St. Jude Grand Rounds 2026

Held in conjunction with the 2026 International Pediatric Onco-Critical Care Symposium.

Presented by L. Keith Scott MD, MSc, FCCM Professor of Medicine & Surgery with LSU Health Shreveport. Introduction by Caitlin Hurley, MD Associate Member with the Division of Critical Care Medicine and Dept BMT/CT. 

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=m17cafbbc1a2a85689fbbc40637e23c28

Webinar number: 2870 324 3706

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)

The Center for Infectious Diseases Research (CIDR) at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is hosting our annual CIDR Symposium. This event brings together scientists, clinicians, trainees, and staff from various disciplines with a shared interest in infection biology. 

CIDR employs a collaborative multidisciplinary approach to develop and deploy cutting-edge methods and resources, aimed at enhancing the understanding of infection biology and its application to relevant clinical challenges, thereby decreasing morbidity and mortality associated with infectious diseases.

Presented by Juliane Bubeck- Wardenburg, MD, PhD Professor of Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine, Donald B Strominger Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Molecular Microbiology, Division Chief, Division of Critical Care Medicine, and Executive Vice Chair of Pediatrics at WashU Medicine. Introduction by Octavio Ramilo, MD Chair and Member, St. Jude Faculty with the Infectious Diseases department. 

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=m67201face3a0fed051ac3673e9f52494

Webinar number: 2869 357 4578

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 Kari Bjornard, MD Assistant Member 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. 

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 Martha Donoghue, MD Associate Director for Pediatric Oncology and Rare Cancers U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Oncology Center of Excellence. Hosted by Elizabeth Fox, MD Member, St. Jude Faculty/Senior Vice President, Clinical Trials Research / Associate Director for Clinical Research, Comprehensive Cancer Center and Brenda Weigel, MD Member with the Clinical Trails Administration department. 

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.

Presented by Thomas Lehrnbecher, MD Professor of Pediatrics with the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP). Hosted by Sarah Elitzur, MD Member, St. Jude Faculty/Director, Division of Leukemia Lymphoma with Department of Oncology. 

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

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 by Giles Robinson MD Member, St. Jude Faculty/Director, Division of Neuro-Oncology. Introduction by Daniel Moreira MD Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty / Director, Global Professional Education / Co-Director, Global Neuro-Oncology Program. 

Held in conjunction with the Global Quality Summit.

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

Presented by Ambroise Wonkam, MD, PhD, DMSc Professor of Genetic Medicine and Director of the McKusick-Nathans Institute and Department of Genetic Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Introduction by Jane Hankins MD Member, St. Jude Faculty / Director, St. Jude Global Hematology Program with the Department of Global Pediatric Medicine.

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

Presented by John E. Levine, M.D., M.S. Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Hosted by Swati Naik MD Associate Member with the Department of Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy. 

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

Presented by Todd Wolynn, MD, MMM, FAAP Executive Director, Trusted Messenger Program; hosted by Diego Hijano, MD, Associate Member, Infectious Diseases.

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

Presented by Robert R. Clark VP - Chief Government Affairs Officer and Robyn Diaz, JD EVP- Chief Legal Officer with the Office of Legal Services. Introduction by Ellis Neufeld MD, PhD, Member, St. Jude Faculty / Executive Vice President / Clinical Director / Physician-in-Chief / John and Lorine Thrasher Endowed Chair in Pediatric Medicine.

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

Presented by Naveen Pemmaraju, MD Professor, Department of Leukemia, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. Introduction by Raul Ribeiro MD 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. 

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.

Hosted by Ellis Neufeld, MD, PhD; Executive Vice President, Clinical Director, Physician-in-Chief,  Member, St. Jude Faculty, 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. 

Presented by Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH, FACP Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Colorado School of Public Health and Director, CU Center for Bioethics and Humanities. Introduction by Liza Johnson MD Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty / Director, Bioethics Program with the Bioethics Program. 

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

Presented by Aimee Talleur, MD, Associate Member with the Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Department. 

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

Presented by David Shulman, MD Attending Physician, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School. Hosted by Sara Federico MD Member, St. Jude Faculty/Director, Division of Solid Tumor 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 Thomas Coates, MD Section Head, Hematology; Attending Physician; Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation; Investigator, Hematology-Oncology; and Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology, Keck School of Medicine of USC. Hosted by Yogindra Persaud MD Assistant Member with the 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 Martin Heine, PhD, Group Leader - Global Health & Implementation Science with Princess Maxima Center. Introduction by Asya Agulnik MD, Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty / Director, Global Critical Care Program, St. Jude Global / Director, Euro Regional Program, St. Jude Global with the Global Pediatric Medicine department.

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

Presented by Michele Lambert, MD, MSTR Associate Clinical Director, Frontier Program in Immune Dysregulation with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Host by Beau Mitchell MD Member with the Department of Hematology. 

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

Spiritual Care Week

Presented by Rev. Jessica Bratt Carle, Ph.D. a Clinical Ethicist with Corewell Health. Introduction by Mark Brown, MDiv, BCC with the Department of Spiritual Care. This session will be held in person in the Marlo Thomas Center Auditorium; a Webex link will also be available.

Presented by Douglas Luke, MA, PhD Distinguished Professor in Public Health Systems Science at WashU. Hosted by Asya Agulnik, MD Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty / Director, Global Critical Care Program, St. Jude Global / Director, Euro Regional Program, St. Jude Global with the Department of Global Pediatric Medicine.  

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

Presented by Amy DeZern, MD, MHS Vice Chair for Hematologic Malignancies with John Hopkins Medicine. Hosted by Akshay Sharma MD Associate Member Department of Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy. 

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

Presented by Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf, MD, FAAP, FAAHPM Elisa and Marc Stad Professor in Pediatric Pain Medicine, Palliative Care and Integrative Medicine with the University of California at San Francisco. Hosted by Griffin Collins, MD Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty 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 Dana A. Schinasi, MD, MSHI Chief Medical Informatics Officer; Medical Director, Digital Health; Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine) with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Hosted by Shannon Dean MD Member, St. Jude Faculty / VP and Chief Medical Information Officer with the department of Information Services. 

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

Presented by Steven W. Pipe, MD Laurence A Boxer M.D. Research Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Professor of Pathology University of Michigan Medical School. Hosted by Rohith Jesudas MD Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty with the 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 Kathy Steuer JD Deputy General Counsel with the Office of Legal Services and Delia Allen PharmD, Manager-Pharmacy Medication Use Policy with the Department of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences. 

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