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Medicine Grand Rounds, M. Sue Kirkman, MD, “Prediabetes: What’s All the Fuss?

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M. Sue Kirkman, MD, is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of North Carolina and Medical Director of the UNC Diabetes Care Center’s Clinical Trials Unit. She is site principal investigator of several clinical trials including the NIDDK-funded GRADE study, for which she also serves as co-chair of … Read more

Kathleen A. Cooney, MD, Duke University, “Genetic Susceptibility for Prostate Cancer”

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Kathleen A. Cooney, MD, is chair of the Duke Department of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Cooney specializes in the care of men with advanced prostate cancer, and is a physician scientist investigating the genetic epidemiology of prostate cancer. She earned her MD from the University of Pennsylvania, and trained in Internal Medicine and … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds–Jane Little, MD, “Sickle Cell Disease in the Modern Era”

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Jane Little, MD, is professor of medicine in the division of hematology and oncology, and director of the UNC Sickle Cell Disease Program. Dr. Little recently joined the department of medicine after serving as professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University's School of Medicine.  Her research interests include red cell adhesion and hypoxia. Dr. … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds–Marc Humbert, MD, PhD, “The Future of Pulmonary Hypertension Diagnosis and Treatment”

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Marc Humbert, MD, PhD, is Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the South Paris University (Université Paris-Saclay) in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France. He is the Director of the French National Reference Center for Pulmonary Hypertension and Chief of the Department of Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine, Hôpital Bicêtre, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris. He was Chief Editor … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds, Louis Bridges, MD, PhD, “Big Data Approaches to Improving Our Understanding of Rheumatoid Arthritis”

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Louis Bridges, Jr., MD, PhD is Anna Lois Waters Endowed Professor of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and has served as Director of the UAB Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology since 2009. He is also the Director of the UAB Comprehensive Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, Bone, and Autoimmunity Center. His research has been … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds, Jennifer McEntee and Andrew Lobonc, “Ketamine for Acute Pain: Fast Facts and the UNC Landscape”

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Jennifer McEntee, MD, MPH, MA, is assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics in the division of hospital medicine, and associate chief for clinical operations at UNC Hospital's Hillsborough Campus. Her specialty focus includes general pediatrics and adolescent medicine, hospice and palliative medicine, and pediatric palliative care.  Andrew Lobonc, MD, is assistant professor of anesthesiology at … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds, Carole Warnes, MD, “Heart Disease and Pregnancy–What Practitioners Should Know”

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Dr. Carole Warnes is the Penske Foundation Professor of Clinical Medicine and a consultant in the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases and Pediatric Cardiology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She received her medical degree from Newcastle upon Tyne University in England and then after general medical training pursued cardiology training in London at the National … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds – Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD

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Dr. Roy-Chaudhury is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and Co-Director of the UNC Kidney Center. He currently leads a translational research program in uremic vascular biology funded through the National Institutes of Health, the Veterans Administration research program, and through industry grants. Dr. Roy-Chaudhury has published over 175 papers, and … Read more

Medicine Grand Rounds – Philip Mackowiak, MD, MBA, University of Maryland

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Dr. Philip Mackowiak is Emeritus Professor of Medicine and the Carolyn Frenkil and Selvin Passen History of Medicine Scholar-in-Residence at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is a Master of the American College of Physicians (ACP) and … Read more