The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) hosts monthly grand rounds representing a range of topics in the department’s subspecialties. Speakers include faculty from PM&R, the Vanderbilt community and invited lecturers from academic institutions throughout the country. Presentations are designed for faculty, residents, fellows, researchers and other health care professionals within PM&R and Vanderbilt.
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Schedule
PM&R Grand Rounds are held on the second Thursday of each month from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. throughout the academic year. Currently, grand rounds are held virtually.
"Evidence-based paradigm shifts in the care of patients with disorders of consciousness: lessons from the past and a roadmap for the future"
Yelena G. Bodien, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery
Assistant Professor, Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Neurological Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Past PM&R Grand Rounds
VUMC faculty, residents, and staff can view past PM&R Grand Rounds by going to: Vanderbilt PM&R Grand Rounds Archive.
Thursday February 13, 2025
"Delirium and Cognitive Impairment after an Acute Illness"
Pratik P. Pandharipande, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery
Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs, Department of Anesthesiology
Co-Director, Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Thursday January 9, 2025
"Pulmonary Issues in SCI"
Anthony E. Chiodo, MD, MBA
Clinical Professor
University of Michigan Health System
Department of Physical Medicine &Rehabilitation
Thursday December 12 , 2024
"Rehabilitation in Acute Care"
Sarah A. Welch, DO, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Thursday November 14, 2024
"Relationship Centered Communications (RCC) Skills"
Sandra A. Moutsios, MD, FAAP, FACP
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Associate Program Director, Meds-Peds Residency Training Program
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Thursday October 10, 2024
"Making Sense of the Borderline Normal: Perspectives from the Electrodiagnostic Lab"
Sandra Hearn, MD
Michigan Medicine
Clinical Associate Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Associate Chair of Education &
Professional Development, Physical Medicine &Rehabilitation
Residency Program Director, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Thursday September 12, 2024
"Good News, Bad News. Healthcare Trends Affecting PM&R"
Scott R. Laker, MD
Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Thursday August 8, 2024
"Using MSUS to Guide Dx and Tx of Inflammatory Arthritis"
Erin Y. Chew, MD, RhMSUS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Director, Vanderbilt Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Program
Thursday July 11, 2024
"Burn Rehabilitation"
Karen J. Kowalske, MD
Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
President, Association of Academic Physiatrists
Thursday June 13, 2024
"DVT prophylaxis after Musculoskeletal Trauma and CPGs of Lower Extremity Fractures in Patients with SCI"
William T. Obremsky, MD, MPH, MMHC
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Director of Orthopedic Trauma Fellowship
Director, Division of Orthopaedic Trauma Research
VUMC Executive Medical Director of Supply Chain
Center for Musculoskeletal Research
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Thursday May 30, 2024
"Functional MRI Imaging of the Brain: Changes Associated with Pain and Treatment"
James W. Atchison, DO
Chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Jacksonville, FL
Program Director, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program (Florida,) Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Thursday, April 11, 2024
"Motoric Risk Syndrome: Exploring Potential Rehabilitation Approaches"
Anne F. Ambrose, MD, MS, FAAPMR, Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology
Vice Chair of Research and Faculty Development, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center, The University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Thursday, March 14, 2024
"Evolution of Botulinum Toxin Therapies: Unlocking Relief and Function Across Various Conditions "
Atul T. Patel, MD, M.H.S.A.
Kansas City Bone & Joint Clinic, Inc.
Division of Signature Medical Group of KC, PA
Research Associate Professor
School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Thursday, February 8, 2024
"The Imposter Syndrome: Guidance for You and Those You Mentor"
Maureen Gannon, Ph.D.
Department of Medicine
Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Thursday, January 11, 2024
"Surgical Rehabilitation of the Upper Extremity after Cervical Spinal Cord Injury"
Shady Elmaraghi, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
Department of Plastic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Thursday October 12, 2023
"Trajectory of Spasticity in People with CP-Life Span Care: Focused on Spasticity Management”
Heakyung Kim, M.D.
Professor and Chair
Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Chair in Mobility Research
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Thursday September 14, 2023
"Repetitive Head Impacts and Neurodegenerative Disease”
Daniel H. Daneshvar, M.D., Ph.D
Chief, Division of Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Director of Training, Rehabilitation Outcomes Center at Spaulding Rehab, Boston MA
Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
Thursday August 10, 2023
"How to Develop and Implement a Free Rehab Clinic"
William N. Niehaus, MD
Associate Program Director of CU Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program
Outpatient Medical Director of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Anschutz Medical Campus
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Thursday July 13, 2023
"Ultrasound Guided Percutaneous Surgeries for Chronic Shoulder & Hip Pain"
Sayed Emal Wahezi, M.D., Professor of PM&R, Anesthesiology, and Orthopedic Surgery Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship, Montefiore Medical Center
Thursday, June 8, 2023
"Applying Frameworks in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy"
Molly Fuentes, M.D., M.S., Assistant Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital
Thursday, May 11, 2023
"Time to Step UP"
Joel M. Press, MD, Physiatrist-in-Chief, The Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz Chair in Physiatry
Hospital for Special Surgery, NY, NY