This episode features a fireside chat with L. D. Britt, MD, MPH, FACS, a world-renowned, highly decorated, and innovative surgeon known for introducing the term “acute care surgery” and molding that emerging surgical discipline. Dr. Britt was a long-time leader in the American College of Surgeons, serving on numerous committees and making a profound and positive impact, not only on the ACS, but also on the entire profession. Dr. Britt reflects on his career, his numerous and impressive accomplishments, and offers advice for both seasoned and early career surgeons. The program host is Mohsen Shabahang, MD, PhD, FACS, for the ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators.

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This episode features Jennifer A. Wargo, MD, MMSc, a surgical oncologist from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center who is renowned for her understanding of melanoma treatment response and groundbreaking discoveries related to how the gut microbiome influences response to immunotherapy. Dr. Wargo gave the Commission on Cancer Lecture at Clinical Congress 2023, “Breaking the Mold: Chartering a New Roadmap to Impact Care through Science,” where she also emphasized the importance of eating fiber to improve health.

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This episode provides an overview of the recent ACS Leadership & Advocacy Conference and offers advice to surgeons in all career stages about how they can enhance their leadership skills and then use those skills to advocate for the profession. Michael J. Sutherland, MD, MBA, FACS, Director of the ACS Division of Member Services, talks to two high-powered surgeon-leaders—Timothy J. Babineau, MD, MBA, FACS, and Brian H. Williams, MD, FACS.

HOST Michael J. Sutherland, MD, MBA, FACS, Director, ACS Division of Member Services, Chicago, Illinois

GUESTS

Timothy J. Babineau, MD, MBA, FACS, general surgeon and former president and CEO of Lifespan Health System and a professor Emeritus at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island

Brian H. Williams, MD, FACS, trauma surgeon, best-selling author, and recent candidate for US Congress from Dallas, Texas

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This episode features Henry Buchwald, MD, PhD, FACS, a pioneering metabolic surgeon and educator from the University of Minnesota, who gave the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Lecture at Clinical Congress 2023. In his lecture, “Metabolic Surgery: Bariatrics and Beyond,” Dr. Buchwald reviews the evolution of metabolic surgery and how it is being used to ameliorate obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and even depression.

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This episode features Travis N. Rieder, PhD, a well-regarded bioethicist and former opioid therapy patient from Baltimore, Maryland, who delivered the J. Conley Ethics and Philosophy Lecture at Clinical Congress 2023. His lecture, “America’s Opioid Dilemma: Ethical Prescribing during an Overdose Epidemic,” explores the multifaceted nature of ethical prescribing and emphasizes his own poignant struggles with opioids following a traumatic motorcycle accident.

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This episode features a fireside chat with Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, FACS, the Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York. He’s also the surgeon-in-chief at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine Center, Vice-Chair of the ACS Board of Regents, and Chair of the ACS Clinical Congress Program Committee. Dr. Michelassi reflects on his early career in his native Italy, his decision to move to the United States, and his impressive accomplishments as a gastrointestinal surgeon, researcher, teacher, and leader. The program host is Mohsen Shabahang, MD, PhD, FACS, for the ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators.

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This episode features Edward E. Cornwell, MD, FACS, a trauma surgeon from Washington, DC, who delivered the Scudder Oration on Trauma at Clinical Congress 2023.

In his lecture, “Trauma Care: The Vehicle, the Barometer, the Original Yardstick for Equal Care in America,” Dr. Cornwell uses some historically significant cases to describe how trauma surgery has the unique power to transcend barriers.

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In this episode, the Medical Director for ACS Cancer Programs—Ronald J. Weigel, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS—talks with three of his colleagues— Daniel Boffa, MD, FACS, Laurie J. Kirstein, MD, FACS, Timothy W. Mullett, MD, FACS—about the recent successful ACS Cancer Conference in Austin, Texas. In addition to the key insights and lessons learned from the conference, they also discuss new opportunities for clinical practice and what to expect this year and beyond from ACS Cancer Programs.

HOST Ronald J. Weigel, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS, Medical Director for ACS Cancer Programs and E. A. Crowell Jr. Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery with the University of Iowa Health Care in Iowa City.

GUESTS Daniel Boffa, MD, FACS, Chair of the ACS Commission on Cancer Quality Assurance and Data Committee and Director of Clinical Affairs for the Thoracic Surgery Program at Yale Medicine in New Haven, CT.

Laurie J. Kirstein, MD, FACS, ACS Cancer Conference Chair and Breast Surgical Oncologist from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY.

Timothy W. Mullett, MD, FACS, Chair of the ACS Commission on Cancer and Medical Director of the Markey Cancer Center Network with the University of Kentucky Healthcare in Lexington.

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