Upcoming Grand Rounds

August 2020 

Joint Anesthesia Conference

Grand Rounds Lecture Series

Mondays at 7:00 A.M

Location: Via Zoom (unless otherwise noted)   

 

August 3, 2020

“Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders and beyond”

Lisbeth Evered, MSc. Ph.D
Visiting Associate Professor of Neuroscience in Anesthesiology  
Department of Anesthesiology
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY

 

August 10, 2020

“Perioperative Acupuncture for Acute Pain Management”

Deirdre Kelleher, M.D.
Instructor in Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY

  

August 17, 2020

“Coagulopathy in COVID19”

James Littlejohn, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY

 

“Cornell Cardiogenic Shock Team” 

Natalia S. Ivascu, M.D. 
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology 
Chief, Critical Care Anesthesiology 
Medical Director, Cardiothoracic Surgical Intensive Care Unit 
Department of Anesthesiology 
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 

 

August 24, 2020

"Evidence based management of pediatric perioperative anxiety"

Anthony Longhini, M.D.
Instructor in Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY

Jayanth Swathirajan, M.D.
Instructor in Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY

 

August 31, 2020

“Resident Directed Quality Improvement Program Annual Update and EPIC Perioperative Blood Product Ordering” 

Patricia Fogarty Mack, M.D., FASA 
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Vice Chair, Patient Safety & Quality Improvement
Director, Non-Operating Room Anesthesiology 
Department of Anesthesiology 
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 

Melissa Cushing, M.D. 
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology 
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 

Robert DeSimone, M.D. 
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 

 

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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.