As part of the Chandler Lecture Series, Steven Rothenberg, MD, will present “A quarter century of developing thoracoscopic surgery in infants and children.”

About Dr. Rothenberg:

• Chief of Pediatric Surgery at Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s in Denver, Colorado
• Professor of Surgery at Columbia University in New York City
• “SAGES Pioneer in Surgical Endoscopy” for 2015

Dr. Roy Phitayakorn, a general and endocrine surgeon at the Massachusetts General Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, will present: “Trust me, I am just learning while practicing while teaching!”  Is Resident Autonomy a Realistic Goal???

Marc Levitt, Md of Nationwide Children’s Hospital will present.

Department Chair Dr. Mary Hawn in conjunction with the San Jose Surgical Society hosts the new George B. Armanini Lecture.  Dr. Ron Weigel is Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Iowa.