Medical Scientist Grand Rounds (MSGR)
This full-year course was designed with the goal of emphasizing cross-fertilization between basic science and clinical medicine and as an additional mechanism for providing continued contact with students in their PhD years. Student participation is required through the end of PhD training. This series brings together the Mount Sinai academic community by partnering clinicians with physician-scientists and biomedical research presentations in lively and interactive discussions about health and disease that reflect innovations in both clinical medicine and basic science. The sessions are centered upon a clinical case presented by senior MD/PhD students with Mount Sinai house staff and clinical faculty. The student and house staff lead a discussion through the clinical reasoning that led to the diagnosis and treatment. The discussion of the clinical topic will then lead into the second part of the session, a presentation of PhD research by a senior MD/PhD student that provides some background behind the pathophysiology of a disease and/or a therapeutic approach. Senior clinicians and scientists are invited to attend and participate in the discussions. The sessions will close with comments from the senior faculty regarding the significance of the topic and frontiers to be advanced by future research in the field. The objectives of this course are to 1) interact with students at various levels of the MD/PhD program; 2) meet clinical and basic science faculty as potential mentors/advisors; 3) learn about translational science as it pertains to a specific field; 4) engage in a dialogue between clinicians and scientists through moderated panel discussion; and 4) identify key gaps in knowledge within specific fields.