To: Surgical Faculty and Housestaff From: Steven Eskind, MD Date: March 29, 2012 Friday, April 6, 2012 Vanderbilt University Department of Surgery D-4314MCN Nashville, TN 37232-2730 615-322-1414 or 343-6642 20th Annual W. Andrew Dale Lecture 7-7:55 am Surgical Grand Rounds 8:10-8:55 am Residents’ Teaching Conference “Vascular Graft Infection and the NAIS” Rocking Chair Conference John L. Tarpley, M.D. R. James Valentine, M.D. Professor of Surgery and Anesthesiology Professor and Chairman, Division of Vascular Assistant Chief of Surgical Service, Surgery Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Executive Vice Chairman, Dept. of Surgery Center Alvin Baldwin Jr. Chair in Surgery Program Director, General Surgery Residency UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas Friday, April 13, 2012 5th Annual Robert S. McCleery Lecture 7-7:55 am Surgical Grand Rounds 8:10-8:55 am Residents’ Teaching Conference “Measuring and Improving Performance in Surgical Training” Rocking Chair Conference John L. Tarpley, M.D. Professor of Surgery and Anesthesiology Assistant Chief of Surgical Service, Gary Dunnington, M.D. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery Center Program Director Program Director, General Surgery Southern Illinois University Residency th Friday, April 20, 2012 35 Annual Charles J. Thuss Lecture in Plastic Surgery 7-7:55 am Surgical Grand Rounds 8:10-8:55 am Residents’ Teaching Conference “Advances in Body Contouring Following Massive Weight Loss: Lessons Learned” Jeffrey M. Kenkel, MD, FACS Professor and Vice Chairman Director, Clinic Center for Cosmetic Laser Treatment UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas Friday, April 27, 2012 Stomach CC Nipun B. Merchant, M.D. Professor of Surgery and Cancer Biology 7-7:55 am Surgical Grand Rounds 8:10-8:55 am “Advancing Trauma Care in the Developing World--How I Hope to Give Back” Kaushik Mukherjee M.D., MSCI Chief Resident in Surgery “Surgeons as Gods: Rumor or Reality?” Douglas R. Burka, M.D. Chief Resident in Surgery Sarcoma CC Mary A. Hooks, M.D., M.B.A Associate Professor of Surgery Stomach CC Alexander A. Parikh, M.D. Assistant Professor of Surgery Sarcoma CC Mark C. Kelley, M.D., FACS Associate Professor Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology Sponsored by Vanderbilt School of Medicine; Department of General Surgery. Vanderbilt School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Vanderbilt School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. It is the policy of Vanderbilt School of Medicine to require disclosure of financial relationships from individuals in a position to control the content of a CME activity; to identify and resolve conflicts of interest related to those relationships; and to make disclosure information available to the audience prior to the CME activity. Presenters are required to disclose discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentations.