VON Grand Rounds
A free webinar and discussion series supported by the VON Institute for Evidence-Based Practice to advance quality improvement in newborn care.
VON Grand Rounds are open to all to attend at no cost. The general format is a video presentation followed by Q&A with faculty. These online learning and discussion opportunities are supported by the work of dedicated VON teams and faculty and informed by the VON Institute for Evidence-Based Practice, and are intended to advance evidence into practice through sound quality improvement methods. Please note there is no CE awarded for participation. Register below to attend an upcoming QI Grand Rounds and login to view webinar material and past presentations.

The Infant and Family Experience in Neonatal Intensive Care: Management of Acute Procedural Pain
3:00-4:00p.m. (ET) Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Although lifesaving, the stress of intensive care on critically ill neonates can negatively impact their outcome and development. The stresses inherent to neonatal intensive care include the need for frequent painful procedures, the pain associated mechanical ventilation and major surgical intervention, and the overall environment of neonatal intensive care, so vastly different than the experience of the infant prior to delivery and to the experience the family hoped for after their infant’s birth.
This first in a three-part series of seminars will focus on how we assess and treat infants undergoing acute painful procedures.
Faculty: Roger Soll, MD; Danielle Ehret, MD, MPH; Gautham Suresh, MD; Matteo Bruschettini, MD, PhD; William McGuire, MD; Erick Ridout, MD
Community Support
Connect with other participants and teams that are applying structured QI methodology to projects at their center. The VON Community Forum is a place to ask questions and share practices, guidelines, and new knowledge and experiences.
VON Grand Rounds Schedule
Transfusion Practice: Benefits and Risks
Wednesday, February 16, 2022 | 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. (Eastern)
Faculty: Roger Soll, MD; Ravi Patel, MD, MSc
Whole Genome Sequencing for Newborn Screening
(Presented in partnership with Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine)
Wednesday, March 16, 2022 | 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. (Eastern)
Faculty: Nathaly Sweeney and others
All Care is Brain Care
April 20, 2022 | 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. (Eastern)
Faculty: Sonia Bonifacio, MD; Elizabeth Rogers, MD
Using Genomics Wisely
(Presented in partnership with Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine)
Wednesday, May 18, 2022 | 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. (Eastern)
Faculty: Nathaly M. Sweeney, MD, MPH; John Zupancic, MD, MS, ScD; Ingrid Holm, MD, MPH; Russell Nofsinger, PhD; Jeffrey Horbar, MD
Genomics and Health Equity
(Presented in partnership with Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine)
Wednesday, June 29, 2022 | 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. (Eastern)
Faculty: Nathaly Sweeney and others
The Evidence of Therapeutic Cooling for Brain Health
(A Cochrane at VON presentation)
Monday, July 11, 2022 | 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. (Eastern)
Faculty: Marie Berg, MD; Deirdre O’Reilly, MD, MPH; Roger Soll, MD
Variants of Uncertain Significance
(Presented in partnership with Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine)
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 | 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. (Eastern)
Faculty: Nathaly M. Sweeney, MD, MPH; Kasia Ellsworth, PhD; J. Michael Graglia, MBA, MA; Stephen Kingsmore, MD, DSc; Jeffrey Horbar, MD
AAP/VON Scholar Presentations
Wednesday, October 26, 2022 | 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. (Eastern)
Faculty: AAP / VON Scholars
The Infant and Family Experience in Neonatal Intensive Care: Management of Acute Procedural Pain
(A VON Institute for Evidence-Based Practice presentation)
January 11, 2023 | 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. (Eastern)
Faculty: Roger Soll, MD; Danielle Ehret, MD, MPH; Gautham Suresh, MD; Matteo Bruschettini, MD, PhD
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