Forum Schedule
Wednesday, March 31, 2004: Poster set up, 10:00 am - 5:30 pm, Centre @ Millennium Park Ballroom
Thursday, April 1, 2004:
6:00 AM - 8:00 AM: Poster Set up, Ballroom
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM: Poster Judging, Ballroom
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM: Poster Viewing, Ballroom
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM: Oral Presentation Session, Roan Mountain Room 137a (see below for the schedule)
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM: Lunch, Lounge area outside Room 137a
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM: Keynote Speaker, Dr. Jeffrey Blumberg, Room 137a, Sponsored by Yasoo Health, Inc.
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM: Awards Presentation, Roan Mountain Room 137a
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Reception, Lounge area outside Ballroom
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Poster take down
Oral presentations
9:30 – 9:45 Anil K. Goli, Syndrome X: a bit of a mystery.
9:45 – 10:00 Mustafa Saad , Staphylococcus epidermids --A potential reservoir for antibiotic resistance in S. aureus.
10:00 – 10:15 Kais Albalbissi, Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors may decrease the risk of developing right ventricular dysfunction in patients with acute pulmonary embolism.
10:15 – 10:30 Said Iskandar , Hepatitis C and Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
10:30 – 10:45 Panos Kougias, Simultaneous carotid edartectomy and coronary artery bypass grafting; Results in Specific Patient. Groups
10:45 – 11:00 Omar Aljitawi, Colorectal cancer in elderly: Pattern of care study.
11:00 – 11:15
Sanjay Singh,
Discovery of a C-reactive protein
mutant that does not bind to low-density lipoprotein.
11:15 – 11:30 Michael Puruckherr, Comparison of CT-SCAN, SPECT and biopsy results in evaluation of pulmonary nodules.