Pediatric Grand Rounds

Pediatric Grand Rounds are held on Fridays from 8 a.m. - 9 a.m. in the first floor conference room (BT-1810) of the Children's Hospital unless otherwise noted.

Most grand rounds presentations are available for distance viewing.

The Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

This CME activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Essentials.

Pediatric Grand rounds 2018-2020 Pediatric Grand Rounds 2020-2021

Pediatric Grand Rounds 2021-2022 Pediatric Grand Rounds 2022-2023

2023 - 2024 Schedule

Date	Speaker	Topic
01/06/23	Amy Thompson, MD- Section of Neonatology	Who Moved My Curve?: A Review and Case-based Discussion of the Updated AAP Hyperbilirubinemia Guidelines
01/13/23	Søren Estvold MD, MPH, Fam Med - PGY-3 \| Darnelle Ambo, MD Fam Med- PGY-1	LGBTQ+ Med (Full Spectrum of Care)
01/20/23	Eric Ring, MD	Pediatric Cancer Survivorship: The Cost of Cure
01/27/23	Lisa Hilton, MD - Chief, GI Surgery	Pediatric Obesity Management
02/03/23	Yoav Dori, MD, PhD - CHOP	William Strong Lecture “Lymphatic Disorders in Pediatric Patients”
02/10/23	Stephanie Duggins Davis, MD Current Professor and Chair Dept of Pediatrics- UNC-Chapel Hill	Unmasking and Changing the Face of Rare Lung Disease
02/17/23	Chris Ledford, MD	Exercise IS medicine
02/24/23	Keisha Fraser Doh, MD - Emory University	Disrupting the #1 cause of death in US Children: Pediatric Firearm Injury Prevention
03/03/23	Theodore S. Johnson, MD, PhD	Sickle Revolutions: Transition and mHealth for SCD
03/10/23	Dr. Wally Smith VCU	IDO-based immunotherapy for childhood brain cancer
03/17/23	Endocrinology Invited Lecturer- Peter Lee, MD, PhD/ Milton S. Hershey Med Ctr	Frequently asked questions about ifs, what, and when of puberty
03/24/23	Neeharika Bade, MD	Non - Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - what’s known and what’s new ?
03/31/23	Natasha Savage, MD	Peripheral Blood Smear: Unusual Findings
04/07/23	No Grand Rounds
04/14/23	Laura Hampton, MD	Lessons Learned from Pediatric Quality Improvement Initiatives - And How To Start Your Own
04/21/23	Jim Wilde, MD	Fever in Children: Review of the Literature and Suggestions for Management in 2023
04/28/23	Robyn Hatley, MD	Pediatric Surgery topic
05/05/23	Sandy Chung, MD, FAAP - President of the American Academy of Pediatrics	Bennett-Green-Linder Lectureship: Protecting Children’s Mental Health & Restoring Our Future
05/12/23	Jean-Marie Alves-Bradford, MD - Associate Dean for Medical School Professionalism in the Learning Environment	Ellington Charles and Grace Hawes Invited Lectureship on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Becoming Upstanders: Advocacy in Action
05/19/23	Dr. Daphne Pineda - Neonatology fellow	Infant Driven Feeding: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Oral Feeding Outcomes in a Level IV NICU
05/26/23	Dr. Fatima Ramirez-Cueva, Dr. Ohmed Khilji - ED fellows	Pediatric ED Saves and Improving Ultrasound Visualization of the Appendix by IV Fluid Resuscitation in Acute Appendicitis in the Pediatric Emergency Department
06/02/23	Resident Research Day	William P. Kanto Resident and Fellow Research Symposium
06/09/23	Dr. R. Christina Smith, Allergy-Immunology Fellow	TREC screening for SCID
06/16/23	Dr. Nicole Fiore - PICU fellow	Predicting Critical Interventions in Patients with Mild-Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury
06/23/23	Dr. Anton Mandrov - Cardiology fellow	Predicting Complications after Congenital Heart Disease Surgery with Machine Based Learning
06/30/23	Jennifer Poon, MD	IDEA for Pediatricians- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
8/4/23	John Lue, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG	Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain
8/11/23	Jake Eichenberger, MD	Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
8/18/23	Valera Hudson, MD	Department of Pediatrics: Annual State of the Department Address
8/25/23	Sarah Hampl, MD- Children’s Mercy Kansas City	Caring for Children with Obesity: Guidance from the AAP Clinical Practice Guideline
9/1/23	Robert Pendergrast, MD	Pediatric and Adolescent Applications of Breath Training
9/8/23	Matthew Cornish, MD, FAAP	High Quality with Low Resources
9/15/23	Hannah Joseph, PhD	Promoting Equity in Child Mental Health Treatment Access and Retention
9/22/23	Asma Q. Fischer, MD- Pediatric Neurology	Bullying and the Nafs: Nature versus Nurture
9/29/23	Dianna Lautenberger, MA- in conjunction with Lara Stepleman, PhD	Confronting Dominant Culture to Create Inclusive Environments
10/6/23	Stewart Fisher- AU Attorney	Navigating Legal/Risk Challenges Involving Minors
10/13/23	Ernest Sink, MD	Stelling Orthopedic Lecture \| DDH Concepts from Birth to Adult PAO
10/20/23	Mark Bowen- Coroner	Caring for the Pediatric Coroner Case
10/27/23	Chad Y. Mao, MD, FACC, FAHA\| Assistant Professor\| CHOA-Emory University	Strong Cardiology Lecture- Guideline Directed Medical Therapy for Pediatric Heart Failure (focus on drug therapy)
11/3/23	Dr. Kristianna Singh	Pediatric acute kidney injury: Not just a ‘bump’ in the creatinine
11/10/23	Yanfang “Peipei” Zhu, PhD	Immune Profiling with Single-cell Tools in Pediatric Diseases
11/17/23	Matt Linam, MD- Emory	So You Want to Prescribe an Antibiotic... Maximizing the Benefits and Minimizing the Harms of Antibiotics
11/24/23	NO GRAND ROUNDS	THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
12/1/23	Julisa Patel, MD	Clinical Pearls, Challenges and Updates in Pediatric Rheumatology
12/8/23	Jason May, MD- Peds Otolaryngology	Profound Hearing Loss: Current- Guidelines and Future Directions
12/15/23	Nintin Chouthai, MBBS	Neonatal Global Health and Pediatric Global Health Certificate Program
12/22/23	NO GRAND ROUNDS	CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
12/29/23	NO GRAND ROUNDS	NEW YEAR’S HOLIDAY
1/5/24	Dr. Amanda Hall - AI Fellow	Infants with atopic dermatitis and food allergy: how has management changed throughout the years?
1/12/24	Britney Pooser - Director, Outreach and Inclusion, MCG Foundation & Interim Executive Director, The Hub	Community Care, Understanding The Emerging Mission
1/19/24	Ingrid Camelo, MD - Pediatric Infectious Disease	Increasing Congenital Cytomegalovirus (cCMV) Diagnosis: Moving from Targeted to Universal Screening using a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Cascade
1/26/24	Thomas A. Fleisher, MD - Executive VP, American Academy of AI	Anderson-Guill Lectureship - Cutaneous Findings in Inborn Errors of Immunity
2/2/24	Vishwas Sakhalkar, MBBS, MD, FAAP	Acute Emergencies in Sickle Cell Disease
2/9/24	Anna Goodbread Wright, PhD	ABC's and IEP's: Identifying and Managing Disabilities in Schools
2/16/24	Dale Peeples, MD - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry	Growing Up Digital: The Relationship Between Social Media and Depression
2/23/24	Ji Su Hong, MD	Theo George Thevaos, MD Lectureship - RUBI Parent Training (RUBI PT) for Young Children with Autism and Mild-to-Moderate Challenging Behaviors
3/1/24	Rich Cartie, MD - Director, Pediatric Critical Care Services, JMS Burn Centers	Contemporary Pediatric Burn Management
3/8/24	Pankaj Vohra, MD	Celiac Disease - An Update
3/15/24	Julie Kanter, MD	Angela R. Mahesh Memorial Lectureship - How Gene Therapy Can Save Lives for People with Sickle Cell Disease
3/22/24	Nintin Chouthai, MD	Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
3/29/24	Sean Elges, MD	Delivering Difficult News in Pediatrics
4/5/24	Bradley Morganstern, MD	Pediatric Urology 101
4/12/24	NO GRAND ROUNDS	MASTERS WEEK
4/19/24	Dr. Victor Ayulo - NICU Fellow	Renal Fibrosis and Dysfunction in Pregnant Females Post-AKI
4/26/24	Amanda Heath - Juvenile Court Judge	Advocacy Day
5/3/24	Joseph M. Miano, PhD	CRISPR in Biomedicine
5/10/24	Ben Hoffman, MD - AAP President	Bennett-Green-Linder Lectureship- Because All We have is Each Other: Why Pediatricians Must be Effective Advocates for Kids
5/17/24	Dr. Zanna Wynter - NICU Fellow	NICU Research
5/24/24	Dr. Osasere Ero - Peds Cardiology Fellow	Pediatric Cardiology Research
5/31/24	Jenelle Musick - Doctor of Clinical Laboratory Science Resident
6/7/24	Resident Research Day	Resident Research Day
6/14/24	Dr. Kelli Rummings & Dr. Eilan Levkowitz	Pediatric Emergency Department - Fellowship Research
6/21/24	Dr. Mary LaCourseire - PICU Fellow	PICU Research
6/28/24	Divya Reddy, MBBS	Nephrology Topic