MGH Medical Grand Rounds

MGH Medical Grand Rounds Academic Year 2018-2019



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July 25th, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Stephen M. Krane Lectureship Award Presents:
Cigarettes, sedatives, and elusive goals: Crafting a research career in homelessness and health
Travis P. Baggett, MD, MPH
Massachusetts General Hospital

Machine Learning to Improve Prediction of Mortality Following Acute Myocardial Infarction
Julian Haimovich, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

July 18th, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Division of Gastroenterology Presents:
Using Immunotherapy to Understand Immune Regulation in the Gut
Michael Dougan, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital

HIV, the GI tract, and Elite Viral Control
Gaurav Gaiha, MD, DPhil
Massachusetts General Hospital

July 11th, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Department of Medicine Presents:
Solving the Achilles Heel of Cancer Immunotherapy
Alexandra-Chloe Villani, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital

June 27th, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Department of Medicine Core Educator Faculty Presents:
Attending Supervision of Residents and Patient Safety
Kathleen Finn, MD
Christiana Iyasere, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
The Re-emergence of Apprenticeship in Medical Education
Amulya Nagarur, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

June 20th, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Pulmonary and Critical Care Division Presents:
A 34-Year-Old Man with Dyspnea, Odynophagia, and Abdominal Pain
Dr. Lynne Schnapp
Medical University of South Carolina

June 13th, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Department of Medicine presents:
The State of the DOM
Dr. Lynne Schnapp
Medical University of South Carolina

June 6th, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Department of Medicine presents:
The State of the DOM
Dr. Katrina Armstrong
Massachusetts General Hospital

May 30th, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

Infection Control Unit Presents:
"Infection Control Medley: The Longest (Flu) Season, Measles Madness, and a Bug with Resistance from Hell�
David Hooper, MD
Erica Shenoy, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

May 23rd, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Jackson Society Presents:
"An Islet in Distress: New Paradigms in the Prevention and Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes�
Carmella Evans-Molina, MD, PhD
Indiana University School of Medicine

May 16th, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

Resident Research Day:
"Machine Learning to Improve Prediction of Mortality Following Acute Myocardial Infarction�
Julian Haimovich, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

"Predictors of Incident Cardiovascular in Patients with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease�
Jacqueline Henson, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

"Evaluating the SPIKES Framework for Improving Peer-to-Peer Feedback among Medicine Trainees: A Randomized Controlled Trial�
Emmett Kistler, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

May 9th, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

Palliative Care and Geriatrics Division:
"Chief Resident Immersion Training (CRIT) in the Care of Older Adults: Sustaining Geriatrics with a �g��
Sharon Levine, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

May 2nd, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

Bulfinch Visiting Professor:
"Mitochondria, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Complication of Diabetes�
E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD
University of Iowa

April 25th, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The  The Ernest M. Haddad Lecture:
"Guns and Public Health�
David Hemenway, PhD
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

April 18th, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The The Jackson Society Presents:
"Prodigal: Notes from a Journey Abroad�
Tony Coles, MD
UK HealthCare
"Therapeutic Targets in Sepsis: The Mitochondria�
Robert Rogers, MD
Yumanity Therapeutics

April 11th, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Department of Medicine presents the Chief Residents:
"Fiction, Qualitative Research, and the Language of Addiction�
Devin Oller, MD
UK HealthCare
"Therapeutic Targets in Sepsis: The Mitochondria�
Robert Rogers, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

April 4th, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology Present:
"The New Food Allergy Disease Eosinophilic Esophagitis�
Marc E. Rothenberg, MD, PhD
Cincinnati Children�s Hospital Medical Center

March 28th, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Fedorov-Zeitels Lecture:
"What Patients Can Teach Us About Blood Cell Production�
Vijay G. Sankaran, MD, PhD
Dana-Farber/Boston Children�s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center

March 21st, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Division of General Internal Medicine:
"Human Behavior as the final common pathway in health care�
David Asch, MD, MBA
Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation

March 14th, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Nephrology Division presents World Kidney Day:
"Taming Inflammation: from disease to atoms to drug discovery�
M. Amin Arnaout, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Former Chief of Nephrology
Director, Leukocyte Biology and Inflammation and Structural Biology Programs
Massachusetts General Hospital

March 7th, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Blumenthal Lecture:
"On the Basis of Sex: Making Health Systems Work for Women�
Paula Johnson, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Wellesley College

February 28th, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Department of Medicine Presents:
"The Africa Health Research Institute � Next generation population science in KwaZulu-Natal�
Prof. Deenan Pillay
Africa Health Research Institute

February 21st, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Endocrine Division Presents:
"Toward Precision Medicine in Endocrinology: Genetic Contribution to Diabetes and Disorders of Puberty�
Miriam Udler, MD, PhD
Ravikumar Balasubramanian, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

February 14th, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Infectious Diseases Division Presents:
"Old Foes, New Threats: Addressing Sexually Transmitted Infections in 2019�
Kevin Ard, MD, MPH
Massachusetts General Hospital

February 7th, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Jackson Society and Mass General Cancer Center Presents:
"The NCI at a Time of Rapid Change, Great Progress, and Persistent Challenges�
Norman E. Sharpless, MD
National Cancer Institute

January 31st, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine Division Presents:
"Population-based Aging and Serious Illness Care within a Value Framework: Where do we go from here?�
Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH
University of California, San Francisco

January 24th, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

Departments of Medicine and Surgery Present:
"Comprehensive Obesity Care Today and Tomorrow: The MGH Weight Center Leading the Way�
Angela Fitch, MD
Matthew Hutter, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

January 17th, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

Department of Medicine Presents:
"Oceans of Opportunity: Premalignant Reprogramming in Cirrhosis and Prevention of Hepatocellular Carcinoma�
Wolfram Goessling, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital

January 10th, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

Department of Medicine Chief Residents:
"Genomic Correlates of Response to Novel & Immune Therapies�
Tanya Keenan, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham & Women's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
"Rethinking Patient Selection in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement�
Nilay Patel, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

January 3rd, 2019
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

Nephrology Division:
"Hepatorenal Syndrome: Past, Present, and Future�
Andrew Allegretti, MD, MSc
Massachusetts General Hospital
"Updates in ANCA-associated vasculitis�
Frank Cortazar, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

December 13th, 2018
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

Stanbury Physician-Scientist Pathway:
"Acquired resistance to immunotherapy by phenotypic plasticity of tumors�
Arnav Mehta, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
"Telomeres and the genetics of lung disease�
Susan Stanley, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
"Pleiotropic effects of HLA: Pivoting from infectious to oncologic diseases�
Vivek Naranbhai, MBChB, PhD, DPhil
Massachusetts General Hospital

December 6th, 2018
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

Department of Medicine:
"Evolution, Adaptation, and the Common Challenges of Life on Earth�
Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD
UCLA Division of Cardiology
Harvard University

November 29th, 2018
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Division of Hematology/Oncology Presents:
"The Personalized Medicine Revolution for Bile Duct Cancer�
Lipika Goyal, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

November 15th, 2018
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

Partners Asthma:
"Metabolic Origins of Asthma�
Serpil Erzurum, MD
Cleveland Clinic

November 8th, 2018
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Diversity and Inclusion Board:
"Achieving Excellence in Medical and Behavioral Health Care for LGBTQ People�
Alex Keuroghlian, MD, MPH
Massachusetts General Hospital
The Fenway Institute

November 1st, 2018
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Ausiello Visiting Professor Lecture:
"Non-coding RNAs and Phase-Transition Condensates in Regulation of Transcription�
Phillip A. Sharp, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

October 25th, 2018
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Sandler Scholar:
"Violence Prevention: Healthcare, Public Health and Guns�
Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

October 18th, 2018
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Department of Medicine:
"Reversing Health Disparities in Complex Conditions through Translational Health Care Delivery Science�
Stephen Bartels, MD, MS
Massachusetts General Hospital

October 11th, 2018
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

Clinicopathologic Conference:
"An 18-Year-Old Male Athlete with Abdominal Pain and Hematochezia�
Helen M. Shields, MD
Brigham & Women�s Hospital, Gastroenterology
David M. Dudzinski, MD, Cardiology (moderator)
Theodore T. Pierce, MD, Radiology
Fabian J. Scheid, MD, PhD, Gastroenterology
Karin L. Andersson, MD, Gastroenterology
Mark F. Conrad, MD, Surgery
Martin G. Rosenthal, MD, Surgery
Scott D. Martin, MD, Orthopedics
Massachusetts General Hospital

October 4th, 2018
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

Clinical Research Day:
"T cell therapy for cancer�
Carl H. June, MD
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

September 13th, 2018
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

Medicine Surgery Grand Rounds:
"The MGH Thoracic Aortic Center: 20 Years of Multidisciplinary Care�
Duke Cameron, MD
Matthew Eagleton, MD
Eric Isselbacher, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

February 15, 2018
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Department of Medicine Presents:
Introduction
Craig Thompson, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
President, Vassar College

June 28th, 2018
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Department of Medicine Presents:
34-year-old man with a self-inflicted gunshot wound
The Clinicopathologic Conference

July 12th, 2018
8:00-9:00am
MGH O'Keeffe

The Department of Medicine Presents:
Partners Update
David F. Torchiana, MD
Partners HealthCare

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