Location — Akron General Medical Center Duration — 4 weeks Number of Students — 1
Director(s) — James Hodsden, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine 400 Wabash Avenue Akron, Ohio 44307 Contact - Jenny Henninger 330-344-5470
Teaching Faculty — Ismail Ahmed, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Donald Cho, MD Jeffery Courson, DO David Cutler, MD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Ihsan Haque, MD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Vinayak Hegde, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Stephen Heupler, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine James Hodsden, MD, Professor Clinical of Internal Medicine Michael Hughes, MD, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine Atul Hulyalkar, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Mark Iler, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine H. Karimian, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Stephen Klautky, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine George Litman, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine Fernando Munoz, MD, Clincal Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Tariq Saleem, MD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Robert Schweikert, MD, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine Qarab Syed, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine S. Leslie Tobias, MD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Sergey Viteloskij, MD
Objectives:
Understand the pathophysiology and clinical presentation of coronary atherosclerosis in acute myocardial infarction.
Understand the prognosis of patients who sustain and survive acute myocardial infarction.
Understand the daily care of patients with acute myocardial infarction including diet, activity, pharmacologic therapies and discharge from the hospital.
Understand the use of electrocardiography, biochemical markers and myocardial imagin in the role of care of the patient with acute myocardial infarction.
Understand the arrhythmias associated with acute myocardial infarction including left ventricular failure and mechanical complications.
Understand the indications for pulmonary catheter insertion and intra-arterial line monitoring and interpretation.
Description:
Participate in daily rounds, providing care in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unite with the attending and/or house staff team.
Exposure to diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventions in the care of patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Night Call/Special Requirements: Night call is optional
