DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY GRAND ROUNDS
DISTINGUISHED VISITING PROFESSORS
2026-2027
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
“Topics in Colorectal Surgery”
James Fleshman, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Sparkman Endowed Professor
Chair of the Department of Surgery
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, TX
Wednesday, January 13, 2027
“Topics in Plastic Surgery”
COMBINED PLASTIC SURGERY LECTURE
Bernard Lee, MD, MPH, MBA
Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Wednesday, January 27, 2027
“Training to Proficiency”
ERIC LAZARO ENDOWED LECTURE
Daniel J. Scott, MD
Frank H. Kidd, Jr. MD Distinguished Professorship in Surgery
Assistant Dean, Simulation & Student Integration, Graduate Medical Education
UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
Wednesday, February 3, 2027
“Safe Chole”
L. Michael Brunt, MD
Pruett Professor of Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Wednesday, April 28, 2027
“Evolution of Minimally Invasive Surgery to Extinction”
DR ELI AND JOANNE CURI ENDOWED LECTURE
Nathaniel Soper, MD
Former Chair, Department of Surgery
University of Arizona, College of Medicine
Phoenix, AZ
2025-2026
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
“Surgical Palliative Care”
PAT MURPHY ENDOWED LECTURE IN PALLIATIVE CARE
Ana Berlin, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
“On the Shoulders of Giants”
GEORGE J. HILL MD, D.Litt & HELEN Z. HILL, Ph.D. ENDOWED LECTURE
George J. Hill, M.D., D.Litt
Professor Emeritus
Department of Surgery
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
“Global Perspectives in Trauma Resuscitation: Changing Paradigms for Enhanced Patient Outcomes”
Paula Ferrada, MD, FACS
Chair, Department of Surgery, IFMC
Professor of Medical Education, University of Virginia
Division and System Chief, Trauma & Acute Care Surgery
Medical Director of Perioperative Services, IFMC
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
“Endovascular AAA Repair: Past, Present and Future”
DR ELI AND JOANNE CURI ENDOWED LECTURE
Juan Parodi, MD
Professor of Surgery
University of Buenos Aires
University of Michigan (Ret)
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
“The Health Care Professional Pathway to Expertise; The Interplay between Assessment and Learning”
Adnan Alseidi, MD, MBA
Associate Dean of Assessment, Improvement and Accreditation
Professor of Clinical Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
“Top Gun: Surgical Training to Excellence”
ERIC LAZARO, MD ENDOWED LECTURE
James “Butch” Rosser, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Jacob School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
University of Buffalo
Chief of Surgery and Director of the Center for the Advanced Treatment of Heartburn
Gila Regional Medical Center
Silver City, NM
DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY GRAND ROUNDS
DISTINGUISHED VISITING PROFESSORS
2024-2025
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
“Voluntary Leadership in Academic Surgery”
Mark Callery, MD, FACS, FRCSEd
William V. McDermott Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
“The Bodies Keep Coming”
Brian H. Williams MD, FACS
Trauma & Acute Care Surgeon
Texas Trauma Medical Group
Wednesday, April 25, 2025
“Innovation”
CURI ENDOWED LECTURE
Michael Gagner, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chief of Surgery at Westmount Square Surgical Center
Montreal, Canada
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
“Glass Ceilings”
ERIC LAZARO ENDOWED LECTURE
Caprice Greenberg, MD, MPH
Chair, Department of Surgery
Colin G. Thomas, Jr., MD Distinguished Professor
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
2023-2024
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
ERIC LAZARO ENDOWED LECTURE
“Agree to Disagree: Achieving Consensus in the Management of Acute Diverticulitis”
Patricia Sylla, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Professor of Surgery
Icahn School of Medicine
Mount Sinai Health System
New York, NY
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
“Intersection of Climate Change and Surgery”
Shaneeta Johnson, MD, MBA, FACS, FASMBS
Professor of Surgery
Chief Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
“Butterfly Effect of Bariatric Surgery”
Marina S. Kurian, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Clinical Professor of Surgery
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York, NY
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
“Open the Door in 2024”
Jennifer F. Tseng, MD, MPH
Professor Emerita, Surgery
Boston University
Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
President SSAT
Boston, MA
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
CURI ENDOWED LECTURE
"Thrombosis and Bleeding in the Modern Era"
Elliot Chaikof, MD, PhD
Johnson and Johnson Professor of Surgery
Chair Department of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
COMBINED PLASTIC SURGERY/GENERAL SURGERY
Kerri M. Woodberry, MD, MBA, FACS
Division Chief of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery
West Virginia University School of Medicine
Morgantown, WV
April 29, 2024
"Rutgers Research Day - Keynote"
Martha A. Zeiger, MD, FACS
Director, Office of Surgeon Scientist Programs
Center for Cancer Research
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
“Robot Ventral Hernia”
Omar Yusef Kudsi, MD, FACS, MBA
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Rutgers Health/ NJMS
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
“Current Concepts in Endocrine Surgery”
Fiemu Nwariaku, MD, FACS, MBA
Helen Lowe Bamberger Colby Presidential Endowed Chair in Health Sciences
Professor and Chair Department of Surgery
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
2022-2023
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
“Enhancing the Patient Experience in Breast Cancer Care”
Ted A. James, MD, MHCM, FACS
Chief, Breast Surgical Oncology
Co-Director, Linsey Breast Care Center
Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
“Reflections on Lasting Happiness and Living with Purpose”
Sanjiv Chopra, M.B.B.S., M.A.C.P.
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
PAT MURPHY ENDOWED LECTURE
“Surgical Palliative Care”
Anne C. Mosenthal, MD, FACS, MAMSE
Chief, Academic Officer
Academic Dean
Tufts University School of Medicine
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
"Topics in HPB Surgery”
KMarie King, MD, MS, MBA, FACS
Henry and Sally Schaffer Chair, Department of Surgery
Chief of Surgery
Albany Medical Center
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
“Artificial Intelligence for Augmented Decisions in Surgery”
Daniel Hashimoto, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Pennsylvania
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
ERIC LAZARO ENDOWED LECTURE
“Redesigning Perioperative Care: Prehabilitation and Enhanced Recovery Pathways”
Liane S. Feldman, MDCM, FACS, FRCS
Edward W. Archibald Professor and Chair
Department of Surgery
McGill University
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
“History of Surgical Anatomy”
Ernesto P. Molmenti, MD
Professor of Surgery
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University
Chief of Division - Transplantation of Surgery
North Shore University Hospital
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
CURI ENDOWED LECTURE
“Blindside, Darkside and Brightside of the History of Blood”
Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD, FACS
Professor and Chair of Surgery
University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
“Technical Management of Intraoperative Complications”
Raul Rosenthal, MD, FASMBS
Regional Director, Digestive Disease & Surgical Institute
Bariatric and Metabolic Institute (BMI)
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
“How Does Bariatric Surgery Work?”
Walter J. Pories, MD, FACS, Colonel MC USA (RET.)
Professor of Surgery, Biochemistry and Kinesiology
Director, Metabolic Surgery Research Group
Brody School of Medicine (4S10), East Carolina University
