Clinical Center 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.

January 2017 Clinical Center Grand Rounds Schedule


Wednesday, January 4th, 2017
12:00 noon – 1:00 pm, Building 10, Clinical Center, Lipsett Amphitheater

The Role of Microbiota in Immunity and Inflammation

Yasmine Belkaid, PhD, Senior Investigator and Chief, Mucosal Immunology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, NIAID

The Intestinal Microbiome and NOD1 Signaling: Inducers of Experimental Pancreatitis

Warren Strober, MD, Senior Investigator and Chief, Mucosal Immunity Section, Laboratory of Host Defenses, NIAID

  • Lecture will be available live and archived on NIH Videocast at https://videocast.nih.gov/
  • Evaluation form with activity code PDF Icon (125 KB)
    *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 daniel.mcanally@nih.gov

Wednesday, January 11th, 2017
12:00 noon – 1:00 pm, Building 10, Clinical Center, Lipsett Amphitheater

Contemporary Clinical Medicine, Great Teachers Lecture Series

"Genderation" of Youth: Developmental Considerations in the Clinical Approach to Gender Diverse and Transgender Children and Adolescents

Scott Leibowitz, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Medical Director of Behavioral Health, THRIVE Program (Differences of Sexual Development and Gender Concerns), Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio

  • Lecture will be available live and archived on NIH Videocast at https://videocast.nih.gov/
  • Evaluation form with activity code PDF Icon (125 KB)
    *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 daniel.mcanally@nih.gov

Wednesday, January 18th, 2017
12:00 noon – 1:00 pm, Building 10, Clinical Center, Lipsett Amphitheater

Human Translational Studies of Inflammation and Cardio-Metabolic Diseases

Nehal Mehta, MD, Lasker Clinical Research Scholar and Chief, Section of Inflammation and Cardiometabolic Diseases, NHLBI

Subclinical Inflammation in Large Vessel Vasculitis

Peter Grayson, MD, MSc, Assistant Clinical Investigator, Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, NIAMS

  • Lecture will be available live and archived on NIH Videocast at https://videocast.nih.gov/
  • Evaluation form with activity code PDF Icon (125 KB)
    *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 daniel.mcanally@nih.gov

Wednesday, January 25th, 2017
12:00 noon – 1:00 pm, Building 10, Clinical Center, Lipsett Amphitheater

What is the NIMH Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) Initiative and How Does It Apply to Mental Health Disorders?

Sarah Morris, PhD, Associate Director, Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) Unit, NIMH

Daniel S. Pine, MD, Chief and Senior Investigator, Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, Intramural Research Program, NIMH

  • Evaluation form with activity code PDF Icon (125 KB)
    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 daniel.mcanally@nih.gov

Reasonable Accommodations

Sign language interpreters will be provided. Individuals with disabilities who need reasonable accommodation to participate in this event should contact the Clinical Center Office of Communications and Media Relations at 301-496-0080. TTY users, please call through the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.


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. Each lecture code is also sent out in the weekly Clinical Center Grand Rounds email announcement.

  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 60 minutes 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, Mr. Daniel McAnally, by email at daniel.mcanally@nih.gov or by phone at 301-496-9425.


Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS) CME Activity for 1 credit per session for a maximum of 42 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Policy on Speaker and Provider Disclosure

It is the policy of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the NIH that the speaker and provider disclose real or apparent conflicts of interest relating to the topics of this educational activity, and also disclose discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s). The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education has established policies in place that will identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. Detailed disclosure will be made in the activity materials.


NIH Videocast Information

The Center for Information Technology (CIT) makes special NIH events, seminars, and lectures available to viewers on the VideoCast web site. VideoCasting is the method of electronically streaming digitally encoded video and audio data from a server to a client. Streaming files are not downloaded, but rather are broadcast in a manner similar to television broadcasts. The videos are processed by a compression program into a streaming format and delivered in a staggered fashion to minimize impact upon the network and maximize the experience of the content for the viewer. When users request a streaming file they will receive an initial burst of data after a short delay (file latency). While content is being viewed, the streaming server machine and software continues to "stream" data in such a manner that the viewer experiences no break in the content. For questions regarding NIH Videocast, please call 301-496-0080. Viewers from outside the NIH network can download the latest free tools:

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