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Seminar Series Schedule 2026-27

As part of our effort to expand interest in digestive disease and liver research on campus, we have created two Seminar Series through the DDRCC Enrichment Program. This includes the GI Grand Rounds series hosted by the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the Department of Medicine and select presentations in the Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology Department seminar series. These series feature presentations from internationally renowned investigators, whose research exploits innovative approaches in the study and treatment of digestive and liver disease.

DDRCC / CDLD / GI and Hepatology Grand Rounds

Virtual Grand Rounds: Fall 2026 - Spring 2027 at 7 a.m. EST on Wednesdays

Date Presenter Title Location 
09/23/26 Ronak Patel, M.D., Northwestern University Train the Trainers SJCH  7010
10/14/26 Rana Pullatt, M.D., MUSC Current practices in metabolic and bariatric surgery Wellness Center
10/28/26 Dr. Stephen Pandol, M.D., Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Pancreatic disease and pancreatic CA Wellness Center
11/04/26 Joshua Neal, M.D., MUSC GLP-1 algorithms for obesity treatment Wellness Center 
11/18/26 George Iaonnou, M.D., MSc, University of Washington Update on the PREMIUM study for identifying prospective risk of HCC Virual 
 11/25/26  Thanksgiving Break    
12/02/26 Marianna Papademetriou, M.D., Georgetown Univ SOM Endobariatrics and Obesity Management Wellness Center
12/09/26 Gregory Idos, M.D., MS, City of Hope Familial Cancer Syndromes Wellness Center
 12/23/26  Christmas Break    
 12/30/26  New Year's Break    
1/6/2027 Ray Cross, M.D., University of MD Endoscopy Center Luminal Crohn's Disease SJCH 7010
1/13/2027 Edward Barnes M.D., MPH, UNC School of Medicine Pouchitis SJCH 7010
 1/20/2027 TBA    
 1/27/2027 TBA    
 2/3/2027 TBA    
  2/10/2027 Swati Pawa, M.D., VA Salisbury Healthcare, North Carolina  Ergonomics in GI   SJCH 7010

Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology Seminar Series

Virtual Seminars: Fall 2026 - Spring 2027 at 11 am EST on Wednesdays in BSB 611


Date Presenter Title

09/09/26

Siyuan Ding, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

Viral and Host Determinants of Rotavirus Host Range 

 09/16/26

Antonis Kourtidis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology, MUSC  - Works in Progress

RNA tales from the colon 

09/23/26

Izumi Kaji, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Cell & Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Therapeutic targets for progenitor cell defects in congenital diarrheal syndromes

09/30/26

Alejandro Soto-Gutierrez, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh 

 Beyond Transplantation: Transcriptional Back-Programming for Decompensated Cirrhosis

10/07/26

Andrew Harvey, Ph.D.., Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Regenerative Medicine and

Developmental programs governing cardiac valve and septal morphogenesis

10/14/26

Lauren G. Poole, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Rutgers University, RWJ Medical School

Mechanisms and consequences of coagulation activity in acute and chronic liver injury

 10/21/26

No Seminar

 10/28/26

Aadra Bhatt, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill

 Coming Full Circle: Pharmacomicrobiomics at the Frontier of Precision Medicine. Reflections on a Scientific Journey that Began at MUSC

11/4/26

Noel Warfel, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, MUSC

PIM-pointing mechanisms of hypoxia-induced migration and invasion

11/11/26

No Seminar - Veterans Day

11/18/26

Kristen Engevik, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology, MUSC - Works in Progress

 Purinergic P2Y1 signaling in intestinal inflammation and infection

12/2/26

Kristin Knouse, M.D., Ph.D., Whitehead Career Development Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research 

 Understanding how the organism monitors liver function to properly time regeneration

12/9/26

Jerrold Turner, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology and Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School 

TBA

12/16/26

No Seminar

1/6/27

 Ge Tao, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology, MUSC - Works in Progress TBA

1/13/27

 Mitchell A. Lazar, M.D., Ph.D., Willard and Rhoda Ware Professor in Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Regulation of Metabolism by Hepatic Nuclear Receptors

1/20/27

Heather McCauley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, UNC-Chapel Hill

TBA
1/27/27 No Seminar  
2/3/27  Kelvin Pond, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona Quantitative Imaging of Patient-derived Organoids Reveals Novel Stem Cell Dynamics and Fate Decisions 
2/10/27 Silvia Guglietta, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology, MUSC - Works in Progress TBA
2/17/27  Jacopo Ferruzzi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Dallas TBA
2/24/27 Henry Sucov, Ph.D.. Professor, Department of Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology, MUSC - Works in Progress TBA
3/3/27 No Seminar  
3/10/27  Kara Margolis, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine TBA
3/17/27 Evan Delgado, Ph.D.. Assistant Professor, Department of Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology, MUSC - Works in Progress
 TBA
3/24/27 Omer Yilmaz, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, MIT  Dietary control of stem cells in physiology and disease
3/31/27 Lela Lackey, Ph.D., Assistant Profesor, Institute for Human Genetics, Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University TBA
4/7/27 Thaddeus Stappenbeck, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Cleveland Clinic
 TBA
4/14/27 Jorge Munera, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology, MUSC - Works in Progress TBA
4/21/27 Michael Verzi, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Genetics, Rutgers University Making, Breaking, and Fixing the Gut
4/28/27 Matthew Kutys, Ph.D., Allen Institute for Cell Science
 Decoding morphogenesis: from endothelial cell-cell interfaces to multicellular design
5/5/27 No Seminar
5/12/27 TBD TBA 
5/19/27 TBD
 TBA 
5/26/27 TBD
 TBA