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Parnassus/Mount Zion Medical Service Grand Rounds

September 2010
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (MGR10002)
Thursday, 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.; Room HSW-300

September 9	Sibling Rivalries: New Ideas for Treating Lung Diseases from the Integrin Family Dean Sheppard, MD* Chief of Pulmonary Critical Care Allergy and Sleep Director of the Lung Biology Center Investigator, Cardiovascular Research Institute University of California, San Francisco To understand how insights from basic biology of integrins can lead to new strategies for treating disease To understand how TGFbeta gets activated by integrins
September 16	Health Disparities 2010: Update for the Clinician Eliseo J. Perez-Stable, MD Professor of Medicine Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine Director, Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations University of California, San Francisco
September 23	New Therapies for Immunological Diseases: Taking Basic Science to the Clinic Abul Abbas, MBBS Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine Understand the scientific basis of new immune therapies, specifically TNF costimulator blockade Understand the potential of using regulatory T cells and IL-2 to treat inflammatory diseases
September 30	Clinical Problem Solving HSW 301 Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine San Francisco VA Medical Center University of California, San Francisco Site-Director Internal Medicine Student Clerkships To examine how to generate a differential diagnosis To examine the process of clinical problem solving

Accreditation

The University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine (UCSF) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

UCSF designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 hours in Category I credit toward the AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Course Number MGR11002.

*Faculty Relationship Disclosure

All speakers listed above have declared that neither they, nor any immediate member of their family, have a financial arrangement or other relationship with the manufacturers of any commercial products except *.

Dean Sheppard: Stromedix-co own patents funded by SRA based on blocking receptors to treat fibrosis.

All conflicts of interest have been resolved in accordance with the ACCME's Standards for Commercial Support.

Medical Grand Rounds Commercial Support Disclosure

No commercial support received for September Grand Rounds.