Medicine Grand Rounds Library

On this page, you will find a list of the Department of Medicine (DoM) Grand Rounds (MGR) and links to video recordings (when available) for those who are unable to attend in real time.

Medicine Grand Rounds are held weekly on Friday mornings from 08:00 - 09:00*. They are typically held from September, (after the Labour Day weekend) to the last Friday in June.

During the COVID-19 pandemic we will continue to bring MGR to you virtually, via Zoom.

MGR is a forum for the DoM to promote excellence and quality in medicine by providing clinicians with state-of-the art information and reasoning in medical care; providing updates on scientific advances that affect the practice of medicine.

We profoundly thank our presenters for sharing their time and expertise to bring you topics that enrich the program helping physicians, both faculty and in the community; students, residents, fellows, members of multidisciplinary teams, and other healthcare professionals, keep up-to-date in continuous professional development, knowledge translation, and important evolving areas that may be outside their core practice.

MGR is also a setting for discussion of topics that strengthen the relationship of medicine to the broader community. Improving competency in; medical knowledge, patient care, professionalism, practice based learning and communication skills.

The Department of Medicine Grand Rounds are a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. MGR evaluations can be completed online following each presentation.

*Timing may change during COVID or if there are collaborations with others. This will be noted on the weekly advertisements.

If you would like to suggest a speaker/topic for MGR, please email domcom@ualberta.ca.


Virtual MGR, Friday, October 23, 2020 Title: “Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Definitions, Implications, and Future Impact” Presenter: Patrick Pilarski, PhD Associate Professor, Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Video coming soon
Virtual MGR, Friday, October 16, 2020 Title: “Teaching Clinical Learners in the Virtual Environment” Presenters: Dr. Jonathan Choy, Associate Dean, Clinical Faculty Dr. Suddha Koppula, Director, Faculty Development, Department of Family Medicine Dr. Anna Oswald, Professor, Director, CBME Implementation Dr. Lyn Sonnenberg, Associate Dean, Educational Information & Academic Technologies Video
Virtual MGR, Friday, October 9, 2020 Title: The Wensel Sherbaniuk Founders Lecture - "The Language of Illness" Presenter: Dr. Fergus Shanahan Professor Emeritus at the Department of Medicine, University College Cork Video
Virtual MGR, Friday, October 2, 2020 Title: “Long Walk Out of the Woods: A Physician’s Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope, and Recovery” Presenter: Dr. Adam Hill Collaboration with UAH/STO Medical Staff Society Sponsored by: AMA Physician and Family Support Program (No video available)
Virtual MGR, Friday, September 25, 2020 Title: New Professor Series - “A Clinician-Educator’s journey from teaching, to innovating, to administrating.” Presenter: Dr. Vijay Daniels Professor, Department of Medicine Video
Virtual MGR, Friday, September 18, 2020 Title: “State of the Department Address” Presenter: Dr. Narmin Kassam Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine Video
Virtual MGR: Friday, September 11, 2020 Title: COVID-19: “Where have we come from and where are we going?” Presenter: Dr. Deena Hinshaw Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Preventive Medicine, Chief Medical Officer of Health, Alberta Health Services Video Must have a CCID to view
Virtual MGR: Friday, July 31, 2020 Title: "The Henry Ford Hospital Experience with COVID-19 Surge: Patient Experience and Health System Response" Presenters: Scott Kaatz, DO, MSc – Hospitalist and patient Sean Drake, MD – Primary Care Internist Mayur Ramesh, MD – Infectious Disease Eric Scher, MD – Internist and Department Chair Video Must have a CCID to view
Virtual MGR: Friday, July 24, 2020 Title: COVID-19: "Possible and Probable Neurological Sequelae of COVID-19: Expected or Unexpected?" Presenter: Dr. Jennifer McCombe Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Neurology Video Must have a CCID to view
Virtual MGR: Friday, July 17, 2020 Title: COVID-19: “Remdesivir: from Ebola to Emergency Use Authorization for the Treatment of COVID-19” Presenter: Dr. Mattias Gotte Professor and Chair, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology Video
Virtual MGR: Friday, July 10, 2020 Title: COVID-19: “The immune system in COVID-19 infection: the good, the bad, and the ugly” Presenters: Dr. Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert Professor and Director, Division of Rheumatology Dr. Daniah Basodan Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology Video Must have a CCID to view
Virtual MGR: Friday, July 3, 2020 No MGR on this date
Virtual MGR: Friday, June 26, 2020 Title: COVID-19: "Here we go....3,2,1, Re-Launch...With Care! Focus on Evidence for Transmission and Prevention of COVID-19" Presenters: Dr. Lynora Saxinger Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases Dr. Stephanie Smith Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases Dr. Robyn Harrison Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases Video
Virtual MGR: Friday, June 19, 2020 Title: COVID-19: “The role of mathematical modeling and pragmatic approaches in public health practice and during pandemic” Presenter: Dr. Alexander Doroshenko Associate Professor Division of Preventive Medicine Video
Virtual MGR: Friday, June 12, 2020 Title: COVID-19: "Immune changes during Covid-19 pneumonia” - Data from Italy Presenter: Dr. Andrea Cossarizza Professor and Vice Dean, School of Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Video Must have a CCID to view
Virtual MGR: Friday, June 5, 2020 Title: COVID-19: “The challenges of managing chronic disease in the era of Covid” Presenter: Dr. Richard Lewanczuk Professor, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism Video
Virtual MGR: Friday, May 29, 2020 Title: COVID-19: "Virtual Health Care: The new reality" Presenters: Dr. Anna Oswald Professor, Division of Rheumatology Director of CBME, PGME Dr. Jacques Romney Clinical Professor, Division of Endocrinology Associate Dean, Health Informatics Dr. Jonathan Choy Clinical Professor, Division of Cardiology Provincial Medical Director, Virtual Health, AHS Video Must have a CCID to view
Virtual MGR: Friday, May 22, 2020 Title: COVID-19: "COVID 19 Coagulopathy & Thrombosis Emerging Evidence & Growing Awareness" Presenter: Dr. Cynthia Wu Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology Video
Virtual MGR: Friday, May 15, 2020 Title: “Medical Jeopardy, Pandemic Edition” Presenter: Dr. Timothy Chan Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine (No video available)
Virtual MGR: Friday, May 8, 2020 Title: “An Evidence-Based Approach to COVID-19: Exposure Control and Beyond” Presenter: Dr. Sebastian Straube Professor, Division of Preventive Medicine Video Must have a CCID to view
Virtual MGR: Friday, May 1, 2020 Presenters: Dr. Lynora Saxinger Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases Dr. Stephanie Smith Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases Dr. Robyn Harrison Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases (No video available)
Virtual MGR: Friday, April 24, 2020 Title: “Who lives and who dies……how can we care for both in the COVID-19 world”. Presenters: Dr. Vincent Thai Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry Dr. Ingrid DeKock Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry Video Must have a CCID to view
Virtual MGR: Friday, April 17, 2020 Title: “Frailty Inclusive Care during Covid 19” Presenter: Dr. Darryl Rolfson Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine Video