Named Lectures Will Highlight History, Xenotransplantation, Trauma Equity

Clinical Congress 2023 will feature a series of Named Lectures, and this year’s 11 lectures will provide attendees with an opportunity to hear internationally known surgeons and figures in healthcare share their perspectives and insights on medicine and surgery.

The Martin Memorial Lecture is scheduled immediately after the Opening Ceremony on Monday, October 23. It will be delivered in person and livestreamed on the meeting platform by Gordon L. Telford, MD, FACS, professor emeritus at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. In his lecture, Dr. Telford will discuss the path from rural boyhood to distinguished surgeon of Franklin H. Martin, MD, FACS, the College’s founder.

All lectures will be recorded and made available for on-demand viewing on the meeting platform soon after the live presentations.

Monday, October 23

MARTIN MEMORIAL LECTURE

Franklin H. Martin, MD, FACS: From Rural Boyhood to Distinguished Surgeon (NL01)

9:00–9:30 am

Presiding Officer: Henri R. Ford, MD, MHA, FACS, Miami, FL
Introducer: Anthony Atala, MD, FACS, Winston-Salem, NC
Lecturer: Gordon L. Telford, MD, FACS, Oconomowoc, WI

JOHN H. GIBBON JR. LECTURE IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY

What’s New May Be Old: Xenotransplantation (NL02)

9:45–10:45 am

Presiding Officer and Introducer: Joseph F. Sabik, MD, FACS, Cleveland, OH
Lecturer: Bartley P. Griffith, MD, FACS, Baltimore, MD

CHARLES G. DRAKE HISTORY OF SURGERY LECTURE

Pathologies of the Surgical Image in Modern American Popular Culture (NL03)

2:30–3:30 pm

Presiding Officer and Introducer: James S. Harrop, MD, FACS, Philadelphia, PA
Lecturer: Frederick G. Barker, II, MD, FACS, Boston, MA

Tuesday, October 24

HERAND ABCARIAN LECTURE

Things I Wish I Had Known at the Start of My Journey as a Colorectal Surgeon (NL05)

8:00–9:00 am

Presiding Officer and Introducer: Eric G. Weiss, MD, FACS, Boca Raton, FL
Lecturer: Tracy L. Hull, MD, FACS, Cleveland, OH

EXCELSIOR SURGICAL SOCIETY/EDWARD D. CHURCHILL LECTURE

Service, Synergy, and Surgical Mythology (NL06)

9:45–10:45 am

Presiding Officer and Introducer: Jeremy W. Cannon, MD, SM, FACS, Philadelphia, PA
Lecturer: M. Margaret (Peggy) Knudson, MD, FACS, Los Altos, CA

SCUDDER ORATION ON TRAUMA

Trauma Care: The Vehicle, the Barometer, the Original Yardstick for Equal Care in America (NL07)

12:45–1:45pm

Presiding Officer and Introducer: Jeffrey D. Kerby, MD, PhD, FACS, Vestavia, AL
Lecturer: Edward E. Cornwell, MD, FACS, Washington, DC

OLGA M. JONASSON LECTURE

Phoenix Rising: The Culture of Surgery—A Paradigm Shift (NL08)

2:30–3:30 pm

Presiding Officer and Introducer: Sharon L. Stein, MD, FACS, Cleveland, OH
Lecturer: Susan E. Mackinnon, MD, FACS, St. Louis, MO

Wednesday, October 25

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF SURGERY

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Global Surgery (NL09)

8:00–9:00 am

Presiding Officer and Introducer: Krista L. Kaups, MD, MSc, FACS, Fresno, CA
Lecturer: Ewen M. Harrison, MB, ChB, MSc, PhD, Edinburgh, Scotland

JOHN J. CONLEY ETHICS AND PHILOSOPHY LECTURE

America’s Opioid Dilemma: Ethical Prescribing during an Overdose Epidemic (NL10)

9:45–10:45 am

Presiding Officer and Introducer: Linda G. Phillips, MD, FACS, Galveston, TX
Lecturer: Travis N. Rieder, PhD, Baltimore, MD

COMMISSION ON CANCER ONCOLOGY LECTURE

Breaking the Mold: Chartering a New Roadmap to Impact Care through Science (NL11)

12:45–1:45 pm

Presiding Officer and Introducer: Timothy W. Mullett, MD, MBA, FACS, Lexington, KY
Lecturer: Jennifer A. Wargo, MD, MMSc, Newton, TX

METABOLIC AND BARIATRIC SURGERY LECTURE

Metabolic Surgery: Bariatrics and Beyond (NL12)

2:30–3:30 pm

Presiding Officer and Introducer: Shanu N. Kothari, MD, FACS
Lecturer: Henry Buchwald, MD, PhD, FACS, Minneapolis, MN

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Named Lectures Will Highlight History, Xenotransplantation, Trauma Equity

Monday, October 23

Franklin H. Martin, MD, FACS: From Rural Boyhood to Distinguished Surgeon (NL01)

What’s New May Be Old: Xenotransplantation (NL02)

Pathologies of the Surgical Image in Modern American Popular Culture (NL03)

Tuesday, October 24

Things I Wish I Had Known at the Start of My Journey as a Colorectal Surgeon (NL05)

Service, Synergy, and Surgical Mythology (NL06)

Trauma Care: The Vehicle, the Barometer, the Original Yardstick for Equal Care in America (NL07)

Phoenix Rising: The Culture of Surgery—A Paradigm Shift (NL08)

Wednesday, October 25

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Global Surgery (NL09)

America’s Opioid Dilemma: Ethical Prescribing during an Overdose Epidemic (NL10)

Breaking the Mold: Chartering a New Roadmap to Impact Care through Science (NL11)

Metabolic Surgery: Bariatrics and Beyond (NL12)

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