2022 Annual Meeting

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Patient Focused Care

Under the leadership of Dr. Roselle Crombie, the committee has recruited some excellent speakers who explore providing patient focused care through unique lenses:

Anne Rizzo, MD, FACS, BABS: How to Die Better

System Surgical Chair, The Guthrie Clinic, President, Surgical Services, Professor of Surgery, USUHS, VCU, GCSOM, Past-Chair, American Board of Surgery, Critical Care, Trauma, Burns, Special Medical Advisor to the NORTHCOM Commander

 

Learning Objectives:
1) Review present mortality statistics for Surgery.
2) Discuss physician responsibilities to the patient and family regarding end-of-life care.
3) Review present state of “prognosis” and “outcomes”.
4) Discuss future methods of education for an aging population

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Melissa Santos, PhD and Christine Finck, MD, FACS: Diversity and Wellness

 Melissa Santos, PhD, Associate Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Christine Finck, MD, FACS, Surgeon in Chief, Connecticut Children’s

 

Learning Objectives:
1) Discuss current diversity environment in Connecticut
2) Discuss strategies for approaching diversity conversations
3) Discuss strategies to improve inclusivity in the workplace

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Daniel Boffa, MD, MBA, FACS: Planned vs Reactionary Quality Improvement

Division Chief, Thoracic Surgery; Clinical Director, Center for Thoracic Cancers, Yale School of Medicine

 

Learning Objectives:
1) Explain difference between events and patterns in quality improvement
2) Identify techniques to help identify opportunities to change process for quality improvement
3) Discuss the basic options for implementing a change in a process

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WIS Lecture – Lisa Marella and Christine Finck, MD, FACS, Gender and Pay Equity 

Lisa Marella, Senior Director of Organizational Effectiveness and Culture; Christine Finck, MD, FACS, Surgeon in Chief, Connecticut Children’s

Learning Objectives:
1) Discuss national trends in gender equity in pay
2) Review negotiation strategies and the importance of mentorship and sponsorship for women

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Young Surgeons and Resident Lecture

Kristen Glasgow, MD, Yale New Haven Health – Bridgeport Hospital, Transition to Practice

Learning Objectives:
1) Explain the steps need to successfully build a practice
2) Examine common pitfalls when starting and building your practice

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Junior Resident and Medical Student Lecture

 

Guy Nicastri, MD, FACS, Talking To Our Patients: Do They Really Understand What We Are Telling Them?

 

Learning Objectives:
1) Discuss habits residents and students can incorporate into daily clinical practice (rounding, seeing patients in the clinic, pre-op visits, consenting) that can improve patient care
2) Discuss the communication skills, both verbal and non-verbal, helpful to navigate generational and socio-economical differences between providers and patients.

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2022 Distinguished Service Award

Presented to Kristin Zarfos, MD, FACS for her dedicated service to patients and fellow physicians.

The award is being presented by David Shapiro, MD, MHCM, FACS.

 

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Resident Paper Competition

Chapter Business Meeting

Special Update from the American College of Surgeons from Anne Rizzo, MD, FACS, DABS, Second Vice-President, American College of Surgeons

14th Annual Surgical Skills Competition

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