Grand Rounds

We are honored to welcome guest speakers from around the country and the world to share their expertise in orthopaedic subspecialties. Residents, trainees and faculty listen to monthly educational sessions with guest speakers who are leaders in their subspecialty, from academic medical centers around the globe.

Please join us for our next Grand Rounds:

Upcoming Speakers

2024–25 Academic Year:

DATE	NAME	AFFILIATION	TOPIC
March 5, 2025	Timothy A. Schaub, MD	UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery	TBD
February 5, 2025	Soroush Baghdadi, MD	UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery	Hip Pathologies in Neuromuscular Conditions
December 4, 2024	Eric Carson, MD	Hospital for Special Surgery	Following Your Path in Life: The Circle
November 6, 2024	Adolfo Llinás Volpe, MD	Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá in Colombia	From Heterogeneous Outcomes to those of the Benchmark: Our Traveled Road to Delivering Value
October 2, 2024	William Sheppard, MD	UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery	Catching Up

Our Past Guest Speakers

: NAME AFFILIATION TOPIC
Sai Devana, MD, Richard Hwang, MD, and Nick Talathi, MD UCLA "Global Health and UCLA Orthopaedics"
Vishwas R. Talwalkar, MD Shriners Hospitals for Children – Lexington and University of Kentucky Healthcare 39th Annual Charles L. Lowman, MD Visiting Professor Lecture: "Pediatric Orthopaedics — Burn In"
Saam Morshed, MD, PhD, MPH University of California San Francisco "Restoration of Limb Function After High Energy Lower Extremity Trauma — Current Research and Insights"
Grant Garrigues, MD Rush University "The Pathogenesis of Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis"
Ryan Pedigo, MD, MHPE and Judi Turner, MD, PhD UCLA “Giving Effective Feedback”
Amiethab Aiyer, MD, FAOA, FAAOS Johns Hopkins University "Modernization of Mentorship in Orthopaedic Surgery in the Social Media Era and Evolution of Residency Application Evaluation"
William T. Obremskey, MD Vanderbilt University Medical Center “Current and Future Infection Prevention and Treatment in Orthopedics”
Duane Anderson, MD Soddo Christian Hospital, Ethiopia “Principles of Chronic Dislocation”
Chloe E. H. Scott, MD, MSc, BSc, FRCSEd (Tr&Orth), MFSTEd Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Grand Rounds: “Orthopaedics for All?”
: NAME AFFILIATION TOPIC
David F. Martin, MD Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Health “American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery’s Knowledge, Skills, and Behavior Program (ABOS KSB)”
Craig P. Eberson, MD Brown University “More to Teach, Less Time to Do it—Maximizing Efficiency for the Orthopaedic Educator”
James O. Sanders, MD University of North Carolina Lowman Lectureship: “Human Growth and Maturation for Orthopaedists”
Will Sheppard, MD and Nakul Talathi, MD UCLA “Global Health and UCLA Orthopaedics”
Dane Brodke, MD, Natale Naim, MD, and Spencer R. Adams, MD UCLA “Hip Fractures”
James P. Higgins, MD The Curtis National Hand Center, Georgetown University, and Johns Hopkins University Stark Lectureship: “Scaphoid Nonunion Treatment in 2023: Creating Your Own Algorithm”
Lauren Wessel, MD UCLA “Approach to Upper Extremity Tumors”
Lauren Mednick, MD Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School “Enhanced Psychological Support as a Tool for Improved Surgical Outcomes”
Samer Attar, MD Northwestern Medicine “Orthopaedic War Surgery: From Aleppo to Kyiv”
Linda Suleiman, MD Northwestern Medicine Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Grand Rounds: “Achieving Equity in Total Joint Arthroplasty”
Brad Penenberg, MD Cedars-Sinai

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NAME	AFFILIATION	TOPIC
Sai Devana, MD, Richard Hwang, MD, and Nick Talathi, MD	UCLA	"Global Health and UCLA Orthopaedics"
Vishwas R. Talwalkar, MD	Shriners Hospitals for Children – Lexington and University of Kentucky Healthcare	39th Annual Charles L. Lowman, MD Visiting Professor Lecture: "Pediatric Orthopaedics — Burn In"
Saam Morshed, MD, PhD, MPH	University of California San Francisco	"Restoration of Limb Function After High Energy Lower Extremity Trauma — Current Research and Insights"
Grant Garrigues, MD	Rush University	"The Pathogenesis of Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis"
Ryan Pedigo, MD, MHPE and Judi Turner, MD, PhD	UCLA	“Giving Effective Feedback”
Amiethab Aiyer, MD, FAOA, FAAOS	Johns Hopkins University	"Modernization of Mentorship in Orthopaedic Surgery in the Social Media Era and Evolution of Residency Application Evaluation"
William T. Obremskey, MD	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	“Current and Future Infection Prevention and Treatment in Orthopedics”
Duane Anderson, MD	Soddo Christian Hospital, Ethiopia	“Principles of Chronic Dislocation”
Chloe E. H. Scott, MD, MSc, BSc, FRCSEd (Tr&Orth), MFSTEd	Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh	Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Grand Rounds: “Orthopaedics for All?”

NAME	AFFILIATION	TOPIC
David F. Martin, MD	Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Health	“American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery’s Knowledge, Skills, and Behavior Program (ABOS KSB)”
Craig P. Eberson, MD	Brown University	“More to Teach, Less Time to Do it—Maximizing Efficiency for the Orthopaedic Educator”
James O. Sanders, MD	University of North Carolina	Lowman Lectureship: “Human Growth and Maturation for Orthopaedists”
Will Sheppard, MD and Nakul Talathi, MD	UCLA	“Global Health and UCLA Orthopaedics”
Dane Brodke, MD, Natale Naim, MD, and Spencer R. Adams, MD	UCLA	“Hip Fractures”
James P. Higgins, MD	The Curtis National Hand Center, Georgetown University, and Johns Hopkins University	Stark Lectureship: “Scaphoid Nonunion Treatment in 2023: Creating Your Own Algorithm”
Lauren Wessel, MD	UCLA	“Approach to Upper Extremity Tumors”
Lauren Mednick, MD	Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School	“Enhanced Psychological Support as a Tool for Improved Surgical Outcomes”
Samer Attar, MD	Northwestern Medicine	“Orthopaedic War Surgery: From Aleppo to Kyiv”
Linda Suleiman, MD	Northwestern Medicine	Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Grand Rounds: “Achieving Equity in Total Joint Arthroplasty”
Brad Penenberg, MD	Cedars-Sinai