Grand Rounds Lectures

September 3- Dr. Ruhani Desai - Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
"Scleroderma - A Review of Manifestations and Treatments"

September 10- Dr. Elias S. Siraj - Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
"Globalization of Diabetes: Focus on Africa"

September 17- Dr. Alex H. Krist - Virginia Commonwealth University
"The Public Health Impact of Practice-Based Research Networks: The Virginia Ambulatory Care Outcomes Research Network (ACORN)"

September 24- Dr. Jeremey Walker - University of Alabama Birmingham
"Pulmonary Infections in the Immune-compromised"

October 1- Dr. Usama Hussein- Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
"Updates in Peritoneal Dialysis"

October 8- Dr. Michael Eggert- Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
"Pulmonary Hypertension in 2025: Using What We Know to Eliminate Barriers to Prompt & Optimal Care"

October 15- Dr. Elias Zerhouni- Johns Hopkins University
"Evolution of Research and Healthcare 1975-2025"

October 22- Dr. Jerry Gurwitz - Brock Institute-Glennan Center Endowed Lecture - UMass Chan Medical School
"We Have Met the Aging, and They are Us..."

October 29- Dr. Michael Henry - Brock Institute-Glennan Center Endowed Lecture - UMass Chan Medical School
"Metastatic Journey Through the Fluid Microenvironment of the Circulation"

November 5- Dr. Parth Parekh- Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
"Updates in Interventional Endoscopy: Primer for Hospital Medicine"

November 12- Lawrence J. Goldrich Institute For Integrated Neuro-Health Lecture - Dr. Lisa Deuel - University of Vermont Medical Center
"Updates in the Management of Parkinson Disease"

December 3- Radwa Osman, MD - Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
"Targeted Hormonal Screening in Primary Care: Optimizing Hypertension and Diabetes Outcomes"

December 10- Dr. Debora Levine- Stanford University School of Medicine
"Suspecting Pulmonary Hypertension in the Dyspneic Patient: Who, When, and How"

January 7- Dr. Gideon Smith - Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
“Clinical Insights from a Combined Dermatology-Rheumatology Clinic”

January 14- Dr. Reinaldo Perez- Stanford University School of Medicine
"Pounding Out Penicillin Allergies"

January 21- Dr. Saad Mussarat - Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
“Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Promise, Pitfalls and Precautions”

January 28- Dr. Amir Jaffer - SSM Health - St. Louis Region
“From Metrics to Meaning: Leading with Purpose in Healthcare”

February 4- Dr. Nasim Wiegley - University of California Davis School of Medicine
“The Evolving Landscape of Lupus Nephritis Diagnosis and Management”

February 11 - Dr. Angel Desai and Dr. George Thompson - University of California Davis School of Medicine
“Climate Change and Infectious Diseases”

February 18 - Dr. Aditi Patel - Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
“Inflammatory Myopathies: From Muscle Weakness to Multisystem Disease”

February 25 - Dream Speaker Series - Dr. R. Michael Tuttle - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
“Evaluation and Management of Thyroid Cancer: What the primary care clinician needs to know”

March 4 - Dr. Salvatore Carbone - Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
“Dietary Interventions to Reduce Cardiometabolic Risk: Making the Case for Precision Nutrition”

March 11 - Dr. David Johnson - Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
“Micro/Nanoplastics: Here, There and Everywhere... Implications for Gastrointestinal Health and Disease”

March 18 - Thomas R. Pellegrino Endowed Lecture - Dr. James Giordano - Georgetown University Medical Center
“Bold New Neurosciences: The Necessity of a Brave Neuroethics”

April 1- Donald W. Drew Endowed Lecture - Dr. Raymond Benza - Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
“Pulmonary Hypertension Related to Left Heart Disease: Insights and Management”

April 8 - Robert C. Nusbaum Visiting Professorship in Law, Medicine, and Medical Ethics Nathan Kottkamp, JD - Williams Mullen Law Firm
“Practicing Good Medicine in a Legal World: How Law Can Support – Not Obstruct –Patient-Centered Care”

April 15 - Harry H. Mansbach Endowed Lecture - Dr. Arun Sanyal - Virginia Commonwealth University 
“MASLD Current State of the Art”

April 22 - Dr. Scott Cross - Virginia Oncology Associates
“Updates on Anemia Management for Internists”

April 29 - Aaron I. Vinik Memorial Lectureship in Diabetes and Endocrinology - Dr. Karel Pacak - The Center of Adrenal Endocrine Tumors at AKESO 
“Current Approaches to Evaluation and Management of Pheochromocytomas, in the Era of Precision Medicine”

May 6 - Dr. Rehan Qayyum - Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
“How Generative AI Can Improve the Life of Medical School Faculty”

May 13 - Dr. Ajay Manhapra - Hampton VA Medical Center
“Making Sense of the Life of a Person with Opioid Use Disorder and Choosing Appropriate Treatment- A generalist approach”

May 20 - Dr. Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila - Cleveland Clinic
“Patient-Ventilator Discordance: A maxim-based method”

May 27 - Dr. Michael Hooper - Sentara Health
“A Path Forward for Academic Medical Centers”

June 3 - Dr. John Brush - Sentara Health
“Hypertension Research Using Real World Data”

September 4- Dr. Joseph DeBiase - Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
'Endocarditis: Decisions & Dilemmas'

September 11- Dr. Rowena Delos Santos - Washington University in St. Louis
'IGA Nephropathy Recurrence in Kidney Transplant Patients'

September 18- Dr. Christine Nkemah - Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
'Pregnancy in Women with Systemic Autoimmune Disease"

September 25- Dr. Zoobia Chaudhry - Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
'Why Do We Need Pharmacological Treatment for Obesity?'

October 2- Dr. Chinelo Okigbo - Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
'Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS): Unraveling the Reprometabolic Syndrome'

October 9- Dr. David Johnson - Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
'Breathing Life into Dreams: How to be an Effective Mentor'

October 16- Dr. Lori Orlando - Duke University Medical Center
'Genomic Medicine for the Internist'

October 23- Brock Institute-Glennan Center Endowed Lecture- Dr. Cynthia Brown - Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
'Developing the Evidence for Hospital Mobility'

November 6- Dr. Henry Ng - Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
'Gender Affirming Hormonal Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse People'

November 11- Dream Speaker Series- Dr. William Young - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
'Adrenal: What the Internist Needs to Know'

December 4- Dr. Nathaniel Gordon - Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
'Rest Easy this Holiday Season: An Update on the Management of Restless Leg Syndrome'

December 11- Dr. Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky - National Institute of Health
'Deciphering Sterile Inflammation in Monogenic Autoinflammatory Diseases'

January 8- Dr. Anna Zisman - University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
'Kidney Stone Prevention: Opportunities for Intervention in a Systemic Disease

January 15- Dr. Kent Lam - Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
'Comprehensive Management of Chronic Rhinosinusitis'

January 22- The Department of Medicine in Collaboration with The Lawrence J. Goldrich Institute for Integrated Neuro-Health- Dr. Gary Volkell - MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center
'Atypical Parkinsonism'

January 29 - Dr. Cayleigh Blumrick - Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
'How Infectious Diseases Have Changed the World'

February 5- Dr. Thomas McCune - Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
'Physiology of Taste'

February 12- Dr. Amit Pahwa - John's Hopkins University School of Medicine
'High Value Care in Hospital Medicine'

February 26- The Department of Medicine in Collaboration with The Lawrence J. Goldrich Institute for Integrated Neuro-Health- Dr. Hamid Okhravi - Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
'Pioneering Approaches in Alzheimer's Treatment, Diagnosis, and Future Directions'

March 5- Donald W. Drew Endowed Lecture- Dr. Michael Blaha - Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
'Imaging Guided Risk Reduction in ASCVD'

March 12- Thomas R. Pellegrino Endowed Lecture- Dr. E. Wesley Ely - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
'Healing ICU Care: Harnessing the Power of Science and Humanism'

March 19- Dr. Catherine Derber- Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
'Navigating the Nuances: HIV Updates in Primary Care'

April 2- Harry H. Mansbach Endowed Lecture- Dr. Vimal Mishra- Mercy San Juan Medical Center
'The AI Prescription: A Cure for Healthcare's Challenges?'

April 9- Dr. Nicolas Intagliata - University of Virginia Health System
'Portal Vein Thrombosis: Diagnosis and Management'

April 16- Dr. Stephanie Peglow - Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
'Management of Opioid Use Disorder for an Internist'

April 23- Dr. Edward Oldfield IV - Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
'Updates in the Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Cyclical Vomiting Syndrome'

May 7- Dr. Jordan Asher - Sentara Health
'The Future of Healthcare in the US, It Will Look Different, It Has To'

May 14- Dr. Marcy B. Bolster - Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital
"Osteoporosis Management: Four Commonly Asked Questions by Our Patients"

May 21- Dr. Angela Hogan - Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
'Get SMART about Asthma'

May 28- Aaron I. Vinik Memorial Lectureship in Diabetes and Endocrinology- Dr. Sethu Reddy- Central Michigan University College of Medicine
'The Origins and Future of Incretin-based Therapies'

June 4 - Dr. Cyrus Askin- William Beaumont Army Medical Center
"Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in 2025: What's in the Rearview & What's on the Horizon"

September 6 - Dr. Brad Spellberg - Los Angeles General Medical Center
"Short Course Antimicrobial Therapy"

September 13 - Dr. Hamid Okhravi, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
"Emerging Progress in Next-Generation Strategies for Alzheimer's Disease: What Lies Ahead?"

September 20 - Dr. Sharon Kolasinski - University of Pennsylvania
"Osteoarthritis Guidelines and Beyond"

September 27 - Dr. Ranjit Goudar, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
"Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment and PSA Screening: Absence of Proof is not Proof of Absence"

October 4 - Dr. Jennifer Hanrahan, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
"Harm Reduction and Infectious Diseases"

October 11 - Dr. Sandeep Magoon - Nephrology Associates of Tidewater, LTD
"Cardio-Renal Syndrome & Diuretic Resistance - Myths & Novel Insights"

October 18 - Dr. Vijay Jaligam - JenCare/ChenMed
"Value-Based Care - Hope of The Future"

October 25 - Geriatrics Endowed Lecture - Dr. Ardeshir Hasmi
"Alzheimer's: Quest for Cure vs. Patient Prioritized Population Health: Rekindling the Conversation"

November 1 - Dr. Seth Berney, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
"Does a Patient with a + ANA have Lupus?"

November 8 - Aaron I. Vinik Memorial Lectureship in Diabetes and Endocrinology - Dr. Ralph DeFronzo
"Treatment of T2DM: A Sound Approach Based Upon Its Pathophysiology"

November 15 - Dr. Lenny Feldman - Johns Hopkins University
"Things We Do For No Reason"

December 6 - Dr. James Carmody - CHKD
"The Past, Present, and Future of the NRMP Match"

December 13 - Dr. Khalil Ghanem - Johns Hopkins University
"Syphilis: An Update"

January 3 - Dr. Susan Brown - Sentara
"Stroke Innovation: Acute Treatment and Management"

January 10 - Dr. Elias Siraj, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
"Statin Therapy in Patients with Diabetes: Special focus on Type 1 Diabetes"

January 17 - Dr. David Spiegel, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
"Use of Esketamine and Psychiatric Drugs in Psychiatry"

January 24 - Dr. Edward Oldfield, IV, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
"Updates in Inflammatory Bowel Disease for the Internist"

February 7 - Marissa C. Galicia-Castillo, MD, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU 
"CPR: Not All It's Cracked Up To Be"

February 14 - Mansbach Endowed Lecture - Dr. Gonzalo Bearman - VCU
"Leadership in Healthcare Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Medicine: A Soccer Enthusiast's Perspective"

February 21 - Dr. Khalid Matin - Virginia Commonweath University
"Colorectal Cancer Update"

February 28 - Dr. Antonio Abbate - University of Virginia
"Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction"

March 6 - Peter Boling, MD - Virginia Commonweath University
"Care at Home: When, Why, by Whom?"

March 13 - Dr. Nauman Chaudary
"Lungs on Fire - Tackling Cystic Fibrosis and non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis"

March 20 - Dr. David Johnson, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
"GI Microbiome - The Answer to All our Ailments?"

March 27 - Thomas R. Pellegrino Endowed Lecture - Christine Seel Ritchie, MD - Harvard University
"Serious Illness Research: From Avatars to Artificial Intelligence'

April 3 - Dr. Amir Toor - Lehigh Valley Health Network
"Demystifying Transplant & Cellular Therapy; on the Crossroads of Immunology and Oncology"

April 10 - Dr.Manasi Shah, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU  
"Glycemic Management in Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD) with a Special Focus on Kidney Pancreas Transplantation"

April 17 - Ms. Melinda Hancock - Sentara
"Trends to Watch in Healthcare"

April 24 - Donald W. Drew Endowed Lecture – Dr. Michel Khouri
"Understanding Cardiac Amyloidosis: Pearls & Pitfalls to Getting it Right"

May 1 - Dream Speaker Series - Dr. David Harlan 
"Research Driven Advances to Improve T1D Outcomes: How Distant is the Cure?"

May 8 - Dr. Mitchell Shiffman - Bon Secours Mercy Health
"New Advances in Hepatorenal Syndrome-Acute Kidney Injury"

May 15 - Dr. Sophia Lanzkron - Johns Hopkins University
"Improving Access to High Quality Care for People Living with Sickle Cell Disease"

May 22 - Dr. William Horton  - UVA
"Consensus Recommendations for Screening and Management of Heart Failure in Patients with Diabetes"

June 5 - Dr. Jorge Machicado Rivero - UM
"Update on the Management of Acute Pancreatitis"

August 17 - Dr. David Lieb, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU 
"Updates in the Management of Type 1 Diabetes"

September 7 - Dr. Robert Bray and Dr. Howard Gebel - Emory University
'Allograft Rejection: The Elephant in the Room'

September 21 - Dr. Daniel Brotman - Johns Hopkins University
'A Potpurri of Opportunistic Research'

October 5 - Dr. Scott Whitlock 
'Addressing Common Skin Concerns in Older Adults'

October 19 - Dr. Wally Smith - Virginia Commonwealth University
'Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Series: Race, Science, & Sickle Cell Disease'

October 26 - Dr. Edward Oldfield, III, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
'Monkeypox'

November 2 - Brock Lecture - Dr. Marie Bernard (National Institutes of Health)
'How Does Diversity Impact Biomedical Science?'

November 16 - Dr. Brad Spellberg - University of Southern California
'Busting 75 Years of ID Myth: Oral Antibiotics for Osteomyelitis, Bacteremia, and Endocarditis'

December 7 - Dr. Amin Yehya, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU 
'Appropriately Identifying and Managing Patients with Advanced Heart Failure'

January 4 - Dr. Jeffrey Burns - University of Kansas
'Preventing Dementia: Is It Possible?"

January 11 - Dr. Myles Wolf - Duke University
'FGF23 at the Intersection of Kidney and Cardiovascular Disease"

January 18 - Rashish Vashist - Sentara
"Point of Care Ultrasound in ICU: Where are we today?'

February 1 - Donald W. Drew Endowed Lecture - Dr. Antonio Abbate, University of Virginia
'Management of acute and recurrent pericarditis'

February 8 - Dr. Jennifer Hanrahan, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU 
"Shorter is Better: An Update on Antimicrobial Stewardship"

February 15 - Dr. Elias Siraj, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU 
"Newer Diabetes Medications and their Cardiovascular Renal Benefits: Focus on GLP-1 Agonists and SGLT-2 Inhibitors"

March 1 - Harry H. Mansbach Endowed Lecture  - Dr. Deidre Crews, Johns Hopkins University
"Centering the Margins to Achieve Kidney Health Equity"

March 8 - Dr. Amir Hamrahian - Johns Hopkins University
"The Evaluation and Management of Adrenal Incidentalomas"

March 15 - Thomas R. Pellegrino Endowed Lecture - Dr. Jessica Zitter, University of California San Francisco
"Caregiver: A Love Story Screening and Fireside Chat"

April 5 - Dr. Seth Berney, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
"The Lupus Anticoagulant Misnomer"

April 12 - Dr. Ronald Flenner, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU
"Challenges in Medical Education"

April 19 - Dr. Edward Oldfield, III, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU 
"IBD Therapies: Past, Present, and Future"

May 3 - Dream Speaker Series: Dr. Deborah Levine - Stanford University
"Suspecting Pulmonary Hypertension in the Dyspneic Patient: Who, When, and How"

May 10 - Dr. Milton Brown, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences EVMS at ODU 
"Re-Imagining and Amplifying Research Excellence at EVMS"

May 17 - Dr. Joel Topf - Oakland University
"Hyponatremia is hard and it's not your fault"