Endocrinology Grand Rounds
2009-2010 Schedule
Fridays from 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Leventhal Conference Room in Shapiro, 2nd Floor
September 18, 2009
- Speaker: Eyiuche Okeke, MD
Institution: Joslin
Title: Do Diabetes Disparities exist in the subspecialty setting?
September 25, 2009
- Speaker: Heidi Tissenbaum, PhD
Institution: Umass Medical School
Title: A PP2A regulatory subunit, PPTR-1 regulates C. elegans insulin/IGF-1 signaling by modulating AKT phosphorylation
October 2, 2009
- Speaker: Lewis Cantley, PhD
Institution: BIDMC
Title: Control of Glucose Metabolism
October 9, 2009
- Speaker: David Altshuler, MD, PhD
Institution: MGH
Title: Genetic Variation and Disease
October 16, 2009: Cancelled
- Speaker: Andrea Coviello, MD, MSE, FACE
Institution: BWH
Title: A clinical Update on PCOS
October 23, 2009
- Speaker: Morris White, PhD
Institution: Children’s Hospital
Title: Regulation of mitochondrial function by the insulin-like signaling cascade
October 30, 2009
- Speaker: Gerard Karsenty, MD, PhD
Institution: Columbia University
Title: Elucidating the genetic bases of the co-regulation of bone mass and energy metabolism
November 6, 2009
- Speaker: Susan Fried, PhD
Institution: BU
Title: Depot Specific Adipose Tissue Biology and the Metabolic Syndrome
November 13, 2009
- Speaker: Jorge Arroyo, MD
Institution: BIDMC
Title: Diabetic Retinopathy Update
November 20, 2009
- Speaker: Joe Bass, MD, PhD
Institution: Northwestern
Title: The Clock Gene Network in Obesity and Diabetes
November 27, 2009 – No Grand Rounds
December 4, 2009
- Speaker: Simon Fisher, MD, PhD
Institution: Washington U in St. Louis
Title: Brain insulin action and brain GLUT4 regulate CNS glucose sensing and the counterregulatory response to hypoglycemia
December 11, 2009
December 18, 2009 – No Grand Rounds
December 25, 2009 – No Grand Rounds
January 1, 2010 – No Grand Rounds
January 8, 2010
- Speaker: Erik Alexander, MD
Institution: BWH HMS
Title: Addressing the Challenge of "The Fastest Growest Cancer in Massachusetts". The Past, Present, and Future of Thyroid Nodule Evaluation
January 15, 2010
- Speaker: Martin Myers, MD, PhD
Institution: U of Michigan
Title: Neural mechanisms of leptin action
January 22, 2010
- Speaker: Bryan Roth, MD, PhD
Institution: UNC
Title: A chemical genetic approach for remotely controlling cellular signaling
January 29, 2010
- Speaker: Amy Wagers, PhD
Institution: Joslin
Title: Reversing dysfunction of aged stem cells
February 5, 2010
- Speaker: Jeff Lichtman, MD, PhD
Institution: HMS
Title: Connectomics
February 12, 2010
- Speaker: Vivek Samnotra, MD
Institution: Dartmouth
Title: Adrenocortical Carcinoma: A review of a rare disease with a discussion of new clinical trials
February 19, 2010
- Speaker: Carlos Moraes, PhD
Institution: U of Miami
Title: Novel Approaches for the Treatment of Mitochondrial Defects
February 26, 2010
- Speaker: Laurie Goodyear
Institution: Joslin
Title: Skeletal Muscle Metabolism: AMPK and Beyond
March 5, 2010
- Speaker: Andrea Coviello, MD
Institution: BUMC
Title: A Clinical Update on PCOS
March 12, 2010
- Speaker: Marcia C. Haigis, PhD
Institution: HMS
Title: New roles for SIRT4 in lipid metabolism and mitochondrial function
March 19, 2010
- Speaker: Per-Olof Berggren, PhD
Institution: Adjunct Professor of Surgery at University of Miami and Professor and Head, Experimental Endocrinology at the Karolinksa Institute in Stockholm, Sweden
Title: Pancreatic beta-cell function and survival at a glance
March 26, 2010
- Speaker: Brendan Manning, PhD
Institution: Harvard School of Public Health
Title: The control of cellular insulin sensitivity and metabolism by mTOR complex 1
April 2, 2010 – No Grand Rounds
April 9, 2010
- Speaker: Jonathan M. Backer, MD
Institution: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Title: TBA
April 16, 2010
- Speaker: TBA
Institution: TBA
Title: TBA
April 23, 2010
- Speaker: Umut Ozcan
Institution: Children's Hospital of Boston
Title: TBA
April 30, 2010: INGBAR
- Speaker: Don St. Germain, MD
Institution: Dartmouth
Title: Unraveling the complexities of how thyroid hormones affect brain development
May 7, 2010
- Speaker: Antonia Stephen, MD/Barry Sacks, MD
Institution: MGH/MetroWest-BIDMC
Title: TBA
May 14, 2010: BIDMC Fellow
- Speaker: Susan Herzlinger-Botein, MD
Institution: BIDMC
Title: TBA
May 21, 2010: USHER
- Speaker: Rex Ahima
Institution: UPENN
Title: Brain regulation of body weight; central mechanisms of energy homeostasis
May 28, 2010: BIDMC Fellow
- Speaker: Chuanyun Gao
Institution: BIDMC
Title: TBA
