The House of Surgery

Cognitive Impairment Screening

This episode features a multidisciplinary panel of experts discussing the importance of preoperative detection of cognitive impairment and dementia in the geriatric population. The host is Dr. Xane Peters, from Loyola University Medical Center who’s a clinical scholar working with the ACS Division of Research and Optimal Patient Care. His guests are Dr. Julia Berian, an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Wisconsin in Madison; Dr. Kellie Flood, a professor in the Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, as well as the associate chief quality officer for geriatrics and care transitions at the University of Alabama at Birmingham; and Dr. Elizabeth Whitlock, an assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Care at the University of California, San Francisco.

2022 ACS Conley Ethics and Philosophy Lecture

This episode features Dr. Mary Brandt, a professor of pediatric surgery at Tulane University in New Orleans, who delivered the John J. Conley Ethics and Philosophy Lecture during Clinical Congress 2022. Dr. Brandt focused on “The Ethics of Belonging,” – what it means to belong, why belonging is professionally and ethically important, and how we can all become fierce guardians of belonging.
View the 2022 Clinical Congress Named Lecture vides on the ACS website: https://www.facs.org/for-medical-professionals/news-publications/news-and-articles/acs-brief/november-1-2022-issue/view-all-clinical-congress-named-lectures-on-demand/
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Emergency GI Surgery Webinar

This episode is from a recent ACS webinar that offered information on the burden of emergency gastrointestinal surgery in resource-constrained settings, its effect on patient outcomes, and evidence-based solutions that surgeons can implement to improve surgical access and quality in similar settings.
 
MODERATOR
Giuseppe Nigri, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS, Professor of Surgery at Sapienza University of Rome
PANELISTS
Robert K. Parker, MD, MPH, FACS, FCS(ECSA), a General Surgeon and Director of Research at Tenwek Hospital in Kenya
Kathryn Chu, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCRS, Professor and Director of the Centre for Global Surgery at Stellenbosch University in South Africa
View full webinar video on the ACS website: https://www.facs.org/for-medical-professionals/membership-community/international/webinar/emergency-gastrointestinal-surgery-improving-outcomes-in-resource-constrained-settings/
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2023 ACS Cancer Conference Keynote

This episode features Dr. Arif Kamal, the chief patient officer at the American Cancer Society, who gave the keynote address at the recent ACS Cancer Programs Conference in Atlanta. Dr. Kamal reflects on how multiple disciplines can come together to care for patients across the continuum of care, from prevention through survivorship.
Arif H. Kamal, MD, MBA, MHS, FACP, FAAHPM, FASCO, Chief Patient Officer, American Cancer Society
The 2024 ACS Cancer Conference will be February 22-24 in Austin, Texas.
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2023 ACS Leadership & Advocacy Summit Wrap-Up

This episode takes a look at the recent ACS Leadership & Advocacy Summit, the leadership lessons learned and advice for surgeons in all career stages who want to improve their leadership skills. Dr. Michael Sutherland, director of the ACS Division of Member Services, talks to two high-powered surgeon-leaders—Dr. Bob Higgins, a cardiothoracic surgeon who is president of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and executive vice president of Mass General Brigham in Boston, and Dr. Max Langham, a pediatric surgeon who is a professor emeritus at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, a consulting surgeon at St. Jude’s Research Hospital, both in Memphis, and CEO of Tio Companies, which seeks to digitize reproductive toxicology.
Michael J. Sutherland, MD, MBA, FACS, Director, ACS Division of Member Services, Chicago, Illinois
Robert S. D. Higgins, MD, MSHA, FACS, president of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and executive vice president of Mass General Brigham, both in Boston, Massachusetts
Max R. Langham Jr., MD, FACS, CFI, professor emeritus of surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis and the CEO of Tio Companies.
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2022 ACS Scudder Oration on Trauma

This episode features acclaimed trauma surgeon Dr. Ronald Stewart, the Dr. Witten B. Russ Chair of Surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Dr. Stewart delivered the Scudder Oration on Trauma during Clinical Congress 2022, reflecting on the ACS Committee on Trauma’s Century of Commitment to Optimal Trauma Care—Lessons Learned and Opportunities for the Future.
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Power of Quality

This episode features the audio from a press conference that the ACS held in Washington, DC, on April 14 to officially kick off the Power of Quality Campaign. Following opening remarks from ACS Executive Director and CEO Dr. Patricia Turner, panelists discuss the importance of quality care for all surgical patients and expanding the reach of ACS Quality Programs into more hospitals.
This episode features:
PATRICIA L. TURNER, MD, MBA, FACSACS Executive Director & CEO
TANISHA CARINO, PHD Moderator
J. STEPHEN JONES, MD, FACSPresident and CEO, Inova Health System
KIRSTEN K. EDMISTON, MD, MPH, FACSVice President, Surgical Safety and Operations, Inova Health System
ANTON SIDAWY, MD, MPH, FACSACS Regent and Professor and Lewis B. Saltz Chair Department of Surgery, George Washington University
CLIFFORD Y. KO, MD, MS, MSHS, FACS, FASCRSDirector, ACS Division of Research and Optimal Patient Care, and Professor of Surgery and Health Services, UCLA
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2022 ACS Edward D. Churchill Lecture

This episode features Dr. David Feliciano, a leader in trauma and acute care surgery who currently is a clinical professor of surgery at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. Dr. Feliciano gave the Churchill Lecture during Clinical Congress 2022 on the “Extraordinary Evolution of Surgery for Abdominal Trauma.”
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2022 ACS Herand Abcarian Lecture

This episode features Dr. David Beck, a renowned colorectal surgeon and US Air Force veteran who currently is a professor of clinical surgery at Vanderbilt University in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Beck delivered the Abcarian Lecture during Clinical Congress 2022 on the benefits of applying critical thinking toward each component of care to help advance workflow efficiencies and improve patient outcomes.
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2022 ACS International Society of Surgery Lecture

This episode features Dr. Eduardo Moreno Paquentin, founder and director of the Surgery Hub in Mexico City, who delivered the International Society of Surgery Lecture during Clinical Congress 2022. Dr. Paquentin describes his experience training surgical residents in Mexico on safe laparoscopic techniques and developing quality surgical training programs around the world.
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