Pediatric Grand Rounds are held on Fridays from 8 a.m. - 9 a.m. in the first floor conference room (BT-1810) of the Children's Hospital unless otherwise noted.

Most grand rounds presentations are available for distance viewing.


The Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

This CME activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Essentials.

2024-2025     2023-2024     2022-2023    2021-2022   2020-2021     2018-2020

2024-2025 Schedule

Date Speaker Topic
8/2/2024 William Strong, MD
     Endowed Chair
Pediatric Cardiology: The Development of a Division and a Personalized History
8/9/2024

Alice Little Caldwell, MD
Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

 

Nicotine, Alcohol & Cannibis and Adolescents
8/16/2024

Valera Hudson, MD
Chair, Department of Pediatrics

Department of Pediatrics: Annual State of the Department Address
8/24/2024 Teresa Waters, MD
     School of Public Health
 
8/30/2024

John Phillips, MD
Professor, Biochemistry, Medicine and Pathology
Vanderbilt U M C

Undiagnosed Disease Network (UDN) Approach to Personalized Medicine
9/6/2024 Adiaha I.A. Spinks-Franklin MD, MPH, FAAP
     Baylor College of Medicine
Ellington Charles Hawes, MD Memorial Lectureship
Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
9/13/2024

Jon Klein, MD

How Early is too Early? 
Advances in the Limits of Viability from Fetus to Neonate and Beyond at 22 to 23 Weeks Gestation
9/20/2024

Ingrid, Camelo, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatric Infectious Disease

RSV and Nirsevimab
9/27/2024

Melissa Lefebvre, DO
Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology

Pediatric Cardiology Topic
10/4/2024

 

 
10/11/2024

Freyli Bustamante Gonzalez, MD
Assistant Professor, Abdominal Imaging

Pediatric Radiology Topic
10/18/2024

P. Syamasundar Rao, MD
Children's Heart Institute
UT Health McGovern Medical School

William B. Strong, MD Lectureship
Interventional Pediatric Cardiology
10/25/2024

Peter J. Stasikelis, MD
Shriners Children's Greenville

Frank H. Stelling Pediatric Orthopaedic Conference
11/1/2024

James St. Louis, MD
Chief, Pediatric & Congenital Heart Program

T-13 T-18 Cardiac Surgery
11/8/2024

Erick Viorritto, MD, MPH
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Theo George Thevaos, MD Memorial Pediatric Neurology Lectureship
11/15/2024

David Krupp, MD
Associate Professor, Family Medicine

Lifestyle Medicine or Interpersonal Neurobiology and the Impact of Functional and Dysfunctional Social Connections
11/22/2024

 

 
11/29/2024

 

NO GRAND ROUNDS - Thanksgiving Holiday
12/6/2024

Natasha Savage, MD
Professor, Pathology

Hemoglobinopathy & Laboratory Evaluation
12/13/2024

 

 
12/20/2024

 

 
12/27/2024

 

NO GRAND ROUNDS - Winter Break
1/3/2025

 

NO GRAND ROUNDS - New Year's Holiday

 

 

 

Past Grand Rounds

Date Speaker Topic

01/06/23

Amy Thompson, MD-

Section of Neonatology

Who Moved My Curve?: A Review and Case-based Discussion of the Updated AAP Hyperbilirubinemia Guidelines

01/13/23

Søren Estvold MD, MPH,  

Fam Med - PGY-3  |

Darnelle Ambo, MD

Fam Med- PGY-1

LGBTQ+ Med (Full Spectrum of Care)

01/20/23

Eric Ring, MD

Pediatric Cancer Survivorship:  The Cost of Cure

01/27/23

Lisa Hilton, MD - 

Chief, GI Surgery

Pediatric Obesity Management

02/03/23

Yoav Dori, MD, PhD  - CHOP

William Strong Lecture
“Lymphatic Disorders in Pediatric Patients”

02/10/23

Stephanie Duggins Davis, MD Current Professor and Chair
Dept of Pediatrics-
UNC-Chapel Hill

Unmasking and Changing the Face of Rare Lung Disease

02/17/23

Chris Ledford, MD Exercise IS medicine

02/24/23

Keisha Fraser Doh, MD - 

Emory University

Disrupting the #1 cause of death in US Children: Pediatric Firearm Injury Prevention 

03/03/23

Theodore S. Johnson, MD, PhD

Sickle Revolutions: Transition and mHealth for SCD

03/10/23

Dr. Wally Smith

VCU

IDO-based immunotherapy for childhood brain cancer

03/17/23

Endocrinology Invited Lecturer- 

Peter Lee, MD, PhD/

Milton S. Hershey Med Ctr

Frequently asked questions about ifs, what, and when of puberty

03/24/23

Neeharika Bade, MD

Non - Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - what’s known and what’s new ?

03/31/23

Natasha Savage, MD

Peripheral Blood Smear: Unusual Findings

04/07/23

No Grand Rounds

 

04/14/23

Laura Hampton, MD

Lessons Learned from Pediatric Quality Improvement Initiatives - And How To Start Your Own

04/21/23

Jim Wilde, MD

Fever in Children: Review of the Literature and Suggestions for Management in 2023

04/28/23

Robyn Hatley, MD

Pediatric Surgery topic

05/05/23

Sandy Chung, MD, FAAP -
President of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Bennett-Green-Linder Lectureship: Protecting Children’s Mental Health & Restoring Our Future

05/12/23

Jean-Marie Alves-Bradford, MD - 

Associate Dean for Medical

School Professionalism in the Learning Environment

Ellington Charles and Grace Hawes Invited Lectureship on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Becoming Upstanders: Advocacy in Action

05/19/23

Dr. Daphne Pineda - 

Neonatology fellow

Infant Driven Feeding: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Oral Feeding Outcomes in a Level IV NICU

05/26/23

Dr. Fatima Ramirez-Cueva, 

Dr. Ohmed Khilji - 

ED fellows

Pediatric ED Saves and Improving Ultrasound Visualization of the Appendix by IV Fluid Resuscitation in Acute Appendicitis in the Pediatric Emergency Department

06/02/23

Resident Research Day

William P. Kanto Resident and Fellow Research Symposium

06/09/23

Dr. R. Christina Smith, Allergy-Immunology Fellow

TREC screening for SCID

06/16/23

Dr. Nicole Fiore - 

PICU fellow

Predicting Critical Interventions in Patients with Mild-Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury

06/23/23

Dr. Anton Mandrov - 

Cardiology fellow

Predicting Complications after Congenital Heart Disease Surgery with Machine Based Learning

06/30/23

Jennifer Poon, MD

IDEA for Pediatricians- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

8/4/23

John Lue, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG

Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain

8/11/23

Jake Eichenberger, MD

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

8/18/23

Valera Hudson, MD

Department of Pediatrics: Annual State of the Department Address

8/25/23

Sarah Hampl, MD-

Children’s Mercy Kansas City

Caring for Children with Obesity: Guidance from the AAP Clinical Practice Guideline

9/1/23

Robert Pendergrast, MD

Pediatric and Adolescent Applications of Breath Training

9/8/23

Matthew Cornish, MD, FAAP

High Quality with Low Resources

9/15/23

Hannah Joseph, PhD

Promoting Equity in Child Mental Health Treatment Access and Retention

9/22/23

Asma Q. Fischer, MD-

Pediatric Neurology

Bullying and the Nafs: Nature versus Nurture

9/29/23

Dianna Lautenberger, MA-

in conjunction with Lara Stepleman, PhD

Confronting Dominant Culture to Create Inclusive Environments

10/6/23

Stewart Fisher-

AU Attorney

Navigating Legal/Risk Challenges Involving Minors

10/13/23

Ernest Sink, MD

Stelling Orthopedic Lecture |

DDH Concepts from Birth to Adult PAO

10/20/23

Mark Bowen-

Coroner

Caring for the Pediatric Coroner Case

10/27/23

Chad Y. Mao, MD, FACC, FAHA|

Assistant Professor|

CHOA-Emory University

Strong Cardiology Lecture-

Guideline Directed Medical Therapy for Pediatric Heart Failure (focus on drug therapy)

11/3/23

Dr. Kristianna Singh

Pediatric acute kidney injury: Not just a ‘bump’ in the creatinine

11/10/23

Yanfang “Peipei” Zhu, PhD

Immune Profiling with Single-cell Tools in Pediatric Diseases

11/17/23

Matt Linam, MD-

Emory

 So You Want to Prescribe an Antibiotic...

 Maximizing the Benefits and Minimizing the Harms of Antibiotics

 

11/24/23

NO GRAND ROUNDS

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

12/1/23

Julisa Patel, MD

Clinical Pearls, Challenges and Updates in Pediatric Rheumatology

12/8/23

Jason May, MD-

Peds Otolaryngology

Profound Hearing Loss: Current-

Guidelines and Future Directions

12/15/23

Nintin Chouthai, MBBS

Neonatal Global Health and Pediatric Global Health Certificate Program

12/22/23

NO GRAND ROUNDS

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY

12/29/23

NO GRAND ROUNDS

NEW YEAR’S HOLIDAY

1/5/24

Dr. Amanda Hall - AI Fellow

Infants with atopic dermatitis and food allergy: how has management changed throughout the years?

1/12/24

Britney Pooser - Director, Outreach and Inclusion, MCG Foundation & Interim
Executive Director, The Hub

Community Care, Understanding The Emerging Mission

1/19/24

Ingrid Camelo, MD

 

 

 

 

- Pediatric Infectious Disease

Increasing Congenital Cytomegalovirus (cCMV) Diagnosis: Moving from Targeted to Universal Screening using a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Cascade

1/26/24

Thomas A. Fleisher, MD - Executive VP, American Academy of AI

Anderson-Guill Lectureship - Cutaneous Findings in Inborn Errors of Immunity

2/2/24

Vishwas Sakhalkar, MBBS, MD, FAAP

Acute Emergencies in Sickle Cell Disease

2/9/24

Anna Goodbread Wright, PhD

ABC's and IEP's: Identifying and Managing Disabilities in Schools

2/16/24

Dale Peeples, MD - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Growing Up Digital: The Relationship Between Social Media and Depression 

2/23/24

Ji Su Hong, MD

Theo George Thevaos, MD Lectureship -
RUBI Parent Training (RUBI PT) for Young Children with

 Autism and Mild-to-Moderate Challenging Behaviors

3/1/24

Rich Cartie, MD - Director, Pediatric Critical Care Services, JMS Burn Centers

Contemporary Pediatric Burn Management

3/8/24

Pankaj Vohra, MD

Celiac Disease - An Update

3/15/24

Julie Kanter, MD

Angela R. Mahesh Memorial Lectureship -

How Gene Therapy Can Save Lives for People with Sickle Cell Disease

3/22/24

Nintin Chouthai, MD

Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy

3/29/24

Sean Elges, MD

Delivering Difficult News in Pediatrics

4/5/24

Bradley Morganstern, MD

Pediatric Urology 101

4/12/24

NO GRAND ROUNDS

MASTERS WEEK

4/19/24

Dr. Victor Ayulo - NICU Fellow

Renal Fibrosis and Dysfunction in Pregnant Females Post-AKI

4/26/24

Amanda Heath - Juvenile Court Judge

Advocacy Day-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advocacy and the Judicial System

 

 

 

 

 

 

5/3/24

Joseph M. Miano, PhD

CRISPR in Biomedicine

5/10/24

Ben Hoffman, MD - AAP President

Bennett-Green-Linder Lectureship-
Because All We have is Each Other: Why Pediatricians Must be Effective Advocates for Kids

5/17/24

Dr. Zanna Wynter - NICU Fellow

Immediate Fortification of Human Milk in Very Low Birth Weight Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial

5/24/24

Dr. Osasere Ero - Peds Cardiology Fellow

"Do as You Would Every Other Baby"

  

A Paradigm Shift in Cardiac Care for Trisomy 18 and 13

5/31/24

Jenelle Musick - Doctor of Clinical Laboratory Science Resident

Rapid Whole Genome Sequencing in High-Acuity NICU and PICU Inpatients

6/7/24

Dr. Jane Anne Gorham, Dr. MacKenzie Lemay

    Dr. Chelsea Oakes, & Dr. Asmaa Semrin

William P. Kanto Resident and Fellow Research Symposium

 

 

 

6/14/24 Dr. Kelli Rummings & Dr. Eilan Levkowitz
A Retrospective Analysis of Community-Associated MRSA from Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the Pediatric Emergency Department & Optimizing Triage: Assessing Age-Adjusted Shock Index as an Adjunct to Emergency Severity Index Triage
6/21/24 Dr. Mary LaCourseire - PICU Fellow Outcomes of Post-Operative Cardiac Patients who Undergo Nasotracheal Intubation Compared to Orotracheal Intubation
6/28/24 Divya Reddy, MBBS

Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Beyond Kidneys

Date Speaker Topic

8/05/22

Smitha Mathew, MD

Post Intensive Care Syndrome: Why it’s not only about “Stayin’ Alive”

8/12/22

Rosie Gellman Biskamp, MD - 

Post Pediatric Portal Psychiatry Fellow

 Department of Psychiatry & Health Behavior

Little People, Big Feelings: The Role of the Pediatrician in Combating the Mental Health Crisis

8/19/22

Valera Hudson, MD  - 

Department Chair

Department of Pediatrics: Annual State of the Department Address

8/26/22

Connor Biskamp, MD - 

OBGYN

Contraception

9/2/22

Elisa Jenks, MSN, APRN, CNM, RNC-OB

 

 and Linda Randolph, MSN, CNM

An introduction to the Certified Nurse Midwife

9/9/22

John Plowden, MD

POTS

Postural Orthostatic Hypotension

9/16/22

Julia Cook, PT, DPT and 

MaryKate Standard, MHS, OTR/L, CPST
Let’s Move! Exploring Therapy’s Role in Pediatric Early Progressive Mobility

9/23/22

Richard Bickel, MD - 

Allergy-Immunology

Urticaria

9/30/22

Amy Gates, PhD, RDN, LD Recalls, Shortages, and Imports: What the Pediatric Clinician Needs to Know About Infant Formula

10/7/22

Srilatha Neshangi, MBBS, MPH, CIC

Infection Prevention Manager
Hot Topics in Infection Prevention: CLABSI, CAUTI and Monkeypox Exposure for Health Care Providers

10/14/22

Gregory A. Mencio, MD 2022 Stelling Lecture: A Tale of Two Nails: Reflections on the Treatment of Fractures in Children Over the Past 30 Years

10/21/22

Sarah Spriet, DO, FAAP, FAAAAI, FACAAI Approach to the Child with Recurrent Infections

10/28/22

Faizal Asumda, MD Clinical Genetics as a Resource: Why You Need the Geneticist

11/4/22

Sharon Beall

 and Beth Fisher

Pearls of Palliative Care-A Case Based Approach

11/11/22

Ingrid Y. Camelo, MD, FAAP, MPH |

Margaret Oates Poisson, PharmD., BCPPS

Pediatric Antibiotic Stewardship at CHOG

11/18/22

Deborah Huang, MD - 

Dept. of Emergency Medicine

Pediatric Point of Care Ultrasound

11/25/22

No Grand Rounds

Thanksgiving Holiday

12/2/22

Sunil Kapoor, MD and 

Celese Beaudreau, MD
The Care of the Technology Dependent Child

12/9/22

William Salazar, MD

If It Is Broken… Fix It

12/16/22

Paul Mann, MD

Medical Ethics

12/23/22

No Grand Rounds

Christmas Holiday

12/30/22

No Grand Rounds

New Year's Holiday

01/06/22

Amy Thompson, MD-

Section of Neonatology

Who Moved My Curve?: A Review and Case-based Discussion of the Updated AAP Hyperbilirubinemia Guidelines

01/13/22

Søren Estvold MD, MPH,  

Fam Med - PGY-3  |

Darnelle Ambo, MD

Fam Med- PGY-1

LGBTQ+ Med (Full Spectrum of Care)

01/20/22

Eric Ring, MD

Pediatric Cancer Survivorship:  The Cost of Cure

01/27/23

Lisa Hilton, MD - 

Chief, GI Surgery

Pediatric Obesity Management

02/03/23

Yoav Dori, MD, PhD  - CHOP

William Strong Lecture
Lymphatic Interventions
“Lymphatic Disorders in Pediatric Patients”

02/10/23

Stephanie Duggins Davis, MD Current Professor and Chair
Dept of Pediatrics-
UNC-Chapel Hill

Unmasking and Changing the Face of Rare Lung Disease

02/17/23

Chris Ledford, MD Exercise IS medicine

02/24/23

Keisha Fraser Doh, MD - 

Emory University

Disrupting the #1 cause of death in US Children: Pediatric Firearm Injury Prevention 

03/03/23

Theodore S. Johnson, MD, PhD

Sickle Revolutions: Transition and mHealth for SCD

03/10/23

Dr. Wally Smith

VCU

IDO-based immunotherapy for childhood brain cancer

03/17/23

Endocrinology Invited Lecturer- 

Peter Lee, MD, PhD/

Milton S. Hershey Med Ctr

Frequently asked questions about ifs, what, and when of puberty

03/24/23

Neeharika Bade, MD

Non - Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - what’s known and what’s new ?

03/31/23

Natasha Savage, MD

Peripheral Blood Smear: Unusual Findings

04/07/23

No Grand Rounds

 

04/14/23

Laura Hampton, MD

Lessons Learned from Pediatric Quality Improvement Initiatives - And How To Start Your Own

04/21/23

Jim Wilde, MD

Fever in Children: Review of the Literature and Suggestions for Management in 2023

04/28/23

Robyn Hatley, MD

Pediatric Surgery topic

05/05/23

Sandy Chung, MD, FAAP -
President of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Bennett-Green-Linder Lectureship: Protecting Children’s Mental Health & Restoring Our Future

05/12/23

Jean-Marie Alves-Bradford, MD - 

Associate Dean for Medical

School Professionalism in the Learning Environment

Ellington Charles and Grace Hawes Invited Lectureship on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Becoming Upstanders: Advocacy in Action

05/19/23

Dr. Daphne Pineda - 

Neonatology fellow

Infant Driven Feeding: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Oral Feeding Outcomes in a Level IV NICU

05/26/23

Dr. Fatima Ramirez-Cueva, 

Dr. Ohmed Khilji - 

ED fellows

Pediatric ED Saves and Improving Ultrasound Visualization of the Appendix by IV Fluid Resuscitation in Acute Appendicitis in the Pediatric Emergency Department

06/02/23

Resident Research Day

William P. Kanto Resident and Fellow Research Symposium

06/09/23

Dr. R. Christina Smith, Allergy-Immunology Fellow

TREC screening for SCID

06/16/23

Dr. Nicole Fiore - 

PICU fellow

Predicting Critical Interventions in Patients with Mild-Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury

06/23/23

Dr. Anton Mandrov - 

Cardiology fellow

Predicting Complications after Congenital Heart Disease Surgery with Machine Based Learning

06/30/23

Jennifer Poon, MD

IDEA for Pediatricians- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Date Speaker Topic
August 6, 2021 Sharon Beall, MD Pediatric Palliative Care
August 13, 2021 E. Vanessa Spearman-McCarthy, MD Increase Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Awareness Across the Dept.
August 20, 2021 Valera Hudson, MD State of the Department Address
August 27, 2021 Varsha Taskar, MD - AU Pulmonologist Sleep Deprivation  and Physician Safety
Sept. 3, 2021 Ashley Freeman, MD Pediatric Sedation
Sept. 10, 2021 Elizabeth Culatta, PhD Barriers to Sexual Victimization
Sept. 17, 2021 Michael Milano, MD Oral Health Importance for Medical Providers
Sept. 24, 2021 Hamer Manning Titus, MD Adolescent Gynecology
Oct. 1, 2021 John Henson, MD Hereditary Cancer
Oct. 8, 2021 Bradley Morganstern, MD Urology (emphasis on newborns)
Oct. 15, 2021 Michael Wattenbarger, MD Stelling Pediatric Orthopedic Lecture
Oct. 22, 2021 Dionne Adair, MBBS New Asthma Guidelines
Oct. 29, 2021 Susan Goldberg, MD Lactation for Primary Care
Nov. 5, 2021 Heather Koehn, MD Congenital and Acquired Hearing Loss
Nov. 12, 2021 Kimberly Wolf, DO, FAAP, FACOP Associate Professor of OMM Touro University of California - College of Osteopathic Medicine Helping Hands: An Osteopathic Approach to Pediatrics
Nov. 19, 2021 Natasha Savage MD Coagulation
Nov. 26, 2021 NO GRAND ROUNDS THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY 
Dec. 3, 2021 Eduardo Bustamante, PhD; (Univ. of IL - Chicago) Physical Activity as Medium - Not Medicine - for Public Health Impact
Dec. 10, 2021 Jyothi Marbin, MD; Valerie Gribben, MD (UCSF) Disparities in Smoking/Vaping and COVID-19: A Deadly Syndemic
Dec. 17, 2021 Julie Martin, MD  Antibiotic Stewardship
Dec. 24, 2021 NO GRAND ROUNDS CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY 
Dec. 31, 2021 NO GRAND ROUNDS NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY
Jan. 7, 2022 NO GRAND ROUNDS Canceled
Jan. 14, 2022  Steven E. Brooks, MD; Chair in Opthalmology ROP: A Story of Life Outside the Womb
Jan. 21, 2022 Khoi Nguyen, MD; AU Pediatric Neurosurgery Common Neurosurgical Conditions in Pediatrics
 Jan. 28, 2022 Christopher Campbell, PharmD; PICU Pharmacologist Pharmacy Hot Topics: Biosimilars and Pharmacogenomics
Feb. 4, 2022  Brian Stansfield, MD; Jessica Gancar, DO; Jacob Boccucci, M4 Southern Society for Pediatric Research Platform Presentations
Feb. 11, 2022 Nathan Wilson, MD Pediatrics in Cusco: A Gringo's Evolution
Feb. 18, 2022 Melissa Bemiller, PhD; AU Department of Social Sciences  Research on Child Abuse and Prevention
Feb. 25, 2022  Amir Mian, MD, MBA Cord Blood: To Save or Not to Save
Mar. 4, 2022 Michael S. Grimley, MD; Cincinnati Children's  Mahesh Lecture / HSCT and Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease: 2022 Update
Mar. 11, 2022 Jessica Faulkner, PhD; AU Department of Physiology Mechanisms of Fetal Growth Restriction: Insights from Rodent Models
Mar. 18, 2022 Stewart E. Fisher, Associate General Counsel, Augusta University Protecting Yourself in Today's Legal Environment
Mar. 25, 2022 John Lue, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG The Evolution of Diagnosis and Management of Hypertension in Pregnancy
April 1, 2022 Christina Bancroft, PhD & Shreeti Kapoor, MD Pediatric Integrated Behavioral Health Care
April 8, 2022 NO GRAND ROUNDS MASTERS WEEK 2022 - NO GRAND ROUNDS
April 15, 2022 Bridget Curley, MD - PGY5 - Pediatric Cardiology Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Associated with COVID 19: An Update
April 22, 2022  Sarah Biggs, MD - PGY5 - Allergy/Immunology Food Allergy in Children with Atopic Dermatitis
April 29, 2022 Sharon Beall, MD and Beth Fisher, DNP Pediatric Palliative Care: Communication and Messaging
May 6, 2022 Ingrid Camelo, MD, FAAP, MPH Mobile Bedside Ultrasound (mBSUS) for the Diagnosis of Pediatric Pneumonia in Limited Resource Settings and Building an Artificial Intelligence Algorithm for Imaging Interpretation
May 13, 2022 Stephanie Ryals Komic, MD; PGY6 - Neonatology Laying a Firm Foundation: How Simulation Can Optimize Learner Education and Combat Skill Decay
May 20, 2022 Kaitlin Verdone, DO; PGY6 - PCCM Let's Move: The Effects of Early Mobilization on Inflammatory Cytokines in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients
May 27, 2022 William Christopher Golden, MD; Johns Hopkins Hospital Teaching, Tracking, Testing, Talking: The Quest to Eradicate Congenital Syphilis in the US
June 3, 2022 Pediatric Residency Program Resident Research Day
June 10, 2022 Jessica Gancar, DO; PGY6 - Neonatology TBA
June 17, 2022  John R. Lue, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG The Business of Medicine Series, Part 1 - RVU's
June 24, 2022 TBA TBA
Date Speaker Topic
August 7, 2020 Kate Davis, MD Obesity and Cognitive Outcomes in Children
August 14, 2020 Amanda Chaffin, MD Learning Disabilities
August 21, 2020 Valera Hudson, MD State of the Department Address
August 28, 2019 Janelle McGill, MD Updates in Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis
Sept. 4, 2020 Afshin Ameri, MD Update on Bleeding Disorders
Sept. 11, 2020 Natasha Savage, MD How to get the Most out of Your CBC
Sept. 18, 2020 Renuka Mehta, MD Simulation in Pediatrics
Sept. 25, 2020

Ty Bristol, MD

Lead in Children
Oct. 2, 2020 Christopher Rice, MD (Rheum Fellow) SLE for the Primary Care Provider
Oct. 9, 2020 Christopher Edwards, MD Lessons Learned from High Reliability Industries
Oct. 16, 2020 Colleen McDonough, MD Choosing Wisely® in Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Oct. 23, 2020 Jennifer Drake, MD "Adoption and Foster Care for the Pediatric Provider"
Oct. 30, 2020 Jamie Lawson, DO "Set Your GPS to GBS: Neonatal Early Onset Sepsis"
Nov. 6, 2020 Nirumpa Sharma, MD "Pediatric Gynecology for and from a Pediatrician/Hospitalist"
Nov. 13, 2020 NO GRAND ROUNDS MASTER'S WEEK 2020 
Nov. 20, 2020 Melissa Allen, MD Pediatric Orthopedics - Adolescent Hip Pain
Nov. 27, 2020 NO GRAND ROUNDS THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY 
Dec. 4, 2020 NO GRAND ROUNDS 20th Annual iHeartMedia Cares for Kids Radio-Thon
Dec. 11, 2020 Alice Caldwell, MD Adolescent Challenges - E-cigs, Vaping, CBD, and More
Dec. 18, 2020 NO GRAND ROUNDS  N/A
Dec. 25, 2020 N/A CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY - NO GRAND ROUNDS
Jan. 1, 2021 N/A NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY - NO GRAND ROUNDS
Jan. 8, 2021 Michael Nowatkowski, PhD Cyber Threats & Security in Healthcare
Jan. 15, 2021  Khyati Pandya, MD Pediatric SVTs
Jan. 22, 2021 Caroline DiBattisto, MD Update Autism Spectrum Disorder
 Jan. 29, 2021 Donna Londino, MD Pediatric Suicidal Ideation
Feb. 5, 2021  Teal Benevides, MD  Disparities in Diagnosis and Resources for Autism
Feb. 12, 2021  Jennifer Tucker, MD  One Pill Can Kill
Feb. 19, 2021  Kathryn E. Ackerman, MD, MPH, FACSM - Boston's Children's Hospital   Healthcare Needs of Female Athletes
Feb. 26, 2021  Manish Bajaj, MD  Radiology
Mar. 5, 2021 Gary Montgomery, MD  Health Supervision Guidelines: Pulmonary/Sleep Aspects 
Mar. 12, 2021 James D. St. Louis, MD, FACC, FACS COVID 19 Pandemic on Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery Programs across North America
Mar. 19, 2021 Susan Goldberg, MD Unintentional Injury Prevention
Mar. 26, 2021 Candace Best, PhD Motivational Interviewing for Patient Encounter
April 2, 2021 Janet B. Tankersley, PT, PhD, DPT TBD
April 9, 2021 NO GRAND ROUNDS MASTERS WEEK 2021 - NO GRAND ROUNDS
April 16, 2021 Renuka Mehta, MD BLS/PALS & ACLS Updates
April 23, 2021  Kathryn Edwards, MD - Peds ID Specialist from Vanderbilt Pediatric Infectious Disease - Michael Marcy Visiting Professor Program sponsored by the AAP
April 30, 2021 Alexander J. Eason, MD Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Use in Neonates
May 7, 2021 Kevin Allen, MD Implicit Bias in Medicine/Health Care Disparities - Peds ED
May 14, 2021 Zachary Hodges, MD Digital Scholarship Topic
May 21, 2021 Wajeeha Saeed, MD & Christa Martin DO, MPH Peds Emergency Medicine Fellow Scholarship Presentations
May 28, 2021 Kelsey Field, MD & Dixie Griffin, MD Allergy Mythbusters
June 4, 2021 Pediatric Residency Program Resident Research Day
June 11, 2021 Neha Patel, MD Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
June 18, 2021  Desiree M. Seeyave, MD, BS ED Telemedicine
June 25, 2021 Leila Stallworth, MD Discriminatory Behavior, Harassment & Burnout in Residency 
Date Speaker Topic
August 3, 2018 Liezl Domingo, MD "Updates on Kawasaki Disease"
August 10, 2018 Gregory Friedman, MD "Immunotherapy Going Viral: Targeting Pediatric Brain Cancer with a Cold Sore Virus"
August 17, 2018 Eric K. Ring, MD "Pediatric Cancer Survivorship"
August 24, 2018 Kristopher Lewis, MD  "Pediatric Radiology from Ordering to Interpretation"
August 31, 2018 Lauren Newhall, MD Approach to Chronic Joint Pain in Children & Adolescents
Sept. 7, 2018 Alex Mabe, MD Treating Fear and Anxiety in Children
Sept. 14, 2018 Jim Wilde, MD Emerging Infectious Disease
Sept. 21, 2018

Matt Tews, DO and

A.J. Kleinheksel, PhD

Debriefing: Translating Skills from Simulation to the Clinical Setting
Sept. 28, 2018 Kathryn McLeod, MD Stop Hospital Re-admissions
Oct. 5, 2018 Mark Erickson, MD Annual Stelling Lecture
Oct. 12, 2018 Sally Goza, MD The Future of Pediatrics AAP District X representative
Oct. 19, 2018 Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD Annual William B. Strong Lecture - Pioneer Women in Pediatric Cardiology
Oct. 26, 2018 Chris Drescher, MD Pediatric LGBTQ Health
Nov. 2, 2018 Glen Nowak, MD HPV Vaccine Compliance (APA)
Nov. 9, 2018 April Hartman, MD Quality and Healthcare Trends
Nov. 16, 2018 Mary Lynn Sheram, MD  Head Injury
Nov. 23, 2018 N/A THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Nov. 30, 2018 Shaoyong Su, PhD Genetic/Epigenetic Mechanisms of Social Factors in Early Life
Dec. 7, 2018

Lindsey West, PhD and

 Ijeoma Okoye, BS

"Implicit Biases: It Ain't What You Know That Gets You Into Trouble"
Dec. 14, 2018

Pam Tipler

Refugee Health
Dec. 21 2018 N/A CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
Dec. 28, 2018 N/A NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY
Jan. 4, 2019 Asif Mansuri, MD Recent Updates in Childhood Hypertension
Jan. 11, 2019  Jacqueline Chan, MD Severe Neonatal Hypercalcemia: Review of Calcium Metabolism, Differentials and Insights on Management
Jan. 18, 2019  Dean David Hess, MD  PFCC Grand Rounds/Lee Auditorium
 Jan. 25, 2019  Eric Lewkowiez, MD Treating Depression and Anxiety within the Pediatric Clinic
Feb. 1, 2019  Will Carroll, MD Management of Pierre Robin Sequence
Feb. 8, 2019 Candace Best, PhD AU Dept. of Psychological Sciences  Cultural Competence
Feb. 15, 2019  Alice Caldwell, MD  The Great Outdoors: How to Be a Cautious Risk-Taker
Feb. 22, 2019 Renee Hilton, MD Pediatric Bariatric Surgery: Treating More than Obesity
Mar. 1, 2019 Amy Locke  Wellness/Burnout (BC 1040)
Mar. 8, 2019 Joel T. Hardin, MD Cardiology: Congenital Heart Disease in Adolescents
Mar. 15, 2019  Bradley Morganstern, MD Robotic Surgery in Pediatric Urology Patients
Mar. 22, 2019  Pushpa Shivaram, MD Sudden Cardiac Death
Mar. 29, 2019  Robert Adams, MD (MUSC)  MAHESH Lecture - Towards a Stroke Free Childhood - The End of the Beginning
April 5, 2019  Smitha Mathew, MD  Post ICU Syndrome
April 12, 2019 N/A MASTER'S WEEK - NO GRAND ROUNDS
April 19, 2019  Julie Jacobs, MD/Aimee Baer-Ellington, MD Emergency Preparedness for the General Pediatrician
April 26, 2019  Brian Reed, MD Quality of Life with Atopic Dermatitis
May 3, 2019  Julisa Patel, MD  Autoinflammatory Disorders
May 10, 2019  Nayer Canton, MD  Pediatric Patient Safety
May 17, 2019  Kevin Allen, MD Sometimes It Isn't an Accident
May 24, 2019 Dennis Van Loozen, MD  Overview of Interventional Pediatric Cardiology
May 31, 2019  Quyen Pham, MD Red Blood Cell Transfusion: A Risk for Necrotizing Enterocolitis?
June 7, 2019  Pediatric Residents  Resident and Fellow Research Symposium (Research Day)
June 14, 2019  Alex Post, MD Pediatric Back Pain
June 21, 2019  Brandy Gunsolus, DCLS, MLS (ASCP)cm  Lab Ordering
June 28, 2019  Jatinder Bhatia, MD  Probiotics and Formula
August 2, 2019 William Carroll, MD The Pediatric Head and Neck Mass
August 9, 2019 Valera Hudson, MD State of the Department Address
August 16, 2019 William (Will), MD IV Fluids: Update on the Literature
August 23, 2019 Nnenna Badamosi, MD Bone Marrow Failure
August 30, 2019 Rebecca Pierce, MD Techniques for Breast Feeding
Sept. 6, 2019 Erin Latiff, MD Endometriosis
Sept. 13, 2019 Cynthia Mundy, MD Utilizing APPs
Sept. 20, 2019

Lisa Leggio, MD

Feedback: Giving and Receiving with Learners and Peers
Sept. 27, 2019 Michael Spaeder, MD (UVA) Modeling in Intensive Care
Oct. 4, 2019 James Sanders, MD (UNC) Annual Stelling Lecture
Oct. 11, 2019 Shelby Kutty, MD (Johns Hopkins) Annual William B. Strong Lecture
Oct. 18, 2019 Walter Pipkin, MD Pediatric Surgery: A Decade of "Experience"
Oct. 25, 2019 Martha Tingen, PhD Suicide Prevention
Nov. 1, 2019 David Kriegel, MD Gender Health
Nov. 8, 2019 Adrian Sandler, MD Developmental Pediatrics
Nov. 15, 2019 Toff Maugans, MD Pediatric Sports Related Concussion
Nov. 22, 2019 Robert Pendergrast, MD Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Nov. 29, 2019 N/A THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Dec. 6, 2019

Justin Lavner, MD (UGA)

Couple Functioning and Child Development
Dec. 13, 2019 Natalie Lane, MD Disaster Preparedness
Dec. 20, 2019 N/A NO GRAND ROUNDS
Dec. 27, 2019 N/A CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY - NO GRAND ROUNDS
Jan. 3, 2020 N/A NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY - NO GRAND ROUNDS
Jan. 10, 2020  Kathleen (Katie) McKie, MD Sleep Disturbance in Children
Jan. 17, 2020 Fozia Eskew  Autism and Hearing Screening
 Jan. 24, 2020  Jerry Miller, MD Real World Pediatrics
Jan. 31, 2020  PFCC Grand Rounds Sue Sheridan, MIM, MBA, DHL
Feb. 7, 2020 Andrea Prosser, MD Pediatric Eye
Feb. 14, 2020  Amy Gates Breastmilk Micronutrients
Feb. 21, 2020 Kathleen May, MD/Clark Speese Legal Issues in Medicine
Feb. 28, 2019 Martha Tingen, PhD E-Cigarettes
Mar. 6, 2020 Sally Goza, MD AAP President/Advocacy - "The Future of Pediatrics"
Mar. 13, 2020 Fozia Eskew Young Adults w/Special Healthcare Needs
Mar. 20, 2020 Chris Edwards, MD Visiting Hospitalist Lecture
Mar. 27, 2020 Canceled due to COVID-19 N/A
April 3, 2020 Canceled due to COVID-19 N/A
April 10, 2020 N/A MASTER'S WEEK - NO GRAND ROUNDS
April 17, 2020  Brian Stansfield, MD Late Preterm Infants: A Population at Risk
April 24, 2020 Ellen Basile, MD Gender Bias
May 1, 2020  David Cearly, MD Pediatric Orthopedics
May 8, 2020  Michael Bykhovsky, MD Transitioning Cardiology Care to Adult Providers
May 15, 2020  Bailee Gilchrist Allergy
May 22, 2020 Alex Farish, MD ER Medicine
May 29, 2020 Ify Owunkwo, MD Sickle Cell
June 5, 2020 Lara Stepleman, MD Owning Your Path to a Successful Career in Academic Medicine
June 12, 2020  Brian Stansfield, MD Resident Research Day
June 19, 2020  Amy Thompson, MD Neonatal HIE & Therapeutic Hypothermia
June 26, 2020  Pushpa Shivaram, MD Kawasaki and COVID 19