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.
Click here to view/watch January-June 2021 presentations.
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| 2021-01-05 | Anantha Shekhar, MD | Leaders in Medicine Key Goals and Strategies for Advancing Pitt Med to the Next Level of Excellence |
| 2021-01-12 | Bob Wachter, MD | Leaders in Medicine Healthcare's Digital Revolution: (Finally) A Time for Optimism Watch Presentation Following the COVID-19 update, join us for a Grand Rounds Leaders in Medicine Series, as we're thrilled to welcome Bob Wachter, MD, Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco(UCSF), widely considered the father of hospitalist medicine and, indeed, coined the phrase "hospitalist." Dr. Wachter will discuss healthcare's digital revolution, why healthcare has gone digital, and the initial decrease in productivity that accompanied digitalization, also known as the productivity paradox. How can tech can help us "reimagine the work"? |
| 2021-01-19 | Anna Apostolopoulou, MD Ali Azeem, MD Timothy Bober, MD Saloni Kapoor, MD Ankit Medhekar, MD | Resident Research Presentations Watch Presentations
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| 2021-01-26 | Mazen El Ali, MD Georgios Kitsios, MD, PhD Belinda Rivera-Lebron, MD Andrej Petrov, MD | PACCM Year in Review Watch Presentations What's new in the world of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine? Join us to hear exciting practice changing updates from our UPMC experts in COVID19 care, pulmonary hypertension, sleep medicine, and allergy! |
| 2021-02-02 | Vicky Fraser, MD | Update on COVID, COVID Vaccine and Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy Watch Presentation Please join us for DOM Grand Rounds, where we are thrilled to welcome Vicky Fraser, MD, the Chair of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Fraser's career has focused on infectious disease, specifically within HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, and hospital acquired infections. As the world has surpassed 100 million known COVID19 cases and new variants emerge from the UK and South America, widespread vaccination is paramount. Join us as Dr. Fraser discusses emerging science around COVID19, vaccination, and the vaccination hesitancy that persists. |
| 2021-02-09 | Evan Ray, MD, PhD Leslie Scheunemann, MD, MPH Giraldina Trevejo-Nunez, MD | Special K Club Watch Presentations
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| 2021-02-16 | David Lacomis, MD Timothy Miller, MD, PhD | Bench to Bedside Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
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| 2021-02-23 | Andrew Simpson, PhD | C.F. Reynolds Medical History Society Lecture Linking the Past and the Future: Using Medical History to Understand Current Issues in Health Care Watch Presentation Please join us for Grand Rounds, as we welcome Andrew Simpson, Ph.D. for our Annual CF Reynolds Medical History Society Lecture. Dr. Simpson is an Assistant Professor of History at Duquesne University and the author of "The Medical Metropolis: Health Care and Economic Transformation in Pittsburgh and Houston." He will be discussing how our medical history informs the current issues we face in health care. We look forward to (virtually) seeing you there! |
| 2021-03-02 | Brie Williams, MD, MS | Aging and Dying in Prison: Integrating geriatrics and palliative care into prison reform One of our major generational challenges is the aging of our population (aging pandemic). A particular challenge is the aging of our large prison population in the U.S. As the number of older prisoners rise, described as the correctional aging crisis, we must address aging, illness and dying in the prison system as well as integration of palliative care and geriatrics into prison reform. Please join us for Grand Rounds as we welcome Brie Williams, MD, MS, Professor of Medicine at UCSF and a leading investigator focused on health disparities surrounding aging in the criminal justice system. |
| 2021-03-09 | Amar Kohli, MD Eloho Ufomata, MD | General Internal Medicine Year in Review Watch Presentations How has COVID-19 impacted our patients' day to day lives? The pandemic has brought changes in life expectancy, reproduction & contraception (COVID babies), delivery of care with a rapid shift to telemedicine, and pandemic weight gain (Covi-besity). This has been a year of incredible change and innovation for General Internal Medicine physicians and their patients. General Internal Medicine Year in Review will address this and more, so please join us to hear practice changing updates. |
| 2021-03-16 | Tiffany Brazile, MD Sikemi Ibikunle, MD Sophia Knoell, MD Matthew Nguyen, MD Daniel (Tuck) Stapor, MD | Resident Research Presentations Watch Presentations
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| 2021-03-23 | Bryan McVerry, MD Georgios Kitsios, MD, PhD | Bench to Bedside ARDS phenotypes and the microbiome: from bedside to bench and back again Watch Presentation One of the major complications of the H1N1 and Covid-19 pandemic was severe acute lung injury, also called the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This common lung injury and inflammation syndrome remains a major cause of ICU admissions, morbidity and mortality. How do we better stratify patients with ARDS into distinct subgroups in the hopes of better understanding divergent outcomes? What role, if any, does the microbiome play in this process? Please join us for our Bench to Bedside Grand Rounds series given by Bryan McVerry, MD and Georgios Kitsios, MD, PhD as they discuss ARDS phenotypes and the microbiome. |
| 2021-03-30 | Nancy Spector, MD | Moving the Needle: Mentorship, Sponsorship and Allyship Please join us for our next Grand Rounds, as we welcome Nancy Spector, MD, Vice Dean for Faculty at Drexel University College of Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics, and Executive Director for the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program. Mentorship in academic medicine is critical in the development of physicians and scientists, known to accelerate career trajectory, increase productivity, and improve career satisfaction when done well. Additionally, strong sponsorship and allyship is essential on the path toward creating the richly diverse and inclusive environment that we continue to strive for. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Spector as she discusses how to move the needle on mentorship, sponsorship, and allyship. |
| 2021-04-06 | Ryan Augustin, MD Andrew Murphy, MD Thuy Bui, MD Amar Kohli, MD | Med Ed Debate The Annual Medical Education Debate: Should Third Year Clerkships Move to Pass Fail? Watch Presentations |
| 2021-04-13 | John Reilly, MD | Leaders in Medicine The future of academic medical centers: the journey to scale Watch Presentation Please join us for our next Grand Rounds, as we welcome back our former Department of Medicine Chairman and current University of Colorado School of Medicine Dean, John J. Reilly, Jr., MD as part of our Leaders in Medicine Series. Dr. Reilly will discuss the future of academic medical centers and the journey to scale. |
| 2021-04-20 | John Evankovich, MD Chethan Puttarajappa, MD Dharendra Thapa, PhD | Special K Club Watch Presentations Please join us for our next Grand Rounds as we hear from three of our outstanding physician-scientist K grant awardees from within the Department of Medicine as they share their research as part of our Special K Club series.
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| 2021-04-27 | Katrina Armstrong, MD | Research Day Unraveling Disparities in Genomic Medicine Watch Presentation |
| 2021-05-04 | Melissa McNeil, MD | Leaders in Medicine Leading from the Trenches: Strategies for Success Watch Presentation We welcome and honor our very own Melissa McNeil, MD, MPH for our Leaders in Medicine Series. |
| 2021-05-11 | Vlado Perkovic, MBBS, PhD | Annual Donald S. Fraley Memorial Lecture Evidence based kidney protection in Type 2 Diabetes and beyond Watch Presentation Please join us for our next Grand Rounds, as we welcome Vlado Perkovic, MBBS, PhD for our Annual Fraley Lecture. Dr. Perkovic is the Dean of Medicine and Health at University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, with research focusing on prevention of kidney disease progression. Here in the US, an estimated 10.5% of the population has diabetes with a prevalence of 25% of those with type 2 diabetes having CKD3-5. Dr. Perkovic will discuss evidence based kidney protection in Type 2 Diabetes and beyond. |
| 2021-05-18 | Andres Duarte-Rojo, MD, PhD Jeffrey Dueker, MD, MPH Asif Khalid, MD David Levinthal, MD, PhD | Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Year in Review Watch Presentations
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| 2021-05-25 | NO MEETING | |
| 2021-06-01 | Aryan Aiyer, MD Philip Joseph, MD | Health Policy Debate Pro/Con on public health approaches to CVD prevention Watch Presentations
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| 2021-06-04 | Mark W. Geraci, MD | Rogers Lectureship Lung Cancer Chemoprevention: Implications for Early Carcinogenesis |
| 2021-06-08 | Martin Steinberg, MD David Williams, MD | Bench to Bedside BCL11A and Hb F in SCD/lentivirus vector containing a silencing RNA Watch Presentations
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| 2021-06-15 | Doug White, MD Lisa Villarroel, MD MPH | Leaders in Medicine Watch Presentations
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Click here to view/watch August-December 2021 presentations.
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| 2021-09-14 | Syeda Ahmad, MD Cary Boyd-Shiwarski, MD, PhD | Renal Year in Review Watch Presentations
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| 2021-09-21 | Elise Martin, MD Graham Snyder, MD Ryan Bariola, MD | ID COVID Update Watch Presentations
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| 2021-09-28 | Carissa Low, PhD Andrey Parkhitko, PhD Jami Saloman, PhD | Special K Club Watch Presentations
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| 2021-10-05 | Amy Meister, DO, MRO Amy Donihi, PharmD | Bench to Bedside Changing the Curve of Patient Outcome in Diabetes and Obesity Management: GLP-1 receptor agonists & SGLT2 inhibitors Watch Presentations |
| 2021-10-12 | Crystal Cene, MD, MPH | Advancing Equity and Dismantling Structural Racism: the Pen and the Platform Watch Presentation |
| 2021-10-19 | Rohit Aggarwal, MD Robyn Domsic, MD, MPH Mandy McGeachy, PhD Sebastian Sattui, MD, MS | Rheumatology Year in Review Watch Presentation
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| 2021-10-26 | Yimin Chen, MD Leonidas Diamantopoulos, MD Joseph Ibrahim, MD Phoebe Lin, MD Rachel Pace, MD | Resident Research Presentations Watch Presentations
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| 2021-11-02 | Travis Rieder, PhD | Tisherman Lecture In Pain: A Bioethicist's Personal Struggle with Opioids |
| 2021-11-09 | Taofeek Owonikoko, MD David Wilson, MD Antoinette Wozniak, MD | Lung Cancer in the 21st Century Watch Presentations
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| 2021-11-16 | Tiffany Carson, PhD, MPH | The Weight of Stress and Depression on the Health of Black Women Watch Presentation |
| 2021-11-23 | Leisha Emens, MD Priya Rastogi, MD Adam Brufsky, MD, PhD | Hematology/Oncology Year in Review
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| 2021-11-30 | Shari Rogal, MD, MPH Mark Snyder, MD Manling Zhang, MD | Special K Club Watch Presentations
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| 2021-12-07 | Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH | It's Time to Reconstruct Dementia Care Watch Presentation |
| 2021-12-14 | Janet Leung, MD | Endocrinology and Metabolism Year in Review |
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January 4 | Holiday - NO MEETING | |
January 11 | Robert Lefkowitz, MD | *Virtual* Leaders in Medicine A Tale of Two Callings |
January 18 | Gregg L. Semenza, MD, PhD | *Virtual* Leaders in Medicine/Bench to Bedside Hypoxia-Inducible Factors in Physiology and Medicine |
January 25 | Reza Manesh, MD | Leaders in MedicineThe Clinical Problem Solvers / Live Broadcast |
February 1 | Elizabeth Trowridge, MD | Leaders in Medicine |
February 8 | E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD | Leaders in Medicine |
February 15 | Riyue Bao, PhD | Bench to Bedside |
February 22 | Jaipreet Virdi, PhD | CF Reynolds Lecture |
March 1 | Resident Research Presentations |
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March 8 | Stephen Chan, MD, PhD | Bench to Bedside |
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March 29 | Emelia Benjamin, MD, ScM | Leaders in Medicine |
April 5 | Atul Butte, MD, PhD | Leaders in Medicine |
April 12 | Uri Ladabaum, MD | Gerson Lecture |
April 19 | Augustine Choi, MD | |
April 26 | Research Day |
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May 3 | Alan Fogelman, MD | Leaders in Medicine |
May 10 | Jessie Merlin, MD, PhD, MBA | Palliative Care Year in Review |
May 17 | Greg Delgoffe, MD | Bench to Bedside |
May 24 | Darilyn Moyer, MD | Leaders in Medicine |
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June 14 | Nancy Brown, MD | Leaders in Medicine |
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.