This weekly program is a collaborative effort between OB/GYN departments at MWHC & MGUH. Journal club occurs on the 1^st Tuesday of every month from 9-10 am.  It is a joint venture between MWHC and MGUH OB/GYN departments geared towards the new combined Residency Program.  Articles are chosen for their clinical relevance and assigned to residents at both institutions.  Each article is reviewed and presented with a faculty mentor.  The purpose of the conference i...

M&M conference is a weekly lecture series intended to increase the ability of surgeons to apply new knowledge to the surgical management of their patients, enhance the level of performance and to improve patient outcomes. Cases are presented and complications are discussed. Relevant practice guidelines are reviewed.

This weekly multidisciplinary, case-based conference allows attending cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, residents, fellows and other specialists from MedStar Washington Hospital Center’s Cardiac Surgery program to hear expert speakers lecture live or via the internet/WebEx on relevant topics, review pertinent journal articles, discuss internal cases which resulted in morbidity or mortality, and share updates on current research being done in the field of cardiac surgery.  Cardiac surgery qua...

This weekly conference contains didactic lectures emphasizing the basic science and clinical aspects of vascular surgery as well as M&M conference of all vascular surgery cases performed in the week prior and pre-operative case discussions for the following week delivered by attending physicians, vascular surgery fellows and guest speakers.

Attending electrophysiologists and fellows, general cardiology fellows, pediatric cardiology attending physicians and fellows, arrhythmia service nurse practitioners, and the technicians and nurses from the EP LabCase Conference provides a forum for the healthcare team to learn with, from, and about each other by discussing prospective and retrospective cases, with open discussion on guidelines and treatment approaches.

Anesthesiology Clinical Conferences Provide safety and patient outcomes, Interdisciplinary management of disease requires that each member of the team is knowledgeable of the management guidelines as they pertain to other surgical and procedural specialties with whom they regularly work. There is continuous updating in clinical protocol and guidelines that need to be communicated to all practitioners. In addition, initiatives that are developed to improve patient outcomes secondary to iss...

A weekly interdisciplinary presentation of current thoracic oncology cases with an emphasis on consensus development for diagnosis, staging and multimodality, interdisciplinary team  management. Occasional lectures and peer-reviewed journal articles are provided by faculty and discussion of evidence-based thoracic oncology management guidelines also regularly occur. In keeping with the Cancer Committee ACOS guidelines. 75% of current cases are prospectively discussed.Case Conference provide...

The Sarcoma Conference is a semi-monthly, multidisciplinary, patient-centered conference held on the 1^st and 3^rd Tuesday from 7:30 – 9:15am.  Conference includes discussions on case presentations, review of updated guidelines, new technologies, treatment and management of sarcomas and best practice.Case Conference provides a forum for the healthcare team to learn with, from, and about each other by discussing prospective and retrospective cases, with open discussion on...

The Neurosurgery Conference is a weekly multidisciplinary conference, which features clinical cases and didactic presentations planned to meet the needs essential to educating attending physicians and residents on innovations in neurosurgery, stroke, spine surgery and neuro-oncology and neuroradiology. Monthly M&M conference is integrated into this conference.Case Conference provides a forum for the healthcare team to learn with, from, and about each other by discussing prospective and retro...

Multidisciplinary weekly case-based echocardiography conference with related lectures by MWHC faculty, review of relevant literature, updated guidelines, and presentations by fellows and faculty.Case Conference provides a forum for the healthcare team to learn with, from, and about each other by discussing prospective and retrospective cases, with open discussion on guidelines and treatment approaches.