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November 2023

Title: Surgical Innovations in Pediatric Care: How Mentorship Catalyzed the Development of a Leading Thoracic Foregut Program for Achalasia Treatment at Children's National
Date: November 15, 2023
Time: 8-9a.m.
Speaker:
Mikael Petrosyan M.D., M.B.A.
Vice-Chief, General and Thoracic Surgery
Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
Associate Professor, Surgery and Pediatrics 

TitleEpilepsy: A New World
Date: Nov. 8, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
William D. Gaillard, M.D.
Division Chief, Child Neurology, Epilepsy and Neurophysiology
Director, Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Program
Associate Director, Center for Neuroscience Research
Professor of Epilepsy and Neurophysiology

Title: Clinical Translational Science - A New Scientific Field and the Future of Clinical Translational Research at CTSI-CN
Date: Nov. 1, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
Michael J. Bell, M.D.
Professor and Chief, Critical Care Medicine
Director, Clinical Translational Science Institute of Children's National
Children’s National Hospital
The George Washington University School of Medicine

October 2023

Title: Domestic Violence: How the Workplace can Support Survivors
Date: Oct. 4, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
Micaela Deming, Esq.
Policy Director
DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence

September 2023

Title: The Gene Therapy Landscape at Children's National Hospital
Date: Sept. 27, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
David A Jacobsohn, M.D., M.B.A.
Diana Bharucha-Goebel, M.D.
Blachy Davila-Saldana, M.D.
Shawn Francis, PharmD
Patrick Hanley, Ph.D.
Robert Nickel, M.D.
Sara Rooney, PharmD
Andrea Schultz, R.N.
Jennifer Webb, M.D.

Title: Creating opportunity from crisis: How Children's National leads advocacy in improving care of all children, their families and communities in pandemics, disasters, and every day
Date: Sept. 20, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
Joelle N Simpson M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P.
Chief of Emergency Medicine
Medical Director of Emergency Preparedness
Children's National Hospital

Title: ChatGPT: The Physician's Friend or Foe?
Date: Sept. 13, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
Robert Pearl, M.D.
Professor at the Stanford Schools of Medicine and Business

Title: Community Violence: Scope, Impacts and Solutions
Date: Sept. 6, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speakers:
Katie Donnelly M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Children's National Hospital
Medical Director, Safe Kids DC
Medical Director, Youth Violence Intervention Program

June 2023

Title: 40 Years of Adolescent Health: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Date: June 28, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
Lawrence J. D'Angelo, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical Director, Occupational Health
Director, Youth Pride Clinic
Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
Children’s National Hospital

Title: New Directions in Intervention Research to Improve LGBTQ Youth Health
Date: June 21, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
David M. Huebner, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor, Department of Prevention and Community Health
George Washington University

Title: Promoting Equity for Women in Academic Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approach
Date: June 14, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker: Reshma Jagsi, M.D., D.Phil.
Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology
Emory University

Title: Love and Believe
Date: June 13, 2023
Time: 8-9a.m.
Speaker: Kurt Newman, M.D. 
President and Chief Executive Officer
Children’s National Hospital

Title: Celebrating Community Health Improvement with the Maryland Secretary of Health
Date: June 7, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
Laura Herrera Scott, M.D., M.P.H.
Secretary of Health
Maryland Department of Health

May 2023

Title: It's not dust it and done: The importance of effective transition
Date: May 31, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speakers:
TjaMeika Purnell Davenport
PFAC Parent and Parent Navigator

Barbara Speller-Brown DNP, PNP-BC
Lead Sickle Cell Translational Research APN
Director, SCD Transition Clinic

Christopher Agbobli
Former Children's National Sickle Cell Patient

Darcel Jackson
PFAC Parent and Patient and Family Coordinator

Caryn Anthony
PFAC Co-Chair

Title: Building Equity in Graduate Medical Education
Date: May 17, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speakers:
Aisha Barber, M.D., M.Ed.
Avante Smack, Ph.D.
Theiline Gborkorquellie, M.D., M.H.S.
Olanrewaju Falusi, M.D., M.Ed.

Title: The Emergence of Stochastic Resonance to Improve Respiration in Newborns
Date: May 10, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
John Konsin
Co-founder and CEO Prapela, Inc.

Title: Adoptive T Cell Therapy for Pediatric Patients with High-Risk Malignancies
Date: May 3, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speakers:
Amy Hont, M.D.
Children’s National Hospital 

Keri Toner, M.D.
Children’s National Hospital 

April 2023

TitleResearch, Education and Innovation Week: Adolescent and Mental Health Panel
Date: April 20, 2023
Time: 3-4 p.m.
Speakers:
Anisha Abraham, M.D.
Pamela S. Hinds, RN, Ph.D., FAAN

TitleResearch, Education and Innovation Week: Keynote Nursing Lecture
Date: April 20, 2023
Time: 1-2 p.m.
Speaker:
Deb Gross, DNSc, RN, FAAN

TitleResearch, Education and Innovation Week: Global Health Lecture
Date: April 20, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
Tom Osborn

TitleResearch, Education and Innovation Week: Hospital Grand Rounds
Date: April 19, 2023
Time: 12-1 p.m.
Speaker:
Tami D. Benton, M.D.

TitleResearch, Education and Innovation Week: Hospital Grand Rounds
Date: April 19, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
Stuart Slavin, M.D., M.Ed.

TitleResearch, Education and Innovation Week: Keynote Lecture
Date: April 18, 2023
Time: 4-5 p.m.
Speaker:
Christopher J. Recklitis, Ph.D., M.P.H.

TitleResearch, Education and Innovation Week: Panel Discussion - Mental Health and AI
Date: April 18, 2023
Time: 12-1 p.m.
Speakers:
Tshaka Cunningham, Ph.D.
Anne Naclerio, M.D., M.P.H.
Rick Herrera, Ph.D.
Adelaide Robb, M.D.

TitleResearch, Education and Innovation Week: Keynote Lecture
Date: April 18, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
John Constantino, M.D.

TitleResearch, Education and Innovation Week: Virginia Tech Lecture
Date: April 17, 2023
Time: 4-5 p.m.
Speaker:
Craig Ramey, Ph.D.

TitleResearch, Education and Innovation Week: Keynote Lecture
Date: April 17, 2023
Time: 12-1 p.m.
Speaker:
Manpreet K Singh, M.D., M.S.

TitleResearch, Education and Innovation Week: Keynote Lecture
Date: April 17, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
David A Jobes, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.

Title: When You Hit Me: How To Talk About the Developmental Consequences of Physical Punishment With Diverse Families
Date: April 12, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
Stacey Patton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Digital Journalism
The Cathy Hughes School of Communications, Howard University

Title: A Challenging Night in the PICU
Date: April 5, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
Marisa Mize, DNP, ACPNP, PCPNP
Children’s National Hospital

March 2023

Title: The Serious Seven Things Every Pediatrician Needs to Know about Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Date: March 22, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
Wayne J. Franklin, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Co-Director, Center for Heart Care
Chief, Cardiology, Phoenix Children's
Professor, Child Health, Medicine and OB-GYN
University of Arizona-Coll of Med-Phoenix

Title: What Level of Blood Pressure is Concerning in Childhood?
Date: March 8, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
Joseph T Flynn, M.D., M.S.
Dr. Robert O. Hickman Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nephrology
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington
Chief, Division of Nephrology
Seattle Children's Hospital

Title: Device development in the Sheik Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation
Date: March 1, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speakers:
Anthony Sandler, M.D., and the SZI Team

February 2023

Title: Celiac Disease: Beyond the Gluten Free Diet
Date: February 22, 2023 
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
Benjamin Lebwohl, M.D., M.S.
Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Title: Creating a Manageable Cockpit for Clinicians: Fixing the Workplace, not the Worker
Date: February 15, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
Christine A. Sinsky, M.D.
Vice President, Professional Satisfaction
American Medical Association

Title: Image Phenotyping and Outcomes Prediction in Neonatal BPD
Date: February 8, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
Jason C. Woods, Ph.D.
Director of Research, Pulmonary Medicine
Co-Director, Cincinnati BPD Center
Luther Research Chair in Pulmonary Medicine

Title: Protecting Children's Mental Health and Restoring Our Future
Date: February 1, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
Sandy Chung, M.D.
President, American Academy of Pediatrics

January 2023

Title: The Next Curve: A Tale of Innovation
Date: January 25, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
Danielle Gottlieb Sen, M.S., M.D., M.P.H.
Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon
Director of Pediatric Cardiac Research
Director of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Quality and Outcomes Data
Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center
Johns Hopkins Children's Center

Title: The Struggle Continues: Unjust Global Disparities in Survival for Burkitt Lymphoma and other Childhood Cancers
Date: January 18, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
Nader Kim El-Mallawany, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Hematology & Oncology Lymphoma & Histiocytosis Team
Global HOPE Program
Texas Children's Cancer & Hematology Center
Baylor College of Medicine

Title: Daring to Dream through Simulation: I-DREAM
Date: January 11, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speakers:
Simranjeet S. Sran, M.D., M.Ed., F.A.A.P., C.H.S.E.
Heather Walsh, MSN, RN, PCNS-BC, CHSE

Title: Our Accomplishments from the First Half of FY23
Date: January 5, 2023
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Speaker:
Kurt Newman, M.D.
President and CEO, Children's National Hospital