52nd Annual R. Beverly Raney Visiting Professorship

Rajiv Sethi, MD

June 9, 2023, at 6:30 am

Hybrid Conference

Speaker Biography

Dr. Raj Sethi is the Chair of the Neuroscience Institute, Director of Spine Research, and Director of Complex Spine Surgery at the Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington.

He is also a clinical associate professor at the University of Washington specializing in health services research in the Program of Health Economics and Outcomes Methodology. Dr. Sethi’s strategic and operational leadership has led the Spine Surgery field in quality improvement, including the development of the Virginia Mason Complex Spine Care Pathway, which was awarded the 2014 Mary L McClinton Patient Safety Award, and the Seattle Spine Team Approach. Innovations that have been recognized by the Whitecloud Award by the SRS for best research paper have included a systems-based approach to perioperative care, screening patients using multidisciplinary indication conferences, and a dual surgeon approach for complex spine surgery. His work on the Seattle Spine Team approach and the use of the Toyota Production System to model safety and appropriateness in spine care has led to the commercial development of Spine Surgery Centers of Excellence with major employers and American purchasers of health care. A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Sethi attended Harvard Medical School in Boston and completed his training both in the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Program in Boston and at the University of California at San Francisco.

Event Registration

Zoom Details

https://zoom.us/j/94468478006?pwd=RkNUOE51MTF4SzlpTE9vMVhIa0xKdz09

Meeting ID: 944 6847 8006
Passcode: 121212

In-Person Location

BioInformatics Room 1131

Accreditation Statement

The School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Statement/Limitation

The School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure statement

This activity has been planned and implemented under the sole supervision of the Course Director, James Sanders, MD, in association with the UNC Office of Continuing Professional Development (CPD). The course director and CPD staff have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies as defined by the ACCME.

Dr. Rajiv Sethi receives consulting fees from ATEC Spine Inc., Medtronic, Mighty Oak Medical, Nuvasive, Stryker, and Surgalign. These financial relationships have been mitigated through slide review by UNC CPD.

No other presenter has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies as defined by the ACCME.

This activity did not receive support from any ineligible companies.

Grand Rounds Coordinator
Chi-Chi Harris
Email: chania_harris@med.unc.edu