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Conference Schedule

Vascular residents in conference room
 

Vascular Conference

Every Wednesday

  • Didactics
  • Case conferences
  • “How I Do It” (HIDI)
  • Rutherford chapter review
  • Visiting professor lectures
Time Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5
7-8 a.m. Indications Conference, Cases for the coming week, (students may present)/M and M Special Conference, combined with General Surgery Indications Conference, Cases for the coming week, (students may present)/M and M Indications Conference, Cases for the coming week, (students may present)/M and M Indications Conference, Cases for the coming week, (students may present)/M and M
8-9 a.m. Rutherford resident assigned chapter (s) Indications/M and M Rutherford resident assigned chapter(s) Rutherford resident assigned chapter(s) Rutherford resident assigned chapter(s)
4-5 p.m. Vascular lab review 5-10 cases HIDI x 3 (How I Do It) 3 residents assigned RCA (Root Cause Analysis) /QI (Quality Improvement) Research Update Wellness activity

All meetings are in SLUCARE Academic Pavilion 1001 with Zoom available.

Journal Club from 6 to 9 p.m. at an outside venue will is held bi-monthly on the last Wednesday of the month (except on holidays.) There is no 4 to 5 p.m. conference on these dates.

Board Reviews and Journal Clubs

  • Monthly Dinners
  • Board review questions
  • Journal article reviews

Recent Visiting Professor Lectures

  • Carlos Becharra, M.D. (Loyola University) - “Endovascular repair of juxtarenal/TAAA”
  • Peter Nelson, M.D. (University of Oklahoma - Tulsa) - “Hemodialysis and Effects of COVID”
  • Dawn Coleman, M.D. (University of Michigan) "Pediatric Vascular Surgery"
  • Paul DiMusto, M.D. (University of Wisconsin) - “Open Repair of Thoracoabdominal
    Aneurysms”
  • Misty Humphries, M.D. (University of California, Davis) - “Telemedicine in Vascular Surgery:
    Beyond COVID and Why We Need to Embrace It”
  • Brigitte Smith, M.D. (University of Utah) - "Fundamentals of Quality Improvement”
  • Jeff Siracuse, M.D. (Boston University) - “Navigating the VQI and Personal Experiences with
    Database Research”