Grand Rounds
Learning Format: In-Person and Online
For more information contact Latese Y. McCowan, MA.
Date: April 30, 2026
Presentation Topic: TBD
Speaker: Jose Portugal, MD
Date: April 23, 2026
Presentation Topic: TBD
Speaker: Jade Teakell, MD, PhD
Date: April 16, 2026
There will be no Internal Medicine Grand Rounds on Thursday, April 16th. Instead, we invite you to attend the Cheves Smythe Distinguished Lecture. No CME will be offered, and the lecture is in-person only. MSB 3.001
Date: April 9, 2026
Presentation Topic: Paradigm Shifts in Antibiotic Allergies
Speaker: David Khan, MD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Date: April 2, 2026
Presentation Topic: Internist’s Cardiology Saves Lives (CME)
Speaker: K. Lance Gould, MD
Date: March 26, 2026
Presentation Topic: To Blood Pressure Control and Beyond…
Speaker: Eduardo Sanchez, MD, MPH, FAHA, FAAFP
Chief Medical Officer for Prevention
American Heart Association – National Center
Date: March 19, 2026
Presentation Topic: Sustainability in Healthcare: From the ICU to the Inpatient Ward
Speaker: Lilit A. Sargsyan, MD
Date: March 12, 2026
Presentation Topic: Safe Opioid Use in Cancer Patients
Speaker: Soraira Pacheco, DO, MS, and Linh LeJeune, MD, MEd, EdD
Date: March 5, 2026
Presentation Topic: Era of Low-Specificity Troponins: Injury versus Infarction?
Speaker: Nils P. Johnson, MD, MS
Date: February 26, 2026
Presentation Topic: Primary Aldosteronism: Recent Updates
Speaker: Reem Al-Dallal, MD
Date: February 19, 2026
Presentation Topic: A Case of Unexplained Abdominal Pain – Wait, Could This be Acute Hepatic Porphyria (AHP)?
Speaker: Akshata Moghe, MD, PhD
Date: February 12, 2026
Presentation Topic: When Ultrasound Surprises You; Genes, Cysts and Out of Control Growing Kidneys; ADPKD
Speaker: Ali Ziaolhagh, MD
Date: February 5, 2026
Presentation Topic: The Gut as a Living Machine: How Mechanical Forces Shape GI Function and Disease
Speaker: Arthur Beyder, MD, PhD – Mayo Clinic
Date: January 29, 2026
Presentation Topic: ICD Deactivation: To Whom and Why
Speaker: Adrian Baranchuk MD, FACC, FRCPC
Date: January 22, 2026
Presentation Topic: How to Diagnose Bipolar Disorder? Challenges and Strategies
Speaker: Marsal Sanches, MD, PhD, FAPA
Date: January 15, 2026
Presentation Topic: Cells Gone Wild: Cellular Therapy Toxicities
Speaker: Natalie Rafaeli, MD
Date: January 8, 2026
Presentation Topic: Transcatheter Options for Mitral Valve Disease
Speaker: Abhijeet Dhoble, MD, MBBS, MPH, RPVI, FACP, FACC, FSCAI
Date: January 1, 2026
NO GRAND ROUNDS – NEW YEARS HOLIDAY
Date: December 25, 2025
NO GRAND ROUNDS – CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
Date: December 18, 2025
CANCELLED
Date: December 11, 2025
Presentation Topic: Improving Diabetes Care in the Hospital: A Work in Progress
Speaker: Phillip R. Orlander, MD
Date: December 4, 2025
Presentation Topic: Pancreatic Cystic Lesions: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemma
Speaker: Irving Waxman, MD
Chief, Division of Digestive Diseases & Nutrition
Professor, Department of Surgery
Director, Digestive Disease Service Line for RUSH University System for Health
Date: November 27, 2025
NO GRAND ROUNDS – THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Date: November 20, 2025
Presentation Topic: Healing Across Time: Psychedelics Then and Now
Speaker: Alexander Lazar, MD
Date: November 13, 2025
Presentation Topic: Addressing Environmental Challenges and Vulnerable Populations
Speaker: Mahboobeh Mahdavinia, MD, PhD, FAAAAI
Date: November 6, 2025
No IM Grand Rounds — IM Town Hall Scheduled
Date: October 30, 2025
Presentation Topic: CAR-T Cells and TCEs for the Treatment of Fibrosing Autoimmune Diseases
Speaker: Jörg Distler, MD, PhD, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany
Date: October 23, 2025
Presentation Topic: The Candida Auris Quagmire: An escalating Nosocomial Nuisance (CME)
Speaker: Mona Kapadia, MD
Date: October 16, 2025
Presentation Topic: Sequential Therapy for Osteoporosis
Speaker: Lavanya N. Sendos, MD
Date: October 9, 2025
Presentation Topic: Circadian Rhythm and Genetics in Digestive Health and Disease
Speaker: Dongyin Guan, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine
Date: October 2, 2025
Presentation Topic: Chronic Pain and Sickle Cell Disease
Speaker: Tolulope Oso, MD, McGovern Medical School, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Date: September 25, 2025
Presentation Topic: What Killed King Tut? A 3000-Year-Old CPC from Ancient Egypt
Speaker: Eugene V. Boisaubin, MD, FACP
Date: September 18, 2025
Presentation Topic: The Infected Pleural Space: An Evolving Paradigm
Speaker: Sujith Cherian, MD, FCCP, DAABIP
Date: September 11, 2025
Presentation Topic: Acute Leukemia and Pregnancy: The MHH at TMC Experience
Speaker: Adan A. Rios, MD, and Rachel Newman, MD
Date: September 4, 2025
Presentation Topic: AI for Medical Education & Operations: Competency, Ethics, and Efficiency
Speaker: Toufeeq Ahmed Syed, PhD
Date: August 28, 2025
Presentation Topic: The ABCs of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Speaker: Eleni Tiniakou, MD
Date: August 21, 2025
Presentation Topic: A Team-Based Approach to Pituitary Tumors
Speaker: Katie Guttenberg, MD, Spiros L. Blackburn, MD, and William C. Yao, MD
Date: August 14, 2025
Presentation Topic: The Latest in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Speaker: Absalon Gutierrez, MD
Date: August 7, 2025
NO GRAND ROUNDS
Date: July 31, 2025
Presentation Topic: Team Science: The Key to Effective Collaboration and Teamwork
Speaker: Eric J. Thomas, MD
Date: July 24, 2025
Presentation Topic: Rapid Blood Culture Diagnostics for the Identification of Bloodstream Pathogens and Impact on Antimicrobial Stewardship
Speaker: Emma Napoli, MD
Date: July 17, 2025
Presentation Topic: We Only See What We Look For: Recognizing and Managing Inborn Errors of Immunity in the Adult Patient
Speaker: Joud Hajjar, MD, PhD, MS, Baylor College of Medicine
Date: July 10, 2025
Presentation Topic: Under the Bell Jar: A Historical Perspective on Pulmonary Function Tests
Speaker: Gautam Sikka, MD
Date: July 3, 2025
Presentation Topic: Cardiology – Imaging and Intervention
Speaker: Danai Kitkungvan, MD, and Abhijeet Dhoble, MD
Date: June 26, 2025
Presentation Topic: Legislative Update
Speaker: Ana L. Leech, MD, MS
Date: June 12, 2025
Presentation Topic: Acute Non-Variceal Upper GI Bleeding: A Journey from ED to Endoscopy
Speaker: Salem Muayad, MD
Date: June 5, 2025
Presentation Topic: Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) in Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases (SARD)
Speaker: Bochra Jandali, MD
Date: May 29, 2025
Presentation Topic: From Bedside to Big Systems: Leading Health Through Challenging Times
Speaker: Umair Shah, MD, MPH – Rickshaw Enterprises, LLC