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Grand Rounds Calendar:
Friday, May 18, 2012: “Chief General Surgery Resident Paper Presentations”
“Should colorectal cancer patients with extrahepatic disease undergo liver resection or ablation?”
Jerome A. Byam, M.D. - M.D. Meharry Medical College
“Meta-Analysis of endovascular vs. open repair for traumatic descending thoracic aortic rupture”
Omar Hamdallah, M.D. - M.D. University of Jordan
“Gunshot Wounds to the Chest: Changing Patterns in Management and Weaponry Over Four Decades in an Urban Setting“
Keith R. Miller, M.D. - M.D. Indiana University
“Pancreaticoduodenectomy as treatment in the setting of complex pancreatic or duodenal injuries”
Nicholas A. Nash, M.D. - M.D. University of Louisville
“Precision Hepatic Arterial Irinotecan Therapy in the Treatment of Unresectable Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Optimal Tolerance and Prolonged Overall Survival”
Suzanne C. Schiffman, M.D. - M.D. Jefferson Medical College
“Patency rate of lower extremity hemodialysis access”
Abindra Sigdel, M.D. - M.D. Koirala Insitute of Health Sciences (Nepal)
“Laparoscopic Component Separation Technique Lowers the Risk of Wound Complications and Recurrence”
“Combined Endoscopic/Laparscopic Approach vs. the complete laparascopic approach for Lap Band Removal after Band Erosion: Which Method is Optimal?”
Kristina L. Spate, M.D. - M.D. University of Texas - Southwestern
Friday, May 25, 2012: “Conferences Canceled – Memorial Day Holiday”
Friday, June 1, 2012: DILLER GROFF, M.D. LECTURESHIP
Hosted by Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine
"Novel Approaches to the
Management of Respiratory Failure"
Guest Speaker: Ronald Hirschl, M.D.
University of Michigan - C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor Michigan
Please note time and location is different from weekly Surgery Grand Rounds: Presentation begins at 8:00 a.m. in the Norton Auditorium, 2nd Floor Bridge
Please note: Hiram C. Polk, Jr. , M.D. Department of Surgery, Resident Teaching Conference will begin at 7:00 a.m. in the Norton Auditorium. Moderated by Mary E. Fallat, M.D.
Friday, June 8, 2012: “Transplantation: The (harsh) reality of the supply and demand imbalance”
Sander Florman, M.D.
Director, Recanati/Miller Transplant Institute,
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York
Objectives: Understand need for more organs for transplantation. Appreciate potential solutions to organ shortages. Understand surgical approaches to decrease transplantation rates.
Disclosures: Dr. Florman does not have any conflicts.
Friday, June 15, 2012: “Pancreatic Symposium”
David B. Adams, M.D.
Department of Surgery, Medicaul University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
“Radical management of chronic pancreatitis”
L. William Traverso, M.D.
St. Luke’s Health System, Center for Pancreatic Disease, Boise, Idaho
“IPMN – Natural history provides clues to clinical management”
Charles Scoggins, M.D., M.B.A.
Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology,
Hiram C. Polk, Jr., M.D. Department of Surgery, University of Louisville
“Laparoscopic pancreatic resection for adenocarcinoma: Is it justifiable”
Glenda Callender, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology
Hiram C. Polk, Jr., M.D. Department of Surgery, University of Louisville
“Current management of neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas”
Robert C. G. Martin, II, M.D., Ph.D.
Sam and Lolita Weakley Professor and Director, Division of Surgical Oncology,
Hiram C. Polk, Jr., M.D. Department of Surgery, University of Louisville
“Irreversible Electroporation (IRE) in locally advanced pancreatic cancer: multi-institutional evaluation and planned initiation of Phase II clinical trials”
| June 22, 2012 | No Conferences – day after Surgery Resident Dinner |
| June 29, 2012 | No Conferences – end of Academic Year Holiday |
| July 6, 2012 | Kelli Bullard-Dunn, M.D. |
| July 13, 2012 | Robert C. G. Martin, II, M.D. |
| July 20, 2012 | Matthew V. Benns, M.D. |
| July 27, 2012 | E. Earl Gaar, M.D. |
| August 3, 2012 | Amit Dwivedi, M.D. |
Time And Location
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m., Ambulatory Care Building, Lower Level Auditorium, U of L Health Sciences Center.
Target Audience
Faculty, Residents, Medical Students and other Medical professionals with an interest in the topic.
Core Competencies
Included in all presentations are some or all of the Core Competencies in Surgical Education: Patient Care /Medical Knowledge/Practice-Based Learning and Improvement/Interpersonal and Communication Skills/Professionalism/Systems-Based Practice.
Designation Statement
Norton Healthcare designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
These activities have been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Kentucky Medical Association (KMA) through the joint sponsorship of Norton Healthcare and the Department of Surgery.
Accreditation
Norton Healthcare is accredited by the Kentucky Medical Association to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.
Special Services
To request disability arrangements; call Debbie Krause at 502-852-5445, at least 10 days prior to the program. The University of Louisville School of Medicine fully complies with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof.
Additional Information
For additional information, please call Debbie Krause at 502-852-5445.