Pediatric Grand Rounds Archive

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"

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"

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