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.

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2022 - 2023 Schedule

Date Speaker Topic

8/05/22

Smitha Mathew, MD

Post Intensive Care Syndrome: Why it’s not only about “Stayin’ Alive”

8/12/22

Rosie Gellman Biskamp, MD - 

Post Pediatric Portal Psychiatry Fellow

 Department of Psychiatry & Health Behavior

Little People, Big Feelings: The Role of the Pediatrician in Combating the Mental Health Crisis

8/19/22

Valera Hudson, MD  - 

Department Chair

Department of Pediatrics: Annual State of the Department Address

8/26/22

Connor Biskamp, MD - 

OBGYN

Contraception

9/2/22

Elisa Jenks, MSN, APRN, CNM, RNC-OB

 

 and Linda Randolph, MSN, CNM

An introduction to the Certified Nurse Midwife

9/9/22

John Plowden, MD

POTS

Postural Orthostatic Hypotension

9/16/22

Julia Cook, PT, DPT and 

MaryKate Standard, MHS, OTR/L, CPST
Let’s Move! Exploring Therapy’s Role in Pediatric Early Progressive Mobility

9/23/22

Richard Bickel, MD - 

Allergy-Immunology

Urticaria

9/30/22

Amy Gates, PhD, RDN, LD Recalls, Shortages, and Imports: What the Pediatric Clinician Needs to Know About Infant Formula

10/7/22

Srilatha Neshangi, MBBS, MPH, CIC

Infection Prevention Manager
Hot Topics in Infection Prevention: CLABSI, CAUTI and Monkeypox Exposure for Health Care Providers

10/14/22

Gregory A. Mencio, MD 2022 Stelling Lecture: A Tale of Two Nails: Reflections on the Treatment of Fractures in Children Over the Past 30 Years

10/21/22

Sarah Spriet, DO, FAAP, FAAAAI, FACAAI Approach to the Child with Recurrent Infections

10/28/22

Faizal Asumda, MD Clinical Genetics as a Resource: Why You Need the Geneticist

11/4/22

Sharon Beall

 and Beth Fisher

Pearls of Palliative Care-A Case Based Approach

11/11/22

Ingrid Y. Camelo, MD, FAAP, MPH |

Margaret Oates Poisson, PharmD., BCPPS

Pediatric Antibiotic Stewardship at CHOG

11/18/22

Deborah Huang, MD - 

Dept. of Emergency Medicine

Pediatric Point of Care Ultrasound

11/25/22

No Grand Rounds

Thanksgiving Holiday

12/2/22

Sunil Kapoor, MD and 

Celese Beaudreau, MD
The Care of the Technology Dependent Child

12/9/22

William Salazar, MD

If It Is Broken… Fix It

12/16/22

Paul Mann, MD

Medical Ethics

12/23/22

No Grand Rounds

Christmas Holiday

12/30/22

No Grand Rounds

New Year's Holiday

01/06/22

Amy Thompson, MD-

Section of Neonatology

Who Moved My Curve?: A Review and Case-based Discussion of the Updated AAP Hyperbilirubinemia Guidelines

01/13/22

Søren Estvold MD, MPH,  

Fam Med - PGY-3  |

Darnelle Ambo, MD

Fam Med- PGY-1

LGBTQ+ Med (Full Spectrum of Care)

01/20/22

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 Interventions
“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