kevin Ting, MD & Antoinette Birs, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows,
University of California, San Diego
March 5, 2021
"Medical Decision Making in Heart Failure: Engaging Patients"
Larry Allen, MD, MHS
Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado
March 12, 2021
"Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in 2021 and Beyond"
Carolyn Ho MD
Medical Director, Cardiovascular Genetics Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital
March 19, 2021
"PARA-Gone with the Wind? Finding significance in a “negative” trial"
Patrick Azcarate, MD & Omid Behnamfar, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows,
University of California, San Diego
April 2, 2021
"Clinical Innovation and the Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias"
William Sauer, MD
Section Chief Cardiac Arrhythmia Service
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
April 9, 2021
"Cardiorenal Effects of SGLT2 Inhibitors: A New Tool in the Cardiologist Toolbox"
Darren K. McGuire, MD, MHSc
Distinguished Teaching Professor of Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Parkland Health and Hospital System
Dallas, TX
April 16, 2021
"Heart Failure with mildly reduced and Normal Ejection Fraction"
Scott D. Solomon, MD,
The Edward D. Frohlich Distinguished Chair,
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
April 23, 2021
"Autonomic Nervous System and Cardiac Arrhythmia"
Peng-Sheng Chen, MD
Editor-in-Chief,Heart Rhythm Journal
Burns&Allen Chair in Cardiology Research
Staff Physician III
Department of Cardiology, Smidt Heart Institute
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
April 30, 2021
"The Endothelium in Health and Disease"
John Keaney, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Victor J. Dzau Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
May 7, 2021
"Surgical and interventional therapeutics for CTEPH: History and UCSD's experience"
"Methamphetamine Associated Heart Failure (MethHC): A Unique UCSD Experience"
Abdullah Almasoud, MD & Marin Nishimura, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California, San Diego
May 10, 2021
"Surgical and interventional therapeutics for CTEPH: History and UCSD's experience"
"Contemporary updates on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation"
Jason Duran, MD, PhD & Danuiel Mangels, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California, San Diego
May 14, 2021
"Clinical Staging in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Approach to Risk Stratification and Management"
Jorge Silva Enciso, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Program
Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Transplant Cardiology
May 28, 2021
"STEMI: Cardioprotection during Myocardial Reperfusion" Dr. Govea
"Subclinical CVD and Primary Prevention: My Year in the T32" Dr. Bhatia
Alayn Govea, MD & Harpreet Bhatia, MD Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California, San Diego
September 17, 2021
"Finding the Vulnerable Plaque to Prevent Heart Attack"
David Erlinge, MD. PhD, FESC, FACC
Department Head of Cardiology
Lund University, Sweden
September 24, 2021
"DoReMi Trial: Music to our ears? Or a cacophony of sound?"
Antoinette Birs, MD & Anoop Muniyappa, MDCardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California, San Diego
October 1, 2021
"Antiplatelet Therapy After PCI: An overview of the Latest Evidence"
Roxana Mehran, MD, FACC, FAHA, MSCAI, RESC
Professor of Medicine in Cardiology and Population Health Science and Policy
Mount Sinai Professor in Cardiovascular Clinical Research and Outcomes
Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials
October 8, 2021
"Update on Omega-3 Fatty Acids"
Deepak Bhatt , MD, MPH Executive Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Programs
Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart & Vascular Center
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
October 15, 2021
"Improving risk assessment and streamlining the management of atrial fibrillation: Easy as ABC..."
Gregory YH Lip, MD, FRCP [London Edinburgh Glasgow], DFM, AFHEA, FACC, FESC, FEHRA
Price-Evans Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine,
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom;
Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Denmark;
Adjunct Professor, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Adjunct Professor, Seoul National University, South Korea
October 19, 2021
"Multimodality imaging guided therapy: New Therapeutics in Pericarditis"
Allan L. Klein MD, FRCP (C), FACC, FAHA, FASE, FESCProfesor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western University
Director, Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pericardial Disease
Section of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
October 29, 2021
"Functional Alterations of Coronary Circulation"
Professor Filippo Crea
Editor and Chief, European Heart Journal
Director, Cardiology Unit
A. Gemelli Foundation - IRCCS
Director, University Department of Cardiovascular and
Pneumological Sciences
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome Italy
November 5, 2021
"Long Covid and POTS: New Insights and Therapies"
Pam R. Taub, MD, FACC, FASPC
Profesor of Medicine
Director of Step Family Foundation Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Wellness Center
UC, San Diego Health System
November 12, 2021
"is One Month Enough? Abbreviated DAPT in High Risk Bleeding Patients Following PCI. Journal Club"
Gary Ma, MD & Tania Saul, MDCardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California, San Diego
November 19, 2021
"ECPR and Refractory Cardiac Arrest"
Demetri Yannopoulos, MDProfessor of Medicine & Emergency Medicine
Director, Center for Resuscitation Medicine
Interventional Cardiology
University of Minnesota