Maryland CC Project

Today we have the pleasure to welcome Nancy Maureen Hardy, MD, MA, FACP, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center. Dr. Hardy originally trained at Duke University for her medical degree, her Internal Medicine residency, and an Oncology fellowship. Next she moved on to the NIH where she completed both an ID fellowship and Research Fellowship in Immunology. She then stayed on the NIH faculty for 10 years at the Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch of the National Cancer Institute until 2014. Now we have get genius gracing the halls of UMMC where she acts as the Director of Allogenic Transplantation and Cell Therapy Laboratories....

Today we have the absolute pleasure to host a recent talk given by the great Paul E. Pepe, M.D., M.P.H.. This talk was recently given during his visit to the […]

Today’s special guest speaker, Paul J McCarthy MD, CNSC, is a new addition to the Maryland family. Dr. McCarthy recently practiced at the LSU Health Sciences Center, where he acted as an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Neurosurgery as well as the Assistant Director Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit. Now he serves his time as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine here at the University of Maryland SOM and had been a constant presence in the MICU. Over his extensive career in medicine, Dr. McCarthy has been a voice of reason when it comes to ICU nutrition. Today he gives us a crash course in everything we need to know to keep our patients healthy and fed!

Today we welcome Jennie Y. Law, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine here at the University of Maryland. Dr. Law is a true home grown talent, doing both her medical school and medicine residency here at the University of Maryland before leaving to do her fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at UT Southwestern down in Dallas, Texas. Today she is here to talk about Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), a topic that has puzzled internists, intensivists, and hematologists alike. Review the pathophysiology, learn the criteria for diagnosis – both the HLH 2004 criteria and the newer HSCORE – and go through her treatment algorithms. See why and how you may be overlooking this important diagnosis in your patients!

Today we are pleased to feature a groundbreaking talk by a recent addition to the Shock Trauma faculty, Samuel Tisherman, MD, FACS, FCCM. Dr. Tisherman is a Professor of Surgery and Director of the Division of Critical Care and Trauma Education here at the University of Maryland. He is also one of the worlds foremost experts on using hypothermia in the resuscitation of trauma patients. Today he gives a preface for his revolutionary EPR-CAT trail. You will want to be on the cutting edge of this revolutionary concept!

Today we welcome back Larry Weiss, M.D., J.D., Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland and overall expert in the field of medico-legal issues. Dr. Weiss has been invited all over the United States to speak on the delicate aspects of practicing medicine in the legal mine fields of modern medicine. Today he focuses on the subtleties of the medical consent process. Although the laws and statutes are focused on the state he practices medicine, Maryland, the overall concepts are secure. It’s been said before, but these ideals are something you have to master to practice medicine successfully!

Today we welcome a very special guest, Ms. Erin Gillard, LCSW-C. Ms. Gillard is the Clinical Manager, Family Services at The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland. Additionally, she is has over ten years of social work experience here at the University of Maryland. Most recently, she has broadened her expertise as a yoga therapy instructor with Yama Studio. Today Ms. Gillard will approach a topic that is often overlooked in standard critical care training, how to truly communicate with families when they dealing with a significant level of crisis and emotional distress. This is a topic that is truly cutting-edge in the modern ICU, so I assure you this will be a skill you will be expected to master!

Today we welcome the brilliant mind of Larry D. Weiss M.D., J.D. for an afternoon not to be missed. Dr. Weiss has been a staple for legal-based lectures for the last 16 years here at the University of Maryland where he acts as a Professor of Emergency Medicine. Although Dr. Weiss stopped actively practicing law years ago, he is one of the foremost experts in his field as he has been called to all corners of the world to speak on health policy and risk reduction. I highly recommend that you take the time to soak in only a brief sampling of his infinite wisdom!

Today we are excited to welcome back one of the smartest fellows we have ever graduated, Michael Allison, MD. Dr. Allison is a native New Yorker, training at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine before completing a rigorous EM/IM/CCM training program here at the University of Maryland. Since that time he has spent his days at St. Agnes Hospital located downtown in Baltimore, MD. Since his departure, Dr. Allison has spent countless hours researching the exact mechanisms of respiratory failure in an attempt to solve this problem before it ever develops. Today he takes us through his approach to using high flow nasal cannula for nearly every patient who walks into his ICU, and in doing so unlocks a few novel uses along the way. Trust me, this is a talk your patients cannot afford for you to miss!

Today we are excited to present a Pulmonary Grand Rounds presentation from Daniel S. Chertow, M.D., M.P.H. Dr. Chertow is an Assistant Clinical Investigator in the Critical Care Medicine Department of the NIH and a Special Volunteer in the Viral Pathogenesis and Evolution Section, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, NIAID. Over the last several years he has solidified his role as a world expert in the field of virology and today speaks on a topic he has published a great deal about, Influenza virus. Tis the season for influenza, and if you ever hope to survive it, you will listen to this talk!