Department of Surgery

General Surgery Grand Rounds are held live (schedule below); videos of the lectures are also archived online.

Attendees may obtain individual attendance reports via the UPMC CCEHS website on a quarterly basis. Click “View Credit Transcript” and follow the prompts. When entering attendee information, please only enter the last name and social security number. Do not enter dates in the date fields. If you have any difficulty accessing a CME transcript, please call (412) 647-8232. 

General Surgery Grand Rounds

The Future of Surgical Research

Resident Presentations, 7:00-8:00am
Anthony Lewis, MD: "Treatment of Recurrent Carotid Stenosis"
Shaun Siow, MD: “Management of Anastomotic Aneurysms” 

Main Lecture, 8:00-9:00am
Presenter: K. Craig Kent, MD, Dean, College of Medicine; Vice President For Health Sciences; Leslie H. and Abigail S. Wexner Dean’s Chair in Medicine, The Ohio State University

2019 Donald Blechman Lecture in Surgical Oncology: The Evolving Understanding of Regional Lymph Nodes in Surgical Oncology

Resident Presentations, 7- 8:00 am

  • “Systemic Therapy for High-Risk Cutaneous Melanoma: Progress and Future Directions,” Stacy Kowalsky, MD
  • “Seeing is Believing: The Emerging Promise of TIL Therapy in Uveal Melanoma," Caroline Rieser, MD

Main Lecture, 8- 9:00 am

Guest Lecturer: Daniel G. Coit, MD, Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College

For more information, contact: Maureen Hewko, MBA, 412-623-5993