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    Grand Rounds

    Category 1 CME Programs

    Category 1 CME activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Institute for Medical Quality and the California Medical Association’s CME Accreditation Standards (IMQ/CMA) through the Joint Sponsorship of CME Consultants and Novato Community Hospital.

    Please be advised that this calendar is subject to change.
    Last Updated: August 30, 2011


    Rounds are held Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in the Wilkes Weseman Conference Rooms. Lunch is provided to NCH Medical Staff Members.

    Non-NCH Medical Staff Member physicians: A $10.00 fee will be charged for each CME credit earned and lunch.


    Continuing Medical Education
    Calendar of Events

    July – September 2011

    July 2011

    • July 6
      NO ROUNDS SCHEDULED

    • July 13
      Presented by: Susannah Cornes, M.D.
      Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
      Topic: “Epilepsy in the Elderly”

    • July 20
      To Be Announced

    • July 27
      Presented by: Michael Geschwind, M.D.
      Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
      Topic: To Be Announced
    August 2011
    • August 3
      NO ROUNDS SCHEDULED

    • August 10
      NO ROUNDS SCHEDULED

    • August 17
      NO ROUNDS SCHEDULED

    • August 24
      NO ROUNDS SCHEDULED

    • August 31
      NO ROUNDS SCHEDULED
    September 2011
    • September 7
      Presented by: David C.Tong, M.D., FAHA, FAAN
      Medical Director, California Pacific Medical Center, Director, Comprehensive Stroke Center, California Pacific Medical Center, Center for Stroke Research
      Topic: “Use of Telemedicine for Acute Stroke Treatment”

    • September 14
      Presented by: John Lee, M.D.
      Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology, CPMC, Chairman, Cancer Committee, CPMC, Residency Program, Director, Radiation Oncology, CPMC, Brachytherapy Director, CPMC, St. Francis Memorial Hospital & Seton Medical Center
      Topic: “Novel Treatments in Radiation Oncology”

    • September 21
      Presented by: Lawrence Lustig, M.D.
      Francis A Sooy, M.D., Endowed Chair in Otolaryngology, Division Chief of Otology & Neurotology, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
      Topic: “Cochlear Implants in 2011: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going”

    • September 28
      Presented by: Robert Rho, M.D., FACC
      Associate Professor, University of Washington School of Medicine, Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Catheter Ablation Program, University of Washington Medical Center and Regional Heart Center
      Topic: “Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators: Patient Selection, Expected Outcomes”

    October – December 2011

    October 2011

    • October 5
      Presented by: Nikole Neidlinger, M.D.
      Physician, Transplant Surgery, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco
      Topic: “CA Transplant Donor Network”

    • October 12
      Presented by: Lisa Orloff, M.D.
      Chief of Head & Neck & Endocrine Surgery, UCSF Medical Center
      Topic: “Thyroid Cancer Update”

    • October 19
      Presented by: Andrew Ko, M.D.
      Gastrointestinal Cancer Specialist, UCSF Medical Center
      Topic: “Gastric & Esophageal Cancer”

    • October 26
      Presented by: Andrew Boyle, M.D.
      Interventional Cardiologist, UCSF Heart and Vascular Center, UCSF Medical Center
      Topic: “Acute Coronary Syndrome”
    November 2011
    • November 2
      Presented by: Ernest Haeusslein, M.D.
      Medical Director, Cardiology, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco
      Topic: “Pulmonary Artery Hypertension”

    • November 9
      Presented by: Steven Hays, M.D.
      Administrative Medical Director, Respiratory Care, Novato Community Hospital, Member of Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation, Medical Director, The Center for Advanced Lung Diseases, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco
      Topic: “Interstitial Lung Disease”

    • November 16
      Presented by: Andy Auerbach, M.D.
      Hospitalist, UCSF Medical Center, Co-Director, Medical-Surgical Co-Management Service
      Topic: “Pre-Operative Examination of Surgical Patients”

    • November 23
      NO ROUNDS SCHEDULED

    • November 30
      NO ROUNDS SCHEDULED
    December 2011
    • December 7
      NO ROUNDS SCHEDULED

    • December 14
      NO ROUNDS SCHEDULED

    • December 21
      NO ROUNDS SCHEDULED

    • December 28
      NO ROUNDS SCHEDULED

    Please call the Medical Staff Office, (415) 209-1494, for information on current events.

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