Medical Grand Rounds
The Department of Internal Medicine Medical Grand Rounds has an incredible history at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and is one of our Department’s most treasured traditions. We host both internal and external speakers from around the country that share their clinical, research, and teaching expertise with our faculty, fellows, and resident physicians. Additionally, we are proud to have the support from our outstanding Internal Medicine Chief Residents who coordinate the popular clinicopathological conference series (CPC) in four lectures that aim to present a case to a faculty member and discuss the clinical rationale behind the workup including generating a broad differential diagnosis followed by logically narrowing the list to a few select diagnosis and then presenting a detailed explanation and rationale for the final diagnosis. Our list of topics and speakers vary each year but aims to draw from all areas of Internal Medicine with a mix of focus on clinical topics, research presentations, teaching techniques, as well as faculty development topics and socioeconomic topics that have broad general interest. The schedule is organized 3-6 months ahead of time and is coordinated by our medical director and grand rounds coordinators through the DOIM Office of Educational Affairs.
The Grand Rounds schedule runs from September to June and generally consists of 35-38 sessions. Each of our 11 divisions have 2 presentation slots along with 3 QI/MMI sessions, 4 CPC sessions, 2 OEA sessions, and 1 reserved slot for the IM Chiefs. The remaining 4-6 sessions are divided up at the discretion of the Grand Rounds Director. Grand Rounds take place every Thursday from 12 PM – 1 PM. If you would like to watch a presentation live, but cannot make it into campus in-person, we do telecast our presentations via Zoom. To view, please click on the following link: https:/vcuhealth.zoom.us/j/97498572187 - Zoom Meeting ID: 974 9857 2187.
Videos are posted on our YouTube Channel about 7-10 days after the event: www.youtube.com/@vcuinternalmedicinevcuhs8439
Comments and suggestions should be shared with the DOIM Grand Rounds Team:
- Carl J. “Christian” Bergman, MD, Grand Rounds Director Carl.Bergman@vcuhealth.org
- Karen Carr, MD, Grand Rounds Coordinator, Karen.Carr@vcuhealth.org
- Carly Croft, M.Ed., Grand Rounds Coordinator, Carly.Croft@vcuhealth.org
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Internal Medicine
Medical Grand Rounds
January | February | March | April | May | June
January
Jan 9
Title: "Beyond BMI: Recognizes the Signs and Symptoms of Eating Disorders in All Patients" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Articulate the common physiological and behavioral signs and symptoms of eating disorders, as well as DSM-5 criteria.
- Consider the implications of the "SWAG" (skinny, white, affluent, girl) stereotype of eating disorders for timely identification and referral to care.
- Summarize data on the prevalence of eating disorders across the lifespan.
Speaker: Kelsey Hagan, PhD, LP - Assistant Professor, VCU Department of Psychiatry
Jan 16
Title: CPC #2 - "Fever in a Returning Traveler" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Recognize the clinical presentation of fever in a returning traveler through a real-life case.
- List the differential diagnosis of fever in a returning traveler.
- Identify the diagnostic approach to fever in a returning traveler.
Speaker: Ramez Bodair, MD - Chief Medical Resident, VCU Department of Internal Medicine; Sarah Street, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor, VCU Division of Nephrology; Sangeeta Sastry, MD - Associate Professor, VCU Division of Infectious Diseases
Jan 23
Title: "Neuromodulation Therapies at VCU Health: Current and Future" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Understand the meaning of the term "Neuromodulation" and the various Neuromodulation modalities currently in clinical and academic use.
- Understand the techniques and indications for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).
- Understand the future Neuromodulation therapies coming to VCU Health.
Speaker: Tushar Thakre, MD, PhD - Division Chief - Adult Inpatient Psychiatry, Medical Director of Inpatient/Acute Psychiatry and Neuromodulation, VCU Department of Psychiatry
Jan 30
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Speaker: Chirag Parikh, MBBS, PhD - Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
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September
Sept 5
Title: "Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: The Good, the Bad, and the Surprises" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Hospital Medicine
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Compare predictive AI with Generative AI
- List three use cases for generative AI medicine
- Identify four know challenges associated with AI in medicine
- List two areas where AI has found associations humans cannot see
Speaker: Robert Hoyt, MD, FACP, FAMIA, ABPM-CI - Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Sept 12
Title: "Endocannabinoid regulating enzymes: Budding targets to treat pain" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Be familiar with the major components of the endogenous cannabinoid system
- Know FDA-approved and potential uses of cannabinoids
- Understand untoward effects of cannabinoids
Speaker: Aron Lichtman, PhD - Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology Director of Graduate Student Affairs, VCU School of Medicine, Interim Vice Chair of Research, Department of Pediatrics
Sept 19
Title: QI/MMI - "Transforming Sepsis Care: VCU’s Success in Reducing Mortality and Enhancing CMS Compliance" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Describe the historical context of sepsis care in general and at VCU
- Discuss the QI efforts at VCUHS that led to the improved mortality and improved compliance with CMS' bundle
- Explain some ongoing controversies in sepsis care and what future QI in sepsis might look like
Speaker: Featuring as Moderator - Stephen Biederman, MD - Academic Hospitalist, Assistant Professor of Medicine, VCU Division of Hospital Medicine, Associate Chair for Quality and Safety; with panel discussants: Zachary Cutter, MD - Combined Internal Medicine/Emergency Medicine Residency Program, PGY-3, and Aashish Batheja, MS3 - VCU School of Medicine.
Sept 26
Title: "Lipoprotein(a): Research Rarity to Therapeutic Target" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Cardiology
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Provide an overview of Lp(a) structure, metabolism, and measurement
- Review Lp(a) and atherosclerosis pathophysiology
- Discuss the clinical significant of elevated Lp(a)
- Review the latest Lp(a) and lipid lowering theraputics
Speaker: Anurag Mehta, MD - Director, Preventive Cardiology, VCU Health Pauley Heart Center, Assistant Professor, VCU Department of Internal Medicine
October
Oct 3
Title: "Toward Precision Medicine for Glomerular Disease" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Nephrology
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Discuss the use of PLA2R antibody to diagnose Membranous nephropathy
- Discuss the use of PLA2R antibody in treatment of Membranous nephropathy
- Explain NEPTUNE/NEPTUNE match for advancing precision medicine in glomerular disease
Speaker: Ambarish Athavale, MD - Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of California at San Diego
Oct 10
Title: Kessler Lecture "Therapeutic Perspectives on Immune Mediated Inflammatory Diseases - Past, Present and Future" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Discuss key immunologic advances over the last 25 years that fostered the development of biological therapies for immune mediated disorders.
- Understand how agents that block TNF, IL-17, and IL-23 provide effective and relatively safe treatment approaches in spondylarthritis and inflammatory bowel disease.
- List new treatment strategies that target pathogenic effector cells including T cell receptor directed therapies , CAR T cell treatments, and bispecific T cell engagers (BITE).
Speaker: Christopher T. Ritchlin, MD, MPH - Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medicine
Oct 17
Title: "Evaluation of Risk" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Cardiology
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be familiar with:
- Considerations of lipids/lipoproteins and treatment guidelines
- Understanding Apo B
- Use of coronary artery calcium score
Speaker: Carolyn Burns, MD - VCU Division of Cardiology
Oct 24
Title: "VCU Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Division History" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Discuss how world wars influenced the evolution of care of patients with pulmonary disease
- Understand how Dr. William T. Thompson developed the Pulmonary Disease Division
- Recall how the PCCM Division developed over the 63 years of its existence
Speaker: Alpha A. "Berry" Fowler, III, MD - Professor of Medicine, VCU Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University
Oct 31
Title: "Minimizing Low-Value, Uncompensated Work in Academic Medicine: A Six Step Program" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Infectious Diseases
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Define compensated vs. uncompensated work in academic medicine
- Understand individual, institutional and team factors that determine high-value vs. low-value tasks
- Practice using the value/compensation matrix and apply it to everyday scenarios
- Apply the 6-step program to maximize high-value and minimize low-value tasks to meet your immediate and long-term goals
Speaker: Gonzalo Bearman MD, MPH, FACP, FSHEA - Division Chief, VCU Division of Infectious Diseases
November
Nov 7
Title: "State of the Department" (no video available)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Speaker: Patricia Sime, MD, FRCP - Chair, VCU Department of Internal Medicine and Chris Liekweg, MBA, CMPE - Senior Administrator - VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Nov 14
Title: CPC Conference (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Identify key components in the patient's presentation. What is relevant in the history, physical exam, labs, and imaging.
- Generate a differential diagnosis. Base discussion on a system-based approach with a thoughtful broad beginning and narrow down.
- Use evidence-based medicine to support the diagnostic approach and use critical thinking throughout the process.
Speaker: Timothy Johnson, MD - Associate Program Director for POCUS, Academic Nocturnist and Associate Professor of Medicine, VCU Division of Hospital Medicine
Nov 21
Title: "More than just aspirin: Acute Stroke Management in the modern era: Updates in Stroke Care for the Internal Medicine Hospitalist" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Hospital Medicine
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Review evidence-based updates to acute ischemic stroke management.
- Discuss secondary prevention strategies in stroke.
- Address the importance of a comprehensive care team in acute stroke management.
Speaker: Daniel Falcao, DO - Medical Director - Neurosciences Quality Improvement, Co-Medical Directory - VCU Comprehensive Stroke Center, VCU Division of Vascular Neurology
Nov 28
HOLIDAY - No Medical Grand Rounds
December
Dec 5
Title: "Arts in Healthcare: An Overview of its uses and benefits in the medical setting" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Engage in an interactive art session to experience the benefits of art in the healthcare setting.
- Identify the difference between clinical music therapy and music experiences for leisure interest and entertainment.
- Engage in an improvisational music experience to explore the use of active music making to reduce stress in the healthcare setting.
- Gain an understanding of reasons and methods for patient music therapy referral at VCUH.
Speaker: Melissa Owens, MT-BC, NMT - VCU Music Therapist, and Alexis Shockley, MFA - Manager Arts in Healthcare at VCU Health
Dec 12
Title: "Continuity of Care for Older Adults" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Better understand the role of population health management in the post-acute care continuum in the context of current health policy reform.
- Review the importance of integrated clinical care across the continuum.
- Discuss the latest innovations in care delivery models with focus on Home-Based Primary Care and Hospital at Home.
- Review electronic health record tools that can be used in an integrated care model.
Speaker: Geriatrics Panel (Drs. Bergman, Boling, Rackson, Weissburger, and Breton)
Dec 19
HOLIDAY – NO GRAND ROUNDS
Dec. 26
HOLIDAY – NO GRAND ROUNDS
January | February | March | April | May | June
January
Jan 4
Title: Morbidity, Mortality, and Improvement (MMI) Conference: Holidazed & Confused - Delirium Prevention Initiatives (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Office of Educational Affairs (OEA)
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Review a case of severe delirium and how it led to institutional prevention efforts.
- Understand the background of delirium and current trends both nationally and at our institution.
- Review the development of our Delirium Risk Score and how to add it to your workflow
- Discuss the on-going Delirium Pilot work and how to utilize the Delirium Orderset
- Review the lab project created by 3rd year residents
Speaker: Amber Balzer, DNP, AGACNP-BC - Associate Chief of Quality and Safety, VCU Division of Hospital Medicine. Panel Discussants will be: Leigh West, PA-C - VCU Division of Geriatric Medicine; Michael Weissberger, MD - Assistant Professor, Physician Informaticist, VCU Division of Geriatric Medicine; Melissa Bui, MD - Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; and Tony Coppola, MD - Chief Resident in Quality and Safety, VCU Department of Internal Medicine.
Jan 11
Title: Aging-in-Place in the Geriatrics Multi-verse (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Office of Educational Affairs (OEA)
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Identify common reasons why older patients refuse home-based or long-term care services.
- Discuss strategies and resources that can help older adults plan for home-based or long-term care services
- Understand how health systems can facilitate older adult aging-in-place from a systems level approach.
Speaker: Lee Lindquist, MD, MPH, MBA - Chief of Geriatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, George M. Eisenberg Research Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Director of Geriatric Services, Northwestern Memorial Healthcare
Jan 18
Title: MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound of Essential Tremor: A New Incisionless Outpatient Procedure (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Office of Educational Affairs (OEA)
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Understand who may be a candidate for surgical treatment of tremor and when to refer to neurosurgery, or movement disorder neurologist.
- Understand the key differences between Deep Brain Stimulation and Focused Ultrasound
- Understand who is a good candidate for Focused Ultrasound
Speaker: Paul Koch, MD - Assistant Professor and Neurosurgeon, VCU Department of Neurosurgery
Jan 25
Title: Clinicopathological Conference (CPC) Series (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Recognize and summarize key history items, exam components, and objective data that contribute to this unique case presentation.
- Utilize diagnostic reasoning to generate and narrow differential diagnosis.
- Incorporate evidence-based medicine and expert opinion to expand our diagnostic approach.
Speaker: Sejal Kothadia, MD - Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Richmond VAMC
February
Feb 1
Title: Cancelled (video link)
Sponsor: VCU
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
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Speaker: Cancelled
Feb 8
Title: Value-Based Payment (VBP) at VCUHS (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Outline the government's rationale for pursing VBP models
- List examples of US value-based payment initiatives
- Describe in more detail the VCUHS experience with selected VBP models and what it means for medical practice
Speaker: Peter Boling, MD, FACP, AGSF - Professor and Chief, VCU Division of Geriatric Medicine; Dennis Morales, MHA, CLSSGB, CMPE - Director, Continuum Integration Operations, Senior Services, Continuum Integration, VCU Health at Home; and David Collins, MHA, CPHQ, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, CLSSGB - Senior Manager, Home and Community Services, Senior Services, Continuum, Integration, VCU Health at Home
Feb 15
Title: Understanding the Physiology of the Heart and Cardiac Pacing (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Understand the physiology of exercise
- Understand conduction system disorders
- Identify the factors that influence the benefit(s) of cardiac pacing in cardiomyopathy
- Compare the benefits of conduction system pacing with cardiac resynchronization therapy
- Realize the benefits of clinical trials to help in making every day clinical decisions
Speaker: Kenneth Ellenbogen, MD - Kimmerling Professor, Director; EP Lab and Pacing, VCU Division of Cardiology
Feb 22
Title: Update on Infectious Diseases Diagnostics and Laboratory Utilization at VCUHS (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Understand rapid blood culture PCR and how its results can be interpreted.
- Discuss recent changes in laboratory utilization of streamline ordering.
- Understand laboratory test reimbursement and the impact test selection can have.
Speaker: Christopher D, Doern, PhD, D(ABMM) - Associate Professor of Pathology, Director of Microbiology, VCU Health
Feb 29
Title: A Holistic View of Metabolic Disease and Treatment Monitoring Using Imaging (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will know:
- How imaging can be used to understand metabolic disease
- How imaging can be used in monitoring pharmaceutical interventions of metabolic disease including liver, heart, and kidneys.
- What are the novel models in understanding metabolic disease.
Speaker: Lars Johansson, PhD - Chief Scientific Officer, Antaros Medical, Sweden
March
Mar 7
Title: "Disease Progression and Dementia in Parkinson’s Disease: What’s the Link to Sleep" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Identify the sleep disturbances that can occur in Parkinson disease.
- Learn to recognize the ways sleep disturbances can lead to progression of neurodegenerative disease.
- Gain an appreciation of the link between sleep disturbances and cognitive decline.
- Recognize potential markers of sleep disturbances in Parkinson disease and how they may inform treatment development.
Speaker: Brian D. Berman, MD, MS, FAAN - Professor of Neurology and Bemiss Endowed Chair, Director, VCU Parkinson's and Movement Disorders Center, Chair, Movement Disorders Section, VCU Health System
Mar 14
Title: "The Evolving Care of Prostate Cancer" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be familiar with:
- Epidemiology, risk factors & screening controversies
- Advances in systemic management of prostate cancer
- Quality of life issues and survivorship care for prostate cancer patients
Speaker: Asit Paul, MD, PhD - Associate Professor, VCU Division of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care
Mar 21
Title: Clinicopathological Conference Series (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Identify key components in the patient’s presentation. What is relevant in the history, physical exam, labs, and imaging?
- Generate a differential diagnosis. Base discussion on a system-based approach with a thoughtful broad beginning and narrow down.
- Use evidence-based medicine to support the diagnostic approach and use critical thinking throughout the process.
Speakers: Moderator: Sara Kwiatkowski, DO - Chief Medical Resident, VCU Department of Internal Medicine; Discussant: Morgan Vargo, MD - Assistant Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Central Virginia VA Health Care System; Case Expert: Evan Dombrosky, MD – Rheumatologist, VAMC, Richmond, VA
Mar 28
Title: Crutchfield Lecture (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Cardiology
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Appreciate the incremental value of evaluating patients with suspected heart failure during exercise as opposed to only at rest.
- Become familiar with expected normal values for hemodynamic responses to exercise.
- Understand the prognostic value of invasive cardiopulmonary exercise testing.
- Review potential therapeutic strategies informed by exercise-based phenotyping.
Speaker: Gregory D. Lewis, MD - Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Jeffrey and Mary Ellen Jay Chair and Section Head, Heart Failure, Medical Director, Heart Transplantation, Director, CPET Laboratory
April
Apr 4
Title: The Science of Working Smart: How to Build and Use Evidence-Based Strategies to Optimize Work Design and Outcomes (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Hospital Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Explore what clinical operations science is and why it matters for healthcare quality, safety, and efficiency
- Share a framework for designing and implementing effective workplace practices
- Explore a future vision of what healthcare could be
Speaker: Marisha Burden, MD, MBA, FACP, SFHM - Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Apr 11
Title: Top 10 Topics In Infection Prevention that the Internist Should Know (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Infectious Diseases
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Identify key preventive measures to help reduce the transmission of infectious agents
- Understand the impact patient care has on the spread of infectious diseases
- Review the management of high-risk infections in the inpatient setting
- Evaluate potential future advancements in the field of infection prevention
Speaker: Barry Rittmann, MD, MPH - Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases, Associate Hospital Epidemiologist, Virginia Commonwealth University
Apr 18
Title: Introduction to Clinical Research in the DoIM (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine - Research (non-CE)
Speaker: Richard K. Sterling, MD, MSc, FACP, FACG, AGAF, FAASLD - Assistant Chair of Research, VCU Department of Internal Medicine, Chief Clinical Officer, Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health; S. Patrick Nana-Sinkam, MD - Professor and Division Chief, Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, VCU Department of Internal Medicine; Fadi N Salloum, PhD, FAHA, FAPS - Natalie N. and John R. Congdon Sr. Endowed Chair, VCU Pauley Heart Center, Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Physiology & Biophysics, Associate Chair for Research, Department of Internal Medicine, Associate Director of Research Mentoring and Preclinical Science
Apr 25
Title: Make It Count Twice- Driving Quality Metrics in Your Favor (video link)
Sponsor: Morbidity, Mortality, and Improvement (QI/MMI Conference)
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Review performance benchmarks for quality reporting entities.
- Describe current approach to readmission reduction.
- Identify ways team members can influence our mortality performance.
Speaker: Georgia McIntosh, MD, FACP, FHM - Gene N. Peterson, MD Professorship in Safety, Quality and Service, Interim Chief Quality and Safety Officer, VCU Health; Evan Meadors, MD, FHM, FACP - Medical Director for Clinical Documentation Improvement, Academic Hospitalist, VCU Division of Hospital Medicine, Assistant Professor, VCU Department of Internal Medicine; Irene Zolotorofe, MSN, MS - Director, Care Coordination
May
May 2
Title: COVID & Kidney Transplant (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Nephrology
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able:
- To understand the clinical implications of SARS-CoV-2 in kidney transplant recipients
- To analyze the process and outcomes involved in kidney transplantation from SARS-CoV-2-postive donors
- To understand the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the interaction between the allograft, SARS-CoV-2 and the recipient, including viral entry, immune dysregulation, allograft injury, and implications for long term graft survival.
Speaker: Ambreen Azhar, MD, MS - Assistant Professor of Medicine, (Nephrology and Transplant) VCU Health
May 9
Title: Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able:
- To present an overview of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease
- To review emerging treatments for MASH
- To discuss how fatigue and frailty are interlinked in liver disease
Speaker: Mette Munk Lauridsen, MD, PhD - Associate Professor, PhD, MD, Department of Regional Health Research, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg
May 16
Title: Blackard Lecture: A Practical Approach to the Occult Epidemic of Aldosterone-Mediated Hypertension (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able:
- To interpret screening, confirmatory, and localization tests for primary aldosteronism.
- To identify patients with low renin and non-supressed aldosteronism who will benefit from further evaluation.
- To recognize low-renin mineralocorticoid-receptor antagonist-responsive hypertension
- To titrate mineralocorticoid-receptor antagonist therapy using biochemical and clinical parameters.
Speaker: Richard J. Auchus, MD, PhD, FACE - The James A. Shayman and Andrea S. Kevrick Professor of Translational Medicine, Professor of Pharmacology and Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes, University of Michigan, Chief, Endocrinology & Metabolism Section, LTC Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI
May 23
Title: Hospital at Home (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Geriatric Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Understand the basics of VCU's Hospital at Home program.
- Review both patient safety statistics and discuss care team safety providing inpatient care in home-based setting.
- Identify challenges and opportunities for growth and scale of Hospital at Home
- Understand the diversity of patients, both socially and medically, that are treated within this program.
- Learn ways in which equity is addressed in VCU's Hospital at Home
Speaker: Julia Siegel Breton, MD - Geriatrician, Co-Medical Director at VCU Health Hospital at Home; Gordon Pace, MD - Hospitalist, Co-Medical Director at VCU Health Hospital at Home
May 30
Title: Diversity in Medicine: Battling the Anti-DEI Backlash with Data (video link - none)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Review the Evidence that Diversity in Medicine will Improve Healthcare Outcomes.
- Discuss Barriers to Achieving Diversity.
- Review Strategies to Enhance Diversity in Medicine in the current political climate.
Speaker: Quinn Capers, IV, MD, FACC, FACP - Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine, Howard University College of Medicine
June
Jun 6
Title: Thomas Lecture - Drug Allergies in the Era of EHR (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be familiar with:
- Evaluating patients with suspected antibiotic allergy.
- Management strategies for antibiotic allergy.
- Navigating Drug allergies in the EHR environment.
- Future directions in EHR and allergy management
Speaker: Santosh Kumar, MD - Associate Professor, VCU Division of Allergy and Immunology, VCU Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Richmond, VCU Health
Jun 13
Title: End of the Year Presentation by the DOIM Chief Residents (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine (non-CE credit)
Speaker: Tony Coppola, MD; Ann Forrest, DO; Sara Kwiatkowski, DO; Eric Ott, MD; and Patrick Willard, DO
September | October | November | December
September
Sept 14
Title: "The Roots of Institutional Racism" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
- Develop an historically informed sensitivity to the experience of patients of color at VCU
- Deepen understanding of racism within health care
- Explore the development of the health care system at VCU
Speaker: Jodi Koste, MA - Former University Archivist, Senior Curator, Health Sciences- Associate Professor Emeritus, VCU Libraries
Sept 21
Title: Clinicopathological Case Series (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
- Identify key components in the patient's presentation. What is relevant? - In history and physical exam & in labs and imaging.
- Generate a differential diagnosis: System based, start thoughtfully broad and narrow down.
- Use evidence-based medicine to support diagnostic approach and use critical thinking throughout the process.
Speaker: Evan Ritter, MD - Associate Professor, Academic Hospitalist, Physician Informaticist, VCU Division of Hospital Medicine
Sept 28
Title: "They Did Not? Mistreatment and Our impact on the (Learning) Environment" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care
- Understand the relative frequency and types of mistreatment reported within the VCU Department of Internal Medicine
- Recognize the importance of and employ strategies to improve the learning climate
- Develop a framework and strategies for providing and receiving direct feedback effectively and with less fear & dread
Speaker: J. Christian Barrett, MD - Professor, VCU School of Medicine Internal Medicines
October
Oct 5
Title: MMI - "PERTinent Updates - Interdisciplinary Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine - Office of Educational Affairs (OEA)
- Review the initial evaluation and risk stratification of acute pulmonary embolism
- Review anticoagulation and thrombolytics options and the subsequent management of acute pulmonary embolism
- Discuss Interventional Radiology approaches for acute pulmonary embolism
- Discuss escalation strategies for patients who become 4 hemodynamically unstable due to acute pulmonary embolism
Speaker: Carolyn Marcelo, MD - Associate Professor and Quality and Safety Director for the VCU Division of Hospital Medicine; Casey Cable, MD - Assistant Professor, VCU Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Jason Jennings, MD - Assistant Professor, VCU Department of Emergency Medicine; Brian J. Strife, MD - Assistant Professor, VCU Department of Radiology; David Jessee, MD - Assistant Professor, VCU Division of Hospital Medicine; and Cassandra Baker, PharmD - VCU Clinical Pharmacist, Cardiology/Cardiac Surgery and Critical Care
Oct 12
Title: “Answering a Call to Action: Creating a hospital-based clinical trials program for the academic hospitalist.” (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine - Office of Educational Affairs (OEA)
- Identify the key components needed for a successful clinical trials program
- Learn how to analyze your health system processes to successfully complete study milestones
- Demonstration of leveraging EHR to optimize patient safety monitoring while on study
Speaker: Lana Wahid, MD - Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Chief, Hospital-Based Clinical Trials and Research Program at Duke University School of Medicine
Oct 19
Title: "Overview of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy with Recent Advances." (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Cardiology
- Defining and identifying the symptoms of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Risk of stratifying patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy for sudden cardiac death
- Identifying the best treatment options for symptomatic patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy including new novel therapies
Speaker: Mohammed Makkiya, MD - Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Program, VCU Pauley Heart Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine, VCU Division of Cardiology
Oct 26
Title: Annual Kessler Lecture - "Myosits-associated ILD: managing diagnostic and treatment challenges" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology
- To understand the significance of ILD as a complication of the inflammatory myopathies
- To recognize the diagnostic and clinical challenges presented by patients with myosits-ILD
- To review the various treatment strategies for patients with myosits-ILD
Speaker: Robert Hallowell, MD - Director, Interstitial Lung Disease Program, Director, Pulmonary Ambulatory Clinic, Mass General
November
Nov 2
Title: State of the Department (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Speaker: Patricia Sime, MD, FRCP - Chair, VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Nov 9
Title: Advances in the Pharmacologic Treatment of Obesity (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Understand the role of pharmacotherapy in the comprehensive treatment of obesity
- Compare and contrast the mechanisms of action, clinical responses, and risk/benefits of currently available anti-obesity medications
- Guide providers in implementing and monitoring pharmacotherapy in the context of an individualized, patient-centered obesity treatment plan
Speaker: Edmond P. Wickham III, MD MPH - Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Nov 16
Title: Asthma phenotypes and co-morbidities (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
- To identify and differentiate between common asthma phenotypes
- To define and recognize uncontrolled asthma
- To review the impact of co-morbidities on asthma
Speaker: Farrukh Abbas, MD - VCU Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine and Stephanie Bork, MSN, FNP-BC, APRN - VCU School of Nursing
Nov 23
HOLIDAY - No Medical Grand Rounds
Nov 30
Title: Clinicopathological Conference (CPC) (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Office of Educational Affairs (OEA)
- Identify key components in the patient's presentation. What is relevant in the history, physical exam, labs, and imaging.
- Generate a differential diagnosis. Base discussion on a system-based approach with a thoughtful broad beginning and narrow down.
- Use evidence-based medicine to support the diagnostic approach and use critical thinking throughout the process.
Speaker: Moderator, Patrick Willard, DO - Chief Medical Resident, VCU Department of Internal Medicine and Case Discussant, Laura Paletta-Hobbs, MD - Associate Professor of Medicine, VCU Division of Hospital Medicine, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, Clinical Competency
December
Dec 7
Title: Utility vs. Equity in Kidney Transplant Equity - A Need for Transparency (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Office of Educational Affairs (OEA)
- Understand the benefits of kidney transplantation for patients with ESRD.
- The role of transparency in public health policy for end-stage kidney disease.
- The challenge of improving access to kidney transplantation by improving organ utilization.
Speaker: Sumit Mohan, MD, MPH - Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University
Dec 14
Title: 2023 Stravitz-Sanyal Liver Institute Updates (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
- Institute Updates
Speaker: Arun J. Sanyal, MD - Professor, Director, Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health, VCU School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
Dec 21
HOLIDAY – NO GRAND ROUNDS
Dec. 28
HOLIDAY – NO GRAND ROUNDS
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September
Sept 8
Title: "Monkeypox: A Clinical and Epidemiology Update and Panel Discussion" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
- Review the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and diagnostic testing options for monkeypox
- Discuss the medical treatment and prevention of monkeypox
- Assess the infection control and prevention measures needed to mitigate transmission of monkeypox
Speaker: Gonzalo Bearman MD, MPH, FACP, FSHEA, FIDSA; Patricia Fulco, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP, AAHIVP; Akira A. Shishido, MD, FACP; Brandy Darby, DVM, MPH, DACVPM; Alexis Page, PharmD, BCACP
Sept 15
Title: Quality and Safety- Morbidity, Mortality Improvement (MMI) Conference -"Back to the Basics: Restructuring of Quality and Safety" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
- Recognize the main components of the restructured Quality and Safety vision for the hospital system.
- Identify the elements of the Diabetes Management Project's Action Plan.
- Understand the goals of the Resident Handoff Project.
Speaker: Georgia McIntosh, MD - Associate Chief Quality and Safety Officer, Associate Professor of Medicine, VCU Division of Hospital Medicine; Carol Marcelo, MD - Quality Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program,Assistant Professorof Medicine, VCU Division of Hospital Medicine; Eric Schafer, MD - Chief Resident for Quality and Safety, VCU Internal Medicine Residency Program
Sept 22
Title: "Strategies to Improve Immunogenicity of Vaccines in Immunosuppressed Patients"(video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Infectious Diseases
- Review how immunocompromised populations have reduced immunogenicity to available vaccines
- Discuss methods that can be used to improve an immunosuppressed person’s immune response to a vaccine
- Demonstrate how these methods affect reactogenicity and safety of the vaccines in this patient population
- Reviewed COVID-19 therapeutics beyond vaccination
Speaker: Lora Thomas, MD - Assistant Professor of Medicine, VCU Division of Infectious Diseases
Sept 29
Title: Clinicopathological Conference (CPC) (video link - not yet available)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
- Identify key components in the patient’s presentation. What is relevant in history, physical exam, labs, and imaging?
- Generate a differential diagnosis. Base discussion on a system based approach with a thoughtful broad beginning and narrow down.
- Use evidence-based medicine to support the diagnostic approach and use critical thinking throughout the process.
Speaker: James O'Connor, MD - Assistant Professor, VCU Division Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
October
Oct 6
Title: "Feeling the Squeeze: Updates on Breast Cancer Screening" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care
- Understand the current imaging guidelines for women
- Understand the role of the breast clinical exam for asymptomatic women
- Identify the exams needed for the breast cancer survivor and the role of non-oncology providers
Speaker: Mary Helen Hackney, MD, MS, FACP - Professor, Director of Community Oncology, Director of Quality Control and Safety, VCU Division of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, VCU Massey Cancer Center; Kandace P. McGuire, MD FACS - Professor of Surgery, Chief of Breast Surgery, VCU Massey Cancer Center
Oct 13
Title: “Whither Go the Boomers?” (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Geriatric Medicine
- Define the elements of an Age Friendly Health System.
- Discuss the demographics, personal characteristics, and social supports of the "baby boomer" generation.
- Explore the financial and health care policy implications related to the aging population.
Speaker: Peter A. Boling, MD - Professor and Chair, VCU Division of Geriatric Medicine, Leland “Bert” Waters, PhD - Associate Director, Virginia Center on Aging, Virginia Geriatric Education Center’s, Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program, VCU College of Health Professions
Oct 20
Title: The Annual Kessler Lecture - "Screening and Management of Cardiovascular Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology
- Review the pathobiology of rheumatoid arthritis and its role in accelerating atherosclerosis.
- Discuss strategies for screening and management of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in people with rheumatoid arthritis.
- Assess the contribution of rheumatoid arthritis therapies to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Speaker: Jon T. Giles, MD, MPH - Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons
Oct 27
Title: "Incorporating High Sensitivity Troponins Into Clinical Practice: Challenges and Opportunities" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Cardiology
- Participants will understand the challenges emergency medicine providers face in evaluating chest pain in the emergency room.
- Attendees will understand the properties of high-sensivity troponin tests and how these may translate into both advantages and disadvantages in MI diagnosis.
- Attendees will be able to critically appraise clinical decision pathways incorporating hs-cTn assays and will be able to successfully implement high-sensivity troponin testing in their practices.
Speaker: James de Lemos, MD - Professor, Sweetheart Ball-Kern Wildenthal, MD, PhD, Distinguished Chair in Cardiology Associate Director, Cardiovascular Fellowship Program, UT Southwestern
November
Nov 3
Title: "Achieving Health Equity: VCU Health’s Progress toward Justice" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Hospital Medicine
- Describe some of the negative social determinants of health encountered by our patients
- Identify some of the initiatives in place to address these social determinants of health and to enhance health equity
- Outline some of the national policy initiatives designed to enhance health equity
Speaker: Sarika Modi, MD - Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine and Associate Program Director – Health Disparities, VCU IM Residency Program; Alan Dow, MD, MSHA - Interim Division Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine, Assistant Vice President of Health Sciences for Inter-professional Education & Collaborative Care, President and CEO, UHS-PEP, VCU Health Continuing Education, Seymour and Ruth Perlin Professor of Medicine and Health Administration; and Sheryl Garland, MHA, FACHE - Chief of Health Impact, VCU Health System
Nov 10
Title: State of the Department (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
- Recognize clinical achievements and their impact on training and patient care.
- Recognize teaching initiatives and skills that create an environment of inquiry.
- Discuss the impact of basic and translational research in the care of patients, now and in the future.
Speaker: Patricia J. Sime, MD FRCP - Chair, Department of Internal Medicine; William Branch Porter Professor of Medicine
Nov 17
Title: Clinicopathological Conference (CPC) (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
- Identify key components in the patient’s presentation. What is relevant in history, physical exam, labs, and imaging?
- Generate a differential diagnosis. Base discussion on a system based approach with a thoughtful broad beginning and narrow down.
- Use evidence-based medicine to support the diagnostic approach and use critical thinking throughout the process.
Speaker: Bahnsen Miller, MD - Academic Hospitalist, Hunter Holmes McGuire Hospital, Central Virginia Veterans Affairs
Nov 24
HOLIDAY – NO GRAND ROUNDS
December
Dec 1
Title: "A Historical Perspective of Systemic Racism in Medical Education" (video link)
Sponsor: MCV Foundation; the Wellness Taskforce for Physician Faculty; the Department of Internal Medicine; and the VCU School of Medicine, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- To understand the history of how systemic racism has been deeply rooted in medical education
- To understand how pivotal the Flexner Report was in determining fate of medical education for Black physicians
- To understand the cultural barriers of Black patients regarding the perception of trust in the health care system
Speaker: Ryan Mire, MD, MACP - President, American College of Physicians
Dec 8
Title: "SGLT2 Inhibitors and euglycemic DKA" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
- Describe a clinical encounter where unfamiliarity with SGLT-2 inhibitors led to an adverse event
- Be able to identify and treat complications of SGLT-2 inhibitors
- Be able to identify situations when SGLT-2 inhibitors should be avoided
Speaker: Stephen Biederman, MD - VCU Division of Hospital Medicine; Priyanka Majety, MD - VCU Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Natalie Nguyen, PharmD, MSHA - VCU Medication Safety Pharmacy Manager
Dec 15
Title: "Clinicopathological Conference (CPC)" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- TBA
Speaker: Mary Stevenson, MD - VCU Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Dec. 22
HOLIDAY – NO GRAND ROUNDS
Dec. 29
HOLIDAY – NO GRAND ROUNDS
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January
Jan 6
Title: "Applying the Trauma-Informed Organizational Model to Internal Medicine" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Office of Educational Affairs
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Identify the core components of a trauma-informed organizational approach and distinguish between the three levels of a trauma-informed approach.
- Explain the “universal precaution” approach and one strategy for applying it in your practice setting.
- Describe at least three system factors that contribute to retraumatization among patients and describe at least two steps your organizational unit can reduce retraumatization among patients.
Speaker: Kellie E. Carlyle, PhD, MPH - Associate Professor - VCU Department of Health Behavior and Policy
Jan 13
Title: Structure, Trust and Science: The Importance of "Real Talk" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Palliative Care
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Understand the Massey Cancer Center vision and differentiate between where we have been, where we are going and the competitive position we are currently in for comprehensive status.
- Understand that the most recent literature and reports for the American Cancer Society indicate that while there has been some reduction in deaths from the most prevalent cancers overall (breast cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, cervical cancer), African Americans and those living in rural areas still lag significantly behind.
- Explain why a person’s ZNA has been found to contribute more to e.g. life expectancy outcome than a person’s DNA in general and understand the structures that are currently in place that significantly lowers those outcomes.
Speaker: Robert Winn, MD - Director of VCU Massey Cancer Center - Professor of Medicine
Jan 20
Title: MMI Conference - "The Challenge of Violent and Aggressive Patients" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine Q&I
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Share why addressing patient violence and aggression is important
- Discuss challenges defining, reporting, and responding to workplace violence
- Describe ongoing Quality and Improvement efforts to improve outcomes
Speaker: Stephen T. Biederman, MD - Assistant Professor, VCU Division of Hospital Medicine
Jan 27
Title: "COVID-19 Therapeutics for High Risk Non-hospitalized Patients" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of General Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Review the scientific basis for use of monoclonal antibodies and oral antivirals in non-hospitalized patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 infection.
- Review current information in the Commonwealth of Virginia on the availability of effective COVID-19 therapeutics.
- In a panel discussion, discuss best practices surrounding diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19.
Speaker: Jeffrey T. Kushinka, MD - Associate Professor, Chair - VCU Division of General Internal Medicine; Megan K. Morales, MD - Assistant Professor, Director- Transplant Infectious Diseases, VCU Division of Infectious Diseases, Brooke Rossheim, MD - Public Health Physician Specialist, COVID-19 Health Information Team, Virginia Department of Health; Christian Bergman, MD - Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director Nursing Facility Attending Service, VCU Division of Geriatric Medicine; Julia S. Breton, MD - Assistant Professor of Medicine Director Continuum Integration Center Division of Geriatric Medicine
February
Feb 3
Title: "Advances in Reconstructive Plastic Surgery" (video link not available)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Become familiar with new innovations in reconstructive surgery.
- Understand the role of microsurgery in the management of patients with lymphedema.
- Learn about cutaneous scarring and the use of postoperative novel therapeutics to treat it.
Speaker: Tae Chong, MD - Professor and Chair Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department of Surgery, VCU
Feb 10
Title: "Current Guidelines for the Management of Stable Ischemic Heart Disease" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Divsion of Cardiology
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Describe the basic concepts of the recently released AHA/ACC Guidelines for the Management of Chest Pain and Myocardial Revascularization.
- Articulate the changing approach to the diagnosis/risk stratification of coronary artery disease with less focus on the extent of myocardial ischemia.
- Understand the greater focus on medical therapy for certain, lower risk patient subsets with angina pectoris; List high risk patient subgroups who potentially benefit from revascularization
Speaker: George W. Vetrovec, MD - Professor Emeritus, VCU Division of Cardiology
Feb 17
Title: Clinicopathologic (CPC) Lecture (video link)
Sponsor: VCU
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Identify key components in the patient's presentation. What is relevant? - In
history and physical exam & in labs and imaging. - Generate a differential diagnosis: System based, start thoughtfully broad and
narrow down. - Use evidence-based medicine to support diagnostic approach and use critical
thinking throughout the process.
Speaker: Graham Gipson, MD, MS - Assistant Professor, VCU Division of Nephrology
Feb 24
Title: Lessons Learned from a Lifetime of Playing and Watching Soccer: Reflections on Healthcare Epidemiology and Leadership in Academic Medicine (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Infectious Diseases
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Identify the key qualities for academic leadership
- Identify barriers for minimizing infection prevention harm in the hospital
- Identify qualities for leadership during times of crisis/burn out-individual and
system level factors
Speaker: Gonzalo Bearman MD, MPH, FACP, FSHEA, FIDSA - Professor, Chair, VCU Division of Infectious Diseases, Editor-in-Chief Antimicrobial Stewardship andHealthcare Epidemiology (CambridgeUniversityPress)
March
Mar 3
Title: Blackard Lecture - “Genetic Changes in Thyroid Cancer: Evolution Toward Predictive and Therapeutic Targeting” (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Endocrinology Diabetes, and Metabolism
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Understand current standard thyroid cancer therapies
- Recognize the patient population for consideration of genomic evaluation for targeted therapy
- Understand the current FDA approved and approaches for patients with advanced thyroid cancer
Speaker: Matthew D. Ringel, MD - Ralph W. Kurtz Professor of Medicine, Director Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Co-Leader Cancer Biology Program, Co-Director Center for Cancer Engineering-CURES, Deputy Director - Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center & Comprehensive Cancer Center
Mar 10
Title: MMI - "Medication History and Reconciliation: Pearls and Pitfalls" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine, Safety and Quality Improvement
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Provide an overview of VCU's focus on Quality and Safety from our Chief Quality and Safety Officer.
- Define the challenges for a timely and accurate best practice medication history and reconciliation for inpatients.
- Learn about available resources to assist with best practice medication histories (BPMH).
Speaker: Hem Bhardwaj, MD - Associate Professor, VCU Division of Cardiology, Vice Chair of Operations and Quality for the Division of Cardiology, Medical Director of Adult Echocardiography and Inpatient Cardiology, Director of Safety and Quality Improvement; Kristin Miller, MD - Associate Professor, VCU Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Director of Safety and Quality Improvement, Medical Director of the Medical Respiratory Intensive Care Unit
Mar 17
Title: “New Alzheimer's Therapeutics: What Is on the Horizon?” (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Describe future/experimental therapeutics in ongoing clinical trials.
- Illustrate the biological effects of new therapeutics on Alzheimer's disease pathological hallmarks.
- Recognize Alzheimer's disease co-pathologies.
Speaker: Hamid Okhravi, MD - Eastern Virginia Medical School, Associate Professor of Geriatrics, Director - Memory Consultation Clinic, Glennan Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
Mar 24
Title: "Care at Home: The First Option" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Geriatric Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Identify types of home care available for patients of VCUHS now and in the future
- Review rigorous evidence of benefit from various care models of care in the home
Speaker: Peter Boling, MD - Professor and Chair, VCU Division of Geriatric Medicine; Kathryn Brennan, MD - Assistant Professor, VCU Division of Geriatric Medicine, Director: Home-Based Primary Care of VCUHS; Julia Siegel-Breton, MD - Assistant Professor, VCU Division of Geriatric Medicine, Director: Care Continuum Integration Center and Remote Patient Monitoring of VCUHS
Mar 31
Title: The Annual Thomas Lecture: "Mast Cells Gone Crazy" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Rheumatology Allergy & Immunology
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Diagnose anaphylaxis and mast cell activation syndrome with greater precision
- Recognize the primary mast cell disorders underlying idiopathic anaphylaxis
- Appreciate new evidence for mast cell tryptase to act as a mediator and a pharmaceutical target
Speaker: Larry Schwartz, MD, PhD - Charles and Evelyn Professor of Medicine, Chair, VCU Division of Rheumatology Allergy & Immunology
April
Apr 7
Title: Viral Infections in the Deceased Kidney Donor: Hepatitis C, HIV and COVID. Are they safe to transplant? (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Nephrology
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- To understand the data behind why the kidney donor pool needs to be expanded?
- To understand the data to support safe utilization of organs from donors with viral infections like hepatitis C, HIV and COVID
Speaker: Gaurav Gupta, MD - Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Vice-Chair, VCU Division of Nephrology, Medical Director Kidney/Pancreas Transplantation
Apr 14
Title: Clinicopathological Conference (video link)
Sponsor: VCU DOIM Chiefs
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Identify key components in the patient's presentation. What is relevant? - In history and physical exam & in labs and imaging.
- Generate a differential diagnosis: System based, start thoughtfully broad and narrow down.
- Use evidence-based medicine to support diagnostic approach and use critical thinking throughout the process.
Speaker: moderator: Neha Hippalgaonkar, MD - IM chief; presenter: Christina M. Vitto, MD - Assistant Professor, VCU Department of Emergency Medicine; secret case expert: Nicole Vissichelli, MD - Assistant Professor of Medicine, VCU Division of Infectious Diseases
Apr 21
Title: Approach to Severe Asthma in the Age of Precision Medicine (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- To develop a rational approach to diagnosis and assessment of severe asthma
- To understand and utilize the concept of molecular phenotyping in asthma
- To develop a rational approach to use of biologic and other therapies
Speaker: Sally E. Wenzel, MD - Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Heath, Rachel Carson Chair in Environmental Health, Director, University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute@UPMC
Apr 28
Title: Past, Present and Future of Hospital at Home (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Hospital Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- To understand the history of Hospital at Home both internationally and in the US
- To explain the evidence for Hospital at Home
- To review current inpatients to see if they could be considered for Hospital at Home in the future
Speaker: Linda V. DeCherrie, MD - Vice President, Clinical Strategy and Implementation at Medically Home and a Clinical Professor in the Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
May
May 5
Title: Living Donor Liver Transplantation: What’s New? (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Understand indications for liver transplantation and appreciate important considerations of liver transplant candidacy
- Recognize reasons to consider living donation over deceased donation
- Review recent advances in the role of living donor liver transplantation and review the outcomes of living donor liver transplantation
Speaker: Joel Wedd MD, MPH - Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Director Liver Transplantation, VCU; Vinay Kumaran, MBBS, MS, MCh - Professor, Surgery (Transplant), VCU, Surgical Director, Living Donor Liver Transplantation, The Hume-Lee Transplant Center
May 12
Title: Genitourinary cancers: from presentation to management (a practical guide) (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- To give an overview of the clinical presentation of genitourinary cancers
- To illustrate the main diagnostic pathways used in the management of genitourinary cancers
- To provide a practical guide on contemporary treatment options for genitourinary cancers
Speaker: Riccardo Autorino, MD, PhD, FEBU - Professor of Urology & Director of Urologic Oncology, VCU Division of Urology
May 19
Title: Storytelling in Medicine: Race and Medicine (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of General Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Discuss race as a social construct, rather than a biologic variable
- Review the current use of race in medicine
- Review the personal experiences of patients and physicians related to race and medicine
Speaker: Megan Lemay, MD - Associate Professor of Medicine, VCU Division of General Medicine; Sarika Modi, MD - Assistant Professor of Medicine, VCU Division of Hospital Medicine, Associate Program director – Health Disparities, VCU IM Residency Program; Wally Smith, MD - Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Director VCU Adult Sickle Cell Program, and Scientific Director VCU Center on Health Disparities; Ms. Free Bangura - Founder, Untold RVA, Untold Tours; Ms. Kathryn Mejia - Program Manager, Professional Services, Therapy Brands
May 26
Title: Departmental of Internal Medicine Chief Grand Rounds: Merging Innovations and Humanism within Medicine (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Appreciate the revitalization of educational traditions
- Describe innovations in medical education in the department of internal medicine
- Recognize opportunities for bringing humanism back to medicine in the age of physical distancing
Speaker: Neha Hippalgaonkar, MD - Hematology/Oncology fellowship, University of Illinois in Chicago; Taylor Pence, MD - Hospitalist/Associate Program Director, Virginia Commonwealth University Health Systems; Rasha Raslan, MD - Nephrology fellowship, Duke University; Taylor Wood, MD - Cardiology fellowship, University of Kentucky; Zoe Zhang, MD - Hematology/Oncology fellowship, University of California San Diego
June
Jun 2
Title: Lung Cancer 25 Years Later (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Palliative Care
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Understand the transformation of the catheterization of lung cancer
- Recognize the advances in Lung Cancer Screening
- Describe the advances in the use of immunotherapy and tyrosine kinase inhibitors
Speaker: Renato G. Martins, MD, MPH - Professor and Chair, VCU Division of Hematology Oncology and Palliative Care
Jun 9
Title: Internal Medicine M3 Clerkship, “Laying the Foundation for Success” (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Understand important Academic year 22-23 Clerkship updates
- Understand the context in which clerkship grading exists – NRMP match trends
- Demonstrate ability to provide accurate behavior-based written feedback for clerkship students
- Be aware and participate in IM clerkship bedside clinical skills projects
Speaker: Nathaniel Warner, MD – Assistant Professor, VCU Division of Infectious Diseases, DOIM, VCU Director of DOIM M3 Clerkship ; Patrick Fadden MD – Assistant Professor, VCU Division of General Internal Medicine, and Academic hospitalist, McGuire-Holmes VAMC, Richmond, VA, Assistant Director DOIM M3 Clerkship; Thomas Bryan MEd – VCU IM Clerkship Administrator
September | October | November | December
September
Sept. 2
Title: “COVID-19 & Nursing Homes: Lessons Learned and Patient Advocacy” (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Geriatric Medicine
- Review the past, current, and future impact of COVID-19 on nursing homes and address the importance of an integrated health care system.
- Reflect on the ethical challenges of caring for nursing home residents exacerbated by COVID-19.
- Appreciate the importance of active physician involvement in patient advocacy and share success stories of crossorganizational collaborations.
Speaker: Christian Bergman, MD, CMD; Jim Wright, MD, PhD, CMD; Mary E. Simmers, MD
Sept. 9
Title: “DOIM State of the Department: Education” (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
- Discuss the use of milestones in medical education as a means of assessing competency and advancement.
- Recognize teaching initiatives and skills that create an environment of inquiry.
- Recognize the role of self-care and wellness in creating a positive learning environment.
Speaker: Patricia J. Sime, MD, FRCP; J. Christian Barrett, MD; Rebecca Miller, MD
Sept. 16
Title: “Unraveling Healthcare Disparities after COVID-19” (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Cardiology
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Review the disproportionate burden of COVID19 as experienced by under-represented communities.
- Address Vaccine rollout and the Delta Variant.
- Understand lessons learned and important next steps to reduce health disparities in 2021 and beyond.
Speaker: Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Sept. 23
Title: “Thinking Globally about Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine” (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Pulomary Disease and Critcal Care Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Provide an overview of the growing burden of pulmonary and critical care disease in low-middle income countries, specifically sub-Saharan Africa.
- Gain familiarity with research that is currently being conducted with our colleagues in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Learn about ways in which global health can be incorporated into your own research and career.
Speaker: Aamer A, Syed, MD; Dennis A. Hopkinson, MD; Peter Jackson, MD
Sept. 30
Title: MMI Conference - “Understanding Diagnostic Errors” (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine Q & I
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Recognize the impact of diagnostic error on both the individual patient and the healthcare system at large.
- Define diagnostic error and the factors contributing to errors.
- Identify tools to help reduce diagnostic error.
Speaker: Georgia N. McIntosh, MD and Carolyn Marcelo, MD
October
Oct. 7
Title: Kessler Lecture - “Rheumatologic Consequences of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors” (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Understand the mechanism of action of immune checkpoint inhibitors.
- Recognize the spectrum of rheumatologic immune-related adverse events (irAEs) associated with cancer immunotherapy.
- Describe treatment options for rheumatic irAEs.
Speaker: Ami A. Shah, MD, MHS - Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
Oct. 14
Title: “Diabetes Management and Continuous Glucose Monitoring during the COVID-19 Pandemic” (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- To review the strategy for inpatient management of diabetes in patients affected by COVID-19.
- To review the use and limitations of continuous glucose monitoring.
- To discuss the implications of continuous glucose monitoring in the inpatient and post discharge settings.
Speaker: Francesco S. Celi, MD, MHSc; Paula K. Talley, MS, AGACNP-BC, CCM; Kimberly Varney Gill, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCCCP
Oct. 21
Title: CPC Lecture (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine Chiefs
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Describe the pathogenesis of erythropoietic protoporphyria.
- Review the appropriate history and physical exam findings of erythropoietic protoporphyria.
- Understand the utility of laboratory tests in the diagnosis of porphyrias.
Speaker: Michael J. L'Heureux, MD and Alden Chesney, MD
Oct. 28
Title: “DOIM State of the Department: Research” (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Recognize the clinical and basic/translational research efforts and achievements and their impact on training and patient care.
- Understand the changes in clinical research policies within the DOIM: PROC, Student Opportunities, and Regulatory Requirements for Cohort Discovery.
- Discuss future plans to further enhance the alignment of DOIM research infrastructure with oneVCU.
Speaker: Patricia J. Sime, MD, FRCP; Richard Sterling, MD, MSc; Fadi N. Salloum, PhD
November
Nov. 4
Title: "Covid myocarditis/myocardial injury & Covid mRNA vaccine related myocarditis" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Cardiology
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- To recognize the cardiovascular complications of COVID-19 infection
- To recognize the myocarditis risk related to Covid mRNA vaccines
- To recognize the clinical presentation and prognosis of Covid mRNA vaccine related myocarditis
Speaker: Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Nov. 11
Title: "NASH: The Other Pandemic" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- To be able to identify the subtypes of fatty liver disease
- To be able to identify those with NASH who are at highest risk of clinical outcomes
- To learn best practices in the management of NASH
Speaker: Arun J. Sanyal, MD - VCU Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Nov. 18
Title: “DOIM State of the Department: Clinical” (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- TBA
Speaker: Patricia J. Sime, MD, FRCP; J. Christian Barrett, MD; Zachary M. Gertz, MD, MBE
Nov. 25
HOLIDAY – NO GRAND ROUNDS
December
Dec. 2
Title: "Incorporating Probability into Diagnosis and Treatment" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Infectious Diseases
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Consider the importance of probability in medical care
- Understand how to use probability in making medical diagnoses before and after testing
- Apply probability to estimating benefits of treatments for patients
Speaker: Daniel J. Morgan, MD, MS - University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Dec. 9
Title: “Racism and Kidney Health: Turning Equity into a Reality” (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Nephrology
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Review how understanding race and racism are essential to enhancing kidney health equity
- Identify examples of how racialized medicine can contribute to kidney health inequities
- Apply equity-focused race consciousness to research and clinical care
Speaker: Dinushika Mohottige, MD - Duke University, Durham, NC
Dec. 16
Title: CPC Lecture (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Identify key components in the patient’s presentation, history, physical exam, labs, and imaging that are relevant.
- Generate a differential diagnosis that is system-based, initially broad and narrowed down through clinical reasoning.
- Use evidence-based medicine to support the diagnostic approach and utilize critical thinking throughout the process.
Speaker: Casey Cable, MD, MSc - Assistant Professor of Medicine, Associate Director of Resource Intensivists, VCU Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
Dec. 23
HOLIDAY – NO GRAND ROUNDS
Dec. 30
HOLIDAY – NO GRAND ROUNDS
January | February | March | April | May | June
January
Jan 7
Title: Cardiac Risk of Non-Cardiac Surgery: A Piece of My Mind (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Cardiology
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Discuss a Bayesian clinical algorithm to preoperative risk assessment prior to non-cardiac surgery to divide patients into risk categories.
- Identify patients where elective non-cardiac surgery should be delayed in order to further assess and modify cardiac risk.
- Recognize pharmacologic therapies using a strong evidence base in the perioperative setting.
Speaker: Kim Eagle, MD, MACC - Albion Walter Hewlett Professor of Internal Medicine, Director, Frankel Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan Medical Center
Jan 14
Title: Disparities in CKD/ESKD care and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Nephrology
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Gain perspective of existing disparities affecting CKD/ESKD patients
- Understand the potential and observed impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on disparities affecting CKD/ESKD care
- Discuss strategies to mitigate disparities affecting the care of CKD/ESKD patients
Speaker: Niraj Kothari, MD - Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology, Ambulatory Medical Director for Nephrology, VCU Health Medical Director of the Fresenius Tappahannock dialysis unit
Jan 21
Title: Approaches to Cases in Clinical Medical Ethics (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Understand the limits of patient autonomy
- Learn what constitutes as potentially inappropriate therapy
- Gain skills to assist in effective goals of care discussions
Speaker: Elizabeth Sonntag, MD - Assistant Professor, Associate-Chair of Hospital Ethics Committee; and James Levenson, MD - Rhona Arenstein Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Chair, Division of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Vice-chair, Department of Psychiatry
Jan 28
Title: Use of Remote Patient Monitoring to Improve Transitions of Care (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Geriatric Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Define Remote Patient Monitoring
- Discuss the origin and structure of the Transitional Remote Patient Monitoring (tRPM) Program and the Continuum Integration Center (CIC) at VCU
- Identify patients who are appropriate for and may benefit from tRPM enrollment
- Provide an overview of tRPM patient outcomes and experiences
- Explore future directions of the tRPM program and the CIC at VCU
Speaker: Katy Brennan, MD - Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
February
Feb 4
Title: Annual Blackard Lecture- Title: The Path to Precision Medicine: From Discovery to Patient Care (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- To describe the challenges of finding safe and effective therapeutic targets and the promise of applying human genetics to the challenge.
- To describe how founder populations offer unique opportunities for novel gene discovery and the implementation of pharmacogenetics and population genomic health.
- To describe how patient genomic information may be implemented into clinical care to achieve precision medicine.
Speaker: Alan R. Shuldiner, MD - Vice President, Regeneron Genetics Center, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., John Whitehurst Professor of Medicine (part-time), Associate Dean and Director, Program for Personalized and Genomic Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Feb 11
Title: Not all AFB is TB: An Internist's Guide to Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Infectious Diseases
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Define Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections - Differentiating Rapid and Slow Growers
- Discuss the Spectrum of Infections Caused by Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
- Establish diagnostic criteria for pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections
- Discuss the treatment of pulmonary Mycobacteria avium complex (MAC) infection
Speaker: Jillian Raybould, MD - Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
Feb 18
Title: Medical Complications of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of General Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Provide information on the medical complications of eating disorders.
- Provide best practices on how medical issues are treated.
- Help attendees to understand how medical issues contribute to the course of, and length of treatment
Speaker: Philip S. Mehler, MD, FACP, FAED, CEDS - Founder & Chief Executive Officer, ACUTE at Denver Health; Chief Scientific Officer, Eating Recovery Center; Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado
Feb 25
Title: Evidence for high value transfusional medicine – pRBC, FFP and platelets (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Hospital Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Appraise the risk of postoperative adverse outcomes of untreated preoperative anemia.
- Appraise the evidence that supports restrictive transfusional approach and current protocols for anemia evaluation and pharmacological optimization.
- Discuss the current indications for fresh frozen plasma and platelets transfusion
Speaker: Moises Auron MD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM - Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, CCLCM of CWRU; Medical Director of Blood Management Cleveland Clinic, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Officer, Department of Hospital MedicineStaff, Department of Hospital Medicine and Department of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
March
Mar 4
Title: High Stakes Paging: Partnering in Communication Optimization (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Share why successful interdisciplinary communication is critical
- Outline best paging practices
- Describe ongoing QI efforts to improve outcomes
Speaker: Stephen Biederman, MD - Assistant Professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine, Hospital Medicine Quality and Safety Director; Alison Wilkins, RN, MSN, NP-C; Mallory Manriquez, MS, RN, PCCN; Chrystina Schuler, BSN, RN, Clin III
Mar 11
Title: Wampler Memorial Lecture: Advancing Health Equity Through Cancer Survivorship (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Discuss cancer survivorship
- Discuss the challenges faced by cancer survivors, particularly minority and underserved cancer survivors
- Discuss how VCU Massey’s Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Program can have a role in addressing cancer health equity
Speaker: Susan Hong, MD MPH FACP - Director of Cancer Survivorship, Associate Professor of Medicine, VCU Massey Cancer Center
Mar 18
Title: Clinicopathologic Lecture (CPC) (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine - Office of Educational Affairs
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Identify key components in the patient's presentation. A: What is relevant? - In history and physical exam & in labs and imaging.
- Generate a differential diagnosis: System based, start thoughtfully broad and narrow down.
- Use evidence-based medicine to support diagnostic approach & use critical thinking throughout the process.
Speaker: Brian Davis, MD - Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center
Mar 25
Title: Endocarditis as a Model for Multi-Disciplinary Evaluation and Treatment (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Cardiology
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Acknowledge current trends in incidence of IE with emphasis on injection drug use and SDOH
- Apply current standards for diagnosis and surgical referral
- Account for the long-term medical and behavioral needs of patients
Speaker: Patrick T. O'Gara, MD, MACC, FAHA, FESC - Watkins Family Distinguished Chair in Cardiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
April
Apr 1
Title: Re-IGNITEing Interprofessional Learning and Teaming During the Pandemic (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Hospital Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Discuss how to sustain and salvage interprofessional teaming through a pandemic
- Identify mechanisms to engage trainees and staff in high performing teams
- Highlight ways the IGNITE program leads to improved care and education
Speaker: Vineet Arora, MD, MAPP - Herbert T. Abelson Professor of Medicine, Assistant Dean, Scholarship & Discovery, Pritzker School of Medicine, Associate Chief Medical Officer - Clinical Learning Environment, University of Chicago
Apr 8
Title: Evaluation and Feedback in the Competency Based Medical Education Era (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine - Office of Education Affairs
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Define competency-based education and differentiate from time-based education
- Describe Milestones and Entrustable Professional Activities
- Be familiar with ACGME Milestones 2.0 project
- Describe the role of direct observation in assessment
- Identify key components of effective feedback
Speaker: Stephanie Call, MD, MSPH - Professor of Medicine Associate Chair for Education
Apr 15
Title: MMI - Hypertensive Urgency vs. Emergency: Navigating "The Gray Zone" (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Increase awareness of serious safety events (SSE) by providing case presentation and analysis of a SSE
- Differentiate Hypertensive Urgency from Emergency
- Identify the key components of a proposed Hypertensive Emergency algorithm
Speaker: Kristin Miller, MD - Medical Director, Medical Respiratory ICU, Quality Representative for the Medical Respiratory ICU; and Hem Bhardwaj, MD - Quality Director for the Division of Cardiology
Apr 22
Title: Annual Shaia Lecture: The Art and Science of Diagnostic Reasoning (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine - Office of Education Affairs
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Discuss the diagnostic process
- Discuss the framework system
- Review an approach to hypoxemia
Speaker: André M. Mansoor, MD - Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine
Apr 29
Title: Clinicopathologic Conference (CPC) (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Acknowledge uncertainty as a powerful tool when approaching a clinical unknown.
- Organize common problems into dependable frameworks.
- Use clinical reasoning to anticipate key aspects of history, exam, and data.
- Incorporate unexpected findings to prompt further inquiry and refine the problem representation.
- Compare illness scripts to a narrowed differential and select a diagnosis.
Speaker: David K. Jessee, MD - Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
May
May 6
Title: Lung Cancer Chemoprevention: Targeting Early Carcinogenesis (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- To evaluate the breadth of lung cancer morbidity and mortality.
- To summarize the results of lung cancer chemoprevention trials to date.
- To examine the role of targeted lung cancer chemoprevention trials and results.
Speaker: Mark W. Geraci, MD - Associate Vice Chancellor for Interdisciplinary Research, Health Sciences, Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
May 13
Title: Hindsight is 20/20: Lessons learned from our colleagues and patients (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Reflect on virtual medical education and the residency training experience during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Recognize the purpose of the core curriculum and its impact on resident training
- Identify and appreciate quality and education methods and their pitfalls in our health system
Speakers: Medical Chief Residents - Kathyrn Hess, MD; Leigh Johnson, MD; Adnan Khan, MD; Taylor Kirton-Davis, MD; Michael Sternberg, DO
May 20
Title: Thomas Lecture - The Surprising Truth About Adults With Immune Disorders: Yes, you will see them in your practice (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Describe the epidemiology of primary immune disorders in adults
- Discuss the importance of early diagnosis in improving patient outcomes
- Successfully identify patients with warning signs for primary immunodeficiency
Speaker: Brant Ward, MD, PhD - Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology
May 27
Title: Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Novel Therapeutic Approaches (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Understand the recent paradigm shift in treatment of older patients with AML
- Understand difficulties and advances in CAR-T and other immunotherapy based treatments for AML
- Understand importance of clinical trials in management of AML, as well as availability of trials at Massey Cancer Center
Speaker: Keri Maher, DO MS - Assistant Professor of Medicine, Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University
June
Jun 3
Title: Looking Beyond the Lumen: Update on Indications for Endoscopic Ultrasound (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Gasteronterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- To learn the different types of EUS and the information they provide
- Learn current and emerging indications for EUS
- Learn about efficacy and safety of therapeutic EUS
Speaker: Doumit S. Bouhaidar, MD - Associate Professor, VCU Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Jun 10
Title: Update on 2021 United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Radiology
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Review updated USPSTF guidelines for lung cancer screening.
- Provide overview of the lung cancer screening process.
- Describe the new 2021 USPSTF eligibility criteria contrasted with current 2013 eligibility recommendations
- Discuss the rationale behind the updated revisions
- Share the anticipated changes in LCS volume and where VCU Health Systems now offers LDCT screening
Speaker: Mark S. Parker, MD, FACR - Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Internal Medicine, Co-Section Chief, Cardiothoracic Imaging Director, Thoracic Imaging Fellowship, Director - Lung Cancer Screening Program; Elizabeth Kate Proffitt, MD - Assistant Professor of Radiology
Jun 17
Title: Chasing Cholesterol: Exploration of Possible Pathomechanisms for CKD-Associated Atherosclerosis (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Nephrology
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Appreciate the diversity but incomplete unification of the putative pathomechanisms underlying the development of atherosclerosis in chronic kidney disease (CKD).
- Recognize the failure of “static” lipid profile measurements, particularly high-density lipoprotein–associated cholesterol (HDL-C) to predict development of atherosclerosis in most patients but particularly in CKD patients.
- Rediscover the reverse cholesterol transport axis (RCTA) and learn about our proposition of its primacy in mediating atherosclerosis for KD patients when RCTA components are dysfunctional.
Speaker: Graham Gipson, MD - Clinical Instructor, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine
September | October | November | December
September
Sept. 3
Title: State of the Department (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
- Describe the state of research, education, and service during 2019-2020 in the Department of Internal Medicine.
- Summarize the challenges in our current environment.
- Identify the senior leadership within the Department of Internal Medicine.
Speaker: Patricia Sime, MD (Chair, VCU Department of Internal Medicine)
Sept. 10
NO GRAND ROUNDS
Sept. 17
Title: Parenteral Nutrition - Past, Present, Future (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Gain a historical perspective on the evolution of IV infusions/nutrition
- Understand basic components of parenteral nutrition
- Learn how these have evolved over time
- Understand new concepts of malnutrition assessment
- Discuss changing trends and indications for inpatient parenteral nutrition
Speaker: Matthew B. Kaspar, MD (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, VCU Department of Internal Medicine)
Sept. 24
Title: Morbidity, Mortality and Improvement (MMI) (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Identify the benefits of early goals of care conversations on patient outcomes
- Develop strategies to navigate these conversations effectively
- Value their role in a patient's continuum of care
- Identify three resources at VCU that can help support goals of care conversations
Speaker: Mary-Helen Hackney, MD, MS, FACP (Associate Professor, Director of Quality and Safety Improvement, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care), Danielle Noreika, MD (Associate Clinical Professor, Medical Director, Inpatient Palliative Services, Division of Hematology, Oncology & Palliative Care), and Derek Leiner, MD (Associate Program Director- Quality and Safety, Department of Internal Medicine Residency Program)
October
Oct. 1
Title: COVID-19 and disparities (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine and VCU Massey Cancer Center
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Learn the 4 major risk factors identified for infection with COVID-19
- Understand linkage of socioeconomic inequities with specific risk factors for COVID-19
- Be able to articulate the potential biology for gender risk and infection and severity with COVID-19
- Learn interplay between SARS-CoV-2 virulence and presence of comorbid risk factors
Speaker: John M. Carethers, MD, AGAF (Professor of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine at University of Michigan, Vice President, American Gastroenterological Association)
Oct. 8
Title: Gastroesophageal reflux and IPF: My journey across the clinical research landscape and what it has taught me about professional success (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- To improve knowledge of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) pathobiology.
- To decide if anti-reflux surgery is useful in the treatment of IPF.
- To develop strategies for professional success in academics.
Speaker: Harold Collard, MD - Associate Vice Chancellor of Clinical Research and Professor in Residence in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. Director of the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), and Director of the UCSF Interstitial Lung Disease Program. (https://profiles.ucsf.edu/harold.collard)
Oct. 15
Title: Kessler Lecture, Osteoarthritis 2020 (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Understand the methodology behind development of treatment guidelines
- Recognize evidence-based recommendations for OA management
- Identify appropriate approaches to individualized management of OA
Speaker: Tuhina Neogi, MD, PhD - Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Chief of Rheumatology, Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Public Health
Oct. 22
Title: Multicenter Hospital Medicine Research - The HOMERuN Collaborative (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Hospital Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Understand the role of Hospitalists in providing general internal medical care in hospitalized patients
- Become familiar with an approach to identifying preventable readmissions
- Understand how to apply a similar framework to diagnostic errors
Speaker: Andrew Auerbach, MD, MPH - Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine and Chair of the Clinical Content Oversight Committee for UCSF Health. (https://profiles.ucsf.edu/andrew.auerbach)
Oct. 29
Title: Clinicopathologic Lecture (CPC) (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine - Office of Educational Affairs
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Identify key components in the patient's presentation. A: What is relevant? - In history and physical exam & in labs and imaging.
- Generate a differential diagnosis: System based, start thoughtfully broad and narrow down.
- Use evidence-based medicine to support diagnostic approach & use critical thinking throughout the process.
Speaker: Nathaniel Warner, MD - Assistant Professor, VCU Infectious Diseases, Associate Clerkship Director, VCU School of Medicine, Advisor, Stanford Medicine 25
November
Nov. 5
Title: The Insider’s Guide to the 2019 US & European Primary & Secondary Prevention Guidelines (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Cardiology
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Assess the Differences Between the 2013 and 2019 Dyslipidemia Guidelines
- Discuss The Rationale for the Selective Use of Cardiac CT to Improve Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk Assessment
- Examine the Usefulness of an “ABCDE” Approach to Guide Cost-Effective CVD Risk Management
Speaker: Roger S. Blumenthal, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA (The Kenneth Jay Pollin Professor of Cardiology Director, The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Johns Hopkins Medical Cente)
Nov. 12
Title: Ellis Lecture - Promoting Equity for Women in Academic Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approach (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- To understand the nature and causes of gender inequity in medicine
- To be able to define what constitutes sexual harassment
- To appreciate how to target systems-level interventions to target root causes of inequity and harassment
Speaker: Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil - Newman Family Professor, Deputy Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Director, Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine, University of Michigan
Nov. 19
Title: Translational studies on adaptive thermogenesis and its role in energy and carbohydrate metabolism (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- To recognize the role of thermogenic fat in energy metabolism.
- To review the role of translational research in the development of therapeutics.
- To review the development and use of tissue specific knock out animal models in metabolism research.
Speaker: Francesco S. Celi, MD, MHSc - William G. Blackard Professor of Medicine, Chair - Division of Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism, Director: VCU Health Diabetes Program
VCU Department of Internal Medicine; Bin Ni, PhD - Instructor, VCU Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Nov. 26
HOLIDAY – NO GRAND ROUNDS
December
Dec. 3
Title: Morbidity, Mortality and Improvement (MMI) - Medication Reconciliation: Room for Continuous Improvement (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Identify challenges to performing accurate medication reconciliation.
- Recognize best practice to optimize medication reconciliation.
- Describe current quality improvement efforts to improve discharge reconciliation.
Speaker: Georgia McIntosh, MD - Quality Director for Internal Medicine Residency Program, Division of Hospital Medicine; Melissa Chouinard, MD - Medication Safety, Physician Chair - Division of Hospital Medicine; Adnan Khan, MD - Chief Resident in Quality and Safety; Taylor Pence, MD - PGY3, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Dec. 10
Title: The Evolution of Asthma Management: Guidelines, Inhalers and Beyond (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Understand the epidemiology of asthma and its impact on healthcare.
- Recognize the need for a thorough evaluation and proper diagnosis in asthma.
- Describe the updates made to the GINA 2020 asthma guidelines.
- Learn about newer biologic therapies and their role in the management of Type 2 high asthma.
Speaker: Arjun Mohan, MD - Assistant Professor of Medicine; Adult Pulmonary Asthma Program; VCU Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Dec. 17
Title: Next Generation Sequencing for Diagnosis of Infection in Neutropenic Fever (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Infectious Diseases
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Understand and identify standard diagnostic pathways in neutropenic fever
- Develop awareness of next generation sequencing diagnostics
- Identify potential benefits and pitfalls of next generation sequencing tests
Speaker: Megan Morales, MD - Director, Transplant Infectious Disease; Assistant Professor of Medicine; Division of Infectious Diseases
Dec. 24
HOLIDAY – NO GRAND ROUNDS
Dec. 31
HOLIDAY – NO GRAND ROUNDS
January | February | March | April | May | June
January
Jan 9
Title: Clinicopathologic Lecture (CPC) (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Identify key components in the patient's presentation. A: What is relevant? - In history and physical exam & in labs and imaging.
- Generate a differential diagnosis: System based, start thoughtfully broad and narrow down.
- Use evidence-based medicine to support diagnostic approach & use critical thinking throughout the process.
Speaker: Patrick Fadden, MD - Academic Hospitalist, Assistant Professor of Medicine, VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Jan 16
Title: Health Effects of Climate Change (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Infectious Diseases
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Identify the leading causes of climate damage.
- Describe the consequences of rising temperatures.
- Prepare for climate effects on health.
- Plan to mitigate climate damage.
Speaker: Michael S. Donnenberg, MD - Senior Associate Dean for Research and Research Training, Professor of Internal Medicine, MD-PhD Program Director, VCU Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Jan 23
Title: MRI in Cardiovascular Disease (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Cardiology
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Become familiar with the use of MRI for the assessment of patients with cardiovascular disease.
- Review the utility of MRI for identifying patients with coronary arteriosclerosis.
- Review the utility of MRI for assessing patients with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy.
- Examine the potential of MRI to identify subclinical cardiovascular disease after treatment for cancer.
Speaker: W. Gregory Hundley, MD - Director, VCU Pauley Heart Center, Professor, VCU Division of Cardiology
Jan 30
Title: Travel Medicine in 2020: Tips & Tricks (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Infectious Diseases
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Discuss key vaccine updates (including yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis and rabies vaccination.)
- Discuss malaria prophylaxis (what and what not to use).
- Discuss management of the sick returning traveler.
- Discuss the evolving 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak.
Speaker: Michael Stevens, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA - Associate Professor, Associate Chair, Division of Infectious Diseases, Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Associate Hospital Epidemiologist, Director of Travel & Tropical Medicine Clinic
February
Feb 6
Title: Social Media: Supercharge Medical Education, Annual Shaia Lecture (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Define the landscape of digital media platforms available to the modern medical educator
- Discuss how digital platforms can be used to promote career development through digital scholarship
- Explain how Twitter is being used to disseminate medical education, future directions and concerns that have been raised
Speaker: The Curbsiders, Matthew Watto, MD; Stuart Brigham, MD; Paul Williams, MD - featuring special guest, VCU's own Michelle Brooks, MD, FACP, FHM
Feb 13
Title: Oncology in the Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Era- Advances, Expectations, Toxicity and Mangement, Annual Wampler Memorial Lecture (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- become familiar with the mechanism of action of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (ICI)
- explain scope of use of ICI in cancer
- understand implications for prognosis
- recognize toxicity and management
Speaker: Andrew S. Poklepovic, MD - Assistant Professor Division of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Harrison Endowed Scholar, Associate Member - Massey Cancer Center Developmental Therapeutics Program, VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Feb 20
Title: Rennovations in the House of Medicine, Congdon Visiting Scholar (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Cardiology
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Articulate the evolving landscape of cardiovascular science and medicine, past, present, and future
- Recognize the importance of obesity and diabetes as a global pandemic with inevitable cardiovascular consequences
- Articulate several of the exciting opportunities presently available to address the evolving challenges of heart disease.
Speaker: Joseph A. Hill, MD, PhD - Professor of Medicine and Molecular Biology, James T. Willerson MD Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Diseases, Frank M. Ryburn, Jr. Chair in Heart Research, Director - Harry S. Moss Heart Center, Chief of Cardiology - UT Southwestern Medical Center
Feb 27
Title: Drug Shortages: The New Norm (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Hospital Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Discuss the etiology of drug shortages
- Provide a brief history of recent drug shortages
- Describe how VCU manages drug shortages
Speaker: Melissa Chouinard, MD - Medication Safety Physician Chair, Assistant Professor, VCU Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine
March
Mar 5
Title: Clinicopathologic Lecture (CPC) (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Identify key components in the patient's presentation. A: What is relevant? - In history and physical exam & in labs and imaging.
- Generate a differential diagnosis: System based, start thoughtfully broad and narrow down.
- Use evidence-based medicine to support diagnostic approach & use critical thinking throughout the process.
Speaker: Rebecca E. Miller, MD - Assistant Professor of Medicine, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Training Program, VCU Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine
Mar 12 - Cancelled
Mar 19 - Cancelled
Mar 26 - Cancelled
April
Apr 2
Title: Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome in 2020. PLEX is dead. Long live PLEX (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Understand the pathogenesis of ANCA vasculitis
- Understand the management of life threatening complications of ANCA associated vasculitis
- Understand the approach to plasmapheresis in these patients.
Speaker: Dr. Jason Kidd - Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Dr. Apostolos Perelas - Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicineular Microbiology
Apr 9
Title: Update in Internal Medicine Graduate Medical Education (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine - OEA
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Define a method for assessing the quality of medical education literature
- Be familiar with a selection of leading publications from 2019 in the field of graduate medical education in Internal Medicine
- Engage in discussion with the authors of key GME publications in Internal Medicine
Speaker: Stephanie Ann Call, MD, MSPH - Professor, Program Director, VCU Department of Internal Medicine, Associate Chair for Education, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine; Rebecca E. Miller, MD - Assistant Professor of Medicine, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Training Program, VCU Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine; Claire Kimberly, Ph.D., CFLE - Research Coordinator, VCU Department of Internal Medicine;
Alexander Rittenberg, MD - Assistant Professor, VCU Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine
Apr 16
Title: #GRPearls: Educational Innovation for the Well-Rounded Internist (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Identify the benefits of near-peer teaching at the medical student level
- Analyze data on improvements in core conference satisfaction with clinical update series
- Appreciate utility of emergency response training in the manager phase
- Accept the value of expanded learning networks in medical education as trainees move into practice
Speaker: The Chief Medical Residents of Internal Medicine: Jared Dyer, DO - Conference Chief; Jonathan Hillyard, DO - Chief Resident for Quality and Safety; Audrey B. Jernigan, MD - Ambulatory Chief; Kathleen Waybill, MD - Resident Chief; Christopher Young, MD - Intern Chief
Apr 23
Title: A Molecular Approach to Treating MDR GNRs: Suzy Monas and her Non-Alcoholic Friends (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Infectious Diseases
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- To better appreciate the rapidly evolving and global threat posed by infectious organisms.
- To appreciate how with multi-drug resistant organisms - such as GNRs- there is clinical value in determining the molecular mechanisms of resistance.
- To examine how newly approved GNR antimicrobials can overcome some of the more challenging resistance mechanisms.
Speaker: Daniel E. Nixon, DO, PhD - Associate Professor, Director - VCU HIV/AIDS Center, Medical Director - VCU HIV Clinic, Division of Infectious Diseases
Apr 30
Title: Advancing the Mission of Academic Medicine in the COVID-19 Pandemic Setting: Lessons Learned from VCU and The Mount Sinai Hospital (NYC) (video link)
Sponsor: Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Be familiar with the basics of COVID-19 clinical course and virology as it relates to current research projects at VCU.
- Be familiar with several local interventions in both clinical care and education and how they have advanced the academic missions.
- Understand the unique challenges faced by an academic center in the epicenter of the US pandemic.
Speaker: Lisa Brath, MD, FCCP, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
PCCM Chief Fellows 2020-21: Michael L'Heureux, MD; Andrea Mytinger, DO; Kevin Swiatek, DO;
VCU COVID-19 Research Group: Antonio Abbate, MD, PhD; Marjolein de Wit, MD, MS; Arun Sanyal, MD, Michael Stevens, MD, MPH
Special Guest: Charles A. Powell, MD, MBA - Janice and Coleman Rabin Professor of Medicine, System Chief for Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, CEO - Mount Sinai-National Jewish Health Respiratory Institute, Medical Director - Mount Sinai Hospital Respiratory Care Services, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Professor of Medicine, National Jewish Health
May
May 7
Title: Clinicopathologic Lecture (CPC) (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Identify key components in the patient's presentation. A: What is relevant? - In history and physical exam & in labs and imaging.
- Generate a differential diagnosis: System based, start thoughtfully broad and narrow down.
- Use evidence-based medicine to support diagnostic approach & use critical thinking throughout the process.
Speaker: TBA
May 14
Title: TBA (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Hospital Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- TBA
Speaker: TBA
May 21
Title: Thomas Lecture (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- TBA
Speaker: TBA
May 28
Title: TBA (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- TBA
Speaker: TBA
June
Jun 4
Title: Morbidity, Mortality and Improvement (MMI) (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Learn from medical errors, complications, and unanticipated outcomes.
- Engage in rational discourse surrounding a critical incident or near miss.
- Diagnose systems errors, rather than identify culpable individuals and understand organizational improvement efforts.
Speaker: TBA
Jun 11
Title: TBA (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- TBA
Speaker: TBA
Jun 18
Title: Thomas Lecture (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- TBA
Speaker: TBA
Jun 25
Title: TBA (video link)
Sponsor: VCU Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- TBA
Speaker: TBA
September | October | November | December
September
Sept. 12
"Interstitial Lung Abnormalities: prevalence, significance and therapeutic implications" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine]
Apostolos Perelas, MD
Sept. 19
"The Role of the Left Atrial Appendage, Congdon Visiting Scholar" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Cardiology]
Kenneth Ellenbogen, MD
Sept. 26
"Morbidity, Mortality & Improvement" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Dr. Georgia McIntosh & Dr. Julie Reznicek
October
Oct. 3
"Telehealth in an Integrated Health Care Delivery System" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Hospital Medicine]
Dennis Truong, MD, MBA
Oct. 10
"State of the Department" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Dr. Patricia Sime
Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Professor of Medicine
VCU Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Oct. 17
"Joy in Medicine: Opportunities and Challenges" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Dr. Kelley Skeff
Oct. 24
"Statin Myopathy - Drug Toxicity vs. Autoimmune Disease - Kessler Lecture" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology]
Dr. Rohit Aggarwal (Pitt)
Oct. 31
"Infection Prevention Past to Present: How Much Can We Prevent and How Hard Should We Try?" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Infectious Diseases]
Dr. Gonzalo Bearman
Chair, VCU Division of Infectious Diseases
November
Nov. 7
"Clinicopathologic Conference" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Dr. Alex Rittenberg (VCU)
Nov. 14
"'Reducing CV Risk with Diabetes Meds: In Search of the Holy Grail', Annual Blackard Lecture" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism]
Dr. Silvio Inzucchi (Yale)
Nov. 21
"Building a Culture of Health in RVA: How healthcare is evolving to address the Social Determinants, Annual Markham Lecture" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of General Internal Medicine]
Dr. Danny Avula
Nov. 28
HOLIDAY – NO GRAND ROUNDS
December
Dec. 5
"Focus on the Frail: Geriatrics in an Era of Emerging Value-based Care" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Geriatric Medicine]
Dr. Peter Boling
Chair, VCU Division of Geriatric Medicine
Dec. 12
"Physician Burnout Research: Challenges and Opportunities" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Hospital Medicine]
Dr. Rehan Qayyum
Chair, VCU Division of Hospital Medicine
Dec. 19
"The novel “CAR”; success and unintended consequences at VCU" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care]
Dr. Gary Simmons (VCU)
Dec. 26
HOLIDAY – NO GRAND ROUNDS
January | February | March | April | May | June
January
Jan 3
"Hospital-acquired infections, how much can we prevent and how hard should we try?" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Infectious Diseases]
Gonzalo Bearman, MD
Associate Hospital Epidemiologist
Professor of Medicine,
VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Jan 10
"The Renaissance of Sickle Cell Disease Research" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of General Internal Medicine]
Wally Smith, MD
Professor
Director, VCU Adult Sickle Cell Program
VCU Division of General Interal Medicine
Thoko Lipato, MD
Assistant Professor
VCU Division of General Interal Medicine
Jan 17
"Post-Acute Care: Practice Update for IM Grand Rounds" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Geriatric Medicine]
Peter Boling, MD
Professor - Division Chair
VCU Division of Geriatric Medicine
Christian Bergman, MD
Assistant Professor
VCU Division of Geriatric Medicine
Adedayo Fashoyin, MD
Assistant Professor
VCU Division of Geriatric Medicine
Jan 24
Morbidity, Mortality & Improvement (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Margaret Guy, MD
Assistant Professor
VCU Division of Hospital Medicine
Jan 31
Muren Lecture (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine]
Howard Li, MD
Associate Professor
VCU Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
February
Feb 7
Art & Medicine: the Start of VCU's Journey (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU School of Medicine - Office of Educational Affairs]
John Nestler, MD
Professor of Medicine
Former Chair
VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Feb 14
"The Mechanisms of Cell Cycle Deregulation in Cancer" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Hematology, Oncology & Pallative Care]
Larissa Litovchick, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
VCU Division of Hematology, Oncology & Palliative Care
Brian Cassel, PhD
Associate Professor
VCU Division of Hematology, Oncology & Palliative Care
Feb 21
Clinicopathologic Conference (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Rabia Qaiser, MD
Assistant Professor
VAMC M3 Medicine Clerkship Director
Internist
Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center
Feb 28
"Things we do for no reason" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Hospital Medicine]
Michelle Brooks, MD
Assistant Professor
Academic Hospitalist
VCU Division of Hospital Medicine
March
Mar 7
Educational Scholarship Research (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Adam M. Garber, MD, FACP
Academic Hospitalist
Internal Medicine Acting Internship Course Director
School of Medicine Acting Internship Director
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
C. Derek Leiner, MD
Academic Hospitalist and Co-Chair of Patient Safety Committee, McGuire VAMC
Associate Director for Quality and Safety, VCU Internal Medicine Residency Training Program
Affiliate Assistant Professor, VCU School of Medicine
Rebecca E. Miller, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Training Program
Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine
Mar 14
Crutchfield Lecture: "Save Lives and Prevent Readmissions! Outpatient Management of Heart Failure with reduced Ejection Fraction" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Cardiology]
Nancy K. Sweitzer, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Chief of Cardiology
Director of Sarver Heart Center
University of Arizona
Mar 21
Morbidity, Mortality & Improvement: Today it’s all about the kidneys (video link not available)
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Hem Bhardwaj, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Melissa Chouinard, MD
Assistant Professor
Attendant Hospitalist
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Hospital Medicine
Georgia McIntosh, MD
Associate Professor
Hospitalist Pathway Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Core Educator, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Hospital Medicine
Kristin Miller, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Associate Medical Director, Medical Respiratory Intensive Care Unit
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
Mar 28
Thomas Lecture: Sarcoidosis: "A Multi-disciplinary Approach to a Multi-disciplinary Disease" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology]
Huzaefah Syed, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
VCU Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology
Aamer Syed, MD
Assistant Professor
VCU Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
Thomas Iden, MD
Assistant Professor
VCU Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
Jordana Kron, MD
Associate Professor
VCU Division of Cardiology
April
Apr 4
Urea an Old New Treatment for Chronic Euvolemic Hyponatremia (video link not available)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Nephrology]
Yahya Imran Fatani, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Nephrology
Lauren Cherry Magee, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Department of Internal Medicine
Apr 11
Story Telling: The Physician as the Patient (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of General Internal Medicine]
John E. Nestler, MD, MACP
William Branch Porter Professor of Medicine
Former Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Physician-Scientist in Residence at VCUarts
Joseph P. Ornato, M.D., FACP, FACC, FACEP
Department Chairman
Professor, Division of Emergency Medical Services
Medical Director, Richmond Ambulance Authority
Megan S. LeMay, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Alyson Honko, MD
Third-Year Medical Resident
Internal Medicine Residency Program
Apr 18
Wampler Memorial Lecture “Management of Delirium in Patients with Advanced Cancer: Clarifying the Confusion” (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Hematology, Oncology & Pallative Care]
David Hui, MD, MSc
Associate Professor
Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine
Division of Cancer Medicine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Apr 25
Clinicopathologic Conference (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Reena Hemrajani, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Grady Memorial Hospital
Emory University School of Medicine
May
May 2
Clinical Updates in Inpatient Medicine (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Hospital Medicine]
Alexander L. Rittenberg, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Hospital Medicine
May 9
Update on Management and Novel Therapies for Chronic Hepatitis B (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition]
Marc Ghany, MD, M.H.Sc.
Investigator, Liver Diseases Branch, NIDDK, NIH
Staff Clinician
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Institutes of Health
May 16
Basic Research in Enteric Bacterial Infections and How it Might Lead to Clinical Advances (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Infectious Diseases]
Michael S. Donnenberg, M.D.
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
May 23
Morbidity, Mortality and Improvement (MMI) Conference: “Page me if you need me.” (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Mary Helen Hackney, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Hematology, Oncology & Palliative Care
Sarah Hartigan, MD
Associate Professor
Associate Chair for Quality and Safety, Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Hospital Medicinee
May 30
Chao Li - Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and intestinal fibrosis in Crohn's disease; Jasmohan Bajaj - Fecal microbiota transplant for Hepatic Encephalopathy (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition]
Jasmohan Bajaj, MD
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Chao Li, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
June
June 6
Randomized Controlled Trials and Sepsis Research (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine]
Marjolein De Wit, MD
Professor
Associate Professor of Medicine
Course Director Second Year Medical School Pulmonary Course
Course Director First Through Third Year Medical School Population Health Course
Principal Investigator at VCU for PETAL Network (Prevention & Early Treatment of Acute Lung Injury)
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
Alpha A. (Berry) Fowler, MD
Professor
William T. Thompson Professor of Medicine
Chairman, Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
Markos G Kashiouris, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
June 13
Questioning Dietary Dogma: a clinical approach to dietary advice (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of General Internal Medicine]
Tro Kalayjian, DO
Medical Director, Dr. Tro's Medical Weight Loss & Direct Primary Care
Internal Medicine & Obesity Medicine Physician
Northeast Medical Group
Yale New Haven Health System
September | October | November | December
September
Sept. 6
"The History of MCV Hospitals and the Department of Medicine: 1831-2018: The Good, The Bad and Phoenix Rising" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Cardiology]
Michael Hess, MD
Professor Emeritus
Division of Cardiology
VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Sept. 13 (Cancelled due to Inclement Weather)
"STATE OF THE DEPARTMENT" (video link not available)
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Todd Gehr, MD
Professor and Interim Chair
Department of Internal Medicine
Sept. 20
"Diagnostic Errors: How to Help Write a New Chapter in Patient Safety Improvement" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Hospital Medicine]
Hardeep Singh, MD, MPH
Chief, Health Policy, Quality and Informatics Program,
Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine
Sept. 27
"Creating Learning Systems for Health and Disease Management" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Cardiology]
Calum A. MacRae, MD, PhD
Leader, One Brave Idea
Vice Chair for Scientific Innovation | Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
October
Oct. 4
"Evaluation on a national, nonprofit, low-cost weight loss program" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of General Internal Medicine]
Nia S. Mitchell, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
General Internal Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Oct. 11
"Sarcoidosis: Past, Present, and Future Directions" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology]
Nadera J. Sweiss, MD, FACR
Professor of Medicine
Section of Rheumatology
Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Director, Rheumatology Clinical Research, and Cold Hand Clinic
Founder and Director, Bernie Mac Sarcoidosis Translational Advanced Research Center (STAR)
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Oct. 18
Clinicopathologic Conference (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Office of Educational Affairs]
Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Chief Residents:
Zachary Benson, MD
Linsey Jackson, DO
Danielle Johnson, MD
Arielle Krones, MD
Samuel Powel, MD
Oct. 25
"Obesity and Diabetes Stigma and Bias – Why the Words We Choose Matter" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism]
Trey Wickham III, MD
Associate Professor
Program Director, Fellowship Program in Endocrinology and Metabolism
Director of Research, Healthy Lifestyles Center
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
November
Nov. 1
"Lung Cancer Screening" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine]
Gerard A. Silvestri, MD, MS
George Sr. and Margeret Hillenbrand Endowed Professor
Vice-Chair of Faculty Development.
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina
Nov. 8
"When to Treat Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction" (video link not available)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism]
Anne Cappoli, MD, ScM
Professor of Medicine
Director of Clinical Research
Department of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Pearlman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Nov. 15
"Effect of sleep on GI Health and Disease- Eyes Wide Open?" (video link not available)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition]
David Johnson, MD, MACG, FASGE, FACP
Professor of Medicine
Chief of Gastroenterology
Eastern Virginia School of Medicine
Nov. 22
HOLIDAY – NO GRAND ROUNDS
Nov. 29
"Kidney Transplant Allograft Injury- A Molecular Approach" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Nephrology]
Layla G. Kamal, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Nephrology
December
Dec. 6
"Education Grand Rounds on Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs)" (video link not available)
[Sponsored by the VCU Curriculum Office/Neurology]
Mary Ellen Gusic, MD
Senior Advisor for Educational Affairs
Professor of Medical Education
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Dec. 13
"Dr. Marcelo - Peer Observations: Enhancing Teaching Behaviors; Dr. McIntosh - Burnout, Work Engagement and Patient Satisfaction; Dr. Samarghandhi - Association between inspiratory flow rate (PIFR) and inspiratory muscle strength as measure by hand grip strength in hospitalized patients with acute exacerbation of COPD" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Hospital Medicine]
Carolyn Marcelo, MD
Assistant Professor
Georgia McIntosh, MD
Associate Professor
Hospitalist Pathway Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Core Educator, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Arash Samarghandi, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Dec. 20
"Clinicopathologic Conference" (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Office of Educational Affairs]
Abhishek Nandan, MD
Staff Rheumatologist, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center
Assistant Professor, VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Core Educator, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Dec. 27
HOLIDAY – NO GRAND ROUNDS
January | February | March | April | May
January
Jan 11
MMI (Morbidity, Morality, and Improvement - "Having the Final Say."
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Jessica Keiser, MD
Academic Hospitalist
Associate Chair - Division of Hospital Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Jan 18
C. difficile, Update on the Epidemiology of a Complex Infection & Implications for Prevention
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Infectious Diseases
Michelle Doll, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
VCU Division of Infectious Diseases
Jan 25
Human mast cell tryptase(s): discovery, diagnostic and potential therapeutic target
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology]
Lawrence Schwartz, MD
Professor - Division Chair
VCU Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology
February
Feb 1
Harassment in the Learning Environment
[Sponsored by the VCU School of Medicine]
Susan DiGiovanni, MD
Professor of Medicine
Senior Associate Dean for Medical
Education & Student Affairs
Brian Aboff, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Designated Institutional Official
Feb 8
Clinicopathologic Conference
[Sponsored by the VCU Office of Educational Affairs]
Jawad Al-Khafaji, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Medical Director, Internal Medicine Inpatient Housestaff Units
Michael L'Heureux, MD
Chief Medical Resident
Department of Internal Medicine
Laura Warmke, MD
Chief Medical Resident
Department of Pathology
Feb 15
Working Under the Influence
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Adam Fox, MD
Chief Medical Resident
Department of Internal Medicine
Michael L'Heureux, MD
Chief Medical Resident
Department of Internal Medicine
Derek Leiner, MD
Chief Medical Resident
Department of Internal Medicine
Christen Vagts, MD
Chief Medical Resident
Department of Internal Medicine
Morgan Vargo, MD
Chief Medical Resident
Department of Internal Medicine
Feb 22
Chimeric Antigen Receptor T (CAR-t) cell and Immune Effector Cell Therapy at VCU Massey Cancer Center: Promises, Pitfalls and Program Development
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Hematology, Oncology & Palliative Care]
John M McCarty, MD
Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Bone Marrow Transplantation Program
Medical Director, Cellular Therapeutics Laboratory
VCU Massey Cancer Center
March
Mar 1
Biological Plausibility for a Novel Phenotype: Cognitive Frailty
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Geriatric Medicine]
Lana Sargent, Ph.D., FNP-C, GNP-BC
Mar 8
MMI (Morbidity, Morality, and Improvement Suffering in Silence: The Story of Sickle Cell
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of General Internal Medicine]
Wally Smith, MD
Professor, Scientific Director, VCU Center on Health Disparities
Director, VCU Adult Sickle Cell Program
Margaret Guy, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Hospital Medicine
Jessica Keiser, MD
Assistant Professor Division of Hospital Medicine
Mar 15
Crutchfield Lecture - Mechanical Circulatory Support: Bridge to Transplant, Destination Therapy & Bridge to Recovery
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Cardiology]
Stavros G Drakos, MD, PhD, FACC
Nora Eccles Treadwell Scholar Associate Professor of Medicine
Co-Chief Heart Failure and Transplant Section
Medical Director Cardiac Mechanical Support Program
CV Research Director, Division of Cardiology
University of Utah Health
Mar 22
Thinking Broadly on Big Challenges to Health
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Alan Dow, MD, MSHA
Seymour and Ruth Perlin Professor of Medicine &
Health Administration
Assistant Vice President of Health Sciences for Interprofessional
Education and Collaborative Care
Mar 29
How Neurologists Think: What My Errors Taught Me
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Martin A. Samuels, MD
Miriam Sydney Joseph Professor of Neurology
Chair, Department of Neurology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
April
Apr 5
Escaping the Infinite Loop – MMI (Morbidity, Mortality, and Improvement)
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Michelle Brooks, MD
Assistant Professor
Academic Hospitalist
Melissa Chouinard, MD
Assistant Professor
Attendant Hospitalist
Melissa D’Amico, BS/JD
Risk Management Manager
Apr 12
ERAS Pathways (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery) – Theory and Practice
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Michael Scott, MD, MB ChB
Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Apr 19
Pulmonary hypertension: targeting a disease
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine]
Laszlo Farkas, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Daniel Grinnan, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Apr 26
ANCA Vasculitis: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Ronald Falk, MD
Nan and Hugh Cullman Eminent Professor
Director, UNC Kidney Center
Chairman, UNC Department of Medicine
May
May 3
Clinicopathological Conference (CPC): Anasarca and Hepatomegaly
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Fnu Nutan, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Adam Fox, MD
Chief Medical Resident
May 10
Change the Conversation about Hormone Therapy, Annual Ellis Women’s Health Lecture
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
JoAnn Pinkerton, MD
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division Director of Midlife Health
University of Virginia
May 17
Hepatitis C Virus Donor Positive Kidney Transplantation for Hepatitis C Virus Negative Recipients with concomitant Direct-Acting Antiviral Prophylaxis: A New Paradigm
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Nephrology]
Gaurav Gupta, MD
Associate Professor
Transplant Nephrologist
Division of Nephrology
May 24
Storytelling in Medicine: In the Middle of the Night
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Richard Wenzel, MD
Professor of Medicine
Emeritus Professor
Former Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Megan Lemay, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Pablo Bedoya, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Hospital Medicine
Sam Powell, MD
Rising Chief Medical Resident
Department of Internal Medicine
May 31
MMI (Morbidity, Mortality & Improvement) Conference: Thinking about Thinking: Implications for Education & Patient Safety
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Michelle Brooks, MD
Assistant Professor
Academic Hospitalist
Division of Hospital Medicine
Susan DiGiovanni, MD
Professor
Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education and Student Affairs
Division of Nephrology
Thomas Iden, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
Georgia McIntosh, MD
Associate Professor
Hospitalist Pathway Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Core Educator, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Division of Hospital Medicine
August |September | October | November | December
August
Aug. 31
"State of the Department"
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
John E. Nestler, MD
William Branch Porter Professor of Medicine
Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
September
Sept. 7
"Interleukin-1 blockade in heart disease"
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Cardiology]
Antonio Abbate, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Chair of Research
Division of Cardiology - Vice Chairman
VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Sept. 14
"Molecular pathways for colorectal cancer: lessons from inherited and sporadic colorectal cancer"
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition]
John M. Carethers, MD
John G. Searle Professor and Chair
Department of Internal Medicine
Professor of Human Genetics
University of Michigan
Sept. 21
"Morbodity, Mortality & Improvement: "Separating Signal from Noise"
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Sarah Hartigan, MD
Associate Chair for Quality & Safety
Assistant Professor
Division of Hospital Medicine
VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Michelle Brooks, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Hospital Medicine
VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Sept. 28
"Markham lecture: The opioid crisis: pain, addiction and public health solutions"
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of General Internal Medicine]
Mishka Terplan, MD
Professor
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Virginia Commonwealth University
October
Oct. 5
"Chronic Kidney Disease: The Guts of the Matter"
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Nephrology]
Todd Gehr, MD
Professor of Medicine
VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Sid Ghosh, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Oct. 12
"Kessler lecture"
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology]
Peter Grayson, MD
Head, Vasculitis Translational Research Program
NIH National Institute of Arthritis and
Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Oct. 19
"Morbodity, Mortality & Improvement"
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Sarah Hartigan, MD
Associate Chair for Quality & Safety
Assistant Professor
Division of Hospital Medicine
VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Michelle Brooks, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Hospital Medicine
VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Oct. 26
"Accute Liver Failure: A Disease for a Tertiary Cancer"
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition]
Richard Sterling, MD, MSc, FACP, FACG, FAASLD, AGAF
Professor of Medicine
Chief of Hepatology
Medical Director, HIV-Liver Disease
Division of Gastroenterology
VCU Department of Internal Medicine
November
Nov. 2
"Molecular Endotypes of the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome"
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Jason Christie, MD
Chief, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division
Robert M. Kotloff/Nancy Blumenthal Professor for Advanced Lung Disease
Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Penn Medicine
Nov. 9
"Blackard Lecture: The Heart-Break of Hypoglycemia"
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism]
Stephen N. Davis, MBBS
Dr. Theodore E. Woodward Chair in Medicine
Director, General Clinical Research Center
Director, Clinical And Translational Sciences Institute
University of Maryland
Nov. 16
"Clinicopathologic Conference"
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine]
J. Daniel Markley, DO, MPH
Infectious Diseases Consultant and Associate Hospital Epidemiologist
Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and Travel Medicine Clinic
Richmond VA Medical Center
Nov. 23
HOLIDAY – NO GRAND ROUNDS
Nov. 30
"The Role of High-Intensity Interval Training in the Treatment of
Metabolic Disease & Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet: Pathway to Prevention " (video link)
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism]
Edmond P. Wickham III, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Program Director, Adult Endocrinology Fellowship
Director of Research, Healthy Lifestyles Center, Pediatric Obesity Treatment
and Research Program
Trang Le, MD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
December
Dec. 7
"TBA"
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Cardiology]
Speaker TBA
Dec. 14
"TBA"
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine]
Sarah Hartigan, MD
Associate Chair for Quality & Safety
Assistant Professor
Division of Hospital Medicine
VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Michelle Brooks, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Hospital Medicine
VCU Department of Internal Medicine
Dec. 21
"TBA"
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Hematology, Oncology & Palliative Care]
Speaker TBA
Dec. 28
HOLIDAY – NO GRAND ROUNDS
January | February | March | April | May | June
January
Jan 12
Update in Peripheral Vascular Disease
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Cardiology]
J. Emilio Exaire, MD
Associate Professor
VCU Division of Cardiology
Jan 19
Expanding the Kidney Donor Pool
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Nephrology]
Dhiren Kumar, MD
Assistant Professor
VCU Division of Nephrology
Jan 26
C.difficile 2017: Updates and Controversies
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Infectious Diseases]
Sangeeta Sastry, MD
Assistant Professor
VCU Division of Infectious Diseases
February
Feb 2
Blackard Lecture: Making the Diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome in the obesity epidemic
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism]
Lynette Nieman, MD
Senior Investigative and Chief of the Endocrinology
Consultation Service at the NIH Clinical
Feb 9
Clinicopathologic Conference
[Sponsored by the VCU Office of Educational Affairs]
Stéphanie B. Mayer, MD, MHSc
Assistant Professor
VCU Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Feb 16
Metacognition: Thinking about Thinking
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of General Internal Medicine]
R. Ron Clark, MD
Chief Medical Officer
VCU Health
Feb 23
Opportunities for Translational Development and Subsequent
Commercialization between VCU Health Sciences and School of Engineering
[Sponsored by the Office of Educational Affairs]
Bennett Ward, PhD & L. Franklin Bost
VCU School of Engineering
March
Mar 2
HBV: The Forgotten Virus
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology]
Hannah Lee, MD
Assistant Director, Co-Director of Liver Tumor Program
VCU Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Mar 9
Impact of Palliative Care on Cost and Quality Measures
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Palliative Care]
J. Brian Cassel, PhD
Assistant Professor
VCU Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Palliative Care
Mar 16
Can I trust you? Show me!
[Sponsored by the VCU Office of Educational Affairs]
Steven Bishop, MD & Reena Hemrajani, MD
Mar 23
Annual Quality & Safety Grand Rounds – Sepsis Management
[Sponsored by the VCU Department of Internal Medicine, Quality & Safety]
Curt Sessler, MD
Professor, Orhan Muren Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Adult Critical Care
VCU Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
Mar 30
An Introduction to Precision Medicine and the Future of Healthcare
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Cardiology]
Steven R. Steinhubl, MD
Director, Digital Medicine
Scripps Translational Science Institute
April
Apr 6
IM Chief Resident Presentation
[Sponsored by the VCU Office of Educational Affairs]
Internal Medicine Chief Residents
VCU Internal Medicine Residency Program
Apr 13
Population Health Management at Partners Healthcare
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Geriatrics]
Timothy G. Ferris, MD
Senior Vice President
Population Health Care
Partners Health Care and Mass General Hospital
Apr 20
Medical Education: The Dark Side
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Nephrology]
Susan DiGiovanni, MD
Interim Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education and Student Affairs
Professor
VCU Division of Nephrology
Apr 27
Clinicopathologic Conference
[Sponsored by the VCU Office of Educational Affairs]
Speaker TBA
May
May 4
Thomas Lecture: Update on the Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of GIOP
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Allergy & Immunology]
Lenore Buckley, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)
Clinical Chief, Section of Rheumatology
Yale University
May 11
Precision Approaches to Respiratory Medicine
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Pulmonary Diseases &
Critical Care Medicine]
Joe GN “Skip” Garcia, MD
Senior Vice President for Health Sciences
Dr. Merlin K. DuVal Professor of Medicine
University of Arizona Health Sciences
Elected Member of the National Academy of Medicine
May 18
Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases: Identifying Underserved Families
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Cardiology]
Krishnasree Rao, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Cardiology
May 25
Improving Health Care Through Professional Self-Regulation and ABMS Board Certification
[Sponsored by the Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics]
Lois Nora, MD, JD, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer of the American
Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)
June
June 1
Moving Knowledge Instead of Patients – Project ECHO
[Sponsored by the VCU Division of Hospital Medicine]
Sanjeev Arora, MD, FACP, FACG
Director & Founder of Project ECHO
Professor of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
UNM School of Medicine
Archive
Past Grand Rounds old DOIM site.