The Duke Division of Rheumatology and Immunology holds Divisional Grand Rounds every Tuesday morning at 8am.
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Past Grand Rounds Speakers & Topics
Date |
Presenter(s) |
Title |
6/28/22 | Dr. Lisa Criscione-Schreiber, Duke Division of Rheumatology | Feedback in a positive learning environment |
6/21/22 | Dr. Nathaniel Harris, Rheumatology Fellow | First Year Fellow Research Presentation |
6/14/22 | Dr. Rachel Randell, Pediatric Rheumatology Fellow | Adherence to Medications in Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases |
6/7/22 | Dr. Megan Milne and Dr. Nathaniel Harris, Rheumatology Fellows |
Talk 1: Training trainees how to think: incorporating metacognition into a fellowship curriculum (QI project presentation) Talk 2: Review of statin-associated muscle symptoms and statin-induced necrotizing immune myopathy |
5/31/22 | Dr. Poorva Apte, Rheumatology Fellow | A Review of Psoriatic Arthritis Treatments |
5/24/22 | Dr. Terri Tarrant, Duke Division of Rheumatology and Immunology | JAK-STAT cytokine signaling in non-rheumatologic disease |
5/17/22 | Dr. Rachel Randell, Pediatric Rheumatology Fellow | Pediatric Rheumatology Fellow Research Presentation |
5/10/22 | Dr. Lauren Covert, Pediatric Rheumatology Fellow | Type I Interferon Effect on Engineered Human Skeletal Muscle: A Promising Model for Juvenile Dermatomyositis |
5/3/22 | Dr. Isaac Smith, Rheumatology Fellow | Evaluating Racial Disparities in Cardiovascular Management and Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis |
4/26/22 | Dr. Kai Sun, Duke Division of Rheumatology | Improving Medication Adherence: from SLE to General Rheumatology |
4/19/22 | Dr. Megan Milne, Rheumatology Fellow | Rheumatology Fellow Research Summary |
4/12/22 | Dr. Nathaniel Harris and Dr. Sonali Bracken, Rheumatology Fellows | M&M and Research Updates |
4/5/22 | Dr. Matilda Nicholas, Department of Dermatology | Autoimmune Dermatology Part 2 |
3/29/22 | Courtney Jensen, MS, and Erica Nading, MS, Certified Genetic Counselors | EDS for the Rheumatologist |
3/22/22 | Dr. Victor Quinones, Department of Ophthalmology | Inflammatory Eye Disease |
3/15/22 | Dr. Isaac Smith, Rheumatology Fellow | Janus Kinase (JAK) inhibitors and the risk of cardiovascular disease. |
3/8/22 | Dr. Sophia Weinmann, Duke Division of Rheumatology and Immunology | Rheumatic Immune Related Adverse Events for the Rheumatologist |
3/1/22 | Dr. Catherine Sims, Rheumatology Fellow | Research and Career Development Updates |
2/22/22 | Dr. Blake Boggess, Professor of Family and Community Health, Professor in Orthopedics, Duke | Orthopedic Injections: "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly." An Ultrasonic View of What We are Injecting. |
2/15/22 | Dr. Sonali Bracken, Rheumatology Fellow | CAR-T Therapy: A Potential New Treatment for Rheumatic Disorders |
2/8/22 | Dr. Caitlan Swaffar, Pediatric Rheumatology Fellow | An Atypical Case of Pediatric Lupus |
2/1/22 | Dr. Jennifer Rogers, Dr. Megan Clowse, and Dr. Amanda Eudy, Duke Division of Rheumatology | SLE@Duke Training for the Type 1 and Type 2 Lupus Model |
1/25/22 | Dr. Helen Riess | The Necessity of Self Empathy in Healthcare Delivery |
1/18/22 | Lisa Carnago, Nurse Practitioner in the Division of Rheumatology | Long Term Opioid Therapy, What Now? |
1/11/22 | Dr. Lauren Covert, Pediatric Rheumatology Fellow | Pediatric Case presentation |
1/4/22 | Dr. Catherine Sims, Rheumatology Fellow | ACR Recap: Reproductive Rheumatology Updates |
12/14/21 | Dr. Alyssa Soskis, Duke Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine | Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Connective Tissue Diseases |
12/7/21 | Dr. Natalia Gonzalez, Department of Neurology | Myositis |
11/30/21 | Dr. Poorva Apte and Dr. Sonali Bracken | M&M Presentation |
11/23/21 | Dr. Brian Andonian, Duke Division of Rheumatology and Leanna Ross, PhD, Exercise Sciences | Designing a Remote Exercise and Weight Loss Program for Patients with RA |
11/16/21 | Duke Rheumatology Fellows | ACR Recap |
11/2/21 | Dr. Lindsay King, Duke Division of Gastroenterology | Clinical Updates in the Diagnosis and Management of Autoimmune Hepatitis |
10/26/21 | Dr. Caitlan Swaffar, Pediatric Rheumatology Fellow | Papilledema in Rheumatic Disease |
10/19/21 | Dr. Thomas Ortel, Professor of Medicine and Chair, Duke Division of Hematology | Antiphospholipid Syndrome |
10/12/21 | Dr. Megan Milne, Rheumatology Fellow | Neurosarcoidosis Review: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Outcomes |
10/5/21 | Dr. Christopher Eckstein, Duke Department of Neurology | Treatment Options in Autoimmune Encephalitis |
9/28/21 |
Lisa Carnago, FNP in the Division of Rheumatology Dr. Grewal, Department of Ophthalmology |
Autoimmune Uveitis |
9/21/21 | Dr. Jennifer Rogers and Dr. Amanda Eudy, Duke Division of Rheumatology | Type 1 and Type 2 Lupus Model |
9/14/21 | Dr. Catherine Sims and Dr. David Leverenz | Academics and Accolades |
9/7/21 |
Dr. Catherine Sims Rheumatology Fellow |
Preventative Cancer Screenings in Rheumatology Patients |
8/31/21 |
Dr. Matilda Nicholas Department of Dermatology |
Autoimmune Dermatology |
8/24/21 |
Jay Doss, MD, MPH Assistant Professor, Rheumatology Ravi Karra, MD Associate Professor, Cardiology |
Lessening the Inflammation: A Collaborative Approach to Cardiac Sarcoidosis |
8/17/21 |
Isaac Smith, MD and Megan Milne, MD Adult rheumatology fellows |
M&M and Patient Safety Event Analysis |
8/10/21 |
Poorva Apte, MD Adult rheumatology fellow |
Adult Onset Still's Disease (AOSD): Update on Treatment Recommendations |
8/3/21 |
Duke Rheumatology Faculty |
Faculty Research Roundup #2 |
7/27/21 |
Duke Rheumatology Faculty |
Faculty Research Roundup #1 |
7/20/21 |
David Pisetsky, MD Professor of Medicine |
Antinuclear Antibodies as Biomarkers: The Importance of Context |
7/13/21 |
Mary Buckley, MD Pediatric Rheumatology Fellow |
Kawasaki Disease: A Pathway Forward |
7/6/21 |
Catherine Sims, MD and Poorva Apte, MD First year rheumatology fellows |
Research Update: RA Disparities in Telemedicine (Dr. Poorva Apte) End of Academic Year Updates (Dr. Cassy Sims) |
6/29/21 |
Ryan Anderson, MD Second year rheumatology fellow |
Fellow research presentation: racial differences in barriers to medication adherence |
6/15/21 |
Akrithi Udupa, MD Second year rheumatology fellow |
Fellow research presentation: Podcast-based learning: E-learning of rheumatology amidst the COVID-19 pandemic |
6/8/21 |
Mithu Maheswaranathan, MD Third year rheumatology fellow |
Fellow research presentation: Investigating Health Literacy in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
6/1/21 |
Rachel Randell, MD |
Pediatric research grand rounds |
5/18/21 |
Megan Milne, MD and Isaac Smith, MD First and second-year heumatology fellows |
Fellow research presentations |
5/11/21 |
Poorva Apte, MD and Megan Milne, MD First year rheumatology fellows |
M&M: Diagnostic errors and anchoring bias in rheumatology. |
5/4/21 |
Catherine Sims, MD Second year rheumatology fellow David Leverenz, MD (faculty mentor) |
Journal club: Avacopan for the treatment of ANCA vasculitis |
4/27/21 |
Catherine Sims, MD and Akrithi Udupa, MD Second and first year rheumatology fellows David Leverenz, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine |
M&M conference (part 1), and overview of the fellow QI project (part 2) |
4/20/21 |
Ryan Jessee, MD Clinical Associate at Duke Philip Chu, MD Clinical Associate at Duke |
The use of musculoskeletal ultrasound in rheumatology |
4/13/21 |
Laura Covert, MD Pediatric Rheumatology Fellow |
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Overview & Insight into Duke's Experience in the COVID-19 Pandemic |
4/6/21 |
Poorva Apte, MD First year rheumatology fellow David Leverenz, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine |
Journal Club: VEXAS - Somatic Mutations in UBA1 and severe adult-onset autoinflammatory disease |
3/30/21 |
Michael Hershfield, MD Professor of Medicine |
PEG-enzyme therapy for two disorders of purine metabolism |
3/23/21 |
Susannah Copland, MD Atlantic Reproductive Medicine Specialists |
Fertility Preservation |
3/16/21 |
Akrithi Udupa, Ryan Anderson, and Isaac Smith (2nd year fellows at Duke) |
M&M: Unanticipated events following rituximab infusions |
3/9/21 |
Virginia Byers Kraus, MD Professor of Medicine, Duke |
Pathogenesis of osteoarthritis |
3/2/21 |
Megan Milne, MD First year rheumatology fellow |
Journal club: Use of biologics to treat relapsing and/or refractory eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis: data from a European collaborative study. |
2/23/21 |
Terry Fortin, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Duke |
Pulmonary hypertension in connective tissue disease |
2/16/21 |
Stephen Balevic, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Duke University |
Optimal dosing for biologics in patients with obesity: the PRECISE study |
2/9/21 |
Isaac Smith, MD Second year rheumatology fellow |
The use of mRNA vaccines in patients with rheumatic disease. |
1/26/21 |
David Leverenz, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Duke University |
Optimizing Telehealth in Rheumatology |
1/12/21 |
Akrithi Udupa, MD Second year rheumatology fellow |
Does methotrex(hate) the liver? MTX induced liver injury, then and now |
1/5/21 |
Megan Milne, MD First year rheumatology fellow |
Osteoporosis in men: epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment |
12/15/20 |
Ryan Anderson, MD Second year rheumatology fellow |
Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Something old, something new, something borrowed for something blue. |
12/8/20 |
Catherine Sims, MD First year rheumatology fellow |
Fertility and Pregnancy in Vasculitis |
12/1/20 |
Dr. Betty Diamond Visiting lecturer from the Feinstein Institute of Clinical Research |
Antibodies, behavior and cognition: Rethinking immune privilege in SLE |
11/17/20 |
Akrithi Udupa 2nd year rheumatology fellow Jennifer Rogers, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine |
Rheumatology Grand Rounds Journal Club: Belimumab in Lupus Nephritis |
11/10/20 |
Duke rheumatology fellows |
Fellows' presentation of interesting topics from ACR Convergence 2020 |
10/27/20 |
Duke fellows and faculty |
ACR posters and presentations from the Duke fellows and faculty |
10/20/20 |
Rebecca Sadun, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics |
No Rheum for error: cognitive biases and metacognition strategies for the rheumatologist |
10/13/20 |
Mithu Maheswaranathan, MD Third-year rheumatology fellow |
Exploring health disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic |
10/6/20 |
David Leverenz, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Duke University |
Quality improvement: the Rheum where it happens |
9/28/20 |
Ankoor Shah, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University |
Stem Cell Transplant for Systemic Sclerosis: Progress, Challenges and Future Directions |
9/22/20 |
Teresa Tarrant, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University |
What humans, lemurs, and dinosaurs have in common (Paget's Disease) |
9/15/20 |
Megan Clowse, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University |
Improving lupus pregnancies is easier than you think |
9/8/20 |
Duke Rheumatology Faculty |
Faculty research overview #2 (provides fellows opportunities to pursue mentored research) |
9/1/20 |
Duke Rheumatology Faculty |
Faculty research overview #1 (provides fellows opportunities to pursue mentored research) |
8/25/20 |
Ryan Anderson, MD Fellow, Duke University |
Divisional Journal Club |
8/18/20 |
Frank Cortazar, MD Director, New York Nephrology Vasculitis and Glomerular Center |
Kidney Disease in ANCA Vasculitis |
8/11/20 |
John Stone, MD, MPH Massachusetts General Hospital |
IgG4-Related Disease |
8/4/20 |
Gwenesta Melton, MD The LaFayette Clinic |
Advocacy in Rheumatology |
7/28/20 |
Isaac Smith, MD Fellow, Duke University |
Divisional Journal Club - GiACTA |
7/21/20 |
Larry Burk, MD |
Integrative Medicine: Evidence-Based Skills for Rheumatology Patients |
7/14/20 |
Bill St. Clair, MD Chief, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Duke University |
CNS Vasculitis |
7/7/20 |
David Pisetsky, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine, Duke University |
The Value of ANA Testing and Re-Testing |
6/30/20 |
Aki Udupa, MD Isaac Smith, MD Fellows, Duke University |
End of year fellow research presentations Udupa: Hydroxychloroquine - how did we get here? Smith: Evaluating health care disparities in cardiovascular outcomes and secondary prevention strategies in African American Patients with rheumatoid arthritis |
6/23/20 |
Mithu Maheswaranathan, MD Fellow, Duke University |
End of year fellow research presentation Investigating Health Literacy and Numeracy in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
6/16/20 |
Philip Chu, MD Fellow, Duke University |
End of year fellow research presentation Psoriatic Arthritis - Insights from MSK Ultrasound |
6/9/20 |
Ryan Anderson, MD Fellow, Duke University Lisa Criscione-Schreiber, MD, MEd Program Director, Duke Rheumatology Fellowship |
Anderson: End of year fellow research presentation Medication Adherence in Patients with SLE Criscione: End of year recognition and awards |
6/2/20 |
Sonali Bracken, MD, PhD Resident, Duke University Rebecca Sadun, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Duke University |
Divisional Journal Club Modulating Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Through Toll-Like Receptor 9 |