Grand Rounds is the flagship conference held in the Duke Division of Nephrology.
Grand Rounds conferences are hybrid every Friday from 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. (EST). All conferences are available through Zoom and held in DN 2001 (unless noted otherwise). Grand Rounds has been approved for 1.0 credits of continuing medical education. Attendance and CME credit is tracked online by Duke Continuing Medical Education
| Date | Presenter |
|---|---|
| August 7, 2026 | J. Pedro Teixeira, MD University of New Mexico (Virtual) |
| August 14, 2026 | Benjamin Catanese, MD Research in Progress |
| August 21, 2026 | Caesar Romero, MD, PhD Emory University (TBD for In Person/Virtual) |
| August 28, 2026 | Charles Scales, MD Duke, DCRI |
| September 4, 2026 | Steven Crowley, MD Research in Progress |
| September 11, 2026 | Sanjeev Kumar, MD, MRCP (U.K), PhD Cedars Sinai Medical Center (In person) |
| September 18, 2026 | Josh Daum, MD & Mason Kalada, MD Clinical Case Conference |
| September 25, 2026 | Malgorzata Kasztan, MD University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (In person) |
| October 2, 2026 | Matthew Alexander, MD, PhD, FAHA Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Virtual) |
| October 9, 2026 | Chelsea Smith, MD & Ethan Witt, MD Clinical Case Conference |
| October 16, 2026 | Ron Wald, MDCM, MPH Unity Health (Virtual) |
| October 30, 2026 | Rasheeda Hall, MD, MBA, MHS Research in Progress |
| November 6, 2026 | Cameron Lawson, DO |
| November 13, 2026 | Michael Tabet, MD |
| November 20, 2026 | Juan Carlos Q. Valez, MD Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans (In person) |
| December 4, 2026 | Juliessa M. Pavon, MD, MHS Duke (Tentative) |
| December 11, 2026 | Caitlin Womack, MD & Josh Daum, MD Clinical Case Conference |
| December 18, 2026 | TBD |
| January 8, 2027 | TBD |
| January 15, 2027 | TBD |
| January 22, 2027 | Ethan Witt, MD & Mason Kalada, MD Clinical Case Conference |
| January 29, 2027 | Daniel Edmonston, MD, MHS Research in Progress |
| February 5, 2027 | TBD |
| February 12, 2027 | Chrystel Pawly, MD |
| February 19, 2027 | Chelsea Smith, MD & Caitlin Womack, MD Clinical Case Conference |
| February 26, 2027 | Samiddhi Weerasiri, MD |
| March 5, 2027 | Mason Kalada, MD |
| March 12, 2027 | TBD |
| March 19, 2027 | Chelsea Smith, MD |
| March 26, 2027 | TBD |
| April 2, 2027 | Caitlin Womack, MD |
| April 9, 2027 | TBD |
| April 16, 2027 | Ethan Witt, MD |
| April 23, 2027 | Cameron Lawson, DO |
| April 30, 2027 | Josh Daum, MD |
| May 7, 2027 | Matthew Sinclair, MD Research in Progress |
| May 14, 2027 | TBD |
| May 21, 2027 | Jasmin Tharakan, MD (Transplant nephrology fellow) |
| May 28, 2027 | Michael Tabet, MD |
| June 4, 2027 | TBD |
| June 11, 2027 | TBD |
| June 18, 2027 | TBD |
Past Grand Rounds Lectures
| Date | Presenter |
|---|---|
| August 8, 2025 | Semra Ozdemir, PhD Duke |
| August 15, 2025 | Simone Sanna-Cherchi, MD Columbia University (In person) |
| August 29, 2025 | Patrick Pun, MD Research in Progress |
| September 5, 2025 | Allison Ashley-Koch, PhD Research in Progress (DHN, Room 2003) |
| September 12, 2025 | Clinical Case Conference |
| September 19, 2025 | Paul Drawz, MD, MHS, MS University of Minnesota (Virtual) |
| September 26, 2025 | Jason Watts, MD, PhD Research in Progress |
| October 3, 2025 | John D. Spencer, MD Nationwide Children’s (Virtual) |
| October 10, 2025 | Clinical Case Conference |
| October 17, 2025 | Craig Brooks, PhD University of Texas Southwestern (Virtual) |
| October 24, 2025 | Vishal Patel, MD University of Texas Southwestern (Virtual) |
| October 31, 2025 | Ying (Maggie) Chen WashU Medicine |
| November 14, 2025 | Thomas Coffman, MD Research in Progress |
| November 21, 2025 | Ale Tomasi, MD |
| December 5, 2025 | Ting Yang, MD, PhD Research in Progress |
| December 12, 2025 | Clinical Case Conference |
| December 19, 2025 | Gentzon Hall, MD, PhD, FASN Research in Progress |
| January 9, 2026 | Gayle Vranic,MD |
| January 16, 2026 | TBD |
| January 23, 2026 | Clinical Case Conference |
| January 30, 2026 | Micah Ludwig, MD |
| February 6, 2026 | Arash Ataei, MD |
| February 13, 2026 | TRIPOD talks |
| February 20, 2026 | Aarushi Varshney DO, MS |
| February 27, 2026 | Jasmin Tharakan, MD |
| March 6, 2026 | Pao-Hwa Lin, PhD & Francis Neelon, MD Research in Progress |
| March 13, 2026 | Komal Safdar, MD |
| March 20, 2026 | Clinical Case Conference |
| March 27, 2026 | Lauren Kring, DO (Transplant Nephrology Fellow) |
| April 3, 2026 | Samiddhi Weerasiri, MD |
| April 10, 2026 | Kirsten Martin, MD |
| April 24, 2026 | Jeff Beamish, MD, PhD University of Michigan (In person) |
| May 1, 2026 | Chrystel Pawly, MD |
| May 15, 2026 | Manoocher Soleimani, MD University of New Mexico (Virtual) |
| May 22, 2026 | Jenny Varner, MD Duke Pediatric Nephrology Fellow |
| May 29, 2026 | Robert Spurney, MD Research in Progress |
| June 5, 2026 | John DeMis, MD |
| June 12, 2026 | Anika Lucas, MD Research in Progress |
| Date | Presenter |
|---|---|
| August 9, 2024 | Daniel Edmonston, MD Research in Progress |
| August 16, 2024 | Jason Watts, MD, PhD |
| August 30, 2024 | Mary Foster, MD Research in Progress |
| September 6, 2024 | Clinical Case Conference |
| September 13, 2024 | Benjamin Catanese, MD Research in Progress |
| September 20, 2024 | Timmy Lee, MD, MSPH, FACP., FASN University of Alabama at Birmingham (Virtual) |
| September 27, 2024 | Tomokazu Souma, MD, PhD Research in Progress |
| October 4, 2024 | Aruna Phekoo, MD |
| October 11, 2024 | Clinical Case Conference |
| October 18, 2024 | Rasheeda Hall, MD, MHS, MBA Research in Progress |
| November 1, 2024 | Menna Clatworthy, MD, PhD University of Cambridge |
| November 8, 2024 | Rajnish Mehrotra, MD, MS, FASN University of Washington |
| November 15, 2024 | Crystal Tyson, MD Research in Progress |
| November 22, 2024 | Oleh Pochynyuk, PhD, FAHA The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (Virtual) |
| December 6, 2024 | Clinical Case Conference |
| December 20, 2024 | Aruna Phekoo, MD |
| January 10, 2025 | Laura Barisoni, MD Research in Progress |
| January 17, 2025 | Lori O'Brien, Ph.D. University of North Carolina |
| January 31, 2025 | Clinical Case Conference |
| February 7, 2025 | Leslie Gewin, MD Washington University in St. Louis |
| February 14, 2025 | Timmy Lee, MD, MSPH, FACP, FASN University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| February 21, 2025 | Sachin Sreenivasan, MD |
| February 28, 2025 | Opeyemi A. Olabisi, MD, PhD |
| March 7, 2025 | Edward D. Siew, MD, MSCI Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| March 14, 2025 | Palavi Vaidya, MD |
| March 21, 2025 | Aarushi Varshney, DO |
| March 28, 2025 | Arash Ataei, MD |
| April 4, 2025 | Thomas Kleyman, MD University of Pittsburgh |
| April 11, 2025 | Juan Pablo Arroyo Ornelas, MD, PhD Vanderbilt University (Charles S. Johnson Nephrology Grand Rounds) |
| April 25, 2025 | Clinical Case Conference |
| May 2, 2025 | Micah Ludwig, MD |
| May 9, 2025 | Michael Turk, DO |
| May 16, 2025 | Kirsten Martin, MD |
| May 23, 2025 | Jasmin Tharakan, MD |
| May 30, 2025 | Ale Tomasi, MD |
| June 6, 2025 | Anna Williams, M.D. Duke Pediatric Nephrology Fellow |
| June 13, 2025 | John P. Middleton, MD Research in Progress |
| June 20, 2025 | Matthew Sinclair, MD Research in Progress |
| June 27, 2025 | Clintoria Williams, PhD, FAHA, FAPS Wright State University (Michelle P. Winn Nephrology Grand Rounds) *this will be in DN 2003* |