
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
The Role of Revascularization from Acute Shock to Stable Occlusion after Myocardial Infarction and Stable Ischemic Heart Disease
Judith S. Hochman, MD
Director, Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center
Clinical Chief, Leon Charney Division of Cardiology
Harold Snyder Family Professor of Cardiology
Co-Director, Clinical Translational Science Institute
New York University School of Medicine
7:30 AM: Jack D Weiler Hospital
Weiler Auditorium

Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Ulrich K. Schubart, MD, FACP
Professor of Medicine
Vice Chairman for Academic Affairs and Research
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Director, Endocrine and Diabetes Service
Jacobi Medical Center/North Bronx Health Network
7:30 AM: Weiler Auditorium
Jack D. Weiler Hospital
Einstein

Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Trials and Tribulations
Christopher M. O'Connor, MD, FACC, FACP, FESC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Director, Duke Heart Center
Acting Chief, Division of Caridology
Duke University Medical Center
7:30 AM: Cherhasky Auditorium, Montefiore Medical Center

Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Elimination of Coronary Heart Disease as a Public Health Problem by Diet and Lifestyle
Walter C. Willett, MD, MPh, DrPh
Fredrick John Stare Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition
Chair, Department of Nutrition and Department of Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health
7:30 AM: Montefiore-Einstein Center for Heart & Vascular Care, Cherhasky Auditorium

Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Paying for Performance: Experience Evidence and Future Prospects
Arnold M. Epstein, MD
Professor of Medicine and Professor of Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School
Professor of Health Policy and Management and John H. Foster Professor of
Health Policy and Management
Harvard School of Public Health
Senior Physician
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
7:30 AM: Weiler Auditorium, Jack D. Weiler Hospital

Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Contribution of Cardiac PET/CT for the Detection and Monitoring of CAD/Coronary Vascular Health
Thomas Hellmut Schindler, MD
Associate Professor
Deputy Head Physician
Division of Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac PET/CT
Department of Specialties
Medical Faculty
University Hospitals of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland
7:30 AM: Weiler Auditorium, Weiler Hospital (Einstein)

Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Cardiology Grand Rounds: Exercise Physiology and Rehab in Heart Failure
Ileana L Piña, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA
Associate Chair of Academic Affairs
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Professor of Population Health
Montefiore-Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care
7:30 AM: Cherkasky Auditorium (Montefiore Medical Center)
8:30 am: Fellows Session, Fellows Conference Room

Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Cardiology Grand Rounds: Diabetes and Heart Disease - Update 2011
Michael Farkouh, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACC
Professor of Medicine
University of Toronto
Associate Professor of Medicine/Cardiology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Staff Physician and Director of Clinical Trials
Division of Cardiology
UHN/MSH Scientist
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON
7:30 AM: Weiler Auditorium (Einstein)
8:30 am: Fellows Session, Weiler Auditorium

Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Cardiology Grand Rounds - Complex Mitral Valve Repair: Mastering an Art
Robert E. Michler, MD
Professor, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Professor, Department of Surgery
Chair, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Chair, Department of Surgery
Samuel Belkin Professorial Chair (YU)
Director of the Montefiore-Einstein Heart Center
7:30 AM: Weiler Auditorium, Jack D. Weiler Hospital (Einstein)

Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Cardiology Grand Rounds - Antihypertensive Therapy: Facts, Fads, Fiction and Pascal’s Wager
Franz H. Messerli, MD, FACC
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Medical Director, Division of Research
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
7:30 AM: Weiler Auditorium, Jack D. Weiler Hospital, Einstein

Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Cardiac Arrhythmia Management in Heart Failure
Hasan Garan, MD, MS, AB
Professor of Medicine
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Division
Director of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Residency Program
New York Presbyterian Medical Center
7:30 AM: Weiler Auditorium, Einstein

Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Evidence-Based Management of Valvular Heart Disease
Robert O. Bonow, MD
Max and Lilly Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Cardiology
Vice-Chairman, Department of Medicine
Director at the Center for Cardio-vascular Innovation
Attending Physician, Department of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago IL
7:30 AM: Cherhasky Auditorium, Montefiore Medical Center
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Cardiology Grand Rounds: Fellows Panel
Drs. Iosif Kelesidis, Saurahb Jha, and Bill Hsieh
3rd Year Cardiology Fellows
7:30 AM: Cherhasky Auditorium, Montefiore Medical Center

Tuesday, October 04, 2011
The NHLBI-Sponsored Wise Study
C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Director Women's Heart Center
Director Preventive and Rehabilitative Cardiac Center
Women's Guild Endowed Chair in Women's Health
Heart Institute Women's Heart Center in Los Angeles, CA
7:30 AM: Cherhasky Auditorium, Montefiore Medical Center

Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Cardiology Grand Rounds: Selection of Therapies for Patients with Advanced Heart Failure
Donna M. Mancini, MD
Professor of Medicine
Presbyterian Hospital, Department of Medicine
Columbia University, School of Medicine
Director of Heart Failure and Transplant
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Designated Choudrie Professor of Cardiology
7:30 AM: Weiler Auditorium (Einstein)

Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Cardiology Grand Rounds: Three-Dimensional Echocardiography in Transcatheter Repair of Structural Heart Disease
Itzhak Kronzon, MD, FACC, FACP, FASE, FAHA, FESC
Associate Chairman, Director of Cardiac Imaging
Lenox Hill Hospital
Clinical Professor of Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
7:30 AM: Weiler Auditorium (Einstein)

Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Cardiology Grand Rounds: Non-invasive Imaging of Atherosclerosis from Promise to Practice
Mario J. Garcia, MD, FACC, FACP
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Co-Director, Montefiore-Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care
Professor of Medicine and Radiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
7:30 AM: Weiler Auditorium (Einstein)