Grand Rounds Schedule

2025-2026 Schedule

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Topic
08/05	Faculty meeting
08/12	Melisa Esposito, MD	UVA Fellow, Endocrinology and Metabolism	Type 2 Diabetes in Older Adults: Rethinking Risk, Targets, and Treatment
08/19	Santhi Logel, MD and Cassie Weems, MD	UVA – Pediatric Diabetes & Endocrinology	Navigating the Crossroads: Optimizing the Transition from Pediatric to Adult Diabetes Care
08/26	Sue Brown, MD	University of Virginia	An Update in Technology Solutions for Glycemic Management of Diabetes
09/02	Jen Kirby, MD, PhD	University of Virginia	Post-Bariatric Surgery Hypoglycemia
09/09	Zhenqi Liu, MD	University of Virginia	The Evolving Incretin Story: Insights into the Multifaceted Actions of GIP
09/16	Heather Ferris, MD, PhD	University of Virginia	New and Emerging Treatments for Diabetic Neuropathy
09/23	William Horton, MD	University of Virginia	Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in People with Type 1 Diabetes: Using Current Knowledge to Guide Steps Forward
09/30	Suzanne Jan de Beur, MD	University of Virginia	Hypoparathyroidism: Clinical Challenges and Evolving Therapies
10/07	Helmy Siragy, MD	University of Virginia	Adrenal Incidentaloma: Should We Do?
10/14	Evan Rosen, MD, PhD	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University	Oxytocin: New Metabolic Roles for an Ancient Hormone
10/21	All Staff Meeting
10/28	Oksana Hamidi, MD	UT Southwestern	ACTH-Independent Cushing Syndrome: From Etiology to Evidence-Based Management
11/04
11/11	Matthew Gurka, PhD	University of Virginia
11/18
11/25
12/02	Ellen, Lam PA	University of Virginia
12/09	Aaron Misakian, MD, MFA	University of Virginia
12/16	Daniel Strand, MD	University of Virginia
12/23
12/30
01/06	Sumeet Khetarpal, MD, PhD	University of Virginia

2024-2025 Schedule

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Topic
8/06	Sarah Chhabra, MD	UVA	Updates in Lipid Management
8/13	All Staff Meeting
8/20	Jennifer Kirby, MD, PhD	UVA	Emerging Data for Diabetes Technology in the Management of Diabetes in Pregnancy
8/27	Sue Brown, MD	UVA	New Approaches to Diabetes Management: Inpatient and Outpatient Settings
9/3	Zhenqi Liu, MD	UVA	Sarcopenic obesity: A metabolic and therapeutic conundrum
9/10	Heather Ferris, MD, PhD	UVA	The Role of Endocrinologists in Supporting Cognitive Health in Older Adults
9/17	Ben Horton, MD	UVA	Metabolic Fuels and Toxicities of the Heart: Redefining Cardiomyopathy in Diabetes by Substrate Metabolism
9/24	Suzanne Jan de Beur, MD	UVA	Goal-Directed Osteoporosis Treatment
10/1	Silas Culver, MD	UVA	Obesity-related Renal Lipotoxicity and the Role of Fasting
10/8	Katie Love, MD	UVA	Gender inequities in type 1 diabetes-related cardiovascular disease: a need to optimize care for women
10/15	Alan Rogol, MD, PhD	UVA	Therapeutic Use Exemption: What is it and how does an endocrinologist obtain one for an elite athlete patient?
10/22	Ali Guler, PhD	UVA	Recalibrating Brain Reward Circuits with Glp1R Agonists in an Era of Excess
10/29	Griffin Rodgers, M.D., M.A.C.P.	NIDDK, Marshall Lectureship	NIDDK Support for the Scientific Workforce
11/5	Faculty meeting
11/12	Priyanka Majety, MD	VCU Health	Predictors of Mortality in Hypercalcemia of Advanced Chronic Liver Disease
11/19	Jarred Whitlock, PhD	UVA	Fibrous Dysplasia: A disease of broken cellular communication
11/26	Thanksgiving Break
12/3	Jenna S. Mammen, MD, PhD	Johns Hopkins Medicine	Why turtles might win the race.
12/10	Faculty Meeting
12/17	Erica Giraldi, MD	UVA	Incidentally Detected Acromegaly - Contemmporary Diagnostic and Treatment Approaches and Future Directions
12/24	Holiday Break
12/31	Holiday Break
01/07	Meg Crook, MD	UVA	CKD- Metabolic Bone Disease: The Role of the Endocrinologist
01/14	All staff meeting
01/21
01/28	Helmy Siragy, MD	UVA	Adrenal Insufficiency: Current and New Discoveries from Genetics to Stem Cell Therapy
02/04	Marie Demay, MD	MGH - Virtual -joint with VCU we host	Making sense of the Endocrine Society VITAMIN D FOR THE PREVENTION OF DISEASE Guidelines
02/11	Faculty meeting - Cancelled
02/18	Anna Nalle	New Creation VA	Human Trafficking in the Healthcare Context
02/25	Faculty Meeting
03/04	Ariel Williams, PhD	UVA	Tackling Health Disparities Takes All of Us
03/11	Christina Peroutka, MD	UVA	Hypophosphatasia - More than a Metabolic Bone Disorder
03/18	Layal Esper, MD	UVA	Redifferentiation Therapies in Thyroid Cancer
03/25	Megan Haymart, MD	University of Michigan – Dunn Lectureship	Navigating Challenges in the Management of Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer
04/01	Rosalind Basil, MD	Fellow	Diabetes in Pregnancy
04/08	Adriana Ioachimescu, MD, PhD	Medical College of Wisconsin - Thorner Lectureship	Prolactin Abnormalities: Lessons Learned
04/15	Faculty Meeting
04/22	Richard Auchus, MD, PhD	University of Michigan - Crispell Lectureship	New Androgens and New Treatments for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
04/29	David Lieb, MD	ODU	Making AI Work for You: Enhancing Clinical Practice and Teaching in Endocrinology
05/06	Daisy Duan, MD	Johns Hopkins School of Medicine	Circadian Rhythms, Sleep, and Metabolism
05/13	Maria Sanchez, MD	Fellow	Management of Hyperaldosteronism
05/20	Nicolas Reyes, MD	Fellow	Diet Trends and Diabetes
05/27	Susanne Trost, MD	University of Minnesota	Updates in Osteoporosis
06/03	Staff Meeting
06/10	Amrit Pathak, MD	Fellow	The Hidden Cost of Checkpoint Blockade: Navigating the Landscape of Endocrine Toxicities
06/17	Swetha Priyadarshan, MD	Fellow	Thyroid In Pregnancy
06/24	ADA

2023-2024 Schedule

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Topic
08/08			All Clinic Meeting
08/15	Jonathan Garneau, MD	University of Virginia	Surgical Management of Thyroid Goiters and Hyperparathyroidism
08/22	Anthony McCall, MD	University of Virginia	ES CPG Hypoglycemia Guidelines
08/29	Zhenqu Liu, MD	University of Virginia	The Evolving Incretin Story: Dual Agonists, Tri-agonists and More
09/05	Jennifer Kirby, MD	University of Virginia	Treating Obesity in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
09/12	Mary Lee Vance, MD	University of Virginia	Acromegaly: Current and Emerging Treatments
09/19	Silas Culver, MD	University of Virginia	Primary Aldosteronism: Update on Pathophysiology, Prevalence, Diagnosis and Management
09/26	Suzanne Jan de Beur, MD	University of Virginia	X linked Hypophosphatemia: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment
10/03	Katie Love, MD	University of Virginia	Type 1 diabetes and vascular dysfunction: why the endothelium matters
10/10	Sue Brown, MD	University of Virginia	Lessons Learned through the Development of Advanced AID Systems
10/17	Faculty Meeting
10/24	Michael Ayers, MD, FACC	University of Virginia	Optimizing Cardiovascular Risk
10/31	Zachary Henry, MD	University of Virginia	Steatotic Liver Disease: Changing nomenclature for NASH after 43 years
11/1	Rebecca Brown, MD	NIH - UVA-VCU EGR	Lipodystrophy
11/07	Meaghan Stumpf, MD	University of Virginia	Islet Cell Transplantation
11/14	Mete Civelek, Ph.D.	University of Virginia	A Multi-Scale, Systems Biology View of Fat Distribution and Storage Provides Novel Insight into Gene Regulation in Adipose Tissue
11/21	Greg Clines, MD, PhD	University of Michigan	Bone Metastasis and New Concepts in Osteoblast Function and Osteoporosis
11/28	Elizabeth Gaughan, MD	University of Virginia	Checkpoint Inhibitors, Steroids and Endocrine Toxicity: A Need for Multidisciplinary Approach
12/05	Ling Qi, PhD	University of Virginia	Unlocking the secrecy of mammalian ERAD: one mouse and human at a time
12/12	Sabyasachi Sen, MD, PhD, FRCP (UK), FACP, FACE, FAHA, Diplomate ABCL and Diplomate ABOM	The George Washington University	Stem Cells as a biomarker in cardiometabolic diseases
12/19	Faculty Meeting
12/26			No Endo Grand Rounds - Holiday
01/02	Christopher Gibbons, MD	Harvard Med School and Beth Israel Deaconess Med Center	Treatment Induced Neuropathy of Diabetes, zoom
01/09	John Stranix, MD	University of Virginia	Gender affirming surgery
01/16	Michael C. Riddell, PhD	York University	Lessons learned about glycemic management with exercise in type 1 diabetes
01/23	Laura Caccavale, PhD, LCP	VCU	Working with Emerging Adults and Preparing for Health Care Transition for Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
01/30	Nanette Santoro, MD	University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus	The Reprometabolic Syndrome: How Obesity Impairs Female Fertility
02/06	Beverly Biller, MD	Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard, Michael O. Thorner Lecturer	Update on Cushing's Disease
02/13	Anna Kahkoska, MD, PhD	University of North Carolina	Supporting Diabetes Management and Self-Care in Older Adulthood: Exploring Patient Perspectives Surrounding Evidence-Based Technology and Nutrition
02/20	Michael Catalino, MD	University of Virginia	The Anatomy of a Pituitary Surgery Program
02/27	Faculty Meeting
03/05	Daniel Gioeli, PhD	University of Virginia	Androgen Receptor Signaling in Prostate Cancer
03/12	Madhusmita Misra, MD, MPH	University of Virginia	Management of Low Bone Density in Adolescents and Young Adults with Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
03/19	All Staff Meeting
03/26	Matthew Ringel, MD	Ohio State University, John Dunn Visiting Lecturer	New drivers and new treatment approaches for progressive thyroid cancer
04/02			Spring Break
04/09	Faculty Meeting
04/16	Kerrie Moreau, Ph.D.	University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus - Kenneth R. Crispell Visiting Lecturer	Understanding heterogeneity of vascular adaptations to exercise training with again: Does Sex Matter?
04/23	Ishan Williams, PhD, FGSA	University of Virginia	Psychosocial factors as mediators of the racial disparity in diabetes distress among older adults
04/30	Lisette Rodriguez, MD	University of Virginia	Bone Health in Patients with Cancer
05/07	Cancelled
05/14	Rosalind Basil, MD	University of Virginia	The Thyroid gland in pregnancy
05/21	Angela Vuong, MD	University of Virginia	A discussion of Carcinoid Syndrome
05/28	Nicholas Reyes, MD	University of Virginia	Gender Affirming Care: A Review of Clinical Guidelines
06/04			Endocrine Society
06/11	Maria Sanchez, MD	University of Virginia	Future Therapies in Diabetes, an approach beyond guidelines
06/18	Katherine Mustafa, DO	University of Virginia	Clinical Considerations in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Mild Autonomous Cortisol Secretion
06/25			ADA

2022-2023 Schedule

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Topic
08/23	Ananda Basu, MBBS, MD	University of Virginia	"SARS-Cov-2 and Diabetes"
08/30	Jennifer Kirby, MD, PhD	University of Virginia	"Food Insecurity, Access, and Quality: Impacts on Health Outcomes"
09/06	Zhenqi Liu, MD	University of Virginia	"An Evolving Incretin Story: the Twincretin Saga"
09/13	Heather Ferris, MD, PhD	University of Virginia	"Uric acid and cardiometabolic disease"
09/20	Sue Brown, MD	University of Virginia	"Advances in using Technology in the Management of Diabetes"
09/27	Ben Horton, MD	University of Virginia	"Heart Failure: An Underappreciated Complication of Diabetes. A Consensus Report of the American Diabetes Association"
10/04	Alan Dalkin, MD	University of Virginia	"Long term sequelae of antiresorptive treatment for osteoporosis"
10/11	Su Hee Kim, MD	University of Virginia	"The adverse impact of maternal obesity on the mother and offspring: mechanisms and management"
10/18	Helmy Siragy, MD	University of Virginia	"Adrenal-Renal Genetic Hypokalemia: Selection From Infancy to Adulthood"
10/25	Robert Carey, MD	University of Virginia	"Management of Hypertension: What have we learned in the last 2 years?"
11/01			Division Meeting
11/08	Andrea Dunaif, MD	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	"Deconstructing a Syndrome: Genomic Insights into the Etiologies and Classification of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome"
11/15	Richard Santen, MD	University of Virginia
11/22	No EGR		Endo Faculty Meeting
11/29	Jeff Wilson, MD	University of Virginia	"A primer on the tick-acquired red meat allergy, aka - the alpha-gal syndrome"
12/06	Lynnette Nieman, MD, FACP	NIH - Special Joint EGR with VCU [Virtual]	Cushing's Syndrome Update 2022
12/13	Speaker rescheduled to January 10		Division Meeting
12/20			HOLIDAY
12/27			HOLIDAY
01/03	Bhavana Yalamuru, MBBS	University of Virginia	"Management of Diabetic Peripheral neuropathy"
01/10	Swapnil Sonkusare, PhD	University of Virginia	"Blood pressure regulation by vascular wall in obesity and hypertension"
01/17	No EGR		Endo Faculty Meeting
01/24	Jamie Zoellner, Ph.D., R.D.	University of Virginia	"Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in Youth & Adults: Epidemiological trends, health consequences & evidence-based solutions"
01/31	Anna Fashandi, MD	University of Virginia	"Interventional Thyroidology"
02/07	Stephanie Seminara, MD Special UVA Crispell Lectureship 2023	Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard - Crispell Lectureship	"Kisspeptin: Translation to Treatment"
02/14	No EGR		Endo Faculty Meeting
02/21	Meg Crook, MD	University of Virginia	"Romosozumab: An Update"
02/28	Apoorva Waikar, MBBS	Virginia Commonwealth University	"Bone Health in Transgender Youth"
03/07	Jeeyeon Cha, MD, PhD	Vanderbilt School of Medicine	"Examining how the MAFA and MAFB transcription factors impact ß cell function and identity " via zoom
03/14	No EGR		Endo Faculty Meeting
03/21	Julia Scialla, MD	University of Virginia	"Trials" in Chronic Kidney Disease - Mineral and Bone Disorder
03/28	Samina Afreen, MD	University of Virginia	"Discontinuation, switch and combination of osteoporosis therapy"
03/29	Karl Insogna, MD	Joint VCU EGR	zoom at 4:30 PM
04/04	Lado Bakhutashvili, fellow	University of Virginia	"Anticipating Updated Guidelines for Thyroid Nodule Management"
04/11	David Repaske, MD	University of Virginia	"Prader Willi Syndrome and Endocrinology"
04/18	Elizabeth Pearce, MD, MSc, Boston Medical Center UVA Dunn Lectureship 2023	Boston Medical Center	"Thyroid Disease in Pregnancy: An Update"
04/25	Cynthia Stuenkel, MD	University of California, San Diego	"Reproductive Milestones in Women and Cardiovascular Risk Across the Lifespan" via Zoom
05/02			Endo Faculty Meeting
05/09	Jeffrey Gander, MD	University of Virginia	"We should turn it into a grocery store" A Story on Health and Food Insecurity at UVA
05/16	Nawar Suleman, MD - fellow	University of Virginia	"Exploring Medical Therapies for Cushing's Disease: Best Practices and Patient Outcomes"
05/23	Lisette Rodriguez, MD - fellow	University of Virginia	"Endocrinopathies Associated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors"
05/30	Kat Mustafa, MD - fellow	University of Virginia	"Clinical Considerations in the Diagnosis and Treatment of MODY"
06/06	Peter Liu, MBBS, FRACP, PhD - 'Michael O. Thorner Lectureship 2023'	David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA The Lundquist Institute of Biomedical Innovation	"Sleep, energy and catabolic-anabolic signaling balance: Pathways to metabolic ill-health"
06/13	Woderyelesh Kassa, MD - fellow	University of Virginia	"Management of hypercalcemia of malignancy"
06/20	Angela Voung, MD - fellow	University of Virginia	"Update on Transgender Care: Reviewing WPATH's Latest Standard of Care"
06/27	Richard Santen, MD	University of Virginia	"Long Term Strategies to Reduce Unintended Pregnancy"

2021-2022 Schedule

Date	Speaker	Topic
08/17	Stephen Rich, PhD, FAHA - UVA	Type 1 Diabetes: Genomics and Beyond CME Code: 141673
08/24	Richard Santen, MD - UVA	Current Status of Androgen Therapy in Men CME Code#: 141709
08/31	Zhenqi Liu, MD - UVA	Muscle Insulin Action & Resistance: A tale of the microvasculature CME Code#: 141710
09/07	Jen Kirby, MD, PhD - UVA	The Future of Treatments for Obesity: Are We Finally Tipping the Scale? CME Code#:141711
09/14	Mary Lee Vance, MD - UVA	Cushing's Disease: Diagnosis and Treatments CME Code#: 141712
09/21	Sue Brown, MD - UVA	Automated Insulin Delivery Systems: Update on Current Technologies and Future Directions. CME Code#: 141713
09/28	Susan Kirk, MD - UVA	Caring for the Gender Expansive Patient. CME Code#: 141714
10/05	Heather Ferris, MD, PhD - UVA	Managing Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes Patients: An Update.. CME Code#: 141715
10/12	Chris McCartney, MD - UVA	Neuroendocrinology of Nascent Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. CME Code#: 141716
10/19	Meg Stumpf, MD - UVA	Transplant Endocrinology. CME Code#: 141674
10/26	Robert Carey, MD, MACP - UVA	Hypertension Updates CME Code#: 141717
11/02	No EGR	No EGR
11/09	Susan Samson, MD, PhD - Mayo Clinic Jacksonville FL - Special Joint EGR with VCU [Virtual]	Opportunities for a Personalized Approach for the Treatment of Persons with Acromegaly. CME Code#: tba
11/16	Alan Dalkin, MD and Ben Horton, MD - UVA	Development, Implementation and Use of the Endocrine In-Training Exam: Implications for Predicting Success with ABIM Board Certification. CME Code#: tba
11/23	Irina Bochkis, PhD - UVA	Foxa2 in Endocrinology: activation of bile acid and cholesterol receptors FXR and LXR. CME Code#: tba
11/30	Helmy Siragy, MD - UVA	Adrenal Incidentaloma: Wisely Opening Pandora's Box. CME Code#: tba
12/7	Paul Yates, MD, PhD - UVA	The Travails of Pericytes in Retinal Vascular Disease. CME Code#: tba
12/14	No EGR	Endo Faculty Meeting
12/21	No EGR	Holiday
12/28	No EGR	Holiday
01/4	Ritu Madan, MBBS, MD - VCU	Diabetes in Pregnancy. CME Code#: tba
01/11	Rita Kalyani, MD, MHS - Johns Hopkins	Sarcopenia in Diabetes and Aging. CME Code#: tba
01/18	No EGR	No EGR
01/25	Guest Speaker rescheduled to 6/21/22	n/a
02/01	No EGR	Endo Faculty Meeting
02/08	Kristy Brown, PhD - Weill Cornell	Obesity Increases Breast Cancer Penetrance in BRCA Mutation Carriers: A role for local factors. CME Code#:
02/15	Lale Kostakoglu-Shields, MD, MPH - UVA	Nuclear Medicine Imaging for Endocrine Disorders. CME Code#:
02/22	Andy Basu, MD - UVA	tba CME Code #:
03/01	No EGR	Endo Faculty Meeting
03/08	Charles Farber, PhD - UVA	Human and Mouse approaches to Unravel the Genetics of Osteoporosis CME Code #:
03/15	Lado Bakhutashvili, MD - UVA Endo Fellow	Nutritional Management of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes CME Code#:
03/22	Matthew Gorris, MD - Wake Forest	Molecular/Genetic Testing of Thyroid Nodules: Implications for management and prognosis. CME Code #:
03/29	Ronak M. Patel, MD - UVA Endo Fellow	Disparities in Diabetes CME Code #:
04/05	No EGR	Endo Faculty Meeting
04/12	Teresa Hillier, MD, MS - Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research - Special UVA Thorner Lectureship 2022	Diabetes and Pregnancy. CME Code#:
04/19	Janice McMillan, MD - UVA Endo Fellow	Endocrine Issues in Anorexia Nervosa CME Code #:
04/26	Jacqueline Jonklaas, MD, PhD - Georgetown U - Special UVA Dunn Lectureship 2022	Update on Therapy for Hypothyroidism: Consideration of Combination Therapy CME Code #:
05/03	Sarah Lee, MD - UVA Endo Fellow	Dyslipidemia in Diabetes - Statins and Beyond CME Code #:
05/10	Nawar Suleman, MD UVA Endo Fellow	Perioperative Management of Cushing Disease CME Code #:
05/17	Woderyelesh Kassa, MD - UVA Endo Fellow	Lipid Management in Patients with Endocrine Disorders CME Code #:
05/24	No EGR	Endo Faculty Meeting
05/31	Gary Hammer, MD, PhD - U of Michigan - Special UVA Crispell Lectureship 2022	Adrenal Carcinoma: What's New Today - Where is Hope Tomorrow CME Code #:
06/07		ADA Conference
06/14		ENDO Society
06/21	No EGR	Endo Faculty Meeting
06/28	No EGR	Endo Faculty Meeting