Visiting Professor Series
As part of our commitment to surgical education, the Department of Surgery invites distinguished surgeons as Visiting Professors.
During their two day tenure, each Visiting Professor has a chance to interact closely with our Surgical Residents during their Tuesday case conference, presenting cases relevant to their clinical interest. The following day, they then present at Grand Rounds providing our faculty and residents with the opportunity to gain insight on Visiting Professor's area of expertise.
2010 - 2011 Visiting Professors
February 23, 2011
Instrumental: A Tale of the Tools of our Trade Told in Verse
Jonathan R. Hiatt, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of General Surgery
Vice Chair for Education, Department of Surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
February 16, 2011
Evolution in the treatment of vascular disease
K. Craig Kent, MD
A.R. Curreri Professor
Chairman, Department of Surgery
University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health
December 8, 2010
Surgeons, Innovation, and Industry: Balancing Competing Interests
Mary H. McGrath, MD, MPH
Professor of Surgery - Division of Plastic Surgery
University of California San Francisco
September 29, 2010
The Effect of Comparative Effectiveness Research Directive and Accountable Care Organizations on Clinical Practice
Achilles A. Demetriou, MD, PhD, FACS
Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President
University Hospitals
Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
August 25, 2010
Wrong Side Surgery
Harry C. Sax, MD
Surgeon-in-Chief, The Miriam Hospital
Professor of Surgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
2009 - 2010 Visiting Professors
April 28, 2010
Truth and Truthiness in Surgery
Jeffrey B. Mathews
Dallas B. Phemister Professor of Surgery
Chair, Department of Surgery
University of Chicago Medical Center
March 31, 2010
Update on NOTES
Mark A. Talamini, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chairman, Department of Surgery
University of California, San Diego
March 24, 2010
Defferentiated Thyroid Cancer: What’s New!
Richard Prinz, MD
Helen Shedd Keith Professor and Chairman,
Department of General Surgery,Rush University Medical Center
January 20, 2010
Trauma Room 1 – A Trip Down Memory Lane
Erwin Thal, MD
Professor
Departments of Surgery & Trauma, Burn, Critical Care
Southwestern Medical School
December 9, 2009
A New Radical Proposal for Solving the Shortage of Abdominal Organs for Transplantation
Mark Siegler, MD
Lindy Bergman Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Director, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
University of Chicago Medical Center
November 18, 2009
A Balanced Surgical Life: Myth or Reality?
Layton F. Rikkers, MD
Professor of Surgery
University of Wisconsin, Madison
October 27, 2009
Changing Winds in the Therapy of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Tom R. Demeester, MD
Professor
Chair, Department of Surgery
Jeffrey P. Smith Chair in Surgery
Keck School of Medicine of USC
September 23, 2009
Modern Training in Surgery: The Development of Skill, Intellectual and Human Values
Carlos A. Pellegrini, M.D.
The Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chairman
Chair, Board of Directors; Institute for Surgical and Interventional Simulation (ISIS)
Co-Director, Center for Videoendoscopic Surgery
Co-Director, Swallowing Center
Department of Surgery, University of Washington
2008 - 2009 Visiting Professors
April 22, 2009
Modern Principles and Recent Advances in the Surgical Treatment of Crohn's Disease
Fabrizio Michelassi, MD
Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
Surgeon-in-Chief, New York-Presbyterian Hospital
The Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
March 18, 2009
A Translational Approach to Lung Transplantation
Irving Kron, MD
Chair, Department of Surgery
Division Head, Division of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery
University of Virginia Health System
November 19, 2008
The Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative
Darrel Campbell, MD
Chief of Clinical Affairs at the University of Michigan Health System
Henry King Ransom Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery University of Michigan
October 22, 2008
Does Race/Ethnicity Effect ColoRectal Cancer Patient Survival
Steven Stain, MD
Chair, Department of Surgery
AMC General Surgery Group
October 8, 2008
Morbidity & Mortality in Patients with Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Improving Outcomes with a Modified Approach
Benjamin Starns, MD
Associate Professor; Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery,
Department of Surgery, University of Washington
2007 - 2008 Visiting Professors
Morbidity & Mortality in Patients with Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Improving Outcomes with a Modified Approach
Benjamin Starns, MD
Associate Professor; Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery,
Department of Surgery, University of Washington
The Truth About Morbid Obesity: Pathophysiology and Effects of Treatment
Richard C. Thirlby, MD, FACS
Attending Surgeon, Virginia Mason Medical Center
Surgical Treatment of Neurologic Disease
Larry R. Kaise, MD
John Rhea Barton, Professor, Chair, Department of Surgery, Chief, General Thoracic Surgery
University of Pennsylvania
Thirteen Days in May
David Rosenthal, MD
Atlanta Medical Center, Atlanta Vascular Specialists
The Role of Surgery in the Modern Management of Gastrointestinal Cancer
Mitchell C. Posner, MD
Professor of Surgery, Chief, Surgical Oncology
The University of Chicago
The Surgeon's Role in the Management of Hypertension
Fred A. Weaver, MD
Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
University of Southern California
How Dogs Learn Tricks: Implications for Surgeons
Peter F. Lawrence, MD
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery, Director, Vascular Surgery Residency Program
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Minimally Invasive GI Surgery: Past, Present & Future
Nathaniel J. Soper, MD
Professor - Chair, Gastrointestinal and Endocrine Surgery
Northwestern University
Molecular Basis for the Pathogenesis of Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Henri R. Ford, MD
Vice-President and Surgeon-in-Chief, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Professor of Surgery and Vice Chair, University of Southern California/Keck School of Medicine
80 Hour Work Week: Myths and Realities
Myriam Curet, MD
Professor of Surgery, Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Stanford University School of Medicine
