In this episode, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, talks with Vishal R. Patel, MD, MPH, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, about a recent article in JAMA Surgery on Mortality Among Surgeons in the United States. Dr. Patel and colleagues found that, among all physician types, risk of mortality is highest among surgeons. Dr. Greene probes for the common causes of death among surgeons and what mitigation strategies can be put in place to change this somewhat surprising statistics. 

In the latest episode of Surgical Readings from SRGS, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, is joined by Associate Editors Carmelle Romain, MD, FACS, and Manish Raiji, MD, FACS, from the University of Chicago’s Department of Surgery. Together, they explore key topics in pediatric surgical care, including necrotizing enterocolitis, intestinal obstruction, pediatric trauma resuscitation, and more.

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In this episode of Surgical Readings, Dr. Rick Greene leads an insightful discussion with Drs. Carla Fisher and Kay Yoon-Flannery on the diagnosis and management of breast disease. The conversation explores a range of topics, including both benign and malignant breast conditions. A comprehensive review of breast cancer is presented, covering management of the primary lesion, evolving approaches to axillary staging and therapy, the use of genetic and genomic testing, and the value of chemotherapy and immunotherapy.

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In the second episode of a two-part series on surgical oncology, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, is once again joined by Drs. John Stewart and Prakash Pendalai to discuss the important features of head and neck malignancies, benign and malignant gynecologic conditions, and principles of palliative care for patients with cancer.

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In this first episode of a two-part series on surgical oncology, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, is joined by Drs. John Stewart and Prakash Pendalai to discuss the genetic and molecular features of cancer. They also discuss screening methods and other preventive interventions, with a focus on cutaneous oncology and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST).

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This episode of Surgical Readings features an informative conversation led by Rick Greene, MD, FACS, with the associate editors for the Wound Healing and Burn Care issue. Laura Haines, MD, FACS, and Deepak Bharadia, MBBS, FACS, provide valuable perspectives on the management of non-healing wounds, prevention of hypertrophic scarring, and achieving early wound coverage in patients with burn injury.

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This episode focuses on important issues related to nutritional assessment and support in surgical patients. Host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, talks to Melissa Coleman, MD, and Joseph Rappold, MD, FACS, about nutritional assessment of critically ill patients, the role of nutrition in the management of a patient with esophageal cancer who is undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and more.

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In this episode host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, talks to Lillian Kao, MD, FACS, from The University of Texas, Houston McGovern School of Medicine, about prevention and treatment of surgical site infections. Topics covered include bacterial resistance to antimicrobial drugs, novel therapies on the horizon, and lessons learned from viruses such as COVID and monkeypox.

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In the second episode of a two-part series on trauma, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, resumes his conversation with M. Zain Hashmi, MD, FACS, and Sabrina Goddard, MD, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. They discuss lessons from the ACS Advanced Trauma Life Support® program such as managing the difficult airway, indicators of shock, a whole blood approach, and imaging of the trauma patient.

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In the first episode of a two-part series on trauma, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, talks with three trauma surgeons about a variety of topics, including a milestone that led to a significant decrease in motor vehicle mortality, quality assessment of trauma centers, trauma care for geriatric patients, and specific areas of injury prevention such as firearm injury prevention and violence prevention. His guests are Jeffrey D. Kerby, MD, PhD, FACS, director of the Division of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Chair of the ACS Committee on Trauma; Sabrina Goddard, MD, assistant professor of surgery and assistant trauma medical director at UAB; and M. Zain Hashmi, MD, assistant professor of surgery at UAB.

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