Surgery News

march accomplishments

Announcements

Melissa Kirkwood, M.D., was inducted into the Society of University Surgeons.

Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Ph.D., participated in the National Cancer Institute clinical and translational R21 and omnibus R03 review special emphasis panel.

Parsia Vagefi, M.D., joined the editorial board of the journal Surgery. 

Sam Wang, M.D., served as a reviewer for the National Cancer Institute subcommittee J (career development) study section. 

Holly Weis, M.D., was accepted into the Surgical Education Leadership Fellowship Program of the Association of Surgical Education for 2021-2022.

Joshua Weis, M.D., was accepted into the Surgical Education Leadership Fellowship Program of the Association of Surgical Education for 2021-2022.

Presentations

Anna Driessen, M.D.

(Coauthors: Scott CK, Gonzalez MS, Malekpour F, Guardiola GG, Baig MS, Kirkwood ML, Timaran CH)

Effects of Preoperative Renal Artery Stenosis on Outcomes After Fenestrated/Branched Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair (F-BEVAR)

Annual meeting, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery

March 13-17, 2021, virtual presentation

Sergio Huerta, M.D.

7 Lessons From Seven Years of Volunteer Work in Guatemala. 7 Lessons From Running 7 Marathons in 7 Days.

Global Medical Brigades

March 22, 2021  Austin, Texas

Michelle Ju, M.D.

(Coauthors: Alterio RE, Yopp AC, Zeh HJ, Wang SC, Porembka MR)

Assessing the Barriers of Care That Delay Gastric Cancer Diagnosis 

Annual meeting, Society of Surgical Oncology

March 18-19, 2021, virtual presentation 

Melissa Kirkwood, M.D.

How to Be a Leader in Vascular Surgery

Visiting professor, University of Chicago

February 26, 2021, virtual presentation

Radiation Safety: How to Protect Yourself and Your Team

Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery

March 13, 2021, virtual presentation 

Gregory Modrall, M.D.

(Coauthors: Tsai S, Ramanan B, Kirkwood M, Malekpour F, Siah M, Baig MS, Timaran CH, Rosero EB)

Frailty as a Predictor of Mortality for Fenestrated EVAR and Open Surgical Repair of Aortic Aneurysms Involving Visceral Vessels

Annual meeting, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery

March 13-17, 2021, virtual presentation

Babak Namazi, Ph.D.

LapTool-Net: A Context-Aware Deep Learning System for Automatic Detection of Surgical Tools in Laparoscopic Videos

Annual meeting, ACS Surgeons and Engineers: A Dialogue on Surgical Simulation

March 10, 2021, virtual presentation

March 10, 2021

Carla Scott, M.D.

(Coauthors: Driessen AL, Gonzalez MS, Guardiola GG, Malekpour F, Kirkwood ML, Baig MS, Timaran CH)

Perioperative Neurologic Outcomes of Right vs. Left Upper Extremity Access for Fenestrated-Branched Endovascular Aortic Repair (F-BEVAR)

Annual meeting, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery

March 13-17, 2021, virtual presentation

(Coauthors: Driessen AL, Gonzalez MS, Malekpour F, Guardiola GG, Baig MS, Kirkwood ML, Timaran CH)

Uses and Utilities of Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) During Endovascular Complex Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Annual meeting, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery

March 13-17, 2021, virtual presentation

 

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