A Continuing Medical Education Program of Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego and the Department of Pediatrics of UC San Diego School of Medicine.
Welcome to the The Scott Mubarak Surgical Grand Rounds Schedule and online UC San Diego Evaluation Survey. By completing our survey, you will help us to identify quality speakers for future Grand Rounds and enable us to provide you with CME credit tracking for Grand Round events you have attended during the year.
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Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego: Educational Office Building (EOB) 1900 Grand Conference Room A
7960 Birmingham Dr, San Diego, CA 92123
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Scott Mubarak Surgical Grand Rounds Schedule Information
Click below to view the schedule. Check this page weekly for any schedule changes. No CME Credit is awarded for past sessions.
Time: 7-8 a.m., PST
July 12, 2024
The Emotional Toll of Surgical Complications
Aditya Bagrodia, MD FACS
Associate Professor UCSD | Department of Urology | Disease Team Co-Leader Genitourinary Oncology
Invited by: Dr. Sarah Marietti
August 9, 2024
Applications of Molecular Pathology in the Diagnosis of Soft Tissue Neoplasms: An Update for Clinicians and General Pathologists
Jeffrey R. Zuba, DVM
San Diego Zoo Global (retd.)
Chair, Health Team, USFWS Condor Recovery Program
Veterinary Advisor, White rhino SSP
Veterinary Advisor, California condor SSP
Founder/Owner, In Case of Anesthesia
September 13, 2024
Pediatric Liver Transplantation: The Past, Present, and Future
Jennifer Berumen, MD
RCHSD Transplant Surgeon
Associate Professor of Surgery at UCSD
Friday, October 11, 2024
Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety
Michelle Patch, PhD, APRN-CNS, ACNS-BC, AFN-C, DF-AFN, FAAN
Assistant Professor
Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist
Advanced Forensic Nurse/ Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
November 8, 2024
American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement and Children’s Surgery Verification Programs
Hariharan Thangarajah, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Section Chief of Pediatric Surgery
Tiffany O’Byrne, MSN, RN, TCRN, CNL
Children’s Surgery Program Manager
January 10, 2025
Simplifying the Complex Through Teamwork: Aerodigestive Care in 2024
Matthew Brigger, MD, MPH
Professor of Surgery & Aerodigestive Program Medical Director, UCSD
Aparna Rao, MD
Associate Clinical Professor & Pulmonary Director, UCSD Aerodigestive Program
Soma Kumar, MD
RCHSD Gastroenterologist
Invited by: Dr. Hari Thangarajah
February 14, 2025
Robotic Surgery (specific title TBD)
Garth Ross Jacobsen, MD
Professor of Surgery & Interim Chief, Minimally Invasive Surgery, UCSD
Invited by: Dr. Hari Thangarajah
April 11, 2025
ACL Injuries in Children and Adolescents: Getting to Pluto
Mininder Kocher, MD, MPH
Professor, Harvard Medical School; Sports Medicine Chief & Fellowship Director, Boston Children’s Hospital
Invited by: Dr. Vidyadhar Upasani
May 9, 2025
Cerebral Palsy, Sarcomeres & Suture Anchors – Innovation in Musculoskeletal Care
Rachel Thompson, MD
Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery & Co-Director, Southern Family Center for Cerebral Palsy, RCHSD
Invited by: Dr. Hari Thangarajah
June 13, 2025
2025 Fellow Grand Rounds
Ena Nielsen, MD — Barriers to Screening for Hip Dysplasia: Socioeconomic Impact Before/After COVID-19
Stephanie Kha, MD — Quantifying Proximal Tibial Physeal Injury in Adolescent Intramedullary Nailing
Keon Young Park, MD, PhD — Resection Margin Implications in Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Alexandre Boulos, MD, MPH — Vitamin D Levels in Pediatric Long Bone Fractures: Tibia vs. Femur vs. Control
Amy Steele, MD — The CURES for the Opioid Epidemic: Changing Prescription Patterns
Brandon Barsky, MD, FAAP, CAQSM — Pediatric Osteomyelitis: Optimal Empiric Antibiotics
July 11, 2025
Esophageal and Airway Disease
Kyle M. Thompson, M.D.
Assistant Professor UC San Diego School of Medicine, Department of Surgery
Invited by: Dr. Hari Thangarajah
August 8, 2025
Leadership in Medicine and the Military: What Do They Have in Common?
R. Thomas Collins, II, MD, MS, FAAP, FACC
Professor of Pediatrics Vice Chair of Faculty and Academic Affairs Department of Pediatrics
Invited by: Dr. Hari Thangarajah
September 12, 2025
MATIC-2 Trial (Pediatric Trauma Resuscitation)
Philip C. Spinella, M.D., FCCM
Professor of Surgery & Critical Care Medicine
Co-Director, Trauma & Transfusion Medicine Research Center
Associate Medical Director, Center for Military Medicine Research
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Invited by: Dr. Hari Thangarajah
Speaker cancelled – session will not be held as originally scheduled.
October 10, 2025
State of the Department of Surgery 2025: Progress & Updates
Daniela Carvalho, M.D., M.M.M.
Medical Director of Surgical Services, Rady Children’s Health, San Diego
Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology, UC San Diego School of Medicine
Branden Engorn, M.D.
Director of Quality, Perioperative Services, Rady Children’s Health, San Diego
Voluntary Clinical Faculty, Department of Anesthesia, UC San Diego School of Medicine
Daniel Ness, M.D.
Associate Medical Director, Anesthesia Services & Surgical Scheduling, Rady Children’s Health, San Diego
Voluntary Clinical Faculty, Department of Anesthesia, UC San Diego School of Medicine
Peter Newton, M.D.
Surgeon-in-Chief; Chief of Orthopedic Surgery, Rady Children’s Health, San Diego
Clinical Professor (Voluntary) of Orthopedic Surgery, UC San Diego School of Medicine
Abbey Weis, Pharm.D.
Senior Director, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Rady Children’s Health, San Diego
November 14, 2025
Building a Surgeon-Scientist Career at Rady Children’s/UCSD: Lessons from the Early Years
Zhen Jason Qian, M.D.
Department of Otolaryngology
UC San Diego School of Medicine
Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology
Rady-Children’s Hospital-San Diego
Invited by: Dr. Hari Thangarajah
December 12, 2025
Thirty Years of Eliminating Thoracotomies in Children. Minimizing the Morbidity of What We Do
Please note this session will be held at the Cardiology Auditorium, Rose Pavilion, 3rd Floor – 7960 Birmingham Drive, San Diego, CA 92123
Steve Rothenberg, M.D.
Chief of Pediatric Surgery at Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children
Invited by: Dr. Hari Thangarajah
January 9, 2026
Ethical Challenges of Surgical Innovation
Peter Angelos, M.D., PhD, FACS, MAMSE, HEC-C
Linda Kohler Anderson Professor of Surgery and Surgical Ethics
Director, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
Chief, Endocrine Surgery, The University of Chicago
Invited by: Dr. Susan Biffl
February 13, 2026
Surgically Restoring It All: Sight, Face, Hands, and Intellectual Function in Children with Craniosynostosis
Linda Dagi, M.D.
Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Invited by: Dr. Lauren Hennein
March 13, 2026
Neuroanesthesia
Martin Krause, M.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology, UC San Diego
April 10, 2026
Fetal Therapy
Oluyinka Olutoye, MD
Surgeon-in-Chief
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
E. Thomas Boles Jr. Chair of Pediatric Surgery
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Invited by: David Lazar and Dr. Hari Thangarajah
May 8, 2026
Progress in the Surgical Management of Pediatric Epilepsy
David Gonda, MD
Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery
Rady Children’s Health, San Diego
Associate Professor of Surgery
UC San Diego Department of Neurological Surgery
June 12, 2026
TBD
Michelle Caird, MD
Professor & Chair, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
University of Michigan
Invited by: Salil Upasani
July 10, 2026
Fellow Grand Rounds
Research Presentations