Grand Rounds
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: May 29, 2025
Presentation Topic: TBD
Speaker: Iordanis Zakopoulos, MD, MPH, and Aditi Kashikar, MD,
PGY-5 Chief Residents
Date: May 22, 2025
Presentation Topic: TBD
Speaker: Oscar Estrada Munoz, MD,
Surgical Critical Care Fellow
Date: May 15, 2025
Presentation Topic: TBD
Speaker: Danielle Mumford, MD, and Marina Petsalis, MD,
PGY-5 Chief Residents
Date: May 8, 2025
Presentation Topic: Adapt or Die: Lessons for Surgery, Surgeons, and People
Speaker: Gabrielle Hatton, MD, MS,
Surgical Critical Care Fellow
Date: April 24, 2025
Presentation Topic: OH BABY! Using Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta in Cases of Placenta Accreta Spectrum
Speaker: Miranda Wood, MD
Date: April 10, 2025
Presentation Topic: The Evolution of Surgical Education
Speaker: Alyssa Maclean, MD
Date: April 3, 2025
Presentation Topic: Improving Quality of Life after Health Shocks
Speaker: Ben Zarzaur, MD, MPH
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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