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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
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
2018 - 2019
Date Topic Presenter
Jun 05 The Annual Della Reichert Lectureship


Preventing Diabetes: Thinking Outside of the Box 2018
Karol E. Watson, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine / Cardiology, John C. Mazziotta Term Chair, Co-Director, UCLA Preventive Cardiology Program, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
May 29 Exogenous and Endogenous Cannabinoids Arnold E. Postlethwaite, MD, AB
Goodman Chair of Excellence, Professor of Medicine, Director, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, UT Health Science Center
May 22 The 20th Annual James R. Givens Distinguished Visiting Professorship

Cardiovascular Outcomes Trials Changing the Diabetics Landscape - 2019
Jane EB Reusch, MD
Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver
May 15 Post Hospital Discharge, Transitions of Care: Where We Are Ankur Seth, MD, MS
Interim Vice Chair & Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, Center for Health System Improvement, UT Health Science Center
May 08 The Second Clinical Pathology Conference CPC
Internal Medicine Residency Training in the 21st Century
UT Health Science Center Chief Residents:
Christopher Jackson, MD
Natalie Dunlap, DO
Malia Willis, MD
Manyoo Agarwal, MD
Peter Snell, DO
Aradhana Pathak, MD
May 01 How Our Health System Can Better Address Obesity and Measurably Improve Population Health James E. Bailey, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine & Preventive Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Center for Health System Improvement, UT Health Science Center
Apr 24 Pancreatic Cysts; What We Should Know Claudio Tombazzi, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology, VAMC, UT Health Science Center
Apr 17 2019 AΩA Lecture Grand Rounds

Strategies and Novel Strategies for a Lethal Tumor: Pancreatic Cancer
Selwyn M. Vickers, MD, FACS
James C. Lee Jr. Endowed Chair, Senior Vice President and Dean of Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Apr 10 The Arthur S. Headley Memorial Lecture

The Role of Vitamin C & Vitamin S (Steroids) in Patients with Septic Shock
Mark Rumbak, MD
Professor of Medicine, Director, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida
Apr 3 The Influence of Cardiac Imaging on the Management of Atrial Fibrillation Warren J. Manning, MD
Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Mar 27 Stem Cell Transplant for Management of Severe Systemic Sclerosis Bradley Postlethwaite, MD
Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Mar 20 Precision Oncology: From Promise to Practice Lee Schwartzberg, MD, FACP
Executive Director, West Cancer Center, Professor, Hematology/Oncology, UT Health Science Center
Mar 13 Pulmonary Embolism: To Lyse or Not to Lyse Amik Sodhi, MD, MPH
Associate Professor & Interim Chief, Pulmonary, Program Director, Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, UT Health Science Center
Mar 06 Blowing Up Silos: Empowering Patients and Clinicians to Improve Patient Care Across the Care Continuum
(not recorded)
Burton Hayes, MD
Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Feb 27 Addressing Clinical Inertia in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Ayotunde Dokun, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Endocrinology, UT Health Science Center, Chief of Endocrine Service, Regional One Health
Feb 20 Transplantation of Kidneys from Hepatitis C Infected Donors to Hepatitis C Negative Recipients Miklos Molnar, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Surgery, UT Health Science Center
Feb 13 Endoluminal to Third Space Endoscopy and Beyond: New Advancements Mohammad Ismail, MD
Associate Professor, Program Director, GI Fellowship, UT Health Science Center
Feb 06 Thoughts Regarding the Future of Physician Led Translational Research Scott E. Strome, MD, FACS
Executive Dean and Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs, College of Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Jan 30 Osteoarthritis: Where Do We Stand? John M. Stuart, MD
Professor, Rheumatology, UT Health Science Center
Jan 23 Gastroparesis Muhammad Bilal, MD
Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UT Health Science Center/UTMP
Jan 16 The Jay Michael Sullivan Memorial Lecture


Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; Current Perspectives
John L. Jefferies, MD, MPH
Jay Michael Sullivan Distinguished Chair, Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiology, UT Health Science Center
Jan 09 Biomedical Information Management – or Why It Is Okay to Ignore Most of the Research Results Helmut Steinberg, MD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, UT Health Science Center
Dec 19 Towards a Cure for Cystic Fibrosis: Are We There Yet? Khawaja Muddassir, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, UT Health Science Center
Dec 12 Recent Advances in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke Prevention Rajesh Kabra, MD, FHRS
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, UT Health Science Center
Dec 04 Changes in Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Parameters in Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Ilene Fennoy, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics, Columbia University, Irving Medical Center
Nov 28 Device Therapy for Heart Failure – Recent Updates and Future Directions Sunil K. Jha, MBBS, MD, MRCP, FACC, FHRS
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, UT Health Science Center
Nov 21 Gene Expression Profiles from Islets Suggest Heterogeneity in the Pathophysiology of Type 1 Diabetes Ivan Gerling, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, UT Health Science Center
Nov 14 Epigenetic Modifications in Solid Organ Transplantation Valeria Raquel Mas, PhD
Endowed Professor of Transplant Research, Professor of Surgery, Professor of Genetics, Genomics, and informatics, Department of Surgery, UT Health Science Center
Nov 07 Overview of Sickle Cell Disease: Promise for a Brighter Tomorrow Kenneth I. Ataga, MD
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Director, UT Health Science Center Center for Sickle Cell Disease, Methodist Endowed Chair in Sickle Cell Anemia
Oct 31 Bedside Ultrasound-Evolution or Revolution Ben Smith, MD
Chief, Division of Emergency Ultrasound, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Tennessee Chattanooga
Oct 24 Leptospirosis Michael Gelfand, MD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, UT Health Science Center
Oct 17 Essentials in Medical Education and Time Efficient Teaching Techniques Tina Mullick Borschel, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Oct 10 Palliative Care in Nephrology Adnan Naseer, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology, UT Health Science Center
Oct 03 Diabetic Ketoacidosis: The Past, The Future and The Present Ebenezer Nyenwe, MD, FWACP, FACP, FACE
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, UT Health Science Center
Sep 26 The Glenn Clark Memorial Lecture


Update on Large Vessel Vasculitis
Kenneth J. Warrington, MD
Chair, Division of Rheumatology, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN
Sep 19 Dilemma of Intrathoracic Lesions: An Approach to Intrathoracic Lesions in Areas Prevalent with Sarcoidosis and Histoplasmosis Dipen Kadaria, MD
Associate Professor, Pulmonary Critical Care, UT Health Science Center
Sep 12 Type 2 Diabetes: Pathophysiology and Standards of Care Sam Dagogo-Jack, MD
Professor and Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, UT Health Science Center
2017 - 2018
Date Topic Presenter
Jun 6 The First Annual Della Faye Reichert Endowed Distinguished Visiting Professorship

Translational Population Science: A Tool to Identify Novel Diabetes Prevention Targets
 
May 30 Transcatheter Structural Heart Interventions for Valvular Heart Disease, Strokes, Intracardiac Defects and Beyond Uzoma N. Ibebuogu, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Associate Professor, Medicine-Cardiology, UT Health Science Center
May 23 Clock Genes at the Intersection of Chronobiology and Human and Health and Disease Joseph Bass, MD, PhD
Charles F. Kettering Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Endocrinology
Northwestern University, Chicago
May 16 The Inaugural Clinical Pathology Conference CPC

First CPC Grand Rounds

A Master Clinician will solve an unknown clinical problem case in real time!
James Bryant Lewis, Jr., MD
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Associate Chief of Staff for Education, VAMC Memphis 
May 09 MRSA BACTEREMIA: What to Do about Resistance? Barbara Menzies, MD
Associate Professor
Medicine-Infectious Disease
May 02 Treating Obesity-Associated Chronic Conditions in Primary Care Jim Bailey, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Apr 25 Advances in Treatment of Locally Advanced and Metastatic Melanoma Ari VanderWalde, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor / Director of Clinical Research
Division of Hematology / Oncology, UT Health Science Center, West Cancer Center
Apr 18 AΩA Lecture

What’s Wrong with Genetic Engineering?
Norman Fost, MD, MPH
Departments of Pediatrics and Medical History & Bioethics, University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health
Apr 11 Arthur S. Headley Lecture

Post Cardiac Arrest Care: Keeping it Cool
Dr. Amik Sodhi, MD, MPH, FCCP
Program Director, Pulmonary & Critical Care, Medicine Fellowship Program, UT Health Science Center
Apr 04 Inaugural Karl T. Weber Lecture

Evolution in the Treatment of Heart Failure
Kodangudi Ramanathan, MD
Professor of Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Mar 28 Venom Allergy: Wings and Strings Mike Tankersley, M.D., MBA
Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, UT Health Science Center
Mar 21 Coagulopathy of Cirrhosis Jaquelyn Fitch Fleckenstein, MD, FACP, FAASLD
Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Mar 14
Role of Genetics in Peripheral Arterial Disease Outcomes; Significance of the Limb-Salvage Quantitative Locus-1 (LSq-1) Ayotunde Dokun, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, UT Health Science Center
Mar 07 Diagnostic Error: Scope, Causes, and Opportunities G. Stephen Nace, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Education
Feb 28 Atrial Fibrillation: One Size Does Not Fit All Yehoshua Levine, MD
Division of Cardiology, UT Health Science Center
Feb 19 Lupus Nephritis, the Unmet Needs Debendra Pattanaik, MD
Division of Rheumatology, UT Health Science Center
Feb 14 Healthcare 2.0 – Back to the Future Sandeep Palakodeti, MD, MPH
Regional Medical Officer; CareMore Health System
Feb 7 Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Internal Medicine: Shared Experience, Evidence, and Recommendations for Moving Forward Michael Wagner, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine; Director, Internal Medicine Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Jan 31 Transition of Care in Chronic Kidney Disease Csaba P. Kovesdy MD
Fred Hatch Professor of Medicine; Director, Clinical Outcomes and Clinical Trials Program; Division of Nephrology, UT Health Science Center; Nephrology Section Chief, Memphis VA Medical Center
Jan 24 Coronary Angioplasty: What Did We Learn in 40 Years? Shadwan Alsafwah, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Associate Professor of Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Jan 10 Celiac Disease – Grudge in the Grain Muhammad Bilal, MD
Assistant Professor Division of Gastroenterology, UT Health Science Center
Dec 20 No Conference  
Dec 13 Esophageal Achalasia – A Review and Management Update Kanak Das, MD 
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, UT Health Science Center
Dec 06 Pancreatic Cancer: Endoscopic Evaluation and Updates Mohammad K. Ismail, MD, AGAF
Associate Professor of Medicine
Program Director Director, GI Fellowship, UT Health Science Center
Nov 29 No Conference  
Nov 22 No Conference  
Nov 15 Getting the Diagnosis Right: Morphologic, Molecular and Genomic Classification of Cancer D. Neil Hayes, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, UT Health Science Center
Nov 08 Post Antibiotic Era: The Case for Antibiotic Stewardship Mack Land, MD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, UT Health Science Center
Nov 01 Lung Ultrasound Ivan Romero-Legro, MD, FCCP
Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Oct 25 Stemming the Tide of Type 2 Diabetes and Childhood Obesity - 2017 Update James R. Gavin III, MD, PhD, CEO & CMO
Healing Our Village, Inc., Clinical Professor of Medicine, Emory University
Oct 18 Statin Associated Myalgia: Fact or Fiction Marshall B. Elam, PhD, MD
Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine, UT Health Science Center; Director, Lipid Metabolism Clinics VAMC
Oct 11 Safety Concerns with Proton Pump Inhibitors Colin W. Howden, MD
Hyman Professor of Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Oct 04 Rescuing the Failing Heart Karl T. Weber, MD
Professor Emeritus, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, UT Health Science Center
Sep 27 HIV Prevention: Achieving 90-90-90 in the Deep South E. Turner Overton, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Sep 20 OSA - CPAP vs. CVD Risk in Perspective Amado X. Freire, MD, MPH
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Sep 13 Hypoglycemia and the Syndrome of Hypoglycemia Associated Autonomic Failure (HAAF) in Diabetes Sam Dagogo-Jack, MD
AC Mullins Chair in Translational Research, Director, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Director, UT Clinical Research Center
2016 - 2017
Date Topic Presenter
May 31 Update on the Diagnosis and Management of Type 2 Diabetes and Comorbidities Deirdre James, MD, Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, UT Health Science Center
May 24 Hepatitis C: Closing in on the Cure Matthew Barnes, MD
Internal Medicine, UT Health Science Center
May 17 Changes in Our Understanding of the Pathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) Alvin Powers, MD
School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University
May 10 Zika and Other Emerging Viral Diseases in a New Era of Vaccinology Barney S. Graham, MD, PhD
UT Health Science Center
May 03 The Evolution of Morbidity and Mortality Conference in Internal Medicine Residency (Not recorded) Shelly Swindler, MD
Chief Resident, Internal Medicine
Apr 26 The Medicine and Technology of Tomorrow (Not recorded) Marschall Runge, MD
EVP for Medical Affairs University of Michiagan at Ann Arbor
Apr 19 What Doctors Cannot Tell You: Clarity, Confidence, and Uncertainty in Medicine Kevin B. Jones, MD
UT Health Science Center
Apr 12 The Sepsis Aftermath - Understanding Recovery after Sepsis Sachin Yende, MD, MS
Vice President, Critical Care, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Associate Professor, Director of Clinical Epidemiology Program, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Apr 05 New Perspectives on the Natriuretic Peptides in Health and Disease-Jay M. Sullivan Memorial Lecture Thomas J. Wang, MD
Friesinger Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Physician-in-Chief, Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute
Mar 29 Perioperative Medicine James B. Lews, Jr, MD, MACP
Mar 22 Cognitive Learning Theory in the Age of Evidence-Based Practices Andrew Han, MD
Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Mar 15 Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Julio Lanfranco Molina, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Mar 08 Hepatitis B - 2017 Bradford Waters, MD, FACP
Professor of Medicine, UT Health Science Center, VA Medical Center
Mar 01 Management of Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease Barry M. Wall, MD
UT Health Science Center, VA Medical Center
Feb 22 Helicobacter Pylori 2017 Colin W. Howden, MD
Division of Cardiology, UT Health Science Center
Feb 15 Beyond Inhalers: Additional Therapies for the Management of Asthma Alex Woods, MD
Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Feb 08 Atrial Fibrillation (AF): Advances in Evaluation and Management Rajesh Kabra, MD, FHRS, FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiology, UT Health Science Center
Feb 01 Thyroid Nodules and Molecular Markers Saba Khayal, MD
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, UT Health Science Center-ROH
Jan 25 Health Care Innovation Initiative Vaughn Frigon, MD
HCFA/TennCare Medical Director and Victor Wu, MD, MPH, HCFA/TennCare Chief Medical Officer, Tennessee Division of Health Care Finance & Administration
Jan 18 Allagille Syndrome: A Disease that Bridges Pediatric and Adult Hepatology Dennis Black, MD
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nurtrition, UT Health Science Center
Jan 11 Challenges in the Management of Syncope Brian Olshansky, MD
Emeritus Professor, University of Iowa, Electrophysiologist, Mercy Hospital, Mason City, Iowa
Dec 14 Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine Shelley Ost, MD
Assistant Professor, UT Health Science Center
Dec 07 Management of Gout and Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia: Ancient Pathology with Contemporary Significance Syed Hasan Raza, MD
Assistant Professor, Rheumatology, UT Health Science Center
Nov 30 Cancelled  
Nov 23 Cancelled  
Nov 16 Treatment Landscape for Triple Negative Breast Cancer Gregory A. Vidal, MD, PhD
West Cancer Center
Nov 09 There Are Known Unknowns and Unknown Knowns: How Ignorance Drives Science Stuart Firestein, PhD
Biological Sciences, Columbia University
Nov 02 Osteoporosis: An Under-Diagnosed and Under-Treated Disease Catherine R. Womack, MD
UT Health Science Center
Oct 26 Alternative Donor Sources for Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Yasser Khaled, MD
Medical Director, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, West Cancer Center
Oct 19 Goitrogenesis and the Regulation of Thyroid Growth and Function: Clinical Applications Sam Dagogo-Jack, MD
A.C. Mullins Chair in Transitional Research, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, UT Health Science Center
Oct 12 Finding Patient-Centered Approaches for Management of Diabetes in Everyday Life: The MODEL Program James E. Bailey, MD, MPH
Center for Health System Improvement, General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine and Preventive Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Oct 05 Gene Expression Studies Uncover New Mechanistic Insights into Type 1 Diabetes Ivan C. Gerling, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology, UT Health Science Center
Sep 28 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A "Rear Window" with "Look to the Future" Amado X. Freire, MD, MPH, Division Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Sep 21 ADPKD: An Old Challenge with New Perspectives Songul Onder, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine-Nephrology, UT Health Science Center
Sep 14 Mitigating the Impact of Enteric Infections on Global Health Jim Fleckenstein, MD, Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine
2016 - 2015
Date Topic Presenter
May 25 Smartphone ... Dumbphone? Apps: First Do No Harm Rami Khouzam, MD, FACC, FACP, FASNC, FASE, FSCAI
UT Health Science Center Interventional Cardiology Program Director
May 18 The Nexus of Human Development and Disease Throughout the Lifespan: Implications for Strategic and Comprehensive Family-Centered Care Michael E. Fant, MD, PhD
USF Morsani College of Medicine
May 11 Handling the Handoff: From Theory to Practice Jeanne M. Farnan, MD, MHPE
Assistant Dean, Curricular Development and Evaluation, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
May 04 Infections in the Elderly Michael S. Gelfand, MD, FACP
Methodist University Hospital, UT Health Science Center
Apr 27 Guidelines Revisited: Case Studies in Infective Endocarditis Mannu Nayyar, MD
UT Health Science Center
Apr 20 Cardio-Vascular Disease and Proteinuria Santhosh K. G. Koshy, MD, DM, MBA, FACC, FSCAI
Professor of Medicine, Chief of Medicine, Director of Cardiology, Regional One Health, UT Health Science Center
Apr 13 The Choice We Made: Sustaining Joy in Our Lives as Physicians Barbara Lee Bass, MD, FACS
John F, and Carolyn Bookout Distinguished Endowed Chair, Houston Methodist Hosptial, Methodist Institute for Technology, Innnovation, and Education
Apr 06 New Paradigm for Blood Pressure Goals: The SPRINT Trial William C. Cushman, MD, Karen C. Johnson, MD, and Catherine Womack, MD, UT Health Science Center
Mar 30 Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: A Call for a Universal Definition Joe Goldkamp, MD
Internal Medicine Chief Resident, UT Health Science Center
Mar 23 Antimicrobial Resistance in Gram-negative Bacteria Kerry O. Cleveland, MD
UT Health Science Center
Mar 16 The New Rules of Patient Engagement Burton Hayes, MD
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, UT Health Science Center
Mar 09 Tele-Endocrinology: Bridging the Gap in Endocrine Care Via Videoconferencing Ebenezer Nyenwe, MD, FWACP, FACP, FACE
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, UT Health Science Center
Mar 02 The Evolution of Medical Education: See One. Do One. Teach One. Samantha Houston, MD and Rebekah Mulligan, MD, Internal Chief Residents, UT Health Science Center
Feb 24 Cirrhosis is a Systemic Disorder Adrian Reuben, MD
Conflict-Free Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of South Carolina
Feb 17 The American Civil War: Hidden African American Contributions and Medical Advances Timothy C. Fabian, MD, FACS
UT Health Science Center
Feb 10 Management of Hypertension in CKD: Different from Non-CKD? Csaba P. Kovesday, MD
UT Health Science Center, Memphis VA Medical Center
Feb 03 A Call to Arms: The Case for a Resident Curriculum in Safety, Quality, and Utilization Evan Paul, MD
Chief Resident of Quality and Safety, UT Health Science Center
Jan 20 Targeted Temperature Management After Sudden Cardiac Death: "Dr. Ice May Save Your Life!" A. Stacey Headley, MS, MD, FCCP
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Jan 13 Transcatheter Therapy for Aortic Stenosis: A Proven Paradigm Shift Uzoma Ibebuogu, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, UT Health Science Center
Jan 06 Ultrasound in Medical Education: Lessons Learned from Nine Years of an Integrated Ultrasound Curriculum Richard Hoppmann, MD
Dec 16 Hyperoxia in the ICU: Why More is Not Always Better Scott E. Sinclair, MD, FCCP, Associate Professor of Medicine
Dec 09 Update on Osteoporosis Laura Carbone, MD, MS, Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Rheumatology, UT Health Science Center
Dec 02 UT Health Science Center Research Vision and Strategy Steven R. Goodman, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Research, Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Physiology, UT Health Science Center
Nov 18 28th E. Eric Muirhead Hypertension Research Day  
Nov 11 What You Don't Know About Pregnancy Laura Read Sprabery, MD, FACP
Division of General Internal Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Nov 04 Psoriatic Arthritis: Diagnosis and Management - A Multidisciplinary Approach Debendra Pattanaik, MD, FACP
Division of Rheumatology, UT Health Science Center
Oct 28 In Search of Joy in Practice Christine A. Sinsky, MD, FACP
Oct 21 Statins, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly: A Rheumatologist's Perspective Arnold E. Postlethwaite, MD, Director, Division of Connective Tissue Diseases, Goodman Chair of Excellence Professor of Medicine, UT Health Science Center and VA Medical Center
Oct 14 How Else Will They Learn? Susan C. Brewer, MD, FACP, UT Health Science Center
Oct 07 Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Muthiah P. Muthiah, MD, D-ABSN, FCCP
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, UT Health Science Center
Sep 23 Pulmonary Hypertension Updated Richard Channick, MD
Sep 16 Global Impact of HCV Infection Michael S. Bronze, MD
David Ross Boyd Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine
OUHSC, Stewart G. Wolf Endowed Chair

 

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine designates this continuing medical education activity for a maximum of 1 credit hour in Category 1 of Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. Each physician should claim only those hours he / she actually spent in the educational activity.

This course is approved for .1 CEU's by The University of Tennessee.

 

 

Sep 13, 2024