CVD is the leading cause of death in the US. Hypertension and diabetes are among the foremost risk factors for the development of CVD, stroke, peripheral artery disease, and heart attack. This program will provide an overview of recent advances that target the underlying pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease. The focus of the program will be on the new guidelines for hypertension, DM and CKD and will discuss the advances in pharmacotherapeutics in these fields.

The Clinical Research Operations Supplemental Series (CROSS) provides educational opportunities for research staff of the Abramson Cancer Center (ACC) Clinical Research Unit (CRU) on topics related to the daily operations of the ACC CRU and collaborating departments, e.g., Radiation Oncology, Pathology, Fertility Preservation Care Program. Past educational opportunities have included: (1) Hallmarks of Cancer, (2) Drug-Drug Interactions: The Cytochrome 450 Metabolic Pathway, and (3) Immune Toxic...

These sessions will bring content experts from many aspects of the University including Penn Medicine and CHOP to address relevant and contemporary issues in delivering care to medically underserved patient populations.

Case review to enhance understanding of diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of plasma cell dyscrasias.

Pharmacy Grand Rounds is a bi-monthly continuing education (CE) series designed to be delivered by pharmacists and postgraduate pharmacy residents to health care professionals that participate in providing medication therapy and medication management as part of their clinical activities.

The goal of this series is to provide continuing education to the medical staff and other members of the healthcare team at Holy Redeemer Hospital regarding a variety of relevant and timely topics in medicine. This activity is intended to provide a concise and high-impact review of a particular topic to maximize learning. Topics cover the breadth of clinical medicine.

A monthly morbidity and mortality conference which will present inpatient and/or outpatient case presentations to order to discuss management decisions, provide education, and work to develop and implement solutions for both provider and systemic inadequacies which have led to suboptimal patient outcomes.

The Family Medicine Grand Rounds Series provides a comprehensive series of lectures and discussions addressing the full range of clinical and public health issues confronting primary care clinicians and their interdisciplinary teams. Topics will range from preventive care for individuals of all genders, to diagnosis and management of chronic conditions, geriatric care, and issues in community health. This series is CME accredited for physicians, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists

M&M Conferences will review timeline of event (allograft loss, complications, deaths, return to OR, and unanticipated readmissions), identify area where breakdown occurred, identify root cause, review related literature if applicable, identify action items to prevent similar events in future.

The Penn Transplant Institute Kidney / Pancreas Transplant and Kidney Living Donor Program's focuses on Quality Assurance Process Improvement and will cover Key Performance Indicators, Regulatory Readiness/Updates, Adverse events, PI projects, PennChart Updates