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RESIDENT EDUCATION CURRICULUM
Wednesday
8:30 am - 9:45 am
Surgery Resident Conference
Classroom 160 Building 120

September 5 Topic:  Thoracic: Pulmonary Embolism, Empeyma, Pleural Effusions, Lung Abscess, Carcinoma of the Lung, Mediastinal Tumors
Speaker: Dr. Lambros Tsonis
Faculty:  Dr. Robert Love
September 12 Topic:

Esophagus: Hernias (Hiatel, Paraesophageal) Esophageal Cancer, Neoadjuvant/Adjuvant and Surgical Therapies (Ch’s 8, 9, 11 – 14)

Speaker: Dr. Gerard Abood
Faculty: Dr. Gerard Aranha
September 19 Topic: Esophagus:  Motility Disorders, GERD, Achalasia, Perforation, and Diverticulum (Cameron Ch's 1-7)
Speaker: Dr. Adam Kabaker
Faculty: Dr. Raymond Joehl
September 26 Topic: Stomach:  PUD: Gastric/Duodenal Ulcers:  5 types, management scenarios, stress ulcer, H. pylori, ZE Syndrome (Cameron Ch's 16-18)
Speaker: Dr. Joslyn Albright
Faculty: Dr. Geoffrey Silver
October 3 Topic: Stomach:  Benign Gastric Mass and Gastric Malignancy, Post-gastrectomy problems (Cameron Ch's 19, 22, and 34)
Speaker: Dr. Giavonni Lewis
Faculty: Dr. Margo Shoup
October 10 Topic: Small Bowel:  Chrohn's Disease, Stricturoplasty, Small Bowe Diverticuli  (Cameron Ch 26-27 and 29)
Speaker: Dr. Victor Tsirline
Faculty: Dr. Michele Slogoff
October 17 Topic: Small Bowel:  Acute Mesenteric Ischemia, Ischemic Colitis (Cameron Ch's 30, 44, 181, and 182)
Speaker: Dr. Shawn Obi
Faculty: Dr. Fred Luchette
October 24  

NO CONFERENCE (Resident Semi-Annual Meeting)

October 31 Topic: Small Bowel:  SB Tumors, GI Stromal Tumors, And Carcinoid (Cameron Ch's 23, 28 and 33)
Speaker: Dr. Jason Smith
Faculty: Dr. Margo Shoup
November 7 Topic: Large Bowel:  Colon and Rectum, Polyps, Cancer, Familial Syndromes (Cameron Ch's 45-48, 50)
Speaker: Dr. Mark Keldahl
Faculty: Dr. Vinod Winston
November 14 Topic: Small Bowel:  Entercutaneous Fistula (Post-op vs Chromic), Short Bowel Syndrome
Speaker: Dr. Samir Shah
Faculty: Dr. R. Lawrence Reed
November 21 Topic: Large Bowel:  LBO, Ogilvies Syndrome, Volvulus, and Diverticular Disease and Rectal Prolapse (Cameron Ch's 35, 38-41)
Speaker: Dr. Michael Sherrow
Faculty: Dr. John Santaniello
November 28 Topic: Small Bowel: SBO, post-operative ileus and Motility Disorders of the stomach and SB (Cameron Ch 24-25, 34)
Speaker: Dr. Kurt Melstrom
Faculty: Dr. R. Lawrence Reed
December 5 Topic: Anus:  Benign and Malignant anal disease, including fissures, strictures (Cameron Ch's 49, 54-57, 61)
Speaker: Dr. Luke Brewster
Faculty: Dr. Michele Slogoff
December 12 Topic: Liver:  Infectious Liver Disease (Abscess, Cysts, Echinococcus), and Benign Liver Lesions (Cameron Ch's 65-69)
Speaker: Dr. Raymond Candage
Faculty: Dr. D. R. Holt
January 2 Topic: Liver:  Malignant Liver Lesions (including metastatic lesions) and Cholangiocarcinoma (Cameron Ch's 70-74, 93, and 94)
Speaker: Dr. Ankush Gosain
Faculty: Dr. John Brems
January 9 Topic: Liver:  Portal Hypertension and Refractory Ascites (Cameron Ch's 75-80)
Speaker: Dr. Kevin McGill
Faculty: Dr. John Brems
January 16 Topic: GB/Biliary:  Asymptomatic Cholelithiasis, Acute Cholecystitis, and Post-Cholecstectomy problems (Cameron Ch's 82, 83, and 89)
Speaker: Dr. Sean O'Donnell
Faculty: Dr. Ellen Omi
January 23 Topic: Transplant Immunology
Speaker: Dr. Lambros Tsonis
Faculty: Dr. D. R. Holt
January 30 Topic: Pancreas:  Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis, Pancreatic Pseudocyst (Cameron Ch's 98-100, 102, and 104)
Speaker: Dr. Kurt Melstrom
Faculty: Dr. Geoffrey Silver
February  6 Topic: Pancreas:  Pancreatic Malignancy (Exocrine and Endocrine) (Cameron Ch's 105-109)
Speaker: Dr. Jason Smith
Faculty: Dr. Gerard Aranha
February  13 Topic: GB/Biliary: Choledocholithiasis, Acute Cholangitis, Strictures/Cysts (Cameron Ch's 84, 88 and 90)
Speaker: Dr. Adam Kabaker
Faculty: Dr. John Santaniello
February  20 Topic: Endocrine:  Adrenal Tumors, Incidentalomas, Phechromocytomas, and MEN syndromes Cameron Ch's 118-120)
Speaker: Dr. Michael Sherrow
Faculty: Dr. Steven DeJong
February  27 Topic: Thyroid:  Benign and Malignant Thyroid Disease (Cameron Ch's 121-125)
Speaker: Dr. Mark Keldahl
Faculty: Dr. Steven DeJong
March 5 Topic: Hyperparathyroidism (Cameron Ch's 126-128)
Speaker: Dr. Victor Tsirline
Faculty: Dr. Steven DeJong
March 12 Topic: Breast:  Work-Up Breast Mass, Benign Breast Disease, Breast Abscess
Speaker: Dr. Giavonni Lewis
Faculty: Dr. Sharfi Sarker
March 19 Topic: Breast:  DCIS, LCIS, and Male Breast Cancer (Cameron Ch's 137, 140)
Speaker: Dr. Melissa Hulvat
Faculty: Dr. Katharine Yao
March 26 Topic: Breast Cancer, Locally-Advanced Breast Cancer, Inflammatory Breast Cancer (Cameron Ch's 132-136, 138)
Speaker: Dr. Gerard Abood
Faculty: Dr. Katharine Yao
April 2 Topic: Vascular:  Aneurysms (Ascending and Descending Aorta, Popliteal) (Cameron Ch's 150-157)
Speaker: Dr. Ranna Tabrizi
Faculty: Dr. Bernadette Aulivola
April 9 Topic: Vascular:  Carotid Disease (Cameron Ch's 159-161)
Speaker: Dr. Luke Brewster
Faculty: Dr. Bernadette Aulivola
April 16 Topic: Vascular:  Peripheral Vascular Disease, Vascular Access (Fistulas) (Cameron Ch's 158, 162-170, 177)
Speaker: Dr. Samir Shah
Faculty: Dr. Peter Kalman
April 23  

NO CONFERENCE (Resident Semi-Annual Meeting)

April 30  

NO CONFERENCE (Mock Orals)

May 7 Topic: Organ Dysfunction:  Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Respiratory Failure (Post-Op and ARDS), Acute Renal Failure, Endocrine Changes with Critical Illness, Coagulopathy (Cameron Ch's 239-241, 246, and 248)
Surgical Critical Care
Acute Renal Failure
Speaker: Dr. Raymond Candage
Faculty: Dr. John Santaniello
May 14  

NO CONFERENCE (Mock Orals)

May 21 Topic: Burns/Burn Resuscitation, and Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections (Cameron Ch's 217-200, 227, and 228)
Speaker: Dr. Michael Mosier
Faculty: Dr. Richard Gamelli
May 28 Topic: Medical-Legal
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Gassman
Faculty:  Dr. Fred Luchette
June 4 Topic: ICU:  Electrolyte Disorders, Acid-Base Problems, Sepsis, Antibiotics in the ICU, and Nutritional Support (Cameron Ch's 242-245, 247)
Speaker: Dr. Sean O'Donnell
Faculty: Dr.  John Santaniello
June 11 Topic: Ethics
Speaker: Dr. Brewster/Obi
Faculty: Dr. Schermer/Esposito
June 18 Topic: Ethics
Speaker: Dr. Brewster/Obi
Faculty: Dr. Schermer/Esposito


 

 

 
   

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