Grand Rounds and Visiting Professor Program

The UPMC Department of Radiology is excited to present our Grand Rounds and Visiting Professor Program for 2024-2025. We are delighted to invite our alumni to share in our Grand Rounds and Visiting Professor Program for the first time.

Once a month, talented educators from across UPMC cover clinical, research, patient safety/quality, and administrative topics pertinent to practicing radiologists during our virtual Grand Rounds. Our Visiting Professor Program brings nationally and internationally renowned speakers to share their expertise.

Upcoming Grand Rounds

Date	Speaker	Institution	Topic

CME Credit

The UPMC Department of Radiology Grand Rounds and Visiting Professor Program is accredited for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. The UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences (CCEHS) learning portal, http://cce.upmc.com is used for tracking your continuing education credits.

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Adding your mobile number will allow you to instantly receive credit for attending UPMC Department of Radiology Grand Rounds using SMS texting. To enable this feature, login to your account, https://cce.upmc.com, go to “My Account”, “Edit” and click the “Mobile” tab to add your ten-digit mobile phone. For step by step instructions visit, https://cce.upmc.com/FAQ/SMS.

To answer common questions or instructions please visit the FAQs available on the CCEHS learning portal or contact CCHES.

Past Visiting Professors

Date	Speaker	Institution	Topic
03/14/2025	Priya Mody, MD	University of North Carolina School of Medicine	Planning Your Early Career to Limit Burnout
12/13/2024	Kate Hanneman, MD, MPH, FRCPC	University Medical Imaging Toronto, Joint Department of Medical Imaging	Environmentally Sustainable Radiology
10/11/2024	Andrew D. Schweitzer, MD	Weill Cornell Medicine / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital	Mismatch Between Competence and Confidence: How Common is it and How Can it be Corrected?
09/20/2024	Paul J. Chang, M.D., FACR, FSIIM	University of Chicago School of Medicine	Re-Engineering Radiology in the World of AI, Radiomics, Big Data, and Precision Medicine: The Return of the "Doctor's Doctor"
05/10/2024	Cindy Lee, MD, FSBI, FACMQ, CMQ	Stony Brook Medicine	Achieving Financial Independence: Buying Happiness?
04/26/2024	Kathryn Berlacher, MD, MS, FACC	UPMC	Smarter Learning and Teaching: Employing Andragogy to Improve Education of Self and Others
03/01/2024	Ann K. Jay, MD	MedStar Georgetown University Hospital	Human Flourishing
02/09/2024	Matthew E. Maeder, MD	Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine	Bringing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Your Department
12/08/2023	Farouk Dako, MD	University of Pennsylvania	Transitioning from Race-Based to Precision Medicine
11/03/2023	Misun Hwang, MS, MD	CHOP, University of Pennsylvania	Neurosonography
05/26/2023	Julia H. Schoen, MD, MS	Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Health	Sustainable Radiology: Opportunities for Action
03/31/2023	Shyam M. Srinivas, MD, PhD	UPMC	Theranostics and the Reshaping of Nuclear Medicine in 2023
02/24/2023	Michael A. Bruno, MD, MS, FACR	Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center	Error and Uncertainty in Diagnostic Radiology: Working Toward a Deeper Understanding
01/27/2023	Jonathan W. Berlin, MD	NorthShore University	Healthcare Economics and Radiology - An Introduction
11/04/2022	Alexander J. Towbin, MD	Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	Non-Interpretive AI
10/07/2022	Theodore Hall, MD	UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine	Diversity in Radiology: Acknowledging the Past, Embracing the Present, Leveraging Our Future
09/02/2022	Frank Minja, MD	Emory University School of Medicine	Radiology in the Developing World: Is It Possible to Bridge the Training Gap?
05/20/2022	Brandon Brown, MD, MA, FAAp	Indiana University	Building a Culture of Vitality in Radiology
03/25/2022	Jules Sumkin, DO, FACR	University of Pittsburgh Medical Center	Breast Imaging from a Chair Perspective
02/25/2022	Joseph Maroon, MD	University of Pittsburgh Medical Center	From Icarus to Aequinimitas -A Prescription for Work Life Balance
01/28/2022	Rivka Colen, MD	University of Pittsburgh Medical Center	Radiogenomics, Radiomics, and Imaging in Oncology and Clinical Trials: Current Research and How to Get Involved
11/05/2021	Khaled M. Elsayes, MD	University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	Pivoting to Transform Education and Mentorship During a Pandemic: From Texas to the World
10/08/2021	Eniola Oluyemi, MD, MPH	Johns Hopkins University	Black-White Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Survival: A Focus on Imaging Access
08/06/2021	Jeremy Flagg	The Flagg Group LLC	3 Myths About Professional Success You Must Avoid to Achieve Personal Freedom
07/21/2021	Theresa Gelzinis, MD	University of Pittsburgh Medical Center	Conscious Sedation for the Radiologist
05/21/2021	Bachir Taouli, MD	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York	Gadolinium Based Contrast Agents: Update 2021
04/16/2021	Mitchell Tublin, MD	University of Pittsburgh Medical Center	Thyroid Sonography: Where Are We and How Did We Get Here?
03/19/2021	Anish Ghodadra, MD	University of Pittsburgh Medical Center	Putting Imaging into Your Hands: 3D Printing in Medicine
	Travis Browning, MD	UT Southwestern
03/19/2021	Carolynn M DeBenedectis, MD	University of Massachusetts	Healthcare Disparities in Radiology
	Jonathan Samet, MD	Northwestern University
	Charles White, MD	University of Maryland
	Diana Litmanovich, MD	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
	Michael Recht, MD	NYU Lagone Medical Center
	Mahesh Thapa, MD	University of Washington
	M. Elizabeth Oates, MD, FAAWR, FACR	University of Kentucky
	Gaurang Shah, MD	University of Michigan
	Jeffery P. Hogg, MD, FACR	West Virginia University
	William Mayo-Smith, MD, FACR	Brigham & Women’s Hospital
	Mahmud Mossa-Basha, MD	University of Washington
	Elizabeth Burnside, MD, MPH, MS, FACR	University of Wisconsin
	Jason C. Woods, PhD	University of Cincinnati
	Geraldine McGinty, MD, MBA, FACR	Weill Cornell Medicine