Grand Rounds

UT Health Science Center Department of Medicine prides itself in hosting a premier grand rounds series, featuring world-class speakers both local and from around the globe.

2024 - 2025

Date	Topic	Presenter
Apr 30	Management of Fever	Kerry Cleveland, MD Professor, Infectious Diseases, UT Health Science Center
Apr 23	Systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease and Interstitial Lung diseases (SARD-ILD) - Challenges in diagnosis and treatment	Ganesh Raghu, MD,ATSF,FACP,FCCP Professor of Medicine, Endowed Professor (ILD), Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (Adjunct) University of Washington, Director: The Center for Interstitial Lung Diseases, Director: Center for Excellence for Sarcoidosis (WASOG), Co-Director: Scleroderma Clinic
Apr 16	Professionalism and Mistreatment in Medical Education	Catherine Womack MD, FACP Kristen Bettin MD, MEd, FAAP Shelley Ost MD,MEd
Apr 09	Clinical Insights into Worsening Glycemic Control in Young Adults Despite Advancement in Diabetes Therapy	Deirdre James, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Apr 02	The Ethics of Scientific Publishing	Steve Goodman, PhD Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Mar 26	Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Mar 19	Management of Anemia in Non-dialysis-dependent Chronic Kidney Disease: Current Recommendations	Ade damola Adeboye, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Feb 12	EoE: Overview & Management	Muhammad S. Siddiq, MD
Feb 5	PNH Disease Overview	C. Michael Jones MD,FACP
Jan 29	How Many Endotypes of Diabetes? As Many as There are Patients?	Ivan C. Gerling, PhD Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, College of Medicine
Jan 22	Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: What should I know?	Isaac Rhea, MD Director, Cardio-oncology Program
Jan 15	Renal Replacement Therapy in Critically Ill Patients	Arif Showkat
Dec 18	CART Cell Applications in Autoimmune Disease	Marko Radic, PhD Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, College of Medicine, UT Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
Dec 11	Tracheostomy	Ibrahim SultanAli MD, DABSM
Dec 04	From Campus to Community: Integrating Community Engagement into Academic Medicine	Austin Dalgo, MD, MA
Nov 20	Discovery to Recovery: Long COVID and Where We Are	Cyrilyn Walters, MD,MPH
Nov 13	Update on Diabetic Kidney Disease	David S. Rustom, M.D. Assistant Professor of Nephrology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, UT Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
Nov 06	New Evidence for Treating Hypertension to Lower Blood Pressure Goals	William C. Cushman, MD, MACP, FAHA Medical Director and Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Professor, Medicine and Physiology, UT Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
Oct 30	New Advances in the Management of COPD	Julio Lanfranco Molina, MD Division Chief & Associate Professor of Medicine – Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care, UT Health Science Center
Oct 23	Systemic Therapy in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma	Lindsey Lands, MD, FACP Assistant Professor of Medicine– Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, UT Health Science Center
Oct 16	Osteomyelitis: Bones, Drugs, and Harmony	Nathan A. Summers, MD Associate Professor of Medicine & Interim Division Chief– Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, UT Health Science Center
Oct 09	Review and Update on Management of NAFLD/MASLD	James Rutland, MD VA Medical Center
Oct 02	When Obesity Drives Cancer, How Do We Apply the Brakes?	Kristy A. Brown, PhD Associate Professor of Metabolism and Cancer – Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center
Sep 25	Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases & Reproductive Health	Syed Hasan Raza, MD Associate Professor of Rheumatology, UT Health Science Center
Sep 18	Newer Modalities to Treat Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Cardiac Electrophysiologist's Perspective	Indranil Basu-Ray, MD Director of Cardiovascular Research, VAMC, Director of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory, VAMC, Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiologist, VAMC, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiology Division Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Sep 11	Advancing Academic Hematology at UTHSC	Kenneth Isimemen Ataga, MD Plough Foundation Endowed Chair in Sickle Cell Disease, Professor, Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Sep 04	Pregnancy and CKD	Syed Muhammad Moshin Raza, MBBS/MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, UT Health Science Center

2023 - 2024

Date	Topic	Presenter
Jun 05	Closing the Care Gaps in Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases	Amber L. Thacker, MD, FACP Assistant Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, UT Health Science Center
May 29	Living Kidney Donation	Vasanthi Balaraman, MD Assistant Professor, Division of Transplant Surgery Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, UT Health Science Center
May 22	Lung Cancer Screening and Nodule Evaulation: A Review	Pooja Gupta, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, UT Health Science Center
May 15	Itching, Hives, and Swelling: What is New in 2024	Debendra Pattanaik, MD, FACP, FAAAI, FACR Tenured Professor of Medicine & Division Chief of Rheumatology Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, UT Health Science Center
May 8	Systems-Based Hematology	Marquita Nelson, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hematology-Oncoloqy, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, UTHSC, Medical Director- Methodist Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center
May 1	The Evolving Story of Incretins: Magic Bullet or Hype?	David D'Alessio, MD James B. Wyngaarden Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Member of Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Editor-in-Chief, Diabetes
Apr 24	A Community Engaged Approach to Developing a Research Roadmap for Addressing Food Insecuity in Maternal Child Health	Sarah Rhoads, PhD, DNP, WHNP-BC, APRN-BC, FAAN Professor and Chair, Department of Community and Population Health, UT Health Science Center Karen C. Johnson, MD, MPH Chair and Endowed Professor of Women's Health
Apr 17	Cytomegalovirus in Solid Organ Transplantation: One Recipient's Life-Changing Road Trip	Rick W. LaRue, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Interim Director, Transplant Infectious Diseases Program, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Apr 10	Leading from the Middle: Top 10 Strategies to be Effective	Jennifer Christer, MD Senior Dean - School of Medicine and School of Health Professions, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Apr 03	Changing Modalities of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation	Sunil K. Jha, MD Associate Professor - Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, UTHSC, Director - Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Program
Mar 27	Charles M. Mansbach II Distinguished Lectureship Bugs, Brain Fog, & Bloating	Satish SC Rao, MD, PhD, FRCP J. Harrison, MD, Distinguished University Chair in Gastroenterology, Professor of Medicine Director, Neurogastroenterology & Motility, Director, Digestive Health Clinical Research Center Founding Director, Digestive Health Center Medical College of Georgia, August University Medical Center
Mar 20	Evidence Based Mentoring: The Triangle of Professional Development, and Equity in Academic Medicine	Christopher Jackson, MD, FACP, FSSCI Associate Professor - Department of Medicine, General Internal Medicine Division, UT Health Science Center
Mar 13	The Arnold E. Postlethwaite Memorial Lectureship Vitamin D: Why all the Confusion? A Rational Clinical Approach	Neil Binkley, MD Professor of Medicine - Division of Geriatrics & Gerontology, University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine & Public Health, Associate Director, Institute on Aging, Co-Director - Osteoporosis Clinical Center & Research Program
Mar 06	Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Breathe Easy	Tse-Shuen Ku, MD, MS, DABSM Pulmonologist, Critical Care Intensivist, Sleep Medicine, Lt. Col. Luke Weathers, Jr. VAMC, Assistant Professor - Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Division, UT Health Science Center
Feb 28	Glimmers of Hope: Systemic Therapy for Aggressive Gliomas	Alva Weir, MD, MACP Chief of Hematology-Oncology, Lt. Col. Luke Weathers, Jr. VAMC, Affiliate Professor - Department of Medicine Hematology - Oncology, UT Health Science Center
Feb 21	Invasive Candidiasis	Michael Gelfand, MD Professor - Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases, UT Health Science Center
Feb 07	Hypoglycemia: A Significant Threat to People Living with Diabetes	Deirdre James, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine – Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, UT Health Science Center
Jan 31	Osteoporosis: Updates and Clinical Review	Beenish Zulfiqar, MD Assistant Professor - Department of Medicine, Rheumatology, UT Health Science Center
Jan 24	Cardiac Amyloidosis: What should I know?	Isaac Rhea, MD Assistant Professor – Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, UT Health Science Center
Jan 17	The Role of WNT10B: Tumor Immunosurveillance of TNBC and Glioblastoma	Gustavo Miranda-Carboni, MD Associate Professor of Medicine – Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, UT Health Science Center
Jan 10	Management of Hyponatremia: Challenges and Updates	Hieu Vo, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine – Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, UT Health Science Center
Dec 13	Bronchiectasis	Meredith Turetz, MD Assistant Professor - Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Cornell University
Dec 06	Gender Medicine in 2023	Richard Childress, MD Assistant Professor - Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Nov 29	Hematology Speaker Series	Ulike M. Reiss, MD Associate Member, Director, Hemophilia Treatment Center, Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Nov 15	Current Concepts in Cirrhosis	Satheesh Nair, MD Professor, Department of Surgery, UT Health Science Center
Nov 8	Opioid Use in Chronic Kidney Disease	Satya Surbhi, PhD, MS, BPharm Assistant Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Nov 01	Health Care Liability Primer	Andrea Malkin, JD Assistant Professor - College of Medicine, UT Health Science Center, Chief of Staff- College of Medicine
Oct 25	Colon Cancer Screening Update	Nazneen Ahmed, MD Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, UT Health Science Center
Oct 18	Treatment of Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM): Advancing Towards a Better Future	Kelly Dooley, MD, PhD, MPH Professor of Medicine & Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Oct 11	The UT Health Science Center 100K Genomes Project	Robert Davis, MD, MPH Professor, Pediatrics - CBMI, UT Health Science Center
Oct 04	HIV and the 95-95-95 Goal: What Progress Have We Made?	Christian Fuchs, MD Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases, UT Health Science Center
Sep 27	IgA Nephropathy: 2023 Update	Colleen Hastings, MD Associate Professor, Nephrology, UT Health Science Center
Sep 20	A Historical Perspective of Systemic Racism in Medical Education	Ryan Mire, MD, MACP President, American College of Physicians, Associate Professor of Clinical Medical Education, UT Health Science Center
Sep 13	Treatment Decisions in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia	Muhammad Hamid, MBBS Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine - Hematology, UT Health Science Center
Sep 06	Mitochondrial Pathophysiology in the Genesis of EICA: Myocardial Remodeling and Strategies in DMD	Syamal K. Bhattacharya, PhD, CLD Professor, Medicine - Cardiology, Surgery and Neurology, UT Health Science Center

2022 - 2023

Date	Topic	Presenter
May 15	Obesity, Bariatric Surgery, and Immunotherapy in Breast Cancer	Liza Makowski, PhD, MS Professor, Med Hematology, UT Health Science Center
May 10	ADA 2023 Standards of Care in Diabetes	Robert Gabbay, MD, PhD, FACP Chief Science & Medical Officer, American Diabetes Association
May 3	GED and Extraesophageal GERD: How to Test and Treat?	Michael F. Vaezi, MD, PhD, MSC, FACG Clinical Director, Division of Gastroenterology, Director of the Center for Swallowing & Esophageal Disorders, Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt Health - Vanderbilt Digestive Disease Center
Apr 19	The Power of Immune Cells: Understanding and Optimizing Cancer Immunotherapy	Bilawal Ahmed, MD Assistant Professor, Hematology/Oncology, UT Health Science Center
Apr 12	What Health Systems Owe Their Patients: The Path to Patient-Centered Cancer Care	Scott D. Ramsey, MD Director, Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes (HICOR), Professor, Cancer Prevention Proqram, Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutch Cancer Center - Seattle. WA
Apr 05	The Other Side v2.1	Martin Croce, MD Professor, Trauma / Surgical Critical Care, UT Health Science Center
Mar 29	Eosinophilic Esophagitis: 30 Years from a New Diagnosis to an Approved Therapy	Jay Lieberman, MD Professor, Pediatrics Pulmonary, UT Health Science Center
Mar 22	Burnout with Emphasis on the Endocrine Systems	Helmut Steinberg, MD Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Mar 15	2023 Updates in General Internal Medicine	Christopher Jackson, MD Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Mar 08	Cancelled
Mar 01	Gut-Kidney-Heart Axis in Chronic Kidney Disease	Keiichi Sumida, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Nephrology, UT Health Science Center
Feb 22	Cancelled
Feb 15	Diabetes and Mental Health: A Bidirectional Relationship	Deirdre James, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology, UT Health Science Center
Feb 08	Current Approaches to Managing Pancreatic Ducal Adenocarcinoma	Evan Glazer, MD Associate Professor of Surgery, Sugrical Oncology, UT Health Science Center
Feb 01	The Arnold E. Postlethwaite Memorial Lectureship Rheumatoid Arthritis: Etiology and Prevention	Daniel E. Furst, MD Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California
Jan 25	Uncontrolled Hypertension: Beyond Pills and Lifestyle Changes	Uzoma Ibebuogu, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, UT Health Science Center
Jan 18	The Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing-based Health Coaching in Patient-Centered Care	Susan Butterworth, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Jan 11	Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome	Pralhad Sharma, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Jan 04	Physiologic Left Bundle Branch Pacing: Good Knowledge and Future Prospects	Sunil Jha, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, UT Health Science Center
Dec 14	Lifestyle Intervention in People with Prediabetes: When to Start and When is too Late?	Samuel Dagogo-Jack, MD, DSc Professor, Endocrinology, UT Health Science Center
Dec 07	Race, Ethnicity, and Chronic Kidney Disease	Arif Showkat, MD, MSc, FASN Associate Professor, Nephrology, UT Health Science Center
Nov 30	ANCA Associated Vasculitis	Debendra Pattanaik, MD Professor, Rheumatology, UT Health Science Center
Nov 23	No Grand Rounds due to holiday
Nov 16	Bronchiolitis Obliterans after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: Small Airway, Big Problem	Dana Zappetti, MD Vice Chair for Clinical Operations, Weill Department of Medicine, Cornell University
Nov 09	Cannabinoids and Enteric Function: Insights and Implementation in Gl Disorders	Gregory Sayuk, MD, MPH Professor, Gastroenterology, Washington University Physicians
Nov 02	HIV and Monkeypox Then and Now: Lessons Learned (or Not)	Sara Cross, MD Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases, UT Health Science Center
Oct 26	EBM in POCUS	Nathan G. Rogers, MD Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine & Pediatrics, Director of Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS), UT Health Science Center
Oct 19	New Approaches for Transfusion Support of Sickle Cell Disease	Stella Chou, MD Chief, Division of Transfusion Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Oct 12	Hospital Medicine: History, Challenges, and Recent Advancements	Amber Thacker, MD Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Oct 05	Approaches to Care of the Complex IBD Patient	Sarah Glover, OD, Professor, SOM Digestive Diseases, UMC Jackson, MS
Sep 28	The Management of Diabetes in Everyday Life (MODEL) Study: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial of Motivational Health Coaching and Text Messaging in Primary Care	Jim Bailey, MD, MPH Professor, General Internal Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Sep 21	Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment	Jiten Kothadia, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, UT Health Science Center
Sep 14	Inpatient Palliative Care	Jeffrey Nelson, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Sep 07	Gynecologic Cancer: Regrets, Rewards & the Renaissance	John O. Schorge, MD Professor & Chair of OB/GYN, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, UT Health Science Center

2020 - 2021

Date	Topic	Presenter
Jun 01	Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Closer Look into Gender Specific Differences	Deirdre James, MD Associate Professor, Endocrinology, Assistant Program Director, Assistant Dean/Student Affairs, UT Health Science Center
May 25	The Gatekeepers to Heart Transplant: Who Are We Keeping Out	Nasrien Ibrahim, MD Director, Heart Failure Clinical Research, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Falls Church, VA
May 18	Making the Dream of Diabetes Prevention Come True – The National Diabetes Prevention Program	Ann Albright, Ph.D, RDN Director, Division of Diabetes Translation, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA
May 11	Cholangioscopy and Pancreatoscopy	Mansour Parsi, MD Associate Professor, Gastroenterology, UT Health Science Center
May 04	Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: 20 Years of Progress	Joseph Marine, MD Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, John Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Apr 27	Endoscopic Management of Acute Biliopancreatic Disorders	Claudio Tombazzi, MD Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology, UT Health Science Center
Apr 20	Advances in Primary Membranous Glomerulopathy	Geeta Gyamlani, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Nephrology, UT Health Science Center/VAMC
Apr 13	2022 AΩA Lecture Grand Rounds Re-designing Health Systems to Disrupt Disparities and Achieve Health Equity	Sherita Hill Golden, MD, MHS,FAHA Hugh P. McCormick Family Professor Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Apr 06	The Inaugural Charles M. Mansbach Memorial Lecture Helicobacter Pylori and Gastric Cancer	Richard M. Peek, MD, Director & Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Mar 30	Cardiac Imaging for the Evaluation of Patients with Heart Failure & Preserve Ejection Fraction	Sherif F. Nagueh, MD Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston, TX
Mar 23	Detection, Diagnosis and Management of Pancreatic Cysts in 2022	Mohammad K. Ismail, MD Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology, UT Health Science Center
Mar 16	Shifting Volume in Heart Failure	Marat Fudim, MD, MHS Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director of Duke Heart Failure Research Unit, Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Mar 02	ARDS with a Touch of COVID	Rabin Shrestha, MD, FPPC Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Feb 23	Monoclonal Gammopathy of Clinical Significance: An Emerging Inclusive Concept for an Unrecognized Problem!	Noura Elsedawy, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, UT Health Science Center
Feb 16	The Inaugural Arnold Postlethwaite Memorial Lecture Systemic Sclerosis – A Primer for Clinicians	Dinesh Khanna, MD, MSc Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Feb 09	Global Burden of Sickle Cell Disease	Ugochi Ogu, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology Division, Medical Director, Diggs-Kraus, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, UT Health Science Center
Feb 02	Be PREPared for HIV Prevention	Nathan Summers, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases, UT Health Science Center
Jan 26	The Spectrum of Giant Cell Arteritis & Polymyalgia Rheumatica: Revisiting the Concept of the Disease	Syed Raza, MD Associate Professor, Rheumatology, UT Health Science Center
Jan 19	2022 Update on Venous Thromboembolism, Anticoagulation & Thrombophilia	Stephan Moll, MD Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC
Jan 12	Post ICU Recovery in the Era of COVID	Lindsey Lief, MD Associate Professor, Pulmonary Critical Care, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Jan 05	Update on Hyperkalemia Management	Csaba P. Kovesdy, MD Fred Hatch Professor of Medicine, Nephrology, UT Health Science Center
Dec 15	Axial Spondyloarthritis: Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestations and Diagnostic Delay	Mohamad Bitter, MD Assistant Professor, Rheumatology, UT Health Science Center
Dec 08	Preoperative Evaluation – 2021	James B. Lewis, MD, MACP Clinical Professor, General Internal Medicine, UT Health Science Center, VA Medical Center
Nov 17	Clinical & Immune Considerations in Rheumatoid Disease & Pregnancy	Cathy Chapman, MD Assistant Clinical Professor, Rheumatology, UT Health Science Center
Nov 10	Guest Authorship as Research Misconduct	Haavi Morreim, JD, PhD Professor, Internal Medicine, UT Health Science Center Jeffrey Winer, MD Associate Professor, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, UT Health Science Center
Nov 03	The Nightmare Called “Super Bugs” How We Got Here and the Next Steps	Chinelo Animalu, MD Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases, UT Health Science Center
Oct 27	Asthma Therapy in the Era of Biologicals	Julio Lanfranco, MD Associate Professor, Interim Division Chief, Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Oct 20	Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Single Ventricle Physiology and Comorbidities	Benjamin Waller III, MD Professor Division of Cardiology LeBonheur Children’s Hospital
Oct 13	Melanoma: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Updates	Arindam Bagchi, MD Assistant Professor Hematology/Oncology, UT Health Science Center
Oct 06	COVID-19: Vaccines, Variants & the Way Forward	David Aronoff, MD Professor & Director Division of Infectious Disease Vanderbilt University
Sep 29	Promoting Healthy Eating in Primary Care: The key to Heart Health in Tennessee	James E. Bailey, MD Professor, General Internal Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Sep 22	It’s All in Your Head – Type 3 Diabetes	Helmut O. Steinberg, MD Professor, Endocrinology, UT Health Science Center
Sep 15	E – Cigarettes Use in 2021: Where Are We Now	Christopher Jackson, MD Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Sep 08	Invasive Hemodynamic Assessment of the Right Ventricle in Pulmonary Hypertension	Inderjit Singh, MD Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, UT Health Science Center
Sep 01	I UT Health Science Center-UTK Academic Drug Development Consortium (Zoom)	Darryl Quarles, MD Division Chief and Professor, Division of Nephrology, UT Health Science Center
May 26	2021 Updates in General Internal Medicine	Christopher Jackson, MD Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, UT Health Science Center
May 19	The Systems that Make Us Sick	Austin Dalgo, MD, Kendra Hotz, PhD, Duane Loynes, PhD Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, UT Health Science Center
May 12	Cardio – Oncology: More Than Just Heart Tumors	Isaac Rhea, MD Assistant Professor, Cardiology, UT Health Science Center
Apr 28	Feasibility of Contrast Echocardiography in Assessing Right Ventricular Size and Function	Ifeoma Ugonabo, MD Assistant Professor, Cardiology, UT Health Science Center
Apr 21	Department of Medicine and AΩA Medical Student Virtual Research Day Single Center Aquapheresis Ultrafiltration Experience: Year One, Biofiring on All Cylinders: Validation of Biofire Filmarray Pneumonia Panel and Determination of Optimal Utility, Impact of Area-Level Social Determinants of Health on Clinical Outcomes and Healthcare Utilization	Aranyak Rawal, MD Fellow, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases Rachel Strength, MD Resident, Medicine/Pediatrics Aditya Shah Medical Student Moderator: Jim Dale, MD
Apr 14	2021 AΩA Lecture In the Eye of the Storm: Hurricane Katrina and Charity Hospital	Alfredo (Fred) A. Lopez, MD Vice Chair & Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Louisiana State University, School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Apr 07	The Fourth Annual Dr. Arthur S. Headley Memorial Lecture	Fernando J. Martinez, MD Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Mar 31	Transcatheter Structural Heart Interventions for Cardio-Embolic Strokes	Uzoma Ibebuogu, MD Associate Professor, Cardiology, UT Health Science Center
Mar 24	Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Advances in Management	Saurin Chokshi, MD Assistant Professor, Hematology/Oncology, UT Health Science Center
Mar 17	Eosinophilic Esophagitis	Ikuo Hirano, MD Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL
Mar 10	Dealing with the New York Surge, Issues We Face with COVID 19	Mangala Narasimhan, DO Professor of Medicine, Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York
Mar 03	Changing Paradigms in Atrial Fibrillation Management	Rajesh Kabra, MD Professor, Cardiology, UT Health Science Center
Feb 24	Therapeutic Drug Monitoring	Leonard Baidoo, MD Associate Professor, Gastroenterology, UT Health Science Center
Feb 17	Hope on the Horizon: Novel Fungal Treatments in Development	Andrej Spec, MD Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Feb 10	Common Clonal Origins of Medical Comorbidities and Leukemogenesis	Swapna Thota, MD Assistant Professor, Hematology/Oncology, UT Health Science Center
Feb 02	Cardiology Then & Cardiology Now	Rami Khouzam, MD Professor, Interventional Cardiology, UT Health Science Center
Jan 27	Microbiome Reservoirs for Antimicrobial Resistance and Transmission	Jennie Kwon, DO, MS Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Jan 20	Acute Respiratory Failure in Pregnancy	Amik Sodhi, MD, MBBS Associate Professor & Interim Chief, Pulmonary, UT Health Science Center
Jan 13	Development of a GI-Safe & Effective Anti-Inflammatory Drug: Hydrogen Sulfide to the Rescue	John Wallace, PhD Adjunct Professor, Pharmacology, Toxicology, University of Calgary
Jan 06	A Research Symposium	Andrew Griffith, PhD Associate Dean of Research, COM, UT Health Science Center
Dec 16	Regional Healthcare System Resource Management in the COVID Pandemic	Richard Walker III, MD Interim Chair and Program Director, Emergency Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Dec 09	Transitional Care of Medically Complex Patient to Adulthood	Michael Kleinman, MD Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, UT Health Science Center
Dec 02	Use of Gene Expression Profiles to Map Molecular Pathology in Type 1 Diabetes	Ivan Gerling, PhD Professor, Endocrinology, UT Health Science Center
Nov 18	COVID 19 – an Endocrinologist View	Helmut O. Steinberg, MD Professor, Endocrinology, UT Health Science Center
Nov 11	Steroids in COVID 19: A Ray of Hope in the Darkness	Dipen Kadaria, MD Associate Professor, Pulmonary Critical Care, UT Health Science Center
Nov 04	Personalized Management of GERD: Using Precision Medicine to Tailor Therapy	John E. Pandolfino, MD, MSCI Professor and Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Oct 28	New Therapies and Technologies in Diabetes Management	Sam Dagogo-Jack, MD, DSc Professor and Chief, Division of Endocrinology, UT Health Science Center
Oct 14	Tales from the Front Lines: Memphis & UT Health Science Center Experience with COVID 19	Shelley R. Ost, MD Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Oct 07	The Future of Clinical Microbiology	Charles W. Stratton, MD Associate Professor, Clinical Microbiology Lab, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

2019 - 2020

Date	Topic	Presenter
May 27	A Cytokine Storm Is Brewing	Vaishnavi Pulusani, MD Assistant Professor, Rheumatology, UT Health Science Center
May 06	Chief Residency During COVID-19: Restructuring a Residency in One Week (login required)	Dr. Bradsher & Internal Chiefs
Apr 29	Cystic Lung Diseases FOCUS on Lymphangioleiomyomatosis	Cristobal Risquez, MD Assistant Professor, General Pulmonary, UT Health Science Center
Apr 01	E- Cigarettes in 2020	Christopher Jackson, MD Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Mar 11	Hepatitis A Outbreak Changing Epidemiology, National Trends and Local Experience	Neena Thomas-Gosain, MD Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases, UT Health Science Center, Department of Medical Education, Memphis VAMC
Mar 04	Sickle Cell Disease a New Era	Ugochi Ogu, MD Assistant Professor, Medical Director Diggs – Kraus, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, UT Health Science Center
Feb 26	Recent Advancement in Therapeutic Endoscopy	Mohammad K. Ismail, MD Associate Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, UT Health Science Center
Feb 19	Psoriatic Arthritis: Clinical Presentation	Cathy Chapman, MD Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, UT Health Science Center, VA Staff Rheumatologist
Feb 12	Hepato – Renal Syndrome: A Liver Disease with a Renal Twist	Omer M. Asif Siddiqui, MD Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology & Transplant, UT Health Science Center
Feb 05	Turning the Tables on Hepatitis B	Bradford Waters, MD Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, UT Health Science Center VA Medical Center
Jan 29	Acute Pancreatitis	Dina Ahmad, MD Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, UT Health Science Center
Jan 22	Osteoporosis in 2020: How Far We Have Come, How Much Further We Need to Go	Syed Hasan Raza, MD Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, UT Health Science Center
Jan 15	Evolution of Cardiology the Past 50 Years; Contributions by Clinical Scientist from UT Health Science Center	KB Ramanathan, MD Professor, Division of Cardiology, UT Health Science Center
Jan 08	Preoperative Evaluation 2020 Review and Update	James B. Lewis, MD Professor, Division of Internal Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Dec 18	Recent Advances in: Detection & Management of Atrial Fibrillation	Rajesh Kabra, MD Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology, UT Health Science Center
Dec 11	Recent Advances in Fabry Disease: Translating the Latest Science into Best Practice	John L. Jefferies, MD Jay M. Sullivan Endowed Chair, Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiology, UT Health Science Center
Dec 04	Pediatric Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes	Joan C. Han, MD Associate Professor and Director, Pediatric Endocrinology, Pediatric Obesity Program, UT Health Science Center
Nov 27	Apocalypse How? Infectious Diseases as Weapons of Mass Destruction	Kerry O. Cleveland, MD Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, UT Health Science Center
Nov 20	Homelessness: Lessons We Have Learned from HIV	Christian Fuchs, MD Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, UT Health Science Center
Nov 13	Transcatheter Renal Denervation for Uncontrolled Hypertension	Uzoma Ibebuogu, MD Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology, UT Health Science Center
Nov 06	Esophageal Cancer	Danny Yakoub, MD, PhD, FACS Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, UT Health Science Center
Oct 30	Identification of Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death: Beyond the Guidelines	Alfred E. Buxton, MD Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director, Clinical Electrophysiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Oct 23	Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: Can We Make a Difference	Songul Onder, MD Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology, UT Health Science Center
Oct 16	Recent Advances in Renal Replacement Therapy	Arif Showkat, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Division of Cardiology, UT Health Science Center
Oct 09	Pulmonary Hypertension: A Diagnosis not to Miss	Qasim Mirza, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Pulmonary, Division of Cardiology, UT Health Science Center
Oct 02	The Annual Karl Weber Distinguished Visiting Professorship Novel Nephrocentric Perspectives in the Management of Heart Failure	Dan Villareal, MD Professor of Medicine, Division Chief of Cardiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Sep 25	Rheumatoid Arthritis: Past, Present, and Future	Jacob Aelion, MD, FACR Clinical Professor of Medicine, UT Health Science Center, Diretor, West Tennessee Research Institute
Sep 18	Hidden Pathologies Behind Diastolic Heart Failure and the Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging	Neeraja Yedlapati, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, UT Health Science Center
Sep 11	The 4th Annual Abbas E. Kitabchi Distinguished Visiting Professorship Transplantation in the Treatment of Diabetes	A. Osama Gaber, MD, FACS Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, Vice Chair Administration & Faculty Affairs, Department of Surgery, Director Houston Methodist, JC Walter Jr. Transplant Center, Houston, TX
Sep 04	Modeling Clinical Trials Using Observational Methods: How Big Data Can Help Us	Csaba P. Kovesdy MD Fred Hatch Professor of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Interim Chair, Department of Medicine, UT Health Science Center

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