Medicine Grand Rounds (MGR) is a weekly seminar series to support the academic environment of the Duke Department of Medicine. Topics and speakers are selected to provide faculty and trainees with up-to-date knowledge about timely issues in internal medicine. MGR occurs every Friday at 8 a.m in Duke North 2002 unless otherwise noted below.
Faculty and trainees should use this Zoom link to join each week:
- Join: https://duke.is/MGR
- Webinar ID: 945 1609 6125
- Passcode: 348405
- Dial by Phone: +1 301 715 8592
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In support of improving patient care, the Duke University Health System Department of Clinical Education and Professional Development is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), to provide continuing education for the health care team.
| CME | MOC-ABIM |
|---|---|
| Physician Credit - Duke Continuing Education designates Medicine Grand Rounds and Duke Medicine Learning, Education, and Discussion Series (LEADS) activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Physicians must attend the CME activity, must have an active ETHOS account, and must text their attendance (with the weekly text code) to 919-213-8033 starting at 8:00am and must do so within 24 hours. GME Trainees are not eligible for CME credit. | Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to one (1) MOC credit in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. |
For questions, email DOMGrandRounds@duke.edu.
Upcoming 2026-27 Medicine Grand Round Lectures
| Date | Presenter(s) | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 09/11/26 | Kathleen Cooney, MD George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor of Medicine Chair, Department of Medicine | State of the Department Location: Trent Semans Great Hall |
| 09/18/26 | Victor Dzau, MD James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Medicine Professor of Medicine Chancellor Emeritus | TBA |
| 09/25/26 | Pooh Setji, MD Professor of Medicine Chief, Hospital Medicine Division | From a Handful of Hospitalists to a Health System Force Location: Duke South Amphitheater |
| Tuesday 09/29/26* 5-6 pm | Jeff Healey, MD Professor of Medicine McMaster University | 2026 Joseph C. Greenfield Visiting Professor of Medicine Lecture Series TBA *in collaboration with Cardiology Grand Rounds |
2025 - 2026 Medicine Grand Round Recordings
| Date | Presenter(s) | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 06/12/26 | Tony Breu, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Director of Resident Education, VA Boston Healthcare System | 2026 Joseph C. Greenfield Visiting Professor of Medicine Lecture Series Curiosity and the Return to Why |
| 06/05/26 | 2025-26 Internal Medicine Chief Residents Haley Cottrill, MD | Designing Educational Experiences for a Modern Residency |
| 05/29/26 | 2026 Califf Resident Research Award Recipients Daniel Bujnowski, MD Morgan Nakatani, MD Roshini Srinivasan, MD | Resident Research Day 2026 |
| 05/22/26 | Nathan Hirshman, MD Mentee: Mentor: Mentee: Mentor: | MS3 Ground Rounds: Shaping the Future of Medicine Through Mentorship Watch the presentation |
| 05/15/26 | 2026 Recipient of the Neil L. Spector Art of Medicine Award David Murdoch, MD, MPH | Mentoring & Medicine: Towards a Common Goal |
| 05/08/26 | Lindsay King, MD, MPH Stephanie Garbarino, MD | Evolving Paradigms in Liver Transplantation: Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease in an Era of Expanding Opportunities |
| 05/01/26 | Jennifer Spicer, MD, MHPE, MPH Vice Chair of Education, Department of Medicine University of Colorado | 2026 Joseph C. Greenfield Visiting Professor of Medicine Lecture Series Lighting the Inner Drive: How Everyday Teaching Choices Shape Learner Motivation |
| 04/24/26 | Katherine Zhou, MD, PhD Alejandro Antonia, MD, PhD Sidharth (Sid) Madhavan, PhD | The Future of Biomedical Research at Duke: Presentations from Emerging Leaders in the DOM Fellow Research Academy Watch the presentation |
| 04/17/26 | Jed Gonzalo, MD, MSc Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine | Clinical Excellence Society Visiting Professor Lecture Health Systems Science: A Framework for Clinical Care, Education, and Scholarship |
| 04/03/26 | Julianna Marwell, MD, FACP Assistant Professor Geriatrics and Palliative Care | Navigating Intentional Weight Loss in Older Adults |
| 03/20/26 | Aimee K Zaas, MD, MHS Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Professor Infectious Diseases and International Health | Match Day! National and Local Trends plus Finding Your “And” with Duke IM |
| 03/13/26 | Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles, MD, PhD David S. Gottesman Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics Mount Sinai | William H. Kane Lecture - Invited Hematology Speaker Inborn Errors of B-Cell Immunity: Insights from Bench to Bedside |
| 03/06/26 | Allen Kachalia, MD, JD Senior Vice President of Patient Safety and Quality John Hopkins Medicine | 2026 Joseph C. Greenfield Visiting Professor of Medicine Lecture Series Excellence by Design: What Will It Take to Achieve Safer, Higher-Quality Care? |
| 02/27/26 | Duke Internal Medicine Housestaff & Faculty | Annual Faculty vs Housestaff Trivia Bowl In-person Only |
| 02/20/26 | Nicki Hastings, MD, MHS Chief, Internal Medicine Professor, General Internal Medicine | 50 Years Strong and Building for the Future: General Internal Medicine & Health Care Delivery Science at Duke |
| 02/13/26 | Robert Tighe, MD Nrupen Bhavsar, MD, PhD Julie Somarriba | Health in a Changing Climate - Why We Should Care and What are We Doing About it? |
| 02/06/26 | April Salama, MD Georgia Beasley, MD | United Against Melanoma: Team-Based Care, Innovation, and Impact |
| 01/30/26 | Mike Pignone, MD, MPH, MACP Vice Chair, Quality and Innovation Rebecca & John Kirkland Distinguished Professor of Medicine General Internal Medicine Rich Shannon, MD Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, DUHS Professor, Cardiology | Quality and Safety at Duke: The Integral Role of the Department of Medicine |
| 01/23/26 | Andy Alspaugh, MD Alejandro Antonia, MD Ilan Schwartz, MD, PhD | 2026: The Changing Landscape of Infectious Diseases — a Duke Perspective |
| 01/16/26 | Utibe Essien, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Medicine UCLA | Martin Luther King Jr., Memorial Medicine Grand Rounds Advancing Pharmacoequity: A Policy Prescription Toward Justice in Health |
| 01/09/26 | Fola May, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine Digestive Diseases UCLA | 2026 Joseph C. Greenfield Visiting Professor of Medicine Lecture Series Colorectal Cancer: Shifting Epidemiology, New Screening Tests, and Equity through Community Partnerships |
| 12/12/25 | Tony Galanos, MD Professor Geriatrics and Palliative Care | Grief 101: Emphasis on Supporting the Clinician |
| 12/05/25 | Opeyemi Olabisi, MD, PhD Chief, Nephrology Associate Professor |
Redefining Nephrology for the Next Generation: Translating Discovery, Building Community, Inspiring Hope |
| 11/21/25 | Ivan Maillard, MD, PhD Laurence Joseph Dinner Chair in Leukemia Research Head of the Division of Hematologic Malignancies Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | 3rd Annual Research Day Keynote Speaker Notch Signaling in Immune Health and Disease: Chapters of a Personal and Scientific Journey Watch the presentation |
| 11/14/25 | Diana McNeill, MD Jenny Van Kirk, MD Heather Whitson, MD, MHS Hope Uronis, MD Rich Riedel, MD | From Learner to Leader: Navigating the Clinician Educator Pathway - Perspectives from Three Generations of Educators, Highlighting Duke AHEAD
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| 11/07/25 | Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH National Advisor, Manatt Health | The Eugene A. Stead Jr., MD, Memorial Lecture |
| 10/31/25 | Chet Patel, MD Adam DeVore, MD Matt Ellis, MD Lindsay King, MD, MPH John Reynolds, MD | Contemporary Issues in Transplant Allocation and Procurement Watch the presentation |
| 10/24/25 | Thuy Le, MD, PhD Associate Professor Infectious Diseases | Global Health Research Annual Keynote Lecture Ten Commandments for Global Health Physician Scientists: Wisdom Through a Journey Less Travelled |
| 10/17/25 | Diane Reidy-Lagunes, MD Professor Division Chief Medical Oncology | The Academic Oncologist's Roadmap: Thriving in a Changing World Watch the presentation |
| 10/10/25 | Sweta Patel, MD, MS Assistant Professor Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care | Beyond the Virus: Lung Health and the Microbiome in People with HIV Watch the presentation |
| 10/03/25 | Mike Krzyzewski Ambassador to Duke University | The Department of Medicine Team Meeting with Coach K Watch the presentation |
| 9/26/25 | Deepshikha Ashana, MD, MBA, MS Assistant Professor Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine | Impacts of Federal and State Legislation on Obstetric Critical Illness |
| 9/19/25 | Daniella Zipkin, MD Professor General Internal Medicine Caroline Sloan, MD Assistant Professor General Internal Medicine | Physician Advocacy in 2025 |
| 9/12/25 | Kathleen Cooney, MD George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor of Medicine Chair, Department of Medicine | Department of Medicine Year in Review |
| 09/05/25 | Andrew Armstrong, MD, MSc Professor Medical Oncology Kevin Shah, MD, MBA Associate Professor General Internal Medicine Ryan Fecteau, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology Michael Rothberg, MD Assistant Professor, Urology | Innovations in Prostate Cancer Screening, Early Detection, and Personalized Treatment |
| 8/22/25 | Navdeep Tangri, MD, PhD Professor Section of Nephrology Max Rady College of Medicine | 2025 Joseph C. Greenfield Visiting Professor of Medicine Lecture Series Lab 2.0 - Leveraging Routinely Collected Lab Data to Inform Chronic Disease Management |
| 08/15/25 | Kevin Oeffinger, MD Professor, Medical Oncology | Onco-Primary Care: At Duke and Beyond |
| 7/25/2025 | Amy S. Oxentenko, MD Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic | 2025 Joseph C. Greenfield Visiting Professor of Medicine Lecture Series |
| 7/18/2025 | Tazeen Jafar, MBBS, MPH Research Professor of Global Health Professor Health Services & Systems Research | Advancing Global Vascular Health: Scalable Solutions for BP Control |
| 7/11/2025 | Cameron R. Wolfe, MBBS Emily Smith, PhD | Measles, Vaccines and Difficult Conversations: What Clinicians Need to Know |