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Provider Grand Rounds Schedule and Topics
2012
January 19, 2012 – Postponed due to inclement weather
Supersized Ethics: Obesity and Child Protective Services
Sconyers/Godfrey Ethics Lecture
Kyle Brothers, MD
Instructor of Pediatrics, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
January 26, 2012
Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents
Gary A. Walco, PhD, ABPP
Professor, Anesthesiology; Adjunct Professor, Pediatrics, UW; Director, Pain Medicine, Seattle Children’s
February 2, 2012
What Is New in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Neonatal Herpes
Lisa Frenkel, MD
Professor, Pediatrics and Laboratory Medicine, UW; Pediatrics-Inpatient, Infectious Disease, Seattle Children’s
February 9, 2012
Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants: Adolescent Health, Developmental Outcomes and Implications for Adult Healthcare
Doug Picha Lectureship
Maureen Hack, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University; Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, University Hospitals of Cleveland
February 16, 2012
Appendicitis: Building a Standard Approach
Adam Goldin, MD, MPH, FAAP, FACS
Assistant Professor, Surgery, UW; Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Daniel Ledbetter, MD
Associate Professor, Surgery, UW, Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery at Seattle Children’s Hospital
February 23, 2012
Hepatocyte Transplantation – An Alternative for Orthotopic Liver Replacement
Ron Scott Lecture
Markus Grompe, MD
Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics and Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health and Science University; Director of the Pape Family Pediatric Institute; Director, Oregon Stem Cell Center
March 1, 2012
Management of Fever in Young Infants
M. Douglas Baker, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Vice Chairman for Community Outreach, The Johns Hopkins University
March 8, 2012
Choosing a Site for a Special Pediatric Surgery: Helping Families Make Informed Decisions When Comparing Hospitals and Programs
Karl Welke, MD
Acting Associate Professor, Surgery, UW; Cardiac Surgery, Seattle Children’s
March 15, 2012
Mast Cells: From Anaphylaxis to Mastocytosis and Beyond
Adrian Piliponsky, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, UW; Center for Immunity and Immunotherapies, Seattle Children’s
March 22, 2012
Propranolol and Vascular Anomaly Treatment
Jonathan Perkins, DO
Professor, Otolaryngology, UW; Pediatric Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Chief of Vascular Anomalies Program, Seattle Children’s
March 29, 2012
Imaging and Pediatric Epilepsy: Lessons Learned and Future Direction
Sarkowsky Lecture
James Barkovich, MD
Professor in Residence, Radiology, Pediatrics, Neurology, and Neurological Surgery, UCSF
2012 Archives
January 5, 2012
Aiming Higher: Ethical Challenges in the Care of Children Without Parents
Maureen Kelley, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Bioethics; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Bioethics, Humanities and Philosophy, UW; consultant, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Medicine
January 12, 2012
Serving Low-Income Families During an Economic Downturn
Martin Luther King/Lavizzo Lecture
Benjamin Danielson, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UW; Clinic Chief, Odessa Brown Medical Clinic; Clinical Director, Odessa Brown Children's Clinic
2011 Archives
January 6, 2011
Improving Neonatal Resuscitation: New Approaches and Outcomes
Thomas P. Strandjord, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, UW; Neonatologist, Seattle Children's
January 13, 2011
The Structural and Cultural Determinants of Health: How Tomorrow's Healthcare System Will Impact Inequities
King/Lavizzo Lecture
Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, MPH, PhD
Research Director, Social Determinants of Health, Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
January 20, 2011
Parental Requests for Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation in Children with Overwhelming Neurological Injury
Sconyers/Godfrey Ethics Lecture
Walter Robinson, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University; Div. of Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital; The Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Nashville, TN
Margaret Hood, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, UW; Inpatient Attending, Seattle Children’s
Sidney Gospe, MD, PhD
Professor, Neurology and Pediatrics, UW; Chief, Division of Neurology, Seattle Children’s
January 27, 2011
Naughty or Nice: Media's Impact on Preschool Children's Behavior
Adkins Lecture
Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH
George Adkins Professor of Pediatrics, UW; Director, Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development, Seattle Children’s
February 3, 2011
Legal Solutions to Medical Problems: Medical-Legal Partnerships in Pediatric Settings
Ben Danielson, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UW; Clinic Chief and Clinical Director, Odessa Brown Children's Clinic
Brian Johnston, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, UW; Chief of Service, Pediatrics, Harborview
Scott Crain, Esq.
Attorney for Medical Legal Partnership for Children (MLPC) in Seattle
February 10, 2011
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Are We There Yet?
Blythe Thomson, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, UW; Hematology-Oncology Outpatient Clinical Director, Seattle Children’s
February 17, 2011
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Diagnosis, Management and Insights
Susan Apkon, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, UW; Rehabilitation Dept. and Program Director, Rehab Medicine, Seattle Children’s
February 24, 2011
Travels Around the Urea Cycle
Ronald Scott Lecture
Mark Batshaw, MD
Professor and Chairman, Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Services; Chief Academic Officer, Children’s Research Institute, Children’s National Medical Center
March 3, 2011
Disaster Preparedness: Are We Ready for Children?
Steven Krug, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Head, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children’s Memorial Hospital
March 10, 2011
The Future of Food: Childhood Malnutrition in Malawi, a Rescue and a Fix
Warmington–Community Pediatrics Lecture
Mark Manary, MD
Helene B. Robertson Professor of Pediatrics, Washington University in St. Louis; Director, Global Harvest Alliance, Joint Venture between St. Louis University and Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
March 17, 2011
Taking the Fun Out of Functional: An Update on Functional Abdominal Pain in Children
Tyler Burpee, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, UW; Gastroenterologist, Seattle Children’s
March 24, 2011
The Biology of Misfortune: How Biology, Behavior and Environment Create the Social Partitioning of Health
W. Thomas Boyce, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia; Sunny Hill Health Centre BC Leadership Chair in Child Development in the Human Early Learning Partnership
March 31, 2011
When Your Guts Have Left You: Improving the Quality of Care for Gastroschisis
Linda Wallen, MD
Associate Division Head for Clinical Operations, Neonatology, Seattle Children’s
April 7, 2011
Medical-Legal Investigation of Deaths of Infants and Young Children
Holt Webster Lecture
Richard Harruff, MD
King County Medical Examiner
April 14, 2011
Addressing Medical Errors and Transparency in Pediatrics: Pushing the Envelope for Disclosure
David Loren, MD
Assistant Professor of Neonatology, UW; Neonatologist, Seattle Children's
April 21, 2011
Tongue Tie and Frenotomy
Isabella Knox, MD, EdM
April 28, 2011
Managing Asthma with Onset in Young Children
William E. Pierson Lecture
Stanley J. Szefler, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology, University of Colorado Denver; Director of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health
May 5, 2011
Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension
Delphine Yung, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, UW; Cardiology, Seattle Children’s
May 12, 2011
Research Involving Benefit to Others: When “Others” May Be Hard to Appreciate
Sconyers/Godfrey Ethics Lecture
Dave Wendler, PhD
Head, Unit on Vulnerable Populations, Department of Bioethics, NIH Clinical Center
Bryan H. King, MD
Professor and Vice Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UW; Director, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Seattle Children's
May 19, 2011
The Ongoing Challenge of Pediatric Neurology
Sarkowsky Lecture
Kenneth F. Swaiman, MD
Professor Emeritus, Neurology and Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School; Senior Editor, Pediatric Neurology Principles and Practices
May 26, 2011
The Department of Pediatrics: Serving Our Community
F. Bruder Stapleton, MD
Chair and Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UW; Associate Dean, UW School of Medicine; Seattle Children's
June 2, 2011
Candidates for AAP President and National AAP Update
F. Curt Bennett, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, UW; Coordinator, Medical Student Education, Pediatrics, Seattle Children’s
June 9, 2011
Bullying: What Is the Pediatrician's Role?
Henry Berman, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UW; Adolescent Medicine, Seattle Children's
June 16, 2011
The Power of Registered Therapy Dogs in Medical Settings
Klavano Lecture
Christi Dudzik, MC, LMHC
President, Healing Paws
June 23, 2011
Juvenile Myositis: From Seattle's Bedside to Bethesda
Lisa Rider, MD
Deputy Unit Chief, Environmental Autoimmunity Group, Office of Research, National Institute of Environmental Health Services, National Institute of Health
June 30, 2011
DKA: A Continuous Infusion of Improvement
Joel Tieder, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UW; Pediatric Hospitalist, Seattle Children’s
Ildiko Koves, MD, FRACP
Elaine Beardsley, RN
July 7, 2011
Transforming Healthcare Through Application of a New Science
Uma Kotagal, MB BS, MSc
Professor of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology; Senior VP, Quality and Transformation; Director, Health Policy and Clinical Effectiveness, Cincinnati Children’s
July 14, 2011
Immunotherapy of Neuroblastoma: The End of the Beginning
Abelson Lecture
Paul Sondel, MD, PhD
Reed and Carolee Walker Professor, Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin–Madison
July 21, 2011
CTA Versus MRA: A Primer for Pediatricians
Rajesh Krishnamurthy, MB BS
Assistant Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital
July 28, 2011
Evolving Knowledge of the Teratogenicity of Medications in Human Pregnancy
Margaret Adam, MD, FAAP, FACMG
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, UW; Seattle Children’s
August 4, 2011
Pediatric Transfusion Medicine: Accessing Safe and Effective Blood Products
Meghan Delaney, DO, MPH
Assistant Professor, Laboratory Medicine, UW; Assistant Medical Director, Puget Sound Blood Center; Transfusion Specialist, Seattle Children’s
August 11, 2011
The SCH Strategic Plan: Setting a Path to the Future in Difficult Times
Sanford M. Melzer, MD, MBA
Professor, Pediatrics, UW; Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning, Seattle Children's
August 18, 2011
Operating Rooms of the Future: Simulation and Changes in Surgery Richard M. Satava, MD
Professor, Surgery, Division of General Surgery, UW
August 25, 2011
Translational Research in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
Monica S. Vavilala, MD
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology and Pediatrics; Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery and Radiology, UW; Pediatric-Primary Care, Emergency Medicine, Anesthesia, Seattle Children’s
September 1, 2011
Surgical, Cellular and Molecular Perspectives on the Fetus as a Patient
Tapper Lecture
Alan Flake, MD
Professor of Surgery and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Director, Children’s Institute for Surgical Science, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
September 8, 2011
Optimizing Cancer Care for Adolescents and Young Adults
Rebecca H. Johnson, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Hematology-Oncology, Pediatrics, UW; Hematology-Oncology, Seattle Children’s
September 15, 2011
Neural Gain Control and Ocular Motor Plasticity: Rethinking Therapy for Childhood Strabismus
Roger Johnson Lecture
Stephen P. Christiansen, MD
President of Boston University Eye Associates; Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, Boston University School of Medicine
September 22, 2011
Adolescent Health: Can the Delivery of Preventive Services Be Improved?
Robert Deischer Lecture
Charles Irwin, MD
Professor, Pediatrics; Director, Division of Adolescent Medicine; Vice Chairman, Academic General Pediatrics; UCSF
October 6, 2011
The Baby Will Tell Us
Treuman Katz Ethics Lecture
Albert Jonsen, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Ethics in Medicine, UW
October 13, 2011
Meeting Joint Commission Standards for Effective Communication: Implications and Strategies for Improving Patient Safety and Quality of Care
Ira SenGupta, MA
Executive Director, Cross Cultural Health Care Program, Seattle, WA
October 20, 2011
Childhood Cancer Survivors: Clinical Care and Research Challenges
Ronald Chard Lecture
Lisa R. Diller, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Chief Medical Officer and Clinical Director of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber/Children’s Hospital Cancer Center
October 27, 2011
RU Blue? Improving Care for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care Settings
Laura Richardson, MD
Associate Professor, UW; Adolescent Medicine Specialist, Seattle Children’s
November 3, 2011
Elevating the Quality of Care for the Highest Risk Children in Foster Care
David Rubin, MD
Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania; Director, PolicyLab: Center to Bridge Research, Practice, and Policy; Director of Research and Policy for Safe Place: The Center for Child Protection and Health at CHOP
Kathleen Noonan, JD
Clinical Associate Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin
November 10, 2011
Paging God: The Experiences of Pediatric Physicians with Religion and Spirituality
Alhadeff Spirituality Lecture
Wendy Cadge, PhD
Associate Professor of Sociology, Brandeis University
November 17, 2011
Preventing Alcohol Brain Damage: The Pediatrician’s Role
Ronald Lemire Lecture
Sterling Clarren, MD
Clinical Professor, Division of Developmental Pediatrics, University of British Columbia; CEO and Scientific Director, Canada Northwest Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Research Network
December 1, 2011
Cerebral Palsy: Prevalence, Predictability and Prevention
Ryan McAdams, MD
Assistant Professor, Neonatology, UW; Seattle Children’s
December 8, 2011
The Hypocritical Oath
Lana Staheli Lecture
Laura Kastner, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UW
December 15, 2011
Use of Donor Human Milk in High-Risk Infants
Moll Lecture
Isabella Knox, MD, EdM
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, UW; Co-Director, Pediatric Fellows College, Seattle Children’s
2010 Archives
July 1, 2010
Brachial Plexus Palsies in Infants and Children
Raymond Tse, MD
Assistant Professor, Surgery, UW; Brachial Plexus Program Director, Seattle Children’s
July 8, 2010
The Neck in Down Syndrome: Screening for and Management of the Cervical Spine in Trisomy 21
Samuel Browd, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery, UW; Neurosurgery, Oncology, Seattle Children’s
July 15, 2010
Translational Genomics for Neuroblastoma: Recent Discoveries Lead to New Therapeutic Opportunities
Abelson Lecture
John M. Maris, MD
Giulio D’Angio Chair in Neuroblastoma Research; Chief, Division of Oncology; Director, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
July 22, 2010
Intestinal Failure: Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes
Patrick Javid, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, UW; General and Thoracic Surgery, Seattle Children's
Frances R. Malone, ARNP, PhD
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Transplant Services, Seattle Children's
July 29, 2010
Caring for Children in Western Alaska: Improving Care Far from Seattle Children’s Hospital
Jane McClure, MD
Pediatrician, Chief of Staff, Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, Bethel, Alaska
August 5, 2010
Polio Eradication: Progress, Problems and Promise
Walter Orenstein, MD
Vaccine Delivery, Global Health, Gates Foundation
August 12, 2010
Use of Placebos
Gary Walco, PhD
Professor of Anesthesiology, UW; Director of Pain Medicine, Seattle Children's
Ben Wilfond, MD
Professor, Pediatrics; Chief, Bioethics, UW; Director, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Seattle Children's
September 2, 2010
Lessons Learned from the H1N1 Epidemic in Seattle: Implications for the Future
Jeffrey S. Duchin, MD
Chief, Communicable Disease, Epideimiology and Immunization Section, Public Health–Seattle and King County; Associate Professor in Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, UW
September 16, 2010
Gene Therapy for Inherited Retinal Degenerations
Roger Johnson Lecture
Eric Adam Pierce, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania; F.M. Kirby Center for Molecular Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute
September 23, 2010
Risky Business: What Every Pediatrician and Parent Should Know About the Effects of Media on Adolescents
Victor Strasburger, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Family & Community Medicine, University of New Mexico; Chief, Division of Adolescent Medicine
September 30, 2010
Mentored Scholar Program
Finding Genetic Associations in Pediatric Severe Sepsis
Jerry Kim, MD
Acting Instructor, Senior Fellow, UW; Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seattle Children's
Outcomes in Reproduction in Childhood and Adolescent Survivors (ORCAS)
Margarett Shnorhavorian, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Urology, UW; Pediatric Urology, Seattle Children's
October 7, 2010
Mentored Scholar Program
Sleep, Temperament and Arousal Regulation in Infants with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (STAR in PAE)
Maida Chen, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, UW; Associate Director, Pediatric Sleep Disorders Program, Seattle Children's
Outcomes in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
Sarah Ringold, MD
Rheumatology. Board Certified: Pediatrics; Seattle Children's
October 14, 2010
Why We Play: Ethics, Drugs and the Future of Sport
Treuman Katz Ethics Lecture
Thomas H. Murray, PhD
President and CEO, The Hastings Center, Garrison, New York
October 21, 2010
Reach Out and Read and the Art of Balancing: Children, Advocacy and Changing Pediatric Practice
Lana Staheli Lecture
Perri E. Klass, MD
Professor, Journalism and Pediatrics, New York University; Author; Medical Director of Reach Out and Read
October 28, 2010
Inventing Our Future: Training the Next Generation of Surgeon Innovators
Tapper Surgery Lecture
Thomas Krummel, MD
Emile Holman Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine; Susan B. Ford Surgeon-in-Chief, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital; Co-director, Biodesign Program, Stanford University
November 4, 2010
Childhood Cancer Research: 21st-Century Science, 20th-Century Clinical Trials
Chard Lecture
Peter Adamson, MD, FRCSC, FACS
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Chief, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics and Director, Experimental Therapeutics in Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
November 11, 2010
Medical Relief: Haiti Perspective
Mark Del Beccaro, MD
Professor of Pediatics, Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, UW; Pediatrician-in-Chief, Seattle Children's
November 18, 2010
Gastroschisis: Etiology and Developmental Pathogenesis
Lemire Lecture
Ken Jones, MD
Chief, Division of Dysmorphology/Teratology, Department of Pediatrics, UCSD; Medical Director of CTIS Pregnancy Risk Information
December 9, 2010
Wrestling with the Angels: Understanding and Addressing Religious Struggles Within Healthcare
Alhadeff Chaplaincy Lecture
Ken Pargament, PhD
Professor of Clinical Psychology, Bowling Green State University; Adjunct Professor of Psychology in the Counseling Psychology and Religion PhD Program, Boston University
December 16, 2010
Exercise-Induced Hypoglycemia in Type 1 Diabetes: Recognition and Management
Craig Taplin, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UW; Endocrinologist, Seattle Children's