MGH Medical Grand Rounds

MGH Medical Grand Rounds Academic Year 2020-2021



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July 29th, 2021
8:00-9:00am
The Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine Presents:
Palliative Care for the Precision Oncology Era
Laura A. Petrillo, MD

Care Gaps in Treating Dementia: the Role of Geriatric Palliative Care
Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH

MGH Global Palliative Care Program: Building Palliative Care Capacity Around the World
Bethany-Rose (BR) Daubman, MD
Mark Stoltenberg, MD, MPH, MA

July 22nd, 2021
8:00-9:00am
Department of Medicine Presents:
Innovation Development in the MGH Department of Medicine
Christiana A. Iyasere, MD, MBA

From Discovery to Commercial Product
Christopher M. Coburn

July 15th, 2021
8:00-9:00am
Department of Medicine Chief Residents Presents:
Leading in Uncertainty:
The Chief Resident Response to the Early COVID-19 Pandemic

Pierre Ankomah, MD, PhD
Alyssa Castillo, MD
Kelsey Hills-Dunlap, MD
Aisha James, MD, EdM

June 24th, 2021
8:00-9:00am
Lecture: Division of Gastroenterology
Yasmin G. Hernandez-Barco, MD
David A. Drew, PhD
Long H. Nguyen, MD, MS
Massachusetts General Hospital

June 17th, 2021
8:00-9:00am
Lecture: Clinicopathological Conference (CPC)
"A 76-Year-Old Woman with Abdominal Pain, Anorexia, Weight Loss, and Memory Impairment"
Lisa L. Willett, MD (Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Ryan Chung, MD (Radiology)
Amy K. Dickey, MD (DOM)
Rebecca K. Leaf, MD (DOM)
Gabrielle Bromberg, M.D. (DOM)
Meridale Baggett, MD (DOM)
Rose H. Goldman, MD, MPH (Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance)

June 10th, 2021
8:00-9:00am
The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Presents:
Fellowship Visiting Professor

Insights Into the Pathogenesis of Interstitial Lung Disease
Timothy S. Blackwell, M.D. (Vanderbilt University Medical Center)

May 27th, 2021
8:00-9:00am
Health Equity Rounds:
Trauma Informed Care & Transplant Equity
Siamak Malek, MD
Emily Bethea, MD
Judith A. Bloom, APRN- BC
Lauren Y. Maldonado, MD, MPH PGY1
Hanna Elmongy, MD PGY1
Cher Huang, MD PGY1
Taylor Brown, MS4
Aisha James, MD

May 20th, 2021
8:00-9:00am
The Division of Hematology and Oncology Presents:
Individualizing Therapy and Striving for Cure in CLL
Jacob Soumerai, MD

May 13th, 2021
8:00-9:00am
The Department of Medicine Presents:
Resident Research Day
Emily Moin, MD
Zoe Memel, MD
Daniel Leisman MD
Andrew Song, MD

April 29th, 2021
8:00-9:00am
Annual Stephen Krane, MD Lectureship Award:
Progress in Enteric Fever Diagnostics: Implications for Enteric Fever Control and Prevention
Richelle C. Charles, MD, FIDSA

April 22nd, 2021
8:00-9:00am
The Division of Endocrine Presents:
Hypertension: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Katherine A. Sakmar, MD
Nikolaos Stathatos, MD
Carrie C. Lubitz, MD, MPH

April 15th, 2021
8:00-9:00am
The Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology Presents:
Vaccine Allergy and the Role of the Allergist
Aleena Banerji, MD

COVID-19 Vaccine Allergy: Clinical Research Updates
Kimberly G. Blumenthal, MD, MSc

COVID-19 Vaccine Reactions: Learning from Clinical Cases
Lacey B. Robinson, MD, MPH

April 8th, 2021
8:00-9:00am
Department of Medicine Presents:
The Flexner Century: Transforming Medical Education
Lincoln Chen, MD, MPH

All In: The Future of Medical Training
Lisa Rosenbaum, MD

March 25th, 2021
8:00-9:00am
The Division of General Internal Medicine Presents:
The Aging of The Homeless Population:
An Emerging Crisis

Margot Kushel, MD
Division Chief, Center for Vulnerable Populations
Director, Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative
University of California San Francisco

March 18th, 2021
8:00-9:00am
Clinicopathological Conference:
A 29-Year-Old Woman with Recurrent Fractures
Michael J. Econs, MD
Daryl L. Selen, MD
Rene Balza
Omar Zurkiya
Henry M. Kronenberg, MD
Yin P. Hung, MD, PhD
Moderated by:
Kathy May Tran, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

March 11th, 2021
8:00-9:00am
The Division of Nephrology Presents:
A Novel Role for Proton-Secreting Kidney Cells in Sterile Inflammation
Maria Agustina Battistone, Ph.D.
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Program in Membrane Biology, Division of Nephrology Massachusetts General Hospital
Protein Carbamylation: Reconsidering the Toxicity of Urea in CKD
Sahir Kalim, MD, MMSc, FASN
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Assistant Physician, Division of Nephrology
Co-Director, MGH Kidney Research Center
Massachusetts General Hospital

March 4th, 2021
8:00-9:00am
Department of Medicine Presents:
Global Experience with the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons learned from the public health responses in Haiti, Malawi, and Vietnam
Louise Ivers MD, MPH (MGH)
Inobert Pierre, MD (Health Equity International, Haiti)
Todd Pollack, M.D. FIDSA (BIDMC)
Sara Suliman, MPH, PhD (BWH)
Gama Bandawe, PhD (Malawi University of Science and Technology)

February 25th, 2021
8:00-9:00am
Sandler Scholar Lecture 2021:
Diagnostic Error: A New Chapter in Patient Safety Science, Policy and Practice
Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH
Chief, Health Policy, Quality and Informatics Program,
Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt)
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine

February 18th, 2021
8:00-9:00am
The Division of Cardiology Presents:
Unraveling HFpEF - A Systemic Disease
Jennifer E. Ho, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation Section
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, MGH
Associate Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, MGH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

February 11th, 2021
8:00-9:00am
Combined Medicine/Surgery Grand Rounds:
Multidisciplinary Management of Benign Foregut Disease: New Advances and Future Frontiers
Denise W. Gee, MD
Division of Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgery
Department of Surgery

Kumar Krishnan, MD
Gastroenterology Unit
Department of Medicine

Ozanan Meireles, MD
Division of Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgery
Department of Surgery

Christopher R. Morse, MD
Division of Thoracic Surgery
Department of Surgery

January 28th, 2021
8:00-9:00am
The Health Equity Rounds (HER) Committee of:
Aisha James, MD
Nora Abo-Sido, MD
Michael Kelly, MD

Health Equity Rounds: Improving Care for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease

Invited Guests:
Gordon Valery
David Sykes, MD, PhD
Sharl Azar, MD
Maryam Ibrahim, MD

January 21st, 2021
8:00-9:00am
The Division of Infectious Diseases Presents:
Mycobacterial Update 2021
Roco Hurtado, MD, DTM & H

Leveraging single-cell multi-omics to decode host immune responses to viral pathogens
Pritha Sen, MD

January 14th, 2021
8:00-9:00am
Bulfinch Visiting Professor Lecture:
Deep and Wide: The Voyage to Discover Local and Global Health Equity
Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH, FACP

December 10th, 2020
8:00-9:00am
The Division of Palliative Care and Geriatrics Presents:
COVID-19 and Older Adults: Presentations, Pitfalls, and Priorities
Louise Aronson, MD, MFA

November 19th, 2020
8:00-9:00am
Department of Medicine Presents:
The Transformative Scholars

Accelerating Microbial Diagnostics Through RNA Profiling

Roby P. Bhattacharyya, MD, PhD

Penicillin Allergy: Impact and Predictive Tools
Kimberly G. Blumenthal, MD, MSc

Identification Complex Disease Mechanistic Pathways via High-throughput Genetic Clustering
Miriam Udler, MD, PhD

November 12th, 2020
8:00-9:00am
Department of Medicine Presents:
Obesity, Cardiovascular Disease and Metabolic Dysregulation in a Viral Pandemic:
Prior Lessons and New Research Opportunities

Steven Grinspoon, MD

October 29th, 2020
8:00-9:00am
Department of Medicine Presents:
Molecular Imaging of Pulmonary Fibrosis
Sydney Montesi, MD

October 22nd, 2020
8:00-9:00am
Department of Medicine Presents:
State of the Department of Medicine 2020
Katrina Armstrong, MD, MSCE

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