
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Podium Presentation Session, 9 AM – 4 PM
Monroe Hall, Ochsner Medical Center, 1514 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA 70121
- 9 AM: Nursing Presentations
- 10 AM: Pharmacy Presentations
- 11 AM: Clinical/Translational Research Presentations
- 12 PM: Resident and Fellow Presentations
- 1 PM: University of Queensland, Ochsner Clinical School Medical Student Presentations
- 2 PM: 2023 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Presentations
Ochsner Clinical School Medicine Grand Rounds, 12-1 PM
Classrooms 1 and 2, Center for Academic Excellence, 1401-A Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA 70121

Iron and Fatty Liver: A Toxic Twosome
            Professor Darrell Crawford, MD, FRACP, FAASLD
            Associate Dean (Strategic Development)
              Mayne Professor of Medicine
              The University of Queensland, Faculty of Medicine
          
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Disease Lecture, 12-1 PM
Monroe Hall, Ochsner Medical Center, 1514 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA 70121

Pioneering use of low dose CT scanning for early detection of lung cancer and
              other smoking related pathologies
            Claudia Henschke, PhD, MD 
            Director, Early Lung and Cardiac Action Program (ELCAP)
              Professor of Radiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount 
              Sinai, New York, NY 
          
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Morning Lectures, 10 AM – 1 PM
Monroe Hall, Ochsner Medical Center, 1514 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA 70121

Welcome and Opening Remarks
            Leonardo Seoane, MD, FACP
            Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Ochsner Health
          

Ochsner Research Day 20th Year Celebration
            W. Mark Roberts, MD, MMM
            Dean of Research, Ochsner Health
          

From Vulnerable Plaque to Patient at Risk: Insights from Treating Acute Carotid-Related Strokes
            Hernan Bazan, MD, DFSVS, FACS
            The John Ochsner Endowed Professor of Cardiovascular Innovation
Professor of Surgery and Program Director, Vascular/Endovascular Surgery Fellowship
          

Development and Growth of a Research Program In a Busy Clinical Surgery
              Department at an Academic Medical Center
            Paul Perkowski, MD
            Associate Professor of Surgery, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
          

Critical Caring: Involvement in Organized Medical Societies
            Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FNLA
            Gerald S. Berenson Endowed Chair in Preventative Cardiology, Professor of Medicine, John W. Deming Department of
            Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine
          

Keynote
In Search of New Arrhythmia Genes and Therapies
            Barry London, MD, PhD
            Professor of Internal Medicine – Cardiovascular Medicine
            Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
            Potter Lambert Chair in Internal Medicine
            Director, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
            Director, Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center
            University of Iowa Health Care
          
Evening Poster Session and Awards Ceremony, 5-7 PM
The Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center, 6th floor, Riverview Room, Ochsner Medical Center, 1515 River Road, Jefferson, LA 70121
Continuing Nursing Education Credit Statement
Ochsner Health System- System Nursing Professional Development is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Louisiana State Nurses Association – Approver, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. LSNA Provider No. 4002634
Continuing Medical Education
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Designation
The Ochsner Clinic Foundation designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.