The Department of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Case Medical Center and the Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center has long been recognized as a leader in adult internal medicine, biomedical research and the teaching of physicians in training. With the most current facilities and technologies available, the physicians and scientists in the Department of Medicine excel in adult internal medicine and remain on the forefront of scientific breakthroughs and physician training.

Department of Medicine educators strive to advance your knowledge and medical skills to help provide the best care to your patients. Few academic institutions offer such vast experience and extensive commitment to your success. Our faculty and friends participate in an outstanding weekly seminar which we want to share with you. Enjoy the Department of Medicine Grand Rounds seminar series.

Click here for 2012-2013 schedule of Grand Rounds.

April 2013
Usha Stiefel, MD "Beyond Methicillin Resistance: Emerging Controversies in the Treatment of Staphylococcus Aureus"
March 2013
Albert Waldo, MD "Update on the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: Rate vs. Rhythm Control"

Jackson Wrigth, Jr., MD

Sahil Parikh, MD

 "Resistant Hypertension: Contemporary and Promising Strategies"
"Renal Artery Sympathetic Denervation for Treatment Resistant Hypertension"
February 2013
John Gunstad, PhD "Neurocognitive Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease"
Michael Lederman, MD "Residual Immune Dysregulation Syndrome (RIDS) in Treated HIV Infection"
Vikram Kashyap, MD, FACS "EVAR, TEVAR, and TAVR: The Alphabet Soup of Endovascular Treatment of Aortic Pathologies"
Gregory Cooper, MD "Colon Cancer Screening: Accomplishments, Barriers and Potential Solutions"
January 2013
Kim Bixenstine, Esq "How to Not Get Sued or Lose"
Saul Genuth, MD "Treating Type 2 Diabetes in 2013"
December 2012
Charles Wellman, MD "How Palliative Care Can Help Patients and Decrease 30-Day Hospital Readmissions"
Anisha Durve, LAC "Medical Benefits of Acupuncture"
October 2012
Thomas Daniel, MD "The History of the Department of Medicine"
September 2012
Keith Armitage, MD "The Evolution of Internal Medicine Training: What is NEXT?"
May 2012
Sarah Augustine, MD "Impacts of Quality Improvement on Resident Education"
William Annable, MD "Four Controversies in Quality"
Robin Jump, MD "Probiotics in Patients with Gut Infections"
April 2012
Yngve Falck-Ytter, MD "Prevention of VTE in Orthopedic Surgery Patients"
Jane Little, MD "Sickle Cell Disease"
March 2012
Baha Arafah, MD "Adrenal Function During Critical Illness"
January 2012
Max Wicha, MD "Cancer Stem Cells"
December 2011
Paul Drawz, MD "CKD, Decreased Heart Rate Variability, and Elevated Nighttime BP"
Eugene Braunwald, MD "Adventures in Cardiovascular Research"
November 2011
Hilliard Lazarus, MD "What's new in Acute Myeloid Leukemia?"
Frank Jacono, MD
 "Tele-ICU and Beyond; Developing the Intensive Care Unit of the Future"
Brook Watts, MD
"Technology and Transformation of the Medical Record"
October 2011
Donald Anthony, MD, PhD
"HCV vasculitis"
Nathan Berger, MD
"Unexplained Anemia of the Elderly "
Jackson Wright, MD, PhD
 "BP TARGETS- how low should we go?"
Michael Smith, MD
 "ARAS :: clinical features, diagnosis and evidence based management"
September 2011
Francoise Adan, MD
 "Meditation/Relaxation Response: Does It Have a Place in a Medical Model?"
September 2011
Francoise Adan, MD
 "Meditation/Relaxation Response: Does It Have a Place in a Medical Model?"
Marco Costa, MD, PhD
 "Recent Advances in the Treatment of Aortic Valve Stenosis"
Thomas Stossel, MD "A Hard Look at Physician-Industry Relationships aka 'Conflicts of Interest""
April 2011
Rajesh Chandra, MD "The Hospitalist Movement"
Sahil Parikh, MD "Advances in Interventional Therapies for PAD"
March 2011
Thomas Zenty, CEO of UH "Impact of Health Care Reform on Health Systems, Hospitals & Patient Care"
February 2011
Dalia Awais, MD, MS "An Update on the Medical Treatment of Crohn's Disease"
Phil Cola, MA "Regulatory Guidelines in Reviewing Human Subjects Research"
Dan Simon, MD "Sorting Out FDA Black Box Warnings for Clopidogrel"
January 2011
Tracy Lemonovich, MD "Blood Culture-Negative Endocarditis: Historical & Future Perspectives"
Marion Skalweit, MD, PhD "Non-Infectious Causes of Fever in the Critical Care Unit"