Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Surgery Grand Rounds
Grand Rounds – Links to Videos
Please note that viewing the videos below will not grant CME credit.
*If you are interested in attending Grand Rounds and receiving CME credit, please contact Theresa Neitzel via email or phone (414) 955-1829.
April 2025
Quality Minute Presentations (video) | 4/2/25
Megan Quamme, MD: Reduce, Reuse, Reprocess: Reducing Waste in the OR
Katie Sonnentag, MD: Post Operative Pain Management
March 2025
Achieving Health Equity in Surgical Oncology In the Pursuit of Health Justice (video) | 3/5/25
52nd Annual Edwin H. Ellison Memorial Lectureship
John H. Stewart, IV, MD, MBA, FACS
Penny Wise, Pound Foolish: The Troubling Parallels of Corporatization in The Boeing Company and Academic Surgery (video) | 3/12/25
Jed Calata, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Assistant Professor, Colorectal Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin
MCW General Surgery Resident PGY IV Presentations (video) | 3/26/25
Elise Biesboer, MD: Harm Reduction for the Surgeon
Ben Seadler, MD: ECLS at the Medical College of Wisconsin: Local Outcomes and Ongoing Investigations
February 2025
Quality Minute Presentations (video) | 2/5/25
Natalie Gaughan, MD: The Impact of Prehabilitation on Surgical Recovery
Mirjana Jovanovic, MD: Advancing Reproductive Planning and Infertility: The Next Generation of Surgeons
January 2025
Quality Minute Presentations (video) | 1/15/25
Jon C. Gould, MD, MBA: Vizient Quality and Accountability FY 2024 Results
Kaitlyn Weyman, MD: Defining and Expanding on ERAS Protocols
Johnny Shepherd, MD: PCN Allergies and Antibiotic Choices: When is Cephalosporin the Right Call?
Closing The Gap: Balancing Quality and Cost in Hernia Surgeries (video) | 1/22/25
Jon Gould, MD, MBA & Matt Goldblatt, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Knowledge Saving Life (video) | 1/29/25
Brian D. Lewis, MD: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Jed Calata, MD: Advances in Surgical Management of Abdominal Crohn's Disease
Medical College of Wisconsin
December 2024
Addressing the Bystander Phenomenon: Promoting Psychological Safety in All Learning (video) | 12/11/24
Kristina Kaljo, PhD; Associate Professor, Research and Advanced Education
Marty Muntz, MD, FACP; Associate Dean, Vice Chair, Professor, Internal Medicine
Kerrie Quirk, MEd; Program Manager, Faculty Development
Living Donor Liver Transplant at UPMC: Changing the Paradigm (video) | 12/18/24
The 7th Annual Mark B. Adams, MD, Memorial Lectureship
Abhinav Humar, MD
Clinical Director of the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
Chief, Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery at UPMC
November 2024
Dacron: The Common Thread (video) | 11/13/24
Momodou L. Jammeh, MD
Assistant Professor, Vascular Surgery
Excellence in Surgical Training to Ensure Excellence in Surgical Practice | 11/20/24
C. Morrison Schroeder Memorial Lectureship
Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS
Director, Division of Education, American College of Surgeons
Adjunct Professor of Surgery, The Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University
October 2024
MCW General Surgery Resident PGY IV Presentations (video) | 10/2/24
Monica Seadler, MD: Improving Preoperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Administration
Amanda Witte, MD: Opportunities for Colon SSI Improvement
MCW Knowledge Saving Life (video) | 10/16/24
Sophie Y. Dream, MD, MPH, FACS; Associate Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology
Tammy Lyn Kindel, MD, PhD; Associate Professor, Division of Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin
The ROI of GME: Looking Beyond the Balance Sheet | 10/30/24
9th Annual Gale L. Mendeloff Visiting Professor Lectureship
Kyla Terhune, MD, MBA
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Vice President for Educational Affairs
ACGME/NRMP Designated Institutional Official
Graduate Medical Office
Professor of Surgery and Anesthesiology, Department of Surgery
Vanderbilt University
September 2024
Silent Tears: Exploring Physician Grief (video) | 9/4/24
Adrienne Cobb, MD, MS
Assistant Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology
Medical College of Wisconsin
Cultural Complications | 9/18/24
Tracy S. Wang, MD, MPH, FACS, FSSO, DABS
Professor of Surgery (with tenure), Division of Surgical Oncology
Vice Chair of Strategic and Professional Development
Medical College of Wisconsin
MCW General Surgery Resident PGY IV Presentations (video) | 9/25/24
Melissa Drezdzon, MD: Going for Broke: Topics in Residency Financial Wellness
Santiago Rolon, MD: The Athlete in the Operating Room – Residency Training & Training in Residency
August 2024
How Can We Eliminate Preventable Death and Disability after Injury? | 8/7/24
Eileen Bulger, MD, FACS
Professor and Chief of the Division of Trauma, Burns, and Critical Care
Department of Surgery, University of Washington
Surgeon-in-Chief, Harborview Medical Center
Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: The Specter of Surgeons (video) | 8/14/24
Sherene Shalhub, MD, MPH, FACS, DFSVS
Division Head, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
John Porter M.D. Endowed Professor in Vascular Surgery
Vice Chair for Regional Strategy and Surgical Operations
Co-Director, OHSU Heart and Vascular Service Line
Department of Surgery
Department of Molecular & Medical Genetics
MCW Surgery Resident Quality Minute Presentations | 8/28/24
Elise Biesboer, MD & Taylor Jaraczewski, MD, MS
July 2024
Pediatric Surgical Innovation: An Idea to an Institute | 7/10/24
Neuroblastoma: Training Autologous Tumor Specific T-cells (TATS-T) for Treatment | 7/10/24
23rd Annual Marvin Glicklich Visiting Professorship
Anthony Sandler, MD, FACP, FAAP
Senior Vice President & Surgeon-in-Chief, Joseph E. Robert Jr. Center for Surgical Care
Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC
Director of the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Surgical Innovation
MCW Division of Education Update | 7/17/24
Andrew Kastenmeier, MD; Chief, Division of Education and Associate Professor of Surgery
Anuolwapo Elegbede, MD, MSc; Associate Chief, Division of Education, M4 Clerkship Director and Associate Professor of Surgery
Rana Higgins, MD; Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program and Associate Professor of Surgery
Caitlin Patten, MD; M3 Clerkship and Associate Professor of Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin
MCW Knowledge Saving Life (video) | 7/24/24
Chris Laird, MD; Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Surgery
Emre Arpali, MD, PhD; Associate Professor, Division of Transplant Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin
Understanding the Role and Value of Pancreas Transplantation (video) | 7/31/24
Ty Dunn, MD, MS
Professor, Division of Transplant Surgery
Director of Clinical Operations, Solid Organ Transplant Service Line
Surgical Director, Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation
Medical College of Wisconsin
Surgical Director, Kidney Transplantation, Children's Wisconsin
June 2024
Fostering Diversity in Surgical Training and Recruitment: Challenges and Solutions (video) | 6/12/24
Sophie Dream, MD, MPH, FACS
Assistant Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology
Program Director, Comprehensive Endocrine Surgery Fellowship
Endocrine Surgeon
Medical College of Wisconsin
Flipping the Research Paradigm: Turning QI into Funded Research (video) | 6/19/24
63rd Annual Carl W. Eberbach Visiting Professor Lectureship
Karl Y. Bilimoria, MD, MS
Chair of the Department of Surgery
Jay L. Grosfeld Professor of Surgery
Indiana University
Vice President for Surgical Quality, Indiana University Health System
May 2024
The Importance of Standards in Improving the Outcomes of Rectal Cancer Treatment (video) | 5/8/24
The 51st Annual Edwin H. Ellison Memorial Lectureship
Steven D. Wexner, MD, PhD(Hon)
Director, Ellen Leifer Shulman and Steve Shulman Digestive Disease Center
Chair, Department of Colorectal Surgery Cleveland Clinic Florida
Chair, National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer
April 2024
Cost of Cancer: How Financial Toxicity Should Direct Our Research and Treatment (video) | 4/3/24
Alexandra C. Istl, MD, MPH, FRCSC FSSO
Assistant Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology
Associate Program Director for Professional Development and Research
General Surgery Residency Program
Medical College of Wisconsin
Surgical System Strengthening in Ethiopia (video) | 4/24/24
Katie Iverson, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin
March 2024
Entrustable Professional Activities: Our Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity to Improve Surgical Education (video) | 3/6/24
Brenessa Lindeman, MD, MEHP
Reagan Cain Endowed Scholar in Endocrine Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery, Medical Education and Pediatrics
Section Chief, Endocrine Surgery
Vice Chair of Education, Department of Surgery
Assistant Dean, Graduate Medical Education
University of Alabama School of Medicine
MCW General Surgery Resident PGY IV Presentations (video) | 3/27/24
Christina Georgeades, MD & Arielle Thomas, MD
February 2024
Ethics for the Surgeon (video) | 2/7/24
Marshall Beckman, MD, MA
Professor of Surgery, Institute for Health and Equity, and Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Medical College of Wisconsin
Chair of the Ethics Committee, Froedtert Hospital
Biliary Cancer – Perspective from Two Continents (video) | 2/14/24
Kondragunta Rajendra “Raj” Prasad, MBBS, MS, MCH
Professor of Surgery
Section Chief of Liver Transplantation
Director of Liver Surgery Research
Medical College of Wisconsin
Advocacy and the Global Surgeon: Changing the Landscape for Equity (video) | 2/28/24
Rondi Kauffmann, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Surgery
Associate Director, General Surgery Residency Program
Surgical Director, Center for Experiential Learning and Assessment
Director, Global Health Equity and Access Leadership in Surgery
Vice Chair for Global Surgery in the Section of Surgical Sciences
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
January 2024
Forward Surgical Management of the Combat Casualty and Vascular Trauma (video) | 1/31/24
Dawn Coleman, MD
Professor of Surgery and Division Chief, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Duke University Medical Center
Medical Director, Duke Raleigh and Brier Creek Vascular Surgery Clinics
Lieutenant Colonel, US Army Reserve (MC)
- December 2023 (PDF)
- 12/6/2023 – Roy Phitayakorn, MD, MHPE (video), The 8th Annual Gale L. Mendeloff Memorial Lectureship
- 12/13/2023 – Robert Montgomery, MD, DPhil (video), The 6th Annual Mark B. Adams, MD Memorial Lectureship in Transplantation
- November 2023 (PDF)
- October 2023 (PDF)
- September 2023 (PDF)
- August 2023 (PDF)
- 8/2/2023 – Division of Education Update (video)
- 8/16/2023 – Carrie Cunningham, MD, MPH (video), The 26th Annual C. Morrison Schroeder Lectureship
- 8/23/2023 – Chandler S. Cortina, MD, MS (video)
- July 2023 (PDF)
- 7/19/2023 – Mitchell R. Dyer, MD (video)
- June 2023 (PDF)
- 6/7/2023 – Patrick M. Reilly, MD (video), The 42nd Annual Milton A. Lunda Memorial Lectureship
- 6/14/2023 – Ronald P. DeMatteo, MD (video), The 62nd Annual Carl W. Eberbach Lectureship
- 6/28/2023 – Matthew Goldshore, MD, PhD, MPH (video)
- May 2023 (PDF)
- 5/17/2023 – Thomas L. Forbes, MD (video), The 15th Annual Jonathan B. Towne Lectureship
- April 2023 (PDF)
- 4/5/2023 – Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS (video)
- 4/26/2023 – Sam Thalji, MD & Sarah Aune, DO (video), PGY IV Presentations
- March 2023 (PDF)
- 3/1/2023 – Kent Peterson, MD & Zarina Markova, MD (video), PGY IV Presentations
- 3/8/2023 – Dana A. Telem, MD, MPH (video), The 50th Annual Edwin H. Ellison Memorial Lectureship
- 3/22/2023 – David J. Milia, MD (video)
- 3/29/2023 – Thomas Carver, MD & William Hall, MD (video), We Care Award Updates
- February 2023 (PDF)
- 2/1/2023 – Georges Azzie, MD (video)
- 2/15/2023 – Colleen Flanagan, MD & Xavier Jean, MD (video), PGY IV Presentations
- January 2023 (PDF)
- November 2022 (PDF)
- 11/2/2022 – Adnan Alseidi, MD, EdM (video), The 7th Annual Gale L. Mendeloff Memorial Lectureship
- 11/30/2022 – Christian Kastrup, PhD (video)
- October 2022 (PDF)
- September 2022 (PDF)
- August 2022 (PDF)
- July 2022 (PDF)
- 7/6/2022 – Andrew Kastenmeier, MD, Matthew Goldblatt, MD and Caitlin Patten, MD (video), Division of Education Update
- 7/20/2022 – Christina Megal, DNP, APNP, FNP-C, CWON-AP (video)
- 7/27/2022 – Benjamin D. Beran, MD (video)
- June 2022 (PDF)
- 6/1/2022 – Alan W. Flake, MD (video), The 21st Annual Marvin Glicklich Lectureship
- 6/8/2022 – Carla Pugh, MD, PhD (video), The 61st Annual Carl W. Eberbach Lectureship
- 6/15/2022 – Karen J. Brasel, MD, MPH (video), The 41st Annual Milton A. Lunda Lectureship
- May 2022 (PDF)
- 5/11/2022 – Audra A. Duncan, MD (video), The 14th Annual Jonathan B. Towne Lectureship
- 5/25/2022 – Daniel Holena, MD MSCE (video)
- April 2022 (PDF)
- 4/6/2022 – Shanu N. Kothari, MD (video)
- 4/20/2022 – Alexis Bowder, MD and Kyla Fredrickson, MD (video), PGY IV Presentations
- 4/27/2022 – Karen Kersting, PhD (video)
- March 2022 (PDF)
- 3/2/2022 – Jennifer F. Tseng, MD, MPH (video), The 49th Annual Edwin H. Ellison Memorial Lectureship
- 3/16/2022 – Paul Dyrud, MD (video), PGY IV Presentations
- 3/16/2022 – Ashley Krepline, MD (video), PGY IV Presentations
- 3/30/2022 – Bruce Campbell, MD (video)
- February 2022 (PDF)
- 2/16/2022 – Nathan Smith, MD, and Erin Buchanan, MD (video), PGY IV Presentations