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December 2019

December 18, 2019
Amanda Toll Memorial Lectureship: Ethics and Research with Children - The Cancer Example

  • Eric Kodish, M.D.
    Pediatric Hematology Oncology
    Blood and Marrow Transplantation
    The Cleveland Clinic

December 11, 2019
Gregory Mark Taubin Memorial Lectureship - Predictive Analytics: Success and Missteps

  • Murray M. Pollack, M.D.
    Professor, Pediatrics
    Children’s National Hospital
    George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

December 5, 2019
The Family Lifestyle Program (FLiP): A Novel Clinical-Community Family Centered Obesity Management Strategy

  • Kofi Essel, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P. 
    Attending Physician, Children’s Health Center at Anacostia
    Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health
    Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
    George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

December 4, 2019
Health Care’s Evolving Ecosystem: Disrupt But Don’t Be Disruptive

  • John J. Whyte, M.D., M.P.H.
    Chief Medical Officer, WebMD

December 4, 2019
World AIDS Day Lecture - Scaling up PrEP for Adolescents and Youth in our Community: Can We Do It?

November 2019

November 20, 2019
Co-Create Ideal Work: Six Actions to Flourish

  • Stephen J. Swensen, M.D., M.M.M.
    Former Director, Leadership and Organization Development, Mayo Clinic
    Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
    Professor Emeritus, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

November 13, 2019
Happy Mothers, Healthy Babies: Why Perinatal Mental Health Matters

  • Aimee Danielson, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Obstetrics & Gynecology
    Director, Women's Mental Health Program
    MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

November 6, 2019
Evolving the Paradigm for Care: Experience with the Cincinnati Esophageal Center

  • Daniel von Allmen, M.D.
    Lester Martin Chair of Pediatric Surgery
    Surgeon-in-Chief
    Senior Vice-President for Surgical Services
    Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

November 5, 2019
Protecting Your Organization from Cyber-Crime

  • Jon Engstrom
    Criminal Intelligence & Cyber-Crime Sections Technical Lead
    Intel Techniques

October 2019

October 30, 2019
A Dean's Reflection on Medical Education

  • Jeffrey S. Akman, M.D.
    Vice President for Health Affairs
    Walter A. Bloedorn Professor, Administrative Medicine
    Dean, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

October 23, 2019
Hanging Out or Hooking Up: Promoting Healthy Adolescent Relationships in Clinical and Community-based Settings

  • Elizabeth Miller, M.D., M.P.H.
    Division Director, Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
    Medical Director, Community and Population Health
    UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
    Edmund R. McCluskey Chair and Professor
    Pediatrics, Public Health, and Clinical and Translational Science
    University of Pittsburgh

October 16, 2019
Global Health: Improving Health Care

  • M. Rashad Massoud, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.
    Chief Medical and Quality Officer/ Senior Vice President
    URC University Research Co., LLC

October 9, 2019
Physician Leadership: Applying Skills Learned Through the Presidential Leadership Scholars Program to the Physician Practice

  • Lenore Jarvis, M.D., M.Ed., F.A.A.P.
    Director, Advocacy and Health Policy, Division of Emergency Medicine
    Child Health Advocacy Institute Affiliate Faculty, Children's National Hospital
    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, GWU School of Medicine and Health Sciences
    Vice President, D.C. Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics

October 2, 2019
QI on the Fly: Rapid Fire QI Panel Presentations

September 2019

September 25, 2019
Lewander Family Lecture - Improving Quality in Pediatric Care

  • Shantanu Agrawal, M.D., M.Phil.
    President and CEO
    National Quality Forum (NQF)

September 18, 2019
Sleep Uncovered: How to Use Sleep to Better Understand Behavioral Trajectories

  • Ashura W. Buckley, M.D.
    Director, Sleep and Neurodevelopment Service
    Office of the Clinical Director
    National Institute of Mental Health
    National Institutes of Health

September 11, 2019
Holbrook Lecture: Amazon Web Services Vision in Health care

  • Shez Partovi, M.D.
    Director, WW BizDev
    HCLS, AWS WWCS Business Development

September 4, 2019
Pediatric Disaster Triage - Small Victims, Big Challenges

  • Mark X. Cicero, M.D.
    Associate Professor
    Pediatrics Director
    Pediatric Disaster Preparedness
    Pediatric Emergency Medicine
    Department of Pediatrics
    Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital

June 2019

June 26, 2019
Communicating Your Accomplishments for Impact

  • Angela Sharkey, M.D.
    Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
    Professor, Pediatrics and Biomedical Science
    University of South Carolina School of Medicine - Greenville

June 19, 2019
Time to Curb the Curbside Consult - Medicolegal and Quality Considerations (PPT is now available)

  • Rebecca Cady, Esq., BSN
    Vice President and Chief Risk Officer
    Children's National Health System
  • Adam W. Smith, J.D.
    Partner
    Blankingship & Keith, PC
  • Bernhard L. Wiedermann, M.D., M.A.
    Attending, Infectious Diseases
    Children's National Health System
    Professor, Pediatrics
    George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Services

June 12, 2019
Creating a Safe and Welcoming Environment for Gender Diverse and Transgender Children and Adolescents

  • Daniel Reirden, M.D., FAAP, FACP, AHHIVS
    Director, TRUE Center for Gender Diversity
    Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Internal Medicine
    Medical Director, CHIP Youth Clinic
    Children's Hospital Colorado

June 5, 2019
Collaborative Models to Advance Mental Health in Schools

  • Olga Acosta Price, Ph.D.
    Director, Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
    The George Washington University (GW) Milken Institute School of Public Health
    Associate Professor, GW Department of Prevention and Community Health

May 2019

May 29, 2019
Leikin Memorial Lectureship | “On Suffering”

May 22, 2019
The Cleft and Craniofacial Center at Children's National: Introduction to the Interdisciplinary Team

May 15, 2019
Silber Lectureship | Anorexia Nervosa: Through a DEVELOPmental, not MENTAL, Lens

  • Richard Kreipe, M.D., F.A.A.P., FSAM, FAED
    Director, Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Program
    University of Rochester Medical Center

May 8, 2019
Einhorn Lectureship | Integrating Research and Improvement Science: Benefits for Patient Outcomes

  • Evaline A. Alessandrini, M.D., MSCE
    Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
    UC Health System
    Adjunct Professor, Pediatrics
    University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

May 1, 2019
Michael Lectureship - Panel Presentation

  • Amir Tamiz, Ph.D.
    Associate Director
    NINDS
  • John Konsin
    Co-Founder & CEO
    Prapela
  • Julia C. Finkel, M.D.
    Director, Pain Medicine Research and Development
    Children's National Health System

April 2019

April 24, 2019
Child Abuse Awareness Month | Care of the Physically Abused Child - From the Bedside to the Bench

  • Allison M. Jackson, M.D., M.P.H.
    Division Chief, Child & Adolescent Protection Center
    Washington Children’s Foundation Professor of Child & Adolescent Protection
    Associate Professor, Pediatrics
    Children's National Health System
  • Natasha E. Shur, M.D.
    Attending Physician, Genetics & Rare Disease Institute
    Associate Professor, Pediatrics
    Children's National Health System

April 17, 2019
Advocacy and the Pediatrician - Optimal Health for All Children

  • Mark Del Monte, J.D.
    AAP CEO/Executive Vice President (Interim)

April 3, 2019
27th Annual Garbose Lectureship | Reducing National Variation in Congenital Heart Disease Outcomes: Current Challenges and Opportunities

  • Sara K. Pasquali, M.D., M.H.S.
    Janette Ferrantino Professor of Pediatrics
    University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital

April 3, 2019
Larrie Greenberg Lectureship | Think Before You Blink, Using Mindful Reflection to Slow Down and Think Deeply

  • Margaret Plack, PT, DPT, Ed.D.
    Professor, Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
    Department of Health, Human Function and Rehabilitation Sciences
    The George Washington University

March 2019

March 27, 2019
Doctor's Day - Being Valued and Supported - The Key to Sustaining Our Well-Being

  • Jo Shapiro, M.D., F.A.C.S.
    Director, Center for Professionalism and Peer Support
    Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston
    Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School

March 20, 2019
Patient and Family Experience Week - Clinician Burnout, Engagement, Resilience, Activation, and Grit

  • Thomas H. Lee, M.D.
    Chief Medical Officer, Press Ganey

March 13, 2019
Immigration as Seen from the Border: Stories from the Front Lines

  • Marsha R. Griffin, M.D.
    Professor, Pediatrics
    University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
    Director, Division of Child and Family Health
    Director, Community for Children

March 13, 2019
Sydney Marie Snyder Endowed Lectureship | Journey to Zero - Lessons Learned from High Reliability Organizations

  • Steve Kreiser, MBA
    Partner, Press Ganey Strategic Consulting

March 6, 2019
World Kidney Day - Assessing Kidney Function and Predicting Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease

  • Susan Furth, M.D., Ph.D.
    Division Chief, Nephrology
    Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics
    Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
    Professor, Pediatrics and Epidemiology
    Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

February 2019

February 27, 2019
Celiac Disease, Gluten and the Intestinal Ecosystem

  • Jocelyn Silvester, M.D., Ph.D.
    Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
    Boston Children’s Hospital

February 20, 2019
Project Stealth: Making Friends with an Enemy to Kill Cancer

  • Daniel A. Saltzman, M.D., Ph.D.
    AS Leonard Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery
    Professor, Surgery and Pediatrics
    Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery
    University of Minnesota Medical School

February 13, 2019
Sickle Cell Disease: A Golden Era

  • Suvankar Majumdar, M.D.
    Chief, Division of Hematology
    Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
    Children’s National Health System
    Associate Professor, Pediatrics
    George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

February 6, 2019
From Bedside to Bench and Back Again: Genomic Insights into Growth

January 2019

January 9, 2019
Adipocyte-derived Exosomes: A Novel Mechanism for Obesity-Related Disease

  • Robert J. Freishtat, M.D., M.P.H.
    Chief of Emergency Medicine, Children’s National Health System
    Professor of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine and Genomics and Precision Medicine
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

January 9, 2019
Graduate Medical Education (GME) as a Key Driver for Improving Patient Safety and Quality: The ACGME Pursuing Excellence Initiative

  • Anita Blanchard, M.D.
    DIO, University of Chicago Medicine
  • Diane Hartmann, M.D.
    DIO, University of Rochester Hospital
  • Mary Ottolini, M.D.
    DIO, Children’s National
  • Laurinda Calongne, Ed.D.
    DIO, Our Lady of the Lake

January 16, 2019
Advances in Fetal Imaging: Impact on Perinatal Care

  • Dorothy Bulas, M.D., FACR, FAIUM, FSRU
    Chief, Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology
    Children's National Health System
    Professor, Pediatrics and Radiology
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

January 23, 2019
Sex Trafficking of Adolescents: The Role of Health Care Provider

  • Lisa K. Tuchman, M.D., M.P.H.
    Associate Professor of Pediatrics
    Chief, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
    Center for Translational Research, Children's Research Institute
    Children's National Health System

January 30, 2019
Emotional Intelligence in Your Organizational Culture, Patient Safety and Patient Experience

  • Patrice M. Weiss, M.D.
    Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President, Carilion Clinic
    Professor and OB/Gyn, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine