The House of Surgery

2023 ACS Cancer Conference Recap

In this episode, Dr. Steven Wexner talks with three key leaders from the ACS Cancer Programs, which held their first-ever joint conference in early March in Atlanta for members of the cancer care team. The leaders—Drs. Laurie Kirstein, Timothy Mullett, and Katharine Yao—provide insights and highlights from the conference, including release of new Breast Center standards, exciting results of national quality improvement projects, and how to make good use of the National Cancer Database.
HOST
Steven D. Wexner, MD, PhD(Hon), FACS, FRCSEng, FRCSEd, Colorectal Surgeon and Director of the Digestive Disease Institute at Cleveland Clinic Florida in Weston GUESTS
Laurie Kirstein, MD, FACS, ACS Cancer Conference Chair; Breast Surgical Oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY
Timothy W. Mullett, MD, MBA, FACS, Chair, ACS Commission on Cancer; Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Medical Director of the Markey Cancer Center Affiliate Network in Lexington, KY
Katharine Yao, MD, FACS, Chair of the ACS National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers; Breast Surgeon, Vice-Chair of Research and Development and Director of Breast Cancer Research in the Department of Surgery at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, IL
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The 2024 ACS Cancer Conference will be February 22-24 in Austin, Texas.

2022 ACS Jonasson Lecture by Dr. Omaida Velazquez

This episode features Dr. Omaida Velazquez, a vascular surgeon at the University of Miami Health system. During Clinical Congress 2022, Dr. Velazquez delivered the Olga M. Jonasson Lecture, which honors Dr. Jonasson’s trailblazing leadership and significant contributions to surgical practice and surgery education. The lecture highlights Dr. Velazquez’s belief that academic surgery is entering a “second renaissance,” where enlightenment and progress on diversification will be exponential and lead to greatly improved patient care.
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2022 ACS Ravdin Lecture by Dr. Carla Pugh

This episode features Dr. Carla Pugh (PEW), vice chair of innovation in the department of surgery at Stanford University in California. Dr. Pugh delivered the I.S. Ravdin Lecture during Clinical Congress 2022 on wearable technology and artificial intelligence—how the medical field has just begun to scratch the surface of their potential and how they can be used to improve patient outcomes.
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2022 ACS Drake Lecture by Dr. James Drake

This episode features Dr. James Drake, a pediatric neurosurgeon from the University of Toronto in Canada, and son of Charles G. Drake for whom the Clinical Congress lecture was named. During the lecture this past October, Dr. James Drake provided a history of his father’s legacy as a pioneer in adult neurological surgery and world expert in vascular malformations of the brain … along the way discovering new things about his father’s career, relationships, and work philosophies.
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2022 ACS Gibbon Lecture by Dr. Gail Darling

This episode features Dr. Gail Darling from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who delivered the Gibbon Lecture at Clinical Congress 2022. In her lecture, Dr. Darling offered her experiences with a new process for Morbidity and Mortality Conferences that provides a safe environment to discuss adverse events and focus on system issues rather than pointing fingers at individuals.
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2022 ACS Martin Memorial Lecture by Dr. David Hoyt

This episode features Dr. David Hoyt, who was Executive Director of the ACS for 12 years until his retirement at the end of 2021. Dr. Hoyt delivered the Martin Memorial Lecture at Clinical Congress 2022, proving an overview of the ACS’s historical commitment to patient care and quality, and describing how science and data are the foundation for how surgeons will treat patients going forward.
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Fireside Chat with Dr. Patricia Turner

This episode features a Fireside Chat with ACS Executive Director and CEO Patricia L. Turner, MD, MBA, FACS, a general surgeon with minimally invasive expertise. Dr. Turner shares career advice and explains how she has navigated her roles as a surgeon, scientist, academician, and busy executive. She also answers questions from the audience who participated in the program in early November 2022.
The host for the Fireside Chat is Mohsen M. Shabahang, MD, PhD, FACS, MAMSE, Vice President/Chief Medical Officer of the Wellspan Surgery Service Line, York, PA. Dr. Shabahang joined Wellspan in the summer of 2021. He serves as the Chair of the Subcommittee on Novel Teaching and Assessment Methods and Educational Resources for the ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators.
Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC, FSACME, MAMSE, Director of the ACS Division of Education and Co-Chair of the ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators Steering Committee, gave welcoming remarks.
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2022 ACS Presidential Address by Dr. Christopher Ellison

This episode features Dr. Christopher Ellison, who was installed during Clinical Congress 2022 in San Diego as the American College of Surgeons 103rd President. Shortly afterward, he delivered his Presidential Address, Our Professional Journey: Surgeons United.
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