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 Canada, held 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 2024
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September 4 |
No Grand Rounds | |
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September 11 |
25th Annual Alan Ross Lecture "Life, Death & Bridges in Between” HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390 |
Dr. Sam D. Shemie, MD Division Director, Pediatric Critical Care, MCH, MUHC |
| September 18 |
Robert H. Usher Lectureship |
Dr. Ola Didrik Saugstad, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics Oslo University Hospital |
| September 25 |
3rd Annual Orange Shirt Day Lecture with CHU Sainte-Justine «L’auto-détermination des Peuples Autochtones par le Principe de Joyce» "Joyce's Principle and Indigenous Peoples' Self-determination" |
Jennifer Petiquay-Dufresne - Joyce's Principle Office The live presentation will be in French, but simultaneous interpretation to English will be available for those joining by Zoom. |
October 2024
| October 2 |
MCH Global Health Lecture HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390 |
Dr. Annie Chabot, General Pediatrician Dr. Alexis Nizigiyimana M.D, PhD, M.Sc, M.P.H Founder and CEO - Ubuntu Village of Life, Burundi; Program Manager - Madiro Foundation, Canada; Researcher - Affiliated with Faculty of Medicine, National University of Burundi |
| October 9 |
General HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390 |
Dr. Hussein Wissanji, MD, MPH, FRCSC McGill University – MUHC – Montreal Children’s Hospital |
| October 16 |
General |
Dr. Julia Orkin, MD, MSc, FRCPC Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto Associate-Scientist Track Investigator, SickKids Research Institute |
| October 23 |
Canadian Patient Safety Week "How Organizational Culture impacts M&M Rounds and Patient Safety" VIRTUAL ONLY |
Dr. Lisa Calder, MD, MSc, FRCP(C) Chief Executive Officer |
| October 30 |
The Lorraine and Dominique Belcourt Symposium "Pediatric Autoimmune Liver Disease: Where We Are, Where We Are Going" HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390 |
Dr. James E. Squires, MD, MS Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Director Pediatric Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Program & Associate Director of Hepatology, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh |
November 2024
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November 6 |
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November 13 |
General HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390 |
Dr. Peter J. Gill, MD, DPhil, MSc, FRCPC General paediatrician and Scientist, SickKids Research Institute & Associate Professor, Dept. of Paediatrics and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto Dr. Nassr Nama, MD, MSc, FAAP Clinician scholar, Division of Hospital Medicine, Seattle Children’s Hospital |
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November 20 |
Saul Usher Lectureship "Congenital Heart Disease and the Developing Brain" HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390 |
Dr. Michael Seed, MBBS, MRCPCH, FRCR Division Head of Cardiology, SickKids; Professor of Paediatrics, University of Toronto |
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November 27 |
49th Preston Robb Lecture "The Future Is Now: Therapy Development for Neurogenetic Diseases" |
Dr. James Dowling, MD, PhD Senior Scientist, Genetics & Genome Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children |
December 2024
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December 4 |
Ste-Justine Joint Grand Rounds "Lifestyle Medicine: la contribution du concept de mode de vie dans nos interventions pédiatriques" HYBRID - CHU Zoom link (click on poster) & Amphithéâtre Justine Lacoste-Beaubien, CHU Ste-Justine |
Dr. Linda S. Pagani Professeure titulaire, École de psychoéducation de la Faculté des Arts et des sciences de l'Université de Montréal & Chercheure, Centre de recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine * This lecture will only be delivered in French. * |
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December 11 |
Special Grand Rounds Honouring Dr. Steinmetz "Smart Discharges: A 10-Year Ugandan Journey in Pursuit of Child Survival" |
Dr. Charles Larson, MSc, MDCM, FRCP(C) Adjunct Professor, School of Population and Global Health, Department of Global and Public Health |
January 2025
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January 1 |
No Grand Rounds - Holiday Break |
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January 8 |
Chief Fun Rounds “Chief Grand Rounds: Resident and Staff Trivia” HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390 |
Leena Toban and Andrew Dixon Pediatric Chief Residents |
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January 15 |
General "Traumatic Head Injury in Suspected Child Maltreatment" HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390 |
Dr. Michelle Shouldice, MD, FRCPC Division Head for Pediatric Medicine and Adolescent Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children |
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January 22 |
General - Professionalism in Medical Education "Being, Becoming, Belonging: Exploring Professional Identity Formation in Medical Education" HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390 |
Dr. Robert Sternszus, MDCM, MA(Ed), FRCPC Hospitalist Pediatrician & Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Health Sciences Education, McGill University Wendy MacDonald Chair in Pediatric Medical Education in the Department of Pediatrics, McGill University |
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January 29 |
SPOT "From Surviving to Thriving: Overcoming the Long-Term Impact of Neonatal Adversity" HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390 |
Dr. Marie Brossard-Racine, OT, PhD Pediatric Neuroscientist &Developmental Specialist, RI-MUHC |
February 2025
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February 5 |
Keith Drummond Memorial HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390 |
Dr. Bradley A. Warady, M.D. The McLaughlin Family Endowed Chair in Nephrology; Professor of Pediatrics – University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine; Director, Division of Nephrology; Director, Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation; Children’s Mercy Kansas City |
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February 12 |
Schwartz Center Rounds "Caring Through Time: The Impact of Lasting Relationships" VIRTUAL |
Heather Davies - N. MSc, CNN(C), Advanced Clinical Practice, Nurse, Pediatric Neurology |
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February 19 |
Family Literacy Day VIRTUAL |
Dr. Sandra Martin-Chang, PhD Full Professor, Department of Education, Concordia University |
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February 26 |
General - Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Group "The Art of Collaboration: Multidisciplinary Excellence in Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment" |
Dr. Richard Brown, MBBS, FRCOG, FACOG; Dr. Tiscar Cavalle-Garrido, MD, FRCPC; Dr. Elizabeth Hailu, MD, Msc, F.A.A.P; Dr. Jean-Martin Laberge, MD, FRCSC, FACS; Dr. Bettina Mucha-Le Ny, MD, MSc, FRCPC, DABMG, DABP; Carla Vitali, RN, BScN, B.Ed. |
March 2025
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March 5 |
No Grand Rounds - March Break |
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March 12 |
Department of Pediatrics Spring Town Hall HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390 |
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March 19 |
General "Primary Prevention of Food Allergy: Time to Increase Awareness" HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390 |
Dr. Moshe Ben-Shoshan, MD. MSc Associate Professor, Division of Allergy Immunology and Dermatology, Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital |
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March 26 |
Cedars Cancer Centre – Dr. Blair Whittemore Lecture in Pediatric Oncology |
Dr. Julie R. Park, MD Chair of the Department of Oncology |
April 2025
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April 2 |
General "Bridging the Gap in Pediatric Diabetes Transition Care: Innovative Approaches" HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390 |
Dr. Meranda Nakhla, MD, MSc, FRCPC Pediatric Endocrinologist, Montreal Children’s Hospital |
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April 9 |
General "Intensive Care of Infants Born at the Lowest Viable Gestations – A Swedish Perspective" HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390 |
Dr. Johan Agren, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Director of Neonatal Intensive Care University Children’s Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden |
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April 16 |
General "Bringing Pediatric Emergency Medicine Closer to Home: Innovating Beyond the Hospital" HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390 |
Dr. Sasha Dubrovsky, MDCM, MSc Associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University |
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April 23 |
General HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390 |
Dr. Loydie A. Jerome-Majewska, PhD Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism |
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April 30 |
3rd Annual Gottesman Grand Rounds "All That is Humanly Possible: Three Essential Questions to Heal Our Unwell Medical Culture" HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390 |
Dr. Shelly Dev, MD, FRCPC Staff Intensivist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto |
May 2025
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May 7 |
Pediatric Obesity Symposium "Anti-Obesity Medications: The AAP Clinical Practice Guidelines and What to do IRL" |
Dr. Stephanie Walsh, MD, MS, FAAP, DABOM Medical Director, Primary Physician; Strong4Life Clinic, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta |
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May 14 |
Charles R. Scriver Lectureship "Creatine Deficiency Syndromes" HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390 |
Dr. Andreas Schulze, MD, PhD, FRCPC Professor in the Departments of Paediatrics and Biochemistry, University of Toronto |
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May 21 |
Kenny Vineberg Lectureship - Pediatric Hematology/Oncology HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390 |
Dr. Sarah Cohen-Gogo, MD, PhD Staff Oncologist in Haem/Onc New Agents & Innovative Therapies program, Solid Tumour Section, Division of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto |
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May 28 |
Donald & Elizabeth Hillman Global Child Health "Growing Amidst War: Children and Youth Mental Health in Armed Conflicts" VIRTUAL |
Dr. Audrey McMahon, MD, FRCPC Canadian Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist |
June 2025
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June 4 |
Department of Pediatrics VP-Lesley Fellows’ Town Hall HYBRID - Glen Site - Block B – Room B 02.9390 |
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June 11 |
Frank M. Guttman Visiting Professorship HYBRID - Glen Site - Block E - RI AUDITORIUM - E S1.1129 * This PGR will take place from 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM. |
Dr. Andrea Hayes Dixon, MD, FACS Dean of Howard University College of Medicine |
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June 18 |
55th Annual Alton Goldbloom Lectureship |
Dr. Jay G. Berry, MD, MPH General Pediatrician & Hospitalist, Boston Children's Hospital |
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June 25 |
No Grand Rounds - Summer Break | |
Previous Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds
September 2023 - June 2024
September 2020 - June 2021 | September 2021 - June 2022 | September 2022 - June 2023
September 2019 - May 2020 | September 2018 - March 2019 | September 2017 - June 2018
September 2016 - June 2017 | September 2015 - June 2016 | September 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.