Strauss Lectures
University of Washington
Department of Surgery
2013
“Better Helath – Better Care – Lower Cost” by Dr. Thomas Russell, MD, FACS. Former Executive
Director, ACS. Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, San
Francisco, CA
2012
“EVOLUTION OF HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA: Where did we come from? Where are we going?” by
Dr. Michael J. Zinner, M.D. Moseley Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Clinical
Director, Dana-Farber/BWH Cancer Center, Surgeon-in-Chief, Brigham and Woman’s Hospital,
Boston, MA.
2011
“What Patients Can Expect From Their Doctors… And How We Can Give It To Them” by Dr. Bruce
L. Gewertz, Surgeon-in-Chief, H and S Nichols Endowed Chair in Surgery, Chair, Department of
Surgery, Vice President for Interventional Services, Cedars-Sinai Health System, Los Angeles, CA
2010
"The Evolution of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: The Impact on General Surgery" by Dr. Jeffrey
Ponsky, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
2009
"Protection From Harm: How Medicine Can Learn From Airplanes and Submarines?" by Dr. Richard
Karl, University of South Florida, FL
2008
"Going Global: US Academic Medical Centers' Involvement Abroad" by Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi,
Weill Cornell Medical College, NY
2007
"Chasing Quality: Our Search for the Holy Grail" by Dr. John Hunter, OHSU
2006
"Commercialization of Health Care and The Quest for Quality: Consumers, Corporations and
Consultants" by Dr. Jerry Goldstone, Cleveland, OH
2005
"The Canadian Healthcare System, Myths & Realities" by Dr. Richard Finley, British Columbia
Strauss Lectures
University of Washington
Department of Surgery
2004
"The Overhauling of Graduate Medical Education: The time has come" by Dr. L.D. Britt, Norfolk,
VA
2003
"The Bandwagon Effect." by Dr. Layton F. Rikkers, Madison, WI
2002
"Probing the Biology of Pancreatic Cancer."by Dr. Andrew L. Warshaw, Boston, MA
2001
"Smoking: Impact in the New Millennium." by Dr. William C. Krupski, Denver, CO
2000
"Assessing Competence: A Tale of Two Professions." by Dr. Donald Trunkey, Portland, OR
1999
"East and West: Diversity and Unity in Surgery." by Dr. John Wong, Hong Kong
1998
"Immunological Tolerance: From the Laboratory to the Clinic." by Sir Roy Calne, Cambridge,
England
1997
"Medical Ethics as Seen by a Surgeon." by Dr. Lasalle Leffall, Washington, DC
1996
"A Surgeon's Life from the Inside Out." by Dr. Tom Demeester, Los Angeles, CA
1995
"Adapting Medical Education to Changes in Healthcare." by Dr. Karen Deveney, Portland, OR
1994
"The Impact of Healthcare Reform on Academic Medical Centers." by Dr. David Skinner, New York
1993
"Current Analysis & Future Implications of Videoendoscopic Surgery." by Dr. Lawrence W. Way,
San Francisco, CA
Strauss Lectures
University of Washington
Department of Surgery
1992
"Old & New Markers for Epithelial Tumors-Their Clinical Utility." by Dr. Glenn D. Steele, Jr.,
Boston, MA
1991
"Metabolic Support of the Gut in the Critically Injured." by Dr. Ernest Eugene Moore, Jr., Denver,
CO
1990
"Nutritional Immunopharma-cology." by Dr. J. Wesley Alexander, Cincinnati, OH
1989
"Surgery and the Humanities." by Dr. C. Rollins Hanlon, Chicago, IL
1988
"The Gut: The Motor of Multiple Organ Failure." by Dr. Jonathan L. Meakins, Canada
1987
"Oxygen." by Dr. Alden H. Harken, Colorado
1986
"Surgery for Endocrine Tumors of the Pancreas." by Dr. James C. Thompson, Texas
1985
"Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia."by Dr. Samuel A. Wells, St. Louis, MO
1984
"Heart and Lung Transplantation." by Dr. Norman E. Shumway, Stanford, CA
1983
"Treatment of Peptic Ulcer." by Dr. R. Scott Jones, Charlottesville, VA
1982
"Fluid Exchange and Oxygen Delivery." by Dr. Richard M. Peters, San Diego, CA
1981
"Biologic Basis for the Treatment of Peritonitis." by Dr. Richard L. Simmons, Minneapolis, MN
Strauss Lectures
University of Washington
Department of Surgery
1980
"The Evolving Surgical Treatment of Burn Injury." by Dr. John F. Burke, Boston, MA
1979
"Liver Transplantation." by Dr. Thomas E. Starzl, Denver, CO
1978
"Recent Advances in Immunobiology in the Therapy of Melanomas and Sarcomas." by Dr. Donald
L. Morton, Los Angeles, CA
1977
"Intravenous Alimintation and Disease." by Dr. Stanley J. Dudrick, Houston, TX
1976
"The Coronary Circulation." by Dr. David C. Sabiston, Durham, NC
1975
"Current Management of Carcinoma of the Stomach." by Dr. William P. Longmire, Los Angeles,
CA
1974
"Bleeding Esophageal Varices: A Therapeutic Dilemma." by Dr. W. Dean Warren, Atlanta, GA
1973
"Renal Transplantation: The Present and a Prospect." by Dr. John S. Najarian, Minneapolis, MN
1972
"The Production and Distribution of Surgeons and Physicians." by Dr. Francis Daniels Moore,
Boston, MA
1971
"Cellular Response to Shock." by Dr. G. Thomas Shires, Dallas, TX
1970
"Cushing's Syndrome and Adrenocortical Tumors." by Dr. H. William Scott, Jr., Nashville, TN
1969
"Repair and Regeneration in the Large Intestine." by Dr. J. Englebert Dunphy, San Francisco, CA
Strauss Lectures
University of Washington
Department of Surgery
1968
"Assisted Circulation: Problems in Development of Mechanical Devices." by Dr. Michael E.
DeBakey, Houston, TX
1967
"A Discussion of Ulcerogenic Tumor of the Pancreas." by Dr. Robert M. Zollinger, Columbus, OH
1966
"The Replacement of Organs." by Dr. James D. Hardy, Jackson, MS
1965
"Management of Duodenal Ulcer." by Dr. Clarence J. Berne, Los Angeles, CA
1964
"Landmarks in Pediatric Surgery." by Dr. Mark M. Ravitch, Baltimore, MD
1963
"Hospital-Acquired Infections in Surgery and Their Significance." by Dr. William A. Altemeier,
Cincinnati, OH
1962
"The Surgery of Atherosclerosis." by Dr. Charles G. Rob, Rochester, NY
1961
"The Growth of Preventive Surgery in the Field of Cancer." by Dr. Jonathan E. Rhoads,
Philadelphia, PA
1960
"Hypertension." by Dr. Loyal Davis, Chicago, IL
1959
"Serum Hepatitis." by Dr. J. Garrott Allen, Palo Alto, CA
1958
"The Endocrine Aspects of Breast Cancer." by Prof. Charles W. Illingworth, Glasgow, Scotland
1957
"Cardiovascular Surgery-Past and Present." by Dr. Alfred Blalock, Baltimore, MD
Strauss Lectures
University of Washington
Department of Surgery
1956
"The Nature of Wounds and Wound Healing." by Dr. Edward D. Churchill, Boston, MA
1955
"Relation of Science to Surgery" by Dr. Frederick A. Coller, Ann Arbor, MI
1954
"Etiology of Gastric and Duodenal Ulcer." by Dr. Lester Dragstedt, Chicago, IL
1953
"Esophageal Aspects of the Peptic Ulcer Problem." by Dr. Owen H. Wangensteen, Minneapolis,
MN
1952
"The Surgical Aspects of Jaundice." by Dr. Warren H. Cole, Chicago, IL
1951
"The Importance of Pathological and Radiological Studies in the Diagnosis and Treatment of
Cholelithiasis." by Dr. Dallas B. Phemister, Chicago, IL
1950
"The Clinical End Result in the Surgical Treatment of Carcinoma of the Stomach and Colon since
1915 and Observations of the Relative Acquired Immunity Against Carcinoma Following Surgery."
by Dr. Alfred A. Strauss