UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

Emergency Medicine Residency

presents:

EMERGENCY MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS

Mercy Grand Rounds Tuesday, March 5, 2013

8:15 – 9:15 AM Angry Birds or Angry Patients – How to Diffuse a Ticking Timebomb

Gary Pollock, MD, FACEP, Associate Residency Director, University of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Residency, Attending Physician, UPMC Mercy

9:15 – 9:25 AM Rash of the Month

Sean Lee, MD, University of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Residency

9:25 – 9:50 AM Procedure of the Month

Brian Coné, MD, University of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Residency

9:50 – 10:00 AM Article of the Month

Joseph Yanta, MD, University of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Residency

10:00 – 10:15 AM X-Ray of the Month

Jeremiah Escajeda, MD, University of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Residency

Ophtho/ICU Thursday, March 7, 2013

8:00 – 9:00 AM Ophthalmology Made Easy

Evan Waxman, MD, Associate Professor, Vice Chair for Education, Ophthalmology, Director, UPMC Eye Center, UPMC Mercy

9:00 – 10:00 AM Epilepsy

Maria Baldwin, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC

10:00 – 11:00 AM Care of the Severely Burned Patient

Jenny Ziembicki, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Critical Care Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC Mercy

11:00 – 12:00 PM Chiefs Case Reviews

Jordan Guffin, MD, University of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Residency

Lindsey Tillack, MD, University of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Residency

Joseph Yanta, MD, University of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Residency

Thursday, March 14, 2013

8:00 – 9:00 AM Helicopter EMS

David Prigge, MD, University of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Residency

9:00 – 10:00 AM Does giving this lecture make me look fat?: ED Management of Stomach

Disorders

Peter Adler, MD, Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, UPMC Shadyside, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

10:00 – 11:00 AM EKGs: Is that a peaked T wave, or are you just dying to see me?

Todd Phillips, MD, University of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Residency

11:00 – 12:00 PM Morbidity & Mortality Case Conference

Kasia Bundyra, MD, University of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Residency

Thursday, March 21, 2013

8:00 – 9:00 AM Standardized Care and Randomized Clinical Trials: The Unspoken Problem with Evidence-Based Medicine

Mike Donnino, MD, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

9:00 – 10:00 AM F.A.S.T.: History, Utility, and the User

Neal Madhani, MD, University of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Residency

10:00 – 11:00 AM When Poo-Poo Hits the Fan: Resuscitation of the Critically Ill Pediatric Patient

Claire Broton, MD, University of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Residency

11:00 – 12:00 PM Morbidity & Mortality Case Conference

Jen Werner, MD, University of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Residency

EMS Thursday, March 28, 2013

8:00 – 9:00 AM Top Ten EMS Articles of 2012

Jon Rittenberger, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Research Director, University of Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Residency

9:00 – 10:00 AM Management of LVAD-related Emergencies

Robert L. Kormos, MD FRCS(C), FACS, FAHA, Director, Artificial Heart Program, Co-Director, Heart Transplant Program, Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Ashley Weimer, MSN, ACNP, Thoratec Corporation

10:00 – 11:00 AM Hospice Patients and the Emergency Room

Eva Reitschuler-Cross, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Palliative Care and

Medical Ethics, UPMC

Jennifer McLean Morgan, MSW, LCSW, Clinical Social Worker, Supportive and Palliative Care

Team

11:00 – 12:00 PM Prehospital Tools and Tricks

Micha Campbell, MD, Clinical Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Magee Women’s Hospital of UPMC

*** GRAND ROUNDS ARE HELD IN CLASSROOM 540-A, 230 McKee PLACE ***


The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, as part of the Consortium for Academic Continuing Medical Education, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

The Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences designates this continuing medical education activity for a maximum of 4 hours of Category 1 credit towards the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.