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Comprehensive Review of General Surgery

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Comprehensive Review of General Surgery

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Online General Surgery CME: Expert Clinical Guidance

An in-depth video CME program, Comprehensive Review of General Surgery addresses the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative management of patients with a wide spectrum of diseases, including those who may require nonoperative, elective, and emergency surgical treatment.

 

Evidence-based continuing medical education lectures provide guidance in determining accurate diagnoses and appropriate treatments, as well as direction for managing uncommonly encountered conditions and complications. Skilled, accomplished faculty share their clinical expertise, specialized knowledge, and experience to help you achieve the best possible patient outcomes.

Topics / Speakers

APPLIED SCIENCE

Surgical Infection - Roger Clark, DO, FIDSA

Fluids/Electrolytes/Acid-Base Disorders - Reza Askari, MD, FACS

Transfusion Medicine and Anticoagulant Management - Nathan T. Connell, MD, MPH

Concepts in Anesthesia - Kate Cohen, MD

Perioperative Care - David L. Hepner, MD

Head and Neck Evaluation - Rosh Kumar Viasha Sethi, MD

Thoracic Surgery for General Surgeons - Jon O. Wee, MD

Surgical Critical Care – Necrotizing Pancreatitis and Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections - Mohammad R. Afrasiabi, MD

Ethics - Elizabeth Lilley, MD, MPH

Organ Transplantation – Principles of Immunosuppression, Alloimmunity, and Basic Concepts of Kidney – Liver – Pancreas Transplantation - Stefan G. Tullius, MD, PhD, FACS

Pediatric Surgery - Prathima Nandivada, MD

VASCULAR

Venous Disease - Louis L. Nguyen, MD, MBA, MPH

Vascular Access - Mohamad Ana Hussain, MD, PhD

SURGICAL SPECIALTIES

Gynecologic Challenges for General Surgeons - James A. Greenberg, MD

Common Urologic Issues in General Surgery - Michael J. Malone, MD

SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE

Tumor Biology - Charles H. Yoon, PhD, MD, FACS

Soft Tissue Sarcoma - Chandrajit P. Raut, MD, MSc

Melanoma and Dysplastic Nevi - Charles H. Yoon, PhD, MD, FACS

ENDOCRINE

Adrenal Surgery and Endocrine Dysfunction - Matthew A. Nehs, MD, FACS

Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery - Jason B. Liu, MD

BREAST

Benign Breast Disease - Olga Kantor, MD

Malignant Breast Disease - Laura S. Dominici, MD

Paget’s Disease and Male Breast Cancer: Surgical Techniques - Faina Nakhlis, MD

ABDOMINAL - GENERAL

General Abdominal Surgery - Luise I. Pernar, MD, MHPE

ABDOMINAL - HERNIA

Abdominal Hernias – Incidence, Cause, Treatment - David C. Brooks, MD

Incisional Hernia - Douglas S. Smink, MD, MPH

ABDOMINAL - BILIARY

Benign Gallbladder Disease - Ryan Gerry, MD

Common Duct Diseases - Thomas C. Tsai, MD

ABDOMINAL - LIVER

Primary and Secondary Liver Neoplasms - Thomas E. Clancy, MD

ABDOMINAL - PANCREAS

Pancreatic Neoplasms - Mark Fairweather, MD

Inflammatory Pancreatic Disease - Stanley W. Ashley, MD

ABDOMINAL - SPLEEN

Surgical Diseases of the Spleen - Ali Tavakkoli, MD

ALIMENTARY TRACT - ESOPHAGUS

Benign and Malignant Neoplasms of the Esophagus - Ealaf Shemmeri, MD, PharmD

Gastro-Esophageal Junction Surgical Management - David Spector, MD

ALIMENTARY TRACT - STOMACH

Gastric Cancer Treatment - Jiping Wang, MD, PhD, FACS

Peptic Ulcer Disease - Scott A. Shikora, MD, FACS, FASMBS

An Overview of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery - Scott A. Shikora, MD, FACS, FASMBS

ALIMENTARY TRACT – SMALL BOWEL

Small Bowel: Management Challenges - Jason S. Gold, MD

Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Joel E. Goldberg, MD, MPH

LARGE INTESTINE

Surgical Emergencies of the Large Intestine - Joel E. Goldberg, MD, MPH

Colon Neoplasms - Jennifer L. Irani, MD

Management of Rectal and Anal Cancer and Dysplasia - Nelya Melnitchouk, MD, MSc, FACS

ANORECTAL

Anal Fissure and Fistula - Ronald Bleday, MD

TRAUMA/ACUTE CARE SURGERY

Initial Trauma Assessment - Kristin Madenci, MD, MPH

Thoracic Injuries - Geoffrey Anderson, MD

Abdominal Trauma - Nakul P. Raykar, MD

Management of Greater Than 20% TBSA Burns – The First 24 Hours - Stephanie Nitzschke, MD

Top 6 Surgical Gastrointestinal Emergencies - Reza Askari, MD, FACS

Faculty

Course Director

Pardon R. Kenney, MD, MMSc, FACS

Senior Surgeon

General and GI Surgery

Department of Surgery

Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Faculty

Mohammad R. Afrasiabi, MD

Instructor in Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Geoffrey Anderson, MD

Trauma Surgeon

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Stanley W. Ashley, MD

Frank Sawyer Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, MA

Reza Askari, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Trauma/Burns and Surgical Critical Care

Department of Surgery

Trauma Medical Director

SICU and ACS Fellowship Director

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Ronald Bleday, MD

Chief

Colon and Rectal Surgery

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

David C. Brooks, MD

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Thomas E. Clancy, MD

Endowed Chair in Cancer Care

Mass General Brigham Cancer

Director, Pancreatic Cancer Program and Program in Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Liver Surgery

Division of Surgical Oncology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Gastrointestinal Cancer Center

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Associate Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Roger Clark, DO, FIDSA

Infectious Disease Staff

Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital

Hospital Epidemiologist

Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

Boston, MA

Kate Cohen, MD

Anesthesiologist

Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital

Boston, MA

Nathan T. Connell, MD, MPH

Chief of Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital

 Vice Chair of Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Laura S. Dominici, MD

Associate Chief of Surgery

Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital

Associate Surgeon

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Mark Fairweather, MD

Associate Surgeon

Division of Surgical Oncology

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Ryan R. Gerry, MD, MPH

Associate Surgeon

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Instructor in Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Jason S. Gold, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Chief of Surgical Oncology

VA Boston Healthcare System

Boston, MA

Joel E. Goldberg, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

James A. Greenberg, MD

Chief of Gynecology

Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital

Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

David L. Hepner, MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesia

Harvard Medical School

Medical Director

Weiner Center for Preoperative Evaluation

Vice Chair for Perioperative Medicine

Department of Anesthesiology

Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Mohamad Ana Hussain, MD, PhD

Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Core Faculty, Center for Surgery and Public Health

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Jennifer L. Irani, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Associate Surgeon

General and Gastrointestinal Surgery

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Olga Kantor, MD

Division of Breast Surgery

Site Director

Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Elizabeth Lilley, MD, MPH

Associate Surgeon

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Jason B. Liu, MD

Associate Surgeon

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Michael J. Malone, MD

Section Chief

Division of Urology

Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

Boston, MA

Kristin A. Madenci, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Surgical Director, Med-Surge ICU

Associate Program Director

Surgical Critical Care and ACS Fellowship

Division of Trauma, Burn, and Critical Care

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, MA

Nelya Melnitchouk, MD, MSc, FACS

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Program Director, Colorectal Surgery Fellowship

Director, Program in Peritoneal Surface Malignancy

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Faina Nakhlis, MD

Associate Surgeon

Division of Breast Surgery

Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Prathima Nandivada, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Pediatric General Surgeon

Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Matthew A. Nehs, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Louis L. Nguyen, MD, MBA, MPH

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Stephanie Nitzschke, MD

Trauma, Burn, and Surgical Critical Care

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Luise I. Pernar, MD, MHPE

Surgeon

Division of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery

Boston Medical Center

Associate Professor of Surgery

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Boston, MA

Chandrajit P. Raut, MD, MSc

Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology

Distinguished Chair in Cancer Care

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Surgery Director

Sarcoma Center

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, MA

Nakul P. Raykar, MD

Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Rosh Kumar Viasha Sethi, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Associate Surgeon

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Head and Neck Oncology

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, MA

Ealaf Shemmeri, MD, PharmD

Thoracic Surgeon

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, MA

Scott A. Shikora, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Bariatric and General Surgeon

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Douglas S. Smink, MD, MPH

Chief of Surgery

Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital

Vice Chair for Education

Department of Surgery

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

David Spector, MD

Director

Division of Surgery

Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital

Instructor

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Ali Tavakkoli, MD

Chief

Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Thomas C. Tsai, MD, MPH

Associate Surgeon

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Stefan G. Tullius, MD, PhD, FACS

Joseph E. Murray, MD, Distinguished Chair in Transplant Surgery

Chief Division of Transplant Surgery

Director, Transplant Surgery Research Laboratory

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Jiping Wang, MD, PhD, FACS

Research Director

Division of Surgical Oncology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Associate Surgeon

Gastrointestinal Cancer Center

Soft Tissue Sarcoma Center

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, MA

Jon O. Wee, MD

Section Chief

Esophageal Surgery

Director of Robotics in Thoracic Surgery

Co-Director of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery

Associate Program Director

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Charles H. Yoon, PhD, MD, FACS

Director of Surgery for Cutaneous Oncology and Melanoma

Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center

Boston, MA

Accreditation / Pass Guarantee

Accreditation

Oakstone Publishing is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation

American Medical Association (AMA)

Oakstone Publishing designates this enduring material for a maximum of 39.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

American Board of Surgery (ABS)

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

 

Date of Original Release: October 31, 2024
Date Credits Expire: October 30, 2027

 

CME credit is awarded upon successful completion of a course evaluation and post-test.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this course, you should be able to:

  • Discuss the management options for acute transfusion reactions
  • Define the goals of treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ
  • Identify causes of infant bowel obstruction
  • Name the most common surgical gastrointestinal emergencies
  • Explain the initial evaluation and initial management of the burn patient
  • Recognize the indications for resuscitative thoracotomy
  • Describe breast-conserving therapy for breast cancer
  • Differentiate between acute pancreatitis and its complications and chronic pancreatitis and its complications
  • Describe the surgical approaches for splenectomy
  • Summarize the surgical technique for elective cholecystectomy for symptomatic gallstones
  • Discuss the surgical goals for incisional hernias
  • List the possible obstetric outcomes from surgery in pregnancy

Intended Audience

This educational activity was designed for general surgeons and general surgery residents.

Board Pass Guarantee

We Guarantee You'll Pass! Diligent course study and successful completion of the CME quiz provides the strongest likelihood of passing board certification or maintenance of certification exams. Oakstone is so confident of your success that we guarantee it. If you do not pass your exam on the first attempt, mail us a copy of your board failure notification, plus our system certificate reflecting your successful completion of the CME quizzes for the board review product purchased. You will receive a credit for the purchase price paid (less any discounts or premium), which you may apply to future purchases with Oakstone. Your exam record will be destroyed. Your board failure notification can be mailed to: Oakstone, P.O. Box 190165, Birmingham, AL 35219. If you have any questions on this policy, please feel free to contact Customer Service at 1-800-633-4743.

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a CMEinfo video production

Provider: Oakstone CME

Course Director:

Pardon R. Kenney, MD, MMSc, FACS

Senior Surgeon

General and GI Surgery

Department of Surgery

Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

Harvard Medical School

Credits: Earn a maximum of 39.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits

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