Department of Medicine Grand Rounds

Goal

To provide needs-based education for physicians and health care providers to improve knowledge, competence, and performance and to enable the optimum provision of health care.

Objectives

Advance education in basic scientific principles applicable to clinical situations
Disseminate information regarding disease prevention and public health
Improve understanding of psychosocial and legal issues as they apply to delivery of excellent patient care
Provide updates in medical diagnosis and treatment to improve patient outcome

Time and Location

Grand Rounds will be held in person, and can also be viewed virtually via Zoom.

Time: Wednesdays, 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Address: 3147 Biomedical Sciences Wy, La Jolla, CA 92093
Location: Israni Biomedical Research Facility, Conference room 1104 OR 2A03
Zoom Webinar ID: 836 5576 2804

Holidays

No Medicine Grand Rounds on observed holidays

November 27, 2025: Thanksgiving
December 25, 2025: Holiday Break
January 1, 2026: New Year's Day

2025-2026 Grand Rounds Schedule

September 2025 - December 2025

Date	Title	Speaker
September 3, 2025	Hepatocellular Carcinoma: From Risk Factors to Prevention (Isenberg Lecture)	Hashem El-Serag, MD, MPH Vice President, Learning Health System Chair, Department of Medicine Margaret M. and Albert B. Alkek Professor Baylor College of Medicine
September 10, 2025	Bench to Business to Bedside: A Journey Into Developing Precision Therapies for Genetic Heart Disease	Farah Sheikh, PhD, FCVS, FAHA Professor of Medicine Director, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program University of California San Diego
September 17, 2025	A Blueprint for Health Systems to Advance Maternal Equity	Audra Meadows, MD, MPH, FACOG Associate Professor Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences UC San Diego
September 24, 2025	Assessment of Hypoglycemia and Cardiovascular Risk Using Wearable Sensors in Peoloe with Type 1 Diabetes	Robert Thomas, MD, PhD Assistant Clinical Professor UC San Diego
October 1, 2025	Advancing human health through real-world implementation of population health, informatics, and intelligence	Amy Sitapati, MD University of California San Diego Clinical Professor, Division of Biomedical Informatics, Division of General Internal Medicine Lawrence S. Friedman Professor of Population Health, Endowed Chair at UCSD Chief Medical Information Officer, Population Health, UCSDH Interim Chief, Division of Biomedical Informatics, UCSD Interim Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics, UCSDH
October 8, 2025	Breaking through instead of breaking down: Utilizing mindfulness to reduce stress, anxiety, and burnout in medicine	Beau V. Duwe, MD Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Kaiser Permanente
October 15, 2025	Asthma - More than an Airway Disease (Wasserman Lecture)	William W. Busse, MD Professor of Medicine Emeritus University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
October 22, 2025	End-to-End Human: NAMs as the Boldest Foundation - and Biggest Gamble - for a Reproducible, Human-Centered Future	Pradipta Ghosh, MD Professor, Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine Founding Director, Institute for Network Medicine Founding Director, HUMANOID Center of Research Excellence Founding Director, Agilent Center of Excellence iin Cellular Intelligence
October 29, 2025	Diabetes Treatment Through the Ages - From Diets to Insulin to Incretins to Gliflozins and Beyond...	Sunder Mudaliar, MD Clinical Professor of Medicine University of California San Diego Staff PHysician, Endocrine/Diabetes Section VA San Diego Healthcare System
November 5, 2025	Optimizing the Success and Vitality of Women in Academic Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approach	Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil Lawrence W. Davis Professor and Chair Department of Radiation Oncology Emory University School of Medicine/Winship Cancer Institute
November 12, 2025	Provision of Healthcare for San Diego Immigrant Communities Through Case-Base Learning	Janine Young, MD, FAAP Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego School of Medicine Division Chief of Academic General Pediatrics Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics, Newborn Medicine Martin T. Stein Endowed Chair, Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
November 19, 2025	TBD	Bernie Sunwoo, MBBS, ATSF Professor of Medicine Medical Director, Sleep Medicine Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Clinic Director Associate Program Director, PUlmonary & Critical Care Fellowship Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
November 26, 2025	Thanksgiving Break
December 3, 2025	TBD	Kevin King, MD, PhD Associate Professor UC San Diego
December 10, 2025	TBD	TBD
December 17, 2025	Critical factors impacting germinal centers and T & B cell immune memory to vaccines, including germline targeting	Shane Crotty, PhD Professor & Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI)
December 24, 2025	Winter Break
December 31, 2025	Winter Break

January 2026 - June 2026

Date	Title	Speaker
January 7, 2026	TBD	Sydney Ramirez, MD, PhD Associate Physician UC San Diego Health
January 14, 2026	Autism	Karen Pierce, PhD Professor, Department of Neurosciences Co-Director, Autism Center of Excellence UC San Diego
January 21, 2026	Advances in the Treatment of AML	Naval Daver, MD Director, Leukemia Research Alliance Program Professor of Medicine Department of Leukemia MD Anderson Cancer Center
January 28, 2026	TBD	Michael Lam, MD, PhD Assistant Professor in Residence Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine, and Physiology UC San Diego
February 4, 2026	TBD	Faizah Shareef, MD Chief Medical Resident Julia Weston, MD Chief Medical Resident
February 11, 2026	TBD	Pranav Garimella, MBBS, MPH, FASN Associate Professor Division of Nephrology UC San Diego
February 18, 2026	TBD	Kevin Paternostro, MD Chief Medical Resident Alisse Singer, MD Chief Medical Resident
February 25, 2026	TBD	TBD
March 4, 2026	TBD (Moser Lecture)	Deborah Cook, MD Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics Academic Chair of Critical Care
March 11, 2026	TBD	Emma Mulligan, MD Chief Medical Resident
March 18, 2026	TBD	Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH
March 25, 2026	TBD	Charlotte Ellberg, MD Chief Medical Resident Matthew Tan, MD Chief Medical Resident
April 1, 2026	TBD (Porte Memorial Lecture)	TBD
April 8, 2026	TBD (Oxman Lecture)	Wesley Sundquist, PhD Samuels Professor Co-Chair, Department of Biochemistry University of Utah
April 15, 2026	TBD	Diane Simeone, MD Director, Moores Cancer Center UC San Diego Health
April 22, 2026	TBD	Stacy Charat, MD Primary Care Program Director Clinical Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine VA San Diego
April 29, 2026	TBD (DOM Research Day)	TBD
May 6, 2026	The Impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill on Patients	Richard Kronick, PhD Professor, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health & Human Longevity Science
May 13, 2026	TBD (Mende Lecture)	TBD
May 20, 2026	Long COVID	Susan Lee, MD Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology UC San Diego
May 27, 2026	TBD (Resident Research)	TBD
June 3, 2026	TBD	Shelli Farhadian, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) Assistant Professor, Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases Yale School of Medicine
June 10, 2026	TBD (Resident Research)	TBD
June 17, 2026	TBD	Michael Corley, PhD Associate Professor, Geriatrics & Gerontology UC San Diego

CME Credit

Attendees must sign up on CloudCME to receive CME credit. A code will be provided to claim your credit at the time of the lecture.

The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians and designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.