Grand Rounds and Endowed Lectureships | Department of Surgery
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds Conferences are held every Monday morning from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. in the OHSU Auditorium unless otherwise noted.
*During the months of July and August, Grand Rounds is held each Monday from 7:30 - 8:20 a.m.
Attend Grand Rounds virtually via Webex
For more information, contact DoSEvents@ohsu.edu
July 1, 2024 | “What the Super Mario Brothers Taught Me About Pediatric Surgery,” presented by Devin Halleran, M.D., OHSU Pediatric Surgery Fellow | “Management of Choledocholithiasis After Gastric Bypass,” presented by Tiffany Lee, M.D., and Davis Yonge, M.D., OHSU MIS Fellows
July 8, 2024 | “Emergency Colorectal Surgery for the General Surgeon,” presented by Paola Cruz-Ramos, M.D., and Scott Nguyen, M.D., OHSU Colorectal Surgery Fellows | “Sixty Years On. A Pictorial Review: Medical Evidence in the Assassination of John F. Kennedy,” presented by Michael Kilbourne, M.D., Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, OHSU
July 15, 2024 | “The Variability of Vascular Surgery: What the future holds (and why you should consider it),” presented by Kelsi Hirai, M.D., and Reid Mahoney, M.D., OHSU Vascular Surgery Fellows | “Drug Screening in Trauma,” presented by AJ Hayes, M.D., Charles Lawrence, M.D., Farris Noor Serio, M.D., and Luke Willand, M.D., OHSU Surgical Critical Care Fellows
July 22, 2024 | “School of Medicine Update and Q&A” | Nathan Selden, M.D., Ph.D., Dean, School of Medicine, Executive Vice President, OHSU
July 29, 2024 | “Evaluation and Management of Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma,” presented by Tariq Almerey, M.D., OHSU HPB Fellow | “The Rise of the Machines: How Robotics is Changing Kidney Transplantation,” presented by Christine Kolwitz, M.D., OHSU Transplant and HB fellow
August 5, 2024 | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | “Surgical Coaching and Mentorship for the Modern Day Surgeon” | Mackenzie Cook, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery, Surgical Core Clinical Experience Director, OHSU, and Vahagn Nikolian, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, OHSU
August 12, 2024 | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | “COMPADRE: Reducing Regional Health Disparities by Transforming the Physician Workforce” | Joyce Hollander-Rodriguez, M.D., Professor of Family Medicine, Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, Office of the Dean, School of Medicine, OHSU; Tomo Ito, Ed.D., Assistant Dean, Curriculum, OHSU; Amy Miller Juve, Ed.D., M.Ed., Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Vice Chair of Education, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Professional Development and Program Improvement Specialist, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, OHSU
August 19, 2024 | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | “Questioning Aid for Rich Real-time Discussion (QAARD): A Tool to Enhance Critical Thinking in Clinical Settings” | John Stowers, D.O., FACOS, FACS, Interim Program Director of OHSU Surgery Residency, ACS AEI Surgical Director of OHSU Simulation, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, School of Medicine, OHSU
August 26, 2024 | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | “Effective & Empowering Evaluation & Feedback” | Mary Fry, N.D., Assistant Professor, Faculty Development Clinical Teaching Specialist, Teaching and Learning Center, OHSU
September 2, 2024 | Cancelled for the Labor Day holiday
September 9, 2024 | "State of the Department" | Ken Azarow, M.D., Mackenzie Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, OHSU
September 16, 2024 | “Finding Our Way Forward: Where Are We Now and What Can We Do?” | Megan Furnari, M.D., M.S., Associate Chief Wellness Officer and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, School of Medicine, OHSU
September 23, 2024 | “DEI Council State of Affairs” | Liana Tsikitis, M.D., M.B.A, M.C.R., FACS, FASCRS, Professor of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, School of Medicine, OHSU; Tatiana Hoyos Gomez, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, School of Medicine, OHSU
September 30, 2024 | TRUNKEY LECTURE | “Wellness 3.0 – It’s Time for a Revolution” | Mary Brandt, M.D., MDiv, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Medical Ethics at Baylor College of Medicine and Professor of Pediatric Surgery at Tulane University School of Medicine
October 7, 2024 | “Transforming Cancer Screening: An Overview of Blood-based Genomic Testing” | Nima Nabavizadeh, M.D., CMO & Director of Early Detection Clinical Research at CEDAR and Associate Professor of Radiation Medicine, School of Medicine, OHSU
October 14, 2024 | John Stauffer, M.D., Surgical Oncologist at the Mayo Clinic
October 21, 2024 | Cancelled for the ACS Clinical Congress
October 28, 2024 | Shannon McWeeney, Ph.D., Professor of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Chief Data Officer of OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
November 4, 2024 | Clay Kills First, PharmD, Clinical Oncology Pharmacist, OHSU
November 11, 2024 | Professionalism Week: Panel Discussion on Different Perspectives on Professionalism Across the Training Spectrum | Moderator: George Keepers, M.D. | Panelists: Monica Arena, medical student, year 4, Erynn A. Beeson, M.D., chief resident of medicine, Matthias Merkel, M.D., Ph.D., professor of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine; senior associate chief medical officer, Capacity Management and Patient Flow, OHSU Health,
Bisrat Teweldemedhin, M.D., assistant professor of medicine (hospital medicine),
Kristin Trone, M.D., chief resident of surgery,
November 18, 2024 | Julie Doberne, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery & Assistant Professor of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine, OHSU
November 25, 2024 | Benjamin Carr, M.D., Surgical Director of Pediatric Critical Care and Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, School of Medicine
December 2, 2024
December 9, 2024
December 16, 2024 | KRIPPAEHNE LECTURE | Jacob Greenberg, M.D., Vice Chair of Education and Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University
December 23, 2024 | Cherrie Abraham, M.D., Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, School of Medicine, OHSU
July 3, 2023 | “Aneurysmal Equations: Management of Ruptured AAA” | Hattan Alghamdi, M.D., and Ben Chou, M.D., OHSU Vascular Surgery Fellows || “Robots and artificial intelligence, oh my!” | Tyler Robinson, M.D., and Debi Thomas, M.D., OHSU Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellows
July 10, 2023 | “From Scrubs to Screens: Navigating the Influence of Social Media in Surgical Education” | Nick Bedrin, M.D., Peter Cmorej, M.D., Kalli Devecki, M.D., and Hannah Hayes, M.D., OHSU Surgical Critical Care Fellows
July 17, 2023 | “Why Pediatric Surgery” | Mike Arnold, M.D., OHSU Pediatric Surgery Fellow || “Updates in Thoracic Surgical Oncology” | John Monu, M.D., and Amro Wafi, M.D., OHSU Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellows
July 24, 2023 | “Treatment of Colorectal Liver Metastasis: An allegory of one HPB fellow's educational journey” | Janet Li, M.D., OHSU Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery Fellow || “Machine Perfusion of Liver Allografts” | Christy Kowlitz, M.D., OHSU Transplant/HB Surgery Fellow
July 31, 2023 | “What's up with that butt?” | Rebecca Gologorsky, M.D., and Kelli Tavares, M.D., OHSU Colorectal Surgery Fellows
August 7, 2023 | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | “Grant Submission 101: The basics and how do I get started…” | Jonathan Brody, Ph.D., Gerlinger Chair and Professor of Surgery, Vice Chair of Research, Department of Surgery, OHSU
August 14, 2023 | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | “A Discussion Panel: Mentor-Mentee Relationships” | Susan Orloff, M.D., Rosalie Sears, Ph.D., Sherene Shalhub, M.D., and Melissa Wong, Ph.D., Departments of Surgery, Molecular and Medical Genetics, and Cellular and Developmental Cancer Biology, OHSU
August 21, 2023 | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | “Entrustable Professional Activities: Here we go!” | Mackenzie Cook, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery, Director, Surgical Core Clinical Experience, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU
August 28, 2023 | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | Sancy Leachman, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Dermatology, OHSU
September 4, 2023 | Cancelled for Labor Day Holiday
September 11, 2023 | "State of the Department" | Kenneth Azarow, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., Mackenzie Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, OHSU
September 18, 2023 | “Prevention of lymphedema by retinoic acid induced lymphangiogenesis” | Alex Wong, M.D., Professor of Plastic Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center
September 25, 2023 | TRUNKEY LECTURE | “Trauma & Burn – Ever Evolving Specialties” | Sharmila Dissanaike, M.D., Professor and Peter C. Canizaro Chair, Department of Surgery, Assistant Medical Director, Timothy J. Harnar Burn Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
October 2, 2023 | “Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery for the treatment of Pediatric Obesity” | Janey Pratt, M.D., Clinical Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Stanford Medicine Children's Health
October 9, 2023 | “Updates in Melanoma Clinical Trials and Treatment” | Cristian Valenzuela, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, OHSU
October 16, 2023 | KRIPPAEHNE LECTURE | “Entrustable Professional Activities: Our Once-In-A-Generation Opportunity to Advance Surgical Education” | Brenessa Lindeman, M.D., Associate Professor, Chief, Section of Endocrine Surgery, Vice Chair, Education Program Director, UAB Endocrine Surgery Fellowship, Assistant Dean, UAB Graduate Medical Education, University of Alabama at Birmingham
October 23, 2023 | Cancelled for ACS
October 30, 2023 | “Embracing an OHSU Community Member with a Disability: Knowledge, Humor, and Grace” | John Brigande, Ph.D., Professor of Otolaryngology, Professor of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology, OHSU
November 6, 2023 | “Transplanting Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: When to Mess with the Pancreas” | Alexandra Bolognese, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Department of Surgery, OHSU
November 13, 2023 | 7 - 8 A.M. | PROFESSIONALISM WEEK | “Professionalism” | Thomas Nasca, M.D., M.A.C.P., President and Chief Executive Officer, ACGME
November 20, 2023 | Department of Surgery Vice Chairs | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Regional Strategy/Surgical Operations and Advanced Practice | Liana Tsikitis, M.D., M.B.A., M.C.R., Sherene Shalhub, M.D., M.P.H., and Mindy Hamilton, P.A.-C., Department of Surgery, OHSU
November 27, 2023 | Jennifer Preston, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Integrated Surgical Residency Program Director, University of Arizona College of Medicine; Chair of Robotics, Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix
December 4, 2023 | Lucas McDuffie, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina
December 11, 2023 | Geeta Lal, M.D., Professor of Surgery - Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery, Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Chief Medical Officer, University of Iowa
December 18, 2023 | Department of Surgery Vice Chairs | Education, Quality/Operations, Research | Karen Brasel, M.D., M.P.H., Brett Sheppard, M.D., Sanjay Krishnaswami, M.D., Daniel Clayburgh, M.D., and Jonathan Brody, Ph.D., Department of Surgery, OHSU
December 25, 2023 | Cancelled for the Christmas holiday
January 1, 2024 | Cancelled for the New Years holiday
January 8, 2024 | Research Fair I | Moderated by Vice Chair of Research Jonathan Brody, Ph.D., and Resident Research Director Sandy Fang, M.D., OHSU
January 15, 2024 | Cancelled for Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
January 22, 2024 | Grand Rounds Quality Retreat | "Improving Improvement" | Clifford Ko, M.D., M.S., M.S.H.S., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.R.S., Director of the Division of Research and Optimal Patient Care, American College of Surgeons
January 29, 2024 | Research Fair II | Moderated by Vice Chair of Research Jonathan Brody, Ph.D., and Resident Research Director Sandy Fang, M.D., OHSU
February 5, 2024 | "State of the Department" | Kenneth Azarow, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., Mackenzie Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, OHSU, and David Jacoby, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Dean of the School of Medicine, M.D./M.P.H. Program Director, OHSU.
February 12, 2024 | “What Would a Good Doctor Do? Teaching Character to Future Physicians: Impossible or Missed Opportunity?” | Kathryn Rowland, M.D., M.P.H.S., Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Comer Children's Hospital, The University of Chicago Medicine
February 19, 2024 | Cancelled for Presidents' Day
February 26, 2024 | “OHSU Onward: Achieving a Post-Pandemic Financial Equilibrium in Academic Medicine” | Lawrence Furnstahl, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, OHSU
March 4, 2024 | “A Patient-Centered Approach to Healthcare Delivery in Surgery” | Lisa Brown, M.D., M.A.S., Assistant Professor of General Thoracic Surgery, Clinical Director of the Comprehensive Lung Cancer Screening Program, Department of Surgery, UC Davis Health
March 11, 2024 | NW Collaborative Visiting Professor | “Kids these days: Reconsidering surgical values with Millennial learners” | Minna Wieck, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, UC Davis Health Children's Hospital
March 18, 2024 | “Pioneers to Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: History, Technique and Data” | John Hunter, M.D., EVP and CEO of OHSU Health Systems, Alia Qureshi, M.D., Associate Professor of GI and General Surgery, and Stephanie Wood, M.D., Assistant Professor of GI and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU
March 25, 2024 | “Optimizing Access to Surgery in Rural Settings” | Robert McLafferty, M.D., M.B.A., Professor of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU
April 1, 2024 | Vibrancy & Vitality Rounds | Presented by the Department of Neurosurgery
April 8, 2024 | Surgeon-Scientist Dyad: “VEDS as a Model of Premature Aging of the Aorta” | Sherene Shalhub, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor and Head of Vascular Surgery, Nabil Alkayed, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, and Lynn Sakai, Ph.D., Professor of Research, Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, OHSU
April 15, 2024 | CAMPBELL LECTURE | “Biliary Atresia: a Journey for Impact” | Kasper S. Wang, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., The Robert M. Filler Endowed Chair of Paediatric Surgery, Teh University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine
April 22, 2024 | “Why your military surgical career leads you where it does?” | Robert B. Lim, M.D., Professor of Surgery, CMT Department, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
April 29, 2024 | "Trans-forming Healthcare" | Michaela West, M.D., Ph.D., Division of Trauma, Acute and Critical Care Surgery, Trauma Research Chair, North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital, Minnesota
May 6, 2024 | “Machine Learning in PAD: Risk-based Stratification and Tailored Care” | Katherine McGinigle, M.D., M.P.H., Tenure-track Associate Professor, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina
May 13, 2024 | Schwartz Rounds
May 20, 2024 | “Through the Looking Glass: Quantifying Tissue Perfusion to Guide Intraoperative Decision Making” | Rowza Rumma, M.D., Johnson & Johnson Innovation Fellow, Vascular Surgery Fellow, NYP-Cornell/Columbia
May 27, 2024 | Cancelled for Memorial Day
June 3, 2024 | TORCH Tournament Field Games
June 10, 2024 | "Overview on SOM P&T Portfolio Changes" | Liana Tsikitis, M.D., M.B.A., M.C.R., Professor and Head of the Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU
June 17, 2024 | SAM LIU LECTURE | “The Parallel Histories of Breast Cancer Treatment and Health Policy: Lessons for Leadership” | Sharon S. Lum, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S., Clifton and Sandra Reeves Chair in General Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Loma Linda University School of Medicine
June 24, 2024 | “Diagnosis and Initial Management of Acute MSK Shoulder Pathology,” presented by Connor Pihl, M.D., Hand Fellow, OHSU | “Lessons Learned: A Year of Growth,” presented by Nicholas Bene, M.D., Advanced Gender Surgery Fellow, OHSU
July 4, 2022 | Cancelled for Fourth of July holiday
July 11, 2022 | “Controversies in Claudication Management” | Michael Palmer, M.D., and Megan Penna, M.D., Vascular Surgery Fellows, Department of Surgery, OHSU
July 18, 2022 | CAMPBELL LECTURE | “Refractory Abdominal Tumors in Children; Does Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) Really Work?” | Andrea Hayes, M.D., Professor and Chair of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC
July 25, 2022 | “Nissen vs Toupet” | Jared McAllister, M.D., and Maria Sanchez, M.D., MIS Fellows, Department of Surgery, OHSU
August 1, 2022 | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | "Advice for Medical Students and LORs" | Mackenzie Cook, M.D., Heather Hoops, M.D., and Vahagn Nikolian, M.D., Department of Surgery, OHSU
August 8, 2022 | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | “Firefly Lab and Medhub Evals” | Erin Maynard, M.D., and Ruchi Thanawala, M.D., Department of Surgery, OHSU
August 15, 2022 | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | “Language and Medical Interpretation Best Practices” | Tatiana Hoyos Gomez, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Assistant Director, DOS DEI Council, Department of Surgery, OHSU
August 22, 2022 | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | “Death Rounds” | Tim Siegel, M.D., and David Zonies, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., Department of Surgery, OHSU
August 29, 2022 | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | “Enhancing Intra-Operative Feedback” | John Stowers, D.O., and Karen Brasel, M.D., M.P.H., Department of Surgery, OHSU
September 5, 2022 | Cancelled for Labor Day Holiday
September 12, 2022 | "State of the Department" | Kenneth Azarow, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., Mackenzie Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, OHSU
September 19, 2022 | TRUNKEY LECTURE | “Healthcare Reparations for African Americans: Bioethical Rationale and Practical Framework” | Douglas W. Hanto, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.E., Co-Chair, Surgical Ethics Working Group (SEWG), HMS Center for Bioethics, Lewis Thomas Professor of Surgery Emeritus, Harvard Medical School
September 26, 2022 | “The Surgeon Data Scientist” | Ruchi Thanawala, M.D., M.S., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Section of Thoracic Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU
October 3, 2022 | "Leading and Following—A Practicable Model" | Danny Jacobs, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine, President, OHSU
October 10, 2022 | “Surgical Systems Strengthening towards Universal Health Coverage in Africa” | Emmanuel Ameh, M.B.B.S., Professor and Consultant, Pediatric Surgery, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria
October 17, 2022 | Cancelled for ACS
October 24, 2022 | “Finding comfort in discomfort: our stories in the House of Surgery” | Moderated by Tim Siegel, M.D., with panelists Michaela Bamdad, M.D., Brittany Bankhead, M.D., Imani McElroy, M.D., M.P.H., Harveshp Mogal, M.D., M.S., and Ruchi Thanawala, M.D.
October 31, 2022 | Research Fair I | Moderated by Vice Chair of Research Jonathan Brody, Ph.D., and Resident Research Director Sandy Fang, M.D., OHSU
November 7, 2022 | 7 - 8 a.m. | Professionalism Week | "Celebrating Bright Spots in the Pandemic: Lessons in Collaboration, Courage and Dedication" | Moderated by Sydney Ey, Ph.D. with panelists Kat Phillips, M.H.A., Nicole Krishnaswami, J.D., Renee Edwards, M.D., Andrea Dayot, R.N., Mary Tanski, M.D., Julie Johnson, R.N., and Anthony Cheng, M.D.
November 14, 2022 | "KeyScope: Surgical Capacity Building and Medical Device Development in Uganda" | Tamara Fitzgerald, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Surgery, Associate Research Professor of Global Health, Division of Pediatric General Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine
November 21, 2022 | "Oregon's Black History: 450 Years in 45 Minutes" | Zachary Stocks, Oregon Black Pioneers Executive Director
November 28, 2022 | KRIPPAEHNE LECTURE | "Stress, Sleep, and Surgery: What it means for the surgeon" | Jamie Coleman, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery, Vice-Chair of Wellness, Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, Kentucky
December 5, 2022 | “Financing Academic Health Care in a COVID World” | Lawrence Furnstahl, Chief Financial Officer, OHSU
December 12, 2022 | Department of Surgery Vice Chairs | Quality + Operations and Surgical Strategy + Research Operations | Daniel Clayburgh, M.D., Sanjay Krishnaswami, M.D. and Brett Sheppard, M.D., Department of Surgery Vice Chairs, OHSU
December 19, 2022 | Department of Surgery Vice Chairs | Research, Education, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | Jonathan Brody, Ph.D., Karen Brasel, M.D., M.P.H., and Liana Tsikitis, M.D., M.C.R., M.B.A., Department of Surgery, OHSU
December 26, 2022 | Cancelled for the Christmas holiday
January 2, 2023 | Cancelled for the New Years holiday
January 9, 2023 | Research Fair II | Moderated by Vice Chair of Research Jonathan Brody, Ph.D., and Resident Research Director Sandy Fang, M.D., OHSU
January 16, 2023 | Cancelled for Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
January 23, 2023 | "High Stake Communication in the ICU: Doing it, Teaching it, Researching it" | Mackenzie Cook, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU
January 30, 2023 | “Academic Productivity (Doing Research As A Resident)” | Erik Wolfswinkel, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU
February 6, 2023 | “Comprehensive Limb Preservation in Today's Healthcare Setting” | Rhusheet Patel, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU
February 13, 2023 | “Portland's Worst Day: Are YOU Ready?” | Jeremy Cannon, M.D., Professor of Surgery, Section Chief, Trauma Surgery, Trauma Program Medical Director, University of Pennsylvania and the Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia
February 20, 2023 | Cancelled for Presidents' Day
February 27, 2023 | “Innovations in Bariatric Surgery” | Sergio Toledo, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Bariatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU
March 6, 2023 | “The Evolution of Axillary Management in Breast Cancer” | Jennifer Tonneson, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, OHSU
March 13, 2023 | Surgeon-Scientist Dyad: “Quality of Life for Patients with Advanced Cholangiocarcinoma: Survivorship Insights from the HELIX-1 Clinical Trial” | Skye Mayo M.D., Lissi Hansen, Ph.D., R.N., Susan Rosenkranz, Ph.D., and Cristy Klaver, OHSU
March 20, 2023 | History of Surgery Lecture: “A new field in surgical care may be evolving – is it time to pre-plan?” | Casti Bhamidipati, D.O., Ph.D., M.Sc., F.A.C.S., Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU
March 27, 2023 | Surgeon-Scientist Dyad: "Pancreatic Cancer" | Brett Sheppard, M.D., Professor of Surgery and Vice Chair of Quality and Clinical Operations, and Jonathan Brody, Ph.D., Gerlinger Chair for Surgical Research and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Surgery, OHSU
April 3, 2023 | “Promotion & Tenure: What you need to know” | Liana Tsikitis, M.D., M.C.R., M.B.A., Professor and Head of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU
April 10, 2023 | "Entrustable Professional Activities: Why, What, How and So What?" | Mackenzie Cook, M.D., Raphael Sun, M.D., and Connie Gan, M.D., Department of Surgery, OHSU
April 17, 2023 | “Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction - Mediocrity to Science and Surgical Specialty, Are We There Yet?” | B. Todd Heniford, M.D., Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Director, Carolinas Hernia Institute, Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, North Carolina
April 24, 2023 | “Strategies to end the shortage of organs for transplant” | Seth Karp, M.D., Chair, Section of Surgical Sciences, H. William Scott Jr. Chair in Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Biomedical Ethics & Society, and Anesthesiology, Surgeon-in-Chief Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Director, Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
May 1, 2023 | “Improving Patient Care for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People: Lessons from a Trans Cancer Survivor” | Yee Won Chong, Organizational Development, Racial Justice and Gender Justice Strategist and Facilitator, Senior Fellow, Racial Equity, Western States Center, Portland, Ore.
May 8, 2023 | “Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: The Specter of Surgeons” | Sherene Shalhub, M.D., M.P.H., Division Head and Associate Professor, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Co-Director, OHSU Heart and Vascular Services, Department of Surgery, OHSU
May 15, 2023 | 7 - 8 a.m. | Perioperative Schwartz Rounds | “A terrible condition, a mother's love, and help from unexpected places” | Panelists: Alan Kovar, M.D., M.B.A, Maria McCardle, Elisa Youngman, B.S.N., R.N., C.C.R.N., Tiffany Berning, R.N. B.S.N., C.C.R.N., Castigliano Bhamidpati, D.O., Ph.D,. M.S.c, F.A.C.S.
May 22, 2023 | CAMPBELL LECTURE | “Innovation in Pediatric Medical Devices” | Michael Harrison, M.D., Principal Investigator & Clinical Lead, UCSF-Stanford Pediatric Device Consortium, Professor Emeritus of Surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics, gynecology & reproductive sciences, UCSF, Director Emeritus, UCSF Fetal Treatment Center
May 29, 2023 | Cancelled for Memorial Day
June 5, 2023 | “Unlocking the Potential of Macrophages in Human Cancer: Reflections of an Early-Stage Surgeon-Scientist” | Teresa Kim, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Washington; 2023 NW Collaborative Visiting Professor
June 12, 2023 | “Hey Doc, I Think There's Thumbthing Wrong” | Matthew Zeiderman, M.D., Hand Surgery Fellow, OHSU || “The Scenic Route: Walking New Paths with Lessons Learned from Giants” | Monica Llado-Farrulla, M.D., Gender Surgery Fellow, OHSU
June 19, 2023 | Cancelled in observance of Juneteenth
June 26, 2023 | Cancelled
July 5, 2021 | Cancelled for Fourth of July holiday
July 12, 2021 | “Early TXA in Trauma: Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze?” | Alex Brito, M.D., Andrew Discolo, M.D., Chad Hall, M.D., and Laura Trujillo, M.D., Surgical Critical Care Fellows, Department of Surgery, OHSU
July 19, 2021 | “Thoracic Surgery and the Pandemic” | Burhan Hassan, M.B.B.S., Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow, Department of Surgery, OHSU
July 26, 2021 | “Mission Possible: Bariatric Surgical Emergencies for the Non-Bariatric Surgeon” | Ryland Stucke, M.D., and Tarin Worrest, M.D., MIS Fellows, Department of Surgery, OHSU
August 2, 2021 | 7:15 - 8 A.M. | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | "Death Rounds" | Tim Siegel, M.D., and David Zonies, M.D., Department of Surgery, OHSU
August 9, 2021 | 7:15 - 8 A.M. | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | “Education M&M: the struggling learner/teacher dyad” | Mackenzie Cook, M.D., and Heather Hoops, M.D., Assistant Professors of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU
August 16, 2021 | 7:15 - 8 A.M. | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | “Triumphs and Talents” | Ken Azarow, M.D., Mackenzie Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
August 23, 2021 | 7:15 - 8 A.M. | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | “What is new in feedback and evaluations?” | Karen Brasel, M.D., M.P.H., and Erin Maynard, M.D., General Surgery Residency Program, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
August 30, 2021 | 7:15 - 8 A.M. | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | “Cultural Humility and Cultural Competence: Conventionalizing Inclusion” | Tatiana Hoyos Gomez, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU; and Leslie Garcia, Assistant Chief Diversity Officer, OHSU.
September 6, 2021 | Cancelled for Labor Day Holiday
September 13, 2021 | "State of the Department" | Kenneth Azarow, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., Mackenzie Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, OHSU
September 20, 2021 | KRIPPAEHNE LECTURE | “Character Matters: A Reflection on Personal Formation for the Surgeon” | John D. Mellinger, M.D., J. Roland Folse, M.D. Endowed Chair in Surgery, Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.
September 27, 2021 | “Optimizing Joy in Surgery” | Robert Sawin, M.D., Herbert E. Coe Professor, Emeritus, University of Washington, Seattle Children's Hospital.
October 4, 2021 | Cancelled
October 11, 2021 | Research Fair I | Moderated by Vice Chair of Research Jonathan Brody, Ph.D., and Resident Research Director Belinda McCully, Ph.D., OHSU
October 18, 2021 | "Surgical Palliative Care: An overview of current practices at OHSU and the Portland VA" | Annie Nagengast, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU
October 25, 2021 | Cancelled for ACS
November 1, 2021 | "Anal Cancer: Figuring it out from the BUTT-OM Up" | Sandy Fang, M.D., FACS, FASCRS, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU
November 8, 2021 | 7 - 8 a.m. | Professionalism Week | "Moral Injury in Health Care Personnel During the Pandemic" | Joan Anzia, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vice Chair for Education, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
November 15, 2021 | "Fetal Surgery: A new chapter at OHSU" | Raphael Sun, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery and Fetal Surgery Program Director, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU
November 22, 2021 | “Antibiotics in Surgery: Some is Good, Less is Just as Good” | Ellie Sukerman, M.D., M.S., and James Lewis, Pharm.D., FIDSA, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, OHSU.
November 29, 2021 | Surgeon-Scientist Dyad Presentation | "The bugs did it – Colorectal Neoplasia, Microbiome & the Immune System" | Liana Tsikitis, M.D., M.B.A., M.C.R., Professor and Head of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery; Sud Anand, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology, School of Medicine, OHSU.
December 6, 2021 | "What is Digital Health and Why Should Surgeons Care?" | Oliver Aalami, M.D., Clinical Professor of Vascular Surgery, Director of Biodesign for Digital Health, Stanford University
December 13, 2021 | Research Fair II | Moderated by Vice Chair of Research Jonathan Brody, Ph.D., and Resident Research Director Sandy Fang, M.D., OHSU; with Robert Eil, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, OHSU
December 20, 2021 | Department of Surgery Vice Chairs | Quality + Operations and Surgical Strategy + Research Operations | Daniel Clayburgh, M.D., Sanjay Krishnaswami, M.D., Brett Sheppard, M.D., and Farah Husain, M.D., Department of Surgery Vice Chairs
December 27, 2021 | "Global overview of COVID-19 pandemic and way forward" | Maria Van Kerkhove, M.S., Ph.D., head of Emerging Diseases and Zoonoses Unit, COVID-19 Technical and Health Operations Lead, World Health Organization Health Emergencies Programme
January 3, 2022 | “Disparities in Trauma Care and in the Surgical Workforce” | Cherisse Berry, M.D., Associate Professor of Critical Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
January 10, 2022 | TRUNKEY LECTURE | “Towards a New Era in Surgical Ethics” | Peter Angelos, M.D., Ph.D., Linda Kohler Anderson Professor of Surgery, Chief of Endocrine Surgery, Associate Director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago
January 17, 2022 | Cancelled for Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
January 24, 2022 | "Faculty Research Auditions: Research Program Quick Snapshots from the DoS Faculty" | Moderated by Vice Chair of Research Jonathan Brody, Ph.D., Department of Surgery, OHSU
January 31, 2022 | “Surgery Vice Chair Update: Research, Education, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion" | Jonathan Brody, Ph.D., Karen Brasel, M.D., M.P.H., and Liana Tsikitis, M.D., M.C.R., M.B.A., Department of Surgery, OHSU
February 7, 2022 | "This One Goes Out to the Underdog" | John Hunter, M.D., FACS, EVP and CEO, OHSU Health
February 14, 2022 | Annual History of Surgery Lecture | "The Evolution of Modern Vascular Surgery" | Leo Daab, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU
February 21, 2022 | Cancelled for Presidents' Day
February 28, 2022 | “Face and hand transplantation: challenges and opportunities in post-traumatic reconstruction” | Elie Ramly, M.D., Chief General Surgery Resident, Department of Surgery, OHSU
March 7, 2022 | Surgeon-Scientist Dyad | "Obesity and Cancer: Exploring the Effect of Bariatric Surgery" | Andrea Stroud, M.D., M.S., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Bariatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU | "Reprogramming Resiliency: Altered Lipid Metabolism in Pancreatic Cancer Cachexia" | Aaron Grossberg, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Radiation Medicine, School of Medicine, OHSU.
March 14, 2022 | 7 - 8 a.m. | Joint Quality Grand Rounds with APOM | "Periop Communication" | Presented by Sydney Rose, M.D., Kim Lu, M.D., Avital O’Glasser, M.D., Michele Noles, M.D., David Woodland, M.D., Hunter Alldredge, M.D., Brett Sheppard, M.D., Amani Politano, M.D., and Tera Cushman, M.D.
March 21, 2022 | "Compassionate Surgical Care: The effect on patients, families, and surgeons" | Heather Hoops, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU
March 28, 2022 | “The treatment of solid cancer will include T cell transfer” | Robert Eil, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, OHSU
April 4, 2022 | “Diverticular Disease Management: A Cri(tic)al Review of Modern Practice” | Austin Cannon, M.D., Colorectal Surgery Fellow, Department of Surgery, OHSU
April 11, 2022 | “The Physiologic Resistance to Weight loss” | Nancy Puzziferri, M.D., M.S., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Bariatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU
April 18, 2022 | “Expanding Indications for Liver Resection in Metastatic Disease States: The Future of Breast and Neuroendocrine Liver Metastatic Disease” | Janet Li, M.D., and Kimberly Washington, M.D., Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Fellows, Department of Surgery, OHSU
April 25, 2022 | "Diversity in the Workforce" | Derrick Thomas, MSW, LMSW, LCSW, Portland VA Health Care System, Social Work Service, OHSU Department of Care Management
May 2, 2022 | “The Surgical Hospitalist: Progress or the end of quality care?” | Fabian Alberto, M.D., Nick Duletzke, M.D., Jimmy Gallagher, M.D., and Reynold Henry, M.D., M.P.H., Surgical Critical Care Fellows, Department of Surgery, OHSU
May 9, 2022 | “Accelerating Possibilities for American Indians and Alaska Natives in the Academic Medicine Ecosystem” | Erik Brodt, M.D., Associate Professor of Family Medicine, OHSU
May 16, 2022 | 7 - 8 a.m. | Perioperative Schwartz Rounds | “How to treat a patient when the decision-makers can’t—or won’t—decide” | Presented by Aclan Dogan, M.D., Julia Durrant, M.D., Heidi Funke, MA, RN, HEC-C, Jessica Grimm, DNP, ACNP-BC, and Nancy Nagel, ACNP, DHSc, OHSU
May 23, 2022 | “ERAS in thoracic surgery -- developing a protocol at OHSU” | Caitlin Wahl, M.D., Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow, Department of Surgery, OHSU
May 30, 2022 | Cancelled for Memorial Day
June 6, 2022 | “Education M&M” | Mackenzie Cook, M.D., and Heather Hoops, M.D., Assistant Professors of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU
June 13, 2022 | SAM LIU LECTURE | “Thomas Eakins’ Masterpiece: The Gross Clinic” | Charles Yeo, M.D., FACS, Samuel D. Gross Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Senior Vice President and Chair, Enterprise Surgery, Jefferson Health, Philadelphia University and Thomas Jefferson University
June 20, 2022 | Cancelled in observance of Juneteenth
June 27, 2022 | “Targeted Muscle Reinnervation” | Jhade Woodall, M.D., Hand Surgery Fellow, Department of Surgery, OHSU
July 6, 2020 | 7:15 - 8 A.M. | “Surgical Switchback: Revisiting the Duodenal Switch” | Phylicia Dupree, M.D., and Priya Rajdev, M.D., MIS Fellows, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
July 13, 2020 | 7:15 - 8 A.M. | “A Proper Surgical History – a Brief History of Surgery and Hand Surgery” | Sharon Monsivais, M.D., Hand Surgery Fellow, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
July 20, 2020 | 7:15 - 8 A.M. | “Fellow Debate: Transcarotid Stenting versus Carotid Endarterectomy for Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis” | Sheena Harris, M.D., and Jill Smolevitz, M.D., Vascular Surgery Fellows, Department of Surgery, OHSU
July 27, 2020 | 7:15 - 8 A.M. | “Surgical Rib Fixation for Flail Chest: Surgical Critical Care Fellows Pro/Con Debate” | Tatiana Hoyos Gomez, M.D., Chris Knapp, M.D., Michael Long, M.D., and Deidre Wyrick, M.D., Surgical Critical Care Fellows, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
August 3, 2020 | 7:15 - 8 A.M. | SAM LIU LECTURE | "Top Ten Strategies for Success in Academic Surgery" | Herbert Chen, M.D., F.A.C.S., Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
August 10, 2020 | 7:15 - 8 A.M. | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | "Death Rounds" | Tim Siegel, M.D., and David Zonies, M.D., Department of Surgery, OHSU
August 17, 2020 | 7:15 - 8 A.M. | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | "Educational M&M Timeout" | Mackenzie Cook, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
August 24, 2020 | 7:15 - 8 A.M. | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | "Faculty Development Resources and Opportunities" | Karen Brasel, M.D., M.P.H., and Kristian Enestvedt, M.D., Department of Surgery, OHSU.
August 31, 2020 | 7:15 - 8 A.M. | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT | "Feedback and Evaluation" | Karen Brasel, M.D., M.P.H., General Surgery Residency Program Director, Professor of Surgery and Division Head, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
September 7, 2020 | Cancelled for Labor Day Holiday
September 14, 2020 | “Radiotherapeutic Management of the Axilla in Breast Cancer” | Kiri Cook, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Radiation Medicine, OHSU.
September 21, 2020 | “State of the Department Summer 2020” | Kenneth Azarow, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., Mackenzie Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, OHSU
September 28, 2020 | 7 - 8 a.m. | Schwartz Rounds | “Complexity, Death, Frustration and Devoted Care of a Patient” | Panelists Tiffany Culbertson, ANP-BC, Liz Marut, RN, Ashley Sweet, M.D., M.B.E., and David Zonies, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., OHSU.
October 5, 2020 | Cancelled for ACS
October 12, 2020 | "Covid-19 - OHSU Approach and Lessons Learned" | Matthias Merkel, M.D., Ph.D., David Zonies, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., Dawn Nolt, M.D., M.P.H., and Desiree McCue, M.B.A., BSN, RN, CEN, CNML.
October 19, 2020 | "Prehabilitation for Surgical Procedures: 'Little things make a big difference' | Robert Martindale, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
October 26, 2020 | Surgeon-Scientist Dyad | "TGF β signaling in aortic dissection – what 20 years of research has not taught us" | Casti Bhamidipati, D.O., Ph.D., M.Sc., F.A.C.S., and Lynn Sakai, Ph.D., OHSU.
November 2, 2020 | KRIPPAEHNE LECTURE | "Leadership and Systemic Change in Turbulent Times" | Patricia Turner, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S., Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, The University of Chicago; Director, ACS Division of Member Services.
November 9, 2020 | 7 - 8 a.m. | Professionalism Week | "Diversity in GME" | William McDade, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, ACGME.
November 16, 2020 | Research Fair I | Belinda McCully, Ph.D., and Jonathan Brody, Ph.D., OHSU.
November 23, 2020 | "The Promising Future of Research in the Department of Surgery" | Jonathan Brody, Ph.D., Vice Chair of Research, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
November 30, 2020 | "Language Matters: Relating Better to Patients with Disabilities through Respectful Communications" | Ian Jaquiss, Interim ADA Coordinator, Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Department, OHSU.
December 7, 2020 | “Value Based Care and OHSU's Value Analysis Committee - provider engagement is the key to our success” | Erin Gilbert, M.D., Ryan Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., Renee Edwards, M.D., Brian Duty, M.D., Mike McCaffrey, M.B.A., OHSU Value Analysis Committee
December 14, 2020 | Research Fair II | Belinda McCully, Ph.D., and Jonathan Brody, Ph.D., OHSU.
December 21, 2020 | “Endoscopic Management of GI Defects” | Eric Pauli, M.D., Professor of Surgery, Director of Endoscopic Surgery, Chief, Division of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University.
December 28, 2020 | “The Journey Towards Rectal Preservation in the Treatment of Rectal Cancer” | Dan Herzig, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.C.R.S., Professor of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
January 4, 2021 | "Education M&M: Teaching and Learning in the Virtual Environment" | Mackenzie Cook, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
January 11, 2021 | TRUNKEY LECTURE | "Disparities in Trauma Care In the COVID-19 Era with Reflects on the Pipeline Issues in the Surgical Workforce" | Andre Campbell, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.M., Professor of Surgery, Vice Chair Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Department of Surgery, UCSF.
January 18, 2021 | Cancelled for Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
January 25, 2021 | Surgery Vice Chairs Grand Rounds | Karen Brasel, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., Vice Chair of Education; Jonathan Brody, Ph.D., Vice Chair of Research; Daniel Clayburgh, M.D., Vice Chair of VA Affairs; Farah Husain, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.M.B.S., Vice Chair of Surgical Strategy and Regional Operations; Brett Sheppard, M.D., and Sanjay Krishnaswami, M.D., Vice Co-Chairs of Quality; Brett Sheppard, M.D., F.A.C.S., Vice Chair of Clinical Operations; Liana Tsikitis, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
February 1, 2021 | 7 - 7:45 a.m. | "Obstructive Sleep Apnea in the Perioperative Setting" | Sarah McConville, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Department of Neurology, OHSU.
February 8, 2021 | "LGBTQ+ Representation in Academic Surgery and the DoS DEI LGBTQ+ Task Force Initiatives” | Patrick Worth, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
February 15, 2021 | Cancelled for Presidents' Day
February 22, 2021 | “Designing a trauma system for a European country – The Norwegian experience” | Tina Gaardner, M.D., Ph.D., Department Head of Traumatology, Oslo University Hospital Ullevål, Norway
March 1, 2021 | “Faculty Research Auditions: Research program quick shots from the DoS faculty” | Jonathan Brody, Ph.D., Vice Chair of Research, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
March 8, 2021 | “Molecular Management of Bile Duct Cancer” | Flavio Rocha, M.D., F.A.C.S., Professor of Surgery, Head of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
March 15, 2021 | “How to Optimize Surgical Teaching” | John Stowers, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
March 22, 2021 | “Recognition, management, and long-term care of anorectal malformations” | Colin Gause, M.D., Pediatric Surgery Fellow, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
March 29, 2021 | "Covid-19 and Health Disparities" | Robert Goldman, M.D., Affiliate Professor, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
April 5, 2021 | Bruce Wolfe, M.D., Professor of Surgery, Division of Bariatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
April 12, 2021 | CAMPBELL LECTURE | "The End of Progress Towards Racial Equality: Why it Matters, Why We Can’t Wait, Where Do We Go From Here" | Victor Garcia, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., Professor of Surgery, University of Cincinnati Department of Surgery, Founding Director, Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
April 19, 2021 | “Digital Health: The Next Frontier in Surgical Care” | Vahagn Nikolian, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
April 26, 2021 | "Surgeon Wellness: Ergonomics and Intraoperative Health" | Laszlo Kiraly, M.D., Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU; Rachel Gribby, P.T., D.P.T., O.C.S., Physical Therapist, OHSU Rehabilitative Services.
May 3, 2021 | "Normothermic Machine Preservation in Liver Transplantation" | Chris Connelly, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
May 10, 2021 | "Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma: To Transplant or Not to Transplant" | Victor Sandoval, M.D., and Kimberly Washington, M.D., Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Fellows, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
May 17, 2021 | "Colorectal Surgery Emergencies: How to stay out of trouble" | Lara Mckean Baste, M.D., Colorectal Surgery Fellow, Department of Surgery, OHSU
May 24, 2021 | 7 - 8 a.m. | Schwartz Rounds | “Ready to Die, But Not Dying: A Team’s Distress” | Scott Sherry, M.S., PA-C, FCCM, Tim Siegel, M.D., FACS, Pamela Sloat, B.S.N., RN, CCM, OHSU
May 31, 2021 | Cancelled for Memorial Day
June 7, 2021 | Graduation Celebration and Departmental Awards | Ken Azarow, M.D., Mackenzie Professor and Chair, and Karen Brasel, M.D., M.P.H., General Surgery Residency Program Director, Department of Surgery, OHSU
June 14, 2021 | SAM LIU LECTURE | "Finding New Solutions to Old Challenges, Always with Courage and Evidence!" | Julie Ann Sosa, M.D., M.A., F.A.C.S., Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco.
June 21, 2021 | "Open Surgical Revascularization vs. Endovascular Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease" | Harish Krishnamoorthi, M.D., and Tana Repella, M.D., Vascular Surgery Fellows, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
June 28, 2021 | "Traumatic Injury of the Hand and Upper Extremity" | Kai Yang, M.D., Hand Surgery Fellow, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
August 5, 2019 | 7:15 - 8 a.m. | "Entrustment and Entrustability: A Progressive Training Model for Surgical Residency" | Gurjit Sandhu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Education Research Sciences Collaborative, Departments of Surgery & Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan.
August 12, 2019 | 7:15 - 8 a.m. | "Surgeon Wellness: Caring for Our Patients and Ourselves" | Kevin Billingsley, M.D., Professor and Division Head, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
August 19, 2019 | 7:15 - 8 a.m. | “Promotion and Tenure Guidelines” | Gregory Landry, M.D., and V. Liana Tsikitis, M.D., M.B.A., M.C.R., Professors and Heads, Division of Vascular Surgery and Division of General Surgery (respectively), Department of Surgery, OHSU.
August 26, 2019 | 7:15 - 8 a.m. | "Educator's Portfolio" | Andrea Cedfeldt, M.D., Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Faculty Development, Department of Medicine, OHSU.
September 2, 2019 | Cancelled for Labor Day
September 9, 2019 | "Chairman's Address" | Kenneth Azarow, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., Mackenzie Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
September 16, 2019 | “The New Surgical Innovation Program – Growing and Streamlining Innovation at OHSU” | Sarah Biber, Ph.D., Innovation Manager, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
September 23, 2019 | 7 - 8 a.m. | “Culture of Trust: Key to Clinician Wellbeing and Patient Safety” | Jo Shapiro, M.D., Director, Center for Professionalism and Peer Support, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
September 30, 2019 | KRIPPAEHNE LECTURE | "The Quantified Surgeon: Implications for Longitudinal Tracking Using Sensor Technology" | Carla Pugh, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., Professor of Surgery, Director of the Technology Enabled Clinical Improvement Center, Stanford University School of Medicine.
October 7, 2019 | Research Fair I | Belinda McCully, Ph.D., Research Resident Program Director, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
October 14, 2019 | “Osseointegration and Naturally Controlled Amputation Prostheses” | Rickard Brånemark, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Gothenburg and University of California, San Francisco.
October 21, 2019 | 7 - 8 a.m. | “Is Melanoma the New Breast Cancer?” | John Vetto, M.D., Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
October 28, 2019 | Cancelled for the ACS Clinical Congress
November 4, 2019 | “Simulation use by practicing surgeons – an idea whose time has come” | Dana Andersen, M.D., F.A.C.S., Adjunct Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
November 11, 2019 | PROFESSIONALISM WEEK | 7 - 8 a.m. | “The Fourth Quarter Physician: Issues, Policies and Challenges” | Leo Gordon, M.D., F.A.C.S., Senior Consultant in Clinical Surgery, The Surgery Group of Los Angeles, Professor of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
November 18, 2019 | TRUNKEY LECTURE | “From Bench to Bedside: Changing Practice and Saving Lives” | Amy Goldberg, M.D., F.A.C.S., George S. Peters, M.D. and Louise C. Peters Chair and Professor of Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University; Surgeon-in-Chief, Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, Penn.
November 25, 2019 | “To be continued: collaborative platforms for the millennial surgeon-scientist” | Patrick Worth, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU
December 2, 2019 | “Ex Utero Intrapartum Treatment (EXIT) Procedure: Making a Graceful EXIT” | Timothy Crombleholme, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., Director, Fetal Care Center of Dallas, Medical City Children's Hospital; National Director for Fetal Health, HCA Healthcare.
December 9, 2019 | “Gun Violence in America: a Public Health Crisis” | Joseph Sakran, M.D., M.P.A., M.P.H., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director, Emergency General Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
December 16, 2019 | Research Fair II | Belinda McCully, Ph.D., Research Resident Program Director, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
December 23, 2019 | "So Now You’re a Surgeon: reflections of a junior general surgeon" | Lori Cardwell, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
December 30, 2019 | Cancelled
January 6, 2020 | "What's New in Cardiac Surgery" | Howard Song, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Surgery, Head of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
January 13, 2020 | "Minimally Invasive Fetal Surgery: Reaching the Next Frontier" | Sundeep Keswani, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., Professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine; Surgical Director of Basic Science Research, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas.
January 20, 2020 | Cancelled for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 27, 2020 | "Surgery in the Indian Health Service: Challenges and Opportunities" | Isaac Young, M.D., Instructor of Surgery, Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Louisville.
February 3, 2020 | " Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplantation: Are we Ready for Primetime?" | Rodrigo Vianna, M.D., Ph.D., Director of Transplant Services, Chief of Liver and GI Transplantation, Professor of Clinical Surgery, Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
February 10, 2020 | PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE WEEK | 7 - 8 a.m. | "Update on Perioperative Blood Management: Optimizing Outcomes and Reducing Cost" | Ryan Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Medical Director for Value-Based Care, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, OHSU.
February 17, 2020 | Cancelled for Presidents' Day
February 24, 2020 | "State of the Department" | Kenneth Azarow, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., Mackenzie Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
March 2, 2020 | "Navigating the Complexities and Disparities in the Treatment of Obesity" | Fatima Stanford, M.D., M.P.H., M.P.A., Obesity Medicine & Nutrition, MGH Weight Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
March 9, 2020 | "Gastric Cancer - a Global Treatment Paradigm for Heterogenous Disease" | Miguel Burch, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery, Chief for Minimally Invasive and GI Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
March 16, 2020 | "Nutrition Therapy for the Cancer Patient: Are We Just Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Titanic? | Robert Martindale, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
March 23, 2020 | "Mental Health During Covid-19 Outbreak" | Sean Stanley, M.D., John Betlinski, M.D., Neisha D'Souza, M.D., Linda Schmidt, M.D., and Sara Walker, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Department of Surgery OHSU.
March 30, 2020 | "Covid-19 Town Hall: Ambulatory and Digital Health Update" | Darren Malinoski, M.D., Chief Clinical Transformation Officer, Dean's Office, School of Medicine; Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
April 6, 2020 | "OHSU Oncology Response to Covid Pandemic" | Charles Blanke, M.D., Chair, SWOG Cancer Research Network, Professor of Medicine, Knight Cancer Institute, OHSU.
April 13, 2020 | "The Impact of Covid-19 on General Surgery and Surgical Training" | Webinar presented by the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
April 20, 2020 | "No Mission too Difficult: Mixing Military and Civilian Resources" | Martin Schreiber, M.D., Professor of Surgery and Division Head, Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
April 27, 2020 | "Can We Create a Healthcare Culture of Trust and Excellence...Even in Pandemic Times?" | Esther Choo, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor, Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, OHSU.
May 4, 2020 | "Defining Beauty" | Juliana Hansen, M.D., Professor of Surgery and Division Head, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
May 11, 2020 | 7 - 8 a.m. | “CODE FOOT: Save a Foot, Save a Life - Building the OHSU Functional Limb Preservation Program” | Dave Griffin, D.P.M., Co-Director, OHSU Functional Limb Preservation Program, Assistant Professor, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
May 18, 2020 | "Wellness in the Time of Covid-19" | Andrea Cedfeldt, M.D., Abigail Lenhart, M.D., Sydney Ey, Ph.D., and Megan Furnari, M.D., OHSU Covid Wellness Taskforce.
May 25, 2020 | Cancelled for Memorial Day
June 1, 2020 | "The Spleen: To Preserve or Not to Preserve, That is the Question" | Victor Sandoval, M.D., and Lauren Wancata, M.D., Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Fellows, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
June 8, 2020 | "Innovation in the Time of Covid-19" | Albert Chi, M.D., Cherrie Abraham, M.D., David Zonies, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., and Sarah Biber, Ph.D., Department of Surgery, OHSU.
June 15, 2020 | “The Management of Rectal Cancer: A Journey toward Organ Preservation” | Rodrigo Pedraza Rosales, M.D., Colorectal Surgery Fellow, Department of Surgery, OHSU
June 22, 2020 | "Graduate Awards and Recognition" | Kenneth Azarow, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., Mackenzie Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, OHSU.
June 29, 2020 | “Vascular Anomalies—What are they and what’s new?” | Stephanie Polites, M.D., Pediatric Surgery Fellow, Department of Surgery, OHSU
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Dr. Sam Liu arrived to the United States from his native China at age 14 in 1925. Sam and his brother settled in Portland where he began his education at Shattuck School. His first priority was to learn English. Sam graduated from Portland’s Lincoln High School in 1932, at the height of the depression, and worked a paper route to help make ends meet. One of his teachers at Lincoln helped him obtain a scholarship and he enrolled at Reed College, majoring in biology and chemistry.
It was less expensive for Dr. Liu to live off campus. That, coupled with the fact that biology majors worked long hours in the basement, meant he didn’t have much of a social life during his college years. But he still had his paper route. Dr. Liu wanted to attend medical school but didn’t know how he’d pay for it. The answer came when he and his brother got summer jobs at a fish cannery in Ketchikan, Alaska after his second year at Reed. Dr. Liu returned to Alaska every summer throughout medical school and that paid the bills.
When he graduated from OHSU (then, the University of Oregon Medical School) in 1939, Dr. Liu discovered that the medical school had not arranged an internship for him. He found his own at the Jersey City Medical Center in New Jersey and stayed on for his surgical training. With America’s entry into World War II, Dr. Liu knew he would be drafted like some of his classmates, so he enlisted. He was assigned to the surgical section of the U.S. Army 60th Station Hospital, which was attached to the Air Force’s 42nd Bomber Wing. They landed in Oran, Algeria, and were deployed to Tunis where they established a hospital at the Northern edge of the Sahara Desert. When asked about his most vivid memory of those days, Dr. Liu stated, “Boy, was it hot there!”
His unit stayed in the Mediterranean theater for two and a half years. After the surrender of Germany, his unit was ordered to the Philippines via the Panama Canal for the invasion of Japan. Dr. Liu and the members of the hospital unit were extremely disappointed at not being allowed to go home. With the surrender of Japan shortly after their arrival in the Orient, they re-boarded the ship and returned through the Canal, sailing at long last into Boston Harbor. “Well,” said Dr. Liu, “you can imagine what a welcome sight that was, to see Boston after such a long journey.”
Dr. Liu returned to Portland after his discharge where he and his wife Betty raised and educated four children. In 1987, Dr. Liu retired from his successful private surgical practice in Portland and moved to Tiburon, Calif. with his wife where they enjoyed traveling, bird watching and reading. Dr. Liu passed away in 2005 at the age of 93 years.
Always a generous supporter of the OHSU School of Medicine, Dr. Liu was a member of the 1887 Society and funded the Sam Liu endowed lectureship in the Department of Surgery in 2001. “I always valued education,” Dr. Liu commented, “and I wanted to give students and doctors another opportunity to learn.”
Previous lecturers
2024 | Sharon S. Lum, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S., Loma Linda University School of Medicine | “The Parallel Histories of Breast Cancer Treatment and Health Policy: Lessons for Leadership”
2023 | Cancelled
2022 | Charles Yeo, M.D., F.A.C.S., Philadelphia University and Thomas Jefferson University | “Thomas Eakins’ Masterpiece: The Gross Clinic”
2021 | Julie Ann Sosa, M.D., M.A., F.A.C.S., University of California, San Francisco
2020 | Herbert Chen, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Alabama at Birmingham | "Top Ten Strategies for Success in Academic Surgery"
2019 | David P. Jaques, M.D., F.A.C.S., Washington University (retired) | "Be Your Own Triple Threat: A Primer for Young Attending Surgeons"
2018 | David W. Mercer, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Nebraska Medical Center | "Attributes of a Surgical Leader"
2017 | Samuel R.G. Finlayson, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., University of Utah School of Medicine | "Surgery and the Triple Aim"
2016 | Richard D. Schulick, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S., University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus | "Pancreatic cancer and surgery: What's new"
2015 | Selwyn M. Vickers, M.D., University of Alabama | "Update on pancreatic cancer translational research UAB/MINN pancreatic SPORE"
2014 | Han-Kwang Yang, M.D., M.S., Ph.D., Seoul National University College of Medicine | "Redefining gastric cancer surgery: Open, laparoscopic vs. robotic"
2013 | Mark A. Talamini, M.D., Stony Brook School of Medicine | "Future of surgery"
2012 | Mark A. Malangoni, M.D., F.A.C.S., Associate Executive Director, American Board of Surgery | "The path of surgical education: What direction will we take?"
2011 | Stephen F. Lowry, M.D., M.B.A., UMDNJ-RWJ Medical School | "Allostasis on my mind: New concepts in the assessment of inflammatory risk"
2010 | Michael J. Zinner, M.D., Harvard Medical School | "Evolution of Healthcare in America: Where did we come from and where are we going?"
2009 | Tom R. DeMeester, M.D., University of Southern California School of Medicine | "The evolution of esophagectomy"
2008 | John L. Cameron, M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | "John Shaw Billings: An unsung hero in American surgery"
2007 | Alden H. Harken, M.D., University of California, San Francisco | "Anyone can treat cardiac arrhythmias"
2006 | Carlos A. Pellegrini, M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine | "Immigration and surgery in America: Lessons about life and the pursuit of happiness"
2005 | C. Wright Pinson, M.D., M.B.A., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine | "History of transplantation"
2004 | John Wong, M.D., University of Hong Kong | "Challenges in managing esophageal cancer: Lessons learned from 2,400 patients"
2003 | Heidi Nelson, M.D. Mayo Clinic | "Rectal cancer: Current management strategies and sorting through the options"
2002 | Thomas J. Fogarty, M.D., Stanford Medical School | "Progress in the treatment of peripheral vascular disease"
2001 | Ira M. Rutkow, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., The Hernia Center | "Hernia surgery in the new millennium"
The early years
Rooted in the Pacific Northwest, William Wonn Krippaehne was born November 3, 1917 in the thriving gold mining town of Douglas, Alaska, located a few miles south of Juneau. His father was a gold mining engineer, and his mother a nurse. By the time William was four years old the gold mine had closed, and the family moved to Puyallup, Washington. As a boy, William acquired a love for fishing that remained a source of recreation and relaxation for the remainder of his life. He showed early skill with his hands, and learned machine tooling. When he started at the University of Washington he was an engineering student. During college he worked at Boeing Industries in Seattle where he, despite only being in his early 20’s, demonstrated his leadership skills, and was appointed to head a group of 50 men who were tooling the first production model of the B-17 bomber. Although successful as an engineering student, William Krippaehne was attracted to zoology, the study of which led him into teaching. He reported 15 years later that “I have always been interested in academic work, having taught Zoology Laboratories at the University of Washington.” While in his junior year at the University of Washington he decided to become a physician, and one day during his senior year at the University of Washington he drove down to Portland, successfully interviewed and started what would be a 40-year relationship with the University of Oregon’s Medical School.
“There were mornings when he and the other nascent military medical officers would march in their uniforms behind Mackenzie Hall.”
William Krippaehne graduated from the University of Washington in 1943, the middle of the Second World War, and like most of his generation was inducted into the Army. Thus he entered the Pacific Northwest’s only medical school, the University of Oregon, as an army enrollee. There were mornings when he and the other nascent military medical officers would march in their uniforms behind Mackenzie Hall. With the war, there was a three year accelerated medical school curriculum, and he graduated in June 1946. Following graduation he was appointed an intern at the University of Oregon Medical School & Clinics working at the Multnomah County Hospital.
“He was the only doctor for 7,000 soldiers and dependents.”
In the summer of 1947, as the 30-year-old William Krippaehne, M.D. completed his internship, he was commissioned as Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. For the only time in his professional life, he left Oregon. For eighteen months he was a battalion surgeon assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 6th Armored Cavalry garrisoned in occupied Germany at Degerndorf, close to the Austrian border. He was the only doctor for 7,000 soldiers and dependents. With a promotion to Captain in the last six months of his military service, he was transferred to the 250th Medical Station Hospital and was more involved in surgery. His service in the Army ended in the summer of 1949 as tensions eased from confrontation with the Soviets during the time of the Berlin Airlift.
From Student to Chairman
Dr. Krippaehne returned to the University of Oregon Medical School in July 1949 and applied for a surgery training position under Chairman of Surgery Dr. W.K. Livingston. Dr. Livingston was the first “full time” chairman of surgery at Oregon, appointed in 1948, although some would describe him as a “desk surgeon.” For the next four years Dr. Krippaehne learned the art and science of surgery working in the hospitals and clinics located on the hill overlooking Portland.
An important event during those years was William Krippaehne’s marriage on November 19, 1949, to Dr. Marion C. Larsen, a graduate of the University of Oregon Medical School in 1948. Dr. M. Krippaehne was a pioneer in her own right, pursing a medical career at the University of Oregon in experimental medicine (hematology) and then practicing internal medicine until she retired as full Professor in 1988. Throughout the Krippaehne’s marriage they lived in homes close to the University Hospitals where they both worked, and raised seven children, all of whom went on to complete post-graduate levels of education in diverse fields.
In June 1953, Dr. Krippaehne completed his residency. He had acquired an interest in oncology, and he hoped to move to New York and study at Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases. However, Dr. Livingston convinced him to remain and join the faculty as an Instructor in Surgery. In 1955 he was promoted to Assistant Professor. In the winter of 1958, Dr. J. Englebert Dunphy, a Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, was convinced to accept the position of Chairman of Surgery by Dean David W.E. Baird, M.D. Dr. Dunphy requested from the faculty a letter describing their “present activities and plans for future activities.” Dr. Krippaehne wrote to Dr. Dunphy, who was still in Boston, “During the last five years my knowledge and experience in surgery has broadened through close work in a 75-bed surgical ward. Insight and administration and its problems have been learned and experience gained as a result of tutoring by Dr. Livingston and Dr. Peterson (the interim chair of surgery after an illness compelled Dr. Livingston to step down) and by their willingness to pass on a part of their load. Teaching experience has been gained by instructing freshman and sophomores during Dr. Livingston's illness and currently by teaching junior and senior courses."
"Dr. Paxton reported that when Dr. Dunphy was asked who ran the Department in his absence he responded, 'Why Bill Krippaehne, the same fellow who runs it when I am in town!'"
Chairman Dunphy not only retained Dr. Krippaehne on the faculty but soon depended upon him. Dr. Harold Paxton, the Chief of the Division of Neurosurgery within the Department of Surgery from 1967 to 1991, recalled that Dr. Dunphy was frequently away from Oregon during his tenure as chairman attending to national surgical business, including year-long events related to his appointment in 1964 as the President of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Paxton reported that when Dr. Dunphy was asked who ran the Department in his absence he responded "Why Bill Krippaehne, the same fellow who runs it when I am in town!" After five years as chairman, Dr. Dunphy left Oregon to become chairman at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Dunphy recommended to Dean Baird that Dr. Krippaehne be appointed Acting Head of the Department of Surgery. Within one year Dr. Krippaehne was promoted to full Professor, and appointed Chairman on July 15, 1964, a position he held for 20 years. Thus, within 11 years of joining the faculty Dr. Krippaehne had risen to the position of the Kenneth A. J. Mackenzie Professor and Chairman of Surgery.
The Art of Establishing the Diagnosis
Dr. Krippaehne loved to teach. One observer described him as an “indefatigable teacher,” delivering countless lectures to students. The graduating medical student class three times, in 1961, 1965 and 1971, voted Dr. Krippaehne the recipient of the Allan J. Hill, Jr. Teaching Award. Dr. Krippaehne’s principal goal was to inculcate students and residents with not only the skills of accurately evaluating a patient, but also with the intellectual rigor that enabled them to organize a rational list of differential diagnoses. One reason many of his trainees recall Dr. Krippaehne as an extraordinary teacher was that he communicated to the student a shared interest in learning. No one recalls Dr. Krippaehne ever being dismissive or derogatory with a student or resident. Those who learned from Dr. Krippaehne had the sense he was a teacher striving to help them to learn. He made it clear the importance of their mutual educational endeavor was that it directly determined the trainee’s capacity to care for patients. For many of the surgeons trained by Dr. Krippaehne it was his steadfast teaching at the bedside and patient guidance in the operating room that had the greatest influence on their professional development.
"The hallmark of Dr. Krippaehne as a teacher was his morning rounds."
Students and residents attended his early morning teaching conference for over thirty years and learned by his demonstration the art of establishing the diagnosis. Dr. Krippaehne's teaching rounds occurred every weekday on one of the surgery wards in Multnomah County Hospital or University Hospital. Dr. Krippaehne would arrive at 7 a.m., and the surgery team, under the direction of the Chief Resident, would present a case to the Professor. Facing the serious and fully attentive Dr. Krippaehne, the student or junior resident would present a patient he or she currently was treating, summarizing the medical history and findings upon physical examination. Dr. Krippaehne would often visit the bedside where, through questions or observations, the Professor's gentle reassuring manner would regularly lead to the patient providing additional pertinent information that had been missed by the surgical team. Teaching rounds would culminate with Dr. Krippaehne at the chalk board recording the team's list, in order of probability, of differential diagnoses. He would say: "Now if what you have reported is correct then the diagnosis should be..." Dr. Krippaehne was a master diagnostician. Dr. Robert DuPriest (chief resident, 1974-75) recalls that at these one hour morning rounds, "Dr. Krippaehne assumed that you knew the surgical literature. What he really cared about was how one reasoned, how you solved clinical problems in a rationale manner." These morning rounds were identified by many of his residents as fundamental in preparation for their careers.
Leading with a 20-year vision
Dr. Krippaehne considered training surgeons as his most important educational endeavor. He was universally respected and in many cases beloved by the residents because they knew he cared about them and he wanted them optimally prepared to accomplish the careers they chose. Dr. Krippaehne was not the type of surgical professor who tried to mold and direct his trainees along a prescribed career pathway. Instead, Dr. Krippaehne inspired many of the surgery residents and played a pivotal role in helping them select their careers. He was invariably polite, plainly fair and genuinely respectful with the residents. Dr. Quentin MacManus (chief resident, 1977-78) recalls Dr. Krippaehne as, "A kind, engaging and compassionate man, patient with students and residents, and remarkably humble despite being one of the smartest men I have ever known."
Dr. Krippaehne's influence on education at Oregon's Medical School was more than as a teacher; he was a leader in modifying the curriculum for medical students. As Chairman of the Curriculum Committee in the first half of the 1970's, Dr. Krippaehne was instrumental in the transition of medical student education from the old method of teaching, which linked individual topics to various Departments (i.e. biochemistry, pharmacology), to a new method that taught students to understand pathologies as they relate to organ systems. This transition was contentious, but Dr. Krippaehne's prestigious vision and steady leadership enabled consensus to be achieved among the faculty and the innovative curriculum implemented. Dr. Krippaehne's contribution to the transition of the curriculum at that time was seen as an enormous achievement;in a letter to Dr. Krippaehne dated July 13, 1977, Dr. Robert Stone expressed his sincere appreciation for Dr. Krippaehne who has been "instrumental in guiding the Curriculum Committee through the most recent major change that has operated very successfully." Dr. Krippaehne was not only a great teacher who could inspire with his individual attention to a single student, he was a visionary in preparing medical students for the rapidly changing practice of medicine he saw in their future.
Dr. Krippaehne made substantial contributions to the training of surgeons in Oregon, not only in his daily interactions with the residents, but also as a Chairman in marshalling a sustained effort over 20 years to foster the Department's growth. He was successful at recruitment and retention of an outstanding surgical faculty. Two of the major recruitments that occurred during his tenure as Chairman were, 1) the recruitment in 1967 of Dr. John Campbell, a fully trained Pediatric Surgeon, who as the Chief of Pediatric Surgery helped establish within the Doernbecher Children's Hospital a fully implemented tertiary care pediatric facility including a pediatric oncology program; and 2) the recruitment of Dr. John Porter who established a Division of Vascular Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Oregon that achieved a worldwide reputation for outstanding clinical research.
In addition to the recruitment of pivotal faculty, he worked to guide the Department of Surgery in the 1970's toward integration of the two independent surgical residencies in Portland at Good Samaritan and St. Vincent Hospitals into the University of Oregon's residency, thereby enhancing the residency program and broadening the educational opportunity of the residents at the University. Dr. Krippaehne was a leader in the training of surgeons because he assiduously husbanded the resources and opportunities to enable the residents to acquire the skills and experiences needed to be successful surgeons. He was a leader as Chairman of the Department because he believed in allowing others to develop their own careers. In the words of his wife Marion, "He trusted people he respected. And in turn, he allowed them a lot of leash to do what they felt needed to be done. And I don't think he made too many mistakes."
"He trusted people he respected. And in turn, he allowed them a lot of leash to do what they felt needed to be done. And I don't think he made too many mistakes." - Dr. Marion C. Krippaehne
Previous lecturers
2023 | Brenessa Lindeman, M.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham | “Entrustable Professional Activities: Our Once-In-A-Generation Opportunity to Advance Surgical Education”
2022 | Jamie Coleman, M.D., University of Louisville, Kentucky | "Stress, Sleep, and Surgery: What it means for the surgeon"
2021 | John D. Mellinger, M.D., Southern Illinois University School of Medicine | “Character Matters: A Reflection on Personal Formation for the Surgeon”
2020 | Patricia Turner, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S., The University of Chicago | "Leadership and Systemic Change in Turbulent Times"
2019 | Carla Pugh, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., Stanford University School of Medicine | "The Quantified Surgeon: Implications for Longitudinal Tracking Using Sensor Technology"
2018 | P.J. Schenarts, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Nebraska College of Medicine | "The Education of the Modern Learner"
2017 | Jo Buyske, M.D., American Board of Surgery | "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Impacting Surgical Education both Locally and Nationally"
2016 | Rebecca M. Minter, M.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center | "Would I Trust You to Do My Whipple? Progressive Entrustment and Entrustability in the Operating Room"
2015 | Timothy C. Flynn, M.D., F.A.C.S., University of Florida College of Medicine | "Surgeon: What Kind of Job is That?"
2014 | Hilary A. Sanfey, M.B., B.Ch., F.A.C.S., Southern Illinois University School of Medicine | "Assessment and Remediation of Operative Performance"
2013 | Thomas H. Cogbill, M.D., F.A.C.S., Gundersen Health System | "General Surgery Training - Where Are We Now and Where Are We Headed?"
2012 | Mary E. Klingensmith, M.D., Washington University School of Medicine | "Surgical Education: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities"
2011 | Sherry M. Wren, M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine | "There and Back Again: My Journey Through Surgical Education"
2010 | Steven C. Stain, M.D., Albany Medical Center | "How to Best Restructure Surgical Residency Training"
2009 | Gerald M. Fried, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.(C), McGill Centre for Medical Education | "Learning to Operate: From Lab Coats to Simulators to Patients"
2008 | Gary L. Dunnington, M.D., Indiana University | "Measuring Performance in Surgical Education or Bowling Without Pins?"
2007 | Gunnar Ahlberg, M.D., Ph.D. and Stig Ramel, M.D., Stockholm, Sweden | "Integrating Skills Training in Formal Surgical Education"
Donald D. Trunkey was born in 1937 in the town of Oakesdale, Washington in the heart of the Palouse region. Early work included farming, mining, hod carrying and carpentry. He attended Washington State University for his undergraduate degree and then went on to medical school at the University of Washington, receiving his medical degree in 1963. Uncertain about medicine or surgery as a career, Dr. Trunkey chose to do a rotating internship at the University of Oregon School of Medicine. After one month on the surgical service, he had no question on what career to pursue.
Dr. Trunkey led an extraordinary life and leaves behind a legacy. His impact at OHSU is only surpassed by the magnitude of his influence on 20th century American surgery.
Up until just a couple years ago, members of the Department of Surgery could find Dr. Trunkey rummaging around his Mackenzie Hall office; he was affectionately known as the pack rat of the department. His quarters were overwhelmed by stacks of journals and texts, various knickknacks and gifts from surgical societies, and filing cabinets full of his life’s work. His bursting-at-the-seams office offered a poignant visual of what 60 years in the field of medicine, surgery and research could amount to.
Dr. Trunkey led and advanced the Department of Surgery as Mackenzie Professor and chair from 1986 to 2001. OHSU successfully recruited him from the University of California, San Francisco, in 1986 to head the department, which was something of a homecoming for Dr. Trunkey. During his early medical training he completed an internship at the University of Oregon Medical School (OHSU’s predecessor) and then trained under Dr. Engelbert Dunphy in California following Dr. Dunphy’s departure as chair in Oregon.
At the time of recruitment, Dr. Trunkey was already an internationally renowned trauma surgeon. He was chief of surgery at San Francisco General from 1977 to 1986 and had established a laboratory to study mechanisms of shock at the cellular level. Like Chair Dr. William Krippaehne, he was commissioned with the U.S. Army and had spent two years in Germany as a general medical officer.
Dr. Trunkey was appointed to the chair role at the same time the state of Oregon was in the midst of developing a statewide trauma system. Five Portland health care institutions were vying to become a designated state trauma center. Dr. Trunkey’s appointment provided a significant boost to OHSU’s application and in 1987, OHSU and Legacy Emanuel were designated as Portland’s only Level 1 trauma centers.
Five years into his term leading the department, the Army activated Dr. Trunkey to serve in the first Gulf War in 1991. He was stationed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during Operation Desert Storm and Desert Shield. He dealt with a number of operational and cultural obstacles that prompted him to publish a commentary in the March 1993 edition of Archives of Surgery called “Lessons Learned.” This document paved the way for how the U.S. Department of Defense trains its trauma personnel today.
Dr. Trunkey’s influence on trauma care was not confined, however, to the military sphere, but was based on a persistent advocacy for optimal treatment of injured patients.
A critical moment in Dr. Trunkey’s career was when he published a paper in 1979 on death rates of trauma patients in the more rural Orange County, California, compared to those in San Francisco County. It was one of the earliest, most persuasive pieces of evidence on the effectiveness of trauma centers. His message was unwavering: injured patients deserve the best trauma care available, and the best care includes an organized trauma system.
Dr. Trunkey’s 15-year leadership tenure led to many achievements for the Department of Surgery. One major development was the extension of the already successful kidney transplantation program to include pancreas and liver transplantation. He led the department’s national growth in stature and in reputation – which continues today.
Dr. Trunkey will be remembered by many in the OHSU community who had the personal pleasure of working with him. Known not only for his deftness in surgery and leadership, but for his pokerfaced sense of humor and characteristic candor, he was well-loved, well-respected and exerted an immeasurable influence.
Previous lecturers
2023 | Sharmila Dissanaike, M.D., Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | “Trauma & Burn – Ever Evolving Specialties”
2022 | Douglas W. Hanto, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.E., Harvard Medical School | “Healthcare Reparations for African Americans: Bioethical Rationale and Practical Framework”
2021 | Peter Angelos, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., M.A.M.S.E., University of Chicago | Towards a New Era in Surgical Ethics"
2020 | Andre Campbell, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.M., University of California San Francisco | "Disparities in Trauma Care In the COVID-19 Era with Reflects on the Pipeline Issues in the Surgical Workforce"
2019 | Amy J. Goldberg, M.D., F.A.C.S., Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University | "From Bench to Bedside: Changing Practice and Saving Lives"
2018 | John Fildes, M.D., University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Medicine | "The One October Shooting in Las Vegas"
2017 | Douglas Wood, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.Ed., University of Washington | "Lung cancer screening: guidelines, policy development and access"
2016 | Leigh Neumayer, M.D., M.S., The University of Arizona Cancer Center | "Regionalization, standardization and the next generation"
2015 | Gregory J. Jurkovich, M.D., University of Colorado School of Medicine | "2,500 trauma deaths: Lessons learned from Surgery M&M Conference"
2014 | David S. Mulder, M.D., M.Sc., F.R.S.C., F.A.C.S., McGill University | "Current management of airway trauma"
2013 | Anna Ledgerwood, M.D., Detroit Receiving Hospital | "Myths in surgical care - A personal perspective"
2012 | Wendy Moore, Freelance Journalist and Author, London, England | "John Hunter (1728-93): the Scottish surgeon who changed the face of American medicine"
2011 | William P. Schecter, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.C.C.M., University of California, San Francisco | "The surgery of poverty"
2010 | LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S., Howard University | "The President's cancer panel - role and impact"
2009 | C. William Schwab, M.D., University of Pennsylvania Medical Center | "Firearm injuries in America: Where are we?"
2008 | J. Wayne Meredith, M.D., Wake Forest University School of Medicine | "Chest trauma for the general surgeon"
2007 | Haile T. Debas, M.D., University of California, San Francisco | "The influence of surgery in the 21st century"
2006 | F. William Blaisdell, M.D., University of California, Davis | "The medical and surgical advances during the Civil War"
2005 | Frank R. Lewis, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Executive Director, American Board of Surgery | "J. Engelbert Dunphy: An icon in surgical education"
2004 | George Sheldon, M.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | "John Hunter and the American School of Surgery"
2003 | Julie M. Fenster, Author | "Demonstration of surgical anesthetics"
The John R. Campbell, M.D., Lectureship in Pediatric Surgery was established in 2008 as a tribute to an outstanding teacher and the first pediatric surgeon in the state of Oregon.
John "Jack" Campbell was born in 1932 in Pratt, Kansas. His father was a general practitioner, and as a child Campbell often spent time with his father on rounds and in the office. That early experience led Campbell to pursue a medical career of his own, receiving his medical degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine in 1958. He then graduated from the University of Kansas Medical Center general surgery residency (1959-63) and went to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (1965-67) to receive his training in pediatric surgery under Dr. C. Everett Koop (pictured right with Dr. Campbell at the inaugural Campbell Lecture). In 1967, Dr. Campbell came to Oregon looking for opportunity and found it as he established Pediatric Surgery at the University of Oregon Medical School. He later served as Acting Chair of the OHSU Department of Surgery (1984-86) and as Vice Chair (1986-95). Campbell was the first Surgeon-in-Chief of the new Doernbecher Children's Hospital, from 1998-1999. He retired from OHSU in 2000.
During his esteemed career, Dr. Campbell played a significant role in establishing Doernbecher as the premier children's hospital in Oregon and achieving its nationwide recognition. Following his arrival in 1967, he found that the concept of a pediatric surgeon was unknown in the Portland medical community. In educating his colleagues in the pediatric surgical worlds, Dr. Campbell continued to push and advocate for better pediatric surgical care for the entire northwest region. His efforts worked to establish Oregon's first neonatal intensive care center in 1968 and he saw the hospital through its transition into a Level 1 trauma center in the 1980's, which dramatically expanded the scope of patient care, both adult and pediatric. Two years before his retirement, in 1998, Dr. Campbell saw the completion of Doernbecher's new state-of-the-art medical complex on Marquam Hill to replace the original children's hospital, which had been constructed in 1926.
As Oregon's first pediatric surgeon and a trailblazer in advanced pediatric healthcare, Dr. Campbell readily emphasizes the importance of exchanging knowledge and teaching the next generation. The annual Campbell Lectureship is an effort to continually bring new ideas and thinking in pediatric surgery to OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital.
Previous lecturers
2024 | Kasper S. Wang, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., The University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine | “Biliary Atresia: a Journey for Impact”
2023 | Michael Harrison, M.D., University of California, San Francisco | “Innovation in Pediatric Medical Devices”
2022 | Andrea Hayes, M.D., Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC | “Refractory Abdominal Tumors in Children; Does Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) Really Work?”
2021 | Victor Garcia, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., University of Cincinnati | "The End of Progress Towards Racial Equality: Why it Matters, Why We Can’t Wait, Where Do We Go From Here"
2020 | Cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions
2019 | Marjorie J. Arca, M.D., Medical College of Wisconsin | "Fostering Surgical Curiosity While Challenging Dogmas"
2018 | Anthony D. Sandler, M.D., George Washington University and Joseph E. Robert Jr. Center for Surgical Care | "Neuroblastoma: Tumor Vaccination and Adaptive Immune Resistance"
2017 | Michael P. LaQuaglia, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., F.R.C.S. (Edin.), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | "Pediatric Liver Tumors: Clinical Management and Recent Discoveries"
2016 | Thomas M. Krummel, M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine | "The best way to predict the future...is to invent it!"
2015 | Rebecka L. Meyers, M.D., University of Utah and Primary Children's Medical Center | "COG gets CHIC and goes to PLUTO: What's happening with liver tumors in children"
2014 | Kenneth Azarow, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., Oregon Health & Science University and Doernbecher Children's Hospital | "Leadership in medicine: Developing the mentor relationship"
2013 | Heinz Rode, M.Med., F.R.C.S., F.C.S., Professor Emeritus, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital and University of Cape Town, South Africa | "HIV/AIDS and the surgical care of children in Africa"
2012 | Keith Georgeson, M.D., University of Alabama Children's Hospital | "Pioneers, cowboys and desperados: A brief history of the struggle against Hirschsprung disease"
2011 | Jay Grosfeld, M.D., Professor Emeritus, Indiana University School of Medicine | "Long-term outcomes in childhood cancer: the unintended consequences of success"
2010 | W. Hardy Hendren III, M.D., Harvard Medical School | "John Hunter, 1728-1793, the Father of Scientific Surgery"
2009 | James A. O'Neill, Jr., M.D., J.C., Vanderbilt University | "Is complicated surgery in childhood worthwhile?"
2008 | C. Everett Koop, M.D., Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | "Pediatric surgery: a 62-year perspective from the nation's oldest children's hospital"