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The Challenges of Rural Medicine

Episode 44: Dr. Julie Conyers

Julie Conyer, MD, practices medicine at PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center in Ketchikan, Alaska. Dr. Conyers is a general surgeon with more than 20-years’ experience. Dr. Conyers says she chose to specialize in general surgery after she “fell in love with it” during her third year of residency. Click HERE to see Dr. Conyer’s Grand Rounds talk “Medicine and Wide Open Spaces.”

#I Look Like a Surgeon with Drs. Logghe & Pitt

Episode 43: Dr. Heather Logghe and Dr. Susan Pitt

Heather Logghe, MD, and Susan Pitt, MD, are two of the women behind the Twitter hashtag #ILookLikeASurgeon, which raises the visibility of women surgeons and sparks discussion about the challenges women face in surgery. Drs. Kohler, Logghe and Pitt discuss how the #ILookLikeASurgeon movement grew online and reached millions of Twitter users.

 Check out Dr. Logghe's blog http://alliesforhealth.blogspot.com/

Maintaining Weight Loss

Episode 42: Dr. Corrine Voils 

Corrine Voils, PhD, is a psychologist and the scientific director of Wisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research Program at the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Voils has been the Principal Investigator of randomized controlled trials to evaluate the efficacy of a weight loss maintenance intervention.

She will be discussing her findings about weight loss maintenance at the 2018 UW Obesity Management Summit to be held May 18 & 19 at Monona Terrace in downtown Madison. Registration is open online.

The Cost of Getting Sick

Episode 41: Dr. Daniel Abbott

Daniel Abbott, MD, is the Surgical Director of the UW Health Liver and Pancreas Center. Dr. Abbott’s clinical focus is on gastrointestinal malignancies, as well as melanoma and sarcoma. Dr. Abbott is also a health services researcher and he focuses on cost-effectiveness, systems efficiency, and socioeconomic disparity in cancer care.

To see videos of Grand Round talks click here.

Surgical Power Couples

Episode 40: Dr. Laurel Rice and Dr. Chip Foley are one of the power couples of surgery here in Madison. They did a Grand Rounds talk on the subject, which can be seen here.

Dr. Foley specializes in the treatment of diseases of the colon and rectum, including colon and rectal cancer, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, and diverticulitis. He is also the vice chairman of Clinical Operations of the General Surgery Division of University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.

Dr. Laurel Rice is chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. She is nationally recognized as an expert in the care of women with gynecologic malignancies and her research focuses on endometrial carcinoma.

Air Power to Sound Power: Vocal Chords as a Transformer

Episode 39: Dr. Seth Dailey

Seth Dailey, MD, is a surgeon in the Division of Otolaryngology at the University of Wisconsin. Most people who suffer from voice disorders do not seek help. Dr. Dailey is here discuss what a vocalizing society we have become. (Hello, Alexa!) In his practice, he sees professionals such as singers but he also sees a lot of teachers. He specializes in voice, airway and swallowing disorders.

Dr. Dailey is course director for University of Wisconsin Laryngeal Dissection Course to be held Saturday, May 19, 2018

https://www.surgery.wisc.edu/education-training/continuing-medical-education/university-of-wisconsin-laryngeal-dissection-course/

This course is designed to train practicing otolaryngologists, speech language pathologists, and affiliated specialties in laryngeal procedures, dissection and surgical techniques through small group and hands-on training.

For more information on the course, contact:

Carrie Schaub, BBA

K4/7 CSC

600 Highland Ave.

Madison, WI 53792-7375

608-262-6376

schaub@surgery.wisc.edu

 

Obesity and Cutting-edge Treatment Approaches

Episode 38: Dr. Luke Funk

Luke Funk, MD, specializes in minimally invasive techniques for bariatric and metabolic surgery, and is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Funk spoke to us about the 2018 UW Obesity Management Summit, May 18-19, at Monona Terrace in downtown Madison.

Obesity is one of the most pressing national health challenges and Wisconsin is no exception, with 40% of adults considered obese. This summit is a place to learn about cutting-edge, evidence-based obesity treatment approaches. Recorded January 2018

 

LINKS:

event website:

https://www.surgery.wisc.edu/education-training/continuing-medical-education/wisconsin-obesity-summit/

 

registration:

https://www.surgery.wisc.edu/education-training/continuing-medical-education/wisconsin-obesity-summit/registration/

 

contact for summit:

Veronica Watson

Outreach and Continuing Professional Education Program Manager

Department of Surgery K4/729 CSC, 600 Highland Avenue Madison, WI 53792-7375

(608) 263-7697

watsonv@surgery.wisc.edu

 

A Transplant Journey Spanning 50 Years and 2 Continents

Episode 37: Dr. Munci Kalayoglu

Munci Kalayoglu, MD, is a famed transplant surgeon who spent the bulk of his career at UW-Madison. His medical practice has spanned multiple continents and he not only started the UW-Madison liver transplant program, but he has continued to do similar work after he left.  Today he speaks to us about his incredibly journey throughout his career as a surgeon and the creation of the UW-Madison liver transplant program.

Follow Dr. Kalayoglu on twitter: @DrMunci

Hernias, Surgery, and Primates, Oh My! Taking Surgical Skills to the Zoo

Episode 36: Dr. Andrew Wright

Andrew Wright, MD, is an Associate Professor of Surgery at UW Medicine/Northwest Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Wright specializes in advanced gastrointestinal and hernia surgery and recently put his skills to the test when he performed an emergency hernia repair on a 450lb Silverback Gorilla named Vip (Very Important Primate). Dr. Wright talks about this astonishing surgery and how he has used social media as a surgical educational tool via Skype.

Follow Dr. Wright on Twitter at @andrewswright and keep up with his blog here: https://andrewwrightmd.wordpress.com/

Recorded 11/8/2017

 

Where Will Surgical Robotic Technology Go From Here?

Episode 35: Dr. Melissa Hogg 

What's next for robotics in surgery?  This episode features Dr. Melissa Hogg, an Assistant Professor of Surgery from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Hogg specializes in the use of surgical robotic technology and spoke to us about her experience learning and teaching the technology as well as where she believes the technology will go from here.

Watch Dr. Hogg's Grand Rounds talk here:  https://videos.med.wisc.edu/videos/76555

Recorded 11/1/2017