Continuing Medical Education, Grand Rounds and More

For a comprehensive list of education opportunities available from Seattle Children’s for healthcare professionals, please visit our education site.

Continuing Education, Conferences, and Symposiums

Updates in Medicine Conference
Friday, September 19 - Saturday, September 20, 7:30a.m. – 4:30 p.m. PT. In person in Kennewick, WA or virtual. Learn more and register.

Sports Participation and the Preparticipation Physical Evaluation
Tuesday, September 23, 6 – 7 p.m. PT. Virtual. Learn more and register.

Practical Pediatrics: Improving Pediatric Practice
Sunday, October 25, 7:30a.m. - 3 p.m. PT. In person in Seattle, WA. Learn more and register.

Provider Grand Rounds

Year-round on Thursdays from 8 to 9 a.m. in Seattle Children’s Wright Auditorium and streamed via WebEx. Learn more and watch the live webcast or recordings.

If you are external to Seattle Children’s, and plan to join us in Wright Auditorium, please note that parking and entrance procedures have changed. See current campus maps with parking and screening information. Please review them before coming to the hospital. You will need to RSVP 24 hours in advance to [email protected], so that your name can be shared with the hospital entrance staff. You will also need to bring photo ID.

September 4: Drowning in a Sea of Pain: How to Help Youth With Sickle Cell Disease? (Tarcea Pain Medicine Lecture)
William T. Zempsky, MD, MPH, The Francine L. and Robert B. Goldfarb-William T. Zempsky, MD, Endowed Chair for Pain and Palliative Medicine, Vice Chair for Academic Affairs and Research, Connecticut Children's Medical Center; Professor of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

September 11: Progress in Sickle Cell Disease: Bending the Biomedical Arc Toward Health Equity (Chard Oncology Lecture)
Alexis Thompson, MD, MPH, Chief of Division of Hematology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Elias Schwartz, MD, Endowed Chair in Hematology

September 18: Pediatric Sepsis: Improving Recognition, Care and Outcomes for All Children
Lori Rutman, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington; Emergency Medicine, Seattle Children’s

September 25: Management of Infantile Cataracts (Roger Johnson Ophthalmology Lecture)
Deborah VanderVeen, MD, Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear; Boston Children’s Hospital; Beetham Eye Institute at Joslin Diabetes Center; Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Cambridge Health Alliance; VA Boston Healthcare System; VA Maine Healthcare System

Psychiatry Grand Rounds

First Friday of every month October through June from 8 to 9:20 a.m.

Psychiatry Grand Rounds will resume in October.