2012-2013 Grand Rounds & Visiting Professors
Grand Rounds are held each Monday at 7:00 a.m., Location Change - 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
Click here for 2012-2013 past presentations
Monday, May 27, 2013 — No Grand Rounds and M&M
Past Presentations - 2012-2013 Grand Rounds & Visiting Professors
Monday, May 20, 2013 — Alfredo Santillan, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, UT Surgical Oncology & Endocrine Surgery, UT Department of Surgery |
More about Dr. Santillan
Topic – Management of thyroid nodules |
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Dr. Santillan has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, May 13, 2013 — Ian Mitchell, MD
San Antonio Pediatric Surgery
Topic – Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Dr. Mitchell has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, May 6, 2013 — Basil Pruitt, Jr., MD
Professor of Trauma Surgery, UT Department of Surgery and Ferdinand P. Herff Chair in Surgery
Department of Surgery, UT Health Science Center San Antonio
More about Dr. Pruitt
Topic – Advances and new challenges in burn care
Dr. Pruitt has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, April 29, 2013 — Ronald M. Stewart, MD
Professor and Chairman, UT Department of Surgery |
More about Dr. Stewart
Topic – Evolution of the trauma system to Disaster and Emergency Preparedness
Dr. Stewart has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, April 22, 2013 — Ronald L. Blumoff, MD
Adjunct Clinical Professor of Healthcare Management, University of Texas, Dallas
Vascular Surgeon, Dallas, TX |
More about Dr. Blumoff
Topic – Ethics of healthcare reform |
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Dr. Blumoff has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, April 15, 2013 — Visiting Distinguished Lecturer
Kenji Inaba, MD, FRCSC, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery and Emergency Medicine and Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Medical Director, SICU and Unit Chief, Acute Care Surgery "A" Service, Keck School of Medicine,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
More about Dr. Inaba
Topic – The evolution of non-operative management for abdominal gunshot wounds
Dr. Inaba has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, April 8, 2013 — Jayson D. Aydelotte, MD
Associate Professor / Clinical of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, UT Department of Surgery |
More about Dr. Aydelotte
Topic – Innovation in medicine: How to go from idea to something great
Dr. Aydelotte has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, April 1, 2013 — No Grand Rounds and M&M
Monday, March 25, 2013 — Daniel Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASCRS, DMCC
Col. MC USA (Ret)
The Michael E. Debakey Intl. Professor of Surgery
The Norman M. Rich Department of Surgery, USUHS, Bethesda, Maryland |
More about Dr. Rosenthal
Topic – The repair of groin hernias - a short history
Dr. Rosenthal has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, March 18, 2013 — Matt McHale, DO
General Surgery Chief Resident, UT Department of Surgery |
More about Dr. McHale
Topic – Sarcoma
Dr. McHale has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, March 11, 2013 — No Grand Rounds and M&M
Monday, March 4, 2013 — Ruchir Puri, MD
General Surgery Chief Resident, UT Department of Surgery |
More about Dr. Puri
Topic – Management of acute vascular obstruction of the lower extremity - Venous and arterial |
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Dr. Puri has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, February 25, 2013 — Meeghan Lautner
General Surgery Chief Resident, UT Department of Surgery |
More about Dr. Lautner
Topic – Advanced stage breast cancer |
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Dr. Lautner has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, February 18, 2013 — No Grand Rounds; M&M only at 7 a.m.
Monday, February 11, 2013 — Visiting Distinguished Lecturer
Barbara L. Bass, MD, FACS, John and Carolyn Bookout Distinguished Endowed Chair of Surgery, Methodist Hospital
Senior Member, Methodist Hospital Research Institute and Director, Methodist Institute for Technology,
Innovation and Education (MITIE), Houston, Texas
Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University |
More about Dr. Bass
Topic – Forty years is a long time: Building the infrastructure
to support lifelong surgeon retooling and training |
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Dr. Bass has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, February 4, 2013 — Antonio Santillan, MD, MBA, FACOG
Gynecologic Oncologist, Cancer Care Centers of South Texas, San Antonio, Texas
More about Dr. Santillan
Topic – Is technological change in medicine worth it? –
The case of robotic surgery |
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Dr. Santillan has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, January 28, 2013 — Mark Muir, MD
General Surgery Chief Resident, UT Department of Surgery |
More about Dr. Muir
Topic – Early stage breast cancer |
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Dr. Muir has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, January 21, 2013 — No Grand Rounds and M&M
Monday, January 14, 2013 — Brian Eastridge, MD
Professor / Clinical, Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, UT Department of Surgery
and Trauma Medical Director, University Hospital, San Antonio, Texas
More about Dr. Eastridge
Topic – War and disaster: Lessons learned the hard way |
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Dr. Eastridge has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, January 7, 2013 — Amita Shah, MD, PhD
General Surgery Chief Resident, UT Department of Surgery |
More about Dr. Shah
Topic – Nutrition |
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Dr. Shah has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, December 31, 2012 — University Holiday – No Grand Rounds
Monday, December 24, 2012 — University Holiday – No Grand Rounds
Monday, December 17, 2012 — William Brian Perry, MD
General Surgery Section Chief - Colorectal Surgeon, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie L.
Murphy Division
Topic – Other colorectal malignancies
Dr. Perry has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, December 10, 2012 — Boulos Toursarkissian, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Vascular / Endovascular Surgery, UT Department of Surgery |
More about Dr. Toursarkissian
Topic – Complications in peripheral interventions
Dr. Toursarkissian has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, December 3, 2012 — Grigorios Lamaris, MD
General Surgery Chief Resident, UT Department of Surgery |
More about Dr. Lamaris
Topic – Chronic lower extremity ischemia
Dr. Lamaris has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, November 26, 2012 — University Holiday – No Grand Rounds
Monday, November 19, 2012 — Ismail Jatoi, MD, PhD
Professor and Chief, UT Surgical Oncology & Endocrine Surgery, UT Department of Surgery |
More about Dr. Jatoi
Topic – Management of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)
Dr. Jatoi has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, November 12, 2012 — Susannah Nicholson, MD
General Surgery Chief Resident, UT Department of Surgery |
More about Dr. Nicholson
Topic – Inguinal hernia
Dr. Nicholson has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, November 5, 2012 — Joga Ivatury, MD
General Surgery Chief Resident, UT Department of Surgery |
More about Dr. Ivatury
Topic – Benign anorectal disease
Dr. Ivatury has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, October 29, 2012 — Visiting Distinguished Lecturer
Courtney M. Townsend, Jr., MD
Professor and John Woods Harris Distinguished Chairman, Department of Surgery,
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX |
More about Dr. Townsend
Topic – Surgical Research and the Evolution of Modern Surgery
Dr. Townsend has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, October 22, 2012 — Raul Ramos, MD
Professor of Surgery, UT Department of Surgery |
More about Dr. Ramos
Topic – Irritable Bowel Disorder
Dr. Ramos has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, October 15, 2012 — Visiting Distinguished Lecturer
John Patrick Walker, MD, FACS
General & Laparoscopic Surgeon, Crockett, Texas
Houston County Surgical Associates
Topic – Training of the Surgeon and Maintenance of Certification
Dr. Walker has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, October 8, 2012 — Brett Solomon, MD
General Surgery Chief Resident, UT Department of Surgery |
More about Dr. Solomon
Topic – Abdominal closure
Dr. Solomon has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, October 1, 2012 — No Grand Rounds
Monday, September 24, 2012 — Daniel Dent, MD
Distinguished Teaching Professor,
General Surgery Residency Program Director, and
Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery,
UT School of Medicine San Antonio
More about Dr. Dent
Topic – Surgical management of pancreatitis
Dr. Dent has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, September 17, 2012 — Kent Van Sickle, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of General & Laparoendoscopic Surgery Surgery, Department of Surgery,
UT School of Medicine San Antonio
More about Dr. Van Sickle
Topic – GERD Updates
Dr. Van Sickle has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, September 10, 2012 — Fred Corley, MD
Professor, Hand Service, Department of Orthopaedics, UTHSCSA
More about Dr. Corley
Topic – The hand in medicine
Dr. Corley has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, September 3, 2012 — University Holiday - No Grand Rounds
6:15 a.m. THIS DATE ONLY - Combined Anesthesia & Surgery Grand Rounds
Root Endowed Lecture Series in Trauma and Critical Care
Monday, August 27, 2012 — Lillian Liao, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor / Clinical, Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery,
UT School of Medicine San Antonio
More about Dr. Liao
Topic – Massive transfusion: saving lives or increasing cost
Dr. Liao has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, August 20, 2012 — Jose Almeda, MD
Assistant Professor of Transplant Surgery, UT Transplant Center,
UT School of Medicine San Antonio
Director, Pediatric Transplant Surgery, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children's Hospital,
San Antonio, TX
More about Dr. Almeda
Topic – Cystic neoplasms of the pancreas
Dr. Almeda has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, August 13, 2012 — Wayne Schwesinger, MD
Professor of Surgery and Chief, General & Laparoendoscopic Surgery, Department of Surgery,
UT School of Medicine San Antonio
More about Dr. Schwesinger
Topic – Mirrizzi Syndrome
Dr. Schwesinger has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, August 6, 2012 — Ronald M. Stewart, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
Jocelyn and Joe Straus Endowed Chair in Trauma Research
More about Dr. Stewart
Topic – National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP)
Dr. Stewart has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Monday, July 30, 2012 — Francis E. Sharkey, MD
Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology, UT Health Science Center San Antonio
Director, Autopsy Services, University Health System, San Antonio, TX
More about Dr. Sharkey
Topic – The Medical Autopsy – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Dr. Sharkey has no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
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