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SUMMARY:Visiting Professor: Nathaniel J Soper\, MD\, Loyal and Edith Davis Professor of Surgery\, Northwestern University
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/surgery/event/visiting-professor-nathaniel-j-soper-md-loyal-and-edith-davis-professor-of-surgery-northwestern-university/
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SUMMARY:Visiting Professor: Arthur Matas\, MD\, Professor\, Department of Surgery\, University of Minnesota "Controversies in Increasing Living Kidney Donation"
DESCRIPTION:Arthur J. Matas\, MD is Professor of Surgery and Director of the Renal Transplant Program at the University of Minnesota\, Minneapolis. \nCurrently\, 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. \nDr. 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. \nA 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.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/surgery/event/visiting-professor-arthur-matas-md-professor-department-of-surgery-university-of-minnesota/
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SUMMARY:George Johnson\, Jr. Distinguished Visiting Professor: Alik Farber\, MD\, "The Current State of Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia"
DESCRIPTION:Alik Farber\, MDChief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery\, Professor of Surgery and Radiology\, Boston University\nDr. 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. \nDr. 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. \nSince 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.
URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/surgery/event/visiting-professor-alik-farber-md-chief-of-vascular-and-endovascular-surgery-boston-university-school-of-medicine/
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SUMMARY:Faculty Meeting with Cristen Page\, MD\,  Executive Dean of the UNC School of Medicine
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URL:https://www.med.unc.edu/surgery/event/faculty-meeting-with-cristen-page-md-executive-dean-of-the-unc-school-of-medicine/
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