MED223 | Cardiovascular Research & Medicine
Teaching the future leaders in medicine!
The focus of MED223 is to fine-tune critical thinking skills by analyzing original publications and understanding the current complexities of the cardiovascular system.
MED223 is part of the Scholarly Concentration:
Cardiovascular-Pulmonary Sciences
Winter 2018
Tuesdays & Thursdays | 3 Credits
Tuesday Schedule
Students will attend the Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminars series, which is a lecture series presented by prominent external speakers. Attendance at the January 9, 2018, thru and including March 13, 2018, seminars are required for Winter 2018 MED223. All other Frontiers seminars are optional.
Frontiers in CV Science Seminars schedule
Tuesdays @ 12:30 - 1:20pm
Li Ka Shing Center | Room LK130
(unless otherwise noted)
Thursday Schedule
Students will learn new approaches and technology from Stanford faculty (schedule below).
Thursdays @ 12:30 - 1:20p
Lorry Lokey Stem Cell Building | Room G1161
(unless otherwise noted)
Assigned Reading
One to two papers per class will be discussed and interpreted in class.
Winter 2018 | Thursday Speakers Schedule
January 11, 2018
NOTE LOCATION: HRP T138B
KIRAN K. KHUSH, MD, MAS
Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
January 18, 2018
NOTE LOCATION: HRP T138B
SIDDHARTHA JAISWAL, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology
February 1, 2018
JOSHUA W. KNOWLES, MD, PHD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
February 15, 2018
MICHAEL SNYDER, PHD
Stanford W. Ascherman, MD, FACS, Professor in Genetics
Chair, Department of Genetics
March 1, 2018
NOTE LOCATION: *HRP T116
SANJIV NARAYAN, MD
Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
March 15, 2018
NICHOLAS J. LEEPER, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Vascular Surgery and Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
MED223 Directors
Past Speakers
Fall 2017
September 28, 2017
Paul Wang, MD
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and, by Courtesy, of Bioengineering
October 26, 2017
Mark Nicolls, MD
Stanford University Professor in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
November 30, 2017
George Lui, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine ( Cardiovascular Medicine)
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics (Cardiology)
October 5, 2017
NOTE LOCATION: LK130
Bruce D. Gelb, MD
Gogel Family Chair and Director of The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Director of the Center for Molecular Cardiology, and Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics and Genomic Sciences
November 2, 2017
Alison Marsden, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology) and of Bioengineering and, by Courtesy, of Mechanical Engineering
November 16, 2017
Latha Palaniappan, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine (General Medical Disciplines) at the Stanford University Medical Center
Winter 2017
January 12, 2017
"Development of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Adult Patients Exposed to Methylphenidate"
Vinicio de Jesus Perez, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)
January 26, 2017
"Abdominal aortic aneurysm disease - challenges and opportunities"
Ronald Dalman, MD
Walter Clifford Chidester and Elsa Rooney Chidester Professor of Surgery
February 9, 2017
"Immunity and Inflammation in pulmonary hypertension and other vascular pathologies"
Marlene Rabinovitch, MD
Dwight and Vera Dunlevie Professor in Pediatric Cardiology
February 23, 2017
"Fitness, Physical Activity, and Health: The case for fitness as a clinical vital sign"
Jonathan Myers, PhD
Director of Cardiopulmonary Research, Palo Alto VA Medical Center
March 9, 2017
"iPSC for Precision Cardiovascular Medicine"
Joseph C. Wu, MD, PhD
Simon H. Stertzer, MD, Professor and Professor of Radiology
January 19, 2017
"Stem Cell Approaches to Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering"
Ngan Huang, PhD
Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Adult Cardiac Surgery)
February 2, 2017
"Genome-wide association studies of cardiovascular disease: Why, how and what now?"
Erik Ingelsson, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
February 16, 2017
"Myocardial perfusion imaging by computed tomography"
Koen Nieman, MD, PhD
Associate Professor Medicine (Cardiology) and of Radiology
March 2, 2017
"Targeting Glycoimmune Checkpoints for Cancer Immunotherapy"
Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences; Professor of Chemistry
Winter 2017
Fall 2016
| Daniel Bernstein, MD | Mitochondria in Normal Cardiovascular Physiology and Disease | Alfred Woodley Salter and Mabel Smith Salter Endowed Professor in Pediatrics |
| Gregory Kovacs MD, PhD | Can Consumer Devices Deliver Useful Health Information? | Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus |
| Victor Froelicher, MD | Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes | Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular) At The Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Emeritus |
| Dominik Fleischmann, MD | Aortic Dissection Viewed by CT and MR | Professor of Radiology (General Radiology) |
| Anson Lee, MD |
Surgical Innovations | Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Adult Cardiac Surgery) |
| Venita Chandra, MD | Surgical Innovations | Clinical Assistant Professor, Surgery (Vascular Surgery) |
| Angela Rogers, MD | Angiogenic Cytokine Therapy and Translatable Engineered Drug Design: From Bench to Bedside…Almost | Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care) |
| Will Hiesinger, MD | Angiogenic Cytokine Therapy and Translatable Engineered Drug Design: From Bench to Bedside…Almost | Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Adult Cardiac Surgery) |
| Scott Ceresnak, MD | Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology), Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital |
| David Maron, MD | What is the Optimal Management of Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease? | Clinical Professor, Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) |
Spring 2016
| Christopher Almond, MD |
A brief introduction to FDA trial design for high risk medical devices: a case study | Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology), Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital |
| Marcia Stefanick, PhD | Cardiovascular Outcomes in the Women's Health Initiative | Professor (Research) of Medicine (Stanford Prevention Research Center) and of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
| Joshua W. Knowles, MD | FINDFH: Identification of Familial Hypercholesterolemia patients in the EMR using machine learning | Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) |
| Stanley Rockson, MD | Lymphatic Mechanisms in Cardiovascular Health and Disease | Professor of Lymphatic Research and Medicine |
| Edda Spiekerkoetter, MD | Helping the Right Ventricle to adapt to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension | Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine) |
| Kathy Ruppel, MD | Myosin: Molecular Motors | |
| Ada Poon, PhD | Wireless Bioelectronics | Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering |
| Tom Quertermous, MD | Genome-wide association studies point to vascular wall causal disease pathways | Professor | Chief, Divison of Cardiovascular Medicine |