Department of Medicine Lecture Series
Thursdays, 8:00 - 9:00 am
The Department of Medicine's Medical Grand Rounds lectures cover a broad range of timely and clinically-important topics. Speakers are drawn from BIDMC, Harvard Medical School and other regional and national institutions. Along with named lectureships, Medical Grand Rounds includes the BIDMC-Annals of Internal Medicine "Beyond the Guidelines" series, which uses a case-based approach to address questions related to new clinical guidelines.
NOTE: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all in-person educational meetings, such as grand rounds, morbidity and mortality conferences, and resident teaching conferences are currently being held virtually. This calendar will be updated as information about upcoming Medical Grand Rounds conferences becomes available.
Virtual Combined Harvard Medical Grand Rounds
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, BIDMC has co-hosted a number of virtual, combined Grand Rounds presentations with other Harvard Medical institutions, including Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. View recent virtual lectures below.
COVID-19: Public Health and Scientific Challenges with Dr. Anthony Fauci
Dr. Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, discussed the COVID-19 pandemic with a panel of Harvard Medical experts, including Sharon Wright, MD, Director of the Division of Infection Control/Hospital Epidemiology at BIDMC.
2020 - 2021 Lecture Schedule
September 2020
September 10: Harvard Medical Rounds
- Speaker: Anthony Fauci, MD
- Topic: COVID-19: Public Health and Scientific Challenges
September 17: Women in Medicine
- Speaker: Nancy Andrews, MD, PhD
- Topic: Reflections on the Past Half Century of Women in Academic Medicine
September 24:
- Speaker: Mark Zeidel, MD
- Topic: TBA
October 2020
October 1:
- Speakers: Rishi Wadhera, MD, and Aarti Asnani, MD
- Topic: TBA
October 8: New Professors
- Speakers: Nadine Tung, MD, and Gyongyi Szabo, MD
- Topic: Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease: Bench to Bedside
October 15: Harvard Medical Rounds
October 22: New Professors
- Speakers: Sara Fazio, MD, and Samir Parikh, MD
- Topic: Energy Metabolism in AKI: From Tweaking Cells to Treating Patients
October 29:
- Speakers: Tim Anderson, MD, Fah Vasunilashorn, MD, and Stephen Juraschek, MD, PhD
- Topic: TBA
November 2020
November 5: Harvard Medical Rounds
November 12: Altman Lecture
- Speaker: ;Dean Kamen, MD
- Topic: TBA
November 19: Frank Epstein Lecture
- Speaker: Barbara Kahn, MD, PhD
- Topic: TBA
November 26: No Medical Grand Rounds
December 2020
December 3: Harvard Medical Rounds
December 10: Beyond the Guidelines
- Speakers: Suzanne Baron, MD, and Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD
- Topic: Valvular Heart Disease
December 17:
December 24: No Medical Grand Rounds
December 31: No Medical Grand Rounds
