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Recent Advances in Heart Surgery

By Robert Robbins - Stanford
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  • Summer 2006
  • Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0
  • Stanford

Lecture Description

June 12, 2007 presentation by Robert Robbins for the Stanford University Office of Science Outreach's Summer Science Lecture Series.

Dr. Robbins, Professor & Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Director of Stanford's Cardiovascular Institute, delivers information on the state of research, the newest studies, and the latest treatments for cardiovascular disease.

Course Description

Course Index

  1. Recent Advances in Heart Surgery
  2. Back to Life: The Rebirth of the Monterey Coast
  3. Regenerative Medicine: What Is It?
  4. Using Evolution to Understand Human Growth and Disease
  5. 100 Years After 1906: Understanding Earthquakes and Effects
  6. Global Warming: Is the Science Settled Enough for Policy
  7. Cool Hands, Better Performance
  8. Archimedes: Ancient Text Revealed with X-Ray Vision
  9. Wired for Speech: Voice Interactions with People and Computers
  10. Drugs: One Size Does Not Fit All
  11. Powering the Future with Sustainable Energy
  12. Human Embryonic Stems Cells: Science, Ethics, and Politics