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
January 7, 2010
Gender-Bending Environmental Chemicals: Is There a Concern for Children?
Richard Grady, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Urology, University of Washington
Fellowship Director, Head of Clinical Research; Program Director, Urology Education, Seattle Children's
Sheela Sathyanarayana, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington
January 14, 2010
Confronting Social Disparities in Child Health
King/Lavizzo Lecture
Paul H. Wise, MD, MPH
Richard E. Behrman Professor of Child Health and Society and CHP/PCOR Core Faculty Member; CDDRL Affiliated Faculty, Stanford University
January 21, 2010
Determining Adolescent Competency and Decision-Making Capacity: An 18-Year-Old with an Eating Disorder?
Sconyers/Godfrey Ethics Lecture
Doug Opel, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Division of Bioethics, Department of Pediatrics; Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Seattle Children's
Kym Ahrens, MD
Senior Fellow of Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine Section, University of Washington; Pediatrics/Primary Care, Emergency Medicine, Seattle Children's
Paul Appelbaum, MD
Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor Psychiatry, Medicine and Law; Director, Division of Psychiatry, Law and Ethics, Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
January 28, 2010
CPI and Impacts on Care
Howard Jeffries, MD, MBA
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington; Medical Director of Continuous Performance Improvement (CPI), Seattle Children's
John Waldhausen, MD
Professor of Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, University of Washington; Division Chief, General Surgery; Program Director, Surgical Education and Training; Program Director, Surgical Residency
Jerry Zimmerman, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Critical Care Unit, University of Washington; Chief, Division of Critical Care Medicine; Director, Continuous Quality Improvement (CPI)
February 4, 2010
Neurological Management Pearls for the Pediatrician (From Big Heads to Head Injuries)
Richard Ellenbogen, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington; Theodore S. Roberts Endowed Chair of Pediatric Neurological Surgery; Service Chief, Harborview Medical Center
February 11, 2010
Hybrid Approaches to the Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease
Gordon Cohen, MD
Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Washington; Clinical Co-Director, Heart Center, Seattle Children's
Thomas Jones, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington; Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Seattle Children's
February 18, 2010
Maintenance of Certification: An Update and Offerings by SCH
Thomas W. Pendergrass, MD, MSPH
Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Washington; Director of Medical Education, Seattle Children's
February 25, 2010
Every Child Will Be Tested … What You Need to Know
Ronald Scott Lecture
Chester Whitley, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
March 4, 2010
The Many Guises of Inherited Marrow Failure Syndromes
Akiko Shimamura, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington
March 11, 2010
Academic Pediatrics: An Important Part of the Community
Warmington/Community Pediatrics
H. Stacy Nicholson, MD, MPH
Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
March 18, 2010
MRSA: Evolution of a Super Bug and Your Role in Changing Antibiotic Practice
Scott Weissman, MD
Physician and Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of washington
March 25, 2010
Does the Patient Have a Mitochondrial Disease? A Clinical Approach to the Patient with Suspected Mitochondrial Disease
Sarkowsky Lecture
Salvatore DiMaura, MD
Lucy G. Moses Professor of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
April 1, 2010
Child Maltreatment: Can America Stop Hurting Its Children?
Holt Webster Lecture
John M. Leventhal, MD, FAAP
Professor, Department of Pediatrics; Medical Director, Child Abuse Programs, Yale University School of Medicine
April 8, 2010
The National Children's Study: What, Why and the Possibilities
Catherine Karr, MD, PhD, MS, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, University of Washington
Elaine Faustman, PhD
Professor, Environmental Health, University of Washington
April 15, 2010
Diagnosis and Management of Antibiotic Allergy
William E. Pierson Lecture
Roland Solensky, MD
The Corvallis Clinic, Corvallis, Oregon
April 22, 2010
Meningococcal Disease: Variations in Occurrence and Prevention Worldwide
Arthur Reingold, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology; Associate Dean for Research, University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health
April 29, 2010
Hypoxia and Tissue Injury: Insights from Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Resident/Fellow Research Day
Gabriel G. Haddad, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience; Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego; Physician-in-Chief, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego
May 6, 2010
Malrotation and Midgut Volvulus Controversies and Solutions
Walter Berdon, MD
Professor Emeritus, Radiology, Columbia University and Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York
May 13, 2010
When Parents Make Life-and-Death Decisions in the NICU Based on Cultural Views About Disability
Sconyers/Godfrey Ethics Lecture
David Woodrum, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Washington; Chair, Ethics Committee, Seattle Children's
Sadath Sayeed, MD
Instructor, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Attending Neonatologist, Children's Hospital Boston
May 20, 2010
The U.S. in Crisis: The Changing Face of Homelessness
Karen M. Hudson, MSW, LSW
Adjunct Professor of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice; Program Leader, Homeless Health Initiative, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
May 27, 2010
State of the Department of Pediatrics: Joining the World in All of Our Missions
F. Bruder Stapleton, MD
Chief Academic Officer, Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington
June 3, 2010
Providing Quality Care for the Internationally Adopted Child: Regulation, Counseling and Standards to Optimize the Child and Family's Health
Julian Davies, MD
Pediatrics–Primary Care, Roosevelt Pediatric, Seattle
June 10, 2010
The Radiation Injury Transplant Network (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)
Ann Woolfrey, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Hematology-Oncology, Seattle Children's
June 17, 2010
Pediatric Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Findings and Funding Opportunities
Klavano Lecture
Wendy Weber, ND, PhD, MH
Program Officer, Division of Extramural Research, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH
June 24, 2010
Treating Sexually Transmitted Diseases: An Update on the New Guidelines
Taraneh Shafii, MD, MPH
Acting Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington; Adolescent Medicine, Seattle Children's