2011-2012 Grand Rounds & Visiting Professors
Grand Rounds are held each Monday at 7:30 a.m., Room 309L, School of Medicine.
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio School of Medicine designates this live activity for a
maximum of 52.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Monday, May 21, 2012 — Visiting Distinguished Lecturer
Lois A. Killewich, MD, PhD, Professor of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston |
More about Dr. Killewich
Topic – Current challenges of women surgeons
Dr. Killewich has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, May 28, 2012 — No Grand Rounds - University Holiday
Monday, June 4, 2012 — Speaker & topic TBD
Monday, June 11, 2012 — Speaker & topic TBD
Monday, June 18, 2012 — Speaker & topic TBD
Monday, June 25, 2012 — Speaker & topic TBD
Past Presentations - 2011-2012 Grand Rounds & Visiting Professors
Monday, May 14, 2012 — Daniel DeArmond, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. DeArmond
Topic – Lung transplantation
Dr. DeArmond has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, May 7, 2012 — Visiting Distinguished Lecturer
Philip R. Schauer, MD, Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Director, Cleveland Clinic Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH |
More about Dr. Schauer
Topic – Metabolic Surgery: Next Biggest Thing in Surgery
Dr. Schauer has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, April 30, 2012 — Johnson Center for Surgical Innovation 3rd Annual Distinguished Lecture
James R. Korndorffer, Jr., MD, FACS, Professor of Clinical Surgery
Director, Tulane Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery
Associate Residency Program Director, Surgery Residency Program
Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Surgery, New Orleans, LA |
More about Dr. Korndorffer
Topic – Beyond Training: Using Simulation to Improve Patient Safety
Dr. Korndorffer has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, April 23, 2012 — Luis Jaramillo, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Jaramillo
Topic – Abdominal reconstruction and component separation with
bioprosthesis
Dr. Jaramillo has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, April 16, 2012 — CANCELLED
Monday, April 9, 2012 — John J. Doski, MD, FACS
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Doski
Topic – Neuroblastoma and Wilms' Tumor
Dr. Doski has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, April 2, 2012 — Kishore Malireddy, MD
General Surgery Chief Resident, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Malireddy
Topic – Recurrent hyperparathyroidism
Dr. Malireddy has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, March 26, 2012 — Boulos Toursarkissian, MD
Professor and Chief, Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Toursarkissian
Topic – Update on critical limb ischemia
Dr. Toursarkissian has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, March 19, 2012 — Beth Bohnenblust, MD
Instructor / Clinical, Division of General & Laparoendoscopic Surgery, Department of Surgery,
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Bohnenblust
Topic – Clostridium Difficile Colitis
Dr. Bohnenblust has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, March 12, 2012 — No Grand Rounds - Spring Break
Monday, March 5, 2012 — Benjamin Pearce, MD
Assistant Professor, Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Pearce
Topic – Traumatic Aortic Transection
Dr. Pearce has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, February 27, 2012 — Maria Martinez, MD
General Surgery Chief Resident, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Martinez
Topic – Colorectal metastases
Dr. Martinez has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, February 20, 2012 — No Grand Rounds - University Holiday
Monday, February 13, 2012 — Brett Solomon, MD
General Surgery Chief Resident, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Solomon
Topic – Hepatic / Splenic Trauma
Dr. Solomon has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, February 6, 2012 — Alicia Logue, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of General & Laparoendoscopic Surgery
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program, Department of Surgery,
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Logue
Topic – Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery - History, utilization and the future
Dr. Logue has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, January 30, 2012 — Paula K. Shireman, MD
Professor, Division of Vascular / Endovascular Surgery
Vice Dean for Clinical and Translational Research, UT School of Medicine San Antonio
More about Dr. Shireman
Topic – Macrophages, research and healthcare: Navigating constant change
Dr. Shireman has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, January 23, 2012 — Prejesh Philips, MD
General Surgery Chief Resident, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Philips
Topic – Pancreatic cancer
Dr. Philips has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, January 16, 2012 — No Grand Rounds - University Holiday
Monday, January 9, 2012 — Kshitij Kakar, MD
General Surgery Chief Resident, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Kakar
Topic – Melanoma
Dr. Kakar has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, January 2, 2012 — Lauren Buck, MD
General Surgery Chief Resident, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Buck
Topic – Liver and biliary system
Dr. Buck has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, December 26, 2011 — No Grand Rounds - Winter Break
Monday, December 19, 2011 — Pranjali Gadgil, MD
General Surgery Chief Resident, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Gadgil
Topic – Radiation & breast cancer
Dr. Gadgil has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, December 12, 2011 — Deborah Mueller, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma & Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Mueller
Topic – Diagnostic radiation realities
Dr. Mueller has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, December 5, 2011 — Jayson Aydelotte, MD
Assistant Professor / Clinical, Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
Department of Surgery, UT School of Medicine San Antonio |
More about Dr. Aydelotte
Topic – Principles and practice of mass casualty incidents: Ten pitfalls to avoid
Dr. Aydelotte has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, November 28, 2011 — No Grand Rounds
Monday, November 21, 2011 — Raul Ramos, MD
Professor of Surgery, Division of General & Laparoendoscopic Surgery, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Ramos
Topic – Rectal cancer
Dr. Ramos has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, November 14, 2011 — Daniel L. Dent, MD
Professor of Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Dent
Topic – Hemtology for surgeons
Dr. Dent has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, November 7, 2011 — Lori Pounds, MD
Assistant Professor / Clinical, Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Pounds
Topic – New treatments for venous disease
Dr. Pounds has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, October 31, 2011 — Kent Van Sickle, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Van Sickle
Topic – Gastroparesis
Dr. Van Sickle has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, October 24, 2011 — No Grand Rounds - ACS Meeting
Monday, October 17, 2011 — Jason Kempenich, MD
General Surgery Chief Resident, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Kempenich
Topic – Surgical management of ulcer disease
Dr. Kempenich has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, October 10, 2011 — Carlo Martinez, MD
General Surgery Chief Resident, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Martinez
Topic – Achalasia
Dr. Martinez has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, October 3, 2011 — Brian Eastridge, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
UT School of Medicine San Antonio |
More about Dr. Eastridge
Topic – Endpoints of Resuscitation
Dr. Eastridge has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, September 26, 2011 — Jose Almeda, MD
Assistant Professor of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Almeda
Topic – What's new in liver surgery
Dr. Almeda has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, September 19, 2011 — Jean-Louis Caron, MD, FRCS, FACS
Professor of Neurosurgery, UT School of Medicine San Antonio |
More about Dr. Caron
Topic – Emergent hemicraniectomy in neurotrauma: The challenging management of severe traumatic
brain injuries
Dr. Caron has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, September 12, 2011 — Alfredo Santillan, MD,MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgical Oncology & EndocrineSurgery, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine San Antonio |
More about Dr. Santillan
Topic – What's new in endocrine surgery
Dr. Santillan has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, September 5, 2011 — No Grand Rounds — University Holiday
Monday, August 29, 2011 — Scott B. Johnson, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery and
Head of the Section of General Thoracic Surgery
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, UT School of Medicine San Antonio |
More about Dr. Johnson
Topic – Failed foregut surgery
Dr. Johnson has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, August 22, 2011 — Richard M. Peterson, MD, MPH, FACS
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Chief, UT Center for Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery, UT School of Medicine
San Antonio
Director, CHRISTUS Weight Loss Institute, Westover Hills
More about Dr. Peterson
Topic – Reflux disease and surgical approach
Dr. Peterson has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, August 15, 2011 — Brian Perry, MD
Clinical Adjunct Faculty / VA, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Perry
Topic – Inflammatory bowel disease
Dr. Perry has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, August 8, 2011 — Patrick Nguyen, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Nguyen
Topic – General surgery in the elderly
Dr. Nguyen has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, August 1, 2011 — Michael Corneille, MD
Associate Professor of Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Corneille
Topic – Endpoints of resuscitation (click on link to view presentation)
Dr. Corneille has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, July 25, 2011 — Ronald M. Stewart, MD
Professor of Trauma Surgery and Chairman, Department of Surgery
UT School of Medicine
San Antonio |
More about Dr. Stewart
Topic – Professionalism: The 5th Core Competency
Dr. Stewart has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
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