Emerging Developments in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer

Commonly Prescribed Anti-inflammatory Drug
Effectively Treats Men with Recurrent Prostate Cancer
Surgical Forum Presentation:
Urological/Reproductive Surgery

J. Eric Derksen, MD (Chapel Hill, NC)
Raj S. Pruthi, MD, FACS (Chapel Hill, NC)

Robotic-Assisted Surgery Improves Outcomes for Radical Prostatectomy Patients
Surgical Forum Presentation:
Urological/Reproductive Surgery

Vipul R. Patel, MD (Vestavia Hills, AL)

Specialty Coverage in Trauma Centers:
Can Trauma Centers Survive?
General Session sponsored by the Committee on Trauma

Donald D. Trunkey, MD, FACS, Moderator (Portland, OR)

Defining the Problems
J. Wayne Meredith, MD, FACS (Winston-Salem, NC)

Specialty Coverage of Trauma by Orthopedics:
Problems and Solutions
Mark S. Vrahas, MD, FACS (Boston, MA)

Specialty Coverage of Trauma by Neurosurgery:
Problems and Solutions
Alex B. Valadka, MD, FACS (Houston, TX)

Solutions from the Patient's Perspective
Gregory J. Jurkovich, MD, FACS (Seattle, WA)

Surgeons Develop Genetic Profiles for Head and Neck and Lung Cancer in Smokers
Surgical Forum Presentation

Sunil Singhal, MD (Philadelphia, PA)
Larrry R. Kaiser, MD, FACS (Philadelphia, PA)

Update on Bariatric Surgery

Bariatric Surgery Primer
Postgraduate Course #16

Henry Buchwald, MD, PhD, FACS, Chair (Minneapolis, MN)

The Operating Room of the Future
General Session sponsored by the Committee on Perioperative Care

Eric J. DeMaria, MD, FACS, Moderator (Richmond, VA)

New Developments in OR Redesign and Patient Safety
Gerald R. Moses, PhD (Frederick, MD)

The Surgeon's Perspective
Adrian E. Park, MD, FACS (Baltimore, MD)

The Anesthesiologists' Perspective
David W. Rattner, MD, FACS (Boston, MA)

Telesurgery and Telemedicine for the OR
Ronald C. Merrell, MD, FACS (Richmond, VA)