Pediatric Grand Rounds
Physician Grand Rounds
Every Thursday, Wright Auditorium, 8 to 9 a.m. A continental breakfast is available from 7:30 a.m. Visiting physicians may use Giraffe parking (PDF). For more information call 206-987-5701.
Pediatric Nursing Grand Rounds
First Thursday of each month, Wright Auditorium, 12 to 1 p.m. For schedule and topics, please see Outreach Conferences.
Webcast
We hope that you can join us in person at Grand Rounds, but if that's not possible you can watch the live webcast from your own location in real time.
Physician Grand Rounds Schedule and Topics
September 24, 2009
Challenges of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing in Children
Holly Tabor, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Bioethics, UW; Principal Investigator, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Seattle Children’s
October 1
Faith, Hope and Informed Consent: Ethical Challenges in Maternal-Fetal Research
Treuman Katz Bioethics Lectureship
Larry R. Churchill, PhD
Ann Geddes Stahlman Professor of Medical Ethics, Center for Biomedical Ethics & Society, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
October 8
The Art and Science of Intestinal Failure Management
Tapper Lecture
Tom Jaksic, MD, PhD
Surgical Director, Center for Advanced Intestinal Rehabilitation; Vice-Chairman of Pediatric Surgery Boston Children’s; W. Hardy Hendren Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
October 15
Antimicrobial Stewardship: What’s in It For You!
Paul Pottinger, MD, DTM&H
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases; Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program; Director UWMC Tropical Medicine & Infectious Diseases, UW
October 22
Opportunities and Challenges in Facing the Childhood Obesity Epidemic: Time for a New Strategy
Joseph W. Thompson, MD, MPH
Surgeon General, State of Arkansas; Director, RWJF Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity; Associate Professor, UAMS Colleges of Medicine and Public Health
October 29
Making Prevention of Child Abuse Empirically Based: The Period of PURPLE Crying Story
Ron Barr, MA, MDCM, FRCPC
Canada Research Chair in Community Child Health Research; Head, Developmental Neurosciences and Child Health, Child & Family Research Institute; Professor of Pediatrics, UBC Faculty of Medicine
Marilyn Barr, BIS
Executive Director, National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome
November 5
Healing Thyself: An Examination of Front Line Experiences and Solutions
Lana Staheli Lecture
Dan Shapiro, PhD
Chair and Professor: Humanities Department; Arnold P Gold Professor of Medical Humanism, Penn State College of Medicine
November 12
Early Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and the Developing Brain
Ron Lemire Lecture
Kathleen Sulik, PhD
Professor of Cell and Development Biology, University of North Carolina
November 19
Faconi Anemia: A Model Disease for Translational Research
Chard Lecture
Franklin O. Smith, III, MD
Director, Hematology/Oncology; Fellowship Program Cincinnati Children’s; Professor of Pediatrics; Marjory J. Johnson Endowed Chair
December 3
The First Year: Parents’ Use of Religion After a Chronic Diagnosis
Alhadeff Lecture
Daniel H. Grossoehme, D.Min., BCC
Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary Medicine Staff Chaplain III, Department of Pastoral Care Cincinnati Children's Hospital Med Center
December 10
When Cilia Go Bad: How Molecular Changes Link Wide Range Phenotypes
Ian A. Glass, MB ChB, MD
Professor of Pediatrics & Medicine; Director of Medical Genetics, Seattle Children’s Hospital Director, Alaska Genetics & Birth Defects Program
Dan Doherty, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Div. of Genetics & Developmental Pediatric Medicine, UW
December 17
Vitamin D and Health – A Dermatologist’s Perspective
Robert Sidbury, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Division of Dermatology, Department of Pediatrics, UW; Division Chief; Dermatology, Seattle Children’s