Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Department of Surgery Grand Rounds

DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY GRAND ROUNDS Hatch Auditorium, Guggenheim Pavilion 7:00am to 7:45am – Morbidity & Mortality Conference 7:45 to 8:45am – Grand Rounds APRIL 2009 Wednesday, April 1, 2009 10th Annual Ben F. Bryer Memorial Lecture “Focus – Finding a Niche in the World” PATRICIA J. NUMANN, MD, FACS Professor of Surgery Recipient of The 2006 American College of Surgeon’s Distinguished Service Award Wednesday, April 8, 2009 “Is Anesthesia to Blame if Grandma's a Banana?” JEFFREY H. SILVERSTEIN, MD Professor Vice Chair for Research Department of Anesthesiology Mount Sinai Medical Center Associate Dean for Research Director, Program for the Protection of Human Subjects Mount Sinai School of Medicine Wednesday, April 15, 2009 “Diverticulitis: Current Perspectives” SABER GHIASSI, MD Chief Resident Department of Surgery Mount Sinai School of Medicine Wednesday, April 22, 2009 “The Cellular Response to Stress: Safer Surgery Through Translational Research” GEORGE A. PERDRIZET, MD, PhD, FACS Director of Surgical Research Department of Surgery Morristown Memorial Hospital Wednesday, April 29, 2009 “Biologic Warfare in the Attack on Complex Ventral & Incisional Hernias” GEORGE DENOTO, III, MD, FACS Chief, Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship North Shore University Hospital