Our monthly Grand Rounds series is an interprofessional webinar series intended for all Mass EQLHS partners to promote community and continuous learning in the relatively new field of learning health system science (LHS), quality improvement, patient engagement and healthcare delivery and research. Topics will focus on established AHRQ LHS Competencies such as patient engagement, system science, informatics, research ethics, research methods, engagement, leadership and research management and PCORI research methods for engaging patients, the public, and communities.
Mass EQLHS is pleased to announce the following upcoming dates for our virtual, monthly Grand Rounds on Wednesdays @12-1pm ET:
12/10/25 – Mass EQLHS Scholars
o Theresa Williamson, MD
· Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
· Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
· "Decision Modeling in Lumbar Spondylolisthesis Treatment"
o Q. Lina Hu-Bianco, MD
· Assistant Professor of Surgery
· Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
· "Factors Influencing Access to Guideline-Concordant Care in Thyroid Cancer"
1/14/26 – Gezzer Ortega, MD, MPH
o Assistant Professor of Surgery; Lead Faculty for Research & Innovation in Surgical Care; Center for Surgery and Public Health
o Brigham and Women’s Hospital
o Surgical care health outcomes; public health in surgery; academic mentorship
3/11/26 – Allan Walkey, MD
o Chief of Health Systems Science Division; Department of Medicine
o UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Memorial Health
o Pulmonary medicine; healthcare delivery; improving patient outcomes
4/8/26 – Benjamin Cook, PhD
o Professor of Psychiatry - Harvard Medical School
o Director of the Health Evaluation Research Lab; Vice Chair of Research; Department of Psychiatry – Cambridge Health Alliance
o Health policy; behavioral health; healthcare outcomes research
6/10/26 – To be announced
7/8/26 – Jorge Rodriguez, MD
o Assistant Professor of Medicine; Family Medicine Physician; Health Technology Researcher
o Brigham and Women’s Hospital
o Family medicine; health technology; preventive care; chronic disease management
8/12/26 – To be announced
9/9/26 - Danny McCormick, MD, MPH
o Associate Professor of Medicine; Co-Director of General Medicine & Primary Care Fellowship Program - Harvard Medical School
o Director of Cambridge Health Outcomes Lab; Co-Director of Center for Health Outcomes Education and Advocacy – Cambridge Health Alliance
o Primary care; improving healthcare outcomes; medical education
10/14/26 – Sarrah Shahawy, MD, MPH (Mass EQLHS Scholar)
o Instructor in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology – Harvard Medical School
o Obstetrician-Gynecologist clinician; Principal Investigator of MeRGE Research Lab - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
o Understanding the role of patients’ religion in reproductive healthcare: a learning health systems approach
12/9/26 – To be annonced