• Immunology for the Surgeon: From Sepsis to Transplantation
  
• Surgical Aspects of Hepatobiliary Disease
  Mark A. Hardy, MD, FACS

• Cardiac Physiology
  
• Breathing is Not Enough: Respiratory Physiology
  
• Anatomy that Matters
  
• Basics of Head and Neck Surgery
  
• Medical Ethics, Legal and Regulatory Issues in Surgery
  
• Surgical Nutrition
  
• Spleen
  
• How to Pass the Certifying Exam (Oral Boards)
  Warren D. Widmann, MD, FACS
  

• Fluids and Electrolytes, Acid Base
  Scott Bloom, MD

• Physiology and Metabolism in Vascular Diseases
  Rajeev Dayal, MD

• GI Physiology
  
• Benign and Malignant Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
  
• Surgical Endoscopy, Top to Bottom
  Tracey D. Arnell, MD
  

• The Pathophysiology of Laparoscopic Surgery
  and How to Avoid Problems
  Brian Jacob, MD

• Trauma
  Ronald J. Simon, MD

• Diseases of the Breast
  Mahmoud El-Tamer, MD, FACS

• Anesthesia for Surgeons
  Leon Specthrie, MD

• The Big Decisions in Bariatric Surgery
  
• Benign and Malignant Diseases of the Stomach and Duodenum
  Marc Bessler, MD

• Statistics
  Scott Bloom, MD

• Review Pre-Test
  
• Demonstration Mock Oral Examination
  
• Review Post-Test
  Mark A. Hardy, MD, FACS
  Warren D. Widmann, MD, FACS

• Orthopedic Surgery for the General Surgeon
  Robert Jonathan Strauch, MD

• Radiation Oncology and Radiation Safety
  Phillip M. Vigneri, MD

• Blood Clotting: Not Enough or Too Much
  David Diuguid, MD

• Peripheral Vascular Disease
  Gary Giangola, MD

• Motility and Other Esophageal Problems
  Lyall A. Gorenstein, MD

• Surgical Problems in Pregnancy and Gynecologic Diseases
  Sreedhar Gaddipati, MD

• Ultrasound for Surgeons
  Beth A. Schrope, MD

• What the General Surgeon Needs to Know About the
  Lungs, Mediastinum, and Thoracoscopy
  Mark D. Widmann, MD

• The Current Treatment of Diseases of the Aorta
  James F. McKinsey, MD

• Critical Issues in the SICU
  
• Surgical Infections
  Ronald Scott Chamberlain, MD

• Burns and Basics of Plastic Surgery
  Robert T. Grant, MD

• Hormone Physiology
• Diseases of the Adrenal, Endocrine Pancreas, and Pituitary
  
• The Surgical Aspects of Thyroid and Parathyroid Disease
  James A. Lee, MD

• Surgical Highlights in Neonates, Infants, and Children
  Steven Stylianos, MD

• Breast Imaging
  Carolyn Raia, MD

• The Other Vessels: Veins and Lymphatics, Pulmonary Embolism
  Roman Nowygrod, MD

• Inflammatory Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
  Daniel Feingold, MD

• Urology for the General Surgeon
  James M. McKiernan, MD

• Small Intestine
  
• Inflammatory and Malignant Diseases of the Pancreas
  
• What You Need to Know About Melanoma and Sarcoma
  
• Hernia Surgery
  Aaron H. Chevinsky, MD

• Geriatric Surgery
  Michael E. Zenilman, MD

• Transplantation
  Michael J. Goldstein, MD

Course Directors

Mark A. Hardy, MD, FACS
Course Co-Director

Auchincloss Professor of Surgery
Director Emeritus
Transplantation Program
Department of Surgery
Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons

Warren D. Widmann, MD, FACS
Course Co-Director

Program Director
Surgical Residency
Staten Island University Hospital
Visiting Clinical Associate Professor
of Surgery
SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Faculty

Tracey D. Arnell, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Vice Chair, Medical Education
Program Director, Surgical Residency
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Marc Bessler, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director, Center for Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery
Director of Minimal Access Surgery
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Scott Bloom, MD
Associate Program Director, Surgery Residency
Staten Island University Hospital

Ronald Scott Chamberlain, MD
Professor of Surgery
New Jersey Medical School, Newark NJ
Chairman and Surgeon and Chief
Department of Surgery, St. Barnabas Medical Center
Livingston, NJ

Aaron H. Chevinsky, MD
Adjunct Clinical Professor of Surgery
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Chief, Surgical Oncology
Co-Director, Carol G. Simon Cancer Center
Morristown Memorial Hospital

John Cosgrove, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery
Albert Einstein Medical School
Chairman Department of Surgery, Bronx Lebanon Hospital

Rajeev Dayal, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Director, Carotid Stenting
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

David L. Diuguid, MD
Hope Sheridan Associate Professor of Clinical Hematology;
Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology, Head, Hematology,
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Mahmoud El-Tamer, MD, FACS
Attending Surgeon
Department of Surgery
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Daniel Feingold, MD
Assistant Professor
Director of Clinical Trials, Section of Colorectal Surgery
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Sreedhar Gaddipati, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Director, Critical Care Obstetrics
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Gary Giangola, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, SUNY Downstate
Chief, Vascular Surgery SIUH
Program Director, Vascular Fellowship
Staten Island University Hospital

Michael J. Goldstein, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Surgical Director, Pediatric Abdominal Transplantation
Associate Program Director, Surgical Residency
Associate Program Director, Medical Education
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Lyall A. Gorenstein, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
Director, Minimal Access Thoracic Surgery
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Robert T. Grant, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery
Chief, Joint Division of Plastic Surgery
Director, Combined Plastic Surgery Residency Program
Columbia and Cornell, Plastic Surgeon in Chief,
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Mark A. Hardy, MD, FACS
Auchincloss Professor of Surgery
Director Emeritus, Transplantation Program
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Brian Jacob, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Surgery, Mount Sinai
Medical Center, Director, Baricenter, Laparoscopic
Surgical Center of NY

James A. Lee, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Chief, Endocrine/Thyroid
Surgery, Director, Adrenal Center
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

James M. McKiernan, MD
John and Ireene Given Assistant Professor
Urology, Chairman of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive
Cancer Center Clinical Research Committee
Director of Urologic Oncology
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

James F. McKinsey, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Interim Chief, Bi-Campus Division of Vascular Surgery,
Columbia and Cornell
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Roman Nowygrod, MD
Professor of Surgery, Director, Vein Disorder Center
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Carolyn Raia, MD
Attending Radiologist, Co-Director, Breast Center
Staten Island University Hospital

Beth A. Schrope, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, ACS Instructor in Sonography
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Ronald J. Simon, MD
Professor of Surgery, NYU School of Medicine
Director, Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Critical
Care, NYU Langone Medical Center

Leon Specthrie, MD
Attending Anesthesiologist, Vice Chair Anesthesia Group
Clinical, Previously Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Mt. Sinai Medical School

Robert Jonathan Strauch, MD
Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Steven Stylianos, MD
Clinical Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Florida
International University College of Medicine, Miami, FL
Voluntary Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
Chief, Department of Pediatric Surgery,
Miami Children’s Hospital

Phillip M. Vigneri, DO
Chief, Radiation Oncology Staten Island University Hospital

Mark D. Widmann, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
Chief Thoracic Oncology, Carol Simon Cancer Center
Atlantic Health System

Warren D. Widmann, MD, FACS
Program Director, Surgical Residency
Staten Island University Hospital
Visiting Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Michael Zenilman, MD
Clarence and Mary Dennis Professor of Surgery
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY