History

Please feel free to view the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery’s Transactions by Meeting Date (below) or Volume.

2022-2023

Friday, April 28, 2023 - 2023 Tripartite Surgical Meeting In NY
Monday, March 6, 2023 - The John R. Clarke Lectureship
Monday, February 13, 2023 - 2023 Research Competition
Monday, January 9, 2023 - Invited Lecturer
Monday, December 5, 2022 - Rhoads Oration
Monday, November 7, 2022 - Invited Lecturer
Monday, October 10, 2022 - The Erb Lecture

2010-2019

May 20, 2019: Conjoint Meeting with the Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter of the American College of Surgeon
May 3, 2019: Northeast Surgical Meeting
March 4, 2019: Keith Lillemoe, M.D., "Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Bile Duct Injuries: What’s new in 2019?"
February 11, 2019: Surgical Research Trainee Paper Competition
January 14, 2019: Caprice Christian Greenberg, M.D., “Surgical Coaching”

December 10, 2018: Amy Goldberg, M.D., “Scoop and Run: It’s not the Time that Matters”
November 6, 2018: Michael Englesbe, M.D., “The Surgeons Role in the Opioid Epidemic”
October 8, 2018: Charles J. Yeo, M.D., “The Correspondence of William Stewart Halsted and John Chalmers DaCosta: The Johns Hopkins U - Thomas Jefferson University"
May 14, 2018: Conjoint Meeting with the Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter of the American College of Surgeon
April 27, 2018: Conjoint Meeting with NY Surgical Society
March 5, 2018: Ronald P. DeMatteo, M.D., Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor – Almost There"
February 12, 2018:
January 22, 2018: Margaret “Gretchen” Schwarze, M.D., “Managing Uncertainty: Using the Power of Scenario Planning for High-Stakes Surgical Decisions”

December 11, 2017: Jeffrey P. Carpenter , M.D., "The Surgeon Innovator"
November 6, 2017: Orlando Kirton, M.D., “Trauma Care within an Integrated Healthcare System - A Paradigm Shift"
October 2, 2017: Jo Buyske, M.D., “Certification in Evolution”
May 22, 2017: Conjoint Meeting with the Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter of the American College of Surgeon
April 27, 2017:
March 6, 2017: Rachel R. Kelz, M.D., “The New Surgeon Product.”
February 11, 2017: Surgical Research Trainee Paper Competition
January 9, 2017: Kelly McMasters, M.D. “Advancements in the Treatment of Melanoma”

December 12, 2016: Jeffrey Drebin, MD, “The Surgeon as Translational Researcher” / Case Report
November 14, 2016: Joseph Lombardi, MD, “New Advances in the Management of Type B Aortic Dissection”
September 19, 2016: Steven C. Bonawitz, MD, "A History of Reconstructive Surgery”
May 16, 2016: Conjoint Meeting with the Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter of the American College of Surgeon
April 20, 2016: Conjoint Meeting with NY Surgical Society
March 7, 2016: Phillip Barie, MD, "125 Years of Therapy for Appendicitis: Still Unsure After All These Years?”
February 8, 2016: Resident Research Competition / Photos
January 11, 2016: L. Scott Levin, MD, and Stephen J. Kovach, III, MD, “VCA- Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation" Program Photos / Case Report

December 7, 2015: Charles J. Yeo, MD, “Thomas Eakins’ Masterpiece: The Gross Clinic-A lecture about the founder of the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery, and the sale that shook the American art world?” Photos / Case Report
November 2, 2015: Vincente H. Gracias, MD, “Leadership in Surgery, An Opportunity Seized. What Next? / Photos
October 13, 2015: Jeremy Cannon, MD, “The Future of Surgical Critical Care; A Military Perspective”
April 29, 2015: Conjoint Meeting with NY Surgical Society
March 2, 2015: N. Scott Adzick, MD, “Fetal Surgery” / Photo
February 9, 2015: Resident Research Competition
January 12, 2015: Henry A. Pitt, MD, "ACS-NSQIP HPB Collaborative"

December 1, 2014: Douglas L. Fraker, MD, “Surgical Management of Adrenal Causes of Hypertension: Pheochromocytoma and Aldosteronoma”
November 3, 2014: Robert Martindale, MD, "Peri-operative Optimization: Does It Really Improve Outcome?"
October 6, 2014: Clifford Y. Ko, MD, "Finding the Way to Achieve Surgical Quality: Bench to Bedside Policy.”
April 23, 2014: Conjoint Meeting with NY Surgical Society
March 17, 2014: Marshall Z. Schwartz, MD, hosted a Pediatric Symposium in honor of Charles Everett Koop, MD
February 10, 2014: Resident Research Competition
January 6, 2014: Omar Bholat, MD, “Surgery During an Insurgency”

December 9, 2013: Timothy J. Gardner, MD, "American Surgery: Illustrious Past, Unsettled Future”
November 4, 2013: Rajesh Aggarwal, MD, "A Value-Based Model for Surgical Education"
September 30, 2013: Stanley J. Dudrick, MD, "A Half Century of Surgical Nutrition and Metabolism: History, Reflections, Perceptions, Controversies, and Challenges"
May 20, 2013: Conjoint Meeting with the Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter of the American College of Surgeon
April 17, 2013: Conjoint Meeting with NY Surgical Society
March 4, 2013: L. Scott Lind, MD, "Simulation and Virtual Patients in Medical Education"
February 4, 2013: Resident Research Competition
January 7, 2013: Dana R. Sands, MD, "Enhancing and Improving Postoperative Recovery”

December 3, 2012: Linton A. Whitaker, M.D., “Terroir and the Cultivation of Quality”
November 5, 2012: Selwyn O. Rogers, Jr., MD, MPH, “Surgery and Public Health”
October 8, 2012: Bohdan Pomahac, MD, “Facial Restoration by Transplantation”
May 21, 2012: Conjoint Meeting with the Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter of the American College of Surgeon
April 18, 2012: Selected Abstracts: Conjoint Meeting with NY Surgical Society
March 05, 2012: Charles Bosk, PhD, "Reducing SSIs and Other Complications of Surgeries: Launching a National Program"
February 6, 2012: Resident Research Competition
January 9, 2012: Barry D. Mann, MD, “Teaching Values to our Surgery Residents”

December 12, 2011: Thomas G. Frazier, MD, “Breast Cancer: The Past, the Present and the Future!”
November 7, 2011: Amy Goldberg, MD, “From Halsted to Libby Zion–What We Don’t Teach in Residency”
October 3, 2011: Michael T. Longaker, MD, “Reparative and Regenerative Medicine”
May 23, 2011: Conjoint Meeting with the Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter of the American College of Surgeon
April 6, 2011: Conjoint Meeting with NY Surgical Society
March 7, 2011: Glenn Steele, MD, "Re-engineering Systems of Care-Surgical Leadership"
February 7, 2011: Resident Research Competition
January 3, 2011: Charles M. Balch, MD, “Melanoma as a Model of Evidence-Based Medicine”

December 13, 2010: James B. McClurken, MD, "Evolution of Cardiac Surgery in Philadelphia: From ‘Firsts’ to Care Improvements via Collaboration"
November 1, 2010: Anthony Atala, MD, "Regenerative Medicine"
September 27, 2010: C. William Schwab, MD, "Firearm Injury: Can We Do More?"
May 23, 2010: Conjoint Meeting with the Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter of the American College of Surgeon; Guest Speaker: Brent Eastman, MD: Lecture topic: "Healthcare Reform: Proposed Changes and Surgeons' Strategies"
April 28, 2010: Conjoint Meeting with NY Surgical Society
February 1, 2010: Stephen R. Evans, MD, “From Error to Perfection: The Process of Surgical Maturation”
January 4, 2010: John Daly, MD, "Liver Transplantation-A View of Both Sides”

2000-2009

December 7, 2009: Paul DiMuzio, MD, "Development of a Tissue Engineered Stem Cell Vascular Graft"
November 2, 2009: Clyde Barker, MD, "Contributions of members of the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery to Surgical Science and Patient Care from the time of Samuel Gross to the Mid-20th Century"
October 5, 2009: Francis Spitz, MD, "Surgical Management of Esophageal Cancer"
April 29, 2009: Conjoint Meeting with NY Surgical Society
March 23, 2009: Joel Cooper, MD, "The Surgeon's Laboratory"
February 2, 2009: Resident Research Competition
January 5, 2009: Thomas L. Bauer, II, MD, "Virtual Reality in Surgery, Three-Dimensional Imaging and Surgical Simulation"

November 3, 2008: David Stein, M.D., "Surgeon Leadership in the Community.”
April 9, 2008: Conjoint Meeting with NY Surgical Society
March 3, 2008: Resident Research Competition-Part I
February 4, 2008: Resident Research Competition-Part II

December 3, 2007: Anthony Atala, MD, “Regenerative Medicine: New Approaches in Health Care for the 21st Century”
November 5, 2007: John R. Clarke: "Leading Ourselves Out of the Chaos of the Current Healthcare Crisis"
April 18, 2007: Conjoint Meeting with NY Surgical Society
March 5, 2007: Mark Krasna, MD, “Trimodality Therapy for Esophageal Cancer”
February 5, 2007: Resident Research Competition

February 6, 2006: Resident Research Competition
January 16, 2006: Charles J. Yeo, MD, “Can We Improve Outcomes for Pancreatic Cancer”

October 10, 2005: Christopher M. Pezzi, MD, "Surgery in Thailand and the Philippines after the Tsunami"
May 2, 2005: Conjoint Meeting with the Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter of the American College of Surgeon
March 7, 2005: Thomas E. Starzl, MD, PhD, "Historical Steps in Transplantation"
February 7, 2005: Resident Research Competition
January 3, 2005: Stanley Dudrick, MD, "The History of and Persistence and Ingenuity Required for the Development of TPN"

December 6, 2004: Daniel T. Dempsey, MD, "Quality Enhancement and Safety Improvement in Surgery in the Current Era"
November 1, 2004: Jeffrey Drebin, MD, "Pancreas Cancer - The End of the Beginning"
October 4, 2004: Panel Discussion with Chairs of Surgery (Drs. Daniel Dempsey, Larry Kaiser, William Meyers, Herbert Cohn and John Kukora)
May 3, 2004: Conjoint Meeting with the Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
April 14, 2004: Conjoint Meeting with the New York Surgical Society
March 1, 2004: Thomas Cataldo, MD, "Forward Surgical Unit in Baghdad"
February 2, 2004: Resident Research Competition
January 5, 2004: Thomas V. Whalen, MD, "General Surgery Residencies"

December 1, 2003: Stephen Dunn, MD, "Pediatric Transplantation"
November 3, 2003: Stephen M. Cohn, MD, ""Is Blood Obsolete?"
October 3, 2003: Robert Buckman, MD, "Surgeons' Actively Evolving Technology and Patents"
April 9, 2003: Conjoint Meeting with the New York Surgical Society
February 3, 2003:
January 6, 2003: L.D. Britt, MD, "Graduate Medical Education at the Crossroads"

December 2, 2002: Larry Kaiser, MD, "Thoracic Surgery for a Neurologic Disease"
November 4, 2002: Yank D. Coble, Jr., MD, "The Medical Malpractice Crisis: Patient Safety & Access to Care"
April 10, 2002: Conjoint Meeting with NY Surgical Society
March 4, 2002: "Panel Discussion: Current Trends in Surgical Education and Practice of Surgery"
February 4, 2002: Resident Research Competition
January 7, 2002: Gary Dunnington, MD, “Management of Time and Priorities in the Practice of Surgery”

November 26, 2001: Michael Acker, MD, "Surgical Treatment of Heart Failure, Contrasting it with Heart Transplantation"
November 5, 2001: Francis Rosato, MD and Clyde Barker, MD, "Reflection of Surgery in Philadelphia"
May 7, 2001: Conjoint Meeting with the Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter of the American College of Surgeon April 11, 2001: Conjoint Meeting with the New York Surgical Society
April 2, 2001: "Innovations in Surgical Education - 2001: A Surgical Education Odyssey"
February 5, 2001: Resident Research Competition
January 8, 2001: Monica Morrow, MD, "Recent Progress in Breast Cancer"

December 4, 2000: Stanley Trooskin, MD, "Parathyroid Surgery-How Minimal is Enough"
November 6, 2000: Donald Dafoe, MD, "Pancreatic Transplantation-Recent Developments"
October 2, 2000: Charles Hewitt, Ph.D., "Surgical Research: Academic Collaboration with Private Industry"
May 1, 2000: Conjoint Meeting with the Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter of the American College of Surgeon
April 5, 2000: Millennium Conjoint Meeting with NY Surgical Society
March 6, 2000: Judah Folkman, MD, "Tumor Angiogenesis"
February 7, 2000: Resident Research Competition
January 3, 2000: Keith Calligaro, MD, "Endovascular Surgery"

1987-1999

December 6, 1999: Ali Naji, MD, PhD, "Transplantation: Art and Science of Surgery"
November 1, 1999: Marshall Schwartz, MD, "Short Bowel Syndrome"
October 4, 1999: Alan Shurict, MD, Mike Chen, MD, and Steven Marra, MD, "Minimally Invasive Surgery"
April 7, 1999: Conjoint Meeting with NY Surgical Society
March 1, 1999: Resident Research Competition
February 1, 1999: Anthony Comerota, MD, "Carotid Artery Disease"; Keith Calligaro, MD, "Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease"; Dr. Ernst, "Renovascular Hypertension"
1999: Resident Research Competition

November 2, 1998: Symposium on Inflammatory Bowel Disease
May 4, 1998: Paul Ebert, MD, "The Role of the College in the Twenty-First Century"
April 20, 1998: Resident Research Competition
February 2, 1998: Charles C. Wolferth, MD, "Management of Massive Incisional Hernias: Observations, Thoughts, and Personal Prejudices"
January 4, 1998: Francis Rosato, MD, "Surgical Treatment of Colorectal Cancer Metastasis to the Liver"