St. Jude Grand Rounds 2025

Presented by Diego Hijano MD Associate Member Department of Infectious Diseases and Hana Hakim MD Member Department of Office of Quality and Patient Safety with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Introduction by Gabriela Maron Alfaro, MD Medical Director of Clinical Operations with the Department of Infectious Diseases.

This session will be held in person in the Marlo Thomas Center Auditorium; a Webex link will also be available. 

Webex

https://stjude.webex.com/stjude/j.php?MTID=m2c5638bda8615fd5f1f26d9f7aaa9092

Webinar number: 2634 281 1521

Webinar password: Grand1 (472631 when dialing from a phone or video system)

Join by phone: 1-877-668-4490 Call-in toll-free number (US/Canada)

Presented by Suzette Stone APN, RN Sr Dir-Advanced Practice Provider with the
Center of Advanced Practice department. 

This session will be held in person in the Marlo Thomas Center Auditorium; a Webex link will also be available.

Presented by Lauren Ghazal, PhD, FNP-BC, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing with the University of Rochester; introduction by Stacie Woolard, PhD, Scientist with the Department of Pathology. 

Hosted by St. Jude PRIDE. 

This session will be held in person in the Marlo Thomas Center Auditorium; a Webex link will also be available. 

Presented Michael Taylor, MD, PhD, FRCS(C) Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology-Oncology with Baylor College of Medicine. 

This endowed lectureship reflects and honors Dr. Larry Kun and his role as a leader in driving advances in the treatment of childhood cancer during his 32 years of service at St. Jude as a faculty member, Chair of Radiologic Sciences, and Clinical Director and Executive Vice President.

Dr. Taylor will be hosted by Ellis Neufeld, MD, PhD; Executive Vice President, Clinical Director, Physician-in-Chief,  John and Lorine Thrasher Endowed Chair in Pediatric Medicine with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

This session will be held in person in the Marlo Thomas Center Auditorium; a Webex link will also be available. 

MMQI

Part of the Morbidity & Mortality/Quality Improvement (MMQI) Series.

James Hoffman, PharmD, Member, St. Jude Faculty / Senior Vice President, Quality and Safety / Chief Patient Safety Officer

This session will be held in person in the Marlo Thomas Center Auditorium.

Presented by Robert R. Clark VP - Chief Government Affairs Officer the Department of Office of Legal Services. 

This session will be held in person in the Marlo Thomas Center Auditorium; a Webex link will also be available.

Presented by Samara Grossman Director, Center for Behavioral Health and Wellness with Boston Public Health Commission. Hosted by Valerie Crabtree PhD Member, St. Jude Faculty/Vice President with Psychosocial Services department. 

This session will be held in person in the Marlo Thomas Center Auditorium; a Webex link will also be available. 

Presented by Michael Frett MD Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty / Director, Division of Anesthesiology with the Department of Pediatric Medicine and Ryan James PhD Instructor, St. Jude Faculty with the Department of Psychology and Biobehavioral Sciences. 

Introduction by Kathy Steuer JD Deputy General Counsel with the Department of Office of Legal Services. 

This session will be held in person in the Marlo Thomas Center Auditorium; a Webex link will also be available. 

St. Jude Grand Rounds meets every Thursday at 8:00 AM and features nationally renowned speakers to St. Jude for the benefit of our clinical faculty, fellows, and other clinical staff.

St. Jude Grand Rounds meets every Thursday at 8:00 AM and features nationally renowned speakers to St. Jude for the benefit of our clinical faculty, fellows, and other clinical staff.

Presented by Zak Ozmo, DMA Music Director, Lutenist, Scholar and Assistant Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology College of Medicine with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Hosted by Erica Kaye MD Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty / Director of Research, Quality of Life and Palliative Care Division with the Department of Oncology. 

This session will be held in person in the Marlo Thomas Center Auditorium; a Webex link will also be available. 

Presented by Brett Maron, MD Chief Health Officer with Parkland Health Dallas, TX. Hosted by James Hoffman, PharmD Member, St. Jude Faculty, Senior Vice President, Quality and Safety with the Office of Quality and Patient Safety and Shannon Dean, MD, Member, St. Jude Faculty/ VP and Chief Medical Information Officer with the Department of Information Services.

The Kaden Bachor Patient Safety Lecture series highlights the critical significance of safety and quality in the patient care we provide each day. This series spotlights contemporary topics in patient safety and improvement science for the St. Jude patient care community.

This session will be held in person only  in the Marlo Thomas Center Auditorium. 

St. Jude Grand Rounds meets every Thursday at 8:00 AM and features nationally renowned speakers to St. Jude for the benefit of our clinical faculty, fellows, and other clinical staff.

St. Jude Grand Rounds meets every Thursday at 8:00 AM and features nationally renowned speakers to St. Jude for the benefit of our clinical faculty, fellows, and other clinical staff.

Presented by Marilyn J. Telen, MD Professor of Medicine Associate Professor of Pathology
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute. Introduction by Mitch Weiss MD, PhD Member, St. Jude Faculty / Chair, Hematology Department / Arthur Nienhuis Endowed Chair in Hematology. 

This session will be held in person in the Marlo Thomas Center Auditorium; a Webex link will also be available. 

Presented by Kathleen Schmainda, PhD Professor of Biophysics at Medical College of Wisconsin she presents on Perfusion MRI: Revolutionizing Brain Tumor Diagnosis. 

Hosted by Asim Bag MD Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty / Interim Director, Neuroimaging Section Department of Radiology. 

Held in conjunction with the 2025 PBII Pediatric Neuro-Oncologic Imaging Course. 

This session will be held in person in the Marlo Thomas Center Auditorium; a Webex link will also be available. 

The 2025 Academic Pediatric Palliative Oncology Symposium (APPOS) will be held on November 6 -7, 2025 and will focus on the comprehensive care of children with cancer and their families. 

Sarah McCarthy, PhD Director of Psychology, Robert's Program on Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics with Boston's Children's Hospital.  

Hosted Deena Levine MD Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty with the Department of Oncology.

This session will be held in person in the Marlo Thomas Center Auditorium; a Webex link will also be available. 

Presented by Jacquelyn M Powers, MD Associate Professor Pediatrics-Hematology with the Baylor College of Medicine. Hosted by Rohith Jesudas MD Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty Department of Hematology. 

This session will be held in person in the Marlo Thomas Center Auditorium; a Webex link will also be available. 

Presented by Ryan F. Relich, PhD Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology & Laboratory Medicine with Indiana University School of Medicine. Hosted by Randall Hayden, MD Member with the Department of Pathology. 

This session will be held in person in the Marlo Thomas Center Auditorium; a Webex link will also be available. 

St. Jude Grand Rounds meets every Thursday at 8:00 AM and features nationally renowned speakers to St. Jude for the benefit of our clinical faculty, fellows, and other clinical staff.

St. Jude Grand Rounds meets every Thursday at 8:00 AM and features nationally renowned speakers to St. Jude for the benefit of our clinical faculty, fellows, and other clinical staff.

St. Jude Grand Rounds meets every Thursday at 8:00 AM and features nationally renowned speakers to St. Jude for the benefit of our clinical faculty, fellows, and other clinical staff.