Grand Rounds
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology Grand Rounds are designed to improve the broad practice of laboratory medicine and pathology, including patient care, research, medical education and innovation. Sessions are open to the public and presentations are posted online for review. CME credits are available to those who attend in person.
Time & Location
Grand Rounds are held weekly on Wednesdays from 8:00-9:00 a.m. at the Masonic Cancer Research Building.
450 Masonic Cancer Research Building
425 E. River Parkway
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Fall Semester 2020
September
September 9
Hooman Rashidi, MD
Professor and Vice Chair, GME
Director of Flow Cytology and Immunology
Sacramento, California
Faculty Host: Dr. Sarah Williams
"Automated machine learning & the introduction of MILO (Machine Intelligence Learning Optimizer)"
September 16
Meghan Hupp, MD
Fellow, Division of Hematopathology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
"College of American Pathologists Proficiency Testing and Laboratory Accreditation Program"
September 23
Laurie Littlepage, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indianna
Faculty Host: Dr. Kaylee Schwertferger
"Tumor metabolism and chemokine signaling as vulnerabilities of breast cancer metastasis"
September 30
Hua Zhu, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry
and Molecular Genetics
Rutgers University
Newark, New Jersey
Faculty Host: Dr. Faqian Li
October
October 7
Susan Carole Lester, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Faculty Host: Dr. Emil Racilla
"Spindle cell lesions of the breast: Avoiding perilous pitfalls"
Hilary Kenny, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Faculty Host: Dr. Amy Skubitz
Jaclyn Biegel, PhD
Professor of Pathology
Chief of Genomic Medicine
Center for Personalized Medicine
Keck School of Medicine, USC
Los Angeles, California
Faculty Host: Dr. Betsy Hirsch
"Genetic predisposition to pediatric solid tumors"
AARP Chair in Gerontology
Director, Multidisciplinary Research Training in Gerontology PhD Program
School of Gerontology
USC Davis
Los Angeles, California
"Social, psychological, behavioral and biological risks for aging health: Evidence from the US Health and Retirement Study.
November
November 4
Richard Kaufman, MD
Medical Director, Adult Transfusion
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Faculty Host: Dr. Claudia S. Cohn
"Severe CD4 lymphopenia in frequent platelet donors"
November 11
Hui Zhu, MD
Department of Urology
Cleveland Clinic
Warrensville Heights, Ohio
Faculty Host: Dr. Faqian Li
November 18
Danny Welch, PhD
Professor
Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
The University of Kansas
Kansas City, Kansas
Faculty Host: Dr. James McCarthy
November 25
No Grand Rounds
Thanksgiving Break
December
December 2
Amanda Paulovich, MD, PhD
Professor, Clinical Research Division
Fred Hutch
Seattle, Washington
Faculty Host: Dr. Stefani Thomas
"Developing MRM assays for the translation of novel diagnostics and therapeutics to enable precision medicine"
December 9
Adolfo Garcia Ocana, PhD
Dept of Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes
and Bone Disease
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
New York, New York
Faculty Host: Dr. Jan Czyzk
December 16
Laura Su, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Faculty Host: Dr. Sara Hamilton
Winter Break
Grand Rounds will resume on January 13, 2021