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Video Author: Schwaitzberg S

Steven Schwaitzberg, MD is a Professor and Chairman Department of Surgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo This talk was recorded at the SAGES Leadership Development and Health Care Policy Program For Surgeons held at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts on November 18, 2017

Posted on
12/15/2017
Learning Themes
Academic / Educational, Professional / Economic
Sources
Leadership and Health Policy Program Nov 2017
Presentation Types
Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Altman S, Chilingerian J, Marcus L, Schwaitzberg S

Approaching the difficult gallbladder: Preoperative decision-making

Presented by Steven D Schwaitzberg at the PG Course: Preventing Bile Duct Injuries; Creating a Culture of Safety in Cholecystectomy at the SAGES 2016 Annual Meeting on 3/17/2016 Keyword(s): ABD, abdomen, abdominal pain, ABX, AC, access, ACS, acute care surgery, acute cholecystitis, air, anatomy, antibiotics, aspiration, bile duct obstruction, biliary tree, cardiac heart failure, cardiac […]

Posted on
05/01/2017
Learning Themes
HPB / Biliary
Sources
2016 Annual Meeting
Video Authors
Schwaitzberg S
Video Institutions
University at Buffalo--Buffalo NY

Infection control perspective

Presented by Cathy Bauer at the Session: OR Team – Duodenoscopes, Infections and Reprocessing. What have we learned? at the SAGES 2016 Annual Meeting on 3/19/2016 Keyword(s): 3D visualization, anastomoses, box trainer, camera, colon, colon resection, complications, conversion, da Vinici robot, daVinci Surgical System, EFTR, endoluminal surgery, ergonomics, ESD, feedback, flex endo, gallbladder, general surgery, […]

Posted on
04/28/2017
Sources
2016 Annual Meeting
Video Authors
Santos B, Schwaitzberg S
Video Institutions
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine--Hanover NH, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center--Lebanon NH, VA Medical Center--White River Junction VT

Presented by Arun Nemani, PhD at the SS27: MIS – Cool Stuff held during the 2017 SAGES Annual Meeting in Houston, TX on Friday, March 24, 2017 Keyword(s): endpoint, expert, FLS simulator, Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery, laparoscopic motor skills learning, laparoscopic surgery, medical student, metrics, minimally invasive surgery, MIS, motor skill assessment, near infrared spectroscopy, […]

Posted on
03/24/2017
Learning Themes
Academic / Educational
Sources
2017 Annual Meeting
Video Authors
Cooper C, De S, Nemani A, Schwaitzberg S
Video Institutions
CeMISM at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute--Troy NY

Presented by Steven D Schwaitzberg at the SSAT Joint Panel: Incidental GI Findings during Surgery held during the 2017 SAGES Annual Meeting in Houston, TX on Friday, March 24, 2017 Keyword(s): abscess, adrenal lesion, algorithm, appendix, appy, autonomy, beneficence, bleeding, cancer, CBDI, chest x-ray, common bile duct injury, consent, CXR, diarrhea, electronic medical record, EMR, […]

Posted on
03/24/2017
Learning Themes
Adrenal, Professional / Economic
Sources
2017 Annual Meeting
Video Authors
Schwaitzberg S
Video Institutions
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at Buffalo University--Buffalo NY

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