MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2003

8:30 am–9:30 am
NL01–Opening Ceremony and American Urological Association Lecture: Improving American Health Care for the 21st Century
Lecturer: Senator William H. Frist, MD, FACS, Washington, DC
Sponsored by the American Urological Association

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11:00 am–12:00 noon
NL02–John H. Gibbon, Jr., Lecture: Lessons from the Titans
Lecturer: Sir Magda H. Yacoub, MBBCh, FACS(Hon), London, United Kingdom
Sponsored by the Advisory Council for Cardiothoracic Surgery

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1:30 pm–2:30 pm
NL03–Charles G. Drake History of Surgery Lecture: The Evolution of Understanding and Clinical Monitoring of Traumatic Brain Injury and Unconsciousness
Lecturer: Graham M. Teasdale, MBBS, FACS(Hon), Glasgow, United Kingdom
Sponsored by the Advisory Council for Neurological Surgery

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2003

1:30 pm–2:15 pm
NL04–Scudder Oration on Trauma: Pre-hospital Care from Napoleon to Mars: The Surgeon’s Role
Lecturer: Norman E. McSwain, Jr., MD, FACS, New Orleans, LA
Sponsored by the Committee on Trauma

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2003

9:00 am–10:00 am
NL05–Ethics and Philosophy Lecture: Do No Harm? The Ethical Challenge of Using Living Persons as Sources of Organs and Tissues
Lecturer: Arthur Caplan, PhD, Philadelphia, PA
Sponsored by the Regents' Committee on Ethics

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11:00 am–12:00 noon
NL06–Commission on Cancer Oncology Lecture: Pre-emption of Malignant Expression: The Role of the Surgical Oncologist
Moderator: Andrew C. Von Eschenbach, MD, FACS, Bethesda, MD
Sponsored by the Commission on Cancer

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1:30 pm–2:15 pm
NL07–I. S. Ravdin Lecture in the Basic Sciences: The Development of Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Patients with Cancer
Moderator: Steven A. Rosenberg, MD, FACS, Bethesda, MD
Sponsored by the Committee on Perioperative Care

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3:00 pm–4:00 pm
NL08–Distinguished Lecture of the International Society of Surgery: Chaos Theory, Uncertainty and Surgery
Lecturer: Jose Patino, MD, FACS(Hon), Bogota, Colombia

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2003

1:00 pm–1:45 pm
NL09–Martin Memorial Lecture: Professionalism, The Profession, and Public Policy
Lecturer: Richard L.Cruess, MD, Deep River, ON

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Scientific Program

Revised August 20, 2003