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.
RESIDENT PRESENTATIONS - 7-8 am
“Surgical Rescue and Complications of Peptic Ulcer Disease” - Stephanie Downs-Canner, MD
“Choledocholithiasis a Surgical Problem? Are We Prepared?” - Mostafa Ramadan, MD
LECTURE - 8-9 am
"Duty Hours, Professionalism, and the Clinical Learning Environment"
Speaker: Steven Stain, MD, Professor of Surgery; Henry and Sally Schaffer Chair, Department of Surgery, AMC General Surgery Group
RESIDENT PRESENTATIONS - 7-8 am
Tony Lewis, MD
Jason Luciano, MD
LECTURE - 8-9 am
Speaker: Steven K. Libutti, MD, FACS, Director, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey; Vice Chancellor for Cancer Programs, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences; Senior Vice President, Oncology Services, RWJ Barnabas Health; Professor, Department of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
RESIDENT PRESENTATIONS - 7-8 am
Mustapha Daoudi, MD
Jesse Guardado, MD
LECTURE - 8-9 am
Speaker: Alessandro Fichera, MD, FACS, FASCRS, Professor and Section Chief of Gastrointestinal Surgery; Director, Colorectal Surgery Program, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center
RESIDENT PRESENTATIONS - 7-8 am
Kellie Cunningham, MD: “IBD-Associated Colorectal Cancer: A Necessary Healthcare Pursuit”
Dirk van der Windt, MD, PhD: “Decision-Making in Advanced Colon Cancer”
LECTURE - 8-9 am
Speaker: Gregory D. Kennedy, MD, PhD, John H. Blue Chair of General Surgery; Professor and Director, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Intern Applicant Day Lecture: "Pediatric Trauma: Small Patients...Big Problems"
Speaker: Barbara Gaines, MD
Speaker: Melissa E. Hogg, MD, MS
RESIDENT PRESENTATIONS - 7-8 am
“Management of the Infected Aorta”
Karim Salem, MD
“Graft Thrombosis: Continued Challenge in Vascular Surgery”
Luka Pocivavsek, MD, PhD
LECTURE - 8-9 am
"Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in High-performance Athletes"
Speaker: Karl Illig, MD, Professor of Surgery; Director, Division of Vascular Surgery; Associate Chair, Faculty Development and Mentoring, USF Morsani College of Medicine
Speaker: Timothy R. Billiar, MD
Master Surgeon Lecture Series
"General Surgery as a Specialty: Too Big to Fail"
Speaker: Brian Zuckerbraun, MD, FACS