Schedule 2025
Please note, "MM&I are internal meets only and the Educational Updates are for Faculty only".
January 1
No Grand Rounds
"Happy New Year
January 8
"TBA"
January 15
'Gwendolyn Hogan Lectureship - Belonging Breakfast'
Professor (adjunct) of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine and Health Policy & Management
George Washington University Schools of Medicine and Public Health
January 22
January 29
"Rising to the Occasion: Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren in West Virginia"
Arin Jennings
WVU School of Medicine
February 5
"Ethics in Everyday Pediatrics"
Kathryn S. Moffett MD, FAAP, HEC-C
Professor of Pediatrics
Division Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Associate Director, Cystic Fibrosis & Therapeutics Development Centers
Pediatrics P&T Chair, Vice Chair Faculty Development
February 12
Schwartz Rounds - in person only at the Health Sciences addition (G17),
Hostler Auditorium at 7:00 am
"Cooperation Between OB and Pediatrics during Difficult Deliveries"
Laura Petras, MD
WVU School of Medicine
Michael Schwalm, RN
WVU school of Medicine
February 19
"Pediatric Trauma Boot Camp: Bringing Pediatric Trauma to West Virginia"
Elizabeth Brigham, MD, MEHP
Assistant Professor Pediatric Critical Care
Associate Program Director - Pediatric Residency
WVU Medicine Children's
February 26
"Pet Therapy in Pediatrics”
Jennie Silver MD
Department of Pediatrics PGY 3
WVU School of Medicine
March 5
“Morbidity, Mortality & Improvement”
Stephanie Santer, DO
PGY3 Resident, Med/Peds
WVU School of Medicine
Lindsay Jones, MD
PYG2 Resident, Peds
WVU School of Medicine
March 12
'Perioperative Grand Rounds' at the Health Sciences Center North,
1901 Fukushima Auditorium at 7:00 am
"Accurate Documentation and Its Impact on Patient Care and Reimbursement"
Jeffrey Lancaster, MD
Division Chief and Associate Professor
Associate Chief Medical Officer
WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital
Rafka Chaiban, MD, MHCM, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Director of Pediatric Ambulatory Clinics
Vice Chair of Pediatric Ambulatory Operations
Associate Chief Quality Officer, WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital
Chastity Radcliff, CPC, CPMA
Coding Auditor/Educator, WVU Medicine
Hospital Documentation Team
March 19
March 26
"Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome"
Caroline Cwalina MD
PGY3 Resident, Pediatrics
WVU School of Medicine
April 2
April 9
April 16
April 23
"Pediatric Sleep Disorders: The Impact of Sleep on Mental Health and Wellness"
Dr. Funke Afolabi-Brown MD
Attending Pediatric Pulmonologist and Sleep Medicine Physician
Lehigh Valley Children’s Hospital
Founder and CEO of 'RestfulSleepMD'
April 30
"Updates in Screening and Management of Diabetes"
Maria Ganoe, DO
PGY3, Department of Pediatrics
WVU School of Medicine