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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 2018

September 5	Robert Usher Lectureship Antenatal Steroids: What is the Evidence Base?	Alan Jobe, MD Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology and Pulmonary Biology Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, University of Cincinnati
September 12	20th Annual Alan Ross Lectureship Making it Easier to Choose Wisely; Say Yes to the Less	Jeremy Friedman, MD, PhD Associate Pediatrician-in-Chief, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto
September 19	Management of Febrile Young Infants: New Data, New Approaches	Brett Burstein, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Physician, Pediatric Emergency, Montreal Children's Hospital
September 26	Inauguration of the Helen Karounis Agora Program (H-KAP)	Adrian Dancea MD, MBA, FRCPC Associate Professor, McGill University Division Director, Pediatric Cardiology, Montreal Children’s Hospital Anne-Marie Gosselin MD, FRCPC Assistant Professor, McGill University Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Montreal Children’s Hospital Calvin Jacobs Language and culture coordination, traditional medicine helper, Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre Faith keeper Haudenosaunee longhouse Laurie Plotnick, MD CM, FRCPC Associate Professor and Associate Chair (Education), Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Associate Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Centre

October 2018

October 3	Department of Pediatrics Town Hall Meeting Open to Faculty Members in the Department of Pediatrics, McGill University
October 10	Jordan's Principle: Ending Inequalities in First Nations Children's Services Additional: Jordan's Principle poster (fr/en) / Jordan's Principle Information Sheet	Cindy Blackstock, PhD Executive Director, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada Professor, School of Social Work, McGill University
October 17	Pediatric Resuscitation-State of the Art... From the Ivory Tower to our own Backyards	Vinay M. Nadkarni, MD Medical and Research Director, Centre for Simulation, Advanced Education and Innovation, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
October 24	Patient Safety Week Solutions for Patient Safety: Children's Hospitals Working Together to Eliminate Harm	Trey Coffey, MD, FAAP, FRCP(C) Paediatrician and Medical Officer for Patient Safety, Division of Paediatric Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto
October 31	Toward an Optimal Learning Environment	Miriam Boillat, MD CM, CCFP, FCFP Associate Dean, Faculty of Development, McGill University Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University

November 2018

November 7	The Lorraine and Dominique Belcourt Sympoisum Alagille Syndrome: A Multisystem Disorder	Binita Kamath, MD, MB BChir, MRCP Staff Gastroenterologist, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Hospital for Sick Children Associate Scientist, Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto
November 14	Pediatric Jeopardy	Hosted by: Drs. Roaslie Cavin and Catherine Rich Pediatric Chief Residents, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University
November 21	Preston Robb Neuroscience Lecture Brain Tumour Cell States & Fates	Peter Dirks, MD, PhD, FRCSC Staff Neurosurgeon, Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children Professor, Department of Surgery and Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto Senior Scientist, Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute
November 28 Room D.S1.1427	How Does Nodal Signaling Modulate the Timing of Parturition?	Daniel Dufort, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McGill University Research Scientist, Human Reproduction and Development Axis, Child Health and Human Development Program, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute

December 2018

December 5

Medical Inpatient Services Open House
Moving from 6C to B09 - Progress and Innovation for Better Medical Inpatient Care

Meeting point: 7:55am in front of the B.09 elevators

Pediatric Inpatient Services Team

December 12

Sentinel Training in Medicine:
Introducing a Peer-Directed Suicide Prevention Program

Natasha Caminsky, B.Sc.
Medical Student, Year 4, McGill University

Xin Mei Liu
Medical Student, Year 4, McGill University

Lysanne Sun-Drapeau, M.Sc.
Medical Student, Year 4, McGill University

January 2019

January 9	Respiratory Virus Diagnostics: Better Tests, Better Outcomes?	Nadine Korah, MD, MSc Attending Physician, Division of General Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Jesse Papenburg, MD, MSc Infectious Disease Specialist and Medical Microbiologist, Montreal Children's Hospital Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Jasmine Vafi, MD (PGY-2) Pediatric Resident, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University
January 16	The A to Zzz’s of Pediatric Sleep Medicine: A 20 Year Update	Evelyn Constantin, MD, M.Sc. (Epi) Scientist, Child Health and Human Development Program, McGill University Health Centre, Research Institute Assistant Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, McGill Univeristy Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University
January 23	31st Annual Saul Usher Lecture Novel Technology in Pediatric Echocardiography – A View into the Future	Luc Mertens, MD, PhD Section Head, Echocardiography, Labatt Family Heart Centre, Hospital for Sick Children Associate Scientist, Translational Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto
January 30 Room D.S1.1427	Family Literacy Day Health Literacy and Paediatric Practice: Making it Happen	Linda Shohet, BA, MA, PhD Former Executive Director, Quebec Centre for Literacy

February 2019

February 6	Repairing the Brain of Sick Newborns: From Bench to Bedside	Pia Wintermark, MD Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Attending, Newborn Medicine, Montreal Children’s Hospital Clinician-Scientist, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
February 13	Intersection Between the Opioid Crisis and Pain Crisis - Impact on Children with Chronic Pain	Fiona Campbell, MD, B.Sc., FRCA Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto Anesthesiologist, Departments of Anesthesia and Pan Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children Co-Director, Pain Centre, Hospital for Sick Children
February 20	Transitioning to Competency-By-Design in Pediatrics: Lessons Learned at McGill and Preparing for Successful Implementation	Nathalie Buu MDCM FRCPC Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Program Director, Anesthesia Residency Program Evelyn Constantin MDCM MSc(Epi) FRCPC Assistant Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education, McGill University Carlos Gomez-Garibello, PhD Assessment Specialist, Postgraduate Medical Education, McGill University Elisa Ruano Cea MDCM FRCPC MHPE General Pediatrics, CBME lead McGill General Pediatrics
February 27	Dr. N. Blair Whittemore Visiting Professor of Sarah's Fund for Cedars in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Using Genomics to Improve Diagnosis and Management of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia	Charles Mulligan, MBBS (Hons), MSc, MD Member, Department of Pathology and Co-leader, Hematologic Malignancies Program Medical Director, St Jude Biorepository, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

March 2019

March 6	MARCH BREAK - Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds will not be held.
March 13	Montreal Children's Hospital Global Health Involvement Topic to be announced	Thérèse Perreault, MD, FRCPC, FAAP Neonatologist and Director, Division of Neonatalology, Montreal Children's Hospital Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University Jocelyne Bukeyeneza Pediatrician, Kacyiru Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda Fellow, International Neonatal Medicine, Montreal Children's Hospital
March 20	Social Consultation and Interpretation Services (SCIS) Topic to be announced	Speaker to be announced
March 27	Charlotte Laplante Branchaud Lectureship in Perinatal Endocrinology Topic to be announced	Speaker to be announced

April 2019

April 3	Donald Cohen Lectureship in Childhood Autism Topic to be announced	Speaker to be announced
April 10	17th Annual Steinberg Child Development Lectureship Topic to be announced	Speaker to be announced
April 17	14th Annual Charles R. Scriver Lectureship Topic to be announced	Speaker to be announced
April 24	Play Based Interventions: The Impact on Patients, Families and Healthcare Costs	Helen Magdalinos, BA, CCLS Certified Child Life Specialist, Pediatric Surgical Units, Montreal Children's Hospital

May 2019

May 1	8th Annual Donald and Elizabeth Hillman Global Child Heath Lecture Topic to be announced	Jorge Vidaurre, MD Pediatric Neurologist and Director of Neurophysiology Lab, Nationwide Children's Hospital Assistant Professor, Clinical Pediatrics, Ohio State University College of Medicine
May 8	Pediatric Ethics Conference Topic to be announced	Speaker to be announced
May 15	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 22 *Room D.S1.1427*	Flourishing at Work: Mindful Lessons for Clinicians and Leaders	Ronald Epstein, MD Professor, Family Medicine, Psychiatry, Oncology and Medicine (Palliative Care), University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor
May 29 *Room D.S1.1427*	Alice Chan-Yip Lectureship in Integrative and Psychosomatic Medicine Topic to be announced	W Curt LaFrance Jr., MD, MPH Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Alpert Medical School, Brown University Director of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology, Rhode Island Hospital

June 2019

June 5

49th Annual Alton Goldbloom Lecture

Topic to be announced

Jeremy Howick, MD, PhD, BA
Senior Research & Director of Oxford Empathy Programme, Nufield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford

June 12

School of Physical and Occupational Therapy

Topic to be announced

Denise Keiko Skikako-Thomas, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Physical & Occupational Therapy, McGill University
Associate Member, Department of Pediatrics, McGill University

June 19

Frank M. Guttman Visiting Speaker Lecture

Topic to be announced

Speaker to be announced

Previous Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds Schedules

Previous Pediatric Medical Grand Rounds Posters (including educational objectives)

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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