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
2021 - 2022 Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| August 6, 2021 | Sharon Beall, MD | Pediatric Palliative Care |
| August 13, 2021 | E. Vanessa Spearman-McCarthy, MD | Increase Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Awareness Across the Dept. |
| August 20, 2021 | Valera Hudson, MD | State of the Department Address |
| August 27, 2021 | Varsha Taskar, MD - AU Pulmonologist | Sleep Deprivation and Physician Safety |
| Sept. 3, 2021 | Ashley Freeman, MD | Pediatric Sedation |
| Sept. 10, 2021 | Elizabeth Culatta, PhD | Barriers to Sexual Victimization |
| Sept. 17, 2021 | Michael Milano, MD | Oral Health Importance for Medical Providers |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Hamer Manning Titus, MD | Adolescent Gynecology |
| Oct. 1, 2021 | John Henson, MD | Hereditary Cancer |
| Oct. 8, 2021 | Bradley Morganstern, MD | Urology (emphasis on newborns) |
| Oct. 15, 2021 | Michael Wattenbarger, MD | Stelling Pediatric Orthopedic Lecture |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Dionne Adair, MBBS | New Asthma Guidelines |
| Oct. 29, 2021 | Susan Goldberg, MD | Lactation for Primary Care |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Heather Koehn, MD | Congenital and Acquired Hearing Loss |
| Nov. 12, 2021 | Kimberly Wolf, DO, FAAP, FACOP Associate Professor of OMM Touro University of California - College of Osteopathic Medicine | Helping Hands: An Osteopathic Approach to Pediatrics |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Natasha Savage MD | Coagulation |
| Nov. 26, 2021 | NO GRAND ROUNDS | THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
| Dec. 3, 2021 | Eduardo Bustamante, PhD; (Univ. of IL - Chicago) | Physical Activity as Medium - Not Medicine - for Public Health Impact |
| Dec. 10, 2021 | Jyothi Marbin, MD; Valerie Gribben, MD (UCSF) | Disparities in Smoking/Vaping and COVID-19: A Deadly Syndemic |
| Dec. 17, 2021 | Julie Martin, MD | Antibiotic Stewardship |
| Dec. 24, 2021 | NO GRAND ROUNDS | CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | NO GRAND ROUNDS | NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY |
| Jan. 7, 2022 | NO GRAND ROUNDS | Canceled |
| Jan. 14, 2022 | Steven E. Brooks, MD; Chair in Opthalmology | ROP: A Story of Life Outside the Womb |
| Jan. 21, 2022 | Khoi Nguyen, MD; AU Pediatric Neurosurgery | Common Neurosurgical Conditions in Pediatrics |
| Jan. 28, 2022 | Christopher Campbell, PharmD; PICU Pharmacologist | Pharmacy Hot Topics: Biosimilars and Pharmacogenomics |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Brian Stansfield, MD; Jessica Gancar, DO; Jacob Boccucci, M4 | Southern Society for Pediatric Research Platform Presentations |
| Feb. 11, 2022 | Nathan Wilson, MD | Pediatrics in Cusco: A Gringo's Evolution |
| Feb. 18, 2022 | Melissa Bemiller, PhD; AU Department of Social Sciences | Research on Child Abuse and Prevention |
| Feb. 25, 2022 | Amir Mian, MD, MBA | Cord Blood: To Save or Not to Save |
| Mar. 4, 2022 | Michael S. Grimley, MD; Cincinnati Children's | Mahesh Lecture / HSCT and Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease: 2022 Update |
| Mar. 11, 2022 | Jessica Faulkner, PhD; AU Department of Physiology | Mechanisms of Fetal Growth Restriction: Insights from Rodent Models |
| Mar. 18, 2022 | Stewart E. Fisher, Associate General Counsel, Augusta University | Protecting Yourself in Today's Legal Environment |
| Mar. 25, 2022 | John Lue, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG | The Evolution of Diagnosis and Management of Hypertension in Pregnancy |
| April 1, 2022 | Christina Bancroft, PhD & Shreeti Kapoor, MD | Pediatric Integrated Behavioral Health Care |
| April 8, 2022 | NO GRAND ROUNDS | MASTERS WEEK 2022 - NO GRAND ROUNDS |
| April 15, 2022 | Bridget Curley, MD - PGY5 - Pediatric Cardiology | Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Associated with COVID 19: An Update |
| April 22, 2022 | Sarah Biggs, MD - PGY5 - Allergy/Immunology | Food Allergy in Children with Atopic Dermatitis |
| April 29, 2022 | Sharon Beall, MD and Beth Fisher, DNP | Pediatric Palliative Care: Communication and Messaging |
| May 6, 2022 | Ingrid Camelo, MD, FAAP, MPH | Mobile Bedside Ultrasound (mBSUS) for the Diagnosis of Pediatric Pneumonia in Limited Resource Settings and Building an Artificial Intelligence Algorithm for Imaging Interpretation |
| May 13, 2022 | Stephanie Ryals Komic, MD; PGY6 - Neonatology | Laying a Firm Foundation: How Simulation Can Optimize Learner Education and Combat Skill Decay |
| May 20, 2022 | Kaitlin Verdone, DO; PGY6 - PCCM | Let's Move: The Effects of Early Mobilization on Inflammatory Cytokines in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients |
| May 27, 2022 | William Christopher Golden, MD; Johns Hopkins Hospital | Teaching, Tracking, Testing, Talking: The Quest to Eradicate Congenital Syphilis in the US |
| June 3, 2022 | Pediatric Residency Program | Resident Research Day |
| June 10, 2022 | Jessica Gancar, DO; PGY6 - Neonatology | TBA |
| June 17, 2022 | John R. Lue, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG | The Business of Medicine Series, Part 1 - RVU's |
| June 24, 2022 | TBA | TBA |