September 2019
Joint Anesthesia Conference
Grand Rounds Lecture Series
Mondays at 7:00 A.M
Location: Weill Cornell Medical College, Conference Room A-950 (unless otherwise noted)
September 2, 2019
No Grand Rounds in observance of Labor Day
September 9, 2019
September 16, 2019
"Patient Safety and Quality Improvement: Resident Driven Quality Improvement Projects”
Patricia Fogarty Mack, M.D.
Chair, Quality and Patient Safety (Anesthesiology)
Director, Non-Operating Room Anesthesiology
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
September 23, 2019
“Reducing Opioid Dependence after Major Spine Surgery”
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Invited Guest Speaker
Lauren K. Dunn, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
Division of Neuroanesthesia
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA
September 30, 2019
“Echo to the Rescue!”
David E. Morgan, III, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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Statement of Need: Advances in this field need to be presented to Weill Cornell faculty and other physicians on a regular basis as one means of promoting state-of-the-art health care for patients.
Target Audience: Weill-Cornell physicians in Anesthesiology, other interested physicians and health care providers, and students.
Course Objectives: Weill Cornell CME Activities are intended to lead to improved patient care and safety. By the conclusion of this series, physicians should have a better understanding of recent developments in Anesthesiology which in turn should lead to improvements in clinical practice.
Weill Cornell Medical College is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Weill Cornell Medical College designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
It is the policy of Weill Cornell Medical College to adhere to ACCME Essential Areas, Policies, and Standards for Commercial Support and content validation in order to ensure fair balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its sponsored programs. All faculty participating in sponsored programs are expected to disclose to the audience any potential, apparent, or real conflict of interest related to their contribution to the activity, and any discussions of off-label or investigational uses of any commercial products or devices not yet approved in the United States. All disclosures will be made to attendees prior to each presentation.
WCMC is accessible for individuals with disabilities or special needs. Participants with special needs are requested to contact the Office of CME at 212.746.2631.