2024-2025 Grand Rounds Schedule
Genentech Hall - Byers Auditorium, 1st Floor
600 - 16th Street , UCSF Mission Bay campus, San Francisco, CA 94158 (Map)
7AM Start Time
Please note: As a reminder, Grand Rounds will be from 7-8 am in Byers Auditorium at Genentech Hall. For our external speakers, we will plan to have an additional session with them, typically a case conference or journal club discussion, from 8-9 am to follow their grand rounds talk.
September 2024
- September 18, 2024 – Claudio Diaz Ledezma, MD (UCSF Faculty – Arthroplasty)
- September 25, 2024 – Andrew Hecht, MD (Visiting Professor – Chief of Spine at Mt. Sinai)
October 2024
- October 9, 2024 – Amiethab Aiyer, MD (Grand Rounds Speaker – Foot/Ankle, Hopkins; co-founder of Orthomentor)
- October 16, 2024 – SOS Society and Winston Chiong, MD (UCSF Faculty – Exec Director of UCSF Bioethics)
- October 23, 2024 – Tung Nguyen, MD (UCSF Faculty – Medicine; Vice Chancellor of Research IDEA)
- October 30, 2024 – Kat Woolley, MD (UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Resident)
November 2024
- November 13, 2024 – Jeffrey Kwong, MD (UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Resident)
- November 20, 2024 – Mac Hogan, MD (Visiting Professor – Chair at UPMC, Foot/Ankle)
December 2024
- December 11, 2024 – Alicia Asturias, MD (UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Resident)
- December 18, 2024 – Michael Longaker, MD (Grand Rounds Speaker – Plastic Surgery, Stanford; stem cell research)
January 2025
- January 15, 2025 – Kiauntee Murray, MD (UCSF Faculty – Orthopedic Oncology)
- January 22, 2025 – Rob Brophy, MD (Visiting Professor – Sports Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis)
- January 29, 2025 – Edgar Garcia-Lopez, MD (UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Resident)
February 2025
- February 12, 2025 – Dan Sucato, MD (Visiting Professor – Chief of Staff, Texas Scottish Rite, Peds Ortho)
- February 19, 2025 – Syed Ali, MD (UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Resident)
- February 26, 2025 – Rafael Sierra, MD (Visiting Professor – Chief of Arthroplasty, Mayo Clinic)
March 2025
- March 26, 2025 – Ajay Wasan, MD (Grand Rounds Speaker – Vice Chair for Pain Medicine, UPMC)
April 2025
- April 9, 2025 – Paolo Mimbella, MD (UCSF Faculty – Spine/Interventional Pain)
- April 16, 2025 – Christ Stewart, MD (UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Resident)
- April 23, 2025 – Ross Leighton, MD (Grand Rounds Speaker – Trauma surgery, Dalhousie University)
- April 30, 2025 – George Dyer, MD (Grand Rounds Speaker – Hand/Upper Extremity/Trauma, Brigham & Women's)
May 2025
- May 14, 2025 – Kelechi Nwachuku, MD (UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Resident)
- May 21, 2025 – Don Kephart, MD (UCSF Faculty – Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery)
- May 28, 2025 – Mark Xu, MD (UCSF Faculty – Spine/Trauma Surgery)
June 2025
- June 11, 2025 – Faustine Ramirez, MD (UCSF Faculty – Primary Care Sports Medicine)
- June 18, 2025 – Ginger Holt, MD (Grand Rounds Speaker – Orthopedic Oncology, Vanderbilt University)
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June 25, 2025 – Michael Davies, MD (UCSF Faculty – Sports Medicine)
Visiting Professors
September 25, 2024 - Andrew Hecht – Chief of Spine at Mt Sinai
November 20, 2024 – Mac Hogan – Chair at UPMC, Foot/Ankle
January 22, 2025 – Rob Brophy – Sports Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis
Febraury 12, 2025 – Dan Sucato – Chief of Staff, Texas Scottish Rite, Peds Ortho
February 26, 2025 – Rafael Sierra – Chief of Arthroplasty, Mayo Clinic
Grand Rounds Speakers
October 9, 2024 – Amiethab Aiyer – Foot/Ankle, Hopkins; co-founder of Orthomentor
December 18, 2024 – Michael Longaker – Plastic Surgery, Stanford; stem cell research
March 26, 2025 – Ajay Wasan – Vice Chair for Pain Medicine, UPMC
April 23, 2025 – Ross Leighton – Trauma surgery, Dalhousie University
April 30, 2025 – George Dyer – Hand/Upper Extremity/Trauma – Brigham & Women’s
June 18, 2025 – Ginger Holt – Orthopedic Oncology, Vanderbilt University
UCSF Faculty
September 18, 2024 – Claudio Diaz Ledezma – Arthroplasty
October 16, 2024 – SOS Society and Winston Chiong – Exec Director of UCSF Bioethics
October 23, 2024 – Tung Nguyen – Medicine; Vice Chancellor of Research IDEA
January 15, 2025 – Kiauntee Murray – Orthopedic Oncology
April 9, 2025 – Paolo Mimbella – Spine/Interventional Pain
May 21, 2025 – Don Kephart – Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery
May 28, 2025 – Mark Xu – Spine/Trauma Surgery
June 11, 2025 – Faustine Ramirez – Primary Care Sports Medicine
June 25, 2025 – Michael Davies – Sports Medicine
UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Residents
October 30, 2024 – Kat Woolley
November 13, 2024 – Jeffrey Kwong
December 11, 2024 – Alicia Asturias
January 29, 2025 – Edgar Garcia-Lopez
February 19, 2025 – Syed Ali
April 16, 2025 – Christ Stewart
May 14, 2025 – Kelechi Nwachuku
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