Eighth Annual David Fromm Research and Wayne State Surgical Alumni Day
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Margherio Family Conference Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Conference Chair: Scott A. Gruber, M.D., Ph.D., MBA
7:30 – 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
7:45 – 8:00 AM Welcome and Introductions:
Scott A. Gruber, M.D., Chief of Staff, John D. Dingell VA Medical Center
Associate Dean for Veterans Affairs & Professor of Surgery
Donald W. Weaver, M.D., Penberthy Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery
All presentations will be 15 minutes in length with 5 minutes for Q & A
8:00 – 10:00 AM - First Session: Basic Research
Moderator: Donald W. Weaver, M.D.
(1) David H. Gorski, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Director, Alexander J. Walt Comprehensive
Breast Center, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Associate Professor of
Surgery: “Riluzole as a Treatment for Breast Cancer”
(2) M. Salik Jahania, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery: “Use of intra-arterial
supersaturated aqueous oxygen in a swine model of acute normovolemic anemia”. Coauthors: L Muthukumar, P Percvsky, JR Spears.
(3) M. Salik Jahania, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery: “Effects of ischemiareperfusion on authophagy in the human heart”. Co-author: RM Mentzer, Jr.
(4) Oksana Gruzdyn, B.S., Graduate Student in Laboratory of Scott A. Gruber, Donald
W. Weaver, and Ramesh Babu Batchu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery and
Associate Professor of Microbiology: “Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 silencing downmodulates mutant p53 with increased chemosensitivity in epithelial ovarian cancer”
(5) Shu T. Kung, B.S., Medical Student in Laboratory of Scott A. Gruber, Donald W.
Weaver, and Ramesh Babu Batchu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery and Associate
Professor of Microbiology: “Novel AAV-DJ capsid tyrosine mutants with enhanced
transgene expression”
(6) Oksana Gruzdyn, B.S., Graduate Student in Laboratory of Scott A. Gruber, Donald
W. Weaver, and Ramesh Babu Batchu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery and
Associate Professor of Microbiology: “MAGE-A3 with cell-penetrating domain as an
efficient therapeutic cancer vaccine”
10:00 – 10:20 AM
Coffee Break
10:20 AM – 12:00 PM Second Session: Translational/Clinical Research and Surgical
Education Moderator: Scott A. Gruber, M.D., Ph.D., MBA
(7) Michelle Veenstra and Brady King, Researchers in Laboratory of Michael Klein,
M.D., Professor of Surgery, Al Philippart Chair, Pediatric Surgical Research: “Raman
Spectroscopy in the Diagnosis of Hirschsprung's Disease” and “Automated Horizon
Stabilization in Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery”
(8) Rachel Kast, Assistant Professor-Research, Smart Sensors and Integrated
Microsystems group of Gregory Auner Ph.D.: “Characterization of Adipose Tissue from
Bariatric Surgery Patients as a Potential Disease Risk Indicator Using Raman
Spectroscopy”. Co-authors: M Wood, B Seyoum, S Tucker, K Honn, S Yurgelevic, G
Auner.
(9) Arlene Rozzelle, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery:
"Interesting vascular anomalies cases". Co-author: K Pappas
(10) Asra Hashmi, M.D., Resident in Laboratory of Frank A. Baciewicz, M.D.,
Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery: “Does Preoperative Pulmonary
Rehabilitation Affect Outcomes in Low FEV1 Patients Undergoing Lung Cancer
Resection”
(11) David Bouwman, M.D., Former Professor of Surgery and Walt Chair in
Surgical Education: “Simulation Now for Surgical Skill Acquisition”
12:00– 1:00 PM Lunch
Brief address by:
David Fromm, M.D., formerly Penberthy Professor and Chairman, Department. of
Surgery
Presentation of Wayne State Surgical Alumnus of the Year Award to Hubert Huebl, M.D.
1:00 – 2:00 PM - 4th Annual Scott Woods Lecture:
Herbert Chen, M.D., FACS
Chairman, General Surgery, Professor of Surgery & Vice-Chair for Research
Layton F. Rikkers, M.D. Chair in Surgical Leadership
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
"Advances in Parathyroid Surgery and Intraoperative PTH Monitoring”
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“The Wayne State University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for
physicians.
The Wayne State University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a
maximum of 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim
only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.”