Visiting Professor Series
As part of our committment to surgical education, the Department of Surgery invites distinguished surgeons as Visiting Professors.During their two day tenure, each Visiting Professor has a chance to interact closely with our Surgical Residents during their Tuesday case conference, presenting cases relevant to their clincial interest. The following day, they then present at Grand Rounds providing our faculty and residents with the opportunity to gain insight on Visiting Professor's area of expertise.
2009 - 2010 Scheduled Visiting Professors
Carlos A. Pellegrini, M.D.
The Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chairman
Chair, Board of Directors; Institute for Surgical and Interventional Simulation (ISIS)
Co-Director, Center for Videoendoscopic Surgery
Co-Director, Swallowing Center
Department of Surgery, University of Washington
Tom R. Demeester, MD
Professor
Chair, Department of Surgery
Jeffrey P. Smith Chair in Surgery
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Layton F. Rikkers, MD
Professor of Surgery
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Erwin Thal, MD
Professor
Departments of Surgery & Trauma, Burn, Critical Care
Southwestern Medical School
Mark Siegler, MD
A New Radical Proposal for Solving the Shortage of Abdominal Organs for Transplantation
Lindy Bergman Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Director, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
University of Chicago Medical Center
Richard Prinz, MD
Helen Shedd Keith Professor and Chairman,
Department of General Surgery,Rush University Medical Center
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Mark A. Talamini, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chairman, Department of Surgery
University of California, San Diego
Jeffrey B. Mathews
Dallas B. Phemister Professor of Surgery
Chair, Department of Surgery
University of Chicago Medical Center
2008 - 2009 Visiting Professors
Morbidity & Mortality in Patients with Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Improving Outcomes with a Modified Approach
Benjamin Starns, MD
Associate Professor; Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery,
Department of Surgery, University of Washington
Does Race/Ethnicity Effect ColoRectal Cancer Patient Survival
Steven Stain, MD
Chair, Department of Surgery
AMC General Surgery Group
The Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative
Darrel Campbell, MD
Chief of Clinical Affairs at the University of Michigan Health System
Henry King Ransom Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery University of Michigan
A Translational Approach to Lung Transplantation
Irving Kron, MD
Chair, Department of Surgery
Division Head, Division of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery
University of Virginia Health System
Modern Principles and Recent Advances in the Surgical Treatment of Crohn's Disease
Fabrizio Michelassi, MD
Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
Surgeon-in-Chief, New York-Presbyterian Hospital
The Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
2007 - 2008 Visiting Professors
The Truth About Morbid Obesity: Pathophysiology and Effects of Treatment
Richard C. Thirlby MD, FACS
Attending Surgeon, Virginia Mason Medical Center
Surgical Treatment of Neurologic Disease Larry R. Kaiser, M.D. John Rhea Barton Professor; Chair, Department of Surgery; Chief, General Thoracic Surgery University of Pennsylvania Thirteen Days in May David Rosenthal, M.D. Atlanta Medical Center, Atlanta Vascular Specialists The Role of Surgery in the Modern Management of Gastrointestinal Cancer Mitchell C. Posner, M.D. Professor of Surgery; Chief, Surgical Oncology The University of Chicago The Surgeon's Role in the Management of Hypertension Fred A. Weaver, M.D. Professor of Surgery; Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery University of Southern California How Dogs Learn Tricks: Implications for Surgeons Peter F. Lawrence, M.D. Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery; Director, Vascular Surgery Residency Program David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Minimally Invasive GI Surgery: Past, Present & Future Nathaniel J. Soper, M.D. Professor - Chair, Gastrointestinal and Endocrine Surgery Northwestern University Molecular Basis for the Pathogenesis of Necrotizing Enterocolitis Henri R. Ford, M.D. Vice-President and Surgeon-in-Chief, Children's Hospital Los Angeles Professor of Surgery and Vice Chair, University of Southern California/Keck School of Medicine 80 Hour Work Week: Myths and Realities Myriam Curet, MD Professor of Surgery; Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education Stanford University School of Medicine
