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Ronald Reagan Medical Center | Santa Monica/UCLA Hospital

Ronald Reagan Medical Center - Wednesday Grand Rounds

 

Date

July 4, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

HOLIDAY - No Grand Rounds 


Date

July 11, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Jody Locke, MA 
ABC Vice President

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Marc Iravani, MD


 

Date

July 18, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Yue Ming Huang, EdD, MHS 
Adjunct Associate Professor
Education and Simulation Program
Director of Operations, UCLA Simulation Center
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Marc Iravani, MD


 

Date

July 25, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

WELLNESS GRAND ROUNDS
Johanna Klohn 
Chief Risk Officer, UCLA Health
UCLA Medical Center Risk Management

TOPIC: Malpractice Experience in Anesthesiology
Moderator: Marc Iravani, MD


Date

August 1, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Emily Methangkool, MD 
Assistant Clinical Professor 
Co-Director of Quality Assurance & Quality Improvement,
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA,
Ronald Reagan, UCLA Medical Center

Kenneth Kuchta, MD
Clinical Professor, Vascular Anesthesiology / Chair, Quality Improvement
Chief, Vascular Surgery Anesthesiology,
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 
Ronald Reagan, UCLA Medical Center

TOPIC: M&M: What's going on with QI? An Update from
QI Committee, 2018

Moderator: Christopher Wray, MD


Date

August 8, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Henry M. Honda, MD 
Professor of Medicine, Cardiology - UCLA Cardiovascular
Disease

William M. Suh, MD
Professor of Medicine, Cardiology - UCLA Interventional
Cardiology

Rami Alrezk, MD, MS, FACP
Professor of Medicine, UCLA Geriatrics Medicine

Nirav Kamdar, MD, MPP
Clinical Professor, UCLA Department of Anesthesiology 
and Perioperative Medicine

TOPIC: The Changing Field in Cardiac Preoperative
Evaluation
Moderator: Marc Iravani, MD


 

Date

August 15, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Daniel S. Levi, MD
Interventional Pediatric Cardiologist
UCLA Department of Pediatric Medicine, Pediatric
Cardiology

TOPIC: Update on Transcatheter Valve Therapy for
Congenital Heart Disease Objectives
Moderator: Marc Iravani, MD


 

Date

August 22, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

VISITING PROFESSOR PROGRAM
Holger K. Eltzschig, MD, PhD
Chairman, Professor of Anesthesiology, Surgery and
Biochemistry
John P. and Katherine G. McGovern Distinguished Chair
Director, Center for Perioperative Medicine 
Department of Anesthesiology, McGovern Medical School
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

TOPIC: Malpractice Experience in Anesthesiology
Moderator: Diana Hekmat, MD


 

Date

August 29, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Rajesh Kumar, PhD
Associate Professor In-Residence of Anesthesiology and
Perioperative Medicine
Director of Imaging
Member, Brain Research Institute 


TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Marc Iravani, MD


 

Date

September 5, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Juliana Barr, M.D., FCCM
Associate Professor 
Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Staff Anesthesiologist and Intensivist
VA Palo Alto Health Care System


TOPIC: Improving ICU Patient Outcomes and Reducing
Health Care Costs Using the ABCDEF Bundle
Moderator: Joseph Meltzer, MD


 

Date

September 12, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

John Shin, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Thoracic Anesthesiology
Chief, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
UCLA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative
Medicine
UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica

Eilon Gabel, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Director of Informatics Operations & Chief Data Architect,
Center of Excellence for Perioperative Analytics
UCLA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative
Medicine

TOPIC: EMR-based Clinical Decision Support to Improve
Patient Outcomes
Moderator: Marc Iravani, MD


 

Date

September 19, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Joseph Meltzer, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Critical Care
Chief, Critical Care Division
Medical Director, CTICU
UCLA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative
Medicine


TOPIC: M&M: TBA
Moderator: Christopher Wray, MD


 

Date

September 26, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Brent Ershoff, M.D., MS, MSCR
Assistant Professor in Residence
UCLA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative
Medicine

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Marc Iravani, MD


Date

October 3, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Michela Ottolia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Residence
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

TOPIC: The Cardiac NA-CA Exchanger and Arrhythmia: Friend or Foe
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.


 

Date

October 10, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Joseph W. Szokol, M.D.
VISITING PROFESSOR
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
NorthShore University Health-Evanston Hospital
Evanston, IL

TOPIC: The Safe Utilization of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents and Some Myths Regarding Such
Moderator: Diana Hekmat, M.D.


 

Date

October 17, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

NO GRAND ROUNDS - FACULTY AT ASA

 

Date

October 24, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Julie Cantor
Lecturer in Law
UCLA School of Law

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.


Date

October 31, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Ira Hofer, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

TOPIC: Using the Past to Predict the Future: Predicative Analytics in the Perioperative Period
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.


Date

November 7, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Andrew Disque, MD, MS
Assistant Clinical Professor
Chief, Equipment Committee

Reed Harvey, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor


Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Management of Pulmonary Hypertension and Anesthetic Risks
Moderator: Marc Iravani, MD


 

Date

November 14, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Nirav Kamdar, MD, MPP, MBA
Assistant Clinical Professor
Director of Quality
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Marc Iravani, MD


 

Date

November 21, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

COMBINED M&M GRAND ROUNDS WITH DEPT. OF SURGERY

TOPIC: TBA

Date

November 28, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Matthew Fischer, MD
Assistant Professor in Residence
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

TOPIC: Predictive Modelling for the Physician-Scientist: An Introduction to Supervised Learning
Moderator: Marc Iravani, MD

 


Date

December 5, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Laleh Jalilian, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Deparmtment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Dysbiosis in the Critically Ill: Microbiome Science Coming to the ICU Bedside
Moderator: Marc Iravani, MD


 

Date

December 12, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Julie Cantor, MD, JD
Lecturer in Law
UCLA School of Law

TOPIC: Issues in Law & Medicine: Obtaining Consent on Behalf of Patients Who Cannot Give It
Moderator: Marc Iravani, MD


Date

December 19, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Jack Buckley, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Director, Head and Neck Anesthesia
Associate Director, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Associate Director, Residency Program
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Vadim Gudzenko, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Associate Chief, Division of Critical Care
Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program
Medical Director, Perioperative ICU
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: M&M Conference: TBA
Moderator: Christopher Wray, MD


Date

December 26, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY - NO GRAND ROUNDS


Date

January 2, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY


 

Date

January 9, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

Clara Lajonchere, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Neurology
Deputy Director, Institute for Precision Health
University of California, Los Angeles

TOPIC: The Body as a Source of Big Data: From Research to Clinical Practice
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.


Date

January 16, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

Hugh C. Hemmings, M.D., Ph.D., FRCA
Senior Associate Dean for Research
Joseph F. Artusio, Jr. Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Department of Pharmacology
Weill Cornell Medicine
Anesthesiologist-in-Chief
New York-Presbyterian Hospital 

TOPIC: All Things are Poison: Antidotes in Anesthesia
Moderator: Susana Vacas, M.D.


Date

January 23, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

Soban Umar, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Residence of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Residency Research Coordinator
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.


 

Date

January 30, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

M&M 

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Christopher Wray, M.D.


Date

February 6, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

Jakun W. Ing, M.D., MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor, Pain Medicine
Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship Program
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Pain Management in the Setting of an Opioid Crisis
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.


 

Date

February 13, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

COMBINED WITH DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
Friedhelm Beyersdorf, M.D., Ph.D., FECTS
Professor of Surgery
Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery 
Heart Center Freiburg University, Germany 

TOPIC: Innovations in Total Body Resuscitation and Advances in the Surgical Treatment of End Stage Cardiac Disease
Moderator: Richard Shemin, M.D.


Date

February 20, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

COMBINED WITH ORTHOPEDIC DEPARTMENT
Wilton Levine, M.D.
Medical Director, Perioperative Services
Assistant Professor of Anesthesia
Anesthesia Department
Massachusetts General Hospital

TOPIC: Bringing Sustainable Change and Joy to your Operating Room
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.


 

Date

February 27, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

Bijan Navidi, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor 
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: NORA: Risks and Challenges
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.


Date

March 6, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

VISITING PROFESSOR PROGRAM
Roderic G. Eckenhoff, M.D.
Austin Lamont Professor of Anesthesia 
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care 
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

TOPIC: Why has Grandma never been the same after her surgery?
Moderator: Susana Vacas, M.D., Ph.D.


 

Date

March 13, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

COMBINED M&M WITH DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY

SPEAKERS & TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.


Date

March 20, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

WELLNESS GRAND ROUNDS
Elizabeth Bromley, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor-in-Residence, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

TOPIC: The hero's quest: Dynamics underlying physician suicide

Joseph Rosa III, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine (Retired)
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

TOPIC: Physician suicide: The silent epidemic
Moderator: Keren Ziv, M.D.


 

Date

March 27, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

Sumit Singh, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor, Critical Care
Medical Director, Surgical ICU, Greater Los Angeles VA Health System
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.


Date

April 3, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

VISITING PROFESSOR PROGRAM
Madhav Swaminathan, M.D., MBBS
Professor of Anesthesiology, with tenure at
Duke University School of Medicine Hospital
Vice President, American Society of Echocardiography

TOPIC: Teaching, Learning and Mentoring in the Age of Social Media
Moderator: Soban Umar, M.D., Ph.D.


 

Date

April 10, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

VISITING PROFESSOR PROGRAM
James P. Rathmell, M.D.
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Soban Umar, M.D., Ph.D.


Date

April 17, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

Jeieung Park, M.D.
Fellow Physician, Liver Transplantation Anesthesiology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Elaine Boydston, M.D.
Fellow Physician, Liver Transplantation Anesthesiology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Liver Transplant Anesthesia Service M&M
Moderator: Christopher Wray, M.D.


 

Date

April 24, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

COMBINED WITH DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
Siamak Rahman, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Regional Anesthesia
Director, Regional Anesthesia 
Director, Acute Pain Management
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Pain Management for surgical patients; adapting to the new environment
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.


Date

May 1, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

VISITING PROFESSOR PROGRAM
Seema Gandhi, M.D.
Associate Professor, Anesthesia
Director of Sustainability, Department of Anesthesia
University of California, San Francisco

TOPIC: Advancing Healthcare Sustainability: What is our role?
Moderator: Susana Vacas, M.D., Ph.D.


 

Date

May 8, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

VISITING PROFESSOR PROGRAM
Carlos Mantilla, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Professor of Anesthesiology & Physiology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Soban Umar, M.D., Ph.D.


Date

May 15, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

M&M

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Christopher Wray, M.D.


 

Date

May 22, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

Zarah Antongiorgi, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Anesthesiology, Critical Care
Medical Director, Post-Anesthesia Care Unit
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Laleh Jalilian, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Anesthesiology, Critical Care
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.


 

Date

May 29, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

Amir Naiberg, Associate Vice Chancellor
CEO & President
UCLA Technology Development Group

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.


Date

June 5, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

Judi Turner, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Associate Vice Chair for Education
Director, Residency Program
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Joe Hong, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Director, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology for Endocrine Surgery
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Joseph Meltzer, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Critical Care
Chief, Critical Care Division
Medical Director, CTICU
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: M&M: Landing the Plane: Some Recent Emergence Quandries and a Pro-Con Discussion on Deep Extubation
Moderator: Soban Umar, M.D., Ph.D.


 

Date

June 12, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

TBA

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.


Date

June 15, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

VISITING PROFESSOR PROGRAM
Vanila Singh, M.D., MACM
Chief Medical Officer
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of Medicine

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Diana Hekmat, M.D.


 

Date

June 26, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

Sara Crager, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine
Medical Director, Early Recognition and Emergency Response
UCLA Health | David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Right Provider, Right Patient, Right Time. I'll send you objectives shortly!
Moderator: Marc Iravani, M.D.


 

 

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Santa Monica/UCLA Hospital - Wednesday Grand Rounds

 

Date

July 4, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

HOLIDAY - No Grand Rounds


 

Date

July 11, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Jody Locke, MA 
ABC Vice President

TOPIC: Teleconference - TBA
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD


 

Date

July 18, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Yue Ming Huang, EdD, MHS 
Adjunct Associate Professor
Education and Simulation Program
Director of Operations, UCLA Simulation Center
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

TOPIC: Teleconference - TBA
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD


 

Date

July 25, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

WELLNESS GRAND ROUNDS
Johanna Klohn 

Chief Risk Officer, UCLA Health
UCLA Medical Center Risk Management

TOPIC: Teleconference - Malpractice Experience in Anesthesiology
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD


Date

August 1, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Emily Methangkool, MD 
Assistant Clinical Professor 
Co-Director of Quality Assurance & Quality Improvement,
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA,
Ronald Reagan, UCLA Medical Center

Kenneth Kuchta, MD
Clinical Professor, Vascular Anesthesiology / Chair, Quality Improvement
Chief, Vascular Surgery Anesthesiology,
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 
Ronald Reagan, UCLA Medical Center

TOPIC: M&M: What's going on with QI? An Update from
QI Committee, 2018

Moderator: Philip Morway, MD


Date

August 8, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Henry M. Honda, MD 
Professor of Medicine, Cardiology - UCLA Cardiovascular
Disease

William M. Suh, MD
Professor of Medicine, Cardiology - UCLA Interventional
Cardiology

Rami Alrezk, MD, MS, FACP
Professor of Medicine, UCLA Geriatrics Medicine

Nirav Kamdar, MD, MPP
Clinical Professor, UCLA Department of Anesthesiology 
and Perioperative Medicine

TOPIC: The Changing Field in Cardiac Preoperative
Evaluation
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD


 

Date

August 15, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Daniel S. Levi, MD
Interventional Pediatric Cardiologist
UCLA Department of Pediatric Medicine, Pediatric
Cardiology

TOPIC: Update on Transcatheter Valve Therapy for
Congenital Heart Disease Objectives
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD


 

Date

August 22, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

VISITING PROFESSOR PROGRAM
Holger K. Eltzschig, MD, PhD
Chairman, Professor of Anesthesiology, Surgery and
Biochemistry
John P. and Katherine G. McGovern Distinguished Chair
Director, Center for Perioperative Medicine 
Department of Anesthesiology, McGovern Medical School
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

TOPIC: Malpractice Experience in Anesthesiology
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD


 

Date

August 29, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Rajesh Kumar, PhD
Associate Professor In-Residence of Anesthesiology and
Perioperative Medicine
Director of Imaging
Member, Brain Research Institute 


TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD


 

Date

September 5, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Juliana Barr, M.D., FCCM
Associate Professor 
Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Staff Anesthesiologist and Intensivist
VA Palo Alto Health Care System


TOPIC: Improving ICU Patient Outcomes and Reducing
Health Care Costs Using the ABCDEF Bundle
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD


 

Date

September 12, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

John Shin, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Thoracic Anesthesiology
Chief, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
UCLA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative
Medicine
UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica

Eilon Gabel, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Director of Informatics Operations & Chief Data Architect,
Center of Excellence for Perioperative Analytics
UCLA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative
Medicine

TOPIC: EMR-based Clinical Decision Support to Improve
Patient Outcomes
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD


 

Date

September 19, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Joseph Meltzer, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Critical Care
Chief, Critical Care Division
Medical Director, CTICU
UCLA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative
Medicine


TOPIC: M&M: TBA
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD


 

Date

September 26, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Brent Ershoff, M.D., MS, MSCR
Assistant Professor in Residence
UCLA Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative
Medicine

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD


 

 

Date

October 3, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Michela Ottolia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Residence
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

TOPIC: The Cardiac NA-CA Exchanger and Arrhythmia: Friend or Foe
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

October 10, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Joseph W. Szokol, M.D.
VISITING PROFESSOR
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
NorthShore University Health-Evanston Hospital
Evanston, IL

TOPIC: The Safe Utilization of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents and Some Myths Regarding Such
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

October 17, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

NO GRAND ROUNDS - FACULTY AT ASA


 

Date

October 24, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Julie Cantor
Lecturer in Law
UCLA School of Law

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D


Date

October 31, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Ira Hofer, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

TOPIC: Using the Past to Predict the Future: Predicative Analytics in the Perioperative Period
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


Date

November 7, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Andrew Disque, MD, MS
Assistant Clinical Professor
Chief, Equipment Committee

Reed Harvey, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor


Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Management of Pulmonary Hypertension and Anesthetic Risks
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

November 14, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Nirav Kamdar, MD, MPP, MBA
Assistant Clinical Professor
Director of Quality
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

November 21, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

COMBINED M&M GRAND ROUNDS WITH DEPT. OF SURGERY

TOPIC: TBA

Date

November 28, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Matthew Fischer, MD
Assistant Professor in Residence
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

TOPIC: Predictive Modelling for the Physician-Scientist: An Introduction to Supervised Learning
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

December 5, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Laleh Jalilian, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Deparmtment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Dysbiosis in the Critically Ill: Microbiome Science Coming to the ICU Bedside
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD


 

Date

December 12, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Julie Cantor, MD, JD
Lecturer in Law
UCLA School of Law

TOPIC: Issues in Law & Medicine: Obtaining Consent on Behalf of Patients Who Cannot Give It
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD


 

Date

December 19, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

Jack Buckley, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Director, Head and Neck Anesthesia
Associate Director, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Associate Director, Residency Program
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

Vadim Gudzenko, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Associate Chief, Division of Critical Care
Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program
Medical Director, Perioperative ICU
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: M&M Conference: TBA
Moderator: Philip Morway, MD


 

Date

December 26, 2018

Lecturer/Topic

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY - NO GRAND ROUNDS


 

Date

January 2, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY


 

Date

January 9, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

Clara Lajonchere, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Neurology
Deputy Director, Institute for Precision Health
University of California, Los Angeles

TOPIC: The Body as a Source of Big Data: From Research to Clinical Practice
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

January 16, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

Hugh C. Hemmings, M.D., Ph.D., FRCA
Senior Associate Dean for Research
Joseph F. Artusio, Jr. Professor and Chair
Department of Anesthesiology
Department of Pharmacology
Weill Cornell Medicine
Anesthesiologist-in-Chief
New York-Presbyterian Hospital 

TOPIC: All Things are Poison: Antidotes in Anesthesia
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

January 23, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

Soban Umar, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Residence of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Residency Research Coordinator
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

January 30, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

M&M 

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


Date

February 6, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

Jakun W. Ing, M.D., MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor, Pain Medicine
Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship Program
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Pain Management in the Setting of an Opioid Crisis
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

February 13, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

COMBINED WITH DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
Friedhelm Beyersdorf, M.D., Ph.D., FECTS
Professor of Surgery
Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery 
Heart Center Freiburg University, Germany 

TOPIC: Innovations in Total Body Resuscitation and Advances in the Surgical Treatment of End Stage Cardiac Disease
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

February 20, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

COMBINED WITH ORTHOPEDIC DEPARTMENT
Wilton Levine, M.D.
Medical Director, Perioperative Services
Assistant Professor of Anesthesia
Anesthesia Department
Massachusetts General Hospital

TOPIC: Bringing Sustainable Change and Joy to your Operating Room
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

February 27, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

Bijan Navidi, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor 
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: NORA: Risks and Challenges
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


Date

March 6, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

VISITING PROFESSOR PROGRAM
Roderic G. Eckenhoff, M.D.
Austin Lamont Professor of Anesthesia 
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care 
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

TOPIC: Why has Grandma never been the same after her surgery?
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

March 13, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

COMBINED M&M WITH DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY

SPEAKERS & TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

March 20, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

WELLNESS GRAND ROUNDS
Elizabeth Bromley, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor-in-Residence, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

TOPIC: The hero's quest: Dynamics underlying physician suicide

Joseph Rosa III, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine (Retired)
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

TOPIC: Physician suicide: The silent epidemic
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

March 27, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

Sumit Singh, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor, Critical Care
Medical Director, Surgical ICU, Greater Los Angeles VA Health System
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: TBA

Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


Date

April 3, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

VISITING PROFESSOR PROGRAM
Madhav Swaminathan, M.D., MBBS
Professor of Anesthesiology, with tenure at
Duke University School of Medicine Hospital
Vice President, American Society of Echocardiography

TOPIC: Teaching, Learning and Mentoring in the Age of Social Media
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

April 10, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

VISITING PROFESSOR PROGRAM
James P. Rathmell, M.D.
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


Date

April 17, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

Jeieung Park, M.D.
Fellow Physician, Liver Transplantation Anesthesiology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Elaine Boydston, M.D.
Fellow Physician, Liver Transplantation Anesthesiology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Liver Transplant Anesthesia Service M&M
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

April 24, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

COMBINED WITH DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
Siamak Rahman, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Regional Anesthesia
Director, Regional Anesthesia 
Director, Acute Pain Management
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Pain Management for surgical patients; adapting to the new environment
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


Date

May 1, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

VISITING PROFESSOR PROGRAM
Seema Gandhi, M.D.
Associate Professor, Anesthesia
Director of Sustainability, Department of Anesthesia
University of California, San Francisco

TOPIC: Advancing Healthcare Sustainability: What is our role?
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

May 8, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

VISITING PROFESSOR PROGRAM
Carlos Mantilla, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Professor of Anesthesiology & Physiology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

May 15, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

M&M

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

May 22, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

Zarah Antongiorgi, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Anesthesiology, Critical Care
Medical Director, Post-Anesthesia Care Unit
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Laleh Jalilian, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Anesthesiology, Critical Care
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

May 29, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

Amir Naiberg, Associate Vice Chancellor
CEO & President
UCLA Technology Development Group

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator:  Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

June 5, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

Judi Turner, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Associate Vice Chair for Education
Director, Residency Program
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Joe Hong, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Director, Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology for Endocrine Surgery
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

Joseph Meltzer, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Critical Care
Chief, Critical Care Division
Medical Director, CTICU
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: M&M: Landing the Plane: Some Recent Emergence Quandries and a Pro-Con Discussion on Deep Extubation
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

June 12, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

TBA

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

June 19, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

VISITING PROFESSOR PROGRAM
Vanila Singh, M.D., MACM
Chief Medical Officer
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of Medicine

TOPIC: TBA
Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

Date

June 26, 2019

Lecturer/Topic

Sara Crager, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine
Medical Director, Early Recognition and Emergency Response
UCLA Health | David Geffen School of Medicine

TOPIC: Right Provider, Right Patient, Right Time. I'll send you objectives shortly!

Moderator: Philip Morway, M.D.


 

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