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University of Wisconsin
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Upcoming Grand Rounds
Baltimore and the Big Apple: How Valid is Length of Stay as a Measure of Hospital Quality and Efficiency? - Charles Locke, MD

Baltimore and the Big Apple: How Valid is Length of Stay as a Measure of Hospital Quality and Efficiency?

Charles Locke, MD

Fri, Jun 26, 2020
Innovations in Telehealth to Improve Population Outcomes - Dee Ford, MD

Innovations in Telehealth to Improve Population Outcomes

Dee Ford, MD

Fri, Jun 19, 2020
Disruptive Change and COVID: A Silver Lining - Elizabeth Trowbridge, MD

Disruptive Change and COVID: A Silver Lining

Elizabeth Trowbridge, MD

Fri, Jun 12, 2020
NEJM, Vaping, and a Mysterious Lung Disease - Jeffrey M. Drazen, MD

NEJM, Vaping, and a Mysterious Lung Disease

Jeffrey M. Drazen, MD

Fri, Jun 5, 2020

Grand Rounds will resume Friday, June 5, 2020

Fri, May 29, 2020
Fair Allocation of Scarce Ventilators and Anti-viral Medications During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Douglas B. White, MD, MAS

Fair Allocation of Scarce Ventilators and Anti-viral Medications During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Douglas B. White, MD, MAS

Fri, May 22, 2020
Evolution of Trials in IBD - Reena Khanna, MD

Evolution of Trials in IBD

Reena Khanna, MD

Fri, May 15, 2020
Obesity and the Modern Food Environment - Deborah Cohen, MD, MPH

Obesity and the Modern Food Environment

Deborah Cohen, MD, MPH

Fri, May 8, 2020
Public Resistance or Cooperation: Two Cities Respond to Smallpox - Judith W. Leavitt, PhD

Public Resistance or Cooperation: Two Cities Respond to Smallpox

Judith W. Leavitt, PhD

Fri, May 1, 2020
ARDS: Days of Future Past - Lynn Schnapp, MD

ARDS: Days of Future Past

Lynn Schnapp, MD

Fri, Apr 24, 2020
Pandemic Palliative Care - Toby Campbell, MD, MS and William Ehlenbach, MD, MS

Pandemic Palliative Care

Toby Campbell, MD, MS

William Ehlenbach, MD, MS

Fri, Apr 17, 2020

Additional Material

Alone: The Psychological Effects of Quarantine, and Strategies for Mitigating Them - Mariah Quinn, MD, MPH

Alone: The Psychological Effects of Quarantine, and Strategies for Mitigating Them

Mariah Quinn, MD, MPH

Fri, Apr 10, 2020
Colorectal Cancer Screening Update for 2020- A Story of Stool, Scans and Scopes - Patrick Pfau, MD

Colorectal Cancer Screening Update for 2020- A Story of Stool, Scans and Scopes

Patrick Pfau, MD

Fri, Apr 3, 2020
The Burden of Obesity in Liver Transplantation: Thinking Beyond NAFLD - Erin Spengler, MD

The Burden of Obesity in Liver Transplantation: Thinking Beyond NAFLD

Erin Spengler, MD

Fri, Mar 27, 2020
Polycystic Kidney Disease: The Mysteries and the Hopes, Both Old and New - Gauri Bhutani, MD

Polycystic Kidney Disease: The Mysteries and the Hopes, Both Old and New

Gauri Bhutani, MD

Fri, Mar 20, 2020

Grand Rounds has been canceled for Friday, March 13, 2020

Fri, Mar 13, 2020
Frozen Colon or Dyssynergia: Why Some Patients Can’t Let It Go - Lisa Jones, MD, MPH, MMCI

Frozen Colon or Dyssynergia: Why Some Patients Can’t Let It Go

Lisa Jones, MD, MPH, MMCI

Fri, Mar 6, 2020
Update on Cardiac Disease in Kidney Transplant Recipients - Fahad Aziz, MD

Update on Cardiac Disease in Kidney Transplant Recipients

Fahad Aziz, MD

Fri, Feb 28, 2020
"Resident-Directed Curriculum for Bedside Ultrasonography," "Call of Duty: Medical Edition," and "Empathy Training: A New Competency?" - Timothy Rowe, MD & Katherine Fell, MD - Madelyn Alvarez, MD, MS - Miguel Leal, MD

"Resident-Directed Curriculum for Bedside Ultrasonography," "Call of Duty: Medical Edition," and "Empathy Training: A New Competency?"

Medical Education Day (Three 15 Minute Presentations)

Timothy Rowe, MD

Katherine Fell, MD

Madelyn Alvarez, MD, MS

Miguel Leal, MD

Fri, Feb 21, 2020
Pulmonary Hypertension Physiological Phenotyping and the Role of Exercise - Farhan Raza, MD

Pulmonary Hypertension Physiological Phenotyping and the Role of Exercise

Farhan Raza, MD

Fri, Feb 14, 2020
Keeping Pace With Technology: Meet the New Pacemakers and Defibrillators - Miguel Leal, MD

Keeping Pace With Technology: Meet the New Pacemakers and Defibrillators

Miguel Leal, MD

Fri, Feb 7, 2020
Making Sense of Glucose Sensors: A Guide to Continuous Glucose Monitoring for the Internist - Jennifer Poehls, MD

Making Sense of Glucose Sensors: A Guide to Continuous Glucose Monitoring for the Internist

Jennifer Poehls, MD

Fri, Jan 31, 2020
Brain and Cognitive Changes in Pre-Symptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease: New Findings - Sterling Johnson, PhD and Tobey Betthauser, PhD, MS

Brain and Cognitive Changes in Pre-Symptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease: New Findings

Sterling Johnson, PhD

Tobey Betthauser, PhD, MS

Fri, Jan 24, 2020
Return of the House Call: Home-Based Primary Care in Research and Practice - Melissa Dattalo, MD, MPH

Return of the House Call: Home-Based Primary Care in Research and Practice

Melissa Dattalo, MD, MPH

Fri, Jan 17, 2020
Unraveling the Origins of COPD - MeiLan Han, MD, MS

Unraveling the Origins of COPD

MeiLan Han, MD, MS

Fri, Jan 10, 2020
Eosinophil-Related Inflammation in Asthma: Clinical and Therapeutics Implications - Nizar Jarjour, MD

Eosinophil-Related Inflammation in Asthma: Clinical and Therapeutics Implications

Nizar Jarjour, MD

Fri, Jan 3, 2020
The Future of Cardiovascular Care - Marvin Konstam, MD, FACC, FAHA

The Future of Cardiovascular Care

Marvin Konstam, MD, FACC, FAHA

Fri, Dec 20, 2019
Basket and Umbrella Trials: Challenges and Opportunities for Cancer Drug Development - Nataliya Uboha, MD, PhD

Basket and Umbrella Trials: Challenges and Opportunities for Cancer Drug Development

Nataliya Uboha, MD, PhD

Fri, Dec 13, 2019
Alcohol Associated Liver Disease in the US: Another Disease of Despair? - Jessica Mellinger, MD, MSc

Alcohol Associated Liver Disease in the US: Another Disease of Despair?

Jessica Mellinger, MD, MSc

Fri, Dec 6, 2019
Eosinophilic Esophagitis: A Disease in Evolution - Luis Lomeli, MD, MPH

Eosinophilic Esophagitis: A Disease in Evolution

Luis Lomeli, MD, MPH

Fri, Nov 22, 2019
Go Beyond ‘I Just Tripped’- Identifying the Root Cause of Falls and Implementing Successful Interventions - Kathleen Walsh, DO

Go Beyond ‘I Just Tripped’- Identifying the Root Cause of Falls and Implementing Successful Interventions

Kathleen Walsh, DO

Fri, Nov 15, 2019
Emerging Endotypes and Precision Medicine in Severe Asthma - Loren Denlinger, MD, PhD

Emerging Endotypes and Precision Medicine in Severe Asthma

Loren Denlinger, MD, PhD

Fri, Nov 8, 2019
Creating a Manageable Cockpit for Clinicians- A Shared Responsibility - Christine Sinsky, MD, FACP

Creating a Manageable Cockpit for Clinicians- A Shared Responsibility

Christine Sinsky, MD, FACP

Fri, Nov 1, 2019
Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century: The Impact of Global Warming on Human Health - Dennis Maki, MD

Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century: The Impact of Global Warming on Human Health

Dennis Maki, MD

Fri, Oct 25, 2019
E-Cigarettes and Vaping: A Failed Social Experiment - Brian Williams, MD

E-Cigarettes and Vaping: A Failed Social Experiment

Brian Williams, MD

Fri, Oct 18, 2019
It’s a Small World After All- Exciting Discoveries in Intraislet Pancreatic Hormone Signaling - Dawn Davis, MD, PhD

It’s a Small World After All- Exciting Discoveries in Intraislet Pancreatic Hormone Signaling

Dawn Davis, MD, PhD

Fri, Oct 11, 2019
Enrollment Practices Matter: Community-Based Participatory Engagement in Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Research - Carey Gleason, PhD

Enrollment Practices Matter: Community-Based Participatory Engagement in Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Research

Carey Gleason, PhD

Fri, Oct 4, 2019
Adam Gepner, MD

More Pills? I’m Too Old For This! Personalizing Hypertension Management for Older Adults

Adam Gepner, MD

Fri, Sep 27, 2019
Matthew Churpek, MD, MPH, PhD

Using Big Data to Detect Clinical Deterioration

Matthew Churpek, MD, MPH, PhD

Fri, Sep 20, 2019
Christie Bartels, MD, MS

Lupus Disease, Disparities and New Directions: Strategies from HIV and Beyond

Christie Bartels, MD, MS

Fri, Sep 13, 2019
Mark Burkard, MD, PhD

Enhancing Precision of Cancer Treatment

Mark Burkard, MD, PhD

Fri, Sep 6, 2019
Neil R. Powe, MD, MPH, MBA

Understanding Health Disparities & Equity Through the Lens of Kidney Disease

Neil R. Powe, MD, MPH, MBA

Fri, Jun 14, 2019
Matthew Brunner, MD

Evidence Based? The Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Modern Healthcare

Matthew Brunner, MD

Fri, Jun 7, 2019
Samantha Murray-Bainer, MD

Patient Satisfaction: More than Just GomerBlog Fodder

Samantha Murray-Bainer, MD

Fri, May 31, 2019
Tait Shanafelt, MD

Beyond Personal Resilience: Organizational Approaches to Physician Well-Being

Tait Shanafelt, MD

Fri, May 24, 2019
Ann Chodara, MD

It’s a Gut Feeling: The Microbiome in Inflammatory Disease

Ann Chodara, MD

Fri, May 17, 2019
Jennifer Lai, MD, MBA, FACP

Defining the Limit of Transplant: Science or an Art?

Jennifer Lai, MD, MBA, FACP

Fri, May 10, 2019
Steven Goodman, MD, MHS, PhD

How to Hack P-Values: A User’s Guide

Steven Goodman, MD, MHS, PhD

Fri, May 3, 2019
Lipi Roy, MD, MPH, DABAM

Battle Behind Bars: Addiction, Incarceration & Evidence-Based Treatment

Lipi Roy, MD, MPH, DABAM

Fri, Apr 26, 2019
Angela Hewlett, MD, MS

Clinical Management of Patients with Ebola: The Nebraska Experience

Angela Hewlett, MD, MS

Fri, Apr 19, 2019
Serpil Erzurum, MD

Evolutionary Adaptations and Pulmonary Hypertension

Serpil Erzurum, MD

Fri, Apr 12, 2019
Brian Lewis, MD

Back to the Future: The Resurgence of Home-Based Primary Care

Brian Lewis, MD

Fri, Apr 5, 2019
Tripti Singh, MD

AKI: Beyond the Dialysis Unit and Into the Community

Tripti Singh, MD

Fri, Mar 29, 2019
Jessica Cook, PhD

Engaging the Unmotivated Smoker: Innovative Approaches

Jessica Cook, PhD

Fri, Mar 22, 2019
Ivor Benjamin, MD, FAHA, FACC

Protein Misfolding Diseases: Lessons from Alzheimer’s to Cardiomyopathy

Ivor Benjamin, MD, FAHA, FACC

Fri, Mar 15, 2019
Renuka Gupta, MD

Wound of Racism: "Physician Heal Thyself"

Renuka Gupta, MD

Fri, Mar 8, 2019
Elaine Pelley, MD

When a Specialty Becomes “Women’s Work”: Occupational Gender Segregation in Medicine

Elaine Pelley, MD

Fri, Mar 1, 2019
Sarah Panzer, MD

Chronic Rejection After Kidney Transplantation: Is There Hope?

Sarah Panzer, MD

Fri, Feb 22, 2019
Joseph McBride, MA, MD

Probiotics: Magic Pill or Load of Waste? What Does Your Gut Say?

Joseph McBride, MA, MD

Fri, Feb 15, 2019

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement - Medicine Grand Rounds

American Medical Association (AMA): The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this material for maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.


American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC): The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 ANCC contact hour(s). The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing is Iowa Board of Nursing provider 350.


Continuing Education Units: The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP, as a member of the University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), authorizes this program for a maximum of 0.1 CEUs or a maximum of 1.0 hour(s).


American Board of Internal Medicine: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.