UW Carbone Cancer Center Grand Rounds lecture series features a broad array of nationally prominent speakers, from the University of Wisconsin and across the country, who are leading experts in oncology related areas. These presentations, occurring every Wednesday during the academic year, help our UW Carbone Cancer Center members, faculty, staff, and trainees stay up-to-date on the newest procedures and findings in medical research and patient care.
Attendees can obtain Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit. In addition, recorded lectures are available for online CME credit up to one year from the original live presentation date.
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Dr. Hamid Emamekhoo – Oncology Grand Rounds Chair
Kerri Miller – Oncology Grand Rounds Coordinator

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We are planning for these sessions to be hybrid, so if you’d like to join us in person, we will be in the HSLC lecture hall #1306 or you can still join via the link above! Check out our website weekly for the specifics.
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UPCOMING GRAND ROUNDS:
UW Carbone Cancer Center Town Hall – Dr. Howard Bailey
UW Carbone Cancer Center Grand Rounds – SABCS Recap
UW Carbone Cancer Center Grand Rounds – Dr. Drew Rosielle
Other Grand Rounds Connections
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View archived sessions
**Viewing previous sessions from THIS webpage are NOT available for CME credit. Go to the “Earn online Credit” quick link on this website for more information about credits.**
- View “UW Video library” for pre-COVID-19 sessions (thru March 11, 2020) UW Video Library
2. View all other recorded sessions (from May 2020-present)
February 1, 2023 – “Ash Updates Part 3 – Benign hematology, Inherited heme disorders, and Bone marrow failure syndromes” presented by Drs. Moniba Nazeef, MD and Lauren Banaszak
January 18, 2023 – ASH Updates: Part 2 – Leukemia and Transplant presented by Drs. Ryan Mattison, Matt Brunner, Kalyan Nadiminti and Zhubin Gahvari
January 11, 2023 – “What We Don’t Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Sex & Cancer” presented by Janelle Sobecki, MD – Assistant Professor (CHS), Gynecologic Oncology, UWSMPH, Gyn-Onc, UW-Madison
December 21,2022 – “Molecular Imaging, Nanobiotechnology, and Theranostics” presented by Dr. Weibo Cai – FAIMBE, FSNMMI, FRSC, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellow Departments of Radiology, Medical Physics, Materials Science & Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, UW – Madison
December 14, 2022 – Permissions to record were declined due to unpublished data
December 07, 2022 – “NK cell and CAR T cell-based strategies for GD2+ solid tumors” presented by Dr. Christian Capitini – Associate Professor, Pediatrics, UWSMPH, Heme-Onc, UW, Madison
November 16, 2022 – “Improving Cancer Care for Sexual and Gender Minority People” presented by Dr. Elizabeth Cathcart-Rake – Assistant Professor, Division of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
November 2, 2022 – “The Time Toxicity of Cancer Care” presented by Arjun Gupta, MD – Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology, Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
October 19, 2022 – Permissions to record were declined due to unpublished data
October 12, 2022 – “Systemic Toxicity Associated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors – More Questions than Answers” presented by Kerry Reynolds, MD – Clinical Director, Inpatient Oncology Units Director, Severe Immunotherapy Complications Service Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
September 28, 2022 – “ASCO Updates – GI Team”presented by Drs. Johnathan Ebben, Amy Taylor, Dustin Deming and Jeremy Kratz
September 14, 2022 – “ASCO Updates – Genitourinary Cancers and Radiation Oncology” presented by Dr. David Kosoff – Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Hematology -Oncology and Dr. Adam Burr, MD, PhD – Radiation Oncologist, Dept of Human Oncology, Human Oncology-Gen
September 7, 2022 – “The Dobbs Decision: Implications for Women’s Health and Cancer Care” presented by Dr. Lisa Barroilhet, MD, MS- Associate Professor, Interim Chair Gynecologic Oncology, UW Health
May 18, 2022 – session wasn’t recorded due to unpublished data
May 11, 2022 –“Surgical Quality Outcomes: Past, Present and Future” presented by Ahmed Al-Niaimi, MD, FACOG, FACS – Associate Professor, Director of Surgical Quality Outcome, Gynecologic Oncology Surgery, Department of OBGYN, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (This session is not available for CME credit).
Apr 20, 2022 – session wasn’t recorded due to unpublished data
Apr 13, 2022 – “Third group surrogates of therapeutic radionuclides: La, Y, and Sc” presented by Dr. Jonathon Engle, Assistant Professor, Medical Physics and Radiology, UWSMPH
Apr 6, 2022 – “Oncologic PET/MRI at UW: Current State and Future Directions” presented by Ali Pirasteh, MD – Clinical Assistant Professor, Associate Chief, MRI, Co-director, PET/MRI
Mar 30, 2022 – “Translational Research in Myeloma: A focus on t(11;14) and BCL2 inhibition” presented by Jonathan Kaufman, MD – Professor, Dept of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine
Mar. 9, 2022 – “Practical Guidance on Peripheral and Deep En Face Margin Assessment (PDEMA) of Locally Aggressive Cutaneous Malignancies” presented by Yaohui Gloria XU, MD, PhD – Associate Professor (CHS), Dept. of Dermatology, UWSMPH
Mar. 2, 2022 – The 50th NCA Anniversary Presentation on the “Centers of the Cancer Universe: A Half-Century of Progress Against Cancer” presented by Donald (Skip) L. Trump, MD, FACP, FASCO and Eric T. Rosenthal – Independent Journalist, EvocaTalk® Research & Reports
Feb. 16, 2022 – “The Evil side of gene regulation” presented by HR (Ruud) Delwel, PhD – Professor, Dept. of Hematology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Feb. 9, 2022 – “WiscShare: A Framework to Support Translational Research and Precision Medicine” by Joshua M. Lang, MD MS, Mark Burkard, MD, PhD and Stephanie McGregor, MD, PhD.
Feb. 2, 2022 – Clinical Updates Lecture Series (CULS) “Melanoma Clinical Updates” by Vincent Ma, MD and “Genomic alterations in primary CNS malignancies: Recent updates impacting diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy” by Patrick Grogan, MD, PhD
Jan. 19, 2022 – “Hot Air Balloons, Salmon Fisheries, and Relapsed AML: Tumor evolution models for personalized treatment selection” presented by Elizabeth Krakow, MD, CM, MS – Assistant Professor, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutch
Jan. 12, 2022 – ASH Updates Part II – (Lymphoma & Leukemia)
Julie Chang, MD – Assoc Prof CHS, UWSMPH, Dept of Medicine, Hem-Onc
Kalyan Vara Nadiminti, MD — Hem/Onc Fac-Bone Marrow Transp, UWSMPH, Dept of Medicine, Hem-Onc
Jan. 5, 2022 – ASH Updates Part 1. Presentations by Presenters are Drs. Brunner, Schmidt and Callander.
Dec. 15, 2021 – “Reducing Breast Cancer Racial Mortality Disparities: the Chicago Model” by Anne Marie Murphy, PhD – Executive Director Equal Hope, formerly the Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force.
Dec. 8, 2021 – “University of Wisconsin Breast Cancer Epidemiology Simulation Model to Inform Policy and Clinical Decisions for Effective Breast Cancer Control” by Dr. Oguz Alagoz – Professor, College of Engineering, Dept. of Industrial & Systems engineering.
Dec. 1, 2021 – “DNA Vaccines as T-Cell Activating Agents to Treat Prostate Cancer” by Dr. Doug McNeel – Professor of Medicine, Division of UWSMPH, Department of Medicine
Nov. 17, 2021 – “Community Outreach and Engagement at UW Carbone Cancer Center” by Dr. Noelle LoConte – Associate Professor, Dept of Medicine, Hem-Onc, UWSMPH
Nov. 10, 2021 – “The Promise of Spring (Strategic Planning) in the Face of Winter (Core Grant)” by Howard Bailey, MD UW-Madison
Nov. 3. 2021 – “PCP: A Developmental Pathway Associated with Melanoma Metastasis” by Hao Chang, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Gary S. Wood Professor of Dermatology, Dept of Dermatology, UW-Madison
Oct 20, 2021 – “Hereditary Ovarian Cancer Syndromes and the Future of Cancer Prevention” by Dr. Lisa Barroilhet of UW-Madison
Oct 13, 2021 – “The Past, Present and Future of Palliative Radiotherapy: Lessons Learned From the Development of a Dedicated Palliative Radiotherapy Service” by Dr. Josh Jones of Penn Med
Sept 15, 2021 – ASCO Updates – Part 3 with Drs. Emamekhoo and Sethakorn
Sept 8, 2021 – ASCO Updates – Part 2 with Drs. Trainor and Sharifi
Sept 1, 2021 – ASCO Updates – Part 1 with Drs. Kratz and Burr
May 26, 2021- “Theranostics and Particle Beam Radiation Therapies: Advancing the Precision of Personalized Cancer Care at UWCCC” by Dr. Zachary Morris. Recording password: YsWZYz6c
May 19, 2021 – “Race Matters: Examining Our Use of “Race” in Academic Medicine” by Dr. Jennifer Edgoose. Recording password: Pvpd7Xj2
May 12, 2021- “A Last-Mile Problem: The Chasm Between Promises and Current Realities in Cancer Informatics”, by Dr. Hamid Emamekhoo and Dr. Amye Tevaarwerk. Recording password: rUzmeRb4
May 5, 2021 – “Herbs and Supplements in Cancer Care – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”, by Dr. Rich Lee. Recording password: sMAmFPG6
April 28, 2021 – “Musculoskeletal Interventional Oncology: Bone and Soft Tissue Tumor Ablation” by Dr. Lindsay Stratchko. Recording password: 3ZaBMaRj
April 14, 2021-“Alternative Donor Transplantation- The Ongoing Role of Umbilical Cord Blood Grafts with Dr. McNerney” Recording password: 4iATwiGx
April 7, 2021- “Oncodermatology: Cutaneous Metastases and Cutaneous Toxicities of Cancer Treatments with Dr. Shields and Dr. Asel”. Recording password:BtWdivJ9
March 31, 2021- “Oncology Grand Rounds with Dr. Parkes and Dr. Lee-Miller” Recording password: PtqEsb6T
March 24, 2021- “Oncology Grand Rounds with Dr. Ellington” Recording password: MxHYxf5V
March 17, 2021 – “Hospice Family Caregivers: Implications for Up-streamed Cancer Communication” by Lee Ellington, PhD. Recording password: MxHYxf5V
March 3, 2021- “Oncology Grand Rounds with Dr. Carchman” Recording password: kF3Qen2m
February 24, 2021- “Oncology Grand Round with Dr. Sheehan and Dr. Nazeef” Recording password: MiHbhpm3
February 17, 2021 – “Oncology Grand Rounds – “Making Bacteria Invincible” with Dr. Michael Cox”. Recording password: yXeQAB6V
February 10, 2021 – “Oncology Grand Rounds with Dr. Dana Brantley-Sieders”. Recording password: fPBhgY8y
January 27, 2021 – “Controversies and Trends in the Management of Malignant Glioma”. Recording password required: zUJJpcV4
January 20, 2021 – “Leukemia and Benign Heme Updates from ASH 2020”- Part 2. Recording password: CiASXfy2
January 13, 2021 – “A 10-Year Review of the Consultative Cancer Survivorship Program of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)”. Recording Password: dJMTNZu4
January 6, 2021 – ”Lymphoma and Myeloma Updates from ASH 2020” Part 1 Recording Password: YbuifQp8
December 16, 2020 – Oncology Grand Rounds with Dr. Peter O’Dwyer Recording Password: sXitGm3h
December 9, 2020 – Big Ten CRC – Grand Rounds: Drs. Dustin Deming & Melissa Skala Recording Password: Bns8dWuP
December 9, 2020 – Oncology Grand Rounds Clinical Updates Lecture Series with Drs. Paplomata and Wallace Recording Password: nJHMMg7G
December 2, 2020 – UWCCC Grand Rounds with Drs. Lori DuBenske and Erin Costanzo Recording Password: 33AwzcR4
November 18, 2020 – Onocology Grand Rounds- with Dr. Leif Ellisen Recording Password: ZjdDS4zp
November 11, 2020- Oncology Grand Rounds- with Dr. Dan Stover Recording password: iJh6EH6t
November 4, 2020- Oncology Grand Rounds- with Dr. Petros Ginivas Recording password: ZsPD2Quy
October 21, 2020- Oncology Grand Rounds- with Dr. Sheila Patel Recording password: MfdXueq7
October 14, 2020 – Oncology Grand Rounds- with Dr. Sicklick Recording password: 24KzHcgM
September 23, 2020 – ASCO Updates Part 4 – with Drs. LoConte, Duma and Campbell. Recording password: iM3bU2mJ
September 16, 2020 – ASCO Updates Part 3 – with Dr’s Wasiniski, Paplomata, and Burr. Recording password: Jwmwyuc3
September 9, 2020 – ASCO Updates Part 2 – with Dr’s David Kosoff, Nataliya Uboha and Dustin Deming. Recording password: WbJ9kEU3
September 2, 2020 – ASCO Updates Part 1 – with Dr.s Leal and Paplomata. Recording password: 7bTmJ77s
August 5, 2020 – Breast Cancer Ongoing Research Mini-Series (Part 3). Recording password:9Yf5pVwp
July 22, 2020 – Breast Cancer Ongoing Research Mini-Series (Part 2). Recording password: Pxqx2Y3f
July 15, 2020 – Breast Cancer Ongoing Research Mini-Series (Part 1)Recording password: BwCUcug7
May 27, 2020 – “Clinical Updates Lecture Series (CULS): DLBCL and Hodgkin lymphoma“. Recording password: GfPe5yPD
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FAQs for Oncology Grand Rounds
Note (added 3/12/2020): The FAQ below refers to a departmental online CME platform that is being replaced by a school-wide platform. Sessions in the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) CME Application are from live lectures that occurred during the academic year. Lectures are available for online CME credit up to one year from the date of the original, live lecture presentation. Sessions from UWCCC 2019-2020 academic year and beyond are available for enduring (online) CME on the Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) website. For technical help with the ICEP platform, contact help@icep.wisc.edu
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Who can attend Grand Rounds?
Grand Rounds is a way for UW Carbone Cancer Center members, faculty, staff, and trainees to stay up to date on the latest developments in clinical practice and cancer related research. Regardless of cancer center affiliation, anyone may attend any Grand Rounds unless otherwise noted.
What is this system for?
The University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center CME Application is an online system that allows learners to access Grand Rounds lectures available for online Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit, view your attendance history at live lectures, see a summary of credits you’ve earned, see identification cards associated with your account (used for scanning into live lectures), and submit evaluations of presentations.
Can I attend the live lectures, and what credits are available for attending them?
Yes, live Grand Rounds lectures are open to all who wish to attend. CME, CNE, and CPE credit is available. Maintenance of Certification (MOC) is not available for UWCCC sessions at this time. For specific credit related questions, please see the section titled “Could I view the Accreditation Statement and Credit Designation Statement for this series?”
Lectures occur on Wednesday mornings from 8:00-9:00 AM during the academic year, with exceptions for university holidays and breaks. In-person Grand Rounds occurs in room G5/119 of the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, Wisconsin. Currently, following the WI stat and UW guidelines, Grand Rounds presentations are converted to virtual and are conducted via WebEx.
Could I view the Accreditation Statement and Credit Designation Statement for this series?
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Designation Statements
The University of Wisconsin-Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)ä. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Credit Designation Statements
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
A maximum of 1 hour of knowledge-based CE credit can be earned by successfully completing this live activity. Pharmacists should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. CE credit information, based on verification of live attendance, will be provided to NABP within 60 days after the activity completion. 2020 Universal Activity Number (UAN):JA0000358-0000-20-042-L04-P
American Medical Association (AMA)
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this 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.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 ANCC contact hour.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing is Iowa Board of Nursing provider 350.
Continuing Education Units
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP, as a member of the University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), authorizes this program for 0.1 continuing education units (CEUs) or 1 hour.
Are Grand Rounds livestreamed?
Currently our sessions are now hybrid. If a session is presented in-person, one can attend in person or be able to watch via zoom. Sessions are typically recorded and posted to the webpage for later viewing.
How do I create an account?
Create a visitor account in the UW-Madison ICEP Learning Portal. Refer to the account creation instructions via the following links:
- Via Computer: click here
- Via Smartphone or Apple: click here