Seminar

The Seminar in Critical Care, ECP 8900/Phar6270H will be offered Wednesdays, fall semester 2007 from 2:30 - 4:25 in Room 7-193/195 Weaver-Densford Hall, For more information, contact Dr. Deb Skaar at 612-626-3005.

Seminar Schedule 2006:

Date	Topic	Faculty/Student Presenter
September 6	Introduction to SeminarGlycemic Control in the ICU: Are We Intensive Enough?	Course Director: Debra Skaar, PharmD Assistant Professor of Pharmacy
September 13	New Strategies in the Management of Acute Renal Failure	Hassan Ibrahim, MD Associate Professor of Medicine
September 20	Update on Sepsis: Mechanisms, Mediators and Management	Henry Mann, PharmD Professor of Pharmacy; Director, Center for Excellence in Critical Care
September 27	Nursing Research in the ICU: Focus on Complementary Therapies	Linda Chlan, PhD, RN, Associate Professor of Nursing
October 4	Venous Thromboembolism and Its Prevention in the ICU	Dick Mandt, PharmD Clinical Assistant Professor & Clinical Pharmacist, University of Minnesota Medical Center
October 11	The Management of Anxiety in Critically Ill Mechanically Ventilated Patients	Craig Weinert, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of the Medical ICU, University of Minnesota Medical Center
October 18	STEMI: What’s New in Guidelines and Practice?	Alan Keith Berger, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Divisions of Cardiology & Epidemiology
October 25	Advances in Cardiovascular Support: Vasopressors and Inotropes	Bruce Lohr, PharmD Clinical Associate Professor and Clinical Pharmacist, University of MN Medical Center Surgical Intensive Care Unit
November 1	New Antifungal Treatments and How They Affect Care in the ICU	Jo-Ann van Burik, MD Associate Professor of Medicine University of Minnesota Medical Center

November 8	Trauma and Critical Care in Iraq	Greg Beilman, MD Associate Professor of Surgery Director of Surgical ICU, University of Minnesota Medical Center
November 15	Hemodynamic Monitoring 101	Scott Chapman, PharmD, Assistant Professor Clinical Specialist, North Memorial Medical Center
November 22	Thanksgiving Holiday Break	No class
November 29	Acute Lung Injury: Management Options and Research Directions	Peter Bitterman, MD, Professor of Medicine University of Minnesota Medical Center
December 6	Improving Recovery From Critical Illness	Craig Weinert, MD
December 13	Pearls and Pitfalls in Clinical Research: What have we have learned so far?	All