Title Grand Rounds Meta Meta description Medical education and inpatient care presentations regarding medical conditions and treatments. Content Page introduction Medical education and inpatient care presentations regarding medical conditions and treatments. Generate a table of contents from major headings Include table of contents Main content Medical Grand Rounds 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Email to get on Grand Rounds email listserv: Raenelle Francis (Raenelle.francis@va.gov) Email with questions or requests for grand rounds speakers / topics: Rahul Ganatra (rahul.ganatra2@va.gov) 2021 - 2022 Schedule Wednesday, December 22, 2021, MGRAC Wednesday, December 29, 2021, Cancelled Wednesday, January 12, 2022, GI Wednesday, January 19, 2022, MGRAC Wednesday, January 26, 2022, Rheumatology Wednesday, February 9, 2022, Renal Wednesday, February 16, 2022, MGRAC Wednesday, February 23, 2022, ID Wednesday, March 9, 2022, Cardiology Wednesday, March 16, 2022, MGRAC Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Heme/Onc Wednesday, March 30, 2022, Geri/Pal Wednesday, April 13, 2022, Rheumatology Wednesday, April 20, 2022, MGRAC Wednesday, April 27, 2022, Endocrinology Wednesday, May 11, 2022, Pulmonary – Marilyn Moy (VA) Wednesday, May 18, 2022, Primary Care Wednesday, May 25, 2022, MGRAC Wednesday, June 8, 2022, Summer Break Wednesday, June 15, 2022, Summer Break Wednesday, June 22, 2022, Summer Break Wednesday, June 29, 2022, Summer Break 2020 Presentation Videos Coming soon. Mental Health Grand Rounds Wednesdays, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time To be added to the Grand Rounds announcement email distribution list, please email: David.Topor@va.gov 2022-2023 Schedule 9/14/2022 10/12/2022 11/9/2022 12/14/2022 1/11/2023 1/25/2023 2/8/2023 2/22/2023 3/22/2023 4/12/2023 4/26/2023 5/24/2023 6/14/2023 2022-2023 Presentation Videos January 25, 2023: Understanding Thalamic Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Physiology to Improve sleep Medicines January 11, 2023: Moral Injury: A call for social psychiatrists December 14, 2022: Everyone Else Is Doing It: Normative Beliefs About Alcohol Use and Implications for Intervention November 9, 2022: Inspirations and insights gained from participating in the 2022 Revision of the VA Practice Guidelines for Bipolar Disorder October 12, 2022: Insights into Neural Dynamics in Schizophrenia from Electroencephalography (EEG) June 8, 2022: Outline for Cultural Formulation and the Cultural Formulation Interview: Tools for Culturally/Structurally Competent Care May 25, 2022: "If I could turn back time..." Prenatal origins of mental illness and implications for prevention May 11, 2022: Psychedelics and Their Therapeutic Potential in Veterans and Service Members April 27, 2022: So, you want to be a leader. What next? April 13, 2022: Employee Whole Health: Key Strategies for Clinician Well-Being to Maximize Professional Fulfillment March 23, 2022: Seeing Through Psychosis: Clinical Implications of Visual System Impairment March 9, 2022: Electroconvulsive Therapy: Giving Great Medicine a Better Name February 23, 2022: Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Treatment of Mood Disorders February 16, 2022: Why Use Twitter? February 9, 2022: Research and Best Clinical Practices for Addressing Intimate Partner Violence among Women Veterans January 26, 2022: A Medicine of Grounded Hope and Possibility: Stories and Science January 12, 2022: PTSD Assessment: What, How, When, and Why 2021 Presentation Videos December 8, 2021: A First Rate Madness: Mood and Leadership November 10, 2021: Three Lessons from Thomas Szasz September 8, 2021: Sex and Gender in Psychiatry: From the Opioid Crisis to PTSD June 23, 2021, Optimism and Lifespan Health May 26, 2021, Predictors of Successful Treatment with Buprenorphine: The Role of Life Goals May 12, 2021, Implications of Cannabis Use in Geriatric Patients March 10, 2021, Moving Toward a Culture of Inclusive Excellence February 24, 2021, QTc Prolongation, ECG Interpretation and Psychotropic Medications: Essentials for the Practicing Psychiatrist February 10, 2021, Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation for PTSD January 27, 2021, Adolescent Substance Use January 13, 2021, Bringing our Veterans Home: A transdiagnostic skills-based workshop to treat clinical comorbidity in Post-9/11 Veterans 2020 Presentation Videos October 28, 2020: Telemental Health within VA: an implementation science perspective September 23, 2020: Perceptual and Memory Contributions to Developmental Prosopagnosia September 09, 2020: Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Neuroscience: Three Approaches to the Mind June 10, 2020: Opioid Use Disorder in Military Veterans: Treatment Efficacy and Comorbidities May 27, 2020: Tuning Cortical Excitatory/Inhibitory Balance for Translational Modeling of Psychiatric Disorders April 22, 2020: A Social Psychiatry Manifesto April 08, 2020: Memory Systems in Dementia March 25, 2020: Disaster Psychiatry and Behavioral Health March 11, 2020: Sex Differences in the Brain: Impact on Sex Differences in Disorders of Brain and Heart February 26, 2020: Outcomes in First Episode Specialty Care: Improving Prediction and Targeted Intervention February 12, 2020: Attending to Wellness: Strategies to Mitigate Burnout Among Mental Health Staff and Trainees January 29, 2020: Diet and Lifestyle Approaches January 08, 2020: When the Pain Really is in Your Head 2019 Presentation Videos December 11, 2019: Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia November 13, 2019: From the Battlefield to the Homefront October 23, 2019: The Interaction of Physical and Mental Health in Later Life September 25, 2019; “Gone to Pot?” The Complex Relationships between Cannabis, Cannabinoids and Psychosis Surgical Service Grand Rounds Fridays, 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time Contact: Gentian.Kristo@va.gov 2021-2022 Schedule Jan. 7, 2022, Dr. Reza Askari, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, TBD Jan. 21, Dr. Luise Pernar, Boston Medical Center, TBD Jan. 28, Dr. Saseem Poudel, Hokkaido University, Japan, Resident Education in Japan Feb. 4, Dr. Aundrea Oliver, East Carolina University, TBD Feb. 18, Dr. Tsuyoshi Kaneko, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Transcatheter valve interventions Feb. 25, Dr. Gabriel Brat, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Circular improvement methods for optimizing discharge opioid prescribing March 4, Dr. Adam Schaffer, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, TBD March 18, Dr. Niloo Edwards, Boston Medical Center, TBD March 25, Dr. Hassan Khalil, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, TBD April 15, Dr. Simon Talbot, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, TBD April 29, Dr. Nancy Cho, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, TBD May 6, Dr. David McAneny, Boston Medical Center, TBD June 3, Dr. Andres Schanzer, University of Massachusetts, TBD 2020 - 2021 Presentations January 22, 2021, Neuro-Oncology Care in the VA Healthcare System December 04, 2020, Optimizing Lung Cancer Care November 20, 2020, Think Like a Surgeon, Train Like an Athlete: The Why and How of Surgical Ergonomics November 6, 2020, It's Time to Talk about Physician Finance October 23, 2020, My Journey with the COVID 19 Incident Management Team October 16, 2020, The Problem with Incidentalomas: Assessment of the Problem and Designing the Ideal System October 2, 2020, US Navy Medical Response Team (NMST) NYC Covid-19 Crisis Support Mission Psychology Diversity Equity and Inclusion Education Series 2021 Presentations November 15, 2021: Developing an Anti-Racist Clinical Practice October 27, 2021: Implementing Clinical Practice Guidelines in Evidence-Based Practice with Diverse Populations CPGs EBP With Diverse Populations (pdf file of ppt presentation) September 27, 2021: Cultural Competency in Clinical Supervision: Addressing Issues of Diversity July 12, 2021: Culturally Responsive Supervision June 7, 2021: Implicit Bias and Microaggressions VA Boston Psychology Cultural Formulation Interview (PDF) VA Boston Optometry/Neurosurgery Case Collaboration Brief Description: This interactive case series showcases various patients co-managed by neurosurgery and optometry within the VA Boston Healthcare System. Focus is on clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management considerations. Key goals of the case series include creating opportunity to share expertise across services and promoting inter-departmental teamwork and learning to maximize patient outcomes. “For more information, please email: joseph.kane@va.gov.” 2023 Schedule January 19th, 2023 March 16th, 2023 May 18th, 2023 July 20th, 2023 September 21st, 2023 November 16th, 2023 (all sessions 3-4 PM Eastern via Microsoft Teams) 2022 Presentations May 19, 2022: Identification and Management of Central Nervous System (CNS) and Retinal Hemangioblastoma Mar 17, 2022: Palsy in a Patient with Multiple Malignancies Jan 20, 2022: Managing the Puzzling Predicament of Pituitary Apoplexy August 4, 2022: Management of Neurovascular Compressive Disorders October 6, 2022: Case discussion November 17, 2022: Case discussion January 19, 2023: Case discussion