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Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Nigil Haroon “John B. Winfield Visiting Scholar” presents: “The New Age of Spondyloarthritis Care: Unpacking Two Decades of Transformation in Ancient Disease”

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Dr Nigil Haroon is a world-renowned rheumatologist and clinical immunologist located in Toronto, Canada. He is a Clinician Scientist at the University Health Network, the largest research hospital in Canada with over 17,000 active staff members (ranked top 5 in the world). He is an associate professor of medicine and rheumatology at the University of … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Clare Mock presents: “From Just Culture to the Criminalization of Human Error: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the current state of Patient Safety in the US”

Clare Mock, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine at UNC. Her primary academic interests are in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement, with an emphasis on responding to and learning from medical errors. Her other interests are professionalism in medicine and working to create more efficient and effective processes and workflows. Dr Mock … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds- “2023 Merrimon Lecture” I. Glenn Cohen presents: Integrating Artificial Intelligence Into Health Care: Ethical and Legal Challenges

Prof. Cohen is one of the world’s leading experts on the intersection of bioethics (sometimes also called “medical ethics”) and the law, as well as health law. He also teaches civil procedure. He has advised the U.S. Vice President on reproductive rights, discussed medical AI policy with members of the Korean Congress, and lectured to … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Thomas Nasca presents: “Discussion of Professionalism”

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Thomas J. Nasca, MD, MACP is president and chief executive officer of the ACGME; Professor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College; and senior scholar in the Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Medicine. Dr. Nasca graduated from the University of Notre Dame with High Honors and is an Alpha Omega Alpha … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Furman McDonald presents: “Evidence Based Education: Medical Knowledge, Acquisition and Associations with Patient Relevant Outcomes”

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Dr. McDonald, a board-certified internist and Senior Vice President for Academic and Medical Affairs at the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) provides physician leadership for the effective functioning of the ABIM Council and Specialty Boards, graduate medical education (GME)–related leadership, and oversight for the consistent quality/integrity of ABIM’s certification programs. In these roles, he … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody presents: “Developing Precision Medicine Approaches in Psychiatry– Research Innovation to Improve Treatment of Perinatal Depression”

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Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, MPH is the Assad Meymandi Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  She also directs the UNC Center for Women’s Mood Disorders. As Chair, Dr. Meltzer-Brody directs one of the largest public university departments of psychiatry in the United States and … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds: Dr. Alex Duncan presents: “The Clap is back: Challenges and Progress towards a Gonorrhea Vaccine that is Needed Now More Than Ever.”

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My lab focuses on studies of the molecular mechanisms by which pathogens interaction with host immune responses influence infection pathogenesis. Our lab began with studies of the activation of the family of innate immune signaling proteins known as NOD-like receptors (NLRs) by bacterial pathogens. Our lab has focused on studying the molecular mechanisms of NLR … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds: Dr. Anthony Comuzzie presents: “Beyond the Bench or Bedside: Advocating for Access to Evidence-Based Obesity Care.”

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Dr. Comuzzie is the CEO of The Obesity Society, the leading professional scientific organization devoted to obesity.  He is a world-renowned obesity researcher and scientist, having previously spent nearly 25 years on the faculty of Genetics at Texas Biomedical Research Institute where his research focused on the genetic epidemiology of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Amanda Nelson presents: ” A discussion on the application of AI tools to answer clinical questions around diagnosis, phenotyping, prognosis, and precision medicine using examples from investigators at UNC.”

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Dr. Nelson is a board-certified internist and rheumatologist with a Masters in Clinical Research in Epidemiology. She spends one day per week in the clinic, divided between general rheumatology and musculoskeletal ultrasound, and is involved in fellow education and mentoring. Her research is focused on a variety of aspects of imaging in osteoarthritis (OA), including … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds- Dr. Samuel Wilson presents: “Transformative therapies for Sickle Cell disease are here: Where do we go next?”

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Dr. Samuel Wilson is a clinical assistant professor in the Division of Hematology at UNC. His research interests include understanding and improving the health outcomes of people living with sickle cell disease (SCD), with a focus on young adults. He is currently studying how to better manage iron overload in SCD, and is developing biomarkers … Read more