Event Details

Start: May 15, 2024

End: May 15, 2024

Time: 12:00-13:00

The KGH Medical Staff Association is pleased to present:

Dr. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH

'Delirium in Acute Care:  A Critical Illness'

Wednesday, May 15, 2024  |   CAC Lecture Theatre / Zoom   |   12:00pm to 1:00pm PDT

 

Dr. Ely is the author of Every Deep-Drawn Breath, from which he's donating 100% net proceeds to help COVID survivors and family members rebuild their lives.

 

Dr. Ely is an internist, pulmonologist, and critical care physician.  He serves as the Grant W. Liddle endowed chair in medicine and is a physician-scientist and tenured Professor at Vanderbilt university Medical Center.  He is also the Associate Director of aging research for the Tennessee Valley Veteran's Affairs Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center (GRECC) in Nashville, TN.  Dr. Ely is the founder and co-director of the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center, and a pioneer in the investigation of delirium and long-term cognitive outcomes, including dementia, in survivors of critical illness.

View the taped presentation HERE  Please direct any questions to Helga Wendt, KGH Medical Staff Association Administrator by emailing KGH.MSA.CME@gmail.com.

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