Grand Rounds Conference

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Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

OHSU School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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2018-2019 Grand Rounds Schedule

July 2, 2018 | 7:15 - 8 a.m. | "Extent of Initial Surgery for Type A Dissection in Patients with Marfan Syndrome: Where to Start and When to Stop" | Yuriy Dudiy, M.D., Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow, Department of Surgery, OHSU

July 9, 2018 | 7:15 - 8 a.m. | "Surgery vs. Chemotherapy as Initial Treatment for Resectable Colorectal Liver Metastasis" | Benjamin Johnston, M.D. and Jennifer Pasko, M.D., Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Fellows, Department of Surgery, OHSU

July 16, 2018 | 7:15 - 8 a.m. | "Colorectal Myths and Legends: Demystifying Diverticulitis" | Maria Kiely, M.D., Colorectal Surgery Fellow, OHSU

July 23, 2018 | 7:15 - 8 a.m. | "The Future of Acute Care Surgery: Debate on Fellowship Training" | Mary Condron, M.D., Ruben Burbank, M.D., Richard Miskimins, M.D., Jerry Wang, M.D., Surgical Critical Care Fellows, OHSU

July 30, 2018 | Cancelled

August 6, 2018 | 7:15 - 8 a.m. | Department of Surgery Faculty Development led by Karen Brasel, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.

August 13, 2018 | 7:15 - 8 a.m. | Department of Surgery Faculty Development led by Karen Brasel, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.

August 20, 2018 | Cancelled

August 27, 2018 | Cancelled

September 3, 2018 | Cancelled for Labor Day

September 10, 2018 | "State of the Department" | Ken Azarow, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., Helen B. Tracy Professor of Pediatric Surgery and Interim Chair, Department of Surgery, OHSU; Surgeon-in-Chief, Doernbecher Children's Hospital

September 17, 2018 | TRUNKEY LECTURE | "The One October Shooting in Las Vegas" | John Fildes, M.D., Chair of Surgery, University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Medicine

September 24, 2018 | "Life After the Trauma Alert - The Hidden Long-Term Morbidity and Mortality After Injury" | Mackenzie Cook, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

October 1, 2018 | "An Expanding Role of Radiation Therapy at the Multidisciplinary Round-Table Discussion and Management of Patients with Solid Tumors" | Timur Mitin, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Medicine, OHSU

October 8, 2018 | "Venous Thrombosis Update" | Thomas Deloughery, M.D., M.A.C.P., F.A.W.M., Professor of Medicine, Pathology and Pediatrics, Divisions of Hematology/Oncology and Laboratory Medicine, OHSU

October 15, 2018 | RESEARCH FAIR I | Belinda McCully, Ph.D., Research Resident Director, and Bruce Wolfe, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.M.B.S., Vice-Chair for Research

October 22, 2018 | Cancelled for ACS Clinical Congress

October 29, 2018 | "A New Formula for Liver Surgery: R1vasc+CV=∞. A Hepatectomies Multiplier" | Guido Torzilli, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Director, Division of Hepatobiliary and General Surgery, Humanitas University School of Medicine, Milan, Italy

November 5, 2018 | "Percutaneous Portal Diversion Techniques" | Khashayar Farsad, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Interventional Radiology, Director of Research, Charles T. Dotter Department of Interventional Radiology, OHSU

November 12, 2018 | 7 - 8 a.m. | Professionalism Week | "Speak for Yourself: The Wisdom of Preparing an Occupational Living Will" | Kirk R. Daffner, M.D., F.A.A.N., Chief, Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, Director, Center for Brain/Mind Medicine, J. David and Virginia Wimberly Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

November 19, 2018 KRIPPAEHNE LECTURE | "The Education of the Modern Learner" | P.J. Schenarts, M.D., F.A.C.S., Professor of Surgery and Vice Chairman for Academic Affairs, Chief of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency General Surgery, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska

November 26, 2018 | "Delivering on the Promise of Personalized Medicine" | Gordon Mills, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Precision Oncology, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

December 3, 2018 | "External Iliac Arteriopathy in High-Performance Athletes" | Amani Politano, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

December 10, 2018 | RESEARCH FAIR II | Belinda McCully, Ph.D., Research Resident Director, and Bruce Wolfe, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.M.B.S., Vice-Chair for Research

December 17, 2018 | "The Impact of Weight Bias on Patients with Obesity" | Arghavan Salles, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

December 24, 2018 | "The Goat Rodeo: Ruminations on Surgical Misadventure" | Evan Geller, M.D., F.A.C.S., Director of Surgery, Long Island Physician Associates, Associate Professor of Surgery, University Hospital at Stony Brook, New York, Governor (fmr), American College of Surgeons

December 31, 2018 | "Robotic Surgery at OHSU: Past, Present and Future" | Douglas Khoury, M.D., FACS, FASCRS, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

January 7, 2019 | "Medical Legal Partnerships: Better Health Through Legal Advocacy" | Seth Wainer, J.D., M.P.H., Director of Administration and Finance, Medical-Legal Partnership of Oregon; Laura Russell, J.D., Director of Policy and Operations, Medical Legal Partnership of Oregon; Ishak Elkhal, M.D., OHSU Family Medicine Resident.

January 14, 2019 | "The Different Faces of Plastic Surgery: Reconciling our History with the Present so We Can Determine our Future" | Mark Urata, M.D., D.D.S., Audrey Skirball Kenis Endowed Chair and Chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif.

January 21, 2019 | Cancelled for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

January 28, 2019 | "Operative Efficiency and Surgical Education in the Environment of Value-Based Healthcare" | Ahmed Raslan, M.D., Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Director of Neurological Surgery Clinical Operations, School of Medicine, OHSU.

February 4, 2019 | "Melanoma: What is the Current Role of Surgery?" | Dale Han, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, OHSU

February 11, 2019 | "The Role of Academic Health Care in the U.S. Economy" | Lawrence Furnstahl, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, OHSU

February 18, 2019 | Cancelled for Presidents' Day

February 25, 2019 | "Alcoholic Family Dynamics" | Sharon Eve, Ph.D., psychotherapist (retired) and author.

March 4, 2019 | CAMPBELL LECTURE | "Fostering Surgical Curiosity while Challenging Dogmas" | Marjorie J. Arca, M.D., Professor of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Surgical Critical Care Clinical Director, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisc.

March 11, 2019 | State of the Department/State of the School | Kenneth Azarow, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., Helen B. Tracy Professor of Pediatric Surgery and Interim Chair, Department of Surgery, OHSU; Surgeon-in-Chief, Doernbecher Children's Hospital; and Sharon Anderson, M.D., Dean, School of Medicine.

March 18, 2019 | SAM LIU LECTURE | "Be Your Own Triple Threat: A Primer for Young Attending Surgeons" | David P. Jaques, M.D., Vice President of Surgical Services, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri

March 25, 2019 | An Update from the Vice Chairs | Kenneth Azarow, M.D., Sally Rodgers, M.A., M.H.A., Brett Sheppard, M.D., Sanjay Krishnaswami, M.D., Karen Brasel, M.D., M.P.H., Bruce Wolfe, M.D., Robert McLafferty, M.D., Department of Surgery, OHSU.

April 1, 2019 | Kaveh Sharzehi, M.D., M.S., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, OHSU.

April 8, 2019 | Raymond Lynch, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

April 15, 2019 | Valerie Rusch, M.D., F.A.C.S., Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Surgery, Miner Family Chair in Intrathoracic Cancers, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York.

April 22, 2019 | MIS Fellows | Victoria Lyo, M.D., and Yalini Vigneswaran, M.D.

April 29, 2019 | 7 - 8 a.m. | Clifford Ko, M.D., M.S., M.S.H.S., F.A.C.S., Professor of Surgery and Health Services, UCLA School of Medicine, Director of the Division of Research and Optimal Patient Care, American College of Surgeons

May 6, 2019 | Hand Fellow | Jared Madsen, M.D.

May 13, 2019 | Vatche Agopian, M.D., Division of Transplant Surgery, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.

May 20, 2019 | Hasan B. Alam, M.D., Norman W. Thompson Professor of Surgery and Section Head of General Surgery, University of Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care.

May 27, 2019 | Cancelled for Memorial Day

June 3, 2019 | Cardiothoracic Fellow | Awais Ashfaq, M.D.

June 10, 2019 | Alisha Moreland-Capuia, M.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Executive Director of Avel Gordly Center for Healing, School of Medicine, OHSU.

June 17, 2019 | Allison Nauta, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU.

June 24, 2019 | Stephanie Wood, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

July 1, 2019 | 7:15 - 8 a.m. | Pediatric Surgery Fellow | Ryan Spurrier, M.D.

July 8, 2019 | 7:15 - 8 a.m. | Colorectal Fellow | Fadwa Ali, M.D.

July 15, 2019 | 7:15 - 8 a.m. | Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Fellows | Jennifer Pasko, M.D., and Lauren Wancata, M.D.

July 22, 2019 | 7:15 - 8 a.m. | Vascular Fellows | Matt Kronick, M.D., and Dale Wilson, M.D.

 July 29, 2019 | 7:15 - 8 a.m. | Surgical Critical Care Fellows | Chris Freeman, M.D., Jared Gallaher, M.D., Annie Nagengast, M.D., and Bradley Rittenhouse, M.D.

2017-2018 Grand Rounds Schedule

September 4, 2017 | Cancelled for Labor Day

September 11, 2017 | "Quo Vadis" | Ken Azarow, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., Helen B. Tracy Professor of Pediatric Surgery and Interim Chair, Department of Surgery, OHSU; Surgeon-in-Chief, Doernbecher Children's Hospital

September 18, 2017 | Giye Choe, M.D., Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow, Department of Surgery, OHSU

September 25, 2017 | TRUNKEY LECTURE | "Lung Cancer Screening: Guidelines, Policy Development and Access" | Douglas Wood, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.Ed., The Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.

October 2, 2017 | "The Human Microbiome: Can Cultivating the Garden Really Improve Surgical Outcomes?" | Robert Martindale, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

October 9, 2017 | "OHSU's Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT): Treating Addiction in the Hospital" | Honora Englander, M.D., F.A.C.P., Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Director for Community and Clinical Integration, Director of IMPACT (Improving Addiction Care Team), Department of Medicine, OHSU

October 16, 2017 | RESEARCH FAIR | Belinda McCully, Ph.D., Research Resident Director, and Bruce Wolfe, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.M.B.S., Vice-Chair for Research

October 23, 2017 | Cancelled for ACS Clinical Congress

October 30, 2017 | "Surgical Education: What's Old and What's New" | Karen Brasel, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, General Surgery Residency Program Director, Department of Surgery, OHSU

November 6, 2017 | "Overview of the U.S. Health Care System" | Brian Duty, M.D., Associate Professor of Urology, OHSU

November 13, 2017 | 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. | Professionalism Week | "Igniting a Movement in Healthcare" | Andrew Morris-Singer, M.D., President and Founder, Primary Care Progress

November 20, 2017 | "In the Line of Fire: Surgical Treatment of Presidential Gunshot Wounds" | Phil Van, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

November 27, 2017 | "Global Surgery Concepts and Haiti: Why? What? How?" | Karen Kwong, M.D., Professor of Surgery, General Surgery Residency Associate Program Director, Global Surgery Director, Department of Surgery, OHSU

December 4, 2017 KRIPPAEHNE LECTURE | "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Impacting Surgical Education both Locally and Nationally" | Jo Buyske, M.D., Executive Director, American Board of Surgery

December 11, 2017 | "Updates in Thyroid Cancer Management" | James Lim, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, OHSU

December 18, 2017 | RESEARCH FAIR | Belinda McCully, Ph.D., Research Resident Director, and Bruce Wolfe, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.M.B.S., Vice-Chair for Research

December 25, 2017 | Cancelled for Christmas Holiday

January 1, 2018 | Cancelled for New Year's Holiday

January 8, 2018 | "Evolution Towards a Less Invasive Strategy for Treating Peripheral Arterial Disease" | Greg Landry, M.D., Professor and Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

January 15, 2018 | Cancelled for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

January 22, 2018 | "Fixing the Manufactured Crisis in Liver Transplantation: Away from Re-Allocation to a Focus on the Donor" | C. Kristian Enestvedt, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Department of Surgery, OHSU

January 29, 2018 | Surgery Vice Chairs Department Update | Brett Sheppard, M.D., Bruce Wolfe, M.D., Erica Mitchell, M.D., Karen Deveney, M.D., Robert McLafferty, M.D. and Sally Rodgers, M.A.

February 5, 2018 | "Craniofacial Surgery at OHSU - A Triumph in Team Care" | Leo Urbinelli, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

February 12, 2018 | 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. | Performance Excellence Week | "Journey to Optimizing Peri-Operative Outcomes and Population Health: ACS Strong for Surgery and Utah Surgery STRIVE Programs" | Tom Varghese, Jr., M.D., M.S., F.A.C.S., Section Head of General Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Oncology Program Co-Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program Director, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

February 19, 2018 | Cancelled for Presidents' Day

February 26, 2018 | "University Innovation and Industry Collaboration" | Brendan Rauw, M.B.A., C.L.P., Vice President, Technology Transfer & Business Development, OHSU

March 5, 2018 | "Surgical Care, Palliative Care and Self Care" | Tim Siegel, M.D., F.A.C.S., Assistant Professor of Surgery and Medicine, Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology, OHSU School of Medicine

March 12, 2018 | 6:30 - 7:30 a.m. | "Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA): Past, Present and Future" | Lt. Col. Joe DuBose, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.C.C.M., Associate Professor of Surgery, Director, U.S. Air Force Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland

March 19, 2018 | "Occupational Upper Extremity Injuries in Surgeons" | Jenifer Hashem, M.D., Hand Surgery Fellow, OHSU

March 26, 2018 | "Rethinking Obesity and Bariatric Surgery" | Andrea Stroud, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Bariatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

April 2, 2018 | "Dissecting the Dramatic Rise of Robotic Hernia Repair" | Conrad Ballecer, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery, Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Maricopa Integrated Health System, Phoenix, Ariz.

April 9, 2018STATE OF THE DEPARTMENT | Ken Azarow, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., Helen B. Tracy Professor of Pediatric Surgery and Interim Chair, Department of Surgery, OHSU;Surgeon-in-Chief, Doernbecher Children's Hospital

April 16, 2018 | "The Second Victim Syndrome" | Louis Marmon, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., Division of Pediatric Surgery, Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center, Rockville, Maryland

April 23, 2018 | "Hereditary Thyroid Cancer Syndromes" | Katie Rowland, M.D., Pediatric Surgery Fellow, OHSU

April 30, 2018 | "African Ancestry and High Risk Triple Negative Breast Cancer" | Lisa Newman, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.O., Director, Breast Oncology Program, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan

May 7, 2018 | CAMPBELL LECTURE | "Neuroblastoma: Tumor Vaccination and Adaptive Immune Resistance" | Anthony Sandler, M.D., Professor and Chief, Pediatric Surgery, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

May 14, 2018 | "Downstaging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma" | Myron Schwartz, M.D., The Henry Kaufmann Professor of Surgery, Director of Liver Surgery, Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York

May 21, 2018SAM LIU LECTURE | "Attributes of a Surgical Leader" | David W. Mercer, M.D., F.A.C.S., McLaughlin Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

May 28, 2018 | Cancelled for Memorial Day

June 4, 2018 | "Firearm Violence and its Impact on U.S. Healthcare" | Arvin Gee, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

June 11, 2018 | "Debate: Whether Bariatric Surgery Complications Should be Managed by Bariatric Surgeons" | Claire Donohoe, M.D. and Sergio Toledo Valdovinos, M.D., MIS Fellows, Department of Surgery, OHSU

June 18, 2018 | "Debate: Routine Use of Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for Uncomplicated Type B Aortic Dissection" | Atish Chopra, M.D. and Louise May, M.D., Vascular Surgery Fellows, Department of Surgery, OHSU

June 25, 2018 | "Surgical Treatment of Esophageal Cancer: Current Status and Future Perspectives" | Donald L. van der Peet, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Surgery, Program Director of Surgical Training, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2016-2017 Grand Rounds Schedule

August 29, 2016 | 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. | "Perioperative Glycemic Management" | Bethany Klopfenstein, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Endocrinology, OHSU

September 5, 2016 | Cancelled for Labor Day

September 12, 2016 | "Building an Integrated System of Surgical Care for Oregon" | John G. Hunter, M.D., F.A.C.S., Mackenzie Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, OHSU

September 19, 2016 | "Cytoreduction with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: The Wake Forest Experience" | Kostantinos Votanopulos, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery, Surgical Sciences - Oncology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

September 26, 2016 | "The Wandering Vagus Nerve: Uncovering Multiple Organ Failure after Injury" | Raul Coimbra, M.D., Professor and Chief, Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Burns and Acute Care Surgery, University of California, San Diego

October 3, 2016 | "Therapeutic Hypothermia in Deceased Organ Donors and Recipient Kidney Graft Function - An Exploration of Deceased Donor Intervention Research Principles" | Darren Malinoski, M.D., Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU, Assistant Chief of Surgery - Research and Education, Section Chief, Surgical Critical Care, VA Portland Healthcare System

October 10, 2016 | "The Surgical Treatment of Diabetes" | Bruce M. Wolfe, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.M.B.S., Professor of Surgery, Division of Bariatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

October 17, 2016 | Cancelled for ACS Clinical Congress

October 24, 2016 | "Intra-tumor Heterogeneity and its implications in colorectal cancer" | Karin Hardiman, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

October 31, 2016 | "Optimizing Value in Our Profession by Optimizing Value" | Robert E. Glasgow, M.D., Professor and Chief, Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Vice-Chairman, Clinical Operations and Quality, Chief Value Officer, Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

November 7, 2016 | 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. | Professionalism Week | "Stress and Resilience in Physicians and Surgeons" | Gregory L. Fricchione, M.D., Associate Chief and Director, Division of Psychiatry and Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

November 14, 2016 | "Barrett's Esophagus: Mucosal Defender or Treacherous Foe? An Update on Risk Factors and Early Diagnosis of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma" | Katie S. Nason, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Associate Director of Cardiothoracic Research, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Penn.

November 21, 2016 | "Dynamic Chemical Imaging - Let's Throw Light on Tissue" | Jai Raman, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.A.C.S., Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery and Knight Cardiovascular Institute, OHSU

November 28, 2016 | KRIPPAEHNE LECTURE | "Would I Trust You to Do My Whipple? Progressive Entrustment and Entrustability in the Operating Room" | Rebecca Minter, M.D., Alvin Baldwin, Jr. Chair in Surgery, Department of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

December 5, 2016 | TRUNKEY LECTURE | "Regionalization, Standardization and the Next Generation" | Leigh Neumayer, M.D., M.S., Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Margaret E. and Fenton L. Maynard Endowed Chair in Breast Cancer Research, The University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, Arizona

December 12, 2016 | "The General's Goiter" | Richard Mullins, M.D., Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

December 19, 2016 | "Locoregional Therapy for In-Transit Melanoma" | Kristen Massimino, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, OHSU

December 26, 2016 | Cancelled for Christmas Holiday

January 2, 2017 | Cancelled for New Year's Holiday

January 9, 2017 | "Motor Control for Trauma and Advanced Prosthetics" | Albert Chi, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

January 16, 2017 | Cancelled for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

January 23, 2017 | Research Fair | Belinda McCully, Ph.D., Research Resident Director, and Bruce Wolfe, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.M.B.S., Vice-Chair for Research

January 30, 2017 | "12 Years of War, Surgery and Kids" | Col. Mary Edwards, M.D., Pediatric Surgery Chief, General Surgery Residency Program Director, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Texas

February 6, 2017 | "Thoracic Outlet Syndrome" | Enjae Jung, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

February 13, 2017 | 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. | Performance Excellence Week | "Physician Engagement in Performance Improvement and Preventing Burnout" | Paul DeChant, M.D., M.B.A., Senior Advisor, Simpler® Healthcare

February 20, 2017 | Cancelled for Presidents' Day

February 27, 2017 | "The Surgical Biology of the Pancreas" | Dana Andersen, M.D., Professor - Provisional, Brenden Colson Center for Pancreatic Health, Department of Surgery, OHSU

March 6, 2017 | "Gender Surgery at OHSU" | Jens Berli, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

March 13, 2017 | SAM LIU LECTURE | "Surgery and the Triple Aim" | Sam Finlayson, M.D., M.P.H., Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

March 20, 2017 | "It's Never the Gallbladder - Surgery in the Setting of Liver Disease" | Erin Maynard, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Department of Surgery, OHSU

March 27, 2017 | An Update from the Department of Surgery Vice Chairs | Brett Sheppard, M.D., Clinical, Karen Deveney, M.D., Education, Erica Mitchell, M.D., Quality, Bruce Wolfe, M.D., Research, Robert McLafferty, M.D., VA Affairs

April 3, 2017 | "Evidence-Based Medicine in the Age of Medical Reversal" | Vinay Prasad, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology Oncology in the Knight Cancer Institute, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Senior Scholar in the Center for Health Care Ethics, OHSU

April 10, 2017HEALTH EQUITY LECTURE | "Outcome Disparities in Trauma Care: Who, Why, When" | Edward Cornwell, III, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.C.C.M., LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr., M.D. Professor and Chairman of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine, Surgeon-in-Chief, Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C.

April 17, 2017 | "The New Era of Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer" | Cristina R. Ferrone, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

April 24, 2017 | "The Unexpected Evolution of Live Donor Liver Transplantation" | Christoph E. Broelsch, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chairman, Department for General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Germany

May 1, 2017 | "Partnering with Risk Management" | Renee Wenger, J.D., C.P.H.R.M., Professional Liability Senior Risk Manager, Department of Risk Management, OHSU

May 8, 2017 | "Hope and Healing: Lessons from the Oncology Front Lines" | Kevin Billingsley, M.D., F.A.C.S., Professor and Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, OHSU; Susan Hedlund, L.C.S.W., Manager, Patient and Family Services, Knight Cancer Institute, OHSU

May 15, 2017 | "Knives vs. Guns - Update on Surgery and Radiation Outcomes for Early Stage Lung Cancers" | Jennifer Dixon, M.D., Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

May 22, 2017 | ICU Fellows Debate | "Extracorporeal Life Support in Trauma" | Ben Davis, M.D., Kelly Fair, M.D., Bill Finley, M.D. and Sean McCully, M.D.

May 29, 2017 | Cancelled for Memorial Day

June 5, 2017 | CAMPBELL LECTURE | "Pediatric Liver Tumors: Clinical Management and Recent Discoveries" | Michael La Quaglia, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S., Chief, Pediatric Surgical Service, Joseph H. Burchenal Chair in Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, New York

June 12, 2017 | MIS Fellows Debate | "LINX: The Future of Antireflux Surgery OR You Wanna Put What Around My Esophagus?" | Joseph Drosdeck, M.D. and Abhisek Parmar, M.D.

June 19, 2017 | "A 435-Bed Surgical Hospital in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan" | James Peck, M.D., Professor Emeritus, OHSU

2015-2016 Grand Rounds Schedule

September 14, 2015 | "Surgical Residency Redesign: Is it Time?" | John G. Hunter, M.D., F.A.C.S., Mackenzie Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, OHSU

September 21, 2015 | "New Paradigms in Cancer Treatment: From Bedside to Bench and Back Again" | Nipun B. Merchant, M.D., F.A.C.S., Alan S. Livingstone Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgery Oncology, University of Miami Medical Center, Miami, Florida

September 28, 2015 | "Breaking Paradigms in Liver Surgery" | Eduardo de Santibanes, M.D., Professor and Chief, General Surgery and Liver Transplant, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

October 5, 2015 | Canceled for the ACS Clinical Congress

October 12, 2015 | "Fixing Faces: WWI, Plastic Surgery, and the Modern Beauty Revolution" | David Lubin, Ph.D., Charlotte C. Weber Professor of Art, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina

October 19, 2015 | "Connecting Population Health and Value-Based Care in the Clinical Enterprise" | Thomas R. Yackel, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., Associate Professor, Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, OHSU

October 26, 2015 | "Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: What's New" | Amir-Farzin Azarbal, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

November 2, 2015 | KRIPPAEHNE LECTURE | "Surgeon: What Kind of Job is That?" | Timothy C. Flynn, M.D., F.A.C.S., Sr. Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, University of Florida College of Medicine

November 9, 2015 | 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. | Professionalism Week | "Caregiver Resilience" | Gregory L. Fricchione, M.D., Associate Chief and Director, Division of Psychiatry and Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

November 16, 2015 | "Inflammation and Cancer: Reprogramming the Immune Microenvironment as an Anti-Cancer Therapeutic Strategy" | Lisa M. Coussens, Ph.D., Hildegard Lamfrom Chair in Basic Sciences, Professor and Chair, Department of Cell, Developmental & Cancer Biology, OHSU

November 23, 2015 | Research Fair | Research Residents and Belinda McCully, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Division of Trauma, Critical Care & Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

November 30, 2015 | "Controversies in the Management of Sigmoid Diverticulitis" | Kim C. Lu, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.R.S., Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

December 7, 2015 | TRUNKEY LECTURE | "2,500 Trauma Deaths: Lessons Learned From M&M Conference" | Gregory J. Jurkovich, M.D., Chief, Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, Colorado

December 14, 2015 | "Challenges and Opportunities in Oncologic Imaging" | Fergus Coakley, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, OHSU

December 21, 2015 | "PTSD After Traumatic Injury" | Karen Brasel, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Surgery, Program Director, General Surgery Residency, Division of Trauma, Critical Care & Acute Care Surgery, OHSU

December 28, 2015 | Canceled for the Holidays

January 4, 2016 | Canceled for Inclement Weather

January 11, 2016 | "Who Would Have Thought It? An Operation Proves the Most Effective Therapy for Diabetes" | Jon Purnell, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Clinical Nutrition, OHSU

January 18, 2016 | Canceled for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

January 25, 2016 | "'Reach for the Top' - The KCVI Aortic Program and the Endovascular Intervention for Complex Aortic Disease at OHSU" | Cherrie Abraham, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery, Director, Aortic Program, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

February 1, 2016 | "Current Concepts in the Treatment of Aortic Dissection" | Victor M. Rodriguez, Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Divisions of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

February 8, 2016 | 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. | Performance Excellence Week | "Lean Transformation at Salem Health" | Norman Gruber, M.H.A., President, OHSU Partners, Former CEO, Salem Health, Salem, Oregon

February 15, 2016 | Canceled for Presidents' Day

February 22, 2016 | "High Stakes Surgical Decisions and Unwanted Care" | Gretchen Schwarze, M.D., M.P.P., F.A.C.S., Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Department of Medical History and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

February 29, 2016 | "Two Important Roles for Surgeons in Public Policy and Government: Strengthening Emergency Care and Reducing the Impact of Smoking on Surgical Outcomes" | John Maa, M.D., F.A.C.S., Chair, Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program Scientific Advisory Committee, University of California, San Francisco

March 7, 2016 | "Applying Complexity Science to a Hernia Program to Improve Outcomes" | Bruce Ramshaw, M.D., F.A.C.S., Chairman and Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee

March 14, 2016 | "Surgical Heroes and Heroines: Lessons Learned from Surgical Residents" | Karen Deveney, M.D., Professor of Surgery, Vice-Chair for Education, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

March 21, 2016 | "Hepatic Arterial Infusion for Liver Metastasis from Colorectal Cancer: Building a New Clinical and Research Program" | Skye C. Mayo, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, OHSU

March 28, 2016 | 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. | "Improving the Care of Older Surgical Patients Through Large Pragmatic Studies: Early Experiences from the REGAIN Trial" | Mark Neuman, M.D., M.Sc., Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics), Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

April 4, 2016 | CAMPBELL LECTURE | "The Best Way to Predict the Future...is to Invent it!" | Thomas M. Krummel, M.D., F.A.C.S., Emile Holman Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

April 11, 2016 | SAM LIU LECTURE | "Pancreatic Cancer and Surgery - What's New" | Richard D. Schulick, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S., The Aragón/Gonzalez-Giusti Chair, Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine

April 18, 2016 | "Pathways to Cell Maps: How Cell Scale Maps of Molecular Processes Will Change the Way We Use -omic Profiles" | Emek Demir, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, OHSU

April 25, 2016 | "Resident Jeopardy" | R. James Valentine, M.D., Professor of Surgery, Director, Vascular Fellowship Program, Division of Vascular Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.

May 2, 2016 | "Breast Cancer Care: Evolving Options" | Nathalie G. Johnson, M.D., F.A.C.S., Clinical Professor of Surgery, OHSU, Medical Director, Legacy Health Cancer Institute, Portland, Oregon

May 9, 2016 | "Congenital Colorectal Diseases" | Nick Hamilton, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

May 16, 2016 | "Obesity and the GI Microbiome" | Farah A. Husain, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.M.B.S., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Bariatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU

May 23, 2016 | "Endocarditis" | Thomas A. Stark, M.D., 1st Year Fellow (PGY-6), ACGME Thoracic Surgery Residency Program, Department of Surgery, OHSU

May 30, 2016 | Canceled for Memorial Day

June 6, 2016 | "The Science of Big Data and the Promise of Personalized Medicine" | Mary Hawn, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif.

June 13, 2016 | ICU Fellows Debate | "ED Thoracotomies in Trauma - Relics of the Past or Standard of Resuscitation?" | Amanda Sammann, M.D., Esther Teo, M.D., Rebecca "Jo" Weddle, M.D. and Frank Zhao, M.D.

June 20, 20167:00 - 8:00 a.m. | "Team-Based Operative Care" | Daniel B. Jones, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.S., Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Vice Chair, Office of Technology and Innovation; Stephanie B. Jones, M.D., Vice Chair of Education, Department of Anesthesia/Critical Care/Pain, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass.

June 27, 2016 | MIS Fellows Debate | "Gastric Bypass vs. Sleeve Gastrectomy: Is it Time for a New Gold Standard?" | Laura Fischer, M.D. and Fernando Mier Giraud, M.D.