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2025-26 Pediatric Grand Rounds Information
September 19, 2025
Hospital and Laboratory Adventures in Red Blood Cell Biology
Mitch Weiss, M.D.
Chairman, Department of Hematology
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
September 26, 2025
T Cell Immunity and Pneumonia: Lessons from HIV and Primary Immunodeficiency
Jay K. Kolls, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
John W. Deming Endowed Chair in Internal Medicine
Director, Center for Translational Research in Infection and Inflammation
Tulane School of Medicine
October 3, 2025
Bones and Crohn’s and Skin… Oh My
Polly Ferguson, M.D.
Marjorie K. Lamb Professor, Executive Vice Chair
Director, Pediatric Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology
Department of Pediatrics
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
October 10, 2025
Romance and Terror: The Ongoing Challenges of Seasonal, Avian and Pandemic Influenza
Andrew T. Pavia, M.D., FAAP, FACP, FIDSA
George and Esther Gross Presidential Professor
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Director, Hospital Epidemiology Program
University of Utah
October 17, 2025
Wake-Up Call: Population-Level Determinants of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Inequities in Children
Jeremy S. Landeo-Gutierrez, M.D., MPH
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Respiratory Medicine Division
University of California, San Diego
Rady Children’s Health
October 24, 2025
A New Era in Complement Mediated Kidney Disease
Carla M. Nester, M.D., MSA, FASN
Jean E. Robillard, M.D., Professor of Pediatric Nephrology
Director, Division of Pediatric Nephrology – Stead Family Children’s Hospital
Associate Director, Molecular Otolaryngology and Renal Research Laboratory
University of Iowa
October 31, 2025
The Expanding Landscape of Newborn Screening for Inborn Errors of Metabolism: Challenges and Opportunities
Yue Huang, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of Genetics
University of California, San Diego
Rady Children’s Health
November 7, 2025
Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes: The Case of ARVC
Mario Delmar, M.D., Ph.D.
Endowed Professor of Medicine
Patricia and Robert Martinsen Professor of Cardiology
The Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology
NYU Langone Health
November 14, 2025
Pediatric Healthcare in the AI Era
Christopher A. Longhurst, M.D., MS, FAAP, FACMI
Professor and Associate Dean
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Chief Clinical & Innovation Officer
Executive Director, Jacobs Center for Health Innovation
November 21, 2025
Why Palliative Care Now? A 2025 Update in the Role of Palliative Care in Children’s Health
Dominic Moore, M.D.
Associate Professor and Division Chief
Division of Palliative Care
Department of Pediatrics
University of Utah School of Medicine
December 5, 2025
Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Diagnosis and Management Across the Lifespan
Evan Dellon, M.D., MPH
Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology
Director, Center of Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing
Director, Biostatistics and Clinical Research Core, Center for GI Biology and Disease
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
December 12, 2025
Discovery and Validation of Genetic Causes of Biliary Atresia – A Developmental Cholangiopathy
Erdman Lecture
Saul Karpen, M.D., Ph.D., FAASLD
Chief Scientific Officer
Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health
Virginia Commonwealth University
January 9, 2026
The Importance of Trust and Trustworthiness in Medicine
Peter Angelos, M.D., Ph.D., FACS, MAMSE, HEC-C
Linda Kohler Anderson Professor of Surgery and Surgical Ethics and Medicine
Director, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
Chief, Endocrine Surgery
The University of Chicago
January 16, 2026
The Art of Deciphering the Impossible: Mechanisms Revealed by Immune Defects
Elena Hsieh, M.D.
Associate Professor, Section of Allergy and Immunology
Department of Immunology and Microbiology, and Pediatrics
Director of Jeffrey Modell Foundation Primary Immunodeficiency Center
University of Colorado School of Medicine
January 23, 2026
TBD
Eva Nozik, M.D.
January 30, 2026
Disparities in Allergic Diseases and the Path Forward
Lenoir/Hamburger Lecture
Tamara Perry, M.D., FAAP, FAAAAI
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Allergy and Immunology Division
Dr. and Mrs. Leeman King Endowed Chair in Pediatric Allergy
Medical Director, Telemedicine Department Arkansas Children’s
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine
February 6, 2026
Genomic Medicine In The Next Decade
Matt Deardorff, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Clinical Pathology and Pediatrics (Clinical Scholar)
Director, Personalized Care Program and Translational Genomics
Division of Genomic Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
February 13, 2026
Learning From Mentors: 50 Years on the UCSD Pediatric Faculty
John Welch Lecture in Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics
Martin T. Stein, M.D.
Professor Emeritus of Clinical Pediatrics
University of California, San Diego
Rady Children’s Health
February 20, 2026
Liftoff: Neuropsychiatry With Functional MRI Comes of Age
Damien Fair, PA-C, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Child Development
College of Education and Human Development
Redleaf Endowed Director, Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain
University of Minnesota
February 27, 2026
From Bedside to Big Data and Beyond: A New Era for Pediatric Hospital Medicine Research
Ron Teufel, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Division Chief, Hospital Medicine
University of California, San Diego
Rady Children’s Health
March 6, 2026
A Framework for Genome-Wide Discovery of the Role of Tandem Repeats in Genetic Disorders
Melissa Gymrek, M.D.
Associate Professor
Chief, Division of Genetics
Department of Pediatrics
University of California, San Diego
Rady Children’s Health
March 13, 2026
The Pain of Analgesia: Lessons from the Opioid Epidemic for PEM Practice and Public Health
Robert Hoffman, M.D., MS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
March 20, 2026
When Injuries Speak but We Don’t Listen: Sentinel Injuries and Implicit Bias in Child Maltreatment
Kristin Garton Crichton, D.O., MPH, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Clinic Medical Director, Child Advocacy Center, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
April 3, 2026
Microvascular Dysfunction in Congenital Heart Disease
Sushma Reddy, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Cardiology
Stanford University
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
April 10, 2026
The Impact of Hemodynamics Screening in Extremely Preterm Infants
Patrick McNamara, MB, BCh, BAO, DCH, MSc (Paeds), MRCP, MRCPCH, FASE
Regan Giesinger Professor of Neonatology
Department of Pediatrics
University of Iowa Health Care
April 17, 2026
TBD
Sanjay Nigam, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Division of Neonatology
University of California, San Diego
Rady Children’s Health
April 24, 2026
Netting the Niche, Granulocytic Clusters as Focal Sites of Immunosuppression
Vivien Maltez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology
Department of Pediatrics
University of California, San Diego
Rady Children’s Health – San Diego
May 1, 2026
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: A Now Curable Disease?
Richard Finkel, M.D.
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Pedersen Family Endowed Chair in Neurotherapeutics
Member, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Director, Center for Experimental Neurotherapeutics
May 8, 2026
TBD
Gina Allyn, M.D.
Chief Resident
Department of Pediatrics
University of California, San Diego
Rady Children’s Health
May 15, 2026
Think Big, Teach Bigger: Insights from Transforming Curriculum on a National Stage
Symposium for Innovation in Medical Education
Heather M. French, M.D., MSEd
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Program Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
May 22, 2026
TBD
Melissa Campbell, M.D.
Chief Resident
Department of Pediatrics
University of California, San Diego
Rady Children’s Health
May 29, 2026
15th Annual Pediatric Faculty Research Symposium
June 5, 2026
TBD
Brittany Voth, M.D.
Chief Resident
Department of Pediatrics
University of California, San Diego
Rady Children’s Health – San Diego
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