Grand Rounds
All Grand Rounds are held in HP Smith (W256 GH), unless otherwise noted.
2025
| Date | Speaker | Department/Institution | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 4 | Zizhen Kang, PhD | Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa | |
| September 11 | Josh Lieberman, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA | Dustin Bosch, MD, PhD |
| September 18 | Munir Tanas, MD | Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa | |
| September 25 | Nathanael Christensen, DO | Fellow, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa | Andrew Bellizzi, MD & Matthew Gosse, MD |
| October 2 | Julie Kim, PhD | Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL | Shujie Yang, PhD |
| October 9 | Daniel Boyer, MD IDCPL (Iowa Diagnostic Clinical Pathology Lecturer) | Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI | Matthew Krasowski, MD, PhD |
| October 16 | Katherine Christel, MD | Resident, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa | Brad Ford, MD, PhD |
| October 23 | Sara Bigelow, DO | Resident, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa | Amani Bashir, MBBS |
| October 30 | Juan José Sánchez Ramírez, MD | Resident, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa | Carol J Holman, MD, PhD |
| November 6 | Ann McKee, MD | Professor, Department of Neurology and Pathology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Director, BU Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center & BU CTE Center Chief of Neuropathology, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA | Steve Moore, MD, PhD |
| November 13 | Kurt Schaberg, MD | Pathology Residency Program Director, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UC Davis Health Medical Center, Sacramento, CA | Sara Bigelow, DO and Juan José Sánchez Ramírez, MD |
| November 20 | Ibrahim Abukhiran, MBBS | Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and a Gastrointestinal and Pancreaticobiliary Pathologist at the Gastrointestinal Pathology Center of Excellence at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA | Matthew Gosse, MD |
| December 4 | Booki Min, DVM, PhD | Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Human Immunobiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL | Zizhen Kang, PhD |
| December 11 | Sanjeev Sethi, MD, PhD | Professor, Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN | Prerna Rastogi, MD, PhD & Abdullah Thayyil, MD |
2026
Date | Speaker | Department/Institution | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 22 | Natalie Heffron, DO | Resident, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa | Daniel Griffin, MD |
| January 29 | Kristen Stashek, MD IDAPL | Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA | Megan Samuelson, MD |
| February 5 | John Alcorn, PhD, ATSF | Professor of Pediatrics & Immunology, Vice Chair of Basic Research, Associate Director RK Mellon Institute for Pediatric Research, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Center for Vaccine Research, Pittsburgh, PA | Kevin Legge, PhD |
| February 12 | Samithamby Jeyaseelan, DVM, PhD | Professor, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA | Vladimir Badovinac, PhD |
| February 19 | Anita Arackal, MD, MBA | Fellow, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa | TBD |
| February 26 | Erin McElvania, PhD Koontz Lecturer | Clinical Associate Professor, Clinical Pathology, Director of Clinical Microbiology, NorthShore/ Endeavor Health, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL | Brad Ford, MD, PhD |
| March 5 | Ali Kanj Ahmad, MD | Fellow, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa | TBD |
| March 12 | Tanner Simonson, MD | Resident, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa | TBD |
| April 2 | Scott Albright, DO | Fellow, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa | Anand Rajan Kanagasabapathy, MBBS
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| April 9 | Jim Zimring, MD, PhD DeGowin Lecturer | Thomas W. Tillack Professor of Experimental Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA | C. Mike Knudson, MD, PhD
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| April 16 | Mohamed Eletrebi, MD | Fellow, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa | TBD |
| April 23 | Nick Spies, MD (ARUP) Path to the Future | Medical Director: Applied Artificial Intelligence, Clinical Chemistry, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
| Brad Ford, MD, PhD |
| April 30 | Aranza Pinedo, MD, MT, M.Ed | Resident, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa | Prerna Rastogi, MD, PhD
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| May 7 | Valerie Fitzhugh, MD | Clinical Professor, Chair, Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, Rutgers, NJ | Andrew Bellizzi, MD |
| May 14 | Allen Choi, MD | Fellow, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa | TBD |