Grand Rounds

Time: 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM | Location: Medical School Building | Learning Format: In-Person
For more information contact JoAnn Laurent.

The Department of General Surgery Grand Rounds will resume on Thursday, February 6, 2025. Throughout January, sessions from 7:00–8:00 AM will be dedicated to resident ABSITE review and preparation. Regularly scheduled M&M will still take place from 8:00–9:00 AM.


Date: March 27, 2025
Presentation Topic: Resident Study Presentation – Resident Standardized Patient Communication Session
Speaker: Will Rieger, MD
Research Resident – Department of General Surgery


Date: March 20, 2025
Presentation Topic: Financial Literacy Lecture
Speaker: Chris Weber, Tempus Financial Group


Date: March 13, 2025
Presentation Topic: The Surgical Mindset
Speaker: Drs. Shah Dodwad & Alfredo Cepeda
Chief Residents – Department of General Surgery, McGovern Medical School


Date: March 6, 2025
Presentation Topic: Perioperative Mortality
Speaker: Daniel Sessler, MD
Professor and Vice President for Clinical and Outcomes Research
Department of Anesthesiology, McGovern Medical School


Date: February 20, 2025
Presentation Topic: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Kapsowar and Beyond in sub-Saharan Africa
Speaker: William Rhodes, MD


Date: February 13, 2025
Presentation Topic: State of Our Program
Speaker: Sasha Adams, MD


Date: February 6, 2025
Presentation Topic: Expanding the Horizon of Surgical Education: DTD!
Speaker: Scott Steele, MD MBA, FACS, FASCRS, FPSCRS (Hon), FPCS (Hon)
President, Main Campus Submarket at Cleveland Clinic
Rupert B. Turnbull MD Endowed Chair in Colorectal Surgery
Chair of Colorectal Surgery at Cleveland Clinic


Date: January 2, 2025
NO GRAND ROUNDS or M&M – CANCELLED DUE TO HOLIDAY


Date: December 26, 2024
NO GRAND ROUNDS or M&M – CANCELLED DUE TO HOLIDAY


Date: December 19, 2024
Presentation Topic: Empowering the Next Generation: Surgery Residents Shaping AI- Innovation and Implementation
Speaker: Uwe Fischer, MD


Date: December 12, 2024
Presentation Topic: Human Trafficking – Annual CME requirement
Speaker: Mollie Gordon, MA, MD


Date: December 5, 2024
Presentation Topic: QI Workgroup Curriculum
Speaker: Tamara E. Saunders, MD, FACS
Faculty Mentors invited – NO CME


Date: November 28, 2024
NO GRAND ROUNDS – THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY


Date: November 21, 2024
Presentation Topic: From Emotional Ignorance to Cultivating Resilience
Speaker: Rex Marco, MD


Date: November 14, 2024
Presentation Topic: Surgical Myopia
Speaker: Christine Toevs, MD


Date: November 7, 2024
Presentation Topic: Houston HVIP
Speaker: Sandra McKay, MD