Last November, thousands of eager hepatologists descended on Boston to attend the AASLD Liver Meeting. While there was an enormous amount of hepatology information presented, one intrepid GI fellow, Ponni Perumalswami MD, has compiled a …
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Grand Rounds: “Insulin Resistance: Implications for Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes”
February 26, 2008
Commentary by Melissa Freeman MD, PGY2
This week’s Grand Rounds was delivered by Dr. Gerald Shulman, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P. Professor of Internal Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Physiology and Investigator at the …
Bedside Rounds Series: Goiter
February 21, 2008Commentary by Kristin Remus MD, PGY-3, and Judith Brenner MD, Associate Program Director, NYU Internal Medicine Residency Program
The purpose of the physical diagnosis series is to review the origins, pathophysiology and actual techniques of common physical diagnoses. Our hopes are to renew interest in an area of medicine that is …
Measles Alert!
February 20, 2008
Commentary by Rosemary Adamson MD, PGY-2
Be on the look-out for measles! New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) issued a measles alert at the end of last November because there were …
Grand Rounds: “Fibromyalgia and Homeopathy: Holmes, Hogwarts and the Prince of Wales”
February 14, 2008Commentary by Nitasha Sarswat MD, PGY-3Â
This week’s Medicine Grand Rounds speaker was Gerald Weissmann, MD, a familiar face at Bellevue/NYU. He is a professor of rheumatology, the former chairman of …
A New Path for the ACCORD (The Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes) trial: Does Being Sweeter Save Lives?
February 8, 2008
Commentary by Melissa Freeman MD, Endocrinology Section Editor
The ACCORD trial is an ongoing 5-year, North American, randomized study that began in 2001 to evaluate potential interventions to decrease cardiovascular (CV) events …
Mystery Quiz- The Answer
February 6, 2008Posted By: Vivian Hayashi, MD, Instructor of Clinical Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Robert Smith, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Division Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
The answer to the mystery quiz is lung cancer, in particular, adenocarcinoma with a predominantly bronchoalveolar cell pattern (BAC). The clue to the mystery was …
Meeting Perspectives: American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2007- Report from the cardiology fellows
January 31, 2008
Commentary By: Steven Sedlis, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Cardiology Manhattan Veterans Administration Medical Center
This year’s AHA meeting was held in November in Orlando Florida. The cardiology …