DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY GRAND ROUNDS
DISTINGUISHED VISITING PROFESSORS

2023-2024

Wednesday, September 20, 2023    
ERIC LAZARO ENDOWED LECTURE
“Agree to Disagree: Achieving Consensus in the Management of Acute Diverticulitis”

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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”

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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”

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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”

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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"

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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

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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"

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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”

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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