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Video Institution: Cambridge Health Alliance--Cambridge MA

Transition from Military to Civilian Practice

Transition from Military to Civilian Practice MAJ USAR (ret) Steven Schwaitzberg, MD options for transition to civilian practice–2:22 fellowship–4:22 issues–5:07 employment model–10:00 payment reform–13:36 evolution vs revolution–13:54 follow the $ & fee for service–14:52 incentives–15:05 Medicare–16:00 healthcare reform–16:32 financing reform–16:41 payment model–17:58 death of private practice surgeon–18:13 FFS–19:05 priorities–19:45 reorganization–20:22 ACO–22:07 technology access–23:00 what about […]

Posted on
09/30/2015
Video Categories
SAGES 2015 Meeting
Learning Themes
Professional / Economic
Sources
2015 Annual Meeting
Presentation Types
Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Schwaitzberg S
Video Institutions
Cambridge Health Alliance--Cambridge MA, Harvard Medical School--Boston MA

SAGES Magical Mystery Tour – SAGES 2015 Presidential Address

SAGES 2014-2015 President, L. Michael Brunt, MD gives the Presidential Address at the SAGES 2015 Annual Meeting in Nashville, TN Points of interest: Dr. Brunt begins his lecture–4:40 Acknowledgements–8:15 1989 SAGES board–9:35 Train the Trainer courses–11:16 sentinel evenT in the life of SAGES–14:11 another sentinel Keyword(s): 10,000 hour rule, 6 step program, aberrant anatomy, abstract, […]

Posted on
06/15/2015
Video Categories
SAGES 2015 Meeting, Solid Organ
Learning Themes
Academic / Educational, Adrenal, Flexible Endoscopy, HPB / Biliary, New Technologies / Skills Acquisitions, Professional / Economic, Solid Organ
Sources
2015 Annual Meeting
Presentation Types
Keynote Address, Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Asbun H, Awad M, Berci B, Berci G, Birkett D, Brunt L, Crawford C, Cuschieri A, Dunkin B, Fenelli R, Forde K, Greene R, Holzman M, Hunter J, Jones D, Lim R, Marks G, Matthews B, Matthews S, Perissat J, Petelin J, Ponsky J, Pryor A, Robinson T, Schirmer B, Schwaitzberg S, Soper N, Stiegmann G, Swanstrom L, Talamini M
Video Institutions
Barnes-Jewish Hospital--St Louis MO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center--Boston MA, Cambridge Health Alliance--Cambridge MA, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center--West Hollywood CA, City College of New York--New York NY, Cleveland Clinic--Cleveland OH, CMC Surgery--Charlotte NC, Guthrie General Surgery--Sayre PA, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP)--Boston MA, Harvard Medical School--Boston MA, Houston Methodist Hospital--Houston TX, Houston Methodist Institute for Technology Innovation and Education (MITIESM)--Houston TX, Johns Hopkins University--Baltimore MD, Marks Colorectal Surgical Associates--Wynnewood PA, Marshfield Clinic--Marshfield Clinic WI, Mayo Clinic--Rochester MN, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine--Chicago IL, Oregon Clinic--Portland OR, Shawnee Mission Medical Center--Shawnee Mission KS, St Louis Childrens Hospital--St Louis MO, Stony Brook University Hospital--Stony Brook NY, Tripler Army Medical Center--Honolulu HI, University at Buffalo--Buffalo NY, University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)--Aurora CO, University of Colorado--Denver CO, University of Dundee--Dundee United Kingdom, University of Mississippi--Oxford MS, University of Virginia Health System--Charlottesville VA, VA Medical Center--St Louis MO, Vanderbilt University Medical Center--Nashville TN, Wahington University--St Louis MO, Weill Cornell Medical College--New York NY

VR Simulation Research at RPI

Presented by Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, PhD at the SAGES 2014 Meeting; Panel – Emerging Frontiers in Simulation-Based Surgical Education VR simulation research–3:11 VBLaST–4:05 VBLaST PC–5:53 VBLaST LP–6:33 V-Band simulator–7:12 V-Band training tasks–7:44 LAGB simulation begins–7:54 VTEST demo begins–9:34 VR2–11:10 VE Keyword(s): 3D interactive display interface, academic institutions, artificially control, blunt dissection, CeMSIM, clinical partners, clinicians, coag […]

Posted on
02/11/2015
Video Categories
Emerging Frontiers in Simulation-Based Surgical Education
Learning Themes
Academic / Educational, New Technologies / Skills Acquisitions
Sources
2014 Annual Meeting, Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy, Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery
Presentation Types
Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Cao C, De Moya M, De S, Gee D, Jones D, Jones S, Sankaranarayanan G, Schwaitzberg S
Video Institutions
Bay State Medical Center--Springfield MA, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center--Boston MA, Cambridge Health Alliance--Cambridge MA, Harvard Medical School--Boston MA, Massachusetts General Hospital--Boston MA, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute--Troy NY, Washington University School of Medicine--St Louis MO, Wright State University--Dayton OH

Legal Aspects and HIPAA requirements when recording surgical procedures

Presented by Steven Schwaitzberg, MD at the SAGES 2014 Meeting; Panel – Getting Your Video Accepted why is the HIPAA privacy rule needed?–2:11 PHI, covered entity, use, disclosure–4:31 identifiers–5:34 use of PHI in covered entity–6:11 use of PHI outside covered entity–9:47 video recording Keyword(s): acceptable use, analog, BAs, chart, clinical, consent, covered entity, CT scan, […]

Posted on
09/26/2014
Video Categories
Getting your Video Accepted Panel, SAGES 2014 Meeting
Learning Themes
Professional / Economic
Sources
2014 Annual Meeting
Presentation Types
Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Herron D, Schwaitzberg S
Video Institutions
Cambridge Health Alliance--Cambridge MA, Harvard Medical School--Boston MA, Mount Sinai Hospital--Boston MA, Tufts University--Medford MA

Thoracoscopic Resection of Giant Mediastinal Parathyroid Tumor

Presented by Shalini Reddy, MD SS21 Videos Solid Organ and Foregut: V049 hx–11 sec sestamibi scan–33 sec MRI–37 sec procedural video–50 sec post-op course–6:50 Q&A session–7:54 Keyword(s): mediastinal parathyroid tumor, PTH, RLN, sestamibi scan, thoracoscopic resection

Posted on
08/06/2012
Video Categories
SAGES 2012 Meeting, Solid Organ, SS21 - Videos: Solid Organ and Foregut, Thoracic
Learning Themes
Solid Organ
Sources
2012 Annual Meeting
Presentation Types
Procedure
Video Authors
Reddy S, Schwaitzberg S
Video Institutions
Cambridge Health Alliance--Cambridge MA, Harvard Medical School--Boston MA

Presidential Address: You Must Be the Change You Wish to See in the World

Steven Schwaitzberg, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School and Adjunct Associate Professor of Engineering, Tufts University, Chief of Surgery, Cambridge Health Alliance. Keyword(s): ABS, ACS, AHS, AORN, APSF, ASCRS, ASGE, ASMBS, BSC management, collaboration, colon cx, competency, digital age, endoscopy, esophageal cx, Facebook, fellowships, FES, FLS, FUSE, general surgery, grand rounds, hernia task […]

Posted on
03/30/2012
Video Categories
Meeting Content, SAGES 2012 Meeting
Learning Themes
Professional / Economic
Sources
2012 Annual Meeting
Presentation Types
Keynote Address, Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Schwaitzberg S
Video Institutions
Cambridge Health Alliance--Cambridge MA, Harvard Medical School--Boston MA, University at Buffalo--Buffalo NY

Utilizing the Degrees of Freedom Inherent in Wrist Articulating Manual Laparoscopic Instruments

Author: Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD Keyword(s): manual laparoscopic instruments, wrist articulating

Posted on
02/23/2010
Video Categories
Techniques and Research, Video Library 1994-2008
Learning Themes
Academic / Educational
Sources
Surgeon Submitted
Presentation Types
Procedure
Video Authors
Schwaitzberg S
Video Institutions
Cambridge Health Alliance--Cambridge MA

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Addressing Religious Concerns About COVID-19 Vaccine

This may be a difficult subject matter for you and your patient to talk about.  Be assured, all major organized religious groups encourage and recommend the COVID-19 vaccine. Listed below are references and websites you can direct your patient towards to help them make an informed decision with regards to their religious concerns against the […]

SAGES Statement on AAPI Violence

The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) stands in solidarity with the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. In the summer of 2020, SAGES released a statement condemning the violence, racism, and hatred toward the Black community in the wake of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor’s murders. It is with great sorrow […]

Free SAGES Webinar: Lessons from COVID on Living and Thriving as Surgeons

SAGES recognizes that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a big impact on surgical practice and in surgeon wellness. SAGES’ Reimagining the Practice of Surgery Taskforce will present “Finding the Opportunities: Lessons from COVID and How We Live and Thrive as Surgeons”  to look at ways in which innovative leadership at various levels may help transform […]

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