Cardiovascular Institute Events and Activities

Regularly Scheduled Lectures and seminars

Monday Noon Clinical Cardiovascular Imaging Conference
Tuesday Noon Cardiomyopathy Science Conference
Wednesday Noon MED-223 Academy Cardiovascular-Pulmonary Seminar Thursday 4:00 PM Cardiopulmonary Research-in-Progress Seminar
Friday 8:30-9:30 AM Cardiovascular Stem Cell Research Conference
Cardiovascular Sex Differences Monthly Journal Club (electronic)

Cardiovascular Institute Seminar Series
Wednesdays, 1:00 - 2:00 PM

Cardiovascular Institute Lectureship Series
Thursdays, 1:00 - 2:00 PM - **Cell Therapy/Development Biology **

WHEN
EVENT
WHO
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 8:00-9:00 AM Braun Auditorium, Mudd Chemistry Building Department of Medicine Grand Rounds: What the internist needs to know about the endothelium Visiting Professor William C. Aird, MD Chief, Division of Molecular and Vascular Research, Director, Vascular Biology Center, Assoc Professor of Medicine, Harvard School of Medicine
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 1:00-2:00 PM Clark Auditorium Phenotypic Heterogeneity of the Endothelium Visiting Professor William C. Aird, MD Chief, Division of Molecular and Vascular Research, Director, Vascular Biology Center, Assoc Professor of Medicine, Harvard School of Medicine
Thursday, May 8, 2008 1:00-2:00 PM Clark Auditorium ** Heart fields and congenital heart defects Visiting Professor Margaret Kirby, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Cell Biology and Biology, Scientific Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Research Institute, Duke University
Wednesday, Jun 4, 2008 9:00-10:00 AM Clark Auditorium Cardiovascular Institute Grand Rounds: The French paradox: A Toast to Long Life Visiting Professor Bradford Berk, MD, PhD Chair and Professor of Medicine; Director, Aab Institute Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Rochester
Wednesday, Jun 4, 2008 4:00-5:00 PM Munzer Auditorium Note time change

Redox signaling in the cardiovascular system

 Visiting Professor Bradford Berk, MD, PhD Chair and Professor of Medicine; Director, Aab Institute Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Rochester
Thursday, Jun 19, 2008 1:00-2:00 PM Clark Auditorium ** RNA profiling via high throughput sequencing provides insight into cardiomyopathies Visiting Professor Jonathan Seidman, PhD Professor of Genetics, HHMI, Harvard University
Thursday, July 10, 2008 1:00-2:00 PM Clark Auditorium

** Novel Protein Phosphatases in Stress-Signal Regulation

 Visiting Professor Yiban Wang, PhD Professor of Medicine, Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Lab, UCLA David Geffen School of Medcine
 

2008-2009

  
Friday, Septem 5, 2008 12:00-6:00 PM TBA Cardiovascular Institute Member Retreat and Poster Session Visiting Professor Garret Fitzgerald, MD Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Director, Institute for Translational Medicuine & Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Thurs, Septem 18, 2008 1:00-2:00 PM Falk CVRB, Library, 2nd Floor **Title forthcoming Visiting Professor Craig Basson, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine, Director, Cardio-vascular Research, Weil Medical College, Cornell University
Friday, Oct 31, 2008 1:00-6:00 PM
Falk CVRB, Library and Atrium		 AHA Preview: Moderated oral posters and presentations
Wine and Cheese Reception		 Cardiovascular Institute Faculty and Fellows
Thurs, Novem 6, 2008 1:00-2:00 PM Falk CVRB, Library, 2nd Floor

**Title forthcoming

 Visiting Professor Michael R Rosen, MD Professor of Pharmacology and Pediatrics, Director, Center for Molecular Therapeutics, Columbia University
Thursday, Dec 11, 2008 1:00-2:00 PM
Falk CVRB Library, 2nd Floor
 ** Title forthcoming Visiting Professor Michael Schneider, MD Professor of Medicine, Head of Cardiovascular Science, Chair in Cardiology, Imperial College, London
Wednes, Jan 7, 2009 1:00-2:00 PM

Title forthcoming

Visiting Professor Helen Hobbs, MD Professor of Internal Medicine, Clinical Genetics, McDermott Center for Growth and Development, HHMI, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Friday, Febru 27, 2009 12:00-6:00 PM Cardiovascular Institute Member Retreat and Poster Session Visiting Professor Harry (Hal) Dietz, MD McKusick Professor of Pediatrics, Genetics, Medicine and Molecular Biology, HHMI; Director, Center for Marfan Syndrome Research, Johns Hopkins University
Wednes, Mar 4, 2009 1:00-2:00 PM Title forthcoming Visiting Professor Eric Olson, PhD Distinguished Chair in Science, Professor of Stem Cell Research, Molecular Biology, Genetics & Development, Integrative Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Wednes, Apr 8, 2009 1:00-2:00 PM ACC Recap: Highlights of the annual scientific sessions Cardiovascular Institute Faculty Panel
Wednes, May 6, 2009 1:00-2:00 PM Title forthcoming Visiting Professor Robert Simari, MD Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular, Chair for Research in Cardiovascular Medicine and Molecular Biology, Mayo Medical School
Wednes, June 3, 2009 1:00-2:00 PM Title forthcoming Visiting Professor Stefanie Dimmeler, PhD Professor of Experimental Medicine, Head, Molecular Cardiology, University of Frankfurt
 

PAST - 2007

  
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
12:00-1:00 PM
"The Relationship of Hif1-Alpha Polymorphism to the Clinical Presentation of CAD" James Priest, Med Scholar, SMS4, Dr. Quertermous' Laboratory, Cardiovascular Medicine
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
5:00-6:15 PM
"The COURAGE Trial: What Are the Practical Implications of the Trial " point, counterpoint Visiting Professor David Maron, MD Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University AND William Fearon, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular
Friday, October 26, 2007 1:00-6:00 PM
Falk CVRB, Library and Atrium		 AHA Preview: Moderated oral presentations and poster session
Wine and Cheese Reception
Cardiovascular Institute Faculty and Fellows
Wednes, Dec 5, 2007
5:00-6:00 PM
Falk CVRB Library, 2nd Floor
 		Non-invasive electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI)of cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmia Visiting Professor Yoram Rudy , PhD Director, Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia Center, The Fred Saigh Distinguished Professor of Engineering, of Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology and Physiology, Medicine, Radiology and Pediatrics Washington University in St Louis
Thursday, Feb 7, 2008 1:00-2:00 PM Munzer Auditorium, Beckman Center ** GRKs in the heart: Are we BARKing up the right tree? Visiting Professor Walter J Koch, PhD Professor of Medicine and Director, Research in Translational Medicine
Jefferson Medical College
Friday, Febru 29, 2008 12:00-5:45 PM, Vidalakis Dining Room, Schwab Residential Center Cardiovascular Institute Member Retreat, ACC Preview Poster Session and Young Investigator Award competition: Dr. Liao's lecture: Bridging the regeneration gap; Insights from cardiac progenitor cells Visiting Professor Ronglih Liao, PhD Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Thursday, Mar 6, 2008 1:00-2:00 PM Clark Auditorium ** Engineering stem cells to enhance myocardial regeneration Visiting Professor Mark Sussman, PhD Professor of Biology, Heart Institute, San Diego State University
Thursday, April 3, 2008 1:00-2:00 PM Clark Auditorium

** Molecular control of cardiac stem cell differentiation

Visiting Professor Annarosa Leri, MD Associate Professor, Medicine Cardiovascualr Research Center, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

     

Past Events
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Friday, July 20,2007, 9:30-11:00 AM and 12:00-1:00 PM, respetively
Visiting Professor Doris A.Taylor, PhD, Center for Cardiovascular Repair
Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota
Falk Cardiovascular Research Building Library, 2nd Floor
Progenitor cells in heart and vasculature: Emerging tools in endogenous repair
and
Cell therapy for CVD: From prevention to cure?

July 18, 2007, Wed 12:00-1:00, M-112, Alway Building
1:00-1:30 Roundtable Discussion
New perspectives on menopause and heart disease: Role of age and years
since menopause and the WHI coronary artery calcification study
Marcia Stefanick, PhD, Professor of Medicine

Friday, May 11, 2007
12:00-1:00 PM, Falk Cardiovascular Research Building Library
Percutaneous Valve Resection and Implantation: Latest Results
Georg Lutter, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery
Director of Research, Cardiovascular Surgery
School of Medicine, University of Kiel, Germany
Wednesday, May 16
10:00-11:00 AM, M-114, Stanford School of Medicine
Calcium-mediated cardiac injury and repair
Steven Houser, PhD, Professor Physiology and of Medicine, Co-Director, Cardiovascular Research Group, Temple University

Wednesday, May 2, 10:00-11:00 AM, M-114
Exploring the cardiac mitochondrial proteome: 1000+ proteins and 12+ function clusters
Peipei Ping, PhD, Professor of Medicine and of Physiology
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA

Monday, May 7, 10:00-11:00 AM, M-114
Mice and pythons: lessons to be learned about regulating cardiac growth
Leslie Leinwand, PhD, Professor and Chair, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder

February 2007 Cardiovascular Institute Seminar
1:00 PM, February 22, 2007, Falk Library
The Genetics of Heart Disease
Eric Boerwinkle, PhD, Professor and Director, Human Genetics Center
University of Texas, Houston Health Science Center

*Annual CVI Member Retreat, February 9-10, 2007

December Cardiovascular Institute Seminar
December 18, 2006, 12:00-1:00 PM, Falk Library
Advances in Antithrombotic Therapy in Acute Coronary Syndromes
and
5:00-6:00 PM, Monday, December 18, Falk Library
Inhibiting Platelets: Routes, Remedies, and Resistance
Marc Sabatine, MD, MPH, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical
Research Center, Harvard Medical School
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November Cardiovascular Institute Seminar
AHA 2006 Most Exciting Science
4:00-5:30 PM Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Munzer Auditorium, Beckman Center
Faculty Panel from Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery and Pediatrics discuss the most important presentations from the annual November AHA Scientific Sessions in Chicago. Panel includes Ronald Dalman, MD, Marcia Stefanick, PhD, Euan Ashley, MD, Phn Cooke, MD
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3:00-5:00 PM, Friday, October 27, 2006 Preview Stanford at AHA 2006
Munzer Auditorium, Beckman Center, School of Medicine
Preview some of the more than 70 presentations, posters and sessions that Stanford Cardiovascular Institute members will deliver at the American Heart Association November 8-11 Scientific Sessions
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1:00-2:30 PM,Friday, October 27, 2006, Clark Room S-361
Cardiovascular Institute Molecular Imaging Monthly Conference
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 October 2006 Cardiovascular Institute Seminar
4:00-5:00 PM, Thursday, October 26, 2006, Falk Library
Molecular Regulation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation  in Development and Disease
Gary Owens, PhD, Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
University of Virginia
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September 2006 Cardiovascular Institute Seminar
12:00-1:00 PM September 22, 2006, Falk Library
Anatomy versus Physiology: Gender Differences in Atherosclerosis
Noel Bairey Merz, MD, Women's Guild Chair in Women's Health at Cedars-Sinai
Medical Director of the Women's Health Program, and of Preventive and
Rehabilitative Cardiac Center
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8:00-9:00 AM, September 21, 2006, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Fairchild Auditorium
Women and Heart Disease: Lessons from the NHLBI-sponsored WISE Study 
Noel Bairey Merz, MD, Women's Guild Chair in Women's Health at Cedars-Sinai
Medical Director of the Women's Health Program, and of Preventive and
Rehabilitative Cardiac Center
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7:00-8:00 PM 9/21/06 , Community Lecture, Fairchild Auditorium
Detecting Heart Disease in Women:  Do the signs and symptoms of heart disease
differ in women, compared to men, and how can we improve
detection of heart disease in women? 
Noel Bairey Merz, MD, Women's Guild Chair in Women's Health at Cedars-Sinai
Medical Director of the Women's Health Program, and of Preventive and
Rehabilitative Cardiac Center
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5/18/06 6:00-8:30 PM The Story Behind the Recent Headlines on Women's Health , Marcia L. Stefanick, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Director, HerHeart at Stanford. Bing Dining Room, SHC

5/12-13/06  CVI Members Retreat

2/2/06 Institute Awards Five Research Seed Grants

2/2/06 5:30 PM  Go Red for Women, view presentations by Michael McConnell, MD, MSEE, Christopher Gardner, PhD, Latha Palanaippan, MD Community Lecture Series, Clark Center Auditorium

1/13/06 3:00-4:00 PM  Coronary Heart Disease in Women - 2006, Nanette Wenger, MD, Professor of Cardiology, Emory University. Clark Auditorium

12/13/05, 3:30-4:30 PM Surgical Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation: Past, Present and Future, Niv Ad, MD, Professor of Surgery, Medical College of Virginia. Falk Library

12/7/05 7:00 PM  Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease, featuring Stanford Drs. Michael McConnell, MD, MSEE, Geoff Rubin, MD, Alan Yeung, MD and Kai Ihnken, MD. Clark Auditorium. Community Lecture Series

12/1/05, 5:00 PM  Deadline for CVI Seed Grant Submissions

11/4/05, 3:00-5:00 PM, Preview of Stanford at the AHA 2005 Scientific Sessions, Munzer Auditorium. [A sampling of over 30 presentations made by Stanford faculty and post-doctoral students at the AHA Dallas meeting.)

4/1/05, 3:00-5:00 PM, Open Mic.Twelve students from 7 departments present their cardiovascular-related research. Munzer Auditorium

1/7-8/05 Institute Members' Retreat, Schwab Residential Center