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Past Grand Rounds 2023

Jan 04

Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Acute Liver Failure in Children
04 January 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker:

Nadia Ovchinsky, MD, MBA, FAASLD
Professor of Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Director, Pediatric Liver Transplant
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore

And

Mark Shlomovich, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Director of Extracorporeal Liver Support
Director of Pediatric Critical Care Transport
The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
Bronx, NY

Jan 11

Eating Disorders: How To Help Your Patients Reach a Full Recovery
11 January 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker:

Rebecka Peebles, MD
(She/her/hers)
Associate Professor
Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania
Director of Medical Research and Quality Innovations
Eating Disorder Assessment and Treatment Program
Craig Dalsimer Division of Adolescent Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Roberts Center for Pediatric Research
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

Jan 18

A Learning Healthcare System for Pediatric Epilepsy
18 January 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker:

Zachary Grinspan, MD, MS
Pronouns: (He / Him / His)
Associate Professor
Weill Cornell Medicine
Nanette Laitman Clinical Scholar
Interim Chief, Child Neurology
Director, Pediatric Epilepsy
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Departments of Pediatrics and Population Health Sciences
New York, NY

Jan 25

The Expanding World of Inborn Immune Deficiency, Dysregulation and Allergy: Nothing to Sneeze At
25 January 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker:

Joshua Milner, MD
Professor of Pediatrics in the Institute for Genomic Medicine
Columbia University Medical Center
Director, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology
New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
New York, NY

Feb 01

Children’s Health and the Environment: From Research to Action
01 February 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

Maida P. Galvez, MD, MPH, FAAP
Professor, Departments of Environmental Medicine and Public Health & Pediatrics
Region 2 PEHSU and NYSCHECK Coordinating Center Co-Director
Mount Sinai CTSA and TCEEE Community Engagement Core Director
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY

Feb 08

Gained in Drops: Building Trust in Assessment and Medical Education
08 February 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

Michael Barone, MD, MPH
(he/him/his)
Vice President, Competency Based Assessment at NBME (National Board of Medical Examiners)
Philadelphia PA

Feb 15

The Anatomy and Embryology of Craniopagus Twins
15 February 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

Andrew J. Kobets, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Attending Physician, The Children Hospital at Montefiore
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY

Feb 22

President’s Week — No Pediatric Grand Rounds
22 February 2023

President’s Week — No Pediatric Grand Rounds

Mar 01

Boldly Stepping into the next age: Centering Health Equity in Pediatrics
01 March 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

Nia Heard-Garris, MD, MSc, FAAP
(she/they)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University Feinberg School of Medicine
Division of Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care
Mary Ann & J. Milburn Smith Child Health Outreach, Research, and Evaluation Center
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Attending Pediatrician, Lurie Children’s Pediatrics – Uptown
Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern 
Chicago Il

Mar 08

Optimizing Pediatric Acute Care for Ill and Injured Children Whenever and Wherever it is Needed
08 March 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

Marc Auerbach MD, MSci

Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Yale Pediatric Emergency Medicine
CT Center Director- EMSC EIIC, Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Simulation
Yale Center for Medical Simulation
Yale New Haven Children's Hospital
New Haven, CT

Mar 15

Pediatric HIV: Challenges and Opportunities
15 March 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

Grace C. John-Stewart MD, PhD
Professor
University of Washington
Departments of Global Health, Epidemiology, Medicine, and Pediatrics
Global Center for Integrated Health of Women, Adolescents and Children (Global WACh)
Seattle, WA

Mar 22

The Other Half of Health: Mental Health of Children with Chronic Conditions
22 March 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

Ruth E. K. Stein, M.D
Professor of Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
Bronx, NY

Mar 29

Applying Education Theory to Your Teaching: Enhancing Your Role as a Clinician-Educator
29 March 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

GRAND LECTURE
Alan M. Leichtner, MD, MS-HPEd
Chief Education Officer
Boston Children’s Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Boston Children’s Hospital
300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

Apr 05

Bilateral Skull Fractures in Infancy
05 April 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION LECTURE
Mandy A. O'Hara, MD, MPH
Child Abuse Pediatrician
Division of Academic General Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
The University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine
JE and ZB Butler Center for Children and Families
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY

Apr 12

No Pediatric Grand Rounds
12 April 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

Spring Break

Apr 19

Cardio-Obstetrics: Taking Care of Pregnant Women with Heart Disease
19 April 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

38th ANNUAL DENNISON YOUNG SYMPOSIUM (Pediatric Cardiology)
Dr Sara Thorne MB BS, MD, FRCP
Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Obstetric Cardiologist
Associate Professor of Medicine University of Toronto
Peter Munk Cardiac Centre 5N-523
Toronto General Hospital
Toronto ON

Apr 26

Global Vaccines and Immunizations: The Science vs The Antiscience
26 April 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

14TH ANNUAL PEDIATRIC RESEARCH DAY
Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, DSc (hon), FASTMH, FAAP
Texas Children’s Hospital: Endowed Chair of Tropical Pediatrics | Co-Director, Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development
Baylor College of Medicine: Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine | Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Molecular Virology & Microbiology Health Policy Scholar
Baylor University, University Professor
Rice University, Baker Institute Fellow in Disease & Poverty
Texas A&M University, Faculty-Senior Fellow, Hagler Inst for Advanced Study & Scowcroft Institute of Intl Affairs
Houston, Tx

May 03

Pediatric Dermatology Related Topic to be Announced
03 May 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

JOINT PEDIATRICS/DERMATOLOGY GRAND ROUNDS
Vikash S. Oza, MD
Associate Professor, Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Program Director, Pediatric Dermatology Fellowship Program
Associate Program Director, Dermatology Residency Program
Director, Pediatric Dermatology
NYU Langone
New York, NY

May 10

Supporting the Grieving Child and Family
10 May 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

David J Schonfeld, MD, FAAP
Director, National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, USC Keck School of Medicine
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

May 17

Pediatric and Adolescent Bone Health: Where are we in 2023?
17 May 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

Catherine M. Gordon, MD, MS
Senior Faculty and Professor of Pediatrics
USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

May 24

The Path to Preventive Genomics and Universal Newborn Sequencing
24 May 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

Robert Green, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine (Genetics)
Harvard Medical School
Director, Genomes2People Research / Preventive Genomics Service / Precision Population Health Initiative
Mass General Brigham • Broad Institute • Ariadne Labs •
Boston, MA

May 31

Hereditary Angioedema: Current Challenges and Opportunities
31 May 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

Marc A. Riedl, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Diego
Clinical Director – UC San Diego Health's U.S. HAEA Angioedema Center
Clinical Service Chief – Allergy & Immunology
University of California
San Diego, CA

Jun 07

Topic to be Announced
07 June 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

Joshua Gorlick, MD; Shenel Heisler, DO
Matthew Holm, MD; Dana Neugut, MD
Pediatric Chief Residents
Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Bronx, NY

Jun 14

Optimizing Mental Health for Children with Chronic Disease: Experiences in Childhood-Onset Lupus
14 June 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

Andrea Knight, MD, MSCE
Associate Professor of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Associated Faculty of the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Canada Research Chair in Mental Health and Chronic Disease of Childhood
Staff Physician, Division of Rheumatology
The Hospital for Sick Children
Associate Scientist, SickKids Research Institute, Neurosciences and Mental Health Program
Toronto, ON, Canada

Sep 13

Autoinflammatory Disease 101: A Zebra Among the Horses
13 September 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

Amanda K. Ombrello, MD
Associate Research Physician
Inflammatory Disease Section
National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

Sep 20

Role of Neurosurgical Intervention in Pediatric Epilepsy
20 September 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

Mandana Behbahani, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Attending Physician
The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY

Sep 27

Brachial Plexus Birth Injury – Care of the Child from Infancy Through Late Adolescence
27 September 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

Steven Koehler, MD, FAAOS
Specialist in Pediatric and Congenital Upper Limb Surgery,
Specialist in Brachial Plexus and Reconstructive Microsurgery,
Associate Professor of Orthopedics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Montefiore Site Director
Montefiore Medical Center
The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY

Oct 04

Early Nutritional Determinants of Infant Health
04 October 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

Valerie Flaherman, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology and Biostatistics
University of California, San Francisco
Core Faculty, Institute for Health Policy Studies
San Francisco, CA

Oct 11

Neuromuscular Training to Reduce Injury Risk in Youth Athletes
11 October 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

Cynthia LaBella, MD
Medical Director, Institute for Sports Medicine,
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL

Oct 18

Stigma Kills: Addressing Health Inequities in Addiction and Pregnancy Care
18 October 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speakers

Alexandra Douglas, MD, MPH, FACOG
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology & Women's Health
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY


Tiffany Lu, MD, MS (she/her)
Associate Professor of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Attending Physician
Montefiore Comprehensive Family Care Center
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY

Oct 25

Contemplate Before We Regulate: A Modest Approach for Meds and Feds
25 October 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

ANNUAL JOHN ROSEN, MD MEMORIAL LECTURE

Speaker

Robert W. Amler, MD, MBA, FAAP, FACPM
New York Medical College
Vice President, Government Affairs
Dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice
and Institute of Public Health
Professor of Public Health, Pediatrics, and Environmental Health Science
Valhalla, New York

Nov 01

State of the Department of Pediatrics Address
01 November 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

Michael D. Cabana, MD, MPH
The Michael I. Cohen, M.D. University Chair
Department of Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Physician-in-Chief
The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
Bronx, NY

Nov 08

Ethical Issues in Stem Cell Transplantation for Children with Sickle Cell Anemia
08 November 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

ANNUAL HUNTER LECTURE

Panel Discussion

Alan R. Fleischman, MD (Moderator)
Professor of Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore

Panel from The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore:

Deepa G. Manwani, MBBS
Professor of Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Hematology, Oncology and Cellular Therapy

Michelle A. Lee, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Director, Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Program
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Hematology, Oncology and Cellular Therapy

Danielle Fernandes, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Hospital Medicine

Amanda Phelan, MSW
Social Worker
The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore

Nov 15

From SIDS to BRUE - Evolution of a Difficult Diagnosis
15 November 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

7th ANNUAL ROBIN GOLDMAN, MD MEMORIAL LECTURE

Speaker

Daniel M. Fein, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Interim Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Fellowship Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
The Children's Hospital at Montefiore

Nov 22

Tentative Topic: Child and Family Well-being in NYC – CCC’s Administrative and Participatory Data Resources
22 November 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

ANNUAL SAUNDRA SHEPHERD, MD MEMORIAL LECTURE

Speaker

Jennifer March, PhD
Executive Director, Citizens’ Committee for
Children of NY

Nov 29

Eating Disorders: How to Help Your Patients Reach a Full Recovery
29 November 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

Rebecka Peebles, MD (She/her/hers)
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania
Director of Medical Research and Quality Innovations
Eating Disorder Assessment and Treatment Program
Craig Dalsimer Division of Adolescent Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Roberts Center for Pediatric Research
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

Dec 06

Sudden Cardiac Death Mechanisms in Williams Syndrome
06 December 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

ANNUAL LENEVEU LECTURE

Speaker

Mark David Levin, MD

Pediatric Cardiology
Pediatric Cardiac Genetics, Pediatric Electrophysiology
Assistant Research Clinician/Scientist
Attending Pediatric Cardiologist Cardiopulmonary Branch
Intramural Research Program National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute, NIH
Bethesda, MD

Dec 13

Striving to Improve Outcomes for Youth Who Live with Migraines: Strategic Research Leading to Implementation
13 December 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

Scott W. Powers, PhD, ABPP, FAHS
Professor of Pediatrics and CCRF Endowed
Chair, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Scientific Director, Clinical Research and Trials
Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation
Co-Director and Founder, Headache Center
Co-Director and Founder, Center for Child
Behavior and Nutrition Research and Training
Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical
Psychology
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Cincinnati, OH

Dec 20

Topic to be Announced
20 December 2023

Cherkasky Auditorium, Moses Campus

Speaker

Ibrahim Abdullah, MD
Chief, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Director, Pediatric Heart Transplantation & Pediatric ECMO
Co-Director, Pediatric Heart Center
The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
Bronx, NY