Surgery News
Announcements
Melissa Kirkwood, M.D., was inducted into the Society of University Surgeons.
Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Ph.D., participated in the National Cancer Institute clinical and translational R21 and omnibus R03 review special emphasis panel.
Parsia Vagefi, M.D., joined the editorial board of the journal Surgery.
Sam Wang, M.D., served as a reviewer for the National Cancer Institute subcommittee J (career development) study section.
Holly Weis, M.D., was accepted into the Surgical Education Leadership Fellowship Program of the Association of Surgical Education for 2021-2022.
Joshua Weis, M.D., was accepted into the Surgical Education Leadership Fellowship Program of the Association of Surgical Education for 2021-2022.
Presentations
Anna Driessen, M.D.
(Coauthors: Scott CK, Gonzalez MS, Malekpour F, Guardiola GG, Baig MS, Kirkwood ML, Timaran CH)
Effects of Preoperative Renal Artery Stenosis on Outcomes After Fenestrated/Branched Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair (F-BEVAR)
Annual meeting, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
March 13-17, 2021, virtual presentation
Sergio Huerta, M.D.
7 Lessons From Seven Years of Volunteer Work in Guatemala. 7 Lessons From Running 7 Marathons in 7 Days.
Global Medical Brigades
March 22, 2021 Austin, Texas
Michelle Ju, M.D.
(Coauthors: Alterio RE, Yopp AC, Zeh HJ, Wang SC, Porembka MR)
Assessing the Barriers of Care That Delay Gastric Cancer Diagnosis
Annual meeting, Society of Surgical Oncology
March 18-19, 2021, virtual presentation
Melissa Kirkwood, M.D.
How to Be a Leader in Vascular Surgery
Visiting professor, University of Chicago
February 26, 2021, virtual presentation
Radiation Safety: How to Protect Yourself and Your Team
Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
March 13, 2021, virtual presentation
Gregory Modrall, M.D.
(Coauthors: Tsai S, Ramanan B, Kirkwood M, Malekpour F, Siah M, Baig MS, Timaran CH, Rosero EB)
Frailty as a Predictor of Mortality for Fenestrated EVAR and Open Surgical Repair of Aortic Aneurysms Involving Visceral Vessels
Annual meeting, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
March 13-17, 2021, virtual presentation
Babak Namazi, Ph.D.
LapTool-Net: A Context-Aware Deep Learning System for Automatic Detection of Surgical Tools in Laparoscopic Videos
Annual meeting, ACS Surgeons and Engineers: A Dialogue on Surgical Simulation
March 10, 2021, virtual presentation
March 10, 2021
Carla Scott, M.D.
(Coauthors: Driessen AL, Gonzalez MS, Guardiola GG, Malekpour F, Kirkwood ML, Baig MS, Timaran CH)
Perioperative Neurologic Outcomes of Right vs. Left Upper Extremity Access for Fenestrated-Branched Endovascular Aortic Repair (F-BEVAR)
Annual meeting, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
March 13-17, 2021, virtual presentation
(Coauthors: Driessen AL, Gonzalez MS, Malekpour F, Guardiola GG, Baig MS, Kirkwood ML, Timaran CH)
Uses and Utilities of Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) During Endovascular Complex Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Annual meeting, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
March 13-17, 2021, virtual presentation
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