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August 2, 2010
"Initial Management of the Injured Patient Part 1"
Clay Cothren Burlew, MD, FACS Associate Professor, Director, SICU, Program Director, Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Fellowship - Denver Health Medical Center
August 2, 2010
"Initial Management of the Injured Patient Part II"
Clay Cothren Burlew, MD, FACS Associate Professor, Director, SICU, Program Director, Trauma & Acute Care Surgery Fellowship - Denver Health Medical Center
August 9, 2010
"Shock, Hemodynamics, Monitoring"
Joshua Goldberg, MD - Assistant Professor, GI, Tumor & Endocrine Surgery
Resident Debate - Optimal Drugs for ICU Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis
PPI - Ed Jones, MD vs All Others - Teresa Jones, MD
August 16, 2010
"Surviving Sepsis"
Robert McIntyre, Jr., MD - Professor, GI, Tumor & Endocrine Surgery/Medical Director, SICU
Resident Debate - Optimal Treatment of Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis
Conventional - James Cromie, MD vs Minimally Invasive/IR - Matthew Fox, MD
August 23, 2010
"Airway Management"
Jim Haenel, RRT - Critical Care Specialist, Department of Surgery - Denver Health Medical Center
August 23, 2010
"Principles of Mechanical Ventilation"
Jeff Johnson, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery/Associate Director, Department of Surgery - Denver Health Medical Center
August 30, 2010
"Preventing Surgical Infections"
Walter Biffl, MD FACS- Professor of Surgery/Assistant Director, Patient Quality & Safety - Denver Health Medical Center
Resident Debate - Bowel Prep for Colon/Rectal Operations
Valuable - Nicole Nadlonek, MD vs Overrated - Emily Speer, MD
September 13, 2010
"Pathogenesis of AAA"
William Pearce, MD - Professor of Vascular Surgery/Medical Director, Vascular Laboratory - Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Resident Debate - Critical Limb Ischemia
Open - Traci Kimball, MD vs Endovascular - Franklin Wright, MD
September 20, 2010
"Brain Resuscitation"
Robert Neumann, MD PhD - Assistant Professor/Director, Neuro ICU
Resident Debate - Optimal Nutritional Support
Standard Enteral Diet - Seth Tebockhorst, MD vs Specific Amino Acid Enhanced Diet - Marshall Bell, MD
September 27, 2010 - Alan Hopeman Lectureship
"Artificial Lung: A New Inspiration"
Joseph B. Zwischenberger, MD - Chairman, Department of Surgery - University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Resident Debate - ECMO is the Treatment of Choice for ARDS
Pro - Ashok Babu, MD vs Con - Sagar Damle, MD
October 11, 2010
"Life Threatening Infections, Antibiotic Resistance and Antibiotic Selection"
Frederic Pieracci, MD MPH - Fellow, Trauma & Acute Care Surgery - Denver Health Medical Center
Resident Debate - Prophylactic Antibiotics in Severe Acute Pancreatitis
Valuable - Karen Lo, MD vs Unnecessary Dangerous - John Stringham, MD
October 18, 2010
"What the General Surgeon Needs to Know About Hand Surgery"
Michael Gordon, MD - Assistant Professor and Division Head, Hand Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Surgical Case Conference - "Hands"
Vassilis Siomos, MD and Thea Price, MD
October 25, 2010
"The Future of Simulation and Surgical Education"
Richard M. Satava, MD FACS - Professor of Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center
Resident Debate - Shift Work, the 80 Hour Work Week and Surgical Education
Good - Kirsten Wennermark, MD vs Bad - Jeremy Hedges, MD
November 1, 2010
"Adrenal Apoplexy"
Robert McIntyre, Jr., MD - Professor of Surgery / Medical Director, SICU
Resident Debate - Screening for MRSA and Other Drug Resistant Species
Valuable - Kaitlyn Gilman, MD vs Overrated - Thomas Pshak, MD
November 8, 2010
"Controversies in Post-Injury Hemostasis"
Ernest Moore, MD FACS FCCM FACN - Chief of Surgery and Trauma Services, Denver Health Medical Center
Resident Debate - Recombinant Clotting Factors
Valuable - David Mauchley, MD vs Dangerous - Ann Kulungowski, MD
November 15, 2010
"Principles of Cancer Surgery in the Molecular Age"
Martin McCarter, MD - Associate Professor of Surgery, GI Tumor and Endocrine Surgery
Resident Debate - Whipple Operation for Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas
Valuable - R. Taylor Ripley, MD vs Overrated - Gregg Marshall, MD
November 22, 2010
"Bariatric Surgery Update"
Jonathan Schoen, MD - Assistant Professor of Surgery / Director, Surgical Weight Loss Clinic
Resident Debate - Sleeve Gastrectomy
Valuable - Rebecca Vogel, MD vs Dangerous - John Eun, MD
December 6, 2010
"Fundamentals of Electrosurgery"
Tom Robinson, MD - Associate Professor of Surgery / Medical Director, Center for Surgical Innovation
Resident Debate - Surgical Jeopardy (Round 1)
December 13, 2010
"Prognostic and Predictive Tests in Colorectal Cancer"
Wells Messersmith, MD - Associate Professor of Surgery - Medical Oncology
Resident Debate - Neoadjuvant Therapy for Rectal Cancer
Valuable - Doug Benson, MD vs Overrated - Miral Sadaria, MD
December 20, 2010
"Translating Metastasis Biology into Cancer Therapy"
Dan Theodorescu, MD PhD - Professor of Surgery and Pharmacology
Resident Debate - Surgical Jeopardy (Round 2)
December 27, 2010 and January 3, 2011 - No Surgery Grand Rounds
Holiday Break
January 10, 2011
"Hereditary Breast Cancer"
Nicole Kounalakis, MD - Assistant Professor of Surgery - GI, Tumor and Endocrine Surgery
Resident Debate - Genetic Testing for Familial Cancer Syndromes
Pro - Theresa Chin, MD vs Con - Travis Walker, MD
January 17, 2011 - No Surgery Grand Rounds - Holiday
January 24, 2011
"Surgical Site Infections and Surgical Care Improvement Project: Are SCIP Process Measures Related to Assuring Quality Outcomes in Surgery"
Michael Salem, MD - President and CEO, National Jewish Hospital
Resident Debate - Surgical Jeopardy (Round 3)
January 31, 2011 - Schultz Lectureship
"Surgeons and Interventional Endoscopy"
Lee Swanstrom, MD - Director, Legacy Institute of Surgical Education, Portland Oregon
Resident Debate - Use of Mesh in Repair of Hiatal Hernia
Valuable - Erik Peltz, MD vs Dangerous - Robert Powell, MD
February 7, 2011
"Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction: A General Surgeon's Perspective"
Michael J. Rosen, MD - Associate Professor of Surgery - Director, Case Comprehensive Hernia Center
Case Medical Center / Case Western Reserve University
Resident Debate - Laparoscopic vs Open Repair of Incisional Hernia
Laparoscopic - Maria Albuja-Cruz, MD vs Open - Sarah Judkins, MD
February 14, 2011 - Fox Lectureship
"Surgical Training: Pros and Cons of Duty Hours Limitations"
L.D. Britt, MD MPH - President, American College of Surgeons & Brickhouse Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery of Eastern Virginia Medical School
Resident Debate - Affordable Health Care Act: Good or Bad for Surgeons?
Good - Jeff Harr, MD vs Bad - Jessica Yu, MD
February 21, 2011 - No Surgery Grand Rounds - President's Holiday
February 28, 2011
"Integrative Cancer Genomics: From Mouse to Man"
Wael El Rifai, MD PhD; Professor of Surgery & Cancer Biology; Vanderbilt University Medical Center
"Lynch Syndrome is Woefully Under-Recognized - The Solution: A Collaboration Between Surgeons, Pathologists and Genetic Counselors
Dennis Ahnen, MD; Professor of Gastroenterology & Lisen Axell, MS (Cancer Prevention & Control)
March 7, 2011 - Henry Swan Lectureship
"Damage Control Resuscitation: History and Current Status"
David B. Hoyt, MD FACS; Executive Director, American College of Surgeons
Resident Debate - Hypertonic Saline for Resuscitation
Valuable - Angela Gilliam, MD vs Unproven - Max Wohlauer, MD
March 14, 2011
"Management of Complicated Enterocutaneous Fistulas"
Christopher Raeburn, MD; Assistant Professor Surgery - GI, Tumor and Endocrine Surgery
Resident Debate - The VAC and New-Fangles Strategies for Wound Management
Valuable - James Wood, MD vs Worthless - John James, MD
March 21, 2011
"Surgical Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children"
Jacob Langer, MD; Division Head, General Surgery; SickKids Hospital in Toronto
Resident Debate - Which is Better for Ulcerative Colitis?
Straight Pull-Through - Jon Roach, MD vs Ileo-Anal Pouch - Stephanie Jones, MD
March 28, 2011
"Issues in Infection Control"
Michelle Barron, MD; Assistant Professor - Infectious Diseases Division
Resident Debate - Chlorhexidine/Alcohol vs. All Other Skin Preps for Prevention of SSI
Chlorhexidine/Alcohol - Arek Wiktor, MD vs All Others - Joon Lee, MD
April 4, 2011
"Do We Need Radiotherapy in Pancreatic Cancer?"
David Raben, MD; Professor, Radiation Oncology - Cancer Center
Resident Debate - Radiotherapy +- Chemotherapy for Rectal Cancer
Valuable - Shannon Acker, MD vs Overrated - Megan Anderson, MD
April 11, 2011
"Ethical Issues in Perioperative DNR Patients"
Jean Abbott, MD MH; Professor Emerita, Emergency Medicine
Resident Debate - "If We Don't Ration Healthcare, the System Will Go Broke"
Yes - Daniela Botolin, MD vs No - Melissa Garrett, MD
April 18, 2011
"Surgical Education in the 21st Century - How to Provide Optimal Feedback and Assessment"
Eva Aagaard, MD; Associate Chair, SOM General Internal Medicine
Resident Debate - "See One, Do One, Teach One"
Valuable - Daine Bennett, MD vs Dangerous - Lisa Foley, MD
April 25, 2011
"A Current Update in Transplantation"
Igal Kam, MD; Professor & Division Head of Transplant Surgery
Michael Zimmerman, MD; Assistant Professor of Transplant Surgery
Resident Debate - "Surgery/RFA, etc. vs. Transplant for Hepatocellular Cancer"
Surgery - Eduardo Gonzalez, MD vs Transplant - Stephen Sharpe, MD
May 2, 2011
"Pheochromocytoma"
Robert McIntyre, Jr., MD; Professor of Surgery - GI, Tumor and Endocrine Surgery
Eiseman Research Awards - Resident Oral Presentations
Jeff Harr, MD - The Acute Coagulopathy of Trauma is Due to Impaired Initial Thrombin Generation but not Clot Formation or Clot Strength
R. Taylor Ripley, MD -Liver Resection or Ablation for Metastatic Adrenocortical Carcinoma
James Wood, MD - Contemporary Pediatric Splenectomy: Indications, Operative Approaches and Clinical Outcomes
Max Wohlauer, MD - Proteomic Analysis of Human Mesenteric Lymph
May 9, 2011
"Current Approaches to Patients with Thyroid Nodules"
Bryan Haugen, MD; Professor of Medicine and Pathology & Division Head of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes
Resident Debate - "Surgery for Gastrinoma"
Valuable - Lauren Wilson, MD vs Futile - Jeniann Yi, MD
May 16, 2011
"Current Treatment of Common Anorectal Disorders"
Kevin Rothchild, MD; Assistant Professor of Surgery - GI, Tumor and Endocrine Surgery
Resident Report on International Electives in Surgery
James Cromie, MD; Jeremy Hedges, MD;Franklin Wright, MD
May 23, 2011
"How it is Made: The American Board of Thoracic Surgery Examination"
Mark S. Allen, MD; Professor of Thoracic and General Surgery - Mayo Clinic; Rochester, MN
Resident Debate - "Intentional Limited Resection for Early Stage Lung Cancer"
Pro - Sagar Damle, MD vs Con - Ashok Babu, MD
END OF ACADEMIC YEAR