Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds

The Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds are an accredited group learning activity, as defined by the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canadaheld from September to June on Wednesday afternoons from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm taking place either virtually via Zoom or hybrid. Hybrid PGR attendance will only be recorded electronically via the Microsoft Forms link or QR code provided.

Please see the schedule for dates and locations. To be added to the Grand Rounds email list or for more information, please contact pedscoms.med [at] mcgill.ca (Christina).

September 2025

September

3

No Grand Rounds

September 10

26th Annual Alan Ross Lecture

"Prevention of Food Allergy"

HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390

Dr. Gideon Lack, MBBCH (Oxon) MA (Oxon), FRCPCH, FMedSci

Professor of Paediatric Allergy, King’s College London
Head of the Children’s Allergy Clinical Academic Group, King’s Health Partners Institute of Women and Children’s Health at Evelina London, Guy’s & St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

September 17

Robert H. Usher Lectureship

"Time to Transition: Understanding and Supporting Newborn Adaptation"

HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390

Dr. Eugene Dempsey, MD, MSc, MA, FRCPI

Horgan Chair in Neonatology, Infant Centre, University College Cork
Consultant Neonatologist at Cork University Maternity Hospital
Neonatal Lead at the INFANT Research Centre

September 24

4th Annual Orange Shirt Day Lecture with CHU Sainte-Justine

"Jordan’s Principle: A Sacred Duty and Legal Right - Culturally Based Substantive Equality for First Nations Children, Youth and Families"

HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390 & SPGH - Room 461, 2001 McGill College Avenue

Cindy Blackstock

PhD in Social Work, Master of Jurisprudence, Master of Management
Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society
Professor at McGill University’s School of Social Work

The live presentation will be in English, but simultaneous interpretation to French will be available for those joining by Zoom.

October 2025

October 1

MCH Global Health Lecture

"tbd"

HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390

 
October 8

Ste-Justine Joint Grand Rounds

"tbd"

HYBRID -CHU Zoom link (click on poster) & Amphithéâtre Justine Lacoste-Beaubien, CHU Ste-Justine

Dr. Maky Fraga

 

October 15

General

"Disinformation and the Rise of the Machines: How Do We Protect Patients and Ourselves in the Age of SocMed and AI"

HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390

Dr. Peter G. Brindley, MD, FRCPC (Canada), FRCP (Lond), FRCP (Edin)

Professor, Critical Care Medicine; Professor, Anesthesiology; Professor, Medical Ethics/Dosseter Centre; Attending Physician, Adult General Systems Intensive Care; Attending Physician, Neurosciences Intensive Care - University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton

October 22

The Lorraine and Dominique Belcourt Symposium

"tbd":

HYBRID -tbd

 
October 29

Canadian Patient Safety Week

"tbd"

HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390

 

November 2025

November

5

Department of Pediatrics Fall Town Hall

HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390

November

12

50th Preston Robb Lecture

"tbd"

HYBRID -tbd

Dr. Michael Shevell

Dr. Annette Majnemer

November

19

Saul Usher Lectureship

"tbd" 

HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390

 

November

26

General

"tbd"

HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390

 

December 2025

December

3

General

"tbd"

HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390

 

December

10

General - MSSA Funded Projects

"tbd"

HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390

 

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Previous Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds

September 2023 - June 2024 | September 2024 - June 2025
September 2020 - June 2021 | September 2021 - June 2022 | September 2022 - June 2023
September 2019 - May 2020 | September 2018 - March 2019September 2017 - June 2018
September 2016 - June 2017September 2015 - June 2016September 2014 - May 2015


Child Health and Human Development Program Research Seminars

The Child Health and Human Development (CHHD) program, of the MUHC Research Institute, offers Pediatrics Research Seminars on Mondays from 12:00 - 1:00p.m in the MUHC Research Institute, room E.S1.1129. 

For upcoming seminars please visit the CHHD Events page.

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