Surgery Grand Rounds

How to Attend

Surgery Grand Rounds are held in Duke North Room 2002 Lecture Hall and remotely via Zoom. Weekly email announcements are typically sent on Mondays at 9:30am with Zoom link information, calendar invitation, and speaker details. If you have an active Duke email address and would like to receive these weekly emails as well as upcoming event announcements, please email surgerygrandrounds@dm.duke.edu

On-Demand Viewing

Access previously recorded Surgery Grand Rounds and Chief Talks by emailing surgerygrandrounds@dm.duke.edu. Please include the name of the speaker, the presentation title, and the presentation date. These recordings are only available to current Duke faculty, staff, and trainees with a valid Duke NetID. No credit will be offered for on-demand viewing past 3:00 pm ET on the day of recording.

Highlights

Endowed Lectureships

William J. Barwick Lecture	Carter Chinnis Lecture
Merel H. Harmel Lecture	The Akwari Society
Robert H. Wilkins Lecture	H. Newland Oldham Professor Lecture
Hunter Sweaney Lecture	Sanford Family Lecture

Association of Women Surgeons

AWS Grand Rounds serves as an opportunity to bring together medical students, residents, and faculty to catalyze an important shift in the culture of medicine and address implicit bias and microaggressions. The keynote speech and workshops aim to help attendees gain a common understanding of the challenges posed to women surgeons and of avenues to propose, implement, and revise strategies to address these challenges together as a Duke community.

Chief Talks

Chief Talks consists of exit presentations given by Chief Residents from the General Surgery and Cardiothoracic residency programs. Each Resident will give a 15-20 minute presentation followed by a 10 minute Q&A session.

2025-2026 Chief Residents:

Imran Anwar, MD	Amanda Nash, MD	Oliver Jawitz, MD
Daniel Firl, MD	Kristen Rhodin, MD	Navin Vigneshwar, MD
Quimeng Gao, MD	Dathe Benissan-Messan, MD

Upcoming Speakers

Date	Speaker
September 3, 2025	Allan D. Kirk, MD, PhD, FACS David C. Sabiston, Jr. Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine
September 17, 2025	Hiroshi Date, MD, PhD Professor of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center
September 24, 2025	David A. Brown, MD, PhD, FACS, CWSP Associate Professor of Surgery, Vice Chair of Research, Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery, Duke University Medical Center
October 1, 2025	Detlev Erdmann, MD, PhD, MHSc Professor of Surgery, Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery, Duke Health
October 8, 2025	Mike "Coach K" Krzyzewski Naismith Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, Five-Time National Champion at Duke, Six-Time Gold Medalist as head coach of the US Men's National Team
October 29, 2025	Peter J. Allen, MD David C. Sabiston, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Surgery, Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology, Health System Vice President for Cancer Services, Duke University
November 5, 2025	Rishikesan Kamaleswaran, PhD, MS Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine
November 19, 2025	Saumil M. Chudgar, MD, MHA, MSEd Assistant Dean for Clinical Education, Professor of Medicine, Duke University Jane P. Gagliardi, MD, MHS, FACP, DFAPA Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Professor of Medicine, Duke University
December 3, 2025	Wei F. Chen, MD, FACS Professor of Plastic Surgery, Director, Lymphatic Supermicrosurgery Fellowship Program and Center for Lymphedema Research and Reconstruction, Head, Regional Microsurgery and Supermicrosurgery, Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic
December 17, 2025	Andrew S. Barbas, MD Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine

As of 7/24/2025. Schedule subject to change

RSS Global Learning Objectives

Review and discuss new advances in general surgery
Present and discuss case studies, protocols, treatment guidelines and surgical/pathology reports appropriate to General Surgery practice
Review and discuss clinical findings and other evidence from pertinent literature

RSS Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, the Duke University Health System Department of Clinical Education and Professional Development is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the health care team.

Maintenance of Certification for the American Board of Surgery

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component enable the participant to earn up to 1 ABS MOC points in the American Board of Surgery Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.

Surgery Grand Rounds resumes September 3, 2025