Of Math and Medicine: Changing Surgical Practice and Policy Through Advanced Mathematical Approaches
Resident Presentations, 7:00 AM- 8:00 AM
“Hepatic Artery Thrombosis,” Sara Berkey, MD
"Ethics of Organ Allocation," Christine Leeper, MD
General Surgery Grand Rounds are held live (schedule below); videos of the lectures are also archived online.
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General Surgery Grand Rounds
The Prefix Problem and the Precedent – Surgeons Must Become the Greatest Beneficiaries of Telemedicine
Speaker: Andrew R. Watson, MD, MLitt, FACS
2017 Donald Blechman Lecture in Surgical Oncology: Pancreatic Cancer: Progress but Still Controversy
Guest Lecturer: Keith D. Lillemoe, MD, Chief of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief, Massachusetts General Hospital; W. Gerald Austen Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Flier (PDF)
The Role of The Curious Mind in Surgery
Resident Presentations, 7:00 AM- 8:00 AM
- Anthony Lewis, MD: “Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury"
- Luka Pocivavsek, MD: Computational Methods for Evaluation of EVAR Stability
Lecture, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Sticky Floors and Glass Ceilings
RESIDENT PRESENTATIONS - 7-8 am
Joshua Brown, MD: “Clinical Research and the Surgeon Scientist
Kerry-Ann McDonald, MD: “Phyllodes Tumor of the Breast”
LECTURE - 8-9 am
“Sticky Floors and Glass Ceilings”
Caprice C. Greenberg, MD, MPH, Professor of Surgery, Morgridge Distinguished Chair in Health Services Research, University of Wisconsin
The Annual Henry T. Bahnson Lecture: "Bahnson, Blalock, and Beyond: Surgical Training and Resiliency for All Ages"
Speaker: Stephen C. Yang, MD, Arthur B. and Patricia B. Modell Professor in Thoracic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Department of Surgery Research Day/15th Annual Richard L. Simmons Lecture in Surgical Science
Lecture: 8:00-9:00AM: "Gut Integrity In Sepsis," Craig M. Coopersmith, MD, FACS, FCCM, Professor & Vice Chair, Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine; Director, 5E Surgical ICU; Associate Director, Emory Critical Care Center
Research Day Overview (PDF)
Program (PDF)
Fisher Lecture: Personalized Axillary Therapy: History and Current Concepts
Speaker: Armando E. Giuliano, MD, FACS, FRCSEd
Flier (PDF)
Dr. Armando E. Giuliano is Executive Vice Chair of Surgery, Chief of Surgical Oncology, Professor of Surgery, and the Linda and Jim Lippman Chair in Surgical Oncology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He began his academic career at UCLA and currently retains an appointment as Clinical Professor of Surgery at UCLA and at the University of Southern California.
TBD
Speaker: Caprice Greenberg, MD
1st Inaugural UPMC HPB Lecture: Perspectives in the Management of Polycystic Liver Disease
RESIDENT PRESENTATIONS - 7-8 am
Rachel Beard, MD: “What, Which, When, How Much: The Evolving Management of Neuroendocrine Liver Metastases
Maher Ghanem, MD: “Peripheral Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma”
LECTURE - 8-9 am
Speaker: David M. Nagorney, MD, Professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Program Director - Fellowship, Division of Subspecialty General Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota