Fika Coffee Hour
2025-02-27 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-02-20 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)

USHER Works-in-Progress
2025-02-24 16:00 - 17:00
Burnett-Womack 4051 or Zoom
Please join us for a presentation by Maggie Hodges, MD, MPH, on her current research work.

Departments of Surgery/Urology Grant Writing Group Hosted by USHER
2025-02-17 16:00 - 17:00
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SQUARES
2025-02-14 10:00 - 11:00
Please join our monthly virtual session on qualitative research in surgical settings. This methods workshop started at Northwestern and has evolved into a combined virtual workshop with surgical outcomes researchers from UNC, Northwestern, and Indiana University discussing qualitative research projects. All phases of research are relevant, so we might be talking about designing qualitative studies, developing data collecting tools, interpreting data, etc.
Everyone is welcome, from the qualitative-research-curious to those with more experience and expertise.

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USHER Works-in-Progress
2025-02-10 16:00 - 17:00

Fika Coffee hosted by USHER
2025-02-06 10:00 - 11:00

Testing Testing
2025-01-29 12:00 - 17:00
USHER Edits

The Nathan A. Womack Surgical Society Research Day
2024-05-03 | Roper Hall, 150 Medical Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States

Visiting Professor: Nathaniel J Soper, MD, Loyal and Edith Davis Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University
2020-03-04 07:15 - 08:15 | 4th Floor Clinic Auditorium
Dr. Nathaniel Soper‘s research interests have revolved around the applications of minimally invasive surgery for gastrointestinal disease, laparoscopic ultrasound, alternative treatments for gallstones and motility of the gastrointestinal tract. More recently he has been involved in the early clinical experience with Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) surgery.

Visiting Professor: Arthur Matas, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota "Controversies in Increasing Living Kidney Donation"
2020-01-29 07:15 - 08:15 | 4th Floor Clinic Auditorium
Arthur J. Matas, MD is Professor of Surgery and Director of the Renal Transplant Program at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Currently, Dr. Matas is the principal investigator on three NIH grants concerning ways to improve outcomes for transplantation patients. He has authored or coauthoredover 600 articles and book chapters and his research has been presented at numerous national and international meetings.
Dr. Matas earned his medical degree in 1972 at the University of Manitoba College of Medicine in Winnipeg, Canada, and did his surgical residency and transplantation fellowship at the University of Minnesota Hospitals, where he was actively involved in clinical and laboratory research.
A member of many surgical and transplant-related societies, including the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (of which he is currently Past President), the American Society of Transplantation, The Transplantation Society, the American Society of Nephrology, the American Surgical Association, and the American College of Surgeons), Dr. Matas serves on the editorial board or is a reviewer for numerous journals.

Faculty Meeting
2019-12-04 07:00 - 08:15

Multidisciplinary Grand Rounds, Danielle Ofri, Professor of Medicine, NYU "When We Do Harm: Medical Error and the Human Condition"
2019-11-20 07:00 - 08:00 | Bondurant G100 and Old Clinic Auditorium
Sponsored by the Department of Surgery, the Department of Anesthesiology, the Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development and the School of Medicine Well-Being Committee.
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Patient safety is a critical issue in medicine today. There is, rightly, a strong emphasis on systems approaches to improving medical care and decreasing error. However, medicine is fundamentally a human endeavor. Without attention to the human aspects of the medical enterprise—emotions, cognitive abilities, biases, communication—crucial aspects of patient safety will remain beyond our grasp.
In an article published in the New York Times, Dr. Ofri highlighted the personal sacrifices health care professionals make to ensure their patients continue to receive high-quality care in spite of ever-increasing workplace demands and administrative burdens. She poignantly describes the growing pressures on physicians and nurses to see more patients each day as well as the extensive time spent documenting in the EHR. The combination results in many providers being forced to engage in “pajama time” (time spent completing EHR tasks in the evenings or other off-hours).
The School of Medicine launched a Well-Being Committee to liaise with and complement the system-wide wellness programs and ensure representation across all SOM Clinical and Basic science departments. This lecture is part of the committee’s work, supporting efforts to communicate effective interventions, disseminate well-being metrics, and champion a culture of well-being across the School of Medicine.

George Johnson, Jr. Distinguished Visiting Professor: Alik Farber, MD, "The Current State of Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia"
2019-11-13 07:15 - 08:15 | 4th Floor Clinic Auditorium
Alik Farber, MDChief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Professor of Surgery and Radiology, Boston University
Dr. Farber is a graduate of Brown University and obtained his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He completed a residency in general surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital; a vascular surgery fellowship at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; and an endovascular surgery fellowship at the Southern Illinois School of Medicine. In addition to his role as Division Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Dr. Farber is also Medical Director of BMC’s Catheterization and Angiography Laboratories and Co-Director of BMC’s Vascular Non-invasive Laboratory as well as Associate Chair for Clinical Operations in the Department of Surgery. He is a fellow in the American College of Surgeons and is a member of the American Board of Surgery. He is a member of many national and regional medical and surgical societies, including the Society for Vascular Surgery, where he was elected to distinguished fellow status in 2013, the Society of University Surgeons, the Western Vascular Surgery Society, the New England Society for Vascular Surgery, the International Society for Endovascular Surgery, and the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery.
Dr. Farber has served as a principal investigator in a number of clinical trials and is currently a National Co-Chair of the BEST-CLI Trial (Best Endovascular versus Best Surgical Therapy in Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia), a $25 million grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to conduct a four-year, randomized clinical trial comparing traditional bypass surgery with the less invasive alternative of endovascular treatment for patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI). He has written and published many articles about vascular and endovascular surgery, has served as a moderator for various vascular meetings, and developed a formal education program in vascular surgery while at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA, which resulted in the Golden Apple Teaching Award for teaching and mentoring residents.
Since his arrival at BMC, Dr. Farber has made it his goal and mission to foster continued clinical excellence and academic productivity. He is currently the director of a fourth-year medical school elective (BMC Surgery Bootcamp) which is designed to prepare medical students who are going into surgical internship.

Faculty Meeting with Cristen Page, MD, Executive Dean of the UNC School of Medicine
2019-10-09 07:15 - 08:15 | 4th Floor Clinic Auditorium

STATE OF THE DEPARTMENT ADDRESS
2019-09-25 07:00 - 08:30

George F. Sheldon Visiting Professor: Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, Professor and Chair of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
2019-09-18 07:15 - 08:15
George F. Sheldon Visiting Professor
Fabrizio Michelassi, MD
The Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor of Surgery
Chair of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College
Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi is a gastrointestinal surgeon with expertise in the surgical treatment of gastrointestinal cancers and inflammatory bowel diseases.
His experience and expertise in treating Crohn’s disease led him to develop a novel bowel-sparing procedure, now known as the Michelassi strictureplasty. He has edited a book on operative strategies in inflammatory bowel disease and has produced many motion pictures on the surgical treatment of complications of Crohn’s disease.
Internationally renowned as an outstanding clinician, researcher and teacher, Dr. Michelassi has delivered many named and keynote lectures around the world; has been invited to be a visiting professor at 32 national and international institutions; and has delivered over 180 national and international presentations. He is on the editorial board of nine prestigious medical journals including: The Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Surgery, The British Journal of Surgery, Annals of Surgery, Digestive Surgery, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology and Hepatology and The World Journal of Surgery. He currently serves as Secretary of the Society of the Alimentary Tract and has served as Vice-President of the International Society of Digestive Surgery.

Byah Thomason Doxey-Sanford Doxey Distinguished Visiting Professor: Henri Ford, MD, MHA, Dean - University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
2019-08-28 07:15 - 08:15
Sanford Doxey, Jr. Distinguished Visiting Professor
Henri Ford, MD, MHA
Pediatric Surgeon
Dean – University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Henri R. Ford, M.D., M.H.A., became dean of the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine on June 1, 2018.
Dr. Ford is a Haitian-born pediatric surgeon who maintains close ties with his native country. In 2010 he traveled to Haiti after the earthquake to provide surgical care to children injured in the catastrophe. Since then, Dr. Ford has returned to Haiti regularly to provide medical care to its residents. In May 2015, he performed the first successful separation of conjoined twins in Haiti, alongside surgeons he helped train.
He was most recently senior vice president and chief of surgery at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), vice dean of medical education, and professor and vice chair for clinical affairs in the Department of Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. Dr. Ford was professor and chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery and surgeon-in-chief at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine before joining CHLA in January 2005.
Motivated by a deep desire to have a positive impact on the world and drive important change, Dr. Ford has achieved unprecedented success throughout his career. He has conducted groundbreaking research on the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis, the most common and lethal disease affecting the gastrointestinal tract of newborn infants. His work has led to new insights into the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of this vexing disease. Under his leadership, CHLA developed a robust, state-of-the-art minimally invasive surgery program.
Dr. Ford’s research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation through the Injury Free Coalition for Kids, the National Trauma Registry for Children and the American College of Surgeons, among others. He is the author of more than 300 publications, book chapters, invited manuscripts, abstracts, and presentations.
Dr. Ford is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Surgeons (England), the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
He received his bachelor’s degree in public and international affairs, cum laude, from Princeton University, and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He also received his M.H.A. (Master of Health Administration) degree from the School of Policy, Planning and Development at the University of Southern California.
Read more about his journey: http://med.miami.edu/news/dr.-henri-fords-incredible-journey-to-become-dean-of-the-miller-school-of-m

Faculty Meeting
2019-08-21 07:00 - 08:15

Ethel F. and James A. Valone Distinguished Visiting Professor Gordon Lee, MD, Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at The Stanford University Medical Center
2019-07-31 07:15 - 08:15
Ethel F. and James A. Valone Distinguished Visiting Professor
Gordon Lee, MD
Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
The Standford University Medical Center
Dr. Gordon Lee is a Professor of Plastic Surgery at Stanford University. Dr. Lee completed his undergraduate education at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and graduated magna cum laude. He attended medical school at Stanford University. He completed a combined residency in General Surgery and Plastic Surgery at UCLA Medical Center, where he was inspired by Dr. William Shaw, a pioneer in microsurgery and breast reconstruction, to pursue a career in academic plastic surgery. After residency, Dr. Lee completed an advanced microsurgery fellowship at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Dr. Lee is the Residency Program Director for Plastic Surgery, Director of Microsurgery, and the Associate Chief for Clinical Affairs. Dr. Lee is involved in the full range of oncologic reconstructive surgery at the Stanford Cancer Center in performing breast reconstruction, abdominal and pelvic reconstruction, head and neck reconstruction, and extremity reconstruction. Dr. Lee performs approximately 80-100 microvascular free flaps per year, and over 350 breast procedures per year.
Dr. Lee is recognized national and internationally for his clinical work and research in reconstructive surgical outcomes and surgical education. He was the 2015-2016 Plastic Surgery Foundation Visiting Professor, and has given lectures around the world. He was awarded the Residency Program Director of the Year in 2017, by the Stanford’s Department of Graduate Medical Education. He is a member of state and national plastic surgery societies, and serves on numerous committees. He is the Associate Editor for the Annals of Plastic Surgery, and Editorial Board member for Microsurgery Journal.

Faculty Retreat with Visiting Professor: Deb DaRosa, MD, Professor Emeritus of Surgery and Medical Education, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
2019-07-13 08:00 - 10:00
Visiting Professor: Deb DaRosa, MD, Professor Emeritus of Surgery and Medical Education, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Deb DeRosa, MD
Professor Emeritus of Surgery and Medical Education
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Founder and emeritus member of the Board of Directors
Topic: “How to Coach Learners to Learn”
Dr. DaRosa is Professor Emerita of Surgery and Medical Education in the Department of Surgery at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine where she served as the Vice Chair of Education for 16 years. She obtained her PhD in Education at Southern Illinois University in 1983. She has been a major leader in surgical education including the establishment of the Association of Surgical Education (ASE) for which she served as the first non-clinician president and was subsequently honored with the ASE Distinguished Educator Award in 2001. She has dedicated the majority of her career to faculty development, pursuing educational research and providing educational consultation. She has published over 100 abstracts, papers and book chapters, and has presented her research, keynote addresses, and faculty development programs at regional, national and international forums.

Visiting Professor: Deb DaRosa, MD, Professor Emeritus of Surgery and Medical Education, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
2019-07-12 13:00 - 17:00
Visiting Professor: Deb DaRosa, MD, Professor Emeritus of Surgery and Medical Education, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Deb DeRosa, MD
Professor Emeritus of Surgery and Medical Education
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Founder and emeritus member of the Board of Directors
Topic: “Teaching and Learning in the Operating Room”
Dr. DaRosa is Professor Emerita of Surgery and Medical Education in the Department of Surgery at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine where she served as the Vice Chair of Education for 16 years. She obtained her PhD in Education at Southern Illinois University in 1983. She has been a major leader in surgical education including the establishment of the Association of Surgical Education (ASE) for which she served as the first non-clinician president and was subsequently honored with the ASE Distinguished Educator Award in 2001. She has dedicated the majority of her career to faculty development, pursuing educational research and providing educational consultation. She has published over 100 abstracts, papers and book chapters, and has presented her research, keynote addresses, and faculty development programs at regional, national and international forums.

Department Photo
2019-07-10 07:15 - 08:15
Instead of Grand Rounds, UNC Surgery requests the presence of all of its faculty and residents for a group photo.
Attendees: Faculty and Residents
Time: 7:15am
Location: In front of Bondurant

2019 Nathan A. Womack Surgical Society Research Day and Graduation Ceremony: Yuman Fong, MD
2019-06-07
2019 Nathan A. Womack Surgical
Society Research Day and Graduation
Ceremony
Yuman Fong
Chair of Surgery, City of Hope Helford Clinical Research Hospital

A pioneer both in the operating room and in the laboratory, Yuman Fong, M.D., The Sangiacomo Family Chair in Surgical Oncology and chair of our Department of Surgery is an internationally recognized expert in cancer of the liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts. He has led the research effort to employ genetically modified viruses to destroy cancer cells.

Dr. Fong joined City of Hope in 2014 after more than two decades at the renowned Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

Dr. Fong is both author and innovator: He has developed many new surgical techniques and instruments and written and edited hundreds of scholarly articles as well as nearly a dozen textbooks.

Visiting Professor: Keith Lillimoe, MD, Professor and Chief of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
2019-05-29 07:15 - 08:15

Visiting Professor: Lillian Kao, MD, Professor, Division of Acute Care Surgery, University of Texas
2019-04-24 07:15 - 08:15

Ethel F. and James A. Valone Distinguished Visiting Professor: Susan Mackinnon, MD, Professor and Chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Washington University School of Medicine
2019-04-17 07:15 - 08:15
Ethel F. and James A. Valone Distinguished Visiting Professor
Susan Mackinnon, MD
Sydney M. Shoenberg, Jr. and Robert H. Shoenberg Professor, Surgery
Chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Washington University School of Medicine
Topic: “Paradigm Shifts in Nerve Surgery”
Susan Mackinnon, MD is the Sydney M. Jr. and Robert H. Shoenberg Professor and chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. She performed the first nerve transplant in 1988 and is considered a leading expert in the field of peripheral nerve surgery. Mackinnon earned her medical degree from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and completed a plastic surgery residency at the University of Toronto. She went on to complete fellowships in neurosurgical research at the University of Toronto and Hand Surgery at the Raymond Curtis Hand Center in Baltimore.
In addition to her work in nerve transplantation, Mackinnon has developed a number of nerve transfer techniques in which healthy nerves are rerouted into areas left paralyzed by damaged ones. Her areas of clinical interest in peripheral nerve surgery include hand, upper extremity and lower extremity injury; carpal tunnel syndrome; tarsal tunnel syndrome; thoracic outlet syndrome; brachial plexus injury; cumulative trauma disorder; nerve compression; facial palsy; and hand and upper extremity disorders and injuries.

Visiting Professor: Anne Mosenthal, MD, Professor and Chair of Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
2019-03-27 07:15 - 20:15
Visiting Professor: Anne Mosenthal, MD, Professor and Chair of Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School with UNC Center of Bioethics, Arlene Davis

Visiting Professor: Michael Rosen, MD, Director, Comprehensive Hernia Center Cleveland Clinic
2019-02-20 07:15 - 08:15

Chief Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residents: Mihaela Rapolti, MD and Paul Diegidio, MD
2019-01-16 07:15 - 08:15
