Medicine Grand Rounds – Blood Pressure Targets in Limbo: How Low Can You Go?

Calendar
When:
January 13, 2016 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am
2016-01-13T08:00:00-08:00
2016-01-13T09:00:00-08:00
Where:
Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge, Berg Hall, 2nd Floor
Stanford University
300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94304
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Department of Medicine
650-721-1166
Email
Medicine Grand Rounds
Cardiovascular Disease Kidney Disease Nephrology
Medicine Grand Rounds - Blood Pressure Targets in Limbo: How Low Can You Go? @ Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge, Berg Hall, 2nd Floor | Stanford | California | United States

Presenter: Tara Chang, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
Stanford University

Tara Chang is an assistant professor at Stanford University. She received her medical degree from the University of Michigan, and completed her residency at UCSF.

As a board-certified nephrologist, Chang sees first-hand the pervasiveness of cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). As a trained epidemiologist and clinical researcher, she also sees the lack of evidence available to guide treatment decision-making in CKD. Motivated by these evidence gaps, her research seeks to clarify questions about cardiovascular care in patients with CKD. Her research specifically focuses on issues such as blood pressure control, coronary revascularization, and the comparative effectiveness of cardioprotective medications in patients with CKD, with the long-term goal of improving outcomes in these high-risk patients.