Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Grand Rounds

Our premier grand rounds series is offered four times per year and is designed to promote discussion on current topics and areas of interest pertinent to MD and PhD faculty and trainees.

Past Grand Rounds Lecturers

• July 2025 – “Scientific Dissemination”, Christine Cooky Menias, MD and Linda Moy, MD
• April 2025 – Low-Field Cardiovascular MRI: Bridging Gaps in Healthcare Accessibility”, Orlando P. Simonetti, PhD
• October 2024 – “Normal Variants in Radiology That Mimic Disease”, Nurdan Çay, MD, PhD and “Common Mistakes in Radiology and Why They Happen”, Artur Kusak, MD
• August 2023 – “Transcranial Focused Ultrasound: Next Generation Image Guided Therapy”, Bhavya R. Shah, MD
• November 2022 – “Art and the Radical Act of Diagnostic Excellence”, Alexa Miller
• April 2022 – "Shining Light on Mental Health Stigma in Medicine", Shannon E. Scott-Vernaglia, MD
• April 2021 – "Global Health and Radiology: Capacity Building Through 'Train the Trainer' Approach", Tatiana Kelil, MD, Amie Lee, MD, Bhavya Rehani, MD, and William Dillon, MD
• December 2020 – “Bias Breaks for Residency Admissions Committees”, Sunny Nakae, PhD, MSW
• April 2020 – "COVID-19: Imaging and the Early Days of Epidemic”, Amar Shah, MD
• February 2020 – “Fast MRI, Facebook, and the Future of Imaging”, Daniel K. Sodickson, MD, PhD
• January 2020 – “WhyRADS: Past, Present, and Future of Standarized Reporting in Radiology”, Katherine Maturen, MD, MS
• March 2019 – The Clinical & Legal Worlds: Darth Vader versus The Jedi, or Can We Just Get Along? Professional Liability Primer”, Susan L. Penney, JD
• November 2018 – “Augmented Reality: Is the Future of Radiology Augmented?”, Jessie Courtier, MD
• August 2018 – Building a Comprehensive Quality Improvement Program: Case Examples from Radiology”, David B. Larson, MD, MBA
• March 2018 – “Translating Big Data to Practice: Navigating Politics, Policy, and Coverage”, Christoph Lee, MD, MD, MBA
• January 2018 – “Diversity, Inclusion, Equity: The Power of the Right Question”, Marc Nivet, EdD, MBA
• November 2017 – “Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UCSF, QB3 and Rosenman Institute”, Steven W. Hetts, MD, Christine Winoto, MBA, and Regis Kelly, PhD
• July 19 2017 – “How Technology is Changing the Practice of Medicine: Lessons From, and For, Radiology”, Robert Wachter, MD
• January 2017 – “A Celebration of 25 Years of Radiological Informatics”, Ronald L. Arenson, MD, David Avrin, PhD, William Dillon, MD, Robert Gould, ScD and Wyatt Tellis, PhD
• August 2016 – “The Future of Global Health Education Utilizing Innovation & Technology”, Haile Debas, MD, Bhavya Rehani, MD, and William P. Dillon, MD
• June 2016 – “Parallel Imaging and Compressed Sensing Based Fast MR Imaging: Technique and Clinical Demonstration”, Christopher P. Hess, MD, PhD and Michael Lustig, PhD
• March 2016 – “Imaging: How We Got Here and Where We're Going - A Roadmap for our Future”, Geraldine McGinty, MBA, MD
• September 2015 – “Medical Student Education in Radiology: Have We Been Doing It Wrong for the Past 50 Years?” Emily M. Webb, MD and David Naeger, MD
• July 2015 – “Imaging the Effects of Therapy in Patients with Brain Tumors”, Janine Lupo, PhD
• June 2015 – “Population Health and Accountable Care - Key Levers for Delivery System Innovation”, Ami M. Parekh, MD, JD
• March 2015 – “Fibroid Imaging, Symptoms, and Therapies”, William H. Catherino, MD, PhD, Elizabeth Stewart, MD, Vanessa Jacoby, MD, and Maureen Kohi, MD