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Continuing Medical Education, Grand Rounds and More

October 1, 2025

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

Practical Pediatrics: Improving Pediatric Practice
Sunday, October 25, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. PST. 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.

October 2: No Grand Rounds.

October 9: Pediatricians as Public Health Enforcers? Ethics and Politics in the Era of Vaccine Refusal (Treuman Katz Ethics Lecture)
Mark Navin, PhD, Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Oakland University (OU), Lecturer, Dept. of Foundational Medical Studies, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine (OUWB); Clinical Ethicist, Corewell Health

October 16: “Wishful Drinking”: Norms, Trends, and Opportunities for Substance Use Prevention With Adolescents and Young Adults (Robert Deisher Adolescent Medicine Lecture)
Jason R. Kilmer, PhD, Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UW; Adjunct Professor, Psychology, UW

October 23: From Bedside to Bench to Back: Pediatric Sepsis in Resource-Constrained Settings (Global Watch)
Teresa Bleakly Kortz, MD, MS, PhD, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in Critical Care Medicine, Director of the Institute for Global Health Sciences Affiliate Program; Director of the Pediatric Global Health Scholars Pathway at the University of California, San Francisco

October 30: Trust Your Gut: For Antibiotics, PO Is the New IV
Scott Weissman, MD, Professor of Pediatric Infectious Disease, UW; Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program; Attending Physician, Pediatric Infectious Disease and General Pediatrics, Seattle Children’s

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.

Psychiatry Grand Rounds

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

October 3: Psychedelics for Substance Use Disorders
Nathan Sackett, MD, MS, Director, Center for Novel Therapeutics in Addiction Psychiatry (NTAP) Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UW Medicine