Clinical Center Grand Rounds

CME Information Past Grand Rounds

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Activity Description

The NIH Clinical Center Grand Rounds, which is a weekly CME activity, aims to offer its audience a wide variety of topics from a diverse group of speakers to not only help them remain current on the latest advances in medicine, but to also assist them as they continue to grow professionally. All physicians, clinicians, biomedical researchers, nurses, and all other healthcare professionals within and outside the NIH community are welcomed to attend.

*Important Note:

Please see below for important information on CME and privacy policies.

**Webcast Only:

In accordance with Office of Personnel Management's COVID-19 guidance to protect the federal workforce and ensure continuity of operations, this NIH CC Grand Rounds lecture will be held virtually via https://videocast.nih.gov.

The CME activity code will be posted at the beginning and end of the 12:00 pm lecture. If you need the code or have questions, email Rita Stevens, CME Administrator at rita.stevens@nih.gov.


April 2021 Clinical Center Grand Rounds


Wednesday, April 7, 2021
12:00 noon – 1:00 pm **Webcast Only

Ethics Grand Rounds

Using Left-Over Clinical Samples for Research: When is it Ethical?

Discussant: I. Glenn Cohen, JD
James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law and Deputy Dean, Harvard Law School and Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics, Harvard Law School

Case Presenter: James K. Gilman, MD
CEO, NIH Clinical Center

  • Lecture on Videocast
  • Evaluation form with activity code
    *Please see below for directions on how to use the Hopkins CloudCME recording keeping system to receive CME credit for attending this lecture live in Lipsett or live online. In addition, please use the attached evaluation form to provide feedback about the lecture which will be conveyed to the speaker and will also be used by the organizers of Clinical Center Grand Rounds as they plan future content. Please email your completed evaluation form to rita.stevens@nih.gov.

Wednesday, April 14, 2021
12:00 noon – 1:00 pm **Webcast Only

Contemporary Clinical Medicine: Great Teachers

Chasing Genetics of Susceptibility to Cancer: An Engaging and Revealing Odyssey

Stephen Chanock, MD
Director, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI

  • Lecture on Videocast
  • Evaluation form with activity code
    *Please see below for directions on how to use the Hopkins CloudCME recording keeping system to receive CME credit for attending this lecture live in Lipsett or live online. In addition, please use the attached evaluation form to provide feedback about the lecture which will be conveyed to the speaker and will also be used by the organizers of Clinical Center Grand Rounds as they plan future content. Please email your completed evaluation form to rita.stevens@nih.gov.

Wednesday, April 21, 2021
12:00 noon – 1:00 pm **Webcast Only

Curative Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease

Courtney Fitzhugh, MD
Investigator and Lasker Clinical Research Scholar, Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, NHLBI

John Tisdale, MD
Senior Investigator and Chief, Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Branch, NHLBI

  • Lecture on Videocast
  • Evaluation form with activity code
    *Please see below for directions on how to use the Hopkins CloudCME recording keeping system to receive CME credit for attending this lecture live in Lipsett or live online. In addition, please use the attached evaluation form to provide feedback about the lecture which will be conveyed to the speaker and will also be used by the organizers of Clinical Center Grand Rounds as they plan future content. Please email your completed evaluation form to rita.stevens@nih.gov.

Wednesday, April 28, 2021
12:00 noon – 1:00 pm **Webcast Only

Physiologic and Genetic Studies of Diabetes in the Akimel O'odham (Pima Indians)

Clifton Bogardus, MD
Chief, Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, NIDDK

Leslie J. Baier, PhD
Chief, Diabetes Molecular Genetics Section, Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch, NIDDK

  • Lecture on Videocast
  • Evaluation form with activity code
    *Please see below for directions on how to use the Hopkins CloudCME recording keeping system to receive CME credit for attending this lecture live in Lipsett or live online. In addition, please use the attached evaluation form to provide feedback about the lecture which will be conveyed to the speaker and will also be used by the organizers of Clinical Center Grand Rounds as they plan future content. Please email your completed evaluation form to rita.stevens@nih.gov.

Reasonable Accommodations

Individuals with disabilities who need reasonable accommodation to participate in this event should contact the Clinical Center Office of Communications and Media Relations at masm@mail.nih.gov or 301-496-2563 or call through the Federal Relay Service at TTY Toll free 1-800-877-8339 at least 1 week in advance.


CME Information

The NIH Clinical Center Grand Rounds is a Continuing Medical Education (CME) activity offered by the NIH Clinical Center Office of Clinical Research Training and Medical Education (OCRTME) with the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine as the CME provider.

The Clinical Center Grand Rounds CME provider, the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, has updated their CME recording keeping to a new, user friendly, CloudCME system. With the new CloudCME record keeping system, attendees will no longer have to "sign in" or manually complete a "CME Self-Report Credit Form" to obtain CME credit for attending. Attendees will also no longer have to wait until the end of the academic year to receive their transcripts/certificates for proof of CME credits earned. With the new CloudCME system, attendees can receive credit for attending an NIH CME activity instantly by simply sending a text message from their mobile phone to the Hopkins CME phone number: (443) 541-5052.

* To receive credit for attending an NIH CME activity, each attendee must:

  1. Register with the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Office of CME. You will provide your name, email address, and cell phone number. If you have attended a NIH CME activity in the past, and requested CME for your attendance, then your email address should be registered with Hopkins CME.

    *Note: The Hopkins CloudCME website is a third party website which is not managed by the NIH. The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine privacy policies will apply, and they have been reviewed and approved by the NIH Clinical Center Privacy Office. View the Johns Hopkins Privacy Policy.

  2. Next text your email address to the Hopkins CME phone number, (443) 541-5052, which will pair your mobile phone with your Hopkins CME account that had been created/ used on past CME Self-Report Credit Forms.

  3. Each NIH Clinical Center Grand Rounds has been assigned an "activity code." This code is displayed on a PowerPoint slide shown at the beginning and the end of each lecture, and announced by the introducer. It is also listed on the first page of the evaluation form for each lecture.

  4. After you have attended, you will text the assigned "activity code" to the Hopkins CME phone number at (443) 541-5052 to receive CME credit. Once the text message is sent, your account is updated to reflect the CME credit earned.

    *Important Note: The activity code is only valid 15 minutes prior to the start of the lecture until 8 pm after the lecture. Afterwards, the code becomes inactive and you will not be able to submit your attendance for CME credit for that particular activity.

If you have any questions on how to use the new CloudCME recording keeping, please contact the Clinical Center's CME Coordinator, Ms. Rita Stevens, by email at rita.stevens@nih.gov or by phone at 301-435-6618.


Accreditation Statement

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this regularly scheduled series-live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This series has been approved for a 52-week cycle beginning September 9, 2020.

Policy on Speaker and Provider Disclosure

It is the policy of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine that the presenter and provider globally disclose conflicts of interest and any discussion of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s). The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine OCME has established policies in place that will identify and resolve conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. Detailed disclosure will be made prior to presentation of the education.


NIH Videocast Information

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Past Grand Rounds

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This page last updated on 04/29/2021

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