January 27, 2023

February Medicine Grand Rounds announced

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) Department of Medicine will host the upcoming Medicine Grand Rounds on Thursdays at 8 a.m. in February.

February 2: Schaffner Society Lecture: “The Future of Medical Education: Are we bystanders or upstanders?”

  • Katie Berlacher, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine; Medical Director, Magee Women’s Heart Program; and Director, Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship Program, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

February 9: Harrison Society/Riven Lectureship: Building Trust in Science and Medicine: Misconceptions and Opportunities”

  • Katrina Armstrong, MD, Chief Executive Officer, Columbia University Irving Medical Center; Harold and Margaret Hatch Professor and Executive Vice President for Health and Biomedical Sciences, Columbia University; Dean, Faculties of Health Sciences and the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

February 16: Women in Medicine Lectureship: “Equity and Allyship – Lessons Learned and the Path Ahead: BOOM!”

  • Amy Oxentenko, MD, Professor of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic

February 23: Medicine Grand Rounds

  • Vance Fowler, MD, MHS, Florence McAlister Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Duke University School of Medicine

Medicine Grand Rounds are hosted in person in 208 Light Hall using a hybrid format. Lectures will be live streamed, and available for on-demand viewing here following the presentation.

Lectures are open to the medical community, including those outside Vanderbilt, via Zoom. Free CME credit is also provided with advanced registration.

For more information, visit medicine.vumc.org/dom-medicine-grand-rounds.

To register and obtain CME credit for Medicine Grand Rounds, participants will need to submit a one-time opt-in to the Department of Medicine Grand Rounds distribution list here (https://medicine.vumc.org/medicine-grand-rounds-signup), and create a free VUMC Cloud CME account here (https://vumc.cloud-cme.com/default.aspx).

For questions regarding registration, please email Attallah Stout, Medicine Grand Rounds Program Manager, at attallah.stout@vumc.org.