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Hwang Burn Care Surgery Grand Rounds
Advances in Burn Care 2017

Dr. James Hwang, director of the UAB Burn Center, discusses the latest advances in burn care and what that means for your patients.

 
Herbert Chen Radioguided Parathyroidectomy HPT

 

Release Date: March 28, 2016
Expiration Date: March 27, 2019

 

Target Audience: Surgeons and primary care physicians
Disclosure: Dr. Chen has no financial relationships related to the content of this activity to disclose. There is no commercial support for this activity.

 

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UAB Department of Surgery
Surgery Grand Rounds Schedule

Radioguided Parathyroidectomy

Learning Objective / Overview: UAB Medicine Surgeon-in-Chief Herbert Chen, MD, discusses hyperparathyroidism (HPT), which affects roughly 1 percent of the U.S. population and is more common in women and the elderly. It is the third most common endocrine disorder after diabetes and thyroid disease. Marked by an abnormally high concentration of parathyroid hormone in the blood, HPT results in a loss of calcium and weakened bones. The only curative option is surgery, a minimally invasive procedure called radio-guided parathyroidectomy, which offers numerous quality-of-life benefits for patients, a short recovery time, and very little risk. Dr. Chen has performed nearly 2,000 such procedures at UAB and recommends that all patients with HPT be referred for a surgical consult.

Accreditation statement:The University of Alabama School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Alabama School of Medicine designates this online enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Contreras Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Grand Rounds
Pancreatic Cancer Update

In part one of his grand rounds lecture, Carlo M. Contreras, MD, FACS, discusses how the adequacy of lymphadenectomy has been defined in other gastrointestinal epithelial cancer and how we might apply that to pancreatic cancer through the use of the American College of Surgeons national database.

 
Contreras Melanoma Cancer Surgery Grand Rounds
Melanoma Update

In part two of his grand rounds lecture, Carlo M. Contreras, MD, FACS, discusses chemotherapy options, the role of surgical lymphatic staging, and estimating prognosis of melanoma.

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Martin J. Heslin, MD, discusses diagnosis and proper management of neoplastic pancreatic cysts.
Marshall Urist, MD, discusses the current role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma.
Thomas N. Wang, MD, PhD, discusses where it is necessary to dissect the lymph node for well-differentiated thyroid cancer.
Patrick Bosarge, MD, discusses the Alabama Trauma System (ATS) and what that means for patients and referring physicians.
Britney Corey, MD, discusses the pre-operative optimization of certain risk factors for ventral hernia repairs.
John Porterfield, MD, discusses the training curriculum of minimally invasive surgery and what the next generation of surgeon look like.
Jeffery D. Kerby, MD, discusses how UAB Medicine has adjusted its protocols to gain better results with blood management in trauma care.
Through a series of case studies, Rachael B. Lancaster, MD, gives an update on breast cancer surgical margins and discusses the recent changes in the landscape.
Herbert Chen, MD, FACS, discusses the benefits of having rapid parathyroid testing in your operating room.
Lauren Tanner, MD, discusses diagnosis and the goals of management for enterocutaneous fistulas.
Daniel I. Chu, MD, discusses hereditary colorectal cancers and when you should consider referring your patient for genetic testings.
Rachael B. Lancaster, MD, discusses the indications and prognosis for neoadjuvant therapy in breast cancer and illustrates these points with case studies.
Melanie Morris, MD, discusses the epidemiology, evaluation, and treatment of acute non-complicated diverticulitis and complicated diverticulitis.
Helen Krontiras, MD, discusses types of breast cancers and when it is appropriate to refer a breast cancer patient to genetic testing.
Benjamin Wei, MD, discusses the optimal preoperative evaluation of patients with esophageal cancer, which includes staging the cancer, evaluating the patient, and determining the optimal therapy.
Carlo M. Contreras, MD, FACS, discusses the benefits of several neoadjuvant treatment options for patients with gastric cancer.
Gregory D. Kennedy, MD, gives an update on surgical therapies for colorectal cancer and discusses neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy options.
Virginia Strickland, MD, discusses the operative indications for small bowel obstruction.
Major Justin Manley, USAF, MC, discusses the initial assessment, acute resuscitation, transfer criteria, special considerations, and wound care of burn patients.

GI & GI Surgery Videos

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Greg Kennedy, Ph.D., M.D., an internationally recognized surgeon and researcher, discusses the continuum of research on improving outcomes of colorectal cancer.
Jamie Cannon, MD, discusses the application and advantages of robotics in colorectal surgery at UAB Medicine.
John Porterfield, MD, discusses the future of surgical training and how robotic simulators and training tools are shaping the residency program at UAB Medicine.
Melanie Morris, MD, associate professor of surgery in the Division of GI Surgery at UAB Medicine, discusses her study aimed at understanding the relative contributions of unplanned 30-day post-operative readmissions.
Daniel I. Chu, MD, assistant professor in the department of general surgery, division of gastrointestinal surgery, discusses the difficulties in management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), specifically for African-American patients, and surgical disparities and outcomes related to the disease.
Gregory Kennedy, MD, PhD, director of GI surgery, discusses logical algorithms to diagnoses and treat benign anorectal diseases such as hemorrhoids, fissure-in-ano, cryptoglandular disease, and pilonidal disease.