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Department of Pediatrics Department of Pediatrics

Grand Rounds 2025-2026

The Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds is held every Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. in the Education and Office Building (EOB) on the Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego campus. 

These lectures will offer the generalist and specialist pediatrician current information in the field of Pediatrics about the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of children's diseases.

Objectives (ACGME Competencies)

  • Provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the treatment of health problems and the promotion of health
  • Demonstrate application of scientific methodology to clinical situations
  • Know and apply the basic sciences which are appropriate to your discipline
  • Demonstrate effective communication skills with patients, families, and professional associates

Accreditation and Disclosure

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. 
 
The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 
 

For questions regarding CME credit, please contact cme@rchsd.org.

 
For more information on CME, click here.

Cultural Competency

This activity is in compliance with California Assembly Bill 1195 which requires continuing medical education activities with patient care components to include curriculum in the subjects of cultural and linguistic competency. Cultural competency is defined as a set of integrated attitudes, knowledge, and skills that enable health care professionals or organizations to care effectively for patients from diverse cultures, groups and communities. Linguistic competency is defined as the ability of a physician or surgeon to provide patients who do not speak English or who have limited ability to speak English, direct communication in the patient's primary language. Cultural and linguistic competency was incorporated into the planning of this activity. Additional resources on cultural and linguistic competency and information about AB1195 can be found on the UCSD CME website at http://cme.ucsd.edu  

Faculty Disclosure

It is the policy of the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor. All persons involved in the selection, development, and presentation of content are required to disclose any real or apparent conflicts of interest. All conflicts of interest will be resolved prior to an educational activity being delivered to learners through one of the following mechanisms: 1) altering the financial relations with the commercial interest, 2) altering the individual's control over CME content about the products or services of the commercial interest, and/or 3) validating the activity content through independent peer review. All persons are also required to disclose any discussion of off-label/unapproved uses of drugs or devices. Persons who refuse or fail to disclose will be disqualified from participating in the CME activity.

Past Pediatric Grand Round Recordings

For past Grand Round recordings, visit here.

Pediatric Grand Rounds Archive


DATE PRESENTATION TITLE PRESENTER
Friday, August 22, 2025

HIP PAIN IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS

Matthew R. Schmitz, M.D.,

FAAOS, FAOA, FAAP
Director, Rady International Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Hip Disorders
Clinical Professor, Dept of Orthopaedics
University of California, San Diego

Friday, August 29, 2025

THE AUTISM FRIENDLY HEALTH SYSTEM: IMPLEMENTATION OUTCOMES AND NEXT STEPS

Abbey Hye, BCBA

Lead BCBA/Behavior Specialist
Autism Discovery Institute
Rady Children’s Hospital

Friday, September 5, 2025
RICKETTSIA: A TALE OF TWO CITIES

Mark E. Beatty, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, FACPM

Assistant Medical Director
Epidemiology & Immunization Services Branch
Public Health Services
County of San Diego | Health & Human Services Agency
Friday, September 19, 2025
HOSPITAL AND LABORATORY ADVENTURES IN RED BLOOD CELL BIOLOGY

MITCH WEISS, MD

Chairman, Department of Hematology
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Friday, September 26, 2025
T CELL IMMUNITY AND PNEUMONIA: LESSONS FROM HIV AND PRIMARY IMMUNODEFICIENCY

JAY K. KOLLS, MD

Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
John W Deming Endowed Chair in Internal Medicine
Director, Center for Translational Research in Infection and Inflammation
Tulane School of Medicine

Friday, October 3, 2025
BONES AND CROHN’S AND SKIN… OH MY

POLY FERGUSON, MD

Marjorie K. Lamb Professor, Executive Vice Chair
Director, Pediatric Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology
Department of Pediatrics
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

Friday, October 10, 2025
ROMANCE AND TERROR: THE ONGOING CHALLENGES OF SEASONAL, AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA

ANDREW T. PAVIA, MD, FAAP, FACP, FIDSA

George and Esther Gross Presidential Professor
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Director, Hospital Epidemiology Program
University of Utah

Friday, October 17, 2025
WAKE-UP CALL: POPULATION-LEVEL DETERMINANTS OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA INEQUITIES IN CHILDREN

JEREMY S. LANDEO-GUTIERREZ, MD MPH

Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Respiratory Medicine
University of California, San Diego
Rady Children’s Health

Friday, October 24, 2025
A NEW ERA IN COMPLEMENT MEDIATED KIDNEY DISEASE

CARLA M. NESTER, MD, MSA, FASN

Jean E. Robillard MD, Professor of Pediatric Nephrology
Director, Division of Pediatric Nephrology – Stead Family Children’s Hospital
Associate Director, Molecular Otolaryngology and Renal Research Laboratory
University of Iowa

Friday, October 31, 2025
THE EXPANDING LANDSCAPE OF NEWBORN SCREENING FOR INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

YUE HUANG, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of Genetics
University of California, San Diego
Rady Children’s Health

Friday, November 7, 2025
SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH IN YOUNG ATHLETES: THE CASE OF ARVC

MARIO DELMAR, MD, PHD

Endowed Professor of Medicine
Patricia and Robert Martinsen Professor of Cardiology
The Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology
NYU Langone Health

Friday, November 14, 2025 PEDIATRIC HEALTHCARE IN THE AI ERA

CHRISTOPHER A. LONGHURST, MD, MS, FAAP, FACMI

Professor and Associate Dean
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Chief Clinical & Innovation Officer
Executive Director, Jacobs Center for Health Innovation

Friday, November 21, 2025 WHY PALLIATIVE CARE NOW? A 2025 UPDATE IN THE ROLE OF PALLIATIVE CARE IN CHILDREN’S HEALTH

DOMINIC MOORE, MD

Associate Professor and Division Chief
Division of Palliative Care
Department of Pediatrics
University of Utah School of Medicine

Friday, December 5, 2025 EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN

EVAN DELLON, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology
Director, Center of Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing
Director, Biostatistics and Clinical Research Core, Center for GI Biology and Disease
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Friday, December 12, 2025 DISCOVERY AND VALIDATION OF GENETIC CAUSES OF BILIARY ATRESIA – A DEVELOPMENTAL CHOLANGIOPATHY

ERDMAN LECTURE
SAUL KARPEN, MD, PHD, FAASLD

Chief Scientific Officer
Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health
Virginia Commonwealth University

Friday, January 9, 2026 THE IMPORTANCE OF TRUST AND TRUSTWORTHINESS IN MEDICINE

PETER ANGELOS, MD, PHD, FACS, MAMSE, HEC-C

Linda Kohler Anderson Professor of Surgery and Surgical Ethics and Medicine
Director, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
Chief, Endocrine Surgery
The University of Chicago

Friday, January 16, 2025 THE ART OF DECIPHERING THE IMPOSSIBLE: MECHANISMS REVEALED BY IMMUNE DEFECTS

ELENA HSIEH, MD

Associate Professor, Section of Allergy and Immunology
Department of Immunology and Microbiology, and Pediatrics
Director of Jeffrey Modell Foundation Primary Immunodeficiency Center
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Friday, January 23, 2026 THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN INFLAMMATION, METABOLISM AND REDOX SIGNALING IN PEDIATRIC CRITICAL ILLNESS
EVA S. NOZIK, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Section Head of Pediatric Critical Care
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Friday, January 30, 2026 DISPARITIES IN ALLERGIC DISEASES AND THE PATH FORWARD

LENOIR/HAMBURGER LECTURE
TAMARA PERRY, MD, FAAP, FAAAAI

Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Allergy and Immunology Division
Dr. and Mrs. Leeman King Endowed Chair in Pediatric Allergy
Medical Director, Telemedicine Department Arkansas Children's
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine

Friday, February 6, 2026 GENOMIC MEDICINE IN THE NEXT DECADE

MATT DEARDORFF, MD, PHD

Professor of Clinical Pathology and Pediatrics (Clinical Scholar)
Director, Personalized Care Program and Translational Genomics
Division of Genomic Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Friday, February 13, 2026 LEARNING FROM MENTORS: 50 YEARS ON THE UCSD PEDIATRIC FACULTY

JOHN WELCH LECTURE IN DEVELOPMENTAL BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS
MARTIN T. STEIN, MD

Professor Emeritus of Clinical Pediatrics
University of California, San Diego
Rady Children’s Health

Friday, February 20, 2026 LIFTOFF: NEUROPSYCHIATRY WITH FUNCTIONAL MRI COMES OF AGE

DAMIEN FAIR, PA-C, PHD

Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Child Development
College of Education and Human Development
Redleaf Endowed Director, Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain
University of Minnesota

Friday, February 27, 2026 FROM BEDSIDE TO BIG DATA AND BEYOND: A NEW ERA FOR PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL MEDICINE RESEARCH

RON TEUFEL, MD

Professor of Pediatrics
Division Chief, Hospital Medicine
University of California, San Diego
Rady Children’s Health

Friday, March 6, 2026 A FRAMEWORK FOR GENOME-WIDE DISCOVERY OF THE ROLE OF TANDEM REPEATS IN GENETIC DISORDERS

MELISSA GYMREK, MD

Associate Professor
Chief, Division of Genetics
Department of Pediatrics
University of California, San Diego
Rady Children’s Health

Friday, March 13, 2026 THE PAIN OF ANALGESIA: LESSONS FROM THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC FOR PEM
PRACTICE AND PUBLIC HEALTH

ROBERT HOFFMAN, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center

Friday, March 20, 2026 WHEN INJURIES SPEAK BUT WE DON’T LISTEN: SENTINEL INJURIES AND IMPLICIT BIAS IN CHILD MALTREATMENT

KRISTIN GARTON CRICHTON, DO, MPH, FAAP

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Clinic Medical Director, Child Advocacy Center, Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Friday, April 3, 2026 MICROVASCULAR DYSFUNCTION IN CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

SUSHMA REDDY, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Cardiology
Stanford University
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital

Friday, April 10, 2026 THE IMPACT OF HEMODYNAMICS SCREENING IN EXTREMELY PRETERM INFANTS

PATRICK MCNAMARA, MB, BCH, BAO, DCH, MSC (PAEDS), MRCP, MRCPCH, FASE

Regan Giesinger Professor of Neonatology
Department of Pediatrics
University of Iowa Health Care

Friday, April 17, 2026
ORGAN CROSSTALK BY “REMOTE SENSING AND SIGNALING”: CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS

SANJAY NIGAM, MD

Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Division of Neonatology
University of California, San Diego
Rady Children’s Health

Friday, April 24, 2026 NETTING THE NICHE, GRANULOCYTIC CLUSTERS AS FOCAL SITES OF
IMMUNOSUPPRESSION

VIVIEN MALTEZ, PHD

Assistant Professor
Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology
Department of Pediatrics
University of California, San Diego
Rady Children’s Health

Friday, May 1, 2026 SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY: A NOW CURABLE DISEASE?

RICHARD FINKEL, MD

Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Pedersen Family Endowed Chair in Neurotherapeutics
Member, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Director, Center for Experimental Neurotherapeutics

Friday, May 8, 2026

GINA ALLYN, MD

Chief Resident
Department of Pediatrics
University of California, San Diego
Rady Children’s Health

Friday, May 15, 2026 THINK BIG, TEACH BIGGER: INSIGHTS FROM TRANSFORMING CURRICULUM ON A NATIONAL STAGE

SYMPOSIUM FOR INNOVATION IN MEDICAL EDUCATION
HEATHER M. FRENCH, MD, MS ED

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Program Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Friday, May 22, 2026

MELISSA CAMPBELL, MDBRITTANY VOTH, MD

Chief Resident
Department of Pediatrics
University of California, San Diego
Rady Children’s Health

For questions regarding Grand Rounds, please contact Lili Munoz.

PDF Schedule

A PDF version of the 2025-2026 Grand Rounds schedule can be found here.