Endocrine Grand Rounds & Science Talks
Upcoming Talks
Endocrine Grand Rounds & Endocrine Fellows Research Talks take place via Zoom at 12:15 PM
Tuesday, January 24
Karel Pacak, MD, PhD - "New biology of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma"
Senior Investigator, Professor of Medicine, Chief, Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology, Head, Developmental Endocrinology, Metabolism, Genetics and Endocrine Oncology Affinity Group, Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD, NIH
Tuesday, February 14
Daniel Drucker, MD, FRCPC - "Evolution of GLP-1 based therapies for metabolic disease"
Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada Research Chair in Regulatory Peptides, Banting and Best Diabetes Centre-Novo Nordisk Chair in Incretin Biology
Tuesday, February 28
Patricia Dahia, MD, PhD - "Update on Pheochromocytomas and Paragangliomas"
Professor of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and the Mays Cancer Center at UTHSCSA, The Robert Tucker Hayes Distinguished Chair in Oncology
Tuesday, March 14
M. Furkan Burak, MD - "Fat talks and the body listens: Can we improve insulin sensitivity & lipogenesis by the lipokine"
Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada Research Chair in Regulatory Peptides, Banting and Best Diabetes Centre-Novo Nordisk Chair in Incretin Biology
Tuesday, March 28
Erik Alexander, MD
Chief, Thyroid Section, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Vice President of Education, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Tuesday, April 11
Michael Brodsky, PhD
Fellows Endocrine Research Conference
Assistant Professor, Department Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, UMass Chan Medical School
Tuesday, April 25
Michael Jensen, MD - "Update on adipose tissue metabolism in human obesity"
Professor of Medicine, Chair, Mayo Clinic Obesity Specialty Council
Tuesday, May 9
Caroline Kim, MD
Director of the Melanoma and Pigmented Lesion Program, Tufts Medical Center
Tuesday, May 23
T.B.D.
Tuesday, June 13
Jennifer Wang, MD - "Inflammatory cell recruitment in autoimmune
diabetes - lessons from rats"
Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, UMass Chan Diabetes Center of Excellence
Tuesday, June 27
Héctor Pérez, LICSW - "Removing Barriers in Gender-Affirming Healthcare"
Assistant Director of Behavioral Health Services, Family Health Center of Worcester
Video Archive
Accalia Fu, PhD - "Metabolic Licensing of Pancreatic Beta Cell Survival in Inflammation"
12/23/22 UMass Fellows Endocrine Research Conference
Louis Philipson, MD, PhD - "Competing paradigms of obesity: energy balance versus carbohydrate-insulin models"
10/25/22 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
David Ludwig, MD, PhD - "Competing paradigms of obesity: energy balance versus carbohydrate-insulin models"
9/13/22 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
Jaime Moore, MD, MPH - "Toward defining standardized (and personalized) care for adolescents and young adults after bariatric surgery"
6/28/22 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
Tammy Nguyen, MD, PhD - "Dissecting the Human Diabetic Bone Marrow Niche"
5/24/22 UMass Fellows Endocrine Research Conference
Carmella Evans-Molina, PhD, MD - "The Ailing and Diabetic Beta Cell in Type 1 Diabetes: Insights from a Trip to the ER"
5/10/22 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
Michael Weiss, MD, PhD - "Mechanism-Based Design of a Unimolecular Glucose-Responsive Insulin"
4/26/22 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
Deborah Wexler, MD, MSc - "The Paradigm Shift in Type 2 Diabetes Management"
4/12/22 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
Eric Westman, MD, MHS - "Reversing Type 2 Diabetes with Obesity Medicine"
3/22/22 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
Sushobhana Bandyopadhyay, PhD - "Immunogenicity of Human Pancreatic Beta Cells Derived From Pluripotent Stem Cells"
3/8/22 UMass Fellows Endocrine Research Conference
Gregory W. Randolph, MD - "Advanced Thyroid Cancer Management- New Tools 2022"
2/22/22 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
Alan Malabanan, MD - "Evaluation of Isolated Hyperparathyroidism"
2/8/22 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
Gary Taubes - "Energy Balance, Fat-Shaming and the Questionable Science of Obesity: The History of a Bad Idea"
1/11/22 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
Sana Hasan, DO & Kelly Mason, MD - "Effect of CFTR Modulators on Cystic Fibrosis-Related Diabetes & CFRD from the Patient Perspective"
12/14/21 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
John Mordes, MD - "T1D Genetics Research at UMass"
11/9/21 UMass Fellows Endocrine Research Conference
Suzanne K. Freitag, MD - “Thyroid Eye Disease: Overview and Update on Management”
10/26/21 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
Christos S. Mantzoros, MD, DSc, PhD - "NASH as a Prevalent Metabolic Condition: Diagnosis & Emerging Management Options"
10/12/21 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
Michael Lewiecki, MD, FACP, FACE - “Rare Bone Diseases You Should Never Miss”
9/28/21 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
Michael McClung, MD, FACP, FACE, FASBMR - "When & How to Use Osteoanabolic Therapies"
9/14/21 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
"100 Years of Insulin - A Medical Marvel: The Past, Present & Future" Drs. David Harlan, Robert Gabbay and Michael Weiss
Featured webinar during the 2021 American Diabetes Association's Scientific Sessions
Michael A. Brehm, PhD - "Exploring Humanized Mouse Models for Diabetes Research and Beyond"
Human Islet Research Network (HIRN) webinar, June 2021
David M. Harlan, MD - "The Noble and Often Nobel Role of Insulin-Related Research"
This talk is from the 2021 Stanford Diabetes Research Center Symposium celebrating 100 years since Banting & Best isolated human insulin
Benjamin U. Nwosu, MD - "Does partial clinical remission impact lipid-based cardiovascular risk in adult patients with T1D?"
Co-presented by Sadichchha Parajuli, MD and Krish Khatri, MD
6/22/21 UMass Fellows Endocrine Research Conference
Mark Schuta, MD - “Improving Diabetes Care in the United States: Identifying the Major Problems and Proposed First Steps”
6/8/21 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
Tiffany A. Moore Simas, MD, MPH, MEd, FACOG & Silvia Corvera, MD - "Gestational Diabetes: Conversations Between the Placenta and Adipose Tissue"
5/25/21 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
Mark Reitman, MD, PhD - "Understanding Regulation of Metabolic Rate and Body Temperature to Understand Obesity”
5/11/21 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
Jonathan Krakoff, MD - "Does Energy Expenditure Mediate Weight Gain?"
4/27/21 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
Neil B. Marya, MD - “Endoscopic Management of Weight Regain Following Bariatric Surgery”
4/13/21 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
John P. Mordes, MD - "Endocrinology and COVID-19"
3/25/21 UMass Medicine Grand Rounds
Katharine Garvey MD, MPH - “Health Care Transition in Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes: Challenges and Opportunities”
3/23/21 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
David M. Harlan, MD - "Type 1 Diabetes Pathogenesis: Lessons Learned, Lessons Forgotten & Open Questions"
3/9/21 Fellows' Endocrine Research Conference talk
Jack A. Yanovski, MD, PhD - "Genetics of Obesity”
1/12/21 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
Anthony Ferrante, Jr., MD, PhD - "Immune Function in Adipose Tissue Homeostasis”
12/9/20 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
Desmond Schatz, MD - “Personalizing Therapies for the Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes: Searching for Endotypes”
11/10/20 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
Kevin Hall, PhD - “Calories, Carbs, or Quality: What Matters Most for Body Weight?”
10/13/20 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
Clifford Rosen, MD - "A New Counter-Regulatory Hormone During Exercise: The Story of Irisin"
9/22/20 UMass Endocrine Grand Rounds
Ezio Bonifacio, PhD - “Auto Antibodies as Predictors of Type 1 Diabetes”
UMass Diabetes Day 2019
Anette-Gabriele Ziegler, MD, PhD - “Clinical Trials Related to Type 1 Diabetes and its Treatment”
UMass Diabetes Day 2019