2025-2026 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 2025
September 3, 2025 – Faculty Meeting – No grand rounds
September 10, 2025 – Kurt Weiss, MD, Visiting Professor, Orthopedic Oncology, UPMC
September 17, 2025 – Ramesh Ghanta, MD, UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Resident
September 24, 2025 – No Grand Rounds – OREF Resident Research Symposium
October 2025
October 1, 2025 – Faculty Meeting – no grand rounds
October 8, 2025 – David Lowenberg, MD, UCSF Faculty, Orthopedic Trauma/Infections
October 15, 2025 – SOS Society Discussion, Mohammed Diab, MD; Rosanna Wustrack, MD
October 22, 2025 – Nico Piuzzi, MD, Grand Rounds Speaker, Adult Reconstruction, Cleveland Clinic
October 29, 2025 – No Grand Rounds
November 2025
November 5, 2025 – Faculty Meeting – no grand rounds
November 12, 2025 – Lisa Bonsignore-Opp, UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Resident
November 19, 2025 – Don Lalonde, Grand Rounds Speaker, Hand Surgery, Dalhousie University
November 26, 2025 – Thanksgiving week – no grand rounds
December 2025
December 3, 2025 – Faculty Meeting – no grand rounds
December 10, 2025 – Kelly Bach, MD, UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Resident
December 17, 2025 – Anne Marie Malfait, MD PhD, Grand Rounds Speaker, Osteoarthritis Research, Rush University
December 24, 2025 – Christmas Holiday – no grand rounds
December 31, 2025 – New Years Holiday – no grand rounds
January 2026
January 7, 2026 – Faculty Meeting – no grand rounds
January 14, 2026 – Dan Sucato, MD, Visiting Professor, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, Texas Scottish Rite
January 21, 2026 – Angel Xiao, MD, UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Resident
January 28, 2026 – Saam Morshed, MD PhD, UCSF Faculty, Orthopedic Trauma
February 2026
February 4, 2026 – Faculty Meeting – no grand rounds
February 11, 2026 – Chelsea Bahney, PhD, UCSF Faculty, Bone/Fracture Research
February 18, 2026 – Riley Williams, MD, Visiting Professor, Sports Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery
February 25, 2026 – Bob Wachter, MD, UCSF Faculty, Chair of Dept. of Medicine; Author of A Giant Leap: How AI is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future
March 2026
March 4, 2026 – Faculty Meeting/AAOS Week – no grand rounds
March 11, 2026 – Kyla Petrie, MD, UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Resident
March 18, 2026 – Aaron Fields, PhD, Jeannie Bailey, PhD, Jeff Lotz, PhD, Thomas Peterson, PhD, Conor O’Neill, MD, Spine/Research/Interventional Pain Medicine BACPAC Presentation
March 25, 2026 – Erica Taylor, MD, Visiting Professor, Hand Surgery, Duke University
April 2026
April 1, 2026 – Faculty Meeting – no grand rounds
April 8, 2026 – Kristine Godziuk, PhD, UCSF Faculty, Dept of Physical Therapy
April 15, 2026 – CCMBM Retreat – No Grand Rounds
April 22, 2026 – Anna Miller, MD, Visiting Professor, Orthopedic Trauma, Dartmouth University
April 29, 2026 – Anoop Galivanche, MD, UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Resident
May 2026
May 6, 2026 – Faculty Meeting – no grand rounds
May 13, 2026 – Jasmine Ng, MD, UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Faculty, Pediatric Physiatry
May 20, 2026 – Ryan Halvorson, MD, UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Resident
May 27, 2026 – Anthony Wiggins, MD, UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Faculty, Adult Reconstruction
June 2026
June 3, 2026 – Faculty Meeting – no grand rounds
June 10, 2026 – Natalie Kucirek, MD, UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Resident
June 17, 2026 – Kate Ackerman, MD, Grand Rounds Speaker, Primary Care Sports Medicine/Women’s Sports Medicine
June 24, 2026 – DJ Kennedy, MD, Grand Rounds Speaker, Physiatry, Vanderbilt University
Visiting Professors
September 10, 2025 – Kurt Weiss, MD, Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
January 14, 2026 – Dan Sucato, MD, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery, Texas Scottish Rite
February 18, 2026 – Riley Williams, MD, Sports Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery
March 25, 2026 – Erica Taylor, MD, Hand Surgery, Duke University
April 22, 2026 – Anna Miller, MD, Orthopedic Trauma, Dartmouth
Grand Rounds Speakers
October 22, 2025 – Nico Piuzzi, MD, Adult Reconstruction, Cleveland Clinic
November 19, 2025 – Don Lalonde, MD, Hand Surgery, Dalhousie University
December 17, 2025 – Anne Marie Malfait, MD, Osteoarthritis Research, Rush University
June 17, 2026 – Kate Ackerman, MD, Primary Care Sports Medicine/Women’s Sports Medicine
June 24, 2026 – DJ Kennedy, MD, Physiatry, Vanderbilt University
External UCSF Faculty
March 18, 2026 – Bob Wachter, MD, Chair of Dept. of Internal Medicine; Author
April 8, 2026 – Kristine Godziuk, MD, Dept of Physical Therapy
UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Faculty
October 8, 2025 – David Lowenberg, MD, Orthopedic Trauma/Infections
October 15, 2025 – SOS Society Discussion with Mohammed Diab, MD and Rosanna Wustrack, MD
January 28, 2026 – Saam Morshed, MD, Orthopedic Trauma
February 11, 2026 – Chelsea Bahney, MD, Bone/Fracture Research
February 25, 2026 – Aaron Fields, MD & Conor O’Neill, MD, Spine Research/Interventional Pain
May 13, 2026 – Jasmine Ng, MD, Pediatric Physiatry
May 27, 2026 – Anthony Wiggins, MD, Adult Reconstruction
UCSF Orthopedic Surgery Residents
September 17, 2025 – Ramesh Ghanta, MD
November 12, 2025 – Lisa Bonsignore-Opp, MD
December 10, 2025 – Kelly Bach, MD
January 21, 2026 – Angel Xiao, MD
March 11, 2026 – Kyla Petrie, MD
April 29, 2026 – Anoop Galivanche, MD
May 20, 2026 – Ryan Halvorson, MD
June 10, 2026 – Natalie Kucirek, MD