Pathology Grand Rounds

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Friday, July 26, 2024 at 8:00 AM PT - Virtual
Clinical Seminar Series - Topic: Autopsy(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
Barbara Sampson, MD, PhD 
Senior Vice-Chair for Strategic Laboratory Initiatives and Academic Affairs
Professor Department of Pathology, Molecular and Cell-Based Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai
"Using the Molecular Autopsy to Understand Sudden Cardiac Death"

Friday, August 9, 2024 at 12:00 PM PT - Virtual
Clinical Seminar Series - Topic: Lab Stewardship(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
Andrew Auerbach, MD 
Professor of Medicine in Residence
University of California San Francisco
"Diagnostic Errors – Moving Towards Solutions"

Friday, August 23, 2024 at 12:00 PM PT - Virtual & In-Person (13-105 CHS)
Research Seminar Series(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
Stephanie Eisenbarth, MD, PhD
Director, Center for Human Immunobiology
Chief, Allergy & Immunology (Medicine)
Professor of Medicine and Pathology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
"Innate Immune Sensors of Transfused Red Blood Cells"

Friday, September 13, 2024 at 12:00 PM PT - Virtual 
Inclusive Excellence Series(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
Marissa White, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
"Empowering Change: Effective Strategies to Promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Pathology"

Friday, October 11, 2024 at 12:00 PM PT - Virtual
Quality M&M

Shangxin Yang, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS (ASCP)
Director, Molecular Microbiology and Pathogen Genomics (MMPG) Laboratory
Associate Medical Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of California Los Angeles
"When 'Repeat to Confirm' Doesn't Work"

Mahmuod Abdeljaber, MD, PharmD
PGY-2
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of California Los Angeles
"Zero Sum Game: Derm Biopsy"

Friday, November 1, 2024 at 8:00 AM PT - Virtual
Clinical Seminar Series - Topic: Molecular(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
Jakob Kather, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine and Computer Science
Chair of Clinical Artificial Intelligence
TUD Dresden University of Technology
“Artificial Intelligence-Based Biomarkers in Precision Oncology”

Friday, November 8, 2024 at 12:00 PM PT - Virtual & In-Person (23-105 CHS)
Research Seminar Series(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
Nima Mosammaparast, MD, PhD
Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Co-Director, Physician Scientist Training Program
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
"RNA damage - The canary in the coal mine?"

Friday, December 13, 2024 at 8:00 AM PT - Virtual
Clinical Seminar Series - Topic: Renal(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
Astrid Weins, MD, PhD 
Chief, Mass General Brigham Renal Pathology
Brigham and Women's Hospital
"Anti-Nephrin Antibodies in Podocytopathies – Not Such a Minimal Change"

Friday, January 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM PT - Virtual
Clinical Seminar Series - Topic: Breast(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
Anna Biernacka, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology
The University of Chicago Medicine
"Modern 'Path' to Axillary Staging in Breast Cancer"

Friday, February 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM PT - Virtual & In-Person (13-105 CHS)
Clinical Seminar Series - Topic: Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
Adriana Zeevi, PhD (D) ABHI
Professor of Pathology and Surgery
Director of Histocompatibility Laboratory
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
"HLA and Non-HLA Antibodies in Solid Organ Transplantation. What Have We Learned in the Last Decade?"

Friday, February 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM PT - Virtual
Daljit S. & Elaine Sarkaria Lectureship & Quality Day 
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Ziad Obermeyer, MD
Associate Professor and Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor 
University of California Berkeley
"(Machine) Learning from Ground Truth: How to Focus AI on What Matters"

Friday, March 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM PT - Virtual
Inclusive Excellence Series(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)
Zoom Link(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) - Meeting ID: 995 9342 0351 Password: 154223 
Krystal Tsosie (Diné/Navajo Nation), PhD, MPH, MA
Assistant Professor at School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
Affiliated Faculty at School of Human Evolution and Social Change,
School of Life Sciences Human Dimensions
"The Future of Indigenous Genomics: Ethics, Clinical Testing, and Biobanking"

Friday, April 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM PT - Virtual
Clinical Seminar Series - Topic: Transfusion Medicine
Claudia Cohn, MD, PhD
Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Director, Blood Bank Laboratory
Associate Director, Clinical Laboratories
University of Minnesota

Friday, May 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM PT - Virtual & In-Person 
Roy Walford Lectureship

Friday, May 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM PT - Virtual
Quality M&M

Friday, June 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM PT - Virtual
Clinical Seminar Series - Topic: Pediatric Pathology
Jessica Davis, MD
Centennial Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Professor of Clinical Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Director of Surgical Pathology
Indiana University School of Medicine