April 2024
April 5
”Care for LGBTQIA+ Youth & Their Families”
Kacie Kidd, MD
Assistant Professor and Medical Director
WVU Medicine Children’s Gender & Sexual Development
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April 12
“A Follow-up to Care for LGBTQIA+ Youth & Their Families”
Jessica Doran, MD
Shanon Luke, MD
University of Missouri - Columbia
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April 19
"Autism: Early Intervention and Management"
Preston Wheeler, MD
University of Missouri - Columbia
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April 26
”TBA”
Landon Olson, MD
University of Missouri – Columbia
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March 2024
March 1
”Sickle Cell Disease Improving Outcomes in Transition of Care”
Pulcherie Guissou Ada, MD
University of Missouri
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March 8
"Epigenetics in Sleep Disorders"
Rene Cortese, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics – Child Health Research Institute
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health
Core Faculty - MU Institute for Data Science and Informatics
Member- Ellis Fischel Cancer Center
School of Medicine
University of Missouri
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March 15
”Advocacy”
Alexandra James, MD
Associate Professor
Pediatrics – South Providence
University of Missouri
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March 22
”Recombinant Microbes-Cancer Therapy"
Jorge Gomez-Gutierrez, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
NextGen Precision Health Investigator
University of Missouri
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March 29
”What's New In Pediatric Neurosurgery?”
Carolyn Quinsey, MD
Pediatric Neurosurgery
University of Missouri
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February 2024
February 2
”Febrile Seizures: Past, Present and Future”
Vidya Raghavan, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Attending
Boston Children’s Hospital
Instructor in Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
February 9
No Grand Rounds Scheduled
February 16
”Tigers Connect”
Alexandra James, MD
Associate Professor
Pediatrics – South Providence
University of Missouri
Isabella McCartney, BHS
Pediatrics – General Ambulatory
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February 23
No Grand Rounds Scheduled
January 2024
January 5
”Reviving Harmony: Targeted Cell Death To Restore Immune Balance of Type 1 Diabetes”
Haval Shirwan, PhD
Director, Division of Pediatric Research
Associate Director, Immunomodulation and Regenerative Medicine Program, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center
Child Health Research Institute Investigator
NextGen Precision Health Investigator
Professor of Pediatrics
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January 12
”Updates on Perinatal Infections: Hepatitis C, Congenital Syphilis, and HIV”
Brian Allen, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Infectious Disease
University of Missouri
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December 2023
December 1
”Top 10 Genetic Referrals: When and When Not”
Richard Sidlow, MD
Department of Pediatrics Genetics
University of Missouri
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December 15
”Mechanistic Perspectives on Neonatal Immunity”
Habib Zaghouani
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Pediatrics, & Neurology
J. Lavenia Edwards Endowed Chair In Pediatrics
University of Missouri
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November 2023
November 3
"Staphylococcus aureus in the NICU: Journey to Understand Colonization Dynamics and Decrease Infection Rates”
Stephanie A Fritz, MD, MSCI
Professor of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
Fellowship Director Program
Washington University
Patrick Reich, MD, MSCI
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
Medical Director, Infection Prevention
Washington University
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October 2023
October 6
”Telehealth and Telemedicine”
Mirna Becevic, PhD
Assistant Professor-Dermatology
University of Missouri
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October 27
”Clinical Applications Xenon Lung MRI: FDA Approved & Available at MU”
Talissa Altes, MD
Chair and Gwilym S and Maria Antonia Lodwick Distinguished Professor of Radiology
University of Missouri
Robert Thomen, PhD
Assistant Professor Radiology
University of Missouri
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September 2023
September 1
”Advocating for the Concussed Youth - Understanding the Gaps”
Komal Ashraf, MD
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurology
Epilepsy/Headaches/Concussion
Director, MU Neurology Clerkship
Director, MU Concussion Program
University of Missouri Health Care
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September 15
”Knee Pain in the Young Athlete”
Brian Toedebusch, MD
Assistant Professor, PM&R and Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine
University of Missouri
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September 22
”Group B Streptococcus Vaccine - The Long and Winding Road”
Kara Bickham, MD
Vice President of Vaccine Clinical Research and Development, Pfizer
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September 29
”MRSA In Children and Neonates”
Stephanie A. Fritz, MD
Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Washington University
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August 2023
August 4
Grand Rounds Cancelled
August 18
”The Behavior Safety Team: Supporting Patients with Autism and Behavioral Health Needs in Healthcare Settings”
Rena J. Sorensen, PhD
Staff Psychologist IV
Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology
Staff Psychologist
Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Psychology
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August 25
"Spinal Muscular Atrophy & Gene Therapy at MU"
Jane Emerson, MD
Professor of Clinical PM&R
Physical Medicine & Rehab
University of Missouri – Columbia
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June 2023
June 6
No Grand Rounds Scheduled
June 13
”Advocacy in Foster Care”
Alexandra James, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Rachel Couch, Resident Physician Pediatrics
Kathryn Guymon, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Missouri – Columbia
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May 2023
May 5
No Grand Rounds Currently Scheduled
May 12
No Grand Rounds Currently Scheduled
May 19
"Pediatric Community Acquired Pneumonia”
Jeffrey Pernica, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
McMaster University
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May 26
No Grand Rounds Currently Scheduled
April 2023
April 7
No Grand Rounds Currently Scheduled
April 14
”What Pediatric Providers Need to Know about Non-Fusion Scoliosis Treatment! MIZ-VBT"
Daniel Hoernschemeyer, MD
Associate Professor Clinical Orthopedic Surgery (Peds)
Director of Operations at WCH
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April 21
"Congenital Hypothyroidism: When Screening is Not Enough”
Nana-Hawa Yayah Jones, MD
Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
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April 28
"ECHO Autism STAT: Assessment and Diagnosis of ASD in Pediatrics"
Alexandra James, MD, MPH, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Missouri
Brett Moore, DO, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Missouri
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March 2023
March 3
No Grand Rounds Currently Scheduled
March 10
No Grand Rounds Currently Scheduled
March 17
"Hemophilia Gene Therapy: It Glitters, but Is It Gold?”
John Puetz, MD
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital
St. Joseph Hospital – Lake Saint Louis
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No Grand Rounds Currently Scheduled
March 31
No Grand Rounds Currently Scheduled
February 2023
February 3
"Movement Disorders ("Seizure Imitators") in Children"
Yu-Tze Ng, MBBS, FRACP, FAAN, FAAP, FAES
Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Neurology
University of Missouri
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February 10
”Racism and Quality of Neonatal Intensive Care: Voices of Black Mothers”
Rachel Witt, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Neonatology
University of Minnesota
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February 17
"Diabetes in Pregnancy”
Jean Goodman, MD
Griffin Endowed Chair
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Maternal and Fetal Medicine
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February 24
”Education and Global Health: Improving Cancer Care In Kenya”
ITyler Severance, MD, MeD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics Hematology
University of Missouri. – Columbia
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January 2023
January 6
No Grand Rounds Planned
January 13
"Steroid Treatment in Infants and Children"
Kyle P. McNerney, MD
Endocrinology, Pediatrics
Washington University Physicians
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January 20
No Grand Rounds Planned
January 27
No Grand Rounds Planned
