Medicine Grand Rounds Annual Keynote Lectures

The Duke Department of Medicine annually hosts keynote presentations highlighting diversity and inclusion and innovation.

Learn more about each series and see a list of past presenters.

Martin Luther King Jr., Memorial Medicine Grand Rounds

Martin Luther King Jr., Memorial Medicine Grand Rounds, hosted by the Department of Medicine's Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee, honors the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and is held on the Friday before the MLK holiday.

MLK Past Presenters

Year	Speaker	Presentation Title
2024	Gary Bennett, PhD Dean, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, Duke University, Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Research Professor, Duke Global Health Institute, Associate Professor, Duke Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology Professor, Duke School of Nursing	You Have to Keep Moving Forward: Obesity in High-Risk Populations
2023	Julius M. Wilder, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine Chair, Duke DEIAR Committee	Hepatitis C as a Paradigm for Health Equity and Social Justice at Duke Health
2022	Tyson Brown, PhD Associate Professor of Sociology Director, Center on Health & Society, Duke Social Science Research Institute	Toward Racial Health Equity: Critical Population Health Perspectives
2021	Darrell M. Gray, II, MD, MPH, FACG Associate Professor College of Medicine, The Ohio State University	The Fierce Urgency of Now: Investing in Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
2020	Damon Tweedy, MD Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Author, Black Man in a White Coat	Reflections on Race and Medicine
2019	Hannah Valantine, MD, MRCP NIH Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity	NIH Addresses the Science of Diversity: Looking Through a Genomic Lens
2018	Kimberly Johnson, MD Division of Geriatrics	REACH Equity: Responding to the ‘Fierce Urgency of Now'
2017	Jamy Ard, MD	A Patient with Obesity Walks Into Your Clinic: Designing Effective Obesity Treatments for Key Populations
2016	Kevin Thomas, MD	Educational Videos to Address Racial Disparities in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators via Innovative Designs: The VIVID Study
2015	Courtney Fitzhugh	Reversal and Prevention of Organ Damage to Reduce Mortality in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease

Clipp-Speer Women in Medicine Visiting Professorship

Clipp-Speer Women in Medicine Visiting Professorship, hosted by the Department of Medicine and PWIM (Program for Women in Internal Medicine), honors the memory and contributions of two faculty members who were trailblazers in the Duke Department of Medicine: Elizabeth "Jody" Clipp, PhD, RN, and Marcy Speer, PhD.

Clipp-Speer Past Speakers

Year	Speaker	Presentation Title
2024	Michele Barry, MD, FACP Professor of Medicine, Director of the Center for Innovation in Global Health, Senior Associate Dean for Global Health, Stanford University	Walking the Talk: Women’s Leadership in Global Health and the Academy
2023	Consuelo H. Wilkins, MD, MSCI Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics Senior Associate Dean for Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Transforming Science and Health Care Delivery to Achieve Health Equity
2022	Ann Brown, MD, MHS Vice Dean for Faculty Professor of Medicine Duke University School of Medicine	Navigating a Career in Academic Medicine: Reflections on Creating Your Path
2021	Vineet Arora, MD, MAPP Herbert T. Abelson Professor of Medicine Assistant Dean, Scholarship & Discovery, Pritzker School of Medicine Associate Chief Medical Officer - Clinical Learning Environment University of Chicago	Sustaining and Salvaging Innovation in a Pandemic World: From IGNITE to IMPACT
2020	Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services	Shaping Health Policy During the Pandemic
2019	Victoria J. Fraser, MD Adolphus Busch Professor of Medicine Chairman, Department of Medicine Washington University School of Medicine	Promoting Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in Academic Medicine
2018	Redonda Miller, MD President, The Johns Hopkins Hospital	Healthcare Transformation and the Evolving Role of Hospitals
2017	Katrina Armstrong, MD, MSCE	Coming to Peace with Uncertainty: Breast Cancer Screening and Prevention in 2017
2016	Serpil Erzurum	Biomarkers for Precision Care of Asthma
2015	Reshma Jasgi	Promoting Gender Equity and Success in Academic Medicine
2014	I-Min Lee, MBBS, ScD Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School, and Epidemiology Harvard School of Public Health	Physical Activity and Health: How Much Exercise Do I Need?
2012	Nancy Brown, MD Hugh Jackson Morgan Professor, Medicine and Pharmacology Chair and Physician-in-Chief Department of Medicine Vanderbilt University	Mechanism-directed application of ACE inhibitors: It’s not ARBitrary

Global Health Research Keynote Lecture

The Global Health Research Keynote Lecture, hosted by the Department of Medicine and the Hubert Yeargan Center for Global Health, highlights the impact of patient-oriented research by clinician-scientists in global settings.

Global Health Research Keynote Past Speakers

Year	Speaker	Presentation Title
2023	Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases Director, Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI)	Global Health: Advancing Equity Through Science

Phillips-Winn Memorial Medicine Grand Rounds

Phillips-Winn Memorial Medicine Grand Rounds, hosted by the Department of Medicine's Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee (MRRC), honors former faculty, George Phillips, who founded the Department’s MRRC, and Michelle Winn, who served as Chair of MRRC and was active in PWIM.

George Phillips, MD, drove the creation of and then led the Duke-UNC Sickle Cell Center. In addition, he was the founder of the Department of Medicine Minority Recruitment Committee (later re-named MRRC). He is remembered as a skilled and compassionate clinician, and as an outspoken advocate for human rights. I personally had the great pleasure of knowing and learning from George as member of MRC under his leadership. He died in 1994 at the age of 39 years.
Michelle Winn, MD, was an outstanding scientist who contributed major breakthroughs in unraveling the causes of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, a common cause of end stage kidney disease particularly in African Americans. I personally greatly admired Michelle as a role model, devoted mentor, skillful chair of MRRC, and quite simply, a wonderful and beloved colleague. Michelle died in July 2014 at the age of 48 years.

Past Phillips-Winn Speakers

Year	Speaker	Presentation Title
2023	John V. Duronville, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Nephrology	Stepping In 4 Respect: Upstander Training Nationally and at Duke University
2022	Michael DeBaun, MD, MPH Director, Vanderbilt-Meharry Center for Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Curing Sickle Cell Disease: the Good, the Bad and the Future
2021	Giselle Corbie, MD, MSc Kenan Distinguished Professor of Social Medicine and Medicine UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine Director of the UNC Center for Health Equity Research Associate Provost for Rural Initiatives	Lessons Learned in Advancing Health Equity Through Community-Engaged Research
2020	Shawn M. Bediako, PhD Director, Office of Education (Division of Intramural Research) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	Sickle Cell Disease and the Science of Race
2019	Opeyemi Olabisi, MD, PhD Division of Nephrology	Trading Kidneys for Time: The Story of APOL1 Nephropathy and The Use of Stem-Cell Approach to Understand It
2018	Charles D. Howell, MD Professor of Medicine Director of the Viral Hepatitis Center Howard University College of Medicine	Eliminating Hepatitis C in the United States
2017	Marie Bernard, MD Deputy Director of the National Institute on Aging	From Mice to Men: Highlights of the National Institute on Aging Research
2017	Valerie Ashby, PhD	My Career Journey and Lessons in Mentoring
2016	Deidra Crews, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology Associate Vice Chair for Diversity and Inclusion, Department of Medicine John Hopkins University School of Medicine	Unequal: The Story of Chronic Kidney Disease
2015	Jennifer Cousar	Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics: Great Strides and Future Directions
2013	Gbenga Ogedegbe, MD, MS, MPH Professor of Population Health and Medicine Director, Division of Health and Behavior Director, Center for Healthful Behavior Change Department of Population Health NYU School of Medicine	Improving medication adherence in hypertensive African Americans: Results of two behavioral interventions
2011	George A. Mensah, MD, FACC, FACP Director, Heart Health & Global Health Policy PepsiCo Corporate Research & Development	Food and Beverage Industry Roles in Promoting Population Health: A 21st Century Perspective

The Eugene A. Stead Jr., MD, Medicine Grand Rounds

The Eugene A. Stead Jr., MD, Medicine Grand Rounds, hosted by the Chair of the Department of Medicine, honors the legendary Dr. Eugene Stead, who served as chair of the Department of Medicine from 1947 to 1967.

Dr. Stead's leadership lead to the formation of the Duke Databank for Cardiovascular Diseases, which grew into the Duke Clinical Research Institute, and he helped make of a new profession when he created the role of physician assistant. Duke's PA program was the first in the country and is currently the top PA program in the nation. We honor Dr. Stead's legacy each year by inviting a visiting professor to speak on health policy, innovation in health care, or other pressing topic in internal medicine.

This presentation is held each November in conjunction with the School of Medicine’s Medical Alumni Weekend.

Eugene A. Stead Jr. Speakers

Year	Speaker	Presentation Title
2023	Manesh Patel, MD Professor of Medicine Division Chief, Cardiology Duke University Medical Center	Antithrombotic therapy and vascular disease management: moving towards precision CV care and the Duke Databank 3.0
2022	Michael Pignone, MD, MPH, MACP Professor and Inaugural Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, UT Austin	Using preventive care innovation to improve equity: colorectal cancer screening
2021	J. Frank Wharam, MD, MPH Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine Core Faculty Member of Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy	Detecting Health Policy Effects on Clinical Outcomes and Equity: The Case of Patient Financial Incentives and Diabetes
2020	Nakela L. Cook, MD, MPH Executive Director at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)	Envisioning PCORI 2.0: Accelerating Innovation to Implementation
2019	Kim A. Eagle, MD, MACC Albion Walter Hewlett Professor of Internal Medicine Director, Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center Michigan Medicine	Cardiac Risk of Non-Cardiac Surgery: A Piece of my Mind
2018	Vivian Lee, MD President of Health Platforms at Verily	Technology & Health Care: Evolution, Transformation or Disruption?
2017	Roger M. Stein, PhD Senior Lecturer Finance Sloan School of Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Can Financial Engineering Cure Cancer?
2016	Robert J. Margolis	Population Health or Single Payer - the Future is in our Hands
2015	Mark McClellan Former FDA Comissioner Director of Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy	Clinician Leadership in Health Care Reform
2014	John B. Simpson, MD (Avinger)	A Brief History of Interventional Devices
2013	Ralph Snyderman Former Chancellor	From the Bronx to Stockholm via Duke: Bob Lefkowitz's Journey
2012	John Whyte Chief Medical Officer for the Discover Channel	The Power of Media to Communicate Health Messages
2011	Jack Fuessner Executive Senior Associate Dean for Medical University of South Carolina	The Future of Health Care: Curiouser and Curiouser
2010	Ed Buckley Vice Dean for Education	Innovation in Medical Education

Joseph C. Greenfield Visiting Professor of Medicine

Each year the Department of Medicine Chief Residents invite and host a visiting professor at Medicine Grand Rounds.

Joseph C. Greenfield Past Speakers

Year	Speaker	Presentation Title
2024	Sean van Diepen, MD Associate Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Cardiology, University of Alberta	Putting the "C" before ICU: The Evolution of Patient Care, Staffing, and Training
2024	Robert Gabbay, MD, PhD Chief Scientific & Medical Officer, American Diabetes Association	Improving Diabetes Care
2023	Martha Gulati, MD, MS Director of Preventative Cardiology, Smidt Heart Institute Associate Director, Barbara Streisand Women's Heart Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Understanding Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease
2023	Quinn Capers IV, MD Associate Dean for Faculty Diversity Department of Internal Medicine UT Southwestern Medical Center	Diversifying the Physician Workforce - Why We Can't Wait
2023	Lisa Christopher-Stine, MD, MPH Professor of Medicine and Neurology; Director of the Johns Hopkins Myositis Center Division of Rheumatology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Statin Myopathy for the Internist: Recognizing When It Is an Autoimmune Disease
2023	Hyung J. Cho, MD Vice President of Quality Department of Quality and Patient Safety Brigham and Women’s Hospital	Value Implementation in the Safety Net: Lessons Learned
2022	Robert Harrington, MD, FAHA Arthur L. Bloomfield Professor of Medicine Chair, Department of Medicine Stanford University	Cardiovascular Medicine as a Data Science
2022	Euan Ashley BSc, MB ChB, FRCP, DPhil, FAHA, FACC, FESC Roger and Joelle Burnell Chair in Genomics and Precision Health Professor of Medicine and Genetics Associate Dean, School of Medicine Stanford University	Towards Precision Cardiovascular Medicine
2022	Jennifer Lai, MD, MBA, FACP Endowed Professor of Liver Health and Transplantation, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, University of California, San Francisco	High-risk Medical Decision-Making involving a Transplant Case
2022	Jennifer S. Myers, MD, FHM, FACP Professor of Clinical Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine Director, Quality & Safety Education, Director, Center for Healthcare Improvement & Patient Safety University of Pennsylvania	Education in Healthcare Quality & Safety: Looking Back and Moving Forward
2021	Ethan Basch, MD, MSc Richard M. Goldberg Distinguished Professor of Medical Oncology Chief, Division of Oncology	Patient-reported Outcomes for Symptom Monitoring in Oncology
2021	Norah Terrault, MD, MPH Professor of Medicine Neil Kaplowitz Endowed Chair for Liver Diseases Chief of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases Division Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California	Chronic Hepatitis B Management: Shifting from Control to Cure
2021	Karen M. Winkfield, MD, PhD Executive Director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance Professor of Radiation Oncology Ingram Professor of Cancer Research Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center	Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Across the Cancer Care Continuum
2019	Chirag Parikh, M.B.B.S., PhD Director, Division of Nephrology Professor of Medicine John Hopkins Medicine	Novel Biomarkers for Phenotyping Clinical Acute Kidney Injury
2019	Gyongyi Szabo, MD, PhD Mitchell T. Rabkin, MD Chair Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Chief Academic Officer Beth Israel Lahey Health/BIDMC Harvard Medical School	Alcoholic Liver Disease: From Bench to Bedside
2019	Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD Professor of Medicine University of California San Francisco Site Director, Internal Medicine Clerkship San Francisco VA Medical Center	Learning From Cases in Practice & Practice with Cases for Learning
2019	Patrick Conway, MD, MSc President and CEO Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina	Health System Transformation
2018	Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, MAS Professor and Chair Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Vice Dean for Population Health and Health Equity UCSF School of Medicine	Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Precision Population Health
2018	Sheila Crowe, MD Professor of Medicine University of California San Diego	What’s the problem with eating wheat? Is it gluten, wheat starch, allergies, the microbiome or something else?
2018	Ned Sharpless, MD Director, National Cancer Institute	The Dynamic Interplay between Aging and Cancer
2018	Clyde Yancy, MD Vice Dean, Diversity & Inclusion Chief, Division of Cardiology Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine	Heart Failure Care in 2018; still a work in progress

William H. Kane Lecture

Visiting professor invited through the Division of Hematology.

William H. Kane Lecture Past Speakers

Year	Speaker	Presentation
2022	Alan E. Mast, MD, PhD Walter Schroeder Endowed Chair for Blood Research Senior Investigator Versiti Blood Research Institute Medical Director Versiti Medical Sciences Institute Associate Professor Medical College of Wisconsin	Factor V and TFPI interactions in Hemostasis and Thrombosis: From Duke to East Texas
2019	Douglas B. Cines, MD Professor of Medicine Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine	The Physician-Scientist: An Itinerant Species or What I Should Say When My In-Laws Ask Me What Kind of a Doctor I Am?
2017	David Ginsburg, MD James V. Neel Distinguished Professor University of Michigan	Cargo Receptors in the ER: From Clotting Factor to Cholesterol Regulation
2016	J. Evan Sadler	Von Willebrand Factor, ADAMTS13 and Thrombotic Microangiopathy