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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 September to June on Wednesday mornings from 8:00-9:00a.m. in the MUHC Research Institute Auditorium, room E.S1.1129 (street map / room map).

September 2017

September 6	18th Annual Alan Ross Lectureship Cerebral Injury in Preterm Survivors: Emerging Opportunities for Regeneration and Repair	Stephen A. Back, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Pediatrics, Neurology and Anesthesiology-Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University-Doernbecher Children’s Hospital
September 13	Children with High Resource Use: Trends and Policy Implications	Rishi Agrawal, M.D., M.P.H. Pediatrician, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, and La Rabida Children's Hospital Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Founder and co-Chair, Academic Pediatric Association Complex Care Special Interest Group
September 20	Department of Pediatrics Town Hall Meeting Open to Faculty Members in the Department of Pediatrics, McGill University
September 27	Our Trauma Centre Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow	Debbie Friedman, B.Sc, Ph.T., M.Mgmt. Trauma Director and Director, Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program, Montreal Children's Hospital Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Department of Pediatric Surgery, McGill University Assistant Dean, Student Affairs, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University co-Director, WELL Office, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University

October 2017

October 4	Robert H. Usher Lectureship Kernicterus due to Glucose 6 Phosphate Deficiency	Vinod K. Bhutani, MD Professor of Neonatal & Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University Program Director, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University Neonatologist, The Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford
October 11	Biomedical Ethics Joint Rounds Risky Business: Exposing Children to Potential Harm Without Compensating Clinical Benefit	Robert Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., M.Div. Deputy Director and Senior Pediatric Ethicist, Office of Pediatric Therapeutics, Office of the Commissioner, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
October 18	30th Annual Saul Usher Lectureship Recognition and Management of Thrombosis in Children	Henri Justino, M.D. Pediatric Cardiologist, and Director, Charles E. Mullins Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Texas Children's Hospital
October 25	Women in Leadership - Theory, Data and Direction	Laurie Plotnick, M.D. C.M., FRCPC Associate Chair (Education) and Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Pediatrician and Associate Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Montreal Children’s Hospital Samara Zavalkoff, M.D. C.M., FRCPC, FAAP Attending Physician in Critical Care Medicine and Medical Director of the Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) Program, Montreal Children's Hospital Assistant Professor and Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University

November 2017

November 1	Patient Safety Co-producing Healthcare Quality and Safety: New Frontiers in Partnership with Patients and Families	Maren Batalden, M.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Hospitalist, Cambridge Health Alliance
November 8	31st Annual Dr. Bernadette Nogrady Lecture in Pediatric Imaging Pediatric Congenital Lung Malformations: Practical Imaging Approach and Rad-Path Correlation	Edward Y. Lee, M.D., M.Ph. Chief, Division of Thoracic Imaging, Departments of Radiology and Medicine, Pulmonary Division, Boston Children's Hospital Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
November 15	The Lorraine & Dominique Belcourt Symposium Glycogen Storage Disease: Clinical and Research Advances Since the Last Belcourt Symposium: The Future is Now	David A. Weinstein, M.D., MM.Sc. Director, Glycogen Storage Disease Program, Connecticut Children's Medical Center Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Conecticut
November 22	Two Perspectives on MCH Global Health Involvement Part One: Pediatric Endocrine Care in Haiti - Building Capacity Part Two: Mercy Ships - A Unique Model of Global Health	Julia von Oettingen, M.D., Ph.D., MMSc, FRCP Pediatric Endocrinologist, Division of Endocrinology, Montreal Children's Hospital Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Sherif G.S. Emil, M.D C.M., FRCSC, FACS, FAAP Professor and Associate Chair for Education, Department of Pediatric Surgery, McGill University Director, Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Montreal Children’s Hospital
November 29	Joint Clinical and Basic Science Seminar Clinical & Laboratory Characteristics of Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID): A Transversal Cohort Study	Marylin Desjardins, M.D. Staff Physician, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Montreal Children's Hospital Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Bruce Mazer, M.D. Interim Executive Director/Chief Scientific Officer, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre Head, Child Health Research, Montreal Children's Hospital Professor, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University

December 2017

December 6

Preston Robb Neuroscience Lecture

The Power of Belief

Ann Tilton, M.D., FAAN
Professor, and Chair of Child Neurology, Department of Neurology, Louisiana State Health Science Center
Co-Director, Rehabilitation Centre, Children's Hospital of New Orleans
Director, Comprehensive Spasticity Program

December 13

Celebrating Departmental Success

Kawasaki Disease: Review and What’s New?

Rosie Scuccimarri, M.D. C.M.
Associate Professor and Residency Program Director, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University
Attending Physician, Division of Rheumatology, Montreal Children's Hospital

January 2018

January 10	7th Donald & Elizabeth Hillman Global Child Health Lecture Global Child Health: Challenges and Opportunities	Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, MBBS, FRCPCH, FAAP, Ph.D. Robert Harding Chair in Global Health & Policy Co-Director, Sick Kids Centre for Global Child Health Senior Scientist, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children Professor, Departments of Paediatrics, Nutritional Science and Public Health, University of Toronto
January 17	Department of Pediatrics Town Hall Meeting Open to Faculty Members in the Department of Pediatrics, McGill University
January 24	Family Literacy Day Hearing: First step to Literacy The Importance of Auditory Stimulation in Children	Audrey Hardy, MPA Pediatric Audiologist, Montreal Children's Hospital
January 31	MCH and Pro Bono Quebec: A Medical Legal Partnership. A First in Québec.	Patricia Gauthier Social Worker, Department of Social Work, Montreal Children's Hospital Aude Exertier Triage Lawyer, ProBono Québec

February 2018

February 7	Montreal Children’s Hospital Emergency Department: Academic Open House *Meeting Point: PK Subban Atrium*	Organized by Drs. Jessica Stewart, Jade Seguin and Ilana Greenstone Presented by Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
February 14	Social Accountability and Specialty Education in Pediatrics: Much More Than “...Everyone Learns to Read and Write...”	Saleem Razack, MD Professor and Division Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medical, Department of Pediatrics; Director, Office of Social Accountability and Community Engagement; Core Member, Centre for Medical Education McGill University and Montreal Children's Hospital
February 21	Cedars Cancer Centre Dr. Blair Whittemore Lecture in Pediatric Oncology "It's been 5 years..... now what?" Long Term Follow Up of Childhood Cancer Survivors	Sharon Abish, MDCM Co-Director, Long Term Follow Up Program for Survivors of Childhood Cancer, McGill University Health Centre Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University
February 28	Focus on Host vs. Pathogen: Saving Newborn Lives Through a Paradigm Shift	Tobias R. Kollmann, MD, PhD Investigator, Senior Clinician Scientist and Pediatric Infectious Disease Consultant, BC Children's Hospital Professor, Division of Infectious and Immunological Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia

March 2018

March 7	Northern and Native Health and Sociocultural Consultation and Interpretation Services (SCIS) Joint Rounds The Indigenous Cancer Journey: The Truth & How to Reconcile	Jason Pennington, MD Assistant Professor, Division of General Surgey, University of Toronto Staff Surgeon, Scarborough General Hospital
March 14	Role Modeling - Helping You Make the Implicit Explicit	Robert Sternszus, MDCM, MA (Ed), FRCPC Assistant Professor and Director, Pediatrics Residency Training Program, Department of Pediatrics, Core Member, Centre for Medical Education McGill University
March 21	Pediatric Jeopardy	Hosted by: Matthew Maygar and Aris Hadjinicolaou Pediatric Chief Residents
March 28	Pediatric Transition to Adult Care –Bridging the Gap Pecha Kucha / Lightning Talks and Panel Discussion	Lead by: Lorraine Bell, MD, Pediatric Nephrology, MCH, Director of Pediatric Transition to Adult Care Paule Comtois BScN, Pediatric Nephrology, MCH Jennifer Landry, MD, MSc, Adult Respirology, RVH and MUHC-RI Suzanne MacDonald, MD, Adolescent Medicine, MCH Meranda Nakhla MD, MSc, Pediatric Endocrinology, MCH and MUHC-RI, Outcomes and evaluation research in pediatric transition to adult care Alexia Kouros, Former pediatric patient, Visual Arts Student, Cégep du Vieux Montréal Catherine Spenard, Former pediatric patient, Medical Student, McGill University

April 2018

April 4	Alice Chan-Yip Lectureship in Integrative and Psychosomatic Medicine Conversion Disorders in Childhood – An Overview	Leon S. Dure, M.D. Professor, William Bew White Junior Chair in Pediatric Neurology, and Division Director of Pediatric Neurology, University of Alabama Pediatric Neurologist, Children's of Alabama Hospital
April 11	Pediatric Ethics Conference Moral Distress and Compassion Fatigue: Inherent Risks of Healthcare Practice?	Wendy Austin PhD, RN Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Nursing and The Dossetor Health Ethics Centre, University of Alberta Canada Research Chair, Relational Ethics in Health Care (2003-2013)
April 18	Child Health and Human Development Joint Rounds Children and Tobacco, 2018: Who is Winning?	Jonathan D. Klein, M.D., MPH Professor and Senior Associate Chair , Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois Scientific Director, American Academy of Pediatrics Julius B. Richmond Center
April 25	16th Annual Steinberg Child Development Lectureship Collaborative and Proactive Solutions: Evidence-Informed Psychosocial Treatment of Children with Behavioral Challenges	Ross W. Greene, Ph.D. Founding Director, Lives in the Balance Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Virginia Tech Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Technology (Sydney, Australia)

May 2018

May 2	The Francoeur Family Foundation Lecture RAG Deficiency: Two Genes, Many Phenotypes	Luigi Notarangelo, M.D. Chief, Immune Deficiency Genetics Section Chief, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health
May 9	School of Physical and Occupational Therapy Joint Rounds Youth Engagement: Exploring Meaningful Ways to Collaborate With Patient-Partners	Dolly Menna-Dack, MHSc Clinical Bioethicist, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Research Ethicist, Vice-Chair Research Ethics Board Transitions Strategy Lead, Youth Engagement
May 16	Department of Pediatrics Town Hall Meeting Open to Faculty Members in the Department of Pediatrics, McGill University	with Dean David Eidelman, M.D. C.M. Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Vice-Principal (Health Affairs), McGill University
May 23	13th Annual Charles R. Scriver Lectureship Microtubules, Early Brain Development and Inherited Brain Malformations	Roderick R. McInnes, M.D. C.M., Ph.D., FRSC Professor, Departments of Human Genetiocs and Biochemistry, McGill University Director, Lady Davis Research Institute, Jewish General Hospital Canada Research Chair in Neurogenetics Alva Chair in Human Genetics
May 30	The Donald Cohen Lectureship in Childhood Autism Atypical Behaviors in Autism - Diagnostic Implications	Margaret L. Bauman, M.D. Pediatric Neurologist, Integrated Center for Child Development Associate Professor of Anatomy and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine

June 2018

June 6

48th Annual Alton Goldbloom Lecture

Interventional Genomics: A New Era on the Horizon

Ronald D. Cohn, M.D., FACMG
Professor and Chair, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto
Paediatrician-in-Chief, Hospital for Sick Children
R.S. McLaughlin Foundation Chair in Paediatrics

June 13

15th Annual Kenny Vineberg Pediatric Lectureship in Hematology-Oncology

Topic to be announced

Matthew Warman, M.D.
Professor, Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Harriet M. Peabody Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Othopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Director, Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Boston Children's Hospital

June 20

Frank M. Guttman Visiting Speaker Lecture

Keeping up with Exponential Change in Medicine: Paddle or Perish!

Todd A. Ponsky, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Surgery and Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Akron Children's Hospital

Previous Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds Schedules

Previous Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds Posters (including learning objectives)

September 2016 - June 2017 | September 2015 - June 2016 | September 2014 - June 2015 |
September 2013 - June 2014 | September 2012 - June 2013

Child Health and Human Development Pediatric 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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