The House of Surgery The American College of Surgeons

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.
HOSTRonald 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.
GUESTSDaniel 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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This episode features Tracy L. Hull, MD, FACS, a colorectal surgeon from Cleveland, Ohio, who gave the Abcarian Lecture at Clinical Congress 2023. In her lecture, “Things I wish I Had Known at the Start of My Journey,” Dr. Hull shares 10 important career lessons, including publishing early, getting the right mentor, putting family first, and finding your niche.  
 
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This episode features Ewen M. Harrison, OBE, MB, ChB, MSc, PhD, a hepatobiliary and transplant surgeon from Edinburgh, Scotland, who gave the Distinguished Lecture of the International Society of Surgery at Clinical Congress 2023. In his lecture, “Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Global Surgery,” Dr. Harrison talks about using AI to enhance precision care through prediction and democratize surgical expertise, all while keeping in mind the ethical implications.
 
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In this episode, two retired Navy captains reflect on the benefits and challenges of careers as military surgeons. They also provide considerations for transitioning from a military to a civilian surgical career.  
 
Capt. (Ret.) Richard Sharpe, MD, FACS, MC, USN, is a general surgeon specializing in trauma and surgical critical care. He is the chief of surgery at St. Luke’s Warren Hospital in Phillipsburg, NJ. 
 
Capt. (Ret.) Gordon Wisbach, MD, MBA, FACS, MC, USN, is a general surgeon who specializes in minimally invasive metabolic/bariatric and robotic surgery at the Navy Medicine Readiness & Training Command San Diego, CA, where he also was the founding director of the ACS-accredited Surgical Simulation/Education fellowship and inaugural telesurgical director of the Virtual Medical Operations Center. 
 
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