Pulmonary/Allergy/CC/Sleep Medicine Divisional Conferences 2007 - 2008

Monday
1200   Pulmonary Noon Report (1st Monday)
1200   Career Conference (1st Monday/Quarterly)
1200   Radiology Conference (2nd Monday)
1200   Sleep Conference (3rd Monday)        
1200   Clinical Physiology Conference (4th Monday)
 
Tuesday
1200   Multidisciplinary Case Conference
 
Wednesday
1200   Sub-Subspecialty Clinical Conference (1st Wednesday)
1200   Journal Club (2nd Wednesday)
1200   Sub-Subspecialty Clinical Conference (3rd Wednesday)
1200   MICU M&M (4th Wednesday)
 
Thursday
0730   Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
1200   Pulmonary Research Conference
 
Friday
1200   Pulmonary Didactic Session (1st Friday)
1200   Resident Chest Conference (2nd Friday)
1200   Critical Care Didactic Session (3rd Friday)
1200   Pathology Conference (4th Friday)

Pulmonary Noon Report is held on the 1st Monday of the month and is an informal clinical conference moderated by the Chief Fellow, where the consult fellows (and/or other fellows or faculty) discuss current interesting cases being cared for on the consult service (“what’s in your pocket”).

The Monday Career Conference’s faculty advisor is Matt Exline, and is an informal forum devoted to review key aspects of building a successful career in pulmonary/critical care medicine.  This conference is held on a quarterly basis.

The Monday Radiology Conference is a joint conference with the Department of Radiology, specifically with Dr. Melissa Rosado. Case history and radiographs are reviewed for select topics as well as select patients.
 
The Monday Sleep Conference’s faculty advisor is Uly Magalang, and will include didactic sessions and case presentations. A full range of sleep disorders will be discussed, and pertinent PSG/MSLT tracings will be reviewed.
 
The Monday Clinical Physiology Conference’s faculty advisor is John Mastronarde, and is devoted to reviewing basic physiology as it applies to everyday practice of pulmonary/critical care medicine.
 
The Tuesday Multidisciplinary Case Conference’s faculty advisor is Jonathan Parsons, and is a case based conference with typically 2 cases being presented by either pulmonary staff or a pulmonary staff and a fellow.
 
Wednesday‘s Sub-Subspecialty Clinical Conference’s faculty advisor is Karen Wood and is a multi-format conference focused on topics related to the clinical management of sub subspecialty patients such as allergy, asthma, COPD, cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung disease, interventional pulmonology, lung cancer, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary transplantation, sarcoid and sleep medicine.
 
Wednesday’s Journal Club’s faculty advisor is Scott Aberegg. Recent publications pertinent to pulmonary and critical care medicine are reviewed. The goal of this exercise is to teach fellows how to critically review research articles, and will utilize objective criteria for reviewing the medical literature. Particular attention will be given to review of clinical trials in regard to study design and statistical analysis. The fellow will also gain experience in different methods of data presentation and the applicability of medical research to patient care.
 
Wednesday’s MICU M&M Conference’s is conducted by the MICU director, Naeem Ali, and will review the previous month’s MICU activity. Adverse events will be discussed with discussion of solutions and prevention of future events.
 
The Thursday Research Conference’s faculty advisors are Andrea Doseff and Patrick Nana-Sinkam, and is devoted to updates on both clinical and basic science research. Speakers are from within the Pulmonary/CCM division, from other departments on campus and from other universities. The fellows will be expected to present their research once per year.
 
Internal Medical Grand Rounds, held weekly, includes reviews of topics pertinent to both Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.
 
The Friday Pulmonary Didactic Conference’s faculty advisor is Jennifer McCallister and Critical Care Didactic Conference’s faculty advisor is Roy Essig. These two series involve a set series of rotating topics conforming to the ACGME topic requirements over a three year period. There are didactic lectures given on a variety of pulmonary and critical topics given by faculty from both Pulmonary/CCM division as well as other departments on the medical center campus.
 
Friday morning’s Resident Chest Conference’s faculty advisors are Jennifer McCallister and Maria Lucarelli and is an interactive session with the internal medicine residents. The fellows prepare and review interesting cases and basic radiographic findings with the residents. 

Pathology Conference is held on the 4th Friday of the month and moderated by Dr. Charles Hitchcock from the Department of Pathology.  This conference is a combination of case reviews and didactic teaching sessions devoted to pulmonary pathology.
 
There are also other program-specific conferences that span the content of pulmonary/critical care fellowship training and fellows are welcome to attend any and all of these:

Basic Science Journal Club, 1500 every Wednesday
Organized by Susheela Tridandapani with objective reviews of basic science journal articles.

Didactic Sleep Conference, 1100-1200 every Monday
Didactic sessions on sleep disorders organized by Uly Magalang as part of the ACGME-approved fellowship in sleep medicine.

Interstitial Disease Case Conference, @ OSU East 1600 1st and 3rd Friday
Organized by Jim Allen as a multidisciplinary conference where patients with ILD are presented for discussion and review of diagnostic and management issues.