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.
Jan 8
Stephanie Maximous, MD
Jan 15
Leaders in Medicine
Mark Zeidel, MD
“Neural control of somatic function: the future of physiology and medicine”
Jan 22
Leaders in Medicine
Bradford Koles, Jr.
“State of the Union: Landscape Scan of the Latest Trends in Health Care”
Jan 29
Feb 5
Carolyn Fernandes, MD
Feb 12
Health Policy Debate
Joel Nelson, MD
William Shrank, MD
“Bumps in the Road: Navigating Towards Universal Health Care“
Feb 19
Bench to Bedside
Prem Soman, MD, PhD
Yvonne Eisele, PhD
“Developments in Cardiac ATTR Amyloidosis: Disease mechanisms, diagnosis and therapy”
Feb 26
CF Reynolds Historical Society Lecture
Mindy Schwartz, MD
“The Curious History of Leeches- from Hippocrates to FDA Approved Medical Device”
Mar 5
Leaders in Medicine
Mark Anderson, MD, PhD
“CaMKII is a redox sensor with evolved implications for health and disease”
Mar 12
Residents Research Presentations
Ryan Belecanech, MD
Peter Finin, MD
Natalie Klar, MD
Neeti Patel, MD
Georgios Triantafyllou, MD
Mar 19
Bench to Bedside
Dinesh Khanna, MD
Robert Lafyatis, MD
Systemic Sclerosis – From Bedside to Bench – Lessons learned from Recent Trials
Mar 26
Ken Fasanella, MD
Naudia Jonassaint, MD, MHS
Apr 2
Special K Klub
Ning Feng, PhD
Anna Zemke, MD, PhD
Nathaniel Weathington, MD, PhD
Apr 9
Apr 16
Bench to Bedside
Robert Schooley, MD
Jospeh Pilewski, MD
“Bacteriophage Therapy for Multidrug Resistant Bacterial Infections: Back to the Future”
Apr 23
Medical Education Debate
Stephanie Maximous, MD
Casey McQuade, MD
Raquel Buranosky, MD
Michelle Fleshner, MD
Apr 30
125 Victoria Hall
RESEARCH DAY KEYNOTE (Location: 125 Victoria Hall)
Terence S. Dermody, MD
A Viral Trigger for Celiac Disease
May 7
Residents Research Presentations
Lauren Statman, MD, PhD
Lauren Harter, MD
Diden Saygin, MD
Dustin McCurry, MD
Ricardo Nieves, MD
May 14
Leaders in Medicine
Quinn Capers, MD
“The Lack of Diversity in Medicine is a National Emergency: The Way Forward“
May 21
Bench to Bedside
Dimiter Dimitrov, PhD
Therapeutic Antibodies: from Horses to CARs
Prasad Adusumilli, MD
CAR T-cell therapy for solid tumors
May 28
BST S120
Fraley Lecture
Laura M. Dember, MD
Systemic Amyloidosis: Progress in Treating a (not so) Rare Disease
Jun 4
Sarah Merriam, MD
Gaetan Sgro, MD
General Internal Medicine Year in Review
Jun 11
Bench to Bedside
Robert Schoen, MD
Advances and Controversies in Colorectal Cancer Screening
Fri, June 14
11:00-12:00
G.R. Scott Budinger, MD
Understanding Aging Through the Prism of Alveolar Macrophages
Jun 18
Senior Talk Winners
Neeti Patel, MD
The Price is NOT Right: The Physician Role in Rising Insulin Costs
Phillip Hamilton, MD
What the Hill? When Observational Studies Give you Heartburn
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.