Provider 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 Lot 1 (PDF). For more information, call 206-987-5701.
CME credit
Seattle Children’s is accredited by the Washington State Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Seattle Children’s designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity meets the criteria for up to 1 hour of Category 1 CME credit to satisfy the relicensure requirements of the Washington State Medical Quality Assurance Commission.
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Provider Grand Rounds Schedule and Topics
March 5, 2015
Altering the Trajectory: Screening for Mental Health Problems in the Emergency Department
Jackie Grupp-Phelan, MD, MPH
Director of Research and Associate Director, Division of Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s
March 12, 2015
Paradigm Shifts in Childhood Arthritis: Changing Times, Changing Terms, Changing Treatments
Susan Shenoi, MB, BS, MS
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, UW; Rheumatology, Seattle Children’s
March 19, 2015
Preventing Central Line Infections: Beyond the Bundle
Resident/Fellow Research Day
Margaret Hostetter, MD
B.K. Rachford Professor; Chair, Department of Pediatrics; Director, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
March 26, 2015
Down Syndrome in Medical Settings: A Neurodevelopmental Perspective
David Stein, PsyD
Co-Director of Research at the Down Syndrome Program; Director of Quality Improvement for the Pediatric Psychology Program, Instructor in Psychology, Harvard Medical School; Staff Psychologist, Boston Children’s Hospital
2014 Archives
Provider Grand Rounds videos are archived for only one year after their original presentation.
February 27, 2014
The Key Role of the Medical Professional in the Prevention of Child Abuse
Mary Clyde Pierce, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Emergency Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Planners and speaker disclosed no commercial relationships.
March
6, 2014
Competency in Pediatric Procedural Skills: Getting It, Keeping It
Taylor Sawyer, DO, MEd
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics; Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship, UW; Neonatology, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speaker disclosed no commercial relationships.
March 13, 2014
The First 1,000 Days: The Importance of Early Brain and Child Development
Warmington-Community Pediatricians Lecture
Colleen Kraft, MD, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute; Pediatric Program Director, Carilion Clinic, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Planners disclosed no commercial relationships. Speaker disclosed: Consultant and Vaccine Advisory Board for Merck.
March 20, 2014
Foster Care: Improving Outcomes for a Challenging Population
Kym Ahrens, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Adolescent Medicine, UW; Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Adolescent Medicine, Adolescent Behavioral Health, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speaker disclosed no commercial relationships.
March 27, 2014
Antimicrobial Stewardship at Seattle Children’s Hospital: Progress in Protecting Patients
Scott Weissman, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, UW; Division of Infectious Diseases, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speaker disclosed no commercial relationships.
Adam Brothers, PharmD
Planners and speaker disclosed no commercial relationships.
April 3, 2014
Standardized Child Abuse Screening to Improve Outcomes
Holt Webster Lecture
Daniel Lindberg, MD
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine; Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Kempe Center for Child Abuse Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Planners disclosed no commercial relationships; speaker disclosed that he is a consultant with Johnson, Graffe, Keay, Moniz & Wick, LLP. Review by CME program manager concludes that this presentation does not include content relevant to this disclosure.
April 10, 2014
There’s a Monster in My Head: Diagnosis, Care and Cure of Childhood Brain Tumors
Sarah Leary, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, UW; Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Seattle Children’s
Planners disclosed no commercial relationships; speaker disclosed no commercial relationships.
April 17, 2014
Can Addressing Health Literacy Improve Health and Diminish Health Disparities? Lessons from Asthma
William E. Pierson Lecture
Andrea Apter, MD, MA, MSc
Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Divisions, University of Pittsburgh
Planners and speaker disclosed that they have no commercial relationships.
April 24, 2014
Show Me the Numbers: Transforming Data Into Quality Improvement
Resident–Fellow Research Day Lecture
Charles Macias, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine; Chief of Academic Programs, Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Director, Evidence Based Outcomes Center, Center for Clinical Effectiveness, Texas Children’s Hospital
Planners and speaker disclosed that they have no commercial relationships.
May 1, 2014
Pediatric Surgery: The “Unborn Child” of Global Health
Tapper Surgery Lecture
Diana Farmer, MD, FACS, FRCS
Pearl Stamps Stewart Endowed Chair; Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, UC Davis; Surgeon-in-Chief, UC Davis Children’s Hospital
Planners and speaker disclosed that they have no commercial relationships.
May 8, 2014
You Ate What?! The Ins and Outs of Pediatric Foreign Body Ingestion
Julie Brown, MDCM, MPH
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, UW; Co-Director, Emergency Medicine Research, Emergency Medicine, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speaker disclosed that they have no commercial relationships.
May 15, 2014
Munchausen’s by Internet: Clinician Monitoring of Parent Blogs in Cases of Suspected Abuse
Sconyers/Godfrey Ethics Lecture
Megan A. Moreno, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UW; Division of Adolescent Medicine, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speaker disclosed that they have no commercial relationships.
May 22, 2014
The Neurology of Famous Musicians: In Words and Music
Sarkowsky Lecture
Phillip L. Pearl, MD
William G. Lennox Chair, Boston Children's Hospital; Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Planners and speaker disclosed that they have no commercial relationships.
May 29, 2014
Early Identification and Definitive Therapy of SCID
Suzanne Skoda Smith, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics; Assistant Program Director, UWSOM Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Training Program, UW; Clinical Director, Division of Immunology, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speaker disclosed that they have no commercial relationships.
Troy Torgerson, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, UW; Co-Director, Immunology Diagnostic Laboratory, Center for Immunity and Immunotherapies, Seattle Children’s Research Institute
Planners and speaker disclosed that they have no commercial relationships.
June 5, 2014
Pediatric Regional Graduate Medical Education Heads North to Alaska
State of the Department Lecture
F. Bruder Stapleton, MD
Professor and Chair, Ford/Morgan Endowed Chair of Pediatrics, Associate Dean, UW; Chief Academic Officer/Senior Vice President, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speaker disclosed that they have no commercial relationships.
Christine Tan, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UW; Coordinator, Alaska Pathway, UW/Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Planners and speaker disclosed that they have no commercial relationships.
Richard Shugerman, MD
Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Pediatric Residency Program, UW/Seattle Children’s
Planners and speaker disclosed that they have no commercial relationships.
June 12, 2014
Cancer Immunotherapy: Using T Cells for Pediatric Cancer – Has the Time Come?
Rebecca Gardner, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, UW; Hematology-Oncology, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speaker disclosed that they have no commercial relationships.
June 19, 2014
Common Pediatric Hand Problems: Yours, Mine and Ours
Suzanne Steinman, MD
Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics and Sport Medicine, UW; Orthopaedics, Brachial Plexus, Rehabilitation, Hand and Upper Extremity, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speaker disclosed that they have no commercial relationships.
June 26, 2014
Pushing the Boundaries of Academic Medicine: Translating Metabolites Into Clinical Practice
C. Ronald Scott Lecture
Jerry Vockley, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine; Professor of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh; Chief of Medical Genetics, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Planners and speaker disclosed that they have no commercial relationships.
July 3, 2014
Eyes Wide Open: The Impact of Industry Interactions on Clinical Practice
Doug Diekema, MD, MPH
Professor, Division of Bioethics and Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics; Director of Education, Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speaker disclosed that they have no commercial relationships.
July 10, 2014
Stem Cells and Cancer: Common Pathways
Abelson Lecture
George Daley, MD, PhD
Professor, Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Samuel E. Lux Professor of Hematology, Director of Stem Cell Transplantation Program, Children’s Hospital Boston
Planners and speaker disclosed that they have no commercial relationships.
July 17, 2014
Assessing Technical Performance in Medicine: Options and Comparison of Current to Future Practice
Thomas Lendvay, MD
Associate Professor, Urology, UW; Co-Director of the Seattle Robotic Surgery Program, Seattle Children’s
Planners disclosed that they have no commercial relationships. Speaker disclosed that he receives grant/research support from and has a financial interest in CSATS, Inc. Review by CME program manager concludes that this presentation does not include content relevant to this disclosure.
July 24, 2014
Chest Wall Disorders in Children
Greg Redding, MD
Professor, Pediatrics, UW; Division Chief, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine; Interim Clinical Director, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine; Interim Clinic Chief, Asthma, Seattle Children’s
Planners disclose that they have no commercial relationships. Speaker disclosed that he is the pediatric pulmonary section editor for Up-to-Date. Review by CME program manager concludes that this presentation does not include content relevant to this disclosure.
July 31, 2014
After Residency: Life at the CDC
Joe Bresee, MD, FAAP
Chief, Epidemiology and Prevention Branch in CDC’s Influenza Division; Captain, US Public Health Service
Planners and speaker disclosed that they have no commercial relationships.
Scott Dowell, MD, MPH, RADM, USPHS
Director, Division of Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response, CDC Center for Global Health
Planners and speaker disclosed that they have no commercial relationships.
August
7, 2014
The Changing Spectrum of Congenital Cardiac Surgery at Seattle Children’s
Jonathan Chen, MD
Professor, Surgery, Head and Pediatric Cardiothoracic, UW; Chief, Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery; Co-Director of the Heart Center; Samuel and Althea Stroum Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speakers disclose that they have no commercial relationships.
August 14, 2014
Physician Blogging: How the Internet Can Help You Reach and Teach
Yolanda Evans, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, UW; Adolescent Medicine, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Adolescent Behavioral Health, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speakers disclose that they have no commercial relationships.
August 21, 2014
HPV Immune Responses and Vaccine Update on Real-Life Outcomes
Anna-Barbara Moscicki, MD
Professor, Pediatrics, Associate Director, Division of Adolescent Medicine, UCSF
Planners and speakers disclose that they have no commercial relationships.
August 28, 2014
Predictions of Neurodevelopmental Impairment for Critically Ill Neonates: Elucidatory, Elusory or Illusory?
Paul Mann, MD
Assistant Professor, Neonatology, Dept. of Pediatrics, UW; Neonatology, Bioethics, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speakers disclose that they have no commercial relationships.
September 4, 2014
It’s Back-to-School Time… STDs not ABCs!
2014 STD Treatment Guidelines and Results of eKISS (Electronic Kiosk for Safer Sex), an Interactive Computer-Based Intervention
Taraneh Shafii, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, UW; Adolescent Medicine, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speakers disclose that they have no commercial relationships.
September 11, 2014
Practice Points of Ophthalmology Every Pediatrician Should Know
Roger Johnson Ophthalmology Lecture
Daniel Karr, MD
Chief, Ophthalmology Pediatrics Service, Elks Children’s Eye Clinic; Director, Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship Program, Oregon Health and Science University
Planners and speakers disclose that they have no commercial relationships.
September 18, 2014
Working with the Latino Community to Address Youth Violence
Robert Deischer Lecture
Manuel Oscos-Sanchez, MD
Professor, Pediatrics and Laboratory Medicine, UW; Co-Director, Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speakers disclose that they have no commercial relationships.
September 25, 2014 – Rosh Hashanah
October 2, 2014
What Mechanisms Sustain HIV Infection During Antiretroviral Treatment?
Lisa Frenkel, MD
Professor, Pediatrics and Laboratory Medicine, UW; Co-Director, Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speakers disclose that they have no commercial relationships.
October 9, 2014
What Is Pediatric Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery? A Brief Review of Common and Not-So-Common Pediatric Oral Disease and Pathology
Mark Egbert, DDS
Associate Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, UW School of Dentistry; Division Chief, Pediatric Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speakers disclose that they have no commercial relationships.
October 16, 2014
Creative Arts Therapies as Brain-Wise Interventions: Emerging Research and Clinical Application
Klavano Lecture
Cathy Malchiodi, PhD
Leading international expert, syndicated writer, and educator in the fields of art therapy and art in healthcare
October 23, 2014
The Ethics of Early-Phase Trials in Children with Cancer
Katz Ethics Lecture
Steven Joffe, MD, MPH
Emanuel and Robert Hart Associate Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy; Vice Chair of Medical Ethics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Planners and speakers disclose that they have no commercial relationships.
October 30, 2014
What Health Care Providers Need to Know About Spiritual Care
Alhadeff Lecture
David A. Harrison, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Bioethics & Humanities, UW
Planners and speakers disclose that they have no commercial relationships.
November 6, 2014
Pediatric IBD, Evolution of Disease Understanding and Management
Ghassan Wahbeh, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Gastroenterology, UW; Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speakers disclose that they have no commercial relationships.
November 13, 2014
Type 1 Diabetes in Youth: Where Have We Come From, Where Are We Now, And a Path to a Cure
Craig Taplin, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology, UW Endocrinology and Diabetes, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speakers disclose that they have no commercial relationships.
November 20, 2014
The Interface of Pediatrics and Pathology: The Legacy of Ron Lemire
Lemire Lecture
Joseph Siebert, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology, UW; Program Director, Autopsy Services, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speakers disclose that they have no commercial relationships.
November 27, 2014 – Thanksgiving
December 4, 2014
Acupuncture in Pediatrics: Who? What? When? Where? And Why?
Elizabeth Artola, LICSW, EAMP
Jaime Ralston-Wilson, DAOM, LAc, EAMP
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine; Seattle Children’s
Planners and speakers disclose that they have no commercial relationships.
December 11, 2014
Environmental Influences on the Health of Children and Those Who Care for Them
Lana Staheli Lecture
Susan Luck, RN, BS, MA
Medical Anthropologist, Clinical Nutritionist, Co-Director International Nurse Coach Association Founder, The EarthRose Institute; Holistic Health and The Integrative Nursing Institute
Planners and speakers disclose that they have no commercial relationships.
December 18, 2014
Elephants, Genomes and Cancer: Lessons Learned in Pediatric Oncology
Chard Lecture
Joshua D. Schiffman, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Adjunct Associate Professor, Oncological Sciences; Medical Director, High-Risk Pediatric Cancer Clinic; Investigator, Huntsman Cancer Institute; University of Utah
December 25, 2014 – Winter Holiday
January 8, 2015
Brain and Body Overgrowth: New Genes, New Pathways, and New Therapeutic Avenues
William Dobyns, MD
Professor, Division of Genetics Medicine, UW; Genetics, Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children’s
Ghayda Mirzaa, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Genetic Medicine, UW; Genetics, Center for Integrative Research, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speaker disclose that they have no commercial relationships.
January 15, 2015
Marketing Moment to Healthcare Movement: The Promise and Perils of Technology to Reduce Health Disparities
King/Lavizzo Lecture
Ivor Horn, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Center for Diversity and Health Equity, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speaker disclose that they have no commercial relationships.
January 22, 2015
Health Related Quality of Life Among Children Surviving Critical Illness
Francois Aspesberro, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, UW; Critical Care, PICU, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speaker disclose that they have no commercial relationships.
January 29, 2015
Should Children with Disability be Listed for Heart Transplant?
Sconyers/Godfrey Ethics Lecture
Case Presenter: Erin Albers, MD, MSCI
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, UW; Pediatric Cardiac Transplant & Heart Failure Service, Seattle Children’s
Commentator: David Magnus, PhD
Thomas A. Raffin Professor in Medicine and Biomedical Ethics, Director, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford
Moderator: Doug Opel MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Divisions of Bioethics and General Pediatrics, UW, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speakers disclose that they have no commercial relationships.
February 5, 2015
Improving Pediatric Dental Disease: Options and Advances
Rebecca Slayton, DDS, PhD
Professor, Pediatric dentistry, Director of The Center for Pediatric Dentistry and Chair of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry; UW; Dental Department Director, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speaker disclose that they have no commercial relationships.
February 12, 2015
Revolution in Rheumatology: New Insights, Therapies, Definitions and Outcomes
Carol Wallace, MD
Professor, Pediatrics UW; Director, Division of Rheumatology, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speaker disclose that they have no commercial relationships.
February 19, 2015
Affecting the Intestinal Microbiome: Using Knowledge on Managing Enteric Bacteria
David Suskind, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, UW; Director, Quality Improvement, Co-Chair, Nutrition Subcommittee, Seattle Children’s
Planners and speaker disclose that they have no commercial relationships.
February 26, 2015
Caring for Gender Non-Conforming Children and Teens in the New Millennium – A Multidisciplinary Team Approach
Johanna Olson, MD
Adolescent Medicine, Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles