SEPTEMBER

DATE: September 3, 2014

SPEAKER:
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Surgery
John C. Alverdy, MD

Sara and Harold Lincoln Thompson Professor of Surgery,

Executive Vice Chair of Surgery,
University of Chicago Medicine
TITLE: Host-bacterial Interactions and Anastomotic
Leak

DATE: September 10, 2014

Safety Grand Rounds
DATE: September 17, 2014
SPEAKER: Robert C. Eyre, MD
Urology Department, BIDMC
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
TITLE: Urinary Diversions
DATE: September 24, 2014
SPEAKER:

Distinguished Visiting Professor of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Anthony J. Senagore, MD, MBA
Professor of Surgery,
Chief, Surgical Disciplines,
Central Michigan University College of Medicine

TITLE: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: What

Works?

Wednesdays, 8-9 AM
Joslin Diabetes Center Auditorium
One Joslin Place, Boston

SURGICAL
GRAND ROUNDS
2014-2015

Sponsored by the Roberta and

Stephen R. Weiner
Department of Surgery

OCTOBER
DATE: October 1, 2014
SPEAKER: Distinguished Visiting Professor of Surgery
Polly Matzinger, PhD
Chief, T-Cell Tolerance and Memory Section,
Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology,
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,
National Institutes of Health
TITLE: Damage, Danger, and Surgeons-Their Effect on
Immunity. Or, is Surgery DANGERous?

SURGICAL GRAND ROUNDS

Wednesdays, 8-9 AM
Joslin Diabetes Center Auditorium
One Joslin Place, Boston

DATE: October 8, 2014

SPEAKER: Salzman Visiting Professor of Vascular Surgery
Bruce A. Perler, MD, MBA
Julius H. Jacobson, II Professor of Vascular Surgery,
Vice-Chair for Clinical Operations and Finance,
Director, Vascular Noninvasive Laboratory,
Chief, Emeritus, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery,
Johns Hopkins Hospital
TITLE: Evidence Based Medicine and the Contemporary
Management of Carotid Artery Disease: After the Randomized
Trials the Controversy Continues
DATE: October 15, 2014
SPEAKER: Goldwyn Visiting Professor of Plastic Surgery
Lawrence J. Gottlieb, MD
Professor of Surgery,
Director of the Burn and Complex Wound Center,
University of Chicago
TITLE: Thoracopagus Twins: A Challenging Journey Involving
Ethics, Emotions, Law, and the Struggle of Life and Death
DATE: October 22, 2014
SPEAKER: Distinguished Visiting Professor of Endocrine Surgery
Edwin L. Kaplan, MD
Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago
TITLE: Romancing the Shield: Thyroid Surgery from the Ancients
through the Atomic Age

DATE: October 29, 2014

SPEAKER: Donald J. Morris, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, BIDMC
Assistant Clinical Professor, Surgery, Harvard Medical School
TITLE: Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, Myths, and
Realities - A Plastic Surgeons Perspective, 20 years trying to get it
right

NOVEMBER
DATE: November 5, 2014
SPEAKER: Silen Visiting Professor of Surgery
Melina Kibbe, MD
Edward G. Elcock Professor of Surgical Research,
Vice Chair of Research, Department of Surgery,
Northwestern University
TITLE: The Challenges and Rewards of
Translational Research: One Surgeons Journey
DATE: November 12, 2014
SPEAKER: Martina Stippler, MD
Director of Neurotrauma, BIDMC
Visiting Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery,
Harvard Medical School
TITLE: Contemporary Management of Head
Trauma
DATE: November 19, 2014
SPEAKER: David Campbell, MD
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, BIDMC
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery,
Harvard Medical School
TITLE: Boston to VietnamThe Diabetic Foot
Experience
DATE: November 26, 2014
SPEAKER: Charles H. Cook, MD
Chief, Acute Care Surgery, Trauma, and
Surgical Critical Care, BIDMC
Visiting Associate Professor of Surgery,
Harvard Medical School
TITLE: Acute Care Surgery and the Last General
Surgeon Standing

SURGICAL GRAND ROUNDS

Wednesdays, 8-9 AM
Joslin Diabetes Center Auditorium
One Joslin Place, Boston

DECEMBER
DATE: December 3, 2014
Safety Grand Rounds
DATE: December 10, 2014
SPEAKER: Jennifer Tseng, MD, MPH
Chief, Surgical Oncology, BIDMC
Associate Professor of Surgery,
Harvard Medical School
TITLE: Gastric Cancer: Basic and Clinical
Advances
DATE: December 17, 2014
SPEAKER: Mark P. Callery, MD
Chief, General Surgery, BIDMC
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
TITLE: Looking Ahead-BioMarker Discovery in
Pancreatic Cancer

JANUARY
DATE: January 7, 2015
SPEAKER: Deborah A. Nagle, MD
Chief, Colon and Rectal Surgery, BIDMC
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
TITLE: Evolving Treatment of Rectal Cancer
DATE: January 14, 2015
SPEAKER: A. James Moser, MD
Executive Director,
Institute of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery,
BIDMC
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
TITLE: The Learning Curve for Complex HPB
Surgery
DATE: January 21, 2015
SPEAKER: Mark C. Wyers, MD
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, BIDMC
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
TITLE: Update on Mesenteric Ischemia
DATE: January 28, 2015
SPEAKER: : Jonathan F. Critchlow, MD, and Ben
Schneider, MD, General Surgery, BIDMC
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
TITLE: The Great Hernia Debate

FEBRUARY
DATE: February 4, 2015
SPEAKER: Peter Mowschenson, MD
Surgical Oncology, BIDMC
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery,
Harvard Medical School
TITLE: Are We Practicing Evidence Based Treatment
of Hyperparathyroidism?

SURGICAL GRAND ROUNDS

Wednesdays, 8-9 AM
Joslin Diabetes Center Auditorium
One Joslin Place, Boston

DATE: February 11, 2015

SPEAKER: Tara S. Kent, MD
Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
TITLE: Innovations in Surgical Education
DATE: February 18, 2015
SPEAKER: Pavan S. Mallur, MD
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, BIDMC
Instructor in Otorhinolaryngology, Harvard Medical School
TITLE: Surgical Management of Intubation and
Tracheostomy Complications: Beyond the OR
DATE: February 25, 2015
SPEAKER:
Clowes Visiting Professor of Surgical Research
Geoffrey C. Gurtner
Johnson and Johnson Professor of Surgery,
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering (by courtesy),
Director, Wound Center,
Director, Applied Regenerative Medicine,
Stanford University
TITLE: The Art of the Practical: Translating Scientific
Discovery into the Real World

MARCH
DATE: March 4, 2015
Safety Grand Rounds
DATE: March 4, 2015
SPEAKER: Raul J. Guzman, MD
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, BIDMC
Associate Professor of Surgery,
Harvard Medical School
TITLE: Arterial Calcification in Lower Extremity
Ischemia
DATE: March 11, 2015
SPEAKER: Richard Whyte, MD, MBA
Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Quality, and Safety,
BIDMC
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
TITLE: Innovations in the Surgical Care of
Lung Cancer

DATE: March 18, 2015

SPEAKER: Starkey Visiting Professor of Surgery
Edward M. Barksdale Jr., MD
Robert J. Izant, Jr. Professor of Surgery,
Chief of Pediatric Surgery ,
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Surgeon-in-Chief,
UH Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital
TITLE: Immunobiology of Neuroblastoma
DATE: March 25, 2015
SPEAKER: Kari J. Kansal, MD
BreastCare Center, BIDMC
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
TITLE: New Frontiers in Breast Surgery

APRIL
DATE: April 1, 2015
Allen Hamdan, MD
Vice Chairman, Surgery Communications,
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, BIDMC
Associate Professor of Surgery,
Harvard Medical School
TITLE: Lower Extremity Revascularization
DATE: April 8, 2015
SPEAKER: Visiting Professor of
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery
Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, MD
Bessie McGoldrick Professor in Clinical Cancer Research,
Professor of Surgery,
Chief of the Liver Service, Surgical Oncology,
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
TITLE: From Multidisciplinary to Personalized
Treatment of Colorectal Liver Metastases
DATE: April 15, 2015
SPEAKER: Peter Steinberg, MD
Director of Endourology and Stone Management,
BIDMC
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
TITLE: Current Management of Kidney Stones
DATE: April 22, 2015
SPEAKER: Ron Alterman, MD
Chief, Neurosurgery, BIDMC
Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical Center
TITLE: Future of Neurosurgery for Functional
Disorders
DATE: April 29, 2015
SPEAKER: Susan Pories, MD
BreastCare Center, BIDMC
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
TITLE: Obesity and Breast Cancer

MAY
DATE: May 6, 2015
SPEAKER: Capper-Hermanson Visiting
Professor of Surgery
Lynt B. Johnson, MD
Robert J. Coffey Professor of Surgery,
Chair, Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital
Director, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery,
MedStar Health
TITLE: Pancreatic Surgery in the Oldest of Old
DATE: May 13, 2015
SPEAKER: Ellis Visiting Professor of Surgery
Frank C. Detterbeck, MD
Professor, Thoracic Surgery,
Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Yale University
TITLE: Evidence-based Medicine and Clinical
Guidelines
DATE: May 20, 2015
SPEAKER: James Rodrigue, PhD
Director, Behavioral Health Services and Research,
Transplant Center, BIDMC
Professor, Harvard Medical School
TITLE: Resident Presentations of Best Research
DATE: May 27, 2015
SPEAKER: Visiting Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Joseph F. Sabik, III, MD
Chair, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery,
Director, Cardiothoracic Residency Training
Program, Cleveland Clinic
TITLE: Coronary Artery Surgery

JUNE
DATE: June 3, 2015
Samuel J. Lin, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, BIDMC
Associate Professor of Surgery,
Harvard Medical School
TITLE: Silk-Based Technologies for Implantable
Devices in Surgery
DATE: June 10, 2015
SPEAKER: Bernard T. Lee, MD, MBA
Chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, BIDMC
Associate Professor of Surgery,
Harvard Medical School
TITLE: Breast Reconstruction Program at
BIDMC: A Decade of Perforator Flaps
DATE: June 17, 2015
White Coat Ceremony/Resident Awards

Surgical Grand Rounds takes place every

Wednesday at 8-9 am at the Joslin Diabetes Center Auditorium.
For more information, contact
Daniel B. Jones, MD (djones1@bidmc.harvard.edu).

SURGICAL
GRAND ROUNDS
2014-2015

Sponsored by the Roberta and Stephen R.

Weiner
Department of Surgery