Department of Medicine Grand Rounds (AY 2022-2023)
Grand Rounds from other academic years:
2020-21
2021-22
- Thyroid Eye Disease: From the Ophthalmologist’s Perspective – Pavle Doroslovački, MD
- Letter to a Young Female Physician – Suzanne Koven, MD, MFA
- Hospital Harm Reduction: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Opioid Epidemic
- Health Disparities in SLE: Intersection of Medicine and Public Health – Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD, DrPH
- Goodbye Diabetes Insipidus: Rationales for Changing the Name of Diseases – Joseph G. Verbalis, MD
- The AML Genome – A Practical View – Gustavo Rivero, MD
- COVID-19 Turns 3: Variants, Vaccines, and Treatments – Rebecca N. Kumar, MD
- Life After Liver Transplant: The Light at the End of the Tunnel – Kathleen Nilles, MD
- Breaking From the Past: Redefining Leadership – Roopa Dhatt, MD
- Novel Diuretic Strategies – Christopher Wilcox, MD PhD
- Vasculitis for the Primary Care Doctor – Lauren N. Smith, MD, MHS
- Perioperative Medical Management of the IBD Patient – Benjamin Cohen, MD
- Navigating the Politics of Healthcare Reform: A Survivor’s Guide – Chris Jennings
- Novel Therapies in AChR + Myasthenia Gravis – Shreya Gandhy, DO
- VEXAS Syndrome: Need for a Multidisciplinary Approach – Pedro E. Alcedo, MD
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression – Willa Xiong, MD
- Firearm Safety & Violence Prevention – Christine E. Petrin, MD, MPH
- Lessons in Allyship: The Impact of Microaggressions and Debriefs – Sneha S. Daya, MD
- Outpatient Management of Opioid Use Disorder by the Internist – Ann R. Garment, MD, FACP
- Insomnia: Evaluation and Treatment – Anne E. O’Donnell, MD
- Every Breath You Take: Updates on Influenza, RSV, and COVID-19 – Rebecca N. Kumar, MD, MS
- HIV and Gene Therapy: Control but No Simple Cure: Why Not? – Bruce A. Luxon, MD, PhD and Gayle P. Balba, MD
- Pregnancy and Valvular Heart Disease – Vaani P. Garg, MD
- General Approach in Clinical Management of Thyroid Nodules – Leila Shobab, MD
- Defining Skill in Endoscopy: Quantifying the Force – Louis Y. Korman, MD
- Nephrotoxicity from Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors – Jose Manuel Monroy Trujillo, MD
- “Complement”ary Therapy in Autoimmune Disorders – Catherine M. Broome, MD
- Bronchiectasis: Resurgence of an Old Disease – Anne E. O’Donnell, MD
- High Risk Donors and High Risk Recipients: Expanding the Organ Pool – Joseph G. Timpone, MD
- Dermatologic Manifestations of Infections in the Inpatient and Outpatient Setting – Freba Z. Farhat, MD
- Understanding Hospice Care – Allen H. Roberts, II, MD; Rachel M. Adams, MD; Lisa M. Boyle, MD
- Global 2 Local – Advancing Equity through Comprehensive Service Delivery – Sonak Pastakia, PharmD, MPH, PhD, BCPS, FCCP
- Dobbs and its Aftermath – Sara Rosenbaum, J.D.
- The Best Diet for Your Heart – Stephen L Kopecky, MD
- Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma – Karel Pacak, MD, DSc, PhD
- Opening the Travel Floodgates: Care for the Ill Returned Traveler in 2022 – Adrienne Showler, MD ScM DTM&H
- Changing Treatment Landscape of Hepatobiliary Cancer – Aiwu Ruth He, MD PhD
- Operationalizing Health and Racial Equity Concepts in Health System Performance – Christopher J. King, PhD, FACHE
Thyroid Eye Disease: From the Ophthalmologist’s Perspective 6/15/2023
Pavle Doroslovački, MD
Ophthalmology/Oculoplastic Surgery
MedStar Eye Institute
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Letter to a Young Female Physician 6/8/2023
Suzanne Koven, MD, MFA
Valerie Winchester Family Endowed Chair in Primary Care Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Hospital Harm Reduction: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Opioid Epidemic 6/1/2023
Rita Poon, MD
Academic Hospitalist
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Laura Haseldon, MD, MPM
Health Policy Fellow, MedStar Georgetown Emergency Medicine
Emergency Physician, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Harbor Hospital
Sumeet Deogan, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Emergency Medicine
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Thaddeus Wientzen, BS
Overdose Survivor Coach MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Health Disparities in SLE: Intersection of Medicine and Public Health 5/4/2023
Networking and Mentoring: Ingredients for a Successful Research Career
Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, MD, DrPH
Gallagher Research Professor of Rheumatology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Goodbye Diabetes Insipidus: Rationales for Changing the Name of Diseases 4/27/23
Joseph G. Verbalis, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Endocrinology and Metabolism
Director, Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Georgetown University
The AML Genome – A Practical View 4/20/23
Gustavo Rivero, MD
Associate Professor
Lombardi Cancer Institute, Leukemia Program
Georgetown University School of Medicine
COVID-19 Turns 3: Variants, Vaccines, and Treatments 4/6/23
Rebecca N. Kumar, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Life After Liver Transplant: The Light at the End of the Tunnel 3/30/23
Kathleen Nilles, MD
Transplant Hepatologist
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Breaking From the Past: Redefining Leadership 3/23/23
Roopa Dhatt, MD
Executive Director and Co-Founder; Women in Global Health
Novel Diuretic Strategies – 3/16/2023
Christopher Wilcox, MD PhD
Walters Family Chair in Cardiovascular Research
Professor of Medicine
Department of Nephrology & Hypertension
Georgetown University
Vasculitis for the Primary Care Doctor 3/9/2023
Lauren N. Smith, MD, MHS
Department of Rheumatology MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Perioperative Medical Management of the IBD Patient 3/2/23
Benjamin Cohen, MD
Co-Section Head and Clinical Director
Department of Gastroenterology, Cleveland Clinic
Navigating the Politics of Healthcare Reform: A Survivor’s Guide 2/23/23
Chris Jennings
President; Jennings Policy Strategies
Novel Therapies in AChR + Myasthenia Gravis 2/16/23
Shreya Gandhy, DO
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
VEXAS Syndrome: Need for a Multidisciplinary Approach 2/2/23
Pedro E. Alcedo, MD
Hematology and Oncology
Department of Medicine
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression 1/26/23
Willa Xiong, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Medical Director
Psychiatric Partial Hospitalization Program
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Firearm Safety & Violence Prevention 1/19/2023
Christine E. Petrin, MD, MPH
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Lessons in Allyship: The Impact of Microaggressions and Debriefs 1/5/2023
Sneha S. Daya, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Outpatient Management of Opioid Use Disorder by the Internist 12/15/2022
Ann R. Garment, MD, FACP
Clinical Associate Professor of General Internal Medicine
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Medical Director; Primary Care Addiction Medicine Clinic, Bellevue Hospital Center Section Chief; General Internal Medicine, Bellevue Hospital Center
Insomnia: Evaluation and Treatment 12/8/2022
Anne E. O’Donnell, MD
The Nehemiah and Naomi Cohen Chair in Pulmonary Disease Research
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Georgetown University Medical Center
Chief; Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Every Breath You Take: Updates on Influenza, RSV, and COVID-19 12/1/22
Rebecca N. Kumar, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
HIV and Gene Therapy: Control but No Simple Cure: Why Not? 11/10/2022
Bruce A. Luxon, MD, PhD
Anton and Margaret Fuisz Professor
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Chair and Physician in Chief
Department of Medicine
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Gayle P. Balba, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Program Director; Infectious Diseases Fellowship
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Pregnancy and Valvular Heart Disease 11/3/2022
Vaani P. Garg, MD
MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
General Approach in Clinical Management of Thyroid Nodules 10/27/2022
Leila Shobab, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Endocrinology
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Research Affiliate, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Department of Medicine
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Defining Skill in Endoscopy: Quantifying the Force 10/20/2022
Louis Y. Korman, MD, FASGE, FACG
Co-Director of Clinical Research; Capital Digestive Care
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
George Washington University School of Medicine
Attending Physician; Digestive Disease Branch
NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
Nephrotoxicity from Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors 10/13/2022
Jose Manuel Monroy Trujillo, MD
Assistant Professor
Associate Program Director
Division of Nephrology
Johns Hopkins Hospital
“Complement”ary Therapy in Autoimmune Disorders 10/6/2022
Catherine M. Broome, MD
Associate Professor
Medical Director; Cellular Apheresis
Hematology/Oncology, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Department of Medicine
Bronchiectasis: Resurgence of an Old Disease 9/29/2022
Anne E. O’Donnell, MD
The Nehemiah and Naomi Cohen Chair in Pulmonary Disease Research
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Georgetown University Medical Center
Chief; Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
High Risk Donors and High Risk Recipients: Expanding the Organ Pool 9/22/2022
Joseph G. Timpone, MD
Associate Professor
Associate Dean; Student Research, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Section Leader; Transplant/Immunocompromised Service
Dermatologic Manifestations of Infections in the Inpatient and Outpatient Setting 9/8/2022
Freba Z. Farhat, MD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Understanding Hospice Care 9/1/2022
Allen H. Roberts, II, MD, MDiv, MA, FACP, FCCP
Professor
Physician Executive Director; In-Patient Operations
Associate Medical Director
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine
Department of Medicine
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Rachel M. Adams, MD
Chief; Palliative Care Division
Department of Medicine
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Lisa M. Boyle, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Global 2 Local – Advancing Equity through Comprehensive Service Delivery
Sonak Pastakia, PharmD, MPH, PhD, BCPS, FCCP
Professor; Purdue University College of Pharmacy, West Lafayette, Indiana
Pharmacist; Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH), Eldoret, Kenya
Adjunct Assistant Professor; Indiana University School of Medicine, Bloomington, Indiana
Visiting Lecturer; Moi University School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Eldoret, Kenya
Dobbs and its Aftermath 8/18/2022
Sara Rosenbaum, JD
Founding Chair; Department of Health Policy, George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health
Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy; George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health
The Best Diet for Your Heart 8/11/2022
The Best Diet for Your Heart: Is it Only About the Food You Eat?
Stephen L Kopecky, MD
Chair for Education; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Professor of Medicine; Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Director of Preventive Cardiology Fellowship Program; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Director; Statin Intolerance Clinic, Division of Preventive Cardiology, Mayo Clinic
Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma 7/28/2022
How new advances in genetics, biochemistry, functional imaging and animal models are revolutionizing the way we care for patients.
Karel Pacak, MD, DSc, PhD
Senior Investigator
Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology
NICHD/DIR
Opening the Travel Floodgates: Care for the Ill Returned Traveler in 2022 7/21/2022
Adrienne Showler, MD ScM DTM&H
Director, Tropical Medicine
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Attending Physician
Clinical Parasitology Service
National Institutes of Health
Changing Treatment Landscape of Hepatobiliary Cancer 7/14/2022
Aiwu Ruth He, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Lombardi Cancer Center
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Operationalizing Health and Racial Equity Concepts in Health System Performance 7/7/2022
Christopher J. King, PhD, FACHE
Associate professor
Dean, School of Health
Chair, Department of Health Systems Administration
Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies
