Presentations from 2021
The Evolution of Breast Imaging, Susanna M. Nazarian, MD, PhD, FACS
Stem Cells in General Surgery, Ellen M. Caparosa, MD
Endoflip (The Endoluminal Functional Lumen Imaging Probe), Zachary Callahan, MD
Dynamic Duo Presentation: Targeting Defects In DNA Damage Response In Pancreatic Cancer, Harish Lavu, MD, FACS and Aditi Jain, PhD
A brief history of aortic aneurysm repair, Michael Nooromid, MD
Strategies for and Practical Issues in Nutrition Support of Critically Ill Patients, Jessica Latona, MD
Expanding Access to Transplant using Organs from Donors with Hepatitis C, Jaime M. Glorioso, MD
Rethinking the Role of Bariatric Surgery: Who Is A Candidate in 2021?, Talar Tatarian, MD
MRI Guided Radiation Therapy (MRgRT) As Transformative Technology, Maria Werner-Wasik, MD, FASTRO
Colon Cancer Screening: Past, Present and an Interesting Future, Benjamin Philllips, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Multimodality Therapy for Esophageal Cancer: Current and Future State, Tyler Grenda, MD
Presentations from 2020
TAVR Update, John Entwistle, MD, PhD
Residency Recruitment: Changes and Challenges, Karen A. Chojnacki, MD, FACS
Advances in Breast Cancer Treatment, Stefania E. Nolano, DO, FACOS, FACS
Preventing Blood Failure in Trauma Patients, George Koenig, DO, FACS
Surgical Science: Can Be Done, Should Be Done, Dorry Segev, MD PhD
Dynamic Duo: A New Spin on Treatment for Strategies for Heart Failure, Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili and Amy Throckmorton
On Point, Scott W. Cowan, MD
Jefferson Strategic Ventures: An Update, Rajesh Aggarwal
Donahue Lecture, Steven Strasberg
Palliative Medicine Consultation Trigger in the Surgical ICU, John Liantonio, MD, MBA, HMDC and Joshua A. Marks, MD, FACS
Teaching Primer for Clinicians, Nina Mingioni, MD, FACP
Nina Braunwald, MD (1928-1992), Emily J. Papai, MS4
Clinical Documentation Improvement Program: Common CC/MCC & Top Queries For Surgery, Charles Yeo, MD
Department of Surgery: Year in Review & Town Hall, Charles Yeo, MD
Surgical Endoscopy in 2020: Managing Old Problems in New Ways, Megan Lundgren, MD
Management of Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease, Dawn M. Salvatore, MD, FACS
Physician Wellness: Where are we and where are we headed?, Brock Hewitt, MD
Reconstruction of Lower Extremity Trauma, Matthew Jenkins, MD
Gibbon Portrait Unveiling, Charles J. Yeo, MD
Futurology and Surgery, Kulvir Nandra, MD
Total Neoadjuvant Therapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer, Jonathan Stem, MD
Carotid Artery Revascularization, Dawn Salvatore, MD
Robotic Thoracic Surgery, Nathaniel R. Evans III, MD
Department of Surgery Town Hall, Charles Yeo, MD; Francesco Palazzo, MD; Andrea DelMastro; Kelly Austin; Alliric Willis, MD; Ernest Rosato, MD; and Karen Chojnacki, MD
Current Management of the Axilla in the Treatment of Breast Cancer, Melissa Lazar, MD, FACS
Updates in Pre-Admission Testing, Catriona Harrop, MD, FACP, SFHM
Evaluations of Surgical Faculty and Housestaff by Students: Using Evaluations to Improve the Learning Environment, John Spandorfer, MD
Operative Management of Liver Injury, Murray Cohen
Making it Real: Clinical 3D Printing and Surgical Planning at Jefferson, Robert S. Pugliese
Bariatric Update: SADI-S Single Anastomosis Duodenoileal Bypass with Sleeve Gastrectomy, Renee Tholey, MD
Presentations from 2019
Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation for Chronic GERD, Francesco Palazzo, MD, FACS
Ethics, Science, and Medical Apartheid - Six Lessons from History, Robert Perkel, MD
8th Annual Philip E. Donahue MD Lectureship in Benign Gastrointestinal Disease: Surgery for Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors, Charles Yeo, MD
Patient Centered Critical Care: A SWOT Analysis, Karyn L. Butler, MD
Department of Surgery Recent Past & Future Town Hall, Charles Yeo, MD
Practice, Policy, Public Reporting, & Patient Engagement: Learning from the Venous Thromboembolism Example, Elliott R. Haut, MD, PhD, FACS
A Swan Song: Advances in Hemodynamic Monitoring, Jessica Latona, MD
Current Trends in Minimally Invasive Surgery, and the Impact Upon Surgical Training, Andrew Brown, MD
Appendicitis in 2019, Allison A. Aka, MD
How low can we go? In search of the transfusion threshold in neonates undergoing surgery, Katerina Dukleska, MD
Management of Diverticulitis in 2019, David McKeown, MD
Morbidity and Mortality Committee: How We Forgive and Remember in 2019, Adam P. Johnson, MD, MPH
Code Red: Battling the Plague of Gun Violence, Charles Yeo, MD
Massive Transfusions: A Historical Review and Discussion of Contemporary Practice, Ehyal Shweiki, MD, MS, FACS
The Modern Mastectomy, Theodore N. Tsangaris, MD
Robotic Hernia Surgery, Roy Sandau, MD
Presentations from 2018
Joeann Guthrey Taylor Fraser: Trailblazing Nurse in a New Profession, Charles A. Rowland, MSN, CRNP and Joanne P. Formicola, RN
The 8th Annual Lady Grace Revere Osler Lecture: The Importance of Handoffs, Scott W. Cowan, MD
Reversal Agents for DOACs: Integration into Clinical Practice, Geno J. Merli, MD, MACP, FSVM, FHM
7th Annual Philip E. Donahue MD Lectureship in Benign Gastrointestinal Diseases: Controversies in Paraesophageal Hernia Repair, Aurora D. Pryor, MD, FACS
TJUH Department of Surgery Opioid Reduction Toolkit, Megan Lundgren, MD
Two Giants: W.W. Keen and John Chalmers DaCosta, Charles Yeo, MD, FACS
EOLIA Trial: ECMO in Lung Injury for ARDS, Nicholas C. Cavarocchi, MD, FACS, FCCP
Mindfulness and the Power of Awareness, Michael Weinstein, MD, MBE, MPH
Department of Surgery Town Hall Meeting, Charles Yeo, MD
William Stewart Halsted: Our Surgical Legacy, John L. Cameron, M.D.
Innovation in the Treatment of the Thoracic Aorta and Dissection, Allan Stewart, MD, FACS, FACC
GENERATION 5 High Sensitivity Troponin, John Entwistle, MD, PhD
Clinical Database to Prospective Clinical Trial - A 'New' Paradigm for Bench to Bedside?, Adam C. Berger, MD, FACS
2018 John H. Gibbon Jr. Lecture: Cancer Clinical Trials - A Surgeon's Perspective, Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD
Historical Vignette: Gerald J. Marks, M.D., FACS - Founder of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), Theresa Yeo, PhD, MPH, ACNP
How to Leverage Social Media to Disseminate Science, Promote Public Health, and Build Your Professional Network, Heather Logghe, MD
Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Pheochromocytoma, Quan-Yang Duh, MD
An Overview of Research Programs at the Jefferson Center of Injury Research and Prevention with Program Showcase in Commercial Driver Fatigue, Stanton Miller, MD, MPH, FACS
General Surgery Residents Have Never Been Better, Amy J. Goldberg MD
Departmental Update: The Best of 2017 & On to 2018, Charles Yeo
Optimizing the Patient for Surgery: 2018 Update, Geno J. Merli
Presentations from 2017
Genealogy of the Department of Surgery: A History Lesson from 1824 to 1882, Charles Yeo
Therapy of Abdominal Adhesions, Joel Rosenbloom MD
Burn Management, William Hughes MD
Innovation, Health Systems and Patient Care, Rajesh Aggarwal, MD, PhD, FRCS, FACS
American College of Surgeons: National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, Scott W. Cowan, MD
7th Annual Lady Grace Revere Osler Lecture in Surgical Quality: "Future Quality: The Training of the Surgeon-Revisited", John L. Tarpley, MD, FWACS, FACS
Complex Perianal and Perineal Fistulas: A Look at the Past, Present, and Future, Jonathan E. Efron, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Randomized Controlled Trials in Surgery: History, Utility and Examples, Charles Yeo, MD, FACS
Department of Surgery: The Year in Review and Integration 2.0 (2016-2017 The last week of the fiscal year), Charles Yeo, MD, FACS
Have you created your database yet?, Emanuel Okolo
Templeton Grand Rounds: Mitral Valve Surgery for Functional MR, Michael Acker, MD
Overlapping Surgery in 2017: Understanding the Debate and What's Next, Patrick S. Buckley, MD, PGY-5
Statistics for Surgeons, Jordan M. Winter
Translational Cancer Research: The Surgeon's Role, Jeffrey A. Drebin, MD, PhD
How to Initiate a Research Project AND Follow Through, Jonathan Brody, PhD and Katerina Dukleska, MD
Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction from A to Z, Michael J. Rosen, MD, FACS
Trauma Care Within an Integrated Health Care System-A Paradigm Shift in the New Era of Health Care Reform, Orlando C. Kirton, MD, FACS, MCCM, FCCP, MBA
Surgeon Wellness, Michael S. Weinstein, MD, MBE, FACS, FCCM
Recommendations for Improved Patient Throughput in Surgery (How do we improve patient and surgeon satisfaction?) White Paper Part XII, Charles J. Yeo, MD, FACS and Florence Williams
Department of Surgery Town Hall Meeting, Charles Yeo, MD, FACS
Turning a Clinical Dilemma into a Research Project: Clinical Research at Jefferson, David J. Whellan, MD, MHS
Evolving Paradigms in Aortic Dissection Management, Grayson H. Wheatley, III, MD
