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The University will be closed Monday, February 15, 2010 for Presidents Day.
Surgery Grand Rounds
More about Grand Rounds |
All Surgery Grand Rounds are Mondays at 7:30 a.m. in Room 309L.
Please note location change effective 01 Jan 2010 to Room 309L, School of Medicine.
MONDAY FEBRUARY 15, 2010 - Presidents' Day - No M&M or Grand Rounds
MONDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2010
Speaker: Juan Mejia, MD, General Surgery Chief Resident
UT School of Medicine at San Antonio, Department of Surgery |
More about Dr. Mejia
Topic: TBA
Becky Doran, MD, Emergency Medicine, putting kids on the ER fast track:
Pediatric emergency specialist Dr. Becky Doran has been on the job at University
Hospital for just over a month, and she's embraced a new mission: to get the
youngest patients in and out as quickly as possible.
"We've instituted new protocols so that our pediatric patients are flagged the
moment they walk in the door," explained Doran, director of pediatric
emergency medicine at University Hospital. "They are treated and triaged
completely differently than our adult population. When children are sick
and time is of the essence, we want parents to think of our hospital as a good
option for quality care."
KENS-5 story & video |
More about Dr. Doran |
Division of Emergency Medicine (2-5-10)
Doctors are not paid more (or less) for minimally invasive surgery:
In an interview with the San Antonio Business Journal, V. Seenu Reddy, MD, MBA, UT Medicine cardiothoracic surgeon,
states that, whether the patient is undergoing traditional open cardiac surgery or one of the newer minimally invasive
surgeries (MIS) — where a surgeon goes in through the patient's side using robotic equipment —
payment for the procedure is fixed. Although cost is no different, the patient benefits with a significantly
reduced recovery period after an MIS procedure.
Read more in
the San Antonio Business Journal |
More about Dr. Reddy |
UT Medicine Cardiothoracic Surgery (2-3-10)
The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce the appointment of Howard T. Wang, MD, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, as Chief of the division.
Dr. Wang is board certified in plastic surgery, and has served as Interim Chief of the division for two years.
He also serves as director of the plastic surgery residency program. Dr. Wang received his medical training at
Johns Hopkins University Medical Center, earning his MD in 1995, and has also completed a general surgery residency, a plastic surgery residency, a
postdoctoral research fellowship, and a postdoctoral hand surgery fellowship. He has
extensive training in microvascular reconstruction of the lower extremities, head, neck and breast.
More about Dr. Wang | More about the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery (1-28-10)
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University news 
Congratulations to Rafael Diaz, General Surgery Resident, who has received the 2010 J. Bradley Aust Surgical
Society Traveling Fellowship. The award will assist Dr. Diaz when he visits the Hospital Saint-Antoine AP-HP of
the University of Paris VI in Paris, France. Dr. Diaz will present his Paris educational experience at the June 2010
annual meeting of the Aust Society. More about Dr. Diaz |
The J. Bradley Aust Surgical Society (2-2-10)
Congratulations to Agustin Cornejo, MD, General Surgery Resident, who has been chosen to attend the
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Resident's Basic Laparoscopy and Endoscopy Workshop to
be held in Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb 18-19, 2010. More about Dr. Cornejo |
Moreabout SAGES course
(2-2-10)
Congratulations again to Dr. Cornejo, who has also been invited to participate in the 4th Annual South Texas Surgical Jeopardy to be held during the February 2010 annual meeting of the South Texas Chapter of the American College of Surgeons in Austin. More about Dr. Cornejo | South Texas Chapter of the American College of Surgeons (2-2-10)
Congratulations to Kishore Malireddy, MD, General Surgery Resident, whose manuscript,
'Recurrence and impact of postoperative prophylaxis in laparoscopically treated primary ileocolic crohn
disease', has been published in the January 2010 Archives of Surgery, a monthly
professional medical journal of original peer-reviewed clinical and basic research
articles published by the American Medical Association.
More about Dr. Malireddy (1-22-10)
Continue reading education news | Research residents news | Surgery educational programs homepage
Congratulations to Thelma Hurd, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery and Director of the Breast Surgery Program,
Surgical Oncology, whose research project, 'Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Towards Breast Cancer in South
Texas Counties', has been awarded a $125,000 research grant by the San Antonio Life Sciences Institute.
This collaborative project between UTHSCSA, The University of Texas at San Antonio and The University of
Texas School of Public Health, will assess knowledge, attitudes and beliefs in high needs
South Texas populations. Promotores will receive survey administration training, conduct the survey
and participate in the analysis and dissemination phases of the project. |
More about Dr. Hurd |
More about the San Antonio Life Sciences
Institute
(1-27-10)
Research News | Recent research awards | Faculty Funding Opportunities | Research Residents Funding Opportunities
City-Wide Thoracic Grand Rounds: Thursdays, 5-6 pm Room 211L, School of Medicine
Schedule | CME-accredited for physicians. |
Division of Thoracic Surgery
THURSDAY FEB 11, 2010 - M&M Conference
THURSDAY FEB 18, 2010
Speaker: Hisoto Ito, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident, UT School of Medicine San Antonio
Topic: Current management of acute type A intramural hematoma
Hisato Ito, M.D.has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interest to disclose
Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds: Thursdays, 5-6 pm, Room 444B, School of Medicine
Surgery Tumor Board: Thursdays, 5-6 pm CTRC 4th Floor, Room G406, Mabee Conference Room
Sarcoma Tumor Board: 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month, 2:30 pm CTRC 4th Floor,
Room G406, Mabee Conference Room
Transplant Grand Rounds: Fridays, 8 am Room 444B, School of Medicine | More about Transplant Grand Rounds
Friday, Feb 12, 2010
Topic: TBA
Leon Bunegin, BS, Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
UT Health Science Center San Antonio |
More about Mr. Bunegin
Vascular Surgery Grand Rounds: Tuesdays, 6:45-8:00 am Room 444B, School of Medicine
Boyce B. Oliver, Jr., MD, Professor (Surgical Oncology)
The Department of Surgery is extremely pleased to welcome Dr. Oliver, who became full-time faculty
in January 2010. Dr. Oliver obtained his undergraduate degree from Baylor University and his MD from
University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. He completed his general surgery residency at
UTHSCSA and his surgical oncology fellowship at MD Anderson in Houston, Texas. Dr. Oliver comes to
us from a highly successful San Antonio private practice. Throughout his career, Dr. Oliver has been
committed to the training of general surgery residents at UTHSCA. He has been a clinical adjunct
member of the department since 1990. He was also instrumental in the fund raising efforts to establish
the Stewart M. and Hugh M. Johnson Center for Surgical Innovation in 2006. Dr. Oliver will practice at
the CTRC. His clinical interests include surgical oncology with a special interest in breast, thyroid and
parathyroid disease.
Faculty profile (1-11-10)
Ismael Jatoi, MD, Professor (Surgical Oncology)
Please join the Department of Surgery in welcoming Dr. Ismail Jatoi, Professor and Chief of
Surgical Oncology, who joined our faculty in January 2010.
Dr. Ismail Jatoi
obtained his undergraduate bachelor's degree from Washington University in St.
Louis and his MD and PhD degrees from St. Louis University. He is a diplomate
of the American Board of Surgery and a fellow of the American College of
Surgeons. He completed fellowship training in surgical oncology at the Royal
Marsden Hospital in London, England. Dr. Jatoi served in the U.S. military for
many years, and was a Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University
in Bethesda, Maryland. He retired from the U.S. Army with the rank of Colonel.
Dr. Jatoi has had a longstanding interest in the treatment of breast cancer, the
management of women at increased risk for breast cancer, and cancer
epidemiology.
Dr. Jatoi's clinical interests include management of women at high risk for
breast disease, sentinel lymph node biopsies, breast-conserving therapy,
management of early breast cancer and locally advanced breast disease, and
benign breast disease.
Faculty profile (11-13-09)
Faculty Positions Available | Welcome New Surgery Faculty & Staff
Fanous N, Husain SA, Ruzmetov M, Rodefeld MD, Turrentine MW, Brown JW. Anterior Pericardial Tracheoplasty for Long-Segment Tracheal Stenosis: Long Term Outcomes. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010;139:18-25
Malireddy K, Larson DW, Sandborn WJ, Loftus EV, Faubion WA, Pardi DS, Qin R, Gullerud RE, Cima RR, Wolff B, Dozois EJ. Recurrence and impact of postoperative prophylaxis in laparoscopically treated primary ileocolic crohn disease. Arch Surg. 2010 Jan;145(1):42-7.
Santillan AA, Zager JS. Isolated limb infusion for melanoma: a less morbid alternative to hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion in the US. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol. 2010 Jan 17. [Epub ahead of print]
Pidcoke HF, Wanek SM, Rohleder LS, Holcomb JB, Wolf SE, Wade CE. Glucose variability is associated with high mortality after severe burn. J Trauma. 2009 Nov;67(5):990-5
Ramsey S, Whitley E, Mears VW, McKoy JM, Everhart RM, Caswell RJ, Fiscella K, Hurd TC, Battaglia T, Mandelblatt J. Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of cancer patient navigation programs: conceptual and practical issues. Patient Navigation Research Program Group. Cancer. 2009 Dec 1;115(23):5394-403.
Kiluk JV, Ly QP, Santillan AA, Meade T, Ramos D, Reintgen DS, Dessureault S, Davis M, Shamehdi C, Cox CE. Erratum to: Axillary Recurrence Rate Following Negative Sentinel Node Biopsy for Invasive Breast Cancer: Long-Term Follow-Up. Ann Surg Oncol. 2009 Dec 3. [Epub ahead of print]
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Faculty Positions Available | Welcome New Surgery Faculty & Staff
Surgery's Employee of the Month for December 2009:
Congratulations to Guiomar Garcia, Surgery Education, on her
selection as the Surgery Employee
of the Month. Read more ... | (Surgery's Employee of the Month program is
sponsored and funded by the J. Bradley Aust Surgical Society.)
