Comprehensive Review of General Surgery
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Overview
Enhance Your Knowledge with Online General Surgery CME
Comprehensive Review of General Surgery provides guidance for preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative management, as well as management of complications. Led by Pardon R. Kenney, MD, clinically-skilled speakers offer direction in selecting operative techniques, outlining the advantages and disadvantages of both open and minimally invasive surgery.
Lectures in this continuing medical education board review cover a broad range of surgical areas (vascular, breast, abdominal, alimentary tract, trauma, etc.) and reinforce important take-home points, including:
- Critical Care. Operative necrosectomy should be the last procedure offered to a patient with necrotizing pancreatitis. Exhaust all other options (percutaneous drainage, endoscopic drainage, video-assisted retroperitoneal debridement) before offering open pancreatic necrosectomy.
- Ethics. Palliative care is not restricted to care at the end of life or for the imminently dying. It's an focused on improving quality of life that's appropriate at any stage of serious illness.
- Gynecologic Challenges. Unlike most general surgical procedures, gynecologic surgeries often require fertility considerations before determining the best course of action.
- Tumor Biology. Solid tumors are associated with mutations in proto-oncogenes and tumor suppressors. These mutations disrupt known signaling pathways that are required for normal cellular and immune homeostasis, and often promote a more aggressive tumor behavior. These genetic mutations may be useful therapeutic targets.
- And more!
Topics / Speakers
APPLIED SCIENCE
Surgical Infection - Roger Clark, DO
Fluids/Electrolytes/Acid-Base Disorders - Reza Askari, MD, FACS
Transfusion Medicine and Anticoagulant Management - Nathan T. Connell, MD, MPH
Concepts in Anesthesia - David Shaff, MD
Perioperative Care - James G. Vogel, MD
Head and Neck Evaluation - Rosh Kumar Viasha Sethi, MD
Thoracic Surgery for General Surgeons - Jon O. Wee, MD
Surgical Critical Care - Reza Afrasiabi, MD
Ethics - Zara Cooper, MD, MSc
Transplantation - Stefan G. Tullius, MD, PhD, FACS
Pediatric Surgery - Prathima Nandivada, MD
VASCULAR
Arterial Disease - Matthew Menard, MD
Venous Disease - Louis L. Nguyen, MD, MBA, MPH
Vascular Access - Mohamad A. Hussain, MD
SURGICAL SPECIALTIES
Plastic Surgery - Matthew J. Carty, MD
Gynecologic Challenges for General Surgeons - James A. Greenberg, MD
Genitourinary 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 - Nancy L. Cho, MD
BREAST
Benign Breast Disease - Anna Weiss, 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 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 - Ashley Haralson Vernon, 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 - M. Blair Marshall, MD
Diseases of Gastroesophageal Junction - David Spector, MD
ALIMENTARY TRACT - STOMACH
Gastric Cancer Treatment - Jiping Wang, MD, PhD, FACS
Bariatric Surgery and Peptic Ulcer Disease - Scott A. Shikora, MD
ALIMENTARY TRACT – SMALL BOWEL
Small Bowel: Management Challenges - Jason S. Gold, MD
Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Joel E. Goldberg, MD, MPH
LARGE INTESTINE
Emergencies of the Large Intestine - James Yoo, MD
Colon Neoplasms - Jennifer L. Irani, MD
ANORECTAL
Management of Rectal and Anal Cancer and Dysplasia - Nelya Melnitchouk, MD, MSc, FACS
Anal Fissure and Fistula - Ronald Bleday, MD
TRAUMA/ACUTE CARE SURGERY
Initial Assessment in Trauma and Acute Care Surgery - Kristin Sonderman, MD, MPH
Thoracic Trauma - Geoffrey Anderson, MD
Abdominal Trauma - Nakul P. Raykar, MD
Management of >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
Former Chief of Surgery
Staff Surgeon
Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital
Senior Lecturer in Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Faculty
Reza Afrasiabi, MD
Fellow
Acute Care Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Geoffrey Anderson, MD
Associate Surgeon
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Stanley W. Ashley, MD
Frank Sawyer Professor of Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Reza Askari, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Trauma/Burns and Surgical Critical Care
Department of Surgery
Director, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Director, SICU and ACS Fellowship
Director, Surgical Clerkship
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Ronald Bleday, MD
Chief
Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Vice Chairman of Surgery for Quality and Safety
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
David C. Brooks, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Senior Surgeon
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Matthew J. Carty, MD
Staff Surgeon
Division of Plastic Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Nancy L. Cho, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Section Chief, Endocrine Surgery
Associate Surgery Clerkship Director
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Thomas E. Clancy, MD
Division of Surgical Oncology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Gastrointestinal Cancer Center
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Roger Clark, DO
Lecturer in Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
Nathan T. Connell, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Clinical Chief of Hematology
Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital
Associate Physician
Hematology Division
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Zara Cooper, MD
Michele and Howard J. Kessler Distinguished Chair of Surgery and Public Health
Kessler Director, Center for Surgery and Public Health
Chair, Executive Advisory Committee for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Director, Center for Geriatric Surgery
Associate Surgeon, Division of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Laura S. Dominici, MD
Section Chief of Breast Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital
Associate Surgeon
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Mark Fairweather, MD
Associate Surgeon
Division of Surgical Oncology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Jason S. Gold, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Department of Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Chief of Surgical Oncology
Surgery Service
VA Boston Healthcare System
Boston, MA
Joel E. Goldberg, MD, MPH
Associate Surgeon
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
James A. Greenberg, MD
Chief of Gynecology
Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Mohamad A. Hussain, MD
Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Junior Core Faculty
Centre for Surgery and Public Health
Boston, MA
Jennifer L. Irani, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Associate Surgeon
General and Gastrointestinal Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
Michael J. Malone, MD
Section Chief
Division of Urology
Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital
Boston, MA
M. Blair Marshall, MD
Michael A. Bell Family Distinguished Chair in Healthcare Innovation
Associate Chief for Quality, Promotions, Mentorship and Inclusion
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Nelya Melnitchouk, MD, MSc, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Associate Surgeon
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Matthew Menard, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Co-Director of Endovascular Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Faina Nakhlis, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center
Boston, MA
Prathima Nandivada, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Pediatric Surgeon
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Matthew A. Nehs, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Louis L. Nguyen, MD, MBA, MPH
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Vice Chair for Digital Health Systems
Department of Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Stephanie Nitzschke, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Luise Pernar, MD, MHPE
Surgeon
Division of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery
Boston Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
Chandrajit P. Raut, MD, MSc
Chief
Division of Surgical Oncology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
BWH Distinguished Chair in Surgical Oncology
Surgery Director
Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Nakul P. Raykar, MD
Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Faculty
Center for Surgery and Public Health
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Fellowship Director
Program in Global Surgery and Social Change
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
David Shaff, MD
Chief of Anesthesiology
Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital
Boston, MA
Scott A. Shikora, MD
Director
Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
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
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Kristin Sonderman, MD, MPH
Associate Surgeon
Division of Trauma
Burn and Critical Care
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
David Spector, MD
Director of Bariatric and Anti-Reflux Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital
Boston, MA
Ali Tavakkoli, MD
Chief
Division of General and GI Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Thomas C. Tsai, MD
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
Ashley Haralson Vernon, MD
Associate Surgeon
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
James G. Vogel, MD
Attending Anesthesiologist
Medical Director of Center for Preoperative Evaluation
Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital
Instructor in Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Jiping Wang, MD, PhD, FACS
Associate Surgeon
Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
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
Anna Weiss, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center
Boston, MA
Director of Breast Surgery Research
Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center South Shore affiliate
South Weymouth, MA
James Yoo, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Charles H. Yoon, PhD, MD, FACS
Director of Surgery for Cutaneous Oncology and Melanoma
Director of Surgical Oncology
Merkel Cell Carcinoma Center of Excellence
Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s 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 42.00 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.
American Academy of PAs (AAPA)
AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 42.00 hours of Category I credit for completing this program.
Date of Original Release: February 1, 2022
Date Credits Expire: February 1, 2025
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:
- Explain the principles of prophylaxis of hospital-acquired surgical infections and appropriate antimicrobial agents
- Differentiate between the management of benign breast disease and malignant breast disease
- Outline the key features of the assessment of trauma and acute care surgery
- List the current management guidelines for emergency surgery of the large intestine
- Describe the principles of melanoma excision
- Summarize evaluation of the swollen leg and DVT diagnosis
- Discuss open versus laparoscopic surgical approaches to inguinal, femoral, umbilical, and ventral hernias
- List the treatment options for primary and secondary liver neoplasms.
- Compare management options for benign neoplasms of the esophagus and malignant neoplasms of the esophagus
- Differentiate between operative and non-operative treatment of chronic pancreatitis
- Describe the indications for and extent of resection for inflammatory bowel disease
- Compare endoscopic versus resectional management of colon neoplasms
Intended Audience
This educational activity was designed for general surgeons and general surgery residents.
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a CMEinfo video productionProvider: Oakstone CME
Course Director:
Pardon R. Kenney, MD, MMSc, FACS
Former Chief of Surgery
Staff Surgeon
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Senior Lecturer in Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Credits: Earn a maximum of 42.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
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