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 – Rafael Sierra, MD (Visiting Professor – Chief of Arthroplasty, Mayo Clinic)
  • February 19, 2025 – Syed Ali, MD (UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Resident)
  • February 26, 2025 – Nirav Pandya, MD (UCSF Faculty - Sports Medicine)

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)

  • 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 – 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
February 26, 2025 – Nirav Pandya - Sports Medicine
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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