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.

Time & Location

Grand Rounds are held weekly on Wednesdays from 8:00-9:00 a.m. via Zoom.

Spring Semester 2025

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January

January 15

Mohamad Alutaibi, MBBS
PGY4, Co-Chief Resident 
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology 
University of Minnesota Medical School 
Minneapolis, Minnesota 

"Colorectal cancer from the surgical pathology point of view"

January 22

Matt Paz, DO
PGY4 Resident
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology 
University of Minnesota Medical School 
Minneapolis, Minnesota 

"Beyond the skin:  a discussion of extracutaneous melanoma"

January 29

Teddy Mamo, MD, PhD
PGY4 Resident
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology 
University of Minnesota Medical School 
Minneapolis, Minnesota 

"The clinical role of laboratory medicine in powering the growth of cellular therapies"

February

February 5

Ajay Rana, PhD
Endowed Professor 
Department of Surgery and Medicine 
Transitional Oncology Program, Cancer Center
College of Medicine
University of Illinois 
Chicago, Illinois
Faculty Hosts:  Kaylee Schwertferger, MD and Khalil Ahmed, PhD 

"Mechanism-based targeting of MLKs in cancer" 

February 12

Cate Paschal, PhD 
Senior Technical Director
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics Lab
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Lab Medicine and Pathology
University of Washington 
Seattle, Washington  Faculty Host:  Jennifer Laffin, PhD 

"The potential applications of long-read sequencing in clinical genetic testing"


February 19

Koorosh Shahpasand, PhD
Assistant Professor 
Research 
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
University of Minnesota Medical School 
Minneapolis, Minnesota 

"Alzheimer's Disease passive immunotherapy employing a fully human monoclonal antibody against pathogenic pT231-Tau"


February 26

Brian Huang, PhD
Assistant Professor
Population and Public Health Sciences
Keck School of Medicine 
University of Southern California 
Los Angeles, California  Faculty Host:  Shannon Sullivan, PhD, MPH

"Epigenetic mechanisms of smoking, air pollution, and lung cancer in diverse populations"



March

March 5

George Hauser, MD
Associate Professor 
Laboratory Medicine 
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Faculty Host:  Claudia Cohn, MD, PhD

"Alloantibody Exchange: A national tool for transfusion history review" 

March 12

Meghan Lindstrom, MD
PGY4 – Co Chief Resident
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology 
University of Minnesota Medical School 
Minneapolis, Minnesota 

"The past, present, and future of pathology in medical education"

March 19

Mustafa Yousif, MD
Assistant Professor
Breast Pathology and Informatics
Michigan Medicine 
University of Michigan 
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Faculty Host:  Michelle Stoffel, MD, PhD 

"A comprehensive guide to PACS acquisition, vendor evaluation, and contracting a request for proposal framework"

March 26

Peter Van Loo, PhD
Professor and CPRIT Scholar
Department of Genetics
Division of Discovery Science
MD Anderson Cancer Center 
University of Texas
Houston, Texas
Faculty Host:  Ruping Sun, PhD

"Molecular archeology of cancer"

April

April 2

Madison Esposito
University of Minnesota Medical School 

"Investigating Sudden Unexplained Infant Death: A multisystem approach"

April 9

Angela Lager, PhD
Assistant Professor 
Cancer Cytogenetics Laboratory
Department of Pathology 
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Faculty Host:  Jennifer Laffin, PhD

"The clinical utility of Optical Genome Mapping (OGM) in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL)"

April 16

Scott Koepsell, MD, PhD
Vice Chair for Clinical Operations
Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Professor and Medical Director
Nebraska Medicine Apheresis Services
University of Nebraska 
Omaha, Nebraska
Faculty Host:  David McKenna, MD

"Pathogen-reduced platelets: What is the real cost and benefit?"  

April 23

Jon Morrow, MD, PhD
Raymond Yesner Professor of Pathology 
Professor 
Molecular and Cellular Biology 
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Faculty Host:  Minghao Zhong, MD, PhD

"The spread of spectrin - unexpected pathology from an ancient ghost protein"

April 30

Andrew Bellizzi, MD
Clinical Professor
Director of Gastrointestinal Pathology
Co-Director 
Immunopathology Laboratory 
Department of Pathology
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City, Iowa
Faculty Host:  Liam Chen, MD, PhD

"Next-generation immunohistochemistry: How to build highly effective diagnostic tests in anatomic pathology"

 


May

May 7

Katie Wilson, MY1
University of Minnesota Medical School 
Faculty Host:  Deborah Powell, MD

“Avenues in advocacy for pathology: Centering equity, visibility, and public health impact”

 
May 14

Linda B. Baughn, PhD
Co-Director 
Clinical Genomics Laboratory 
Mayo Clinic 
Rochester, Minnesota 

"Understanding the biology of t(11;14) multiple myeloma"

 
May 21

M. Saeed Sheikh, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology
UPSTATE Medical University
Syracuse, New York
Faculty Hosts:  Janeen Trembley, PhD and Khalil Ahmed, PhD

Title:  TBD