GRAND ROUNDS 2024-2025
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 DISTINGUISHED VISITING PROFESSOR
“Voluntary Leadership in Academic Surgery”
Mark Callery, MD, FACS, FRCSEd
William V. McDermott Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
“The Treatment Landscape of Triple Negative Breast Cancer”
Maria Benjamin, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
“Abdominal Incision Closure”
Joseph Oliver, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Veterans Affairs New Jersey Health Care System
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
“Reconstructing Lives: Innovations and Challenges in Genital and Urethral Reconstruction”
Amjad Alwaal, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Urology
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 7 AM Start Time
Patient Safety Joint OR Committee (Nursing)
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
“Major Limb Replantation”
Ramazi Datiashvili, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic Surgery
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
"Skin Substitutes - Advanced Therapy for Wound Repair: Our Role in the Development of Biodegradable Temporizing Matrix (BTM)"
Mark Granick, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic Surgery
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
“Cardiac Clearance for Surgery: Indications and Value”
Christine Gerula, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
“Robot Umbilical Hernia Repair. No Hole Too Small for the Robot Approach”
Flavio Paterno, MD, MPH, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Transplant and HPB Surgery
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
“Advances in Aortic Surgery”
Karim Salem, MD, FSVS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
“Colorectal Liver Metastasis: Historical Perspective and Future Directions”
Brett Ecker, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Rutgers Health/RWJMS
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
No Grand Rounds – Holiday
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
“Pathophysiology and Surgical Management of Lymphedema”
Alex Wong, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery & Surgery Vice Chair of Research
Division of Plastic Surgery
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
“Modern Therapy for Carotid Occlusive Disease”
Mallika Gopal
Associate Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
“Quality and Safety 101”
Susan Pories, MD, FACS
Professor and Surgery Vice Chair of Quality and Safety
Division of Surgical Oncology
Section Chief of Breast Surgery
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
No Grand Rounds – Holiday
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
No Grand Rounds – Holiday
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
“Navigating a Career as a Surgeon Scientist”
Steven Libutti, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery and Vice Chancellor for Cancer Programs
Director Rutgers Cancer Institute
Rutgers Health/RWJMS
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
“Innovation and Research in Liver Transplantation”
James Guarrera, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery and Surgery Executive Vice Chair
Chief Division of Transplantation and HPB Surgery
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Guergana Panayotova, MD
Administrative Chief Resident
General Surgery Residency
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 7AM START TIME
Patient Safety Joint OR Committee (Surgery)
Sleep Apnea, Periop Risk Assessment and Periop Guidelines, and Surgical Rescue
Dr Christopher Graham, Moderator
Dr Yonatan Greenstein, “Sleep Apnea and Periop Guidelines”
Dr. Glen Atlas, Anesthesia, “Anesthetic Considerations for OSA and Difficult Airways”
Dr Evelyne Kalyoussef , “Surgical Rescue”
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 DISTINGUISHED VISITING PROFESSOR
“Policy, Politics, & Patients: Lessons from the Bodies Keep Coming”
Brian H. Williams MD, FACS
Trauma & Acute Care Surgeon
Texas Trauma Medical Group
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
“The Role and Impact of Rutgers NJMS on the Health of Our Community”
Ana Natale-Pereira, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Resident Research Forum
“Research Year at Ethicon”
Emily Yosh, MD
Resident
General Surgery Residency
Rutgers Health/NJMS
“From Patient Decisions to Medical Education: Exploring the Breadth of Research in Surgery”
Theofano Zoumpou, MD
Resident
General Surgery Residency
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
“RBC Transfusion Thresholds in Cardiac Patients: How Low Can We Go?”
Jeffrey Carson, MD
Provost
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Richard C. Reynolds, M.D. Chair in General Internal Medicine
Rutgers Health/RWJMS
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
“ Mission Possible: The Untold Value of Global Surgery for Teams and Systems”
Ziad Sifri, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division Chief Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
“Prostate Cancer Screening- Are We Over-Treating or Underthinking?”
Evan Kovac, MD, CM, FRCSC
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Urology
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 7AM START TIME
Patient Safety Joint OR Committee (Anesthesia)
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
No Grand Rounds – Mock Orals
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
"Hernia Great Debate"
Michael Shapiro, MD, Professor Surgery and Division Chief General Surgery
Elijah Riddle, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of General Surgery
Bao-Ngoc Nasri, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of General Surgery
Nisha Narula, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of General Surgery
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
“Surgical Coaching: A Full-Court Press for Performance Improvement at Any Career Stage”
Melissa Grigsby, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
“What Every Surgeon Should Know About AI”
Rachael A. Callcut, MD, MSPH, FACS
Professor in Residence
Division Chief, Trauma, Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
UC Davis
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Resident Grand Rounds
“Patience, Pregnancy, and Post-Partum Experience in Surgical Trainees”
Grace Tsui, MD
Chief Resident
General Surgery Residency
Rutgers Health/NJMS
“Creating the ITGIRL Curriculum – Integration of Transgender Initiatives into Resident Learning”
Ryan Benson, MD
Resident
General Surgery Residency
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 DISTINGUISHED VISITING PROFESSOR
CURI ENDOWED LECTURE
“Surgical Innovation: Magnetic Compression Anastomosis for the Digestive Tract”
Michel Gagner, MD
Chief of Surgery
Westmount Square Surgical Center
Westmount, QC
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
“Aging Surgeon”
Michael Shapiro, MD
Professor and Division Chief of General Surgery
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Adam Kopelan, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Chair of Surgery
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
“Surgical Stress - An In-depth look into Surgical Burnout”
Ravi J. Chokshi, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division Chief of Surgical Oncology
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 DISTINGUISHED VISITING PROFESSOR
ERIC LAZARO ENDOWED LECTURE
“Glass Ceilings”
Caprice Greenberg, MD, MPH
Chair, Department of Surgery
Colin G. Thomas, Jr., MD Distinguished Professor
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
WHITE COAT CEREMONY
“Resilience”
Alvand Sehat, MD
Administrative Chief Resident
General Surgery Residency
Rutgers Health/NJMS
“TBD”
Scott Mu, MD
Chief Resident
General Surgery Residency
Rutgers Health/NJMS
Grand Rounds Schedule 2023-2024
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Speaker |
Title of Talk |
September 13, 2023 |
Michael Shapiro, MD, FACS |
“Professionalism and Entrustable Professional Activities” |
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Frank Traupman, MD, FACS |
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September 20, 2023 |
Patricia Sylla, MD, FACS, FASCRS |
ERIC LAZARO ENDOWED LECTURE |
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Distinguished Visiting Professor |
“Agree to Disagree - Achieving Consensus in the Management of Acute Diverticulitis” |
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September 27, 2023 |
Shaneeta Johnson, MD, MBA, FACS, FASMBS |
“Intersection of Climate Change and Surgery” |
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Distinguished Visiting Professor |
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October 4, 2023 |
Ramazi O. Datiashvili, MD, PhD |
“Introduction to Plastic Surgery” |
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October 11, 2023 |
Lauren Kelly, MD |
“Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine” |
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Jin Kim, MD |
“Liquid Biopsies in Colorectal Cancer” |
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October 18, 2023 |
Eric Whitman, MD, FACS |
“Surgery for Advanced Melanoma in the Era of Effective Systemic Therapy” |
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October 25, 2023 |
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No Grand Rounds -ACS |
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November 1, 2023 |
Arpit Amin, MD |
“Bile Duct Injury” |
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November 8, 2023 |
Elijah Riddle, MD |
“Implementing Competency-Based Training Framework in Vietnam” |
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November 15, 2023 |
Susan Pories, MD, FACS |
“Progress in Breast Cancer Care” |
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November 22, 2023 |
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No Grand Rounds – Holiday |
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November 29, 2023 |
Nisha Narula, MD |
“Hiatal Hernia” |
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December 6, 2023 |
Nina Glass, MD, FACS |
“Medical Student Engagement in Research: My Experience with Summer Students” |
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December 13, 2023 |
Michael Shapiro, MD, FACS |
“Physicians and the Holocaust - Could it (is it) happen(ing) again?” |
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December 20, 2023 |
Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FACS |
"Sparks, Fires and Fiascos" |
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December 27, 2023 |
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No Grand Rounds – Holiday |
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January 3, 2024 |
Steven Ovadia, MD |
“Transgender Plastic Surgery” |
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January 10, 2024 |
Anastasia Kunac, MD, FACS |
“The Value of a Surgical Resident: Asset or Liability?” |
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January 17, 2024 |
Adam Kopelan, MD, FACS |
“You are a Surgeon, Now be a Leader: Leadership 101” |
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January 24, 2024 |
Fatima Elgammal, MD |
“Research Forum” |
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Grace Tsui, MD |
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January 31, 2024 |
Marina S. Kurian, MD, FACS, FASMBS |
“Butterfly Effect of Bariatric Surgery” |
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Distinguished Visiting Professor |
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February 7, 2024 |
Michael Dalton, MD |
“Getting to Zero: Military and Civilian Trauma Systems Approaches to Achieving Preventable Deaths after Injury” |
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February 14, 2024 |
Bao-Ngoc Nasri MD, PhD |
“The Fundamentals of Robotic Surgery” |
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February 21, 2024 |
Jennifer F. Tseng, MD, MPH |
“Open the Door in 2024” |
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Distinguished Visiting Professor |
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February 28, 2024 |
Danbee H. Kim, MD |
"Minimally Invasive Treatments of Gastric Cancer: Lessons Learned From the East" |
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March 6, 2024 |
David Spain, MD |
Joint RWJMS “Surgical Judgement: Can We Teach It” |
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March 13, 2024 |
Patient Safety Joint OR Committee |
"Blood" |
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Michael Shapiro, MD |
“Bloodless Medicine” |
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Christopher Graham, MD |
“Massive Transfusion Protocol” |
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March 20, 2024 |
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No Grand Rounds - Mock Orals |
March 27, 2024 |
Elliot Chaikof, MD, PhD |
CURI ENDOWED LECTURE |
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Distinguished Visiting Professor |
"Thrombosis and Bleeding in the Modern Era" |
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April 3, 2024 |
Leonard Y. Lee, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP |
“Update on Cardiac Surgery” |
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April 10, 2024 |
Kerri M. Woodberry, MD, MBA, FACS |
“Unpacking the Pannus: A Deep Dive into Panniculectomy” |
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PSF Visiting Professor |
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April 17, 2024 |
Yasong Yu, MD |
"Robotic Vascular Surgery - Where We are Today, Where We Might be Tomorrow" |
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April 24, 2024 |
Joe Huang, MD, FACS |
“Are We Appropriately Treating Patients with Lower Extremity Peripheral Arterial Disease?” |
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May 1, 2024 |
Brad Chernock, MD |
“Psychological Skills for High Pressure Situations” |
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Fatemeh Parvin-Nejad, MD |
Innovations in Breast Surgery |
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May 8, 2024 |
Omar Yusef Kudsi, MD, FACS, MBA |
“Robot Ventral Hernia” |
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May 15, 2024 |
Grace S. Lee-Riddle, MD MSME |
“Ethical Issues in Donation for Transplantation” |
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May 22, 2024 |
Fiemu Nwariaku, MD, FACS, MBA |
“Current Concepts in Endocrine Surgery” |
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WHITE COAT CEREMONY |
Grand Rounds Schedule 2022-2023
Date
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(Click on the titles in red to open the recorded video presentations) |
September 14, 2022 |
Maria L. Soto-Greene, MD, MS-HPEd, FACP
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“Implicit Bias & Structural Racism’s Impact On A Diverse Workforce” |
September 21, 2022 |
Ted A. James, MD, MHCM, FACS
Distinguished Visiting Professor
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“Enhancing The Patient Experience in Breast Cancer Care” |
September 28, 2022 |
Joanelle Bailey, MD
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“Trauma: Police Drop Off's” |
October 5, 2022 |
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No Grand Rounds |
October 12, 2022 |
Lawrenda Henry-Willis, MHA
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“AIDET Plus the Promise” |
October 19, 2022 |
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No Grand Rounds |
October 26, 2022 |
Valeria Ripa, MD
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“History of Transplant Surgery” |
| November 2, 2022 |
Saniea F. Majid, MD, FACS, FASMBS
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“Bariatric Surgery: Why Accreditation is Important” |
| November 9, 2022 |
Steven Cai, MD |
“Targeted Muscle Reinnervation” |
| November 16, 2022 |
Devashish Anjaria, MD, FACS
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“The Erosion of Surgical Resident Operative Autonomy-How Do We Stem The Tide?” |
| November 23, 2022 |
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No Grand Rounds – Holiday |
| November 30, 2022 |
Sanjiv Chopra, M.B.B.S., M.A.C.P.
Distinguished Visiting Professor |
“The Two Most Important Days:Reflections on Lasting Happiness and Living with Purpose” |
December 7, 2022 |
Anne C. Mosenthal, MD, FACS, MAMSE
Distinguished Visiting Professor
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PAT MURPHY ENDOWED LECTURE-
“Surgical Palliative Care” |
| December 14, 2022 |
Michael E. Shapiro, MD, FACS
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“Ethics: Surgery after Roe vs. Wade” |
| December 21, 2022 |
Kat Park, MD
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“Topics in MIS” |
| December 28, 2022 |
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No Grand Rounds – Holiday |
| January 4, 2023 |
David Livingston, MD, FACS
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“History of Rutgers Surgery” |
| January 11, 2023 |
Michael A. Curi, MD, MPA
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“Current Therapy for Aortic Injury” |
| January 18, 2023 |
Tamara Fitzgerald, MD, PhD, FACS, FAAP
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“KeyScope: Making Laparoscopy Accessible and Sustainable In Uganda” |
| January 25, 2023 |
Carma Goldstein, MD
Adam Studniarek, MD
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“Trauma/Health Literacy”
“ ERAS Protocols - The Triathlon of Surgery” |
| February 1, 2023 |
KMarie King, MD, MS, MBA, FACS
Distinguished Visiting Professor
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"Topics in HPB Surgery" |
| February 8, 2023 |
Dmitry Oleynikov, MD, FACS |
“Robotic: Next Generation Robotic Surgery” |
| February 15, 2023 |
Philip Lettieri, MD
Matthew Haffner, MD
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“Venom & Fangs: Management of Bites & Stings”
“Review of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Endovascular Aneurysm Repair” |
| February 22, 2023 |
Daniel Hashimoto, MD, MS
Distinguished Visiting Professor |
“Artificial Intelligence for Augmented Decisions in Surgery ” |
| March 1, 2023 |
Liane S. Feldman, MDCM, FACS, FRCS
Distinguished Visiting Professor
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ERIC LAZARO ENDOWED LECTURE-
“Redesigning Perioperative Care: Prehabilitation and Enhanced Recovery Pathways” |
March 8, 2023 |
Alan A. Saber, MD, MS, FACS, FASMBS
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“Minimally Invasive Acute Care Abdominal Surgery” |
| March 15, 2023 |
Vennila Padmanaban, MD
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“Unmet Needs in Global Surgery Oncology” |
| March 22, 2023 |
Ernesto P. Molmenti, MD
Distinguished Visiting Professor
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“History of Surgical Anatomy” |
| March 29, 2023 |
Lauren Kelly, MD
Alexander Byun, MD
Scott Mu, MD
Alvand Sehat, MD
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“Research Forum” |
| April 5, 2023 |
Victor Costa, MD
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“Bariatric Surgery” |
| April 5, 2023 |
Rachel Berger, MD
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“Gender and Dual Physician Families” |
| April 12, 2023 |
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No Grand Rounds – Holiday |
| April 19, 2023 |
Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD, FACS
Distinguished Visiting Professor
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CURI ENDOWED LECTURE-
“Blindside, Darkside and Brightside of the History of Blood” |
| April 26, 2023 |
Abhishek Sharma, MBBS
Huzaifa Shakir, MD, MHA, FACS
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“TAVR: Valvular Heart Disease” |
| May 3, 2023 |
No Grand Rounds-Mock Oral |
No Grand Rounds-Mock Oral |
| May 10, 2023 |
Laura Bloom, MD |
"Leadership In Surgery" |
| May 10, 2023 |
Anand Desai, MD |
"CT Surgery vs. Leadership" |
| May 17, 2023 |
Raul Rosenthal, MD, FASMBS
Distinguished Visiting Professor |
"Technical Management of Intraoperative Complications" |
| May 24, 2023 |
Walter J. Pories, MD, FACS, Colonel MC USA (RET)
Distinguished Visiting Professor |
"How Does Bariatric Surgery Work?" |
