Cardiovascular Medicine Grand Rounds

Cardiovascular Medicine Grand Rounds are Fridays from 8:00 am - 9:00 am.

Please contact Margo Relaford for questions or to be added to our email list.

Upcoming Grand Rounds

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Holiday Break

Break until 1/6/2023

AY 2022-2023 Grand Rounds (past)

November 4, 2022
“Picture perfect: the role of coronary CT in patients with stable chest pain”

Andrew Lin, MD & Emily Nguyen, MD/PhD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California San Diego

ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
October 28, 2022
“Contemporary Perspectives on Moderate Aortic Stenosis”

Dr. Nicolas Van Mieghem, MD, PhD
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Netherlands

ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
October 21, 2022

"Cardiac MRI in Patients with Chest Pain-State of the Art and the Future”

Matthias G. Friedrich MD, FESC FACC, FSCMR
Cardiologist, Chief, Cardiovascular Imaging
McGill University Health Centre
Scientific Director, Courtois Cardiovascular Signature Program

ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
October 14, 2022
“Evolution of anti-obesity therapy: the birth of another chronic cardiometabolic disease ”

Eduardo Grunvald, MD, FACP
Medical Director, Center for Advanced Weight Management
UCSD Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Minimally Invasive Surgery

ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
October 7, 2022
“REVIVE-ing Myocardium: A deeper look into the REVIVED-BCIS Trial”
Dr. Daniel Chu & Dr. Musa Shakoor
Cardiology Fellows
University of California San Diego

ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
September 30, 2022

"Neurosurgical Innovation in the Academic Ecosystem: Challenges, Opportunities, and the UC San Diego Experience”

Dr. Alexander Khalessi
Professor & Chair
Neurological Surgery
University of California San Diego

ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
September 23, 2022

"Cardiovascular Care for the LGBTQ+ Community Today”

Dr. Matthew Carazo
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Adult Congenital Heart Program
University of California San Diego

ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
September 16, 2022

”A Valorous Effort: A Breakthrough in HOCM Therapy”

Dr. Tania Saul & Dr. Sonya John
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California San Diego

ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom
September 9, 2022

”Challenges and Opportunities in Cardiovascular Clinical Trials”

Ori Ben-Yehuda, MD, FACC
Clinical Professor of Medicine, UC San Diego
Executive Director, Cardiovascular Research Foundation

ACTRI Auditorium (Rm 1W-210) & Zoom

AY 2021-2022 Grand Rounds (past)

May 27, 2022
The Evolving Landscape of Hyperlipidemia Management in 2022 (Dr. Chindhy)
AND
The Predictive Value of Respiratory Rate: Beyond “Shortness of Breath (Dr. Torres Barba)
Shahzad Chindhy, MD & David Torres Barba, MD, PhD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California San Dieg
May 20, 2022
Cardiac Genetic Evaluation: Is it practical or purely academic? (Dr. Quan Bui)
AND
The Role of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA) (Dr. Kevin Ting)
Quan Bui, MD & Kevin Ting, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California San Diego
May 13, 2022
2018 ACHD Guidelines: Summary and Challenges
Arwa Saidi, MB, BCh, FACC
Professor, Department of Pediatrics & Internal Medicine
University of Florida
May 6, 2022
New and Emerging Lipid-Lowering Therapies
Michael Wilkinson, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Cardiovascular Diseases
University of California San Diego
April 29, 2022

Radiation Associated Cardiac Disease: A Gray Area (Dr. Azcarate)
AND
Medical Education: 3D take on new opportunities (Dr. Bhatia)

Dr. Patrick Azcarate & Dr. Prerana Bhatia
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California San Diego
April 22, 2022

The Rationale for Coronary Revascularization in Stable Ischemic Heart Disease: The CHIP Premise

Ajay J. Kirtane, MD, SM
Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center
Chief Academic Officer, Columbia Interventional Cardiovascular Care
Director, NYP/Columbia Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
April 15, 2022

Cardio-Obstetrics: An Emerging Field in Cardiology

Candice Silversides, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
Editor-in-Chief, JACC Advances
April 8, 2022

Female Specific Risk Factors That Enhance Women’s Cardiovascular Risk Across the Lifespan

Erin D. Michos, MD, MHS, FAHA, FACC, FASE, FASPC
Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology
Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology
John Hopkins, School of Medicine
April 1, 2022

Shockingly Effective: The Use of Subcutaneous ICD

Dr. Omar Aldaas & Dr. Andrew Lin
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California San Diego
March 18, 2022

SGLT2 Inhibitors - Sweet Success for the Diabetic Heart
Sunder Mudaliar, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California San Diego
Staff Physician VA San Diego Healthcare System
March 11, 2022

Patient-Reported Outcomes in Heart Failure: Using the Patients’ Voice in Clinical Trials, Quality Assessment and Clinical Care
John Spertus, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA
Daniel Lauer/Missouri Endowed Chair and Professor University of Missouri – Kansas City
Clinical Director of Outcomes Research
Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute
March 4, 2022

Robotic Cardiovascular Interventions
Ehtisham Mahmud, MD, FACC, MSCAI
Edith and William Perlman Chair in Cardiology
Professor and Division Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine
Executive Director, UCSD Cardiovascular Institute-Medicine
University of California, San Diego
February 25, 2022

The CLICK Trial: Reconsidering Chlorthalidone in CKD4

Dr. Candace Jackson & Dr. Bryan Wu
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California San Diego
February 18, 2022

The Latest Outcomes in CABANA

Douglas L. Packer, MD
Professor of Medicine, Mayo
John M. Nasseff, Sr., Professorship in Cardiology
Director, Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology Research Laboratories
February 11, 2022

Amyloidosis Center of Excellence: The UC San Diego Health Experience
Marcus Anthony Urey, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Diego
February 4, 2022

PVCs, Cardiomyopathies and Sudden Death
William Stevenson, MD
Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University
January 28, 2022

Limits of the New Heart Failure ‘Paradigm’? Reconsidering Sacubitril/Valsartan in Advanced Heart Failure and the Story of One Trial’s Struggle With the COVID Pandemic: The LIFE Trial

Dr. Alison Brann & Dr. John Power
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California San Diego
January 21, 2022

Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement
Mayra Guerrero MD, FACC, FSCAI, FESC Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Associate Program Director, Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship
Vice Chair of Diversity and Inclusion, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
January 14, 2022

New Standards for the Medical Care of Heart Failure
Dr. Jim Januzzi, Mass General
Hutter Family Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
January 7, 2022

A Medley of Two Topics about Thinking Differently
Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM
Harold H. Hines, Jr. Professor of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
Director, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation
Yale New Haven Hospital
November 19, 2021

ECPR and Refractory Cardiac Arrest
Demetri Yannopoulos, MD

Professor of Medicine & Emergency Medicine

Director, Center for Resuscitation Medicine

Interventional Cardiology

University of Minnesota
November 12, 2021

Is One Month Enough? Abbreviated DAPT in High Risk Bleeding Patients Following PCI. Journal Club
Gary Ma, MD & Tania Saul, MD

Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California, San Diego
November 5, 2021

Long Covid and POTS: New Insights and Therapies
Pam R. Taub, MD, FACC, FASPC

Profesor of Medicine

Director of Step Family Foundation Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Wellness Center

UC San Diego Health System
October 29, 2021

Functional Alterations of Coronary Circulation
Professor Filippo Crea
Editor and Chief, European Heart Journal Director, Cardiology Unit A. Gemelli Foundation - IRCCS Director, University Department of Cardiovascular and Pneumological Sciences Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome Italy
October 19, 2021

Multimodality Imaging Guided Therapy: New Therapeutics in Pericarditis
Allan L. Klein MD, FRCP (C), FACC, FAHA, FASE, FESC

Profesor of Medicine

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western University

Director, Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pericardial Disease

Section of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine

Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
October 15, 2021

Improving Risk Assessment and Streamlining the Management of Atrial Fibrillation: Easy as ABC...
Gregory YH Lip, MD, FRCP [London Edinburgh Glasgow], DFM, AFHEA, FACC, FESC, FEHRA

Price-Evans Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine,

University of Liverpool, United Kingdom;

Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Denmark;
Adjunct Professor, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

Adjunct Professor, Seoul National University, South Korea
October 8, 2021

Update on Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Deepak Bhatt , MD, MPH

Executive Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Programs

Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart & Vascular Center
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
October 1, 2021

Antiplatelet Therapy After PCI: An Overview of the Latest Evidence

Roxana Mehran, MD, FACC, FAHA, MSCAI, RESC
Professor of Medicine in Cardiology and Population Health Science and Policy

Mount Sinai Professor in Cardiovascular Clinical Research and Outcomes

Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials
September 24, 2021

DoReMi Trial: Music to our Ears? Or a Cacophony of Sound?
Antoinette Birs, MD & Anoop Muniyappa, MD

Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows

University of California, San Diego
September 17, 2021

Finding the Vulnerable Plaque to Prevent Heart Attack
David Erlinge, MD. PhD, FESC, FACC

Department Head of Cardiology

Lund University, Sweden

AY 2020-2021 Grand Rounds (past)

May 28, 2021

STEMI: Cardioprotection During Myocardial Reperfusion Dr. Govea

Subclinical CVD and Primary Prevention: My Year in the T32 Dr. Bhatia
Alayn Govea, MD & Harpreet Bhatia, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows

University of California, San Diego
May 14, 2021

Clinical Staging in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Approach to Risk Stratification and Management

Jorge Silva Enciso, MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine

Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Program

Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Transplant Cardiology
May 10, 2021

Surgical and Interventional Therapeutics for CTEPH: History and UCSD's Experience

Contemporary Updates on Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Jason Duran, MD, PhD & Daniel Mangels, MD

Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows

University of California, San Diego
May 7, 2021

Surgical and Interventional Therapeutics for CTEPH: History and UCSD's experience

Methamphetamine Associated Heart Failure (MethHC): A Unique UCSD Experience

Abdullah Almasoud, MD & Marin Nishimura, MD

Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows

University of California, San Diego
April 30, 2021

The Endothelium in Health and Disease

John Keaney, MD

Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Victor J. Dzau Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School
April 23, 2021

Autonomic Nervous System and Cardiac Arrhythmia

Peng-Sheng Chen, MD

Editor-in-Chief,Heart Rhythm Journal

Burns&Allen Chair in Cardiology Research

Staff Physician III

Department of Cardiology, Smidt Heart Institute

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
April 16, 2021

Heart Failure With Mildly Reduced and Normal Ejection Fraction

Scott D. Solomon, MD,

The Edward D. Frohlich Distinguished Chair,

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School,

Brigham and Women’s Hospital
April 9, 2021

Cardiorenal Effects of SGLT2 Inhibitors: A New Tool in the Cardiologist Toolbox

Darren K. McGuire, MD, MHSc

Distinguished Teaching Professor of Medicine

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Parkland Health and Hospital System

Dallas, TX
April 2, 2021

Clinical Innovation and the Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias

William Sauer, MD

Section Chief Cardiac Arrhythmia Service

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Harvard Medical School
March 19, 2021

PARA-Gone With the Wind? Finding Significance in a “Negative” Trial
Patrick Azcarate, MD & Omid Behnamfar, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows,
University of California, San Diego
March 12, 2021

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in 2021 and Beyond
Carolyn Ho MD
Medical Director, Cardiovascular Genetics Center
Brigham and Women's Hospital
March 5, 2021

Medical Decision Making in Heart Failure: Engaging Patients
Larry Allen, MD, MHS
Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado
February 26, 2021

The Ischemia Trial, an Updated Look at Stable Ischemic Heart Disease
Kevin Ting, MD & Antoinette Birs, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows,
University of California, San Diego
February 9, 2021

Demystifying the Tricuspid Valve: Anatomy, Pathophysiology and Treatment
Rebecca T. Hahn, MD, FACC, FESC, FASE
Professor of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center
February 5, 2021

Rate or Rhythm Control in Atrial Fibrillation: Why? When? How?
Vivek Reddy, MD
Helmsley Trust Professor of Medicine Director,
Cardiac Electrophysiology Mount Sinai School of Medicine
January 29, 2021

Cardiac Amyloidosis: The Future is Now
Ahmad Masri, MD, MS
Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Oregon Health and Science University

Cardiovascular Medicine Grand Rounds

Upcoming Grand Rounds

Holiday Break

AY 2022-2023 Grand Rounds (past)

November 4, 2022

October 28, 2022

October 21, 2022

October 14, 2022

October 7, 2022

Dr. Daniel Chu & Dr. Musa ShakoorCardiology FellowsUniversity of California San Diego

September 30, 2022

Dr. Alexander KhalessiProfessor & ChairNeurological SurgeryUniversity of California San Diego

September 23, 2022

Dr. Matthew CarazoAssistant Professor of MedicineAdult Congenital Heart ProgramUniversity of California San Diego

September 16, 2022

Dr. Tania Saul & Dr. Sonya JohnCardiovascular Medicine FellowsUniversity of California San Diego

September 9, 2022

Ori Ben-Yehuda, MD, FACCClinical Professor of Medicine, UC San DiegoExecutive Director, Cardiovascular Research Foundation

AY 2021-2022 Grand Rounds (past)

May 27, 2022

Shahzad Chindhy, MD & David Torres Barba, MD, PhDCardiovascular Medicine FellowsUniversity of California San Dieg

May 20, 2022

Quan Bui, MD & Kevin Ting, MDCardiovascular Medicine FellowsUniversity of California San Diego

May 13, 2022

Arwa Saidi, MB, BCh, FACCProfessor, Department of Pediatrics & Internal MedicineUniversity of Florida

May 6, 2022

Michael Wilkinson, MDAssistant Professor of MedicineCardiovascular DiseasesUniversity of California San Diego

April 29, 2022

Radiation Associated Cardiac Disease: A Gray Area (Dr. Azcarate)

Medical Education: 3D take on new opportunities (Dr. Bhatia)

Dr. Patrick Azcarate & Dr. Prerana BhatiaCardiovascular Medicine FellowsUniversity of California San Diego

April 22, 2022

The Rationale for Coronary Revascularization in Stable Ischemic Heart Disease: The CHIP Premise

April 15, 2022

Cardio-Obstetrics: An Emerging Field in Cardiology

April 8, 2022

Female Specific Risk Factors That Enhance Women’s Cardiovascular Risk Across the Lifespan

April 1, 2022

Shockingly Effective: The Use of Subcutaneous ICD

March 18, 2022

SGLT2 Inhibitors - Sweet Success for the Diabetic Heart

March 11, 2022

Patient-Reported Outcomes in Heart Failure: Using the Patients’ Voice in Clinical Trials, Quality Assessment and Clinical Care

March 4, 2022

Robotic Cardiovascular Interventions

February 25, 2022

The CLICK Trial: Reconsidering Chlorthalidone in CKD4

February 18, 2022

The Latest Outcomes in CABANA

February 11, 2022

Amyloidosis Center of Excellence: The UC San Diego Health Experience

February 4, 2022

PVCs, Cardiomyopathies and Sudden Death

January 28, 2022

Limits of the New Heart Failure ‘Paradigm’? Reconsidering Sacubitril/Valsartan in Advanced Heart Failure and the Story of One Trial’s Struggle With the COVID Pandemic: The LIFE Trial

January 21, 2022

Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement

January 14, 2022

New Standards for the Medical Care of Heart Failure

January 7, 2022

A Medley of Two Topics about Thinking Differently

November 19, 2021

ECPR and Refractory Cardiac Arrest

November 12, 2021

Is One Month Enough? Abbreviated DAPT in High Risk Bleeding Patients Following PCI. Journal Club

November 5, 2021

Long Covid and POTS: New Insights and Therapies

October 29, 2021

Functional Alterations of Coronary Circulation

October 19, 2021

Multimodality Imaging Guided Therapy: New Therapeutics in Pericarditis

October 15, 2021

Improving Risk Assessment and Streamlining the Management of Atrial Fibrillation: Easy as ABC...

October 8, 2021

Update on Omega-3 Fatty Acids

October 1, 2021

Antiplatelet Therapy After PCI: An Overview of the Latest Evidence

September 24, 2021

DoReMi Trial: Music to our Ears? Or a Cacophony of Sound?

September 17, 2021

Dr. Daniel Chu & Dr. Musa Shakoor
Cardiology Fellows
University of California San Diego

Dr. Alexander Khalessi
Professor & Chair
Neurological Surgery
University of California San Diego

Dr. Matthew Carazo
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Adult Congenital Heart Program
University of California San Diego

Dr. Tania Saul & Dr. Sonya John
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California San Diego

Ori Ben-Yehuda, MD, FACC
Clinical Professor of Medicine, UC San Diego
Executive Director, Cardiovascular Research Foundation

Shahzad Chindhy, MD & David Torres Barba, MD, PhD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California San Dieg

Quan Bui, MD & Kevin Ting, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California San Diego

Arwa Saidi, MB, BCh, FACC
Professor, Department of Pediatrics & Internal Medicine
University of Florida

Michael Wilkinson, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Cardiovascular Diseases
University of California San Diego

Dr. Patrick Azcarate & Dr. Prerana Bhatia
Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
University of California San Diego