Dr. Matthew Cavender, Improving Outcomes Through Cardiovascular Research: “We wanted to determine what therapies are cardiovascular specific that can improve outcomes with patients with diabetes. On the flip side, we considered drugs primarily geared toward treating diabetes that could be effective in patients with coronary disease.”
Topic: Sports Cardiology 2017: Recent Progress, Future ChallengesSpeaker: Aaron Baggish, MD. Associate Professor of Medicine & Director, Cardiovascular Performance Program, Harvard University
In Episode Nine of “Autoimmune Disease: Pieces of the Picture,” R. Balfour Sartor, MD, explains how the state of our microbiome affects disease.
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Dr. Ned Sharpless is the Director of the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and a practicing oncologist. He runs a 15-person basic science group that employs genetically engineered mice to study cancer and aging. His research has focused on how normal cells age and undergo malignant conversion. Dr. Sharpless discovered a fundamental biological link between cancer … Read more
Darren DeWalt Investigates Aspirin Dosing for People with Coronary Heart Disease Darren DeWalt, MD, MPH, is the site PI for Aspirin Dosing: A Patient-centric Trial Assessing Benefits and Long-Term Effectiveness (ADAPTABLE). In addition to Dr. DeWalt, others in the Department of Medicine that are participating include Joe Rossi in Cardiology and Tim Carey in … Read more
Speakers: Michael Yeung, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine; Lucius Howell, MD, Cardiology Fellow; and Joshua Vega, MD, Cardiology Fellow (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)Topic: UNC/Project Health for Leon: Interventional/Surgical Brigade 2017, planning and executing cardiac procedures in the developing nation of Nicaragua.
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Dr. Ronald Falk’s lifelong career has been the study of autoimmune kidney disease and ANCA vasculitis. His research has led to a deeper understanding of the causes and conditions that may lead to the development of ANCA vasculitis in an effort to improve the lives of those patients afflicted with vasculitis and autoimmune kidney diseases. … Read more
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