Annual Scientific Meeting

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General Information

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the University at Buffalo School of Medicine, Continuing Medical Education and the Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation. The University at Buffalo School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University at Buffalo School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Meeting Highlights

• 2009-10 Sarnoff Fellow and Scholar Scientific Presentations

• Friday Morning Keynote Address: "Adventures in Cardiovascular Research" by Eugene Braunwald, MD, Distinguished Hersey Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Chairman, TIMI Study Group, Brigham and Women's Hospital

• Friday Afternoon Keynote Address by Helen Hobbs, MD, Director, McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, Chief, Division of Clinical Genetics, Internal Medicine, and Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

• Alumni Presentation by Richard Page, MD, 1982-83 Sarnoff Fellow, 1987-89 Sarnoff Scholar, Chair, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine

• Featured Preceptor Talk on "Biased Signaling by G Protein-Coupled Receptors" by Howard Rockman, MD, Edward S. Orgain Professor of Cardiology, Professor of Medicine, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, Chief of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center

• Featured Preceptor Talk by Bruce Conklin, MD, Senior Investigator, Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

• Leadership Breakfast moderated by Thomas Michel, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine (Biochemistry), Harvard Medical School; Senior Physician, Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Co-Director, Leder Human Biology and Translational Medicine Program

• Sarnoff Alumni Poster Reception

• Roundtable lunch session on Careers in Academia, Industry and Private Practice

• Awards Dinner at the French Embassy (April 29)

• 30th Anniversary Celebration Dinner at the home of Mrs. Stanley J. Sarnoff (April 30)

Meeting Program

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