Previous Meetings with Chicago Surgical Society

Recap of another year of great presentations at Chicago Surgical Society.

The year started in October with our Bevan lecture:

“The Bumpy Road top Progress: Changing the Standard of Care”

Presented by Dr. Armando E. Giuliano: Cedars-Sinai

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 In November we had

Great Debates in Surgery

"Is Residency Training Too Long or Too Short?"

Dr. Faaiza Vaince & Dr. Alex Matthews vs Dr. Andrew Benjamin & Dr Annie Polcari

"How Should Surgeons get Paid? Salary versus Productivity based reimbursement"

Dr. Marc Sarran vs Dr. Kevin Brown

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In February we had our Scientific Presentations.

“Surgical Care for the Homeless:

Disparities in Outcomes for Access-Sensitive Conditions”

"Efficacy and outcomes of per oral application of the (neo) esophagus (POPE) for impaired emptying in achalasia and post-esophagectomy patients"

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We had the Illinois Surgical Conference in April .

In May Dr. Jonathan Myers presented his Presidential lecture.