Department of Pathology Grand Rounds Series
2026-2027 Grand Rounds Line Up
Fridays 12-1 PM
All sessions will be at the Hensel Phelps Auditorium - West (unless otherwise noted below date)
Date | Speaker/Title | Moderator |
9/11/26 | David Orlicky, PhD/Steve Nordeen, PhD Regeneration of the structure and function of estrogen- deficient vaginal epithelium by a novel phytoestrogen- related compound | Jessican Christenson/Joe Sottnik |
9/18/26 EAST | Diana M. Cittelly, PhD Seed, Soil, and season: How Hormones and Aging Sculpt the Brain Microenvironment for Metastatic Growth | Maria Contreras Zarate |
9/25/26 | Brent Harris, MD, PhD, FCAP Update on ALS and Brain Banking | Angus Toland, MD |
10/2/26 | Hisham Mohammed, PhD Mapping epigenome evolution during breast tumor initiation and progression | Carol Sartorius, PhD |
10/9/26 | John Findley, MD Hematopathology/Sarah Reach, MD GI liver | Jingjing Zhang, MD/Monica Sanchez-Avila, MD |
10/16/26 | Derek Fong, MD The Role of Animals in Research in 2026 and Beyond | Chris Manuel, OLAR’s Senior Associate Director and Professor of Pathology |
10/23/26 | Scott Koepsell, MD UNMC Ebola | Managing Risk in the Laboratory When the Pathogen is High-Consequence | Kyle Annen, DO, CABP, QIA (ASCP) |
10/30/26 | Ali Brown ASC Future of Pathology in 21st Century | Von Samedi, MD, PhD |
11/6/26 | Anna Nevels, MD Breast/GYN Pathology/Nathan Rinehouse, MD Surgical Pathology | Rebecca Wolsky, MD/Amber Berning, MD |
11/13/26 | Harikrishna Nakshatri, PhD | Andrea Bonetto, PhD |
11/20/26 | Jennifer Reese, MD CHCO The Complex Path to Professional Fulfillment | Kyle Annen, DO, CABP, QIA (ASCP) |
| 11/27/26 | Thanksgiving Break | |
| 12/4/26 | Michael Clay, MD/Steven Thorpe MD | Jennifer Black, MD |
| 12/11/26 | Shyam Raghavan, MD | TBD |
| 12/18-1/8/27 | Holidays’ break | |
| 1/15/27 | Catie Eschen, PGY IV/Rebecca Wyma, PGYIV | Sanjana Mehrotra/ Lindsey Westbrook. MD |
| 1/22/27 | Yossi Schwartz/ FACT Global | Kyle Annen, DO, CABP, QIA (ASCP) |
| 1/29/27 | Marian Betz, MD, MPH /Assoc Dean for Centers and Institutes CU | Kyle Annen, DO, CABP, QIA (ASCP) |
| 2/05/27 | Maggi Horn, PGY IV/Ariana Pape, Forensic Pathology | Lindsey Westbrook. MD/Sterling McClaren, MD |
| 2/12/27 | Joshua Wisell, MD | TBD |
| 2/19/27 | Sarah Mengshol, MD | TBD |
| 2/26/27 | Ryan Metcalf, Section Chief Univ of Utah | Kyle Annen, DO, CABP, QIA (ASCP) |
| 3/5/27 | Jordan McClaskey, Blood Bank & Transfusion Medicine/Ashley Denney, Chief Resident | Mary Berg, MD/Lindsey Westbrook, MD |
| 3/12/27 | Ravindra Kolhe, M.D. Ph.D. FCAP | TBD |
| 3/19/27 | Cassie Lamm/ Amy Rousselot | Lindsey Westbrook, MD |
| 3/26/27 | Jeffrey L. Winters, MD | Kyle Annen, DO, CABP, QIA (ASCP) |
| 4/2/27 | Purbesh Adhikari, GI/Liver Pathology/Brooke Liang, Molecular Genetic Pathology | Kalpana Devaraj, MD/Daniel Merrick, MD |
| 4/9/27 | Matt Sikora/Sanjana Mehotra | TBD |
4/23/27 Krugman Hall- RC2 11-1 pm |
Pathology Grand Rounds Annual Poster Session – Food will be provided | |
| 4/30/27 | Anil Parwani, MD, Ph.D, OSU | Von Samedi, MD, PhD |
| 5/7/27 | Ashok Kumar, PhD | Andrea Bonetto, PhD |
| 5/14/27 | Drew Fergusion, Bone Soft Tissue Pathology/ Joseph Ferrante, Cytopathology | Michael Clay, MD/Carrie Marshall, MD |
| 5/21/27 | Dimitra Pouli, MD PHD EMBA | Room Reserved | TBD |
