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
Dec 11	Tracheostomy	Ibrahim SultanAli MD, DABSM
Dec 04	From Campus to Community: Integrating Community Engagement into Academic Medicine	Austin Dalgo, MD, MA
Nov 20	Discovery to Recovery: Long COVID and Where We Are	Cyrilyn Walters, MD,MPH
Nov 13	Update on Diabetic Kidney Disease	David S. Rustom, M.D. Assistant Professor of Nephrology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, UT Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
Nov 06	New Evidence for Treating Hypertension to Lower Blood Pressure Goals	William C. Cushman, MD, MACP, FAHA Medical Director and Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, and Professor, Medicine and Physiology, UT Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
Oct 30	New Advances in the Management of COPD	Julio Lanfranco Molina, MD Division Chief & Associate Professor of Medicine – Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care, UT Health Science Center
Oct 23	Systemic Therapy in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma	Lindsey Lands, MD, FACP Assistant Professor of Medicine– Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, UT Health Science Center
Oct 16	Osteomyelitis: Bones, Drugs, and Harmony	Nathan A. Summers, MD Associate Professor of Medicine & Interim Division Chief– Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, UT Health Science Center
Oct 09	Review and Update on Management of NAFLD/MASLD	James Rutland, MD VA Medical Center
Oct 02	When Obesity Drives Cancer, How Do We Apply the Brakes?	Kristy A. Brown, PhD Associate Professor of Metabolism and Cancer – Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center
Sep 25	Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases & Reproductive Health	Syed Hasan Raza, MD Associate Professor of Rheumatology, UT Health Science Center
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

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