Department of Surgery

Improving Healthcare Equality in Bariatric Surgery / Determinants of Tumor Progression and Treatment Responses in Colorectal Cancer

Date

August 3, 2021 - 9:00am

Event Description

"Improving Healthcare Equality in Bariatric Surgery"

Presenter: Dr. Callie Hlavin (mentor: Drs. Anita Courcoulas)

This presentation will cover background and epidemiology of obesity, role and benefits of bariatric surgery, health disparities in bariatric surgery, and aims/approaches of two current projects in motion.

Determinants of Tumor Progression and Treatment Responses in Colorectal Cancer

Presenter: Dr. Sowmya Narayanan (mentors: Drs. Timothy Hand, Kevin Mollen, and Jennifer Holder-Murray)

Location and Address

MS Teams virtual meeting

Meeting logon info has been emailed to Department of Surgery staff. For Pitt and UPMC staff outside the department who wish to access the lecture, please email surgerywebmaster@upmc.edu.

This session will be recorded. Please contact mrr18@pitt.edu for access to recorded presentation.