Grand Rounds

Grand Rounds are held from 8 to 9 a.m. Thursdays in the Health Sciences Building, Room T-625. They are telecast live to the auditorium of the Research & Training Building at Harborview Medical Center, to the Orin Smith Auditorium at South Lake Union, and to the VA at American Lake (Bldg. 81, rm. 1132) and Seattle (Bldg. 100, rm. 4B-102). See below for CME credit.

If you would like to receive or unsubscribe to the Grand Rounds schedule monthly via e-mail, please enroll at  https://mailman.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/medgrdrnds, or notify Jenny Jimenez at jennyjim@u.washington.edu.

                                                                  View past Medicine Grand Rounds online


      November 2009

    • November 5
      "Mineral Metabolism and Cardiovascular Risk Among Older Adults"
      The Fialkow Lecture
      Bryan Kestenbaum, MD, MS
      Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Washington School of Medicine
  • November 12
    "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Diabetic Kidney Disease"
    Bessie Young, MD, MPH
    Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Washington School of Medicine
  • November 19
    "BOOSTing the Hospital Discharge Transition"
    Mark V. Williams, MD
    Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
  • November 26
    Holiday, no Grand Rounds

      • December 2009

    • December 3
      "Here Comes Procalcitonin"
      David N. Gilbert, MD
      Professor of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University; Director, Earle A. Chiles Research Institute; Chief of Infectious Diseases, Providence Portland Medical Center, Portland, Oregon
  • December 10
    "The Red Queen and the TB Blues"
    The Kirby Lecture
    Joel Ernst, MD
    Director, Division of Infectious Diseases; Jeffrey Bergstein Professor of Medicine, Pathology, and Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine
  • December 17
    "The Grand Challenges of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation"
    Frederick R. Appelbaum, MD
    Member and Director, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Professor and Head, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine
  • December 24
    Holiday, no Grand Rounds
  • December 30
    Holiday, no Grand Rounds


      • CME Credit

To register for Category 1 CME credit, please download and complete the CME registration form. The one-time fee to register is $38 and covers all sessions for the 2008-2009 academic year. Acceptable forms of payment are: check (payable to the University of Washington) and credit or debit card.

Please contact Jenny Jimenez for a hard copy of the registration form or for any questions relating to CME and Medicine Grand Rounds: phone, 206-616-8556, or e-mail, jennyjim@u.washington.edu.

Objectives: Upon completion of this program, attendees should be able to:

  1. Discuss new developments and trends in medicine.
  2. Apply current and updated concepts to their clinical practice.
  3. Collate and integrate new research data in order to reach appropriate treatment decisions.

The University of Washington School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Washington School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 44 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The University of Washington is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at: 206.543.6450/V, 206.543.6452/TTY, 206.685.7264 (FAX), or e-mail at dso@u.washington.edu.