Conferences

UPCOMING VISITING LECTURERS

OLAMIDE ALABI, MD, FACS

Dr. Alabi will serve as an

Invited Grand Rounds Lecturer

in Vascular Surgery on January 11, 2023. Alabi is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Emory University School of Medicine and Director of Endovascular Services at the Atlanta VA Medical Center.

SHERRY WREN, MD, FACS, FCS(ECSA), FISS

Dr. Wren will serve as the

UTHSC GSI Visiting Professor

on April 19, 2023. Wren is the vice-chair and Professor of Surgery, Director of Global Surgery, Center for Innovation in Global Health at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She is the Director of Clinical Surgery at Palo Alto Veterans Health Care System.

WAYNE FREDERICK, MD, FACS, MBA

Dr. Fredrick will serve as the

UTHSC AOA Distinguished

Visiting Professor on April 26, 2023. Frederick is the President of Howard University in Washington, D.C. and is the distinguished Charles R. Drew Endowed Chair of Surgery.

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS (ACS)

The UTHSC College of Medicine Department of Surgery held its networking reception in conjunction with the 2022 American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress in October in San Diego, CA. Faculty, current students, staff and alumni were all invited to the annual reception.

(L-R): Dr. Scott Strome, Executive Dean UTHSC, Dr. Michael Freeman, Chair UT Knoxville, Dr. Benjamin Dart, Chair UT Chattanooga and Dr. David Shibata, Chair UT Memphis.

(L-R): Dr. Denis Foretia, Dr. Regan Williams and Dr. Scott Strome.

TN-ACS STATE MEETINGS CMGH SYMPOSIUM

The Tennessee Chapter of American College of Surgeons (TN-ACS) annual meeting was held August 11-14 at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel in Nashville, TN.

The UTHSC Department of Surgery faculty held various positions on the 2021-2022 TN-ACS Board of Directors: Max Langham, Jr., MD, FACS as current President, Alex Feliz, MD, FACS, Ankush Gosain, MD, PHD, FACS, FAAP, Denis A. Foretia, MD, MPH, MBA, FACS, all served as At-Large Directors-West, Martin Fleming, MD, FACS, as Governor at Large, James “Trey” Eubanks, MD, FACS, as Advocacy Insider. Jeremiah Deneve, DO, FACS was the Young Fellows Representative and Andrew Fleming, MD, was Resident Representative.

TN TRAUMA SYMPOSIUM

The one-day Tennessee Trauma Symposium was held on Thursday, August 11.

Emily Lenart, DO, delivered the opening lecture entitled, “Trauma Care and PTSD.” She was followed by James “Trey” Eubanks, MD, FACS, who discussed, “Blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI) in children. Peter Fischer, MD, FACS, presented on the topic, “Field Triage Guidelines 2022.”

During the Trauma Paper compeition, Andrew Fleming, MD took second place for his paper entitited, “Cryoprecipitate use during massive transfusion: A propensity score analysis.”

TN-ACS ANNUAL MEETING

At the TN-ACS conference, Max Langham, Jr., MD, FACS, Professor of Surgery Emeritus, Department of Surgery, UTHSC provided the welcome address in his role as president on Friday, August 12. On Saturday, Langham moderated the panel topic, “Overcoming health outcome disparities: a community approach,” while Nia Zalamea, MD, FACS served as an expert panelist.

During the Resident Presentations session, Andrew Fleming, MD, was awarded First Place in the Basic Science and Clinical Science Paper Competition for his paper, “Identification of Candidate Resistance Mechanisms in Favorable-Histology Wilms Tumor.”

David Shibata, MD, FACS, FSSO, FASCRS was elected Vice-President at the TN-ACS Annual Business Meeting. The second annual Center for Multicultural and Global Health symposium followed the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) conference theme, “Healthy People, Health Planet, Social Justice”. It was held November 11-12 at the Mooney Building. The symposium, directed by Dr. Denis Foretia, featured Sudha Jayaraman, MD, MSC, FACS, Director of the Center for Global Surgery at the University of Utah and featured three panel discussions and a trainee presentation.

Dr. Jayaraman (R) speaks to a symposium guest.

SURGICAL ONCOLOGY SYMPOSIUM

The UTHSC Division of Surgical Oncology hosted a one-day symposium on the topic, “Updates in the Multidisciplinary Management of Endocrine Tumors,” on October 1 at the Mooney Building. The purpose of the event was to educate healthcare providers on up-todate strategies for the evaluation and management of patients with thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal neoplasms. The symposium, led by Dr. Paxton Dickson, provided an opportunity for clinicians involved in the care of these patients to learn from and interact with leading national and local faculty to increase clinical knowledge, apply new data into practice and ultimately improve patient outcomes.