Pathology

Pathology Grand Rounds - 2025-2026

 

Date

Lecturer/Topic

July 25, 2025

Friday, July 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM PT – Virtual
Clinical Seminar Series – Topic: Neuropathology
Meaghan Morris, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Johns Hopkins University
Combing Pathology and Spatial Transcriptomics to Investigate
Aging and Alzheimer's Disease

August 8, 2025

Friday, August 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM PT – Virtual
Clinical Seminar Series – Topic: GYN
Brooke Howitt, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology
Irene Adler Endowed Scholar 
Stanford University
Molecular Classification of Endometrial Carcinoma

September 12, 2025

Friday, September 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM PT – Virtual
Inclusive Excellence Series
Loren Gragert, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Genomics
Associate Director, Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory
John W. Deming Department of Medicine
Tulane University School of Medicine
Immune Compatibility Factors in US Kidney Allocation Policy

October 17, 2025

Friday, October 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM PT – Virtual
Quality M&M
Cindy Tay, MD
Transfusion Medicine Fellow
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of California Los Angeles
A Transfusion Medicine Near Miss

Yuxin Yin, PhD, CHS (CA)
Immunogenetics Fellow
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of California Los Angeles
When Lives Depend On Data: Building a Safer, More Efficient 
Virtual Crossmatching Workflow

Michelle Hickey, PhD, F(ACHI)
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of California Los Angeles
When Lives Depend On Data: Building a Safer, More Efficient 
Virtual Crossmatching Workflow 

October 24, 2025

Friday, October 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM PT – Virtual
Clinical Seminar Series – Topic: Microbiology
Dan Milner, MD, MSc(Epi), MBA
Chief of Pathology 
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center 
Pathology Capacity in Global Health

November 14, 2025

Friday, November 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM PT – Virtual
Clinical Seminar Series – Topic: Hematopathology
Amy Chadburn, MD
Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Cornell University
HIV-Related Lymphomas, Lymphoproliferative Lesions and Lymphoid 
Hyperplasias and Castleman Disease

December 12, 2025

Friday, December 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM PT – Virtual
Clinical Seminar Series – Topic: Education
Husain Sattar, MD
Professor of Pathology
UChicago Medicine
Preclinical Medical Education – A Low Power Approach 

January 9, 2026

Friday, January 9, 2026 at 12:00 PM PT – Virtual
Inclusive Excellence Series
Damon Tweedy, MD
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Duke University
Facing the Unseen: Examining Race, Medicine, and Mental Health

January 23, 2026

Friday, January 23, 2026 at 8:00 AM PT – Virtual
Clinical Seminar Series – Topic: GI/Liver
Huamin Wang, MD, PhD, FCAP
Professor
Chief, Gastrointestinal, Liver, and Pancreatic Pathology
Vice President, Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society
Department of Anatomical Pathology
Department of Translation Molecular Pathology
MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Pathology, Tumor Microenvironment, and Modern Treatment 
Approaches in Pancreatic Cancer

February 13, 2026

Friday, February 13, 2026 at 8:00 AM PT – Virtual
Clinical Seminar Series – Topic: Cardiothoracic
Sanja Dacic, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology
Vice Chair and Director of Anatomic Pathology
Director of Thoracic Pathology
Yale University
The Role of Pathologic Response in Lung Cancer: 
Assessment and Clinical Implications

February 27, 2026

Friday, February 27, 2026 at 8:00 AM PT – Virtual
Daljit S. & Elaine Sarkaria Lectureship & Quality Day 
Event Schedule

March 6, 2026

Friday, March 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM PT – Virtual
Research Seminar Series 
Matthew Greenblatt, MD, PhD
Rohr Family Research Scholar
Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
A New Stem Cell Basis for Skeletal Pathology

March 13, 2026

Friday, March 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM PT – Virtual
Inclusive Excellence Series
Richard Haspel, MD, PhD
Vice Chair for Education, Department of Pathology
Professor of Pathology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Looking Back to Move Forward: Race and Transfusion Medicine

April 24, 2026

Friday, April 24, 2026 at 8:00 AM PT – Virtual
Clinical Seminar Series – Topic: Bone & Soft Tissue
Josephine Dermawan, MD, PhD
Staff Pathologist
Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology & Molecular Pathology
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
Methylation Profiling in Sarcomas and Sarcomatoid Mimics: 
Do They Help Classify the Unclassifiable?

May 8, 2026

Friday, May 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM PT – Virtual
Lya & Harrison Latta Lectureship
Xiaowei Zhuang, PhD
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
David B. Arnold Professor of Science
Harvard University
Spatially Resolved Single-Cell Genomics & Functional Genomics

May 22, 2026

Friday, May 22, 2026 at 12:00 PM PT – Virtual
Quality M&M
Krystal Kendall
Clinical Laboratory Manager
UCLA Immunogenetics Center
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of California Los Angeles
Reducing the Potential for Sample Swaps 
with the Introduction of Lab Automation

Angela Fronda
Hospital Laboratory Technician III
UCLA Immunogenetics Center
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of California Los Angeles
Reducing the Potential for Sample Swaps
with the Introduction of Lab Automation

Jianyu Rao, MD, FCAP, FAcadTM, Physician
Professor of Pathology and Epidemiology
Vice Chair, Diagnostic Technology Innovation
Director, Cytopathology & Director, Int’l. Telepathology
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of California Los Angeles
Low Volume and Low Cellular Yield for Body Fluid Cytology

June 12, 2026

Friday, June 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM PT – Hybrid Presentation – 
13-105 CHS + Zoom
Zoom Link | Meeting ID: 961 9715 5685 | Passcode: 172724 
Clinical Seminar Series – Topic: Laboratory Stewardship
Jane Dickerson, PhD, DABCC
Division Head, Lab Medicine at Seattle Children's
Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle Children's
Project Lab Stewardship: Saving the Healthcare System One Policy at a Time