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World renown surgeons and other scientists will serve as distinguished guest lecturers at the 2011 Clinical Congress.
Monday, October 24
NL01—8:30–9:30 am
Opening Ceremony/Martin Memorial Lecture
“Too Big to Fail? Healthcare Reform in the U.S. and Canada”
Sponsored by the American Urological Association
Lecturer: C. David Naylor, MD, D.Phil., Toronto, ON, Canada
Professor Naylor is president of the University of Toronto. A graduate of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine, he studied as a Rhodes Scholar earning a D.Phil. in the Faculty of Social and Administrative Studies at Oxford University. During his career, Professor Naylor has been a member of the University of Toronto’s department of medicine, was the university’s vice provost for relations with health care institutions, and dean of medicine. He also served as founding chief executive officer of Ontario’s Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences.
The coauthor of approximately 300 scholarly publications in areas ranging from clinical and health services research, epidemiology and biostatistics, health economics, public policy, and social history, Professor Naylor is a former senior scientist of the Medical Research Council of Canada. In 2003, he served as chair of the National Advisory Committee on SARS and Public Health, the report from which spurred creation of the Public Health Agency of Canada and resulted in significant investments in federal-level public health initiatives, as well as the appointment of Canada’s first Chief Public Health Officer. In addition to being a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Professor Naylor is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, a Foreign Associate Fellow of the U.S. Institute of Medicine, and an Officer of the Order of Canada.
For his work in health care, he has been the recipient of numerous awards including the John Dinham Cottrell medal of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians; Malcolm Brown Award of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons; Michael Smith Award of Excellence from the Medical Research Council; the Research Achievement Award of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society; and the Defries Award of the Canadian Public Health Association.
The Martin Memorial Lecture was established in 1946 to honor the memory of Franklin H. Martin, MD, FACS, founder of the American College of Surgeons, and his wife, Isabelle Holister Martin.
Monday, October 24
NL02—9:45–10:45 am
John H. Gibbon, Jr., Lecture
“The Problem of Physician Payment Reform: A Surgical Solution”
Sponsored by the Advisory Council for Cardiothoracic Surgery
Lecturer: John E. Mayer, Jr., MD, FACS, Boston, MA
Dr. Mayer is the Tommy Kaplan Chair in Cardiovascular Studies and senior associate in cardiac surgery at Children's Hospital Boston, as well as a professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. A past president of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Dr. Mayer was a 2010 recipient of the Society’s Distinguished Service Award in honor of his considerable and widespread involvement with that organization, particularly regarding issues related to public affairs and government relations, including representing the organization during a health care reform forum held at the White House in 2009.
A graduate of Yale University School of Medicine, Dr. Mayer completed a residency and fellowships in both surgery and in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of more than 36 book chapters on pediatric cardiovascular surgery and has published more than 300 scientific papers on cardiovascular surgery and cardiology.
During a career dedicated to pediatric cardiac surgery, Dr. Mayer’s research has involved cardiac transplantation, the short- and long-term outcome of the Fontan operation, and tissue engineering of cardiac structures.
The John H. Gibbon, Jr., Lecture was first delivered in 1971 to honor this pioneer of open-heart surgery.
Monday, October 24
NL03—2:30–3:30 pm
Charles G. Drake History of Surgery Lecture
“The Virtuoso Surgeon: Past, Present and Future”
Sponsored by the Advisory Council for Neurological Surgery
Lecturer: Edward R. Laws, MD, FACS, Boston, MA
A Past President of the American College of Surgeons, Dr. Laws is director of the Pituitary/Neuroendocrine Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, and a professor of surgery at Harvard University Medical School, Boston. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, Dr. Laws completed a surgical internship and neurosurgical residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. While serving as a professor of surgery at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Dr. Laws developed his interest in pituitary surgery and epilepsy surgery and continued to pursue his interest in the metabolism and pathophysiology of primary brain tumors. During his surgical career he has operated upon more than 7,500 brain tumors, of which more than 5,000 have been pituitary lesions.
Along with his service to the American College of Surgeons, Dr. Laws has been president of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and the Pituitary Society. He has also served as chairman of the board of trustees of the Foundation for International Education in Neurosurgery and director of the American Board of Neurological Surgery. In 2005, he was elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Laws served as editor of the journal Neurosurgery and is the author of more than 500 scientific papers and book chapters, and, along with Andrew Kaye, MD, is co-editor of the encyclopedic volume Brain Tumors, which is currently in its third edition.
The Charles G. Drake History of Surgery Lecture was first delivered in 1992 to explore the historical development of surgery and to honor this leader in neurological surgery.
Tuesday, October 25
NL04—9:45–10:45 am
Excelsior Surgical Society/Edward D. Churchill Lecture
“Changes in Combat Casualty Care in the Last 20 Years”
Sponsored by the Advisory Council for General Surgery
Lecturer: Donald D. Trunkey, MD, FACS, Portland, OR
After receiving his medical degree from the University of Washington, Seattle, Dr. Trunkey went on to complete a residency in surgery at the University of California at San Francisco and a trauma fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas. A trauma and critical care surgeon, he currently is a professor of surgery at Oregon Health and Science University, Portland.
With a dedication to trauma care, Dr. Trunkey’s research has focused mainly on the study of shock, especially as it relates to cellular pathophysiology. He has actively served the trauma care community through positions that include Chair of both the ACS Committee on Trauma (COT) and the COT’s Northern California Chapter, president of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, chairman of the American Burn Association’s Committee on Organization and Delivery of Burn Care, president and a founding member of the International Association for the Surgery of Trauma and Intensive Care, president of the Societé Internationale de Chirurgie (International Society of Surgery), and a member of the American Trauma Society’s board of directors. He has also been president of the Society of University Surgeons, a member of the Residency Review Committee for Surgery, and director of and a guest examiner for the American Board of Surgery. Furthermore, he recently served on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Blood Products Advisory Committee and on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) advisory committee.
A prolific author, Dr. Trunkey has published more than 170 journal articles, more than 200 book chapters, and 25 books.
This lecture is named for the Excelsior Surgical Society, a group of 80 medical officers who met for the first time in 1945 at the Excelsior Hotel, Rome, Italy. It also honors Col. Edward D. Churchill, a famous surgeon and consultant to the U.S. Army in the World War II Italian Theatre, who presented the first keynote address at this meeting.
Tuesday, October 25
NL05—12:45–1:30 pm
Scudder Oration on Trauma
“Thoracic Aortic Injuries: Crossing the Rubicon”
Sponsored by the Committee on Trauma
Lecturer: Demetrios Demetriades, MD, PhD, FACS, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Demetriades is professor and vice chairman of surgery and professor of emergency medicine at the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles and director of both the division of acute care surgery and the Trauma Recovery Surgical Critical Care Program, USC University Hospital, Los Angeles. As founding director of the USC division of trauma and surgical intensive care unit, he coordinates the patient care, research and educational programs, and violence prevention efforts at one of the largest trauma programs in the United States.
A graduate of the University of Athens Medical School, in Greece, Dr. Demetriades completed a residency in surgery at Baragwanath Hospital and the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. A strong proponent of the dissemination of surgical knowledge, he has published more than 370 peer-reviewed articles, more than 60 abstracts in referenced journals, more than 70 book chapters, and six books. He has also served on the editorial boards of the British Journal of Surgery, Journal of Trauma, Turkish Journal of Trauma, Trauma (United Kingdom), European Journal of Surgery, Trauma, and European Journal of Trauma.
Dr. Demetriades, in addition to being a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, is a member of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Blood Products Advisory Committee and numerous surgical specialty organizations including the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the Critical Care Society.
The Scudder Oration on Trauma evolved from the Oration on Fractures (1929) to honor Charles Locke Scudder as a founding member of the College and a major contributor to the surgery of trauma.
Tuesday, October 25
NL06—2:30–3:30 pm
Olga M. Jonasson Lecture
“Effective Advocacy”
Sponsored by the Women in Surgery Committee
Lecturer: Patricia J. Numann, MD, FACS, Syracuse, NY
Dr. Numann is the Lloyd S. Rogers Professor of Surgery Emeritus at the State University of New York (SUNY) Medical University, Syracuse. A general surgeon who specialized in endocrine and breast surgery, and she becomes the 92nd President of the American College of Surgeons during the Convocation ceremonies that precede the opening of the 97th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons.
After receiving an MD degree from SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, Dr. Numann completed an internship in medicine and surgery at SUNY and residency training in general surgery at the SUNY. She has devoted her entire surgical career to SUNY Upstate Medical University. In joining the staff at the university’s hospital, Dr. Numann became the first woman surgeon at SUNY, Syracuse, and, from there, held academic appointments as assistant professor of surgery; associate professor of surgery; associate dean, SUNY College of Medicine; associate dean, SUNY College of Medicine and Clinical Affairs; professor of surgery; medical director, University Hospital; and Lloyd S. Rogers Professor of Surgery. She was named professor emeritus in 2007. In 1986, Dr. Numann created SUNY Upstate’s Comprehensive Breast Care Center, which now bears her name, the Patricia J. Numann Breast and Endocrine Surgery Center.
Dr. Numann is the founder and former president of the Association of Women Surgeons and was the first woman chair of the American Board of Surgery. In addition to her service to the American College of Surgeons, she was a founding member and served as president of the Association for Surgical Education, and vice-president of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons. She also holds membership in the International Society of Surgery, American Surgical Association, Association for Academic Surgery, and Society of University Surgeons.
The Olga M. Jonasson Lecture was established to honor Olga Jonasson, MD, FACS, as a testimony to leadership and education in surgery and a reflection of the capacity of women to reach academic pinnacles.
Wednesday, October 26
NL07—8:00–9:00 am
Distinguished Lecture of the International Society of Surgery
“Surgical Training and Surgical Practice: Are We Getting the Formula Right?”
Sponsored by the International Society of Surgery
Lecturer: Eilis McGovern, PRCSI, DCH, Dip Med Mgt, Dublin, Ireland
Elected in June 2010 as the first female president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Professor McGovern is a cardiothoracic surgeon at St. James Hospital, Dublin.
Professor McGovern organized the establishment of the Keith Shaw unit in St. James' Hospital, Ireland’s third public cardiac unit, and was appointed by the Health Service Executive (HSE) as project director of a HSE initiative to reorganize acute hospital services in the North Eastern Health Board to bolster patient safety efforts. Prior to being appointed as RCSI president, Professor McGovern had been an active member of the Council of RCSI, including serving as chair of the faculty of medicine and health sciences committee, which governs schools of medicine, pharmacy, physiotherapy, and nursing.
A University College Dublin School of Medicine and Medical Science graduate, Professor McGovern interned and completed basic surgical training prior to obtaining fellowship in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. She then trained in cardiothoracic surgery in Dublin, before completing a clinical fellowship at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Actively involved in medical education and training in Ireland, Professor McGovern served as chair of the medical faculty board of the Royal College of Surgeons medical school and she is an instructor at St James’s Hospital, one of Trinity College Medical School’s two major teaching hospitals. Professor McGovern has also been chair of the Irish Postgraduate Medical and Dental Board and served as a member on and an examiner for the Intercollegiate Board for cardiothoracic surgery (UK and Ireland).
The Distinguished Lecture of the International Society of Surgery was established in 1990 to honor distinguished international surgeons.
Wednesday, October 26
NL08—9:45–10:45am
Ethics and Philosophy Lecture
“Ethical Foundations of Health Care Reform: Implications for Policy and Law”
Sponsored by the Committee on Ethics
Lecturer: Robert M. Sade, MD, FACS, Charleston, SC
Dr. Sade received his MD degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons before continuing his surgical training at several Harvard teaching hospitals—culminating in his service as chief resident in cardiac surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital. Following time spent as a member of the cardiac surgery faculty at the Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Sade moved to the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) to establish and lead the MUSC pediatric cardiac surgery program. Currently, he serves as professor of surgery and director of the Institute of Human Values in Health Care at MUSC and as medical director of LifePoint (South Carolina’s organ procurement organization).
During his time at MUSC, Dr. Sade has held the positions of chairman of the faculty senate, assistant dean and associate dean of the college of medicine, president of the medical staff, and medical director. A prolific author, he has written hundreds of articles and numerous books and book chapters on biomedical ethics, health policy, cardiothoracic surgery, and medical education. Currently, Dr. Sade is associate editor (ethics) of the Annals of Thoracic Surgery and he serves on the advisory editorial board of the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy.
A past chair of the American Medical Association’s council on ethical and judicial affairs, his current service in national organizations includes chair of the ethics committee of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and chair of the standards and ethics committee of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
The Ethics and Philosophy Lecture was established in 1990 through the generosity of John J. Conley, MD, FACS, to support the exploration of ethical issues in surgery.
Wednesday, October 26
NL09—12:45–1:45 pm
Commission on Cancer Oncology Lecture
“Translational Cancer Research: Playing to Win in a Team Sport”
Sponsored by the Commission on Cancer
Lecturer: Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD, FACS, Boston, MA
Currently chief of the division of surgical oncology and an associate surgeon at Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), both in Boston, as well as a professor of surgery at Harvard University Medical School, Boston, Dr. Bertagnolli focuses her clinical work on the treatment of patients that have familial adenomatous polyposis. Her work includes management of duodenal and biliary malignancies, complex colorectal cases, and visceral and retroperitoneal sarcomas. Additionally, she is a member of the Gastrointestinal Cancer and Sarcoma Disease Centers at the Brigham and Women’s/Dana Farber Cancer Center. Dr. Bertagnolli received her MD degree from the University of Utah College of Medicine, completed a surgery residency at BWH, and a three-year fellowship in oncology research at DFCI.
In her research, Dr. Bertagnolli investigates gastrointestinal tumor biology in an effort to help facilitate the development of cancer prevention and treatment options that are both more effective and patient-specific. Her basic research focuses on APC gene function, which regulates many tumor types, colorectal cancer (CRC) in particular. It was Dr. Bertagnolli’s laboratory that first documented that APC truncation produces a dominant negative effect upon intestinal epithelium, and was the first to show that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) block tumor formation and cyclooxygenase-2 (Cox-2) activity in an animal model. To show that celecoxib prevented adenomas in patients at risk for CRC and to investigate the clinical relevance of these results, Dr. Bertagnolli led a multinational trial, which ultimately found increased cardiovascular complications among celecoxib users. The study raised concern regarding routine use of these drugs for both cancer prevention and arthritis.
One of the organizing members of gastrointestinal correlative science initiatives within the NCI-funded Cancer Cooperative Groups, Dr. Bertagnolli facilitated the incorporation of tumor-specific molecular markers of treatment outcome into nation-wide clinical cancer treatment protocols. She has held numerous leadership roles in multi-institutional cancer clinical research consortia, and currently is group chair of the NCI-sponsored Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB).
The Commission on Cancer Oncology Lecture was established in 1988 to explore major developments in oncology and to focus on the surgeon’s role in caring for cancer patients.
Wednesday, October 26
NL10—2:30–3:15pm
I. S. Ravdin Lecture in the Basic Sciences
“Cathbots: Ultrasound Guidance for Robotic Beating Heart Surgery”
Sponsored by the I. S. Ravdin Surgical Society
Lecturer: Robert D. Howe, PhD, Cambridge, MA
The Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Engineering in the school of engineering and applied sciences at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Professor Howe is founder of the school’s BioRobotics Laboratory. The laboratory investigates, both in humans and in robots, the roles of sensing and mechanical design in motor control, which goes along with Professor Howe’s research interests, which focus on robot and human manipulation and the sense of touch. Drawing upon various and distinct fields of study, including biomechanics, systems analysis, and neurophysiology, his core approach is experimental; however, both simulation and analysis have important roles in his work. He is also the associate dean for academic programs, the area dean for bioengineering, and the director of undergraduate studies in the biomedical engineering con-centration at Harvard.
Working with industrial partners, Professor Howe is developing applications of this research in biomedical instrumentation, teleoperated robots, and intelligent sensors, including the development of robotic and image-guided approaches to minimally invasive surgical procedures.
Professor Howe received his bachelors degree in physics from Reed College before starting a career in Silicon Valley as an electronics industry design engineer. He continued his formal education at Stanford, receiving a PhD in mechanical engineering.
The I. S. Ravdin Lecture in the Basic Sciences has been sponsored by the I. S. Ravdin Surgical Society since 1964 to honor I. S. Ravdin, MD, FACS, by promoting the application of the basic sciences to surgery.
Wednesday, October 26
NL11—2:30–3:30 pm
Herand Abcarian Lecture
“Improving the Quality of Cancer Surgery in a Single Payer System:
The Cancer Care Ontario Experience”
Sponsored by the Advisory Council for Colon and Rectal Surgery
Lecturer: Robin S. McLeod, MD, FACS, FRCSC, Toronto, ON, Canada
Dr. McLeod is the Angelo and Alfredo De Gasperis Families Chair in Colorectal Cancer and IBD Research and head of the division of general surgery at the Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, and a professor in the both the department of surgery and the department of health policy management and evaluation, as well as head of the Surgical Clinical Epidemiology Group at the University of Toronto. She also is the surgical lead of the Quality Improvement and Knowledge Transfer Program in the surgical oncology program of Cancer Care Ontario.
Dr. McLeod received her MD from the University of Alberta, Canada, and completed post-graduate medical training in general surgery at the University of Toronto and in colorectal surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. She also studied clinical epidemiology at McMaster University prior to joining the faculty at the University of Toronto.
In addition to her hospital and academic appointments, Dr. McLeod’s work as a clinician and as a researcher focuses on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), colorectal surgery, and evidence-based medicine. She has led several multi-center Canada-wide clinical trials in the area of IBD and colorectal surgery. Dr. McLeod has published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and 40 book chapters.
Dr. McLeod currently serves on the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons, is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and a Diplomate of both the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Colorectal Surgery. She also Chairs the Steering Committee for Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery, an Internet journal club jointly sponsored by the American College of Surgeons and the Canadian Association of General Surgeons.
The Herand Abcarian Lecture was established to honor Herand Abcarian, MD, FACS, by addressing issues of relevance to the surgical community at-large and focusing on emerging issues in surgery.
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