May 27, 2024
Memorial Day - No Conference
May 20, 2024
Eleventh Annual Department of Surgery Research Symposium
Too Much Surgery? Opportunities to Improve Value by Doing Less
Lesly Dossett, MD
Associate Professor & Chief of Surgical Oncology
Maud T. Lane Research Professor for Cancer Quality Improvement
Vice Chair for Faculty Development
Department of Surgery
University of Michigan
Location: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Research 1 North Building
Hensel Phelps East Lecture Hall Auditorium, Room P18-1000
May 13, 2024
The Humanity in Surgery and End of Life Discussions
Eden Nohra, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of GI, Trauma, and Endocrine Surgery
University of Colorado Hospital
Searching for Equipoise with Healthcare Provider Report Cards
Jesse Schold, PhD
Visiting Professor of Surgery
Division of Transplant Surgery
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
May 6, 2024
Sixth Annual Sarah Van Duzer and Ernest E. Moore Trauma Lectureship
The Regenerative Potential of Blood and Stem Cells in Trauma and Critical Care Medicine
Shibani Pati, MD, PhD
Professor, Departments of Lab Medicine and Surgery
Director, Center for Translational Research in Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapies
University of California, San Francisco
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
April 29, 2024
Microvascular Breast and Lymphatic Reconstruction
Julian Winocour, MD, FACS
Visiting Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
University of Colorado Hospital
Taking Action Against Burnout
Liselotte Dyrbye, MD, MHPE
Professor, Medicine-Internal Medicine
Senior Associate Dean of Faculty and Chief Well-being Officer
Department of Community and Behavioral Health
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
April 22, 2024
Eighteenth Annual Marvin Pomerantz Lectureship in Cardiothoracic Surgery
The Lung Cancer Revolution
Jessica Donington, MD, MSCR
Professor & Chief, Section of Thoracic Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of Chicago
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
April 15, 2024
Alumni Research Visiting Professor
Leveraging Our Surgical Practice to Develop Translational Science
R. Taylor Ripley, MD
Tenured Associate Professor Surgery
Division of Thoracic Surgery
Director of Clinical Trials, Michael D. DeBakey Research Office
Director of General Thoracic Surgery Research
Director of Mesothelioma Treatment
Center
David J. Sugarbaker Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
April 8, 2024
Joint Surgical Resilience Presentation
Surgeon Performance: The Effects of Call on Sleep, Burnout, and Recovery. Strategies to Be a Better Surgical Performer
Mitchell Cohen, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of GI, Trauma, and Endocrine Surgery
Associate Vice Chair of Basic and Translational Research
University of Colorado Hospital
Path to Self-Mastery: The Role of Circadian Rhythm and Resilience
Kristen Holmes, BA, MS
Vice President of Performance Science
WHOOP, Inc.
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
April 1, 2024
The Power of Professional Coaching
Kerri Thurmon, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Urology
UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital
The Unanswered Questions in Pediatric Colorectal Surgery
Andrea Bischoff, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Children's Hospital Colorado
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
March 25, 2024
A Word from the American Board of Surgery
John D. Mitchell, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chief, General Thoracic Surgery
Courtenay C. and Lucy Patten Davis Endowed Chair in Thoracic Surgery
University of Colorado Hospital
Embarking on the Surgeon-Scientist Path: Achievements and Insights for Success
Juan-Pablo Idrovo, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery and Critical Care
Division of GI, Trauma, and Endocrine Surgery
University of Colorado Hospital
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
March 18, 2024
Forty-Second Annual Henry Swan Visiting Professorship in Surgery
The Changing Landscape of Pancreatic Cancer
Cristina Ferrone, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
March 11, 2024
Pushing the Boundaries of Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) Liver Transplantation
Yanik Bababekov, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Transplant Surgery
University of Colorado Hospital
The Evolution of Robotic Colorectal Surgery: Hype V.S. Reality
M. Shane McNevin, MD, FASCRS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of GI, Trauma, and Endocrine Surgery
University of Colorado Hospital
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
March 4, 2024
Fourth Annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Lectureship in Surgery
Creating Spaces Where All Belong: The Change Agenda and Center to Advance Racial Equity (CARE)
Julie Ann Freischlag, MD
Chief Executive Officer, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Chief Academic Officer & Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Atrium Health
Dean, Wake Forest School of Medicine
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
February 26, 2024
Functional Limb Restoration: From Microsurgical Reconstruction to Advanced Amputation Techniques
Mark Greyson, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Co-Director of Targeted Muscle Reinnervation and Extremity Microsurgery
University of Colorado Hospital
Towards Personalized Therapy for Hirschsprung Disease
Ankush Gosain, MD, PhD, MBA
Professor and Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery
University of Colorado
Dr. David R. and Kiku Akers Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery
Chair, Department of Pediatric Surgery
Children’s Hospital
of Colorado
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
February 19, 2024
President's Day - No Conference
February 12, 2024
Creating Surgical Equity Through Community Engaged Research
Kweku Hazel, MD, BS
Assistant Professor Surgery
Division of GI, Trauma, and Endocrine Surgery
University of Colorado Hospital
State of the Art: Organ Donation After Circulatory Death
Jordan R.H. Hoffman, MPH, MD
Visiting Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of Colorado Hospital
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
February 5, 2024
Partnering with Patients to Support Sexual Health During Breast Cancer Treatment
Sarah E.A. Tevis, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
University of Colorado Hospital
Reclaiming the Duct: An Update on Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Explorations in the Safety Net Setting
Magdalene Brooke Sanchez, MD, BA
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of GI, Trauma, and Endocrine Surgery
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Associate Director of Surgical Services, General Surgery
Denver Health Medical
Center
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
January 29, 2024
Vascular Surgery Visiting Professor
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC), Bundling, and Revaluation in Surgery
Sean Roddy, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Endovascular and Vascular Surgery
Albany Medical Health System
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
January 22, 2024
Joint Department of Surgery and COMBAT Visiting Professor
Saving and Improving Lives on the Battlefield and at Home: Turning Military Medical Gains into Better Healthcare for All
Vikhyat Bebarta, MD, FACEP, FACMT
Professor, Emergency Medicine - Medical Toxicology and Pharmacology
Vice-Chair, Strategy and Growth
Director, University of Colorado Center for COMBAT (Combat Medicine and Battlefield) Research
Director,
CU TRIAD Research Colorado (Translational Research, Innovation, Antidote Development)
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Colonel, US Air Force Reserve
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
January 15, 2024
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - No Conference
January 8, 2024
Third Annual Medical Student Research Symposium
Chronic Critical Illness and Post-Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Syndrome
Vanessa Nomellini, MD, PhD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Research Director, Division of Burn, Trauma, Acute, and Critical Care Surgery
Co-Director, Center for Organogenesis Research and Trauma
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Location: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Research 1 North Building
Hensel Phelps West Auditorium, Room P18-1006
January 1, 2024
Holiday Break - No Conference
December 25, 2023
Holiday Break - No Grand Rounds
December 18, 2023
The Three Bears: Biliary Atresia, Transplantation and Trauma
Frederick (Fritz) Karrer, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Children's Hospital Colorado
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
December 11, 2023
Surgical Oncology Lectureship in Surgery
National and International Collaboration in Pancreatic Surgery: Evidence-based Approach
Marc Besselink, MD, MSc, PhD
Professor of Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Surgery
Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC
Division of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
Academic Medical Center Amsterdam
University of Amsterdam
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
December 4, 2023
Sixteenth Annual John H. and Cynthia H. Schultz Lectureship in Surgery
Cultivating an Innovation Ecosystem for the Future of Academic Surgery
Mark S. Cohen, MD, FSSO
Dean, Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Senior Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Carle Health
Professor of Surgery, Biomedical and Translational Sciences, Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Founder
Professor of Bioengineering , Grainger College of Engineering
Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
November 27, 2023
Robotic Cardiac Surgery at The University of Colorado
Jessica Rove, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center
A Scientific Approach to Happiness
Granville Lloyd, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Urology
Director of Robotic Surgery, VA Hospital
Associate Program Director for Urology
Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Administration
Medical Center
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
November 20, 2023
Thanksgiving Break - No Grand Rounds
November 13, 2023
Seventeenth Annual John R. Lilly Memorial Lectureship in Surgery
Next Generation Probiotic Therapy for NEC: Bench to Bedside
Gail Besner, MD
H. William Clatworthy Jr., Professor of Surgery
Chief, Department of Pediatric Surgery
Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
Location: Children's Hospital Colorado, 13123 E 16th Ave., Aurora, CO 80045
Mt. Oxford Conference Room, 2nd Floor
November 6, 2023
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Visiting Professor
Indigenous Health
Crystal Lee, PhD, MPH, MLS
Assistant Professor
University of New Mexico
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
October 30, 2023
American College of Surgeons Symposium
Patient Selection for Surgical Treatment of Resectable Colorectal Liver Metastases
Raphael L.C. Araujo, MD, PhD
Surgical Oncology and HPB Surgery
Adjunct Professor of Liver Surgery
Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
October 23, 2023
American College of Surgeons - No Grand Rounds
October 16, 2023
Surgical Treatment of Gastric Cancer: State of the Art and Future Horizons
Benedetto Mungo, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
University of Colorado Hospital
How are You doing and How are We doing? School of Medicine and ACGME Wellbeing Surveys
Elizabeth David, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Co-Director, Faculty Health and Wellbeing
University of Colorado Hospital
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
October 9, 2023
Physical Pain and the Surgeon
Max Wohlauer MD, RPVI
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery
Associate Program Director Vascular Surgery Fellowship and Integrated Residency
Medical Director, Surgical Inpatient Units and Vascular Lab
University
of Colorado School of Medicine
and
Amanda Skidmore, CPE
Lead Board Certified Ergonomist
ES Squared LLC, Grand Prairie, Texas
Master of Public Health Candidate, Leadership and Public Health Practice
Colorado School of Public Health, Anschutz Medical Campus
Hepatic Artery Infusion Pump for the Treatment of Colorectal Liver Metastasis
Ana Gleisner, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
University of Colorado Hospital
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
October 2, 2023
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Visiting Professor
Disability in Surgery and Surgical Education
Cristopher J McCulloh, MD
Associate Director of Clinical Initiatives
Activ Surgical, Inc.,
Boston, Massachusetts
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
September 25, 2023
Eighteenth Annual Alan R. Hopeman Lectureship in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Mastering Surgery
Joanna Chikwe, MD, FRCS
Professor of Cardiac Surgery
The Irina and George Schaeffer Distinguished Chair in Cardiac Surgery
Chairman, Department of Cardiac Surgery
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Profesor of Clinical
Surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California
Editor-in-Chief, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
September 18, 2023
Preprocedure Services Update: Anticoagulation, Obstructive Sleep Apnea Testing, Allergy Delabelling and More!
Angela Selzer, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Colorado Hospital
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
September 11, 2023
Entrustable Professional Activities: Why, What, How, and So What?
Kshama Jaiswal, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Surgical Oncology
University of Colorado Hospital
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency
GME Director of Wellbeing
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Location: University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2
Bruce Schroffel Conference Center Auditorium, First Floor Room - 1.771
September 4, 2023
Labor Day – No Grand Rounds
Looking for last year's schedule? See DoS Grand Rounds 2022-2023.