Presentations from 2023
Unique Challenges in Surgical Treatment of Patients with Infective Endocarditis Due to Drug Use, Arnar Geirsson, MD
Proficiency in Surgery: We Don't Know What It Is, But We Know It When We See It, Keyur Patel, MD
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Navigating a Crowded Space, Lindsay Lynch, MD
Endovascular or Open? The Ongoing Debate in the Management of CLTI, Prashanth Palvannan, MD, MPH
Microaggressions and Implicit Bias in Surgical Training, Lisa A. Bevilacqua, MD
Composite Tissue Allotransplantation, Adrienne Christopher, MD
Therapeutic Care Goals: Is Attaching Concordance Among Providers and Patients Possible?, Timothy M. Pawlik, MD, PhD, MPH, MTS, MBA
The Transplant Landscape: A Global Perspective, Peter Altshuler, MD
Patient Blood Management: Essentials in the Perioperative Patient, Aryeh Shander, MD, FCCM, FCCP. FASA
Surgical Innovations in the Treatment of Aortic Aneurysm, Babak Abai, MD, FACS, FSVS
Application of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Surgery, John Eisenbrey, PhD and George Koenig, DO
Colorectal Cancer: Update on Mismatch Repair Deficient Tumors, Andrew Morgan, MD
Contemporary Management of Type B Aortic Dissections, Michael Nooromid, MD
Vascular Medicine Potpourri, Geno J. Merli, MD
Presentations from 2022
A Focus on Feedback, Olugbenga Okusanya, MD, FACS
Evolution of Esophageal Cancer Surgery, Nathaniel R. Evans III, MD, FACS, FCCP
Fixing Problems that Bother You in Healthcare, Michael J. Englesbe, MD
Taking Advantage of How Adults Learn, David Powell, MD
Surgical Lifeline: A Surgeon's Framework for the Unplanned Intraoperative Consultation, Francesco Palazzo, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Acute Support: Impella Temporary LVAD System and ECMO, Howard T. Massey, MD
An Einstein Medical Center-TJUH Care Evaluation of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Stanton B. Miller, MD, MPH, FACS
Examining the Root Causes of Surgical Complications Through the Lens of the Microbiome, John C. Alverdy, MD, FACS, FSIS
Management of Open Abdomen, Anirudh Kohli, MD, FACS
Postoperative Gastric Point of Care Ultrasound - New Technology/New Utility, Benjamin Phillips, MD, FACS, FASCRS
CODE RED: Battling the Plague of Gun Violence, Charles J. Yeo, MD, FACS
Paraesophageal Hernia, Olugbenga Okusanya, MD, FACS
Disparities and Outcome Research in Cancer: What? How? Why?, Alliric I. Willis, MD, MSPH, FACS
Defining Better in Surgery: Clinical Trials In Surgical Technique, Richard Zheng
The Evolution of Thoracic Surgery and its' Endoscopic Adjuncts, Nkosi Alvarez
Ergonomics and the Modern Surgeon, Thomas O'Malley
An Evolution in the Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, Alicja Zalewski, MD
The Surgeon's Laboratory, Joel D. Cooper, MD
The Evolution of Breast Surgery, Steven Woodward, MD
Mentorship in Surgery, Courtney L. Devin
Trauma Survivorship, David H. Livingston, MD, FACS
Translational Investigation: Asking the Right Questions, Wilbur Bowne and Adam E. Snook
Open Posterior Component Separation and Transversus Abdominis Release in Ventral Hernia Repair, Andrew Newman, MD
Ethics of Thoracic Organ Transplantation in Donation After Cardiac Death (DCD), John Entwistle, MD, PhD
5th of November Fire Disaster Sierra Leone, William B. Hughes, MD
Presentations from 2021
Case of the Prolonged INR and Spinal Surgery, Geno J. Merli, MD
Breast Cancer Management in the Elderly Patient, Kristin L. Brill, MD, FACS
Tomorrow, Tomorrow... Always a Day Away, Ashesh P. Shah, MD
Endoscopic robotic mitral valve repair with percutaneous cannulation - Time to level up, T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA
COVID-19: The Safety Moment of Modern Healthcare, Jonathan Gleason, MD
Large Bowel Obstruction, Gerald A. Isenberg, MD
A Video is Worth a Thousand Operative Notes, Justin B. Dimick, MD, MPH
Current Practices in Rib Fixation, David Lapham, DO
Department of Surgery Town Hall Meeting, Charles Yeo, MD
White Coat Ceremony - Keynote Address, Charles Yeo, MD
Genealogy of the Department of Surgery: A History Lesson from 1824 to the Present, Charles Yeo, MD
Programmatic Approach to Cardiac Surgery in Patients with Advanced Ventricular Dysfunction: A Paradigm Shift to Myocardial Recovery, Edward Soltesz, MD, MPH
Dynamic Duo: Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Adam S. Bodzin, MD and Hien Dang, PhD
Staring down the barrel: The past and future of transanal Total Mesorectal Excision (taTME), Robert Kucejko, MD, MS, MBA
CRIS + HIPEC: Evolving Treatment Paradigm for Peritoneal Surface Malignancies, Wilbur B. Bowne, MD
Limb Salvage vs. Amputation for Complex Lower Extremity Injuries, Geoff Kozak, MD
Evolution of the JClub, Paul DiMuzio, MD, MBA
The Office of the Surgeon General and the Two Surgeons who Have Held the Role, Marisa A. Joel, BA
Sepsis in 2020: "Early Recognition and Treatment", David F. Gaieski, MD, FACEP, FCCM
Reforming Surgical Education in the 21st Century, Stephen Gadomski, MD
Back to the Future: Secrets to Success in Academic Surgery, Ronald L. Dalman, MD
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