Office of the Chair

Medicine Grand Rounds

The Department of Medicine hosts local faculty and outstanding regional or national leaders in their respective fields, who present on a range of topics in weekly grand rounds that represent all of the department’s subspecialties. Each year, the Medicine Grand Rounds schedule offers presentations in a variety of formats. These presentations are designed for our faculty, residents, fellows, other healthcare professionals, and researchers who wish to remain up to date on new science in their field and to encourage collaboration among scientists and physicians. Medicine Grand Rounds are held weekly at 12:00pm in the LHAS auditorium. Attendees can receive CME credit.

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Tuesdays, Noon-1:00pm

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LHAS Auditorium, Montefiore Hospital

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Virtual Meeting
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Watch Recent Presentations

2022
September 6	Sonya Borrero, MD, MS Suji Uhm, MD, MPH Marian Jarlenski, PhD Mehret Birru Talabi, MD, PhD Greer Donley, JD	Ensuring patient-centered care in a post-Roe world
September 13	Ken Ho, MD	Monkeypox Update Watch Presentation
September 20	Rachel Hannum, MD Andrew Knight, MD Amy Labar, MD Gautam Rangavajla, MD Bradley Very, MD	Residents Research Presentations Watch Presentations Dr. Hannum: Gender Difference in Burnout and Fulfillment: Can Leadership Close the Gap? Dr. Knight: The Effect of Immunosuppression During Anti-PD-1 Treatment for Stage III Melanoma Dr. Labar: Plasma Levels of Soluble Suppression of Tumorigenicity (sST2) Are Associated with Markers of Injury, Severity of Illness, and Outcomes in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure Dr. Rangavajla: Guideline-directed medical therapy in primary prevention defibrillator recipients and their mortality risk Dr. Very: Demographic Differences in Palliative Care Contact Among Patients with Heart Failure
September 27	Lise Vesterlund, PhD	The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead-End Work Watch Presentation
October 4	Mohammad Al-Bataineh, DVM, MS, PhD Marc C. Gauthier, MD Craig Seaman, MD, MS	Special K Club Watch Presentations Dr. Al-Bataineh: Novel Role for MUC1 in Acid-Base Homeostasis Dr. Gauthier: CCL5 as a Potential Bridge Between T1-High and T2-High Asthma Dr. Seaman: Von Willebrand Disease Aging and Bleeding Correlation Study (VWD ABC)
October 11	Rupa Marya, MD	Tisherman Lecture The Anatomy of Injustice: Interventions to Treat What Ails Us Watch Presentation *Co-sponsored by the Center for Bioethics and Health Law
October 18	Maggie Whelan, MD, PhD Sheila Velez Martinez, JD	Leaders in MedicineAsylum Evaluations and the Impact of Physicians Watch Presentation
October 25	Sandeep Jain, MD Guy Salama, PhD	Bench to BedsideAtrial Fibrillation Watch Presentations Dr. Jain: Mechanisms and Management of Atrial Fibrilation Dr. Salama: Relaxin as a Therapy for Atrial Fibrilation
November 1	Adriana Cifuentes De La Torre, MD Mohanad Hamandi, MD Susan Jacob, MD Sarah Mann, MD	Residents Research Presentations Watch Presentations Dr. Cifuentes De La Torre: Calorie Restriction and Metabolic Adaptations in Obesity Dr. Hamandi: The Association of Triglyceride-Rich Lipoproteins With Cognitive Function: ELSA‐Brazil (the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health) Dr. Jacob: Ultra-processed food consumption and multi year clinical trajectories in IBD Dr. Mann: Impact of Cutaneous Vasculitis on Quality-of-Life
November 8	Lena Makaroun, MD, MS Cara Mitchell, DO Eric Rodriguez, MD, MPH	Geriatics Year In Review Watch Presentations
November 15	*No Meeting*	Cancelled/Postponed to 2023
November 22	BREAK - No Meeting
November 29	Konstantinos Aronis, MD Anum Saeed, MD Natalie Stokes, MD	Cardiology Year in Review Watch Presentations
December 6	Ann Perrin, MD, MPH Michael Simonson, MD, MS	General Internal Medicine Year in Review (Hospital)
December 13	Cynthia St. Hilaire, PhD Ibrahim Sultan, MD	Bench to BedsideAortic Stenosis and Calcific Aortic Valve Disease
December 20	HOLIDAY - No Meeting
December 27	HOLIDAY - No Meeting

2023 - Upcoming Medicine Grand Rounds

2023
January 3	HOLIDAY - No Meeting
January 10	Marc Gauthier, MD Corrine Kliment, MD, PhD Eleanor Valenzi, MD	PACCM Year in Review Dr. Gauthier: Asthma Dr. Kliment: COPD Dr. Valenzi: ILD
January 17	Dana Ascherman, MD Chester Oddis, MD	Bench to Bedside
January 24	Sawa Ito, MD, PhD Warren Schlomchik, MD	Bench to Bedside
January 31	Ken Ho, MD, MPH Graham Snyder, MD, MS Ryan Shields, PharmD, MS	Infectious Diseases Year in Review Dr. Ho: Monkeypox Dr. Shields: Antimicrobial Resistance Dr. Snyder: COVID & Influenza
February 7	Sylk Sotto, EDD, MBA, MPS	Leaders In Medicine
February 14	Allie Dakroub, MD, MS Andrew Klein, MD	General Internal Medicine Year in Review (Outpatient)
February 21	Jaipreet Virdi, PhD	CF Reynolds LectureThe Edge of Silence: A History of Fanciful Deafness Fads
February 28	Yvette Yien, MD Julia Xu, MD	Bench to BedsideIron Metabolism, Erythropoiesis, and Sickle Cell Disease
March 7	TBD
March 14	Jeffrey Dueker, MD, MPH Anna Evans Phillips, MD, MS	Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Year in Review
March 21	Marc Triola, MD	Leaders In Medicine
March 28	Rod Tan, MD, PhD Manisha Jhamb, MD, MPH	Bench to BedsideChronic Kidney Disease
April 4	Eva Aagaard, MD	Leaders In Medicine
April 11	TBD
April 18	TBD
April 25	TBD	Research Day
May 2	TBD
May 9	Robert Winn, MD	Leaders In Medicine
May 16	TBD
May 23	TBD
May 30	TBD
June 6	TBD
Friday* June 9	TBD	Rogers Lectureship
June 13	TBD

Selected Medicine Grand Rounds presentations can be viewed on the DOM Medical Education Resources website.

Grand Rounds Formats

Special K Klub – Features our star mid-career physician-scientists with K-awards; their work spans the bench to the bedside and represents the best present and future of the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC.

Discovery – Focused on major scientific discoveries and their impact on the future of medicine and health. The process of discovery, including historical background, will be emphasized with a conclusion highlighting future implications in the field.

Specialty Year in Review – Each Division will review hot topics and landmark papers over the past year.

Spotlight Series – Each Division will organize a session focusing on the translation of basic discoveries to the bedside or population. In each session, one speaker will discuss basic or translational research findings and another will focus on the clinical applications of the science.

Leaders in Medicine – The Chief Residents, in collaboration with the Department Chair, will select and invite prominent outside speakers. When possible, additional “meet the professor” or “rock star” sessions will be held for house staff groups.

Named Lecture Series – The Department and individual Divisions support a number of named lectures each year. Organizers from sponsoring Divisions will work with the Chief Residents to select these featured lectureship recipients.

Point – Counterpoint – Two controversial topics are chosen for the annual Health Policy Debate and Med-Ed Debate. These moderated debates between two speakers are among the most popular Grand Rounds of the year.

Senior Resident Talks – The last Grand Rounds of the year is reserved fro two selected senior talks from the graduating residency class. These speakers are selected by a committee within the residency and honored at the Senior Banquet.

In the summer, Grand Rounds is replaced by resident lecture series and intern “boot camp lectures.”

Each Division holds specialty and sub-specialty Grand Rounds presentations.

Specialty and Sub-Specialty Grand Rounds

Cardiology

Cardiology Grand Rounds provides cardiology faculty and staff an opportunity to hear speakers from across the nation discuss current cutting-edge topics that include basic science, translational, clinical, and educational cardiology research. The Cardiology Grand Rounds Conference is held on Tuesdays at 7:00am.

Endocrinology and Metabolism

The University-Wide Conference (Endocrine Grand Rounds) consists of lectures by external and internal speakers to expose faculty and trainees to cutting edge research and clinical care developments in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and to increase their basic science knowledge base. Held Fridays at 8:00am.

Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

GI Grand Rounds are lectures by external and internal faculty and case presentations from GI fellows. Held weekly on Wednesdays at 5:00pm. GI Research Rounds are held weekly, featuring gastrointestinal research presentations from a multidisciplinary lecture core. Held Fridays at 12:00pm.

Geriatric Medicine

Geriatric Medicine Grand Rounds are held on Friday mornings at 8:00-9:30am.

Hematology/Oncology

Grand Rounds are held every Wednesday at 8:00am. Different types of cancers are discussed each week, and the meetings are open to physicians, physician’s assistants, and nurses who are interested in cancer research.

Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds are held on Thursdays at 4pm.

Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine

Pulmonary Grand Rounds lectures are held monthly on Thursdays, 12:00-1:00pm
Sleep Medicine Grand Rounds are held on Thursdays at 4:00pm.

Renal-Electrolyte

Renal Grand Rounds are held on alternating Thursdays.

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology

Rheumatology Grand Rounds features a presentation and discussion of the diagnosis and/or management of difficult or interesting cases seen on inpatient consultation service or in the outpatient clinics. A guest speaker from outside the University is invited once a month to speak at the conference. Grand Rounds are held on Fridays at 8:15am.

Office of the Chair

Medicine Grand Rounds

Tuesdays, Noon-1:00pm

LHAS Auditorium, Montefiore Hospital

Virtual Meeting Click for Link

Watch Recent Presentations

2022

September 6

Sonya Borrero, MD, MS Suji Uhm, MD, MPH Marian Jarlenski, PhD Mehret Birru Talabi, MD, PhD Greer Donley, JD

Ensuring patient-centered care in a post-Roe world

September 13

Ken Ho, MD

Monkeypox Update

September 20

Rachel Hannum, MD Andrew Knight, MD Amy Labar, MD Gautam Rangavajla, MD Bradley Very, MD

Residents Research Presentations

September 27

Lise Vesterlund, PhD

The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead-End Work

October 4

Mohammad Al-Bataineh, DVM, MS, PhDMarc C. Gauthier, MDCraig Seaman, MD, MS

Special K Club

October 11

Rupa Marya, MD

The Anatomy of Injustice: Interventions to Treat What Ails Us

October 18

Maggie Whelan, MD, PhD Sheila Velez Martinez, JD

Asylum Evaluations and the Impact of Physicians

October 25

Sandeep Jain, MD Guy Salama, PhD

Atrial Fibrillation

November 1

Adriana Cifuentes De La Torre, MD Mohanad Hamandi, MD Susan Jacob, MD Sarah Mann, MD

Residents Research Presentations

November 8

Lena Makaroun, MD, MSCara Mitchell, DOEric Rodriguez, MD, MPH

Geriatics Year In Review

November 15

November 22

November 29

Konstantinos Aronis, MDAnum Saeed, MDNatalie Stokes, MD

Cardiology Year in Review

December 6

Ann Perrin, MD, MPH Michael Simonson, MD, MS

General Internal Medicine Year in Review (Hospital)

December 13

Cynthia St. Hilaire, PhD Ibrahim Sultan, MD

Aortic Stenosis and Calcific Aortic Valve Disease

December 20

December 27

2023 - Upcoming Medicine Grand Rounds

2023

Grand Rounds Formats

Specialty and Sub-Specialty Grand Rounds

Virtual Meeting
Click for Link

Sonya Borrero, MD, MS
Suji Uhm, MD, MPH
Marian Jarlenski, PhD
Mehret Birru Talabi, MD, PhD
Greer Donley, JD

Rachel Hannum, MD
Andrew Knight, MD
Amy Labar, MD
Gautam Rangavajla, MD
Bradley Very, MD

Mohammad Al-Bataineh, DVM, MS, PhD
Marc C. Gauthier, MD
Craig Seaman, MD, MS

Maggie Whelan, MD, PhD
Sheila Velez Martinez, JD

Sandeep Jain, MD
Guy Salama, PhD

Adriana Cifuentes De La Torre, MD
Mohanad Hamandi, MD
Susan Jacob, MD
Sarah Mann, MD

Lena Makaroun, MD, MS
Cara Mitchell, DO
Eric Rodriguez, MD, MPH

Konstantinos Aronis, MD
Anum Saeed, MD
Natalie Stokes, MD

Ann Perrin, MD, MPH
Michael Simonson, MD, MS

Cynthia St. Hilaire, PhD
Ibrahim Sultan, MD