2006 Upcoming Events


GRAND ROUNDS, 9/7/06-12/28/06
*To be teleconferenced between Columbia & Cornell
**Dr. Rando Allikmets hosts

September
7 (3-Hour G.R. starting at 3:00 P.M.)
George R. Beauchamp, M.D.: "Ethics for the Practicing Physician."
Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Texas,
Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
**14 No Grand Rounds
21 Robert Braunstein, M.D.: "The Risky Business of Off- Label Drugs."
28 Faculty Presentation: Pediatric Ophthalmology
October
5 Jewish Guild for the Blind: "Low Vision."
12 Joshua l. Dunaief, M.D., Ph.D.: "Iron Overload as a Potential Culprit in AMD."
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Scheie Eye Institute, Philadelphia, PA
19 Christopher Baudouin, M.D.: "Long-Term Effect of Glaucoma Medications on the Ocular Surface."
Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology
Quinze-Vingts National Ophthalmology Hospital
Paris, France
**26 Research Seminar: TBA
November
*2 Lincoff Lecture (From Cornell): TBA
9 No Grand Rounds: Academy Meeting
**16 Research Seminar: Janet Sparrow, Ph.D.
RPE lipofuscin: Does it contribute to macular disease?
Department of Ophthalmology
Columbia University
630 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-305-9944
Email: jrs88@columbia.edu
23 No Grand Rounds: Thanksgiving
30 DeVoe Lecture: David F. Chang, M.D.: "Intraoperative Floppy Iris Syndrome."
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
University of California, San Francisco
December
7 Gregory S. Hageman, Ph.D.: TBA
Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics, Iowa City, IA
**14 Research Seminar: TBA
Title:  TBA
Neuroscience Institute
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC 29425
Phone: 843-792-3031; Fax: 843-792-5110
Email: crouchrk@musc.edu
21 No Grand Rounds: Christmas Holidays
28 No Grand Rounds: New Years Holidays
2007
January
18 Basic Science Course
February
15

Terri L. Young, M.D.
Title:  TBA
Duke University Eye Center
Durham, NC 27710
Phone: 919-684-0584; Fax: 919-683-6093
Email: terri.young@duke.edu

March
15

Eric Pierce, M.D. Ph.D.
Title:  TBA
F.M. Kirby Center for Molecular Ophthalmology
Scheie Eye Institute
University of Pennsylvania
305 Stellar-Chance Labs
422 Curie Boulevard
Phone: 215-573-3919; Fax 215-573-8030
Email: epierce@mail.med.upenn.edu