Below are the sections of Grand Rounds talks from members of Organ Transplant. To schedule a Grand Rounds talk, please complete the Grand Rounds request form.

Jonathan Scott Bromberg, MD, PhDJonathan Scott Bromberg, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Liver Transplantation

  • Advances in Kidney Transplantation
  • Pancreas and Islet Transplantation
  • Transplantation Immunosuppression


Living Donor Liver Transplantation

  • Learn the rationale for living liver donation
  • Understand the surgical approach for living donor hepatectomy
  • Appreciate potential donor and recipient complications

Beyond Mere Liver Transplantation

  • Convey modern alternative to emergent deceased donor liver transplantation
  • Discuss present strategies aiming towards clinical liver xenotransplantation
  • Demonstrate techniques for liver generation in the laboratory

State of the Art: What's New in Liver Transplantation and Management of the Hepatic Failure?

  • Convey modern alternatives to emergent deceased donor liver transplantation
  • Discuss present strategies aiming towards clinical liver xenotransplantation
  • Demonstrate techniques for liver generation in the laboratory


Silke Niederhaus, MDSilke Niederhaus, MD | Curriculum Vitae

Associate Professor
Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Surgeon
Recipient- Pediatric Kidney Transplant

Successful Use of Pediatric Kidney Transplanted Into Adult Recipients

  • To define what a pediatric donor kidney is and why it is different from an adult donor
  • To delineate when to use a pediatric donor kidney as a single organ vs 'en block'
  • To discuss complications specific to pediatric donor kidneys

Overview of Pancreas Transplantation

  • To discuss indications for a pancreas transplant
  • To discuss the history of pancreas transplantation
  • To discuss the nature of the operation and its complications


Robert M. Reed, MDRobert Reed, MD

Professor of Medicine
Medical Director - Lung Transplant Program

  • Indications and contraindications for lung transplantation
  • Lung transplantation in COVID times
  • COPD – Beta blockers controversy
  • COPD pathway


Daniel Maluf, MDDaniel Maluf, MD

Professor of Surgery, Director – Program in Transplantation

  • The challenges in liver transplantation
  • Advances in liver transplantation
  • Advances in living donor transplantation


Chandra Bhati, MDChandra Bhati, MD

Professor of Surgery, Surgical Director – Liver Transplant and HB Surgery

  • Advances in liver transplantation
  • Advances in living donor transplantation
  • Transplant oncology


Kirti Shetty, MDKirti Shetty, MD

Professor of Medicine, Medical Director – Liver Transplant and Hepatology, Program Director – Transplant Hepatology Fellowship

  • Indications and contraindications for liver transplantation