Dr. Melissa Carbajal, Neonatology faculty (center), congratulates third-year fellows Drs. Shweta Parmekar (from left) and Sarah Coors, as the 22nd annual Arnold J. Rudolph Memorial Grand Rounds award recipients. The award recognizes third-year fellows in neonatal-perinatal medicine for outstanding teaching, patient care, scientific inquiry and professional integrity. Dr. Steven Block (right), professor emeritus of pediatrics, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was this year’s visiting professor and invited speaker at the grand rounds.
The Arnold J. Rudolph Memorial Grand Rounds was established in 1996 by the Section of Neonatology, in the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, in memory of its late Section Chief, Dr. Arnold J. Rudolph, who died in 1995. Dr. Rudolph was a well-respected clinician and educator, recognized internationally as a leader of neonatology.