Department of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh

Welcome to the Department of Medicine's Medical Grand Rounds website. Medical Grand Rounds has undergone many exciting changes this year including a new and improved curriculum with several different presentation formats by our speakers, audience participation via a specialized audience response system, and online access to archived Grand Rounds sessions. Each session takes place as shown below:

Fridays 11:00AM-12:00PM
LHAS Auditorium, 7th Floor UPMC Montefiore

Please click the following link to view an updated schedule of speakers and topics.

Medical Grand Rounds Schedule

Please note:
Grand Rounds webcasts will no longer be available live over the internet. They will continue to be recorded and available for viewing shortly after the live presentation.

Medical Grand Rounds Presentation Archive

Archived webcasts are available on the Internet-based Studies in Education and Research web site, under the "UPMC Presbyterian Medical Grand Rounds" folder.

Minimum System Requirements

RealPlayer 10 (Follow the links to download the free Basic Player.)
Internet Explorer
A broadband/high-speed Internet connection
Speakers or headphones for listening to the audio.

Sample Video Presentation

Please test that your system meets the requirements by viewing the sample video presentation. If you are unable to view the sample video, please contact your PC support group/helpdesk.
Click here to watch the sample video presentation.

Information for Our Speakers

Thank you for your participation in Medical Grand Rounds. Please click the following link for some general instructions for our speakers:

General Instructions for Medical Grand Rounds Speakers

In general, we have constructed three different formats to our Grand Rounds sessions, in addition to the traditional Grand Rounds lecture. Please check to see under which format your presentation will take place. Then click the appropriate link below for more information about the particular format for your scheduled session.

In addition to the above three formats, we have also made Medical Grand Rounds interactive for our live audience using specialized audience remote response devices. If you will be including interactive questions into your presentation, please click the following link for more information on how to structure your questions and for general guidelines on how to maximize educational impact of your questions.

Instructions on How to Include Interactive Questions in Your Presentation

Submitting Your Presentation Files

We ask that speakers submit all of their presentation files (PowerPoint, digital videos, etc.) to the Department of Medicine by the Monday prior to their scheduled day of presentation. This can accomplished via the internet by uploading your files from your computer to our server by clicking on the following link:

Submit Your Medical Grand Rounds Presentation

The above link will lead you to a webpage prompting you for a username and password which will be provided in your email correspondence with us prior to your presentation. If you do not receive these, please contact Kerry Soso via email at sosok@upmc.edu or via telephone at 412-692-4948. Please note that transfer rates will vary depending your internet connection speed and the size of the file(s) you're are uploading.

Please visit the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences for more information on our ACCME accreditation and policies regarding disclosure, the privacy policy, and other CME related information.