Grand Rounds Friday Mornings

Grand Rounds is the flagship conference held in the Duke Division of Nephrology.
Crowley

Biomedical Research Lead

Steve Crowley, MD

Crystal Tyson

Clinical Research Lead

Crystal Tyson, MD

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 8, 2025 Semra Ozdemir, PhD Duke
August 15, 2025 Simone Sanna-Cherchi, MD Columbia University (In person)
August 22, 2025 Pao-Hwa Lin, PhD Research in Progress
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 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 Southwestern University (Virtual)
October 24, 2025 TBD
October 31, 2025 Steven Crowley, MD Research in Progress
November 14, 2025 TBD
November 21, 2025 Komal Safdar, MD
December 5, 2025 Ting Yang, MD, PhD, MS Research in Progress
December 12, 2025 Clinical Case Conference
December 19, 2025 Gentzon Hall, MD, PhD Research in Progress
January 9, 2026 TBD
January 16, 2026 Kirsten Martin, MD
January 23, 2026 Clinical Case Conference
January 30, 2026 Micah Ludwig, MD
February 6, 2026 Arash Ataei, MD
February 13, 2026 Ale Tomasi, MD
February 20, 2026 Aarushi Varshney DO, MS
February 27, 2026 Jasmin Tharakan, MD
March 6, 2026 TBD
March 13, 2026 TBD
March 20, 2026 Clinical Case Conference
March 27, 2026 Lauren Kring, DO (Transplant Nephrology Fellow)
April 3, 2026 Samiddhi Weerasiri
April 10, 2026 Robert Spurney, MD Research in Progress
April 17, 2026 Mike Tabet
April 24, 2026 TBD
May 1, 2026 Chrystal Pawly
May 8, 2026 TBD
May 15, 2026 Cameron Lawson
May 22, 2026 Jenny Varner, MD Duke Pediatric Nephrology Fellow
May 29, 2026 John Demis
June 5, 2026 TBD
June 12, 2026 Anika Lucas, MD Research in Progress
June 19, 2026 TBD
June 26, 2026 TBD

Past Grand Rounds Lectures

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*