Grand Rounds

All Grand Rounds are held in HP Smith (W256 GH), unless otherwise noted.

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 "Jey"	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	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
April 2	Scott Albright, DO	Fellow, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa	Anand Rajan Kanagasabapathy, MBBS
April 9	Tyler Simonson, MD	Resident, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa	TBD
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
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