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Pediatric Grand Rounds Archive
2012 - 2013
Date
Speaker Name and Title
Speaker Affiliation
Talk Title
5-Sep, 2012
Ian Krantz, MD-Professor of Pediatrics, Director of Medical Genetics Training Program, Division of Human Genetics
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
"Comelia de Lange Syndrome: Insights into Human Development from a Rare Diagnosis"
12-Sep, 2012
John Kulig, MD- Director of Adolescent Medicine, Division of General Pediatrics
Tufts Medical Center for Children
"Summers on Boston Harbor: History of the Tufts Medical Center"
19-Sep, 2012
Scott Schroeder, MD- Chief of Pediatric Pulmonology/Allergy Division
Tufts Medical Center for Children
"Up in Smoke: Helping reduce children's exposure to tobacco"
3-Oct, 2012
Cody Meissner, MD- Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Tufts Medical Center for Children
"Controversies in Immunization"
10-Oct, 2012
Robert Squires, MD- Clinical Director, Gastroenterology and Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology
Pittsburgh Children's Hospital and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
"Pediatric Acute Liver Failure: Are We Closer to the 'Big Bang'?"
17-Oct, 2012
Shawn P. Fagan, MD- Attending Physician, Surgery and Medical Director, Sumner Redstone Burn Center
Shriner's Hospital for Children-Boston and MGH
"Modern Burn Care"
24-Oct, 2012
Dan Hale, MD- Director of Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine in Lawrence
Tufts Medical Center at TMC
"SIDS and Unexpected Infant Deaths"
7-Nov, 2012
Laura Ment, MD- Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
Yale School of Medicine
"Adaptive Connectivity in the Developing Brain"
5-Dec, 2012
Paige Church, MD- Director, Neonatal Follow up Clinic
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Toronto, CA)
"The Perfect Storm: the 'minor' morbidities of the preterm survivor"
12-Dec, 2012
Julie Nicoletta, MD- Attending Physician, Division of Nephrology
Tufts Medical Center at TMC
"Complications of Renal Transplantation"
19-Dec, 2012
Laurel Leslie, MD- Director, Center of Aligning Researchers and Communities for Health
Tufts Medical Center at TMC
"Why All this Talk about Quality Improvement (QI) and What Does It Mean for Me?"
16-Jan, 2013
Mark Zilberman, MD- Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology
Tufts Medical Center at TMC
"Adult Congenital Heart Disease: The Scope of the Problem"
30-Jan, 2013
Karen Miller, MD- Attending Physician, Center for Children with Special Needs
Tufts Medical Center at TMC
"ADHD: What's New?"
6-Feb, 2013
David Longworth, MD- Chairman of the Medicine Institute
Cleveland Clinic
"The Quest for Perfect Patient Experience: Lessons Learned at The Cleveland Clinic"
27-Feb, 2013
James Perrin, MD- President-Elect of the AAP, Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Chair
Harvard Medical School and Mass General Hospital for Children
"Working as Partners with Families"
6-Mar, 2013
Elisabeth Schainker, MD; Priya Garg, MD; Mary Beth Williams, MD; Maria Lombardi, RN; Susanne Meninger, RN
Tufts Medical Center Quality Improvement Team
"Building Blocks of Reliability and Resiliency: Spotlight on Pediatric Patient Safety Initiatives"
13-Mar, 2013
W. Thomas Boyce, MD- Professor and Leadership Chair in Child Development
University of British Columbia
"Why Are Some Children Sicker Than Others? Stress, Neuroscience, Risk and Resilience"
27-Mar, 2013
Nicole Randazzo, MD- Pediatric Hospitalist
Tufts Medical Center
"Neonatal Hypertension"
13-Apr, 2013
Susan Connors, MD- Attending Physician, Internal Medicine and Julie O'Brien, Med, LMHW- Nurse
Mass General Hospital for Children
"Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism: Clinical Pearls and Transition Tools"
10-Apr, 2013
Abdollah Sadeghi-Nejad, MD- Chief of Pediatrics Endocrinology
Tufts Medical Center for Children
"Idiopathic Short Stature: Growth hormone and other therapeutic options"
17-Apr, 2013
Richard Parad, MD- Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Newborn Medicine
Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Woman's hospital
"Newborn Screening in Massachusetts: Where we have been and where we are going"
24-Apr, 2013
Heather Finlay-Morreale, Anjali Iyengar, Megan Cardoso, Andrew Saluti, Noa Cohen Hughes, Elizabeth Taglauer, Julianne Viola, Sabina Kumar, MD
Tufts Medical Center Residents
Various
1-May, 2013
Melissa Fernandes, Jason Clayton, Jessica Bennett, Sabina Kumar, Amy Kriztker, and James Davis
Tufts Medical Center Residents
Various
15-May, 2013
Heather McKeag, MD- Attending Physician, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Tufts Medical Center at TMC
"Long-term effects of child abuse"
22-May, 2013
Susanne Meninger, RN, MS, CPPS- Clinical Leader-Tufts Medical Center 7
Tufts Medical Center at TMC
"Safety Walk Rounds: The Science of Building a Patient Safety Culture"
5-Jun, 2013
Stephanie J. Schneider, MS, LPC- Program Manager, Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress
Nemors/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
"Evaluating and Treating Early Traumatic Stress in Pediatric Settings"
2011 - 2012
Date
Speaker Name and Title
Speaker Affiliation
Talk Title
14-Sep, 2011
Peter Mogayzel, MD - Associate Prof. of Pediatrics, Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center and Medical Director of the Pediatric Specialty Care Clinic
Johns Hopkins Hospital
"Progress in the Treatment of Chronic Airway Infection in Cystic Fibrosis"
21-Sep, 2011
Doug Hyder, MD - Attending Physician, Pediatric Neurology
Tufts Medical Center at TMC
"Pediatric Migraine: A Practical Review"
28-Sep, 2011
Randall Brown, MD, MPH - Pediatric Pulmonologist
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding
"Optimizing Asthma Care: Application of Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management"
5-Oct, 2011
Alejandro Flores, MD - Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology/Nutrition
Tufts Medical Center at TMC
"A Long Review of Short Bowel Syndrome"
12-Oct, 2011
Satyan Lakshminrusimha, MD - Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Chief, Division of Neonatology
Children's Hospital of Buffalo
"Hypoxic Respiratory Failure in Newborns"
19-Oct, 2011
Mitzi Johnson, MD, MPH - Director
Whole Person Health
"Working with Interpreters in a Hospital Setting"
26-Oct, 2011
John Kulig, MD - Director of Adolescent Medicine, Divison of General Pediatrics
Tufts Medical Center at TMC
"Marijuana: Effective Medicine or Harmless Drug?"
2-Nov, 2011
Roula Choueiri, MD - Attending Physician, Division of Developmental/Behavioral Peds
Tufts Medical Center at TMC
"Educational and Behavioral Interventions in Autism: What You Need to Know"
30-Nov, 2011
Erik von Hahn, MD - Attending Physician, Division of Developmental/Behavioral Peds
Tufts Medical Center at TMC
"Gifted Children"
14-Dec, 2011
Liwen Tang, MD - Attending Physician, Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Tufts Medical Center at TMC
"Syncope in Children and Young People"
4-Jan, 2012
Giselle Scholler, MD - Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Vermont Cancer Center
"Personalized Pedicatric Oncology Trials"
11-Jan, 2012
Phyllis A. Dennery, MD - Chief of Neonatology
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
"History of Neonatology: Lessons from the Past to Guide Future Therapies"
18-Jan, 2012
Staci Kallish, MD - Attending Physician, Division of Genetics and Metabolism
Tufts Medical Center at TMC
"Loeys-Dietz Syndrome: What Pediatricians and Pediatric Specialists Should Know about LDS"
25-Jan, 2012
Jonathan Davis, MD - Chief of Newborn Medicine
Tufts Medical Center at TMC
"Challenges in Pediatric Drug Development"
1-Feb, 2012
H. Cody Meissner, MD - Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Tufts Medical Center at TMC
"Changes to the 2012 Immunization Schedule and Why They Were Made"
8-Feb, 2012
Karen Fauman, MD - Attending Physician, Pediatric Critical Care
Tufts Medical Center at TMC
“No Longer Peeking From Behind the Curtain: The Psychosocial Impact of Critical Illness in the Era of Family-Centered Care
15-Feb, 2012
Karen Miller, MD - Attending Physician, Division of Developmental/Behavioral Peds
Tufts Medical Center at TMC
"15-Cent Developmental Evaluation: Children's Drawings and Writings"
22-Feb, 2012
Tomo Tarui, MD - Attending Physician, Division of Pediatric Neurology
Tufts Medical Center at TMC
"Fetal Neurology Consultation: Pediatrician Meets Fetus"
29-Feb, 2012
Carolyn D'Ambrosio, MD - Director of Center for Sleep Medicine, Division of Adult Pulm.
Tufts Medical Center
"An Overview of Pediatric Sleep Disorders"
7-Mar, 2012
L. Nandini Moorthy, MD
UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center
"How Do You Feel About Having Lupus? Exploring Wellbeing in Children with Systematic Lupus Erythematosus"
28-Mar, 2012
Sanjay Bansal, MD - Attending Physician, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
Tufts Medical Center at TMC
"Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Review and New Frontiers"
4-Apr, 2012
Emily Siegel, PsyD and Matthew Siegel, MD - Clincial Psychologist and Attending Phys.
Maine Medical Center w/ appointments at Tufts
"Behavioral Health Treatment for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Evidence for Multi-modal Approaches"
11-Apr, 2012
Sunita Pereira, MD - Attending Physician, Division of Newborn Medicine
Tufts Medical Center at TMC
"Improving Care and Outcomes by Understanding the Late Preterm Infant"
2-May, 2012
Gwyn M. Cattell, MD - Attending Physician, Child and Adolescent Psychology
Tufts Medical Center
"Using the Principles of Compassionate Care to Improve Patient Communication"
9-May, 2012
K. Fauman, MD, L. Milner, MD, Dawna Frankenberger, RN & Gabriela Ardon, LICSW
Tufts Medical Center
"Panel: Determining Futility When There is No Perfect Decision Maker"
16-May, 2012
Susan Golombok, MD - Professor and Director of the Centre for Family Research
University of Cambridge, UK
"New Families, Old Values: Parenting and Child Development in New Family Forms"
2010 - 2011
Date
Speaker Name and Title
Speaker Affiliation
Talk Title
15-Sep, 2010
Sam Zinner, MD
Seattle Children's Hospital - Developmental Pediatrics faculty
Tourette Syndrome: The Whole Tic & Kaboodle
22-Sep, 2010
Andrew R. Scott, MD
Tufts Medical Center - Pediatric Otolaryngology faculty
Cleft Lip and Palate: Optimizing Management Through a Multidisciplinary Approach
29-Sep, 2010
Christina Pelajo, MD
Tufts Medical Center - Pediatric Rheumatology fellow
Periodic Fevers in Children
6-Oct, 2010
Dana Safran, Sc.D.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Getting to Safe, Affordable, Effective, Patient-Centered Care: Good Data & Measures Are Just the Beginning
13-Oct, 2010
Charles Fisher, Esq.
Senior Partner, Kitch and Drutchas, Michigan - Sr. Partner
In the beginning… The Life of a Malpractice Suit in a Damaged Baby
27-Oct, 2010
Peter Ngo, MD
Tufts Medical Center - Pediatric Gastroenterology faculty
Eosinophilic Esophagitis and an Update on GI Food Allergies
3-Nov, 2010
Maureen Strafford, MD
Tufts Medical Center - Anesthesiology faculty and Arnold P. Gold Foundation liasion
The Emerging Role of Mindfulness Meditation in Pediatric Medicine
10-Nov, 2010
Reid Nishikawa, Pharm.D, BCNSP
NUTRISHARE, Inc. Elkgrove, CA
Liver Dysfunction in long term TPN: Novel strategies and Approaches
17-Nov, 2010
Mark Zilberman, MD
Tufts Medical Center - Pediatric Cardiology
Pediatric Cardiac Emergencies
1-Dec, 2010
Robert H. Bartlett, MD
University of Michigan - Pediatric Critical Care Chief
ECMO for Cardiac and Pulmonary Failure: History, Current Status, and Future
8-Dec, 2011
Edmund LaGamma, MD
New York Medical College - Newborn Medicine Chief
Transient Hypothyroxinemia of Prematurity and Brain Development
15-Dec, 2010
Jim Perrin, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School faculty
Health Care Reform and Children with Chronic Conditions
5-Jan, 2011
Gary Allegretta, MD
Eastern Maine Medical Center- faculty
Principles and Benefits of Pediatric Palliative Care
12-Jan, 2011
Naomi Steiner, MD
Tufts Medical Center - Development Behavioral Pediatrics faculty
Usage of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in children with ADHD
19-Jan, 2011
Cheryl Garganta, MD
Tufts Medical Center - Genetics and Metabolism faculty
Metabolic Evaluation of Intellectual Disability and Autism
26-Jan, 2011
David Griesemer, MD
Tufts Medical Center - Pediatric Neurology
Seizures in the Newborn
2-Feb, 2011
David Snydman, MD
Tufts Medical Center - Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine
Infection Control at Tufts Medical Center and Tufts Medical Center: 2011 and beyond
9-Feb, 2011
Karen Fauman, MD
Tufts Medical Center - Pediatric Critical Care faculty
Collaborative Decision Making with Parents of Children with Terminal Conditions
16-Feb, 2011
Lockie Milner, MD
Tufts Medical Center - Pediatric Nephrology
Controversies in Childhood UTIs
23-Feb, 2011
Abdollah Sadeghi-Nejad, MD
Tufts Medical Center - Pediatric Endocrinology
Sex Assignment in Ambiguous Genitalia: Medical and Ethical Dilemmas
2-Mar, 2011
Roger Soll, MD
University of Vermont - Neonatology faculty
Beyond Randomized Controlled Trials
9-Mar, 2011
Laurie Miller, MD
Tufts Medical Center - Pediatric Rheumatology faculty
International Adoption 2011: Orphans and Outcomes
16-Mar, 2011
Carl-Christian Jackson, MD
Tufts Medical Center - Pediatric Surgery faculty
Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Challenges in Management
30-Mar, 2011
Johannes Wolff, MD
Tufts Medical Center - Pediatric Hematology Oncology faculty
Personalized Targeted Therapy in Oncology – first data
6-Apr, 2011
Rosalind Picard, MD
MIT Media Laboratory
Future Technology for Autism: Emotion and Sensory Processing
13-Apr, 2011
Ross Greene, MD
Harvard Medical School - Psychiatry Faculty
Challenging Behavior as a Developmental Delay: Implications for Assessment and Treatment
27-Apr, 2011
Sarbattama Sen, MD, Nicola Smith, MD and Mary Ann Volpe
Tufts Medical Center - Newborn Medicine faculty members (all)
Various Short Talks on Newborn Medicine in Preparation for PAS Conference
4-May, 2011
Lynne Karlson, MD, Athena Xifaras, MD and Michael Leidig, RD, LDN
Tufts Medical Center - Center for Youth Wellness (all)
Childhood Obesity 3 Ps: Prevention, Practice, and Public Policy
11-May, 2011
Alisa Niksch, MD
Tufts Medical Center - Pediatric Cardiology faculty
Pre-participation Screening for the Primary Care Physician
18-May, 2011
Dian Donnai, MD
University of Manchester, Medical Genetics faculty
Genetic Medicine: Possibilities and Promises
1-Jun, 2011
John Davis
Tufts Medical Center - Newborn Medicine Chief
New Approaches to the Prevention and Treatment of Neonatal Sepsis