Named Lectures Will Highlight Combat Trauma, Surgical Autonomy, Global Surgery

Clinical Congress 2024 will feature a series of Named Lectures, and this year’s eight lectures will provide attendees with an opportunity to hear internationally known surgeons and figures in healthcare share their perspectives and insights on medicine and surgery.

The Martin Memorial Lecture, delivered immediately after the Opening Ceremony on Sunday, will be delivered by Lester Martínez-López, MD, MPH, the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs for the US Military Health System. In his lecture, “Combat Trauma: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges for Surgery,” Dr. Martínez-López will share his unique insights as a military physician and current advisor to the secretary of defense and the undersecretary of defense for personnel.

All lectures will be recorded and made available for on-demand viewing on the meeting platform soon after the live presentations.

Sunday, October 20

MARTIN MEMORIAL LECTURE

Combat Trauma: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges for Surgery (NL01)

9:00–9:30 am

Lester Martinez-Lopez, MD, MPH, Falls Church, VA

JOHN H. GIBBON JR. LECTURE IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY

Lung Cancer Revolution (NL02)

9:45–10:45 am

Jessica S. Donington, MD, MSCR, FACS, Chicago, IL

CHARLES G. DRAKE HISTORY OF SURGERY LECTURE

Dr. Charles B. Wilson: Cherokee Neurosurgeon (NL03)

2:30–3:30 pm

Brian T. Andrews, MD, FACS, FAANS, San Francisco, CA

Monday, October 21

HERAND ABCARIAN LECTURE

We Have Come a Long Way…Where Do We Go from Here? (NL04)

8:00–9:00 am

Ann C. Lowry, MD, FACS, Minnetonka, MN

SCUDDER ORATION ON TRAUMA

Major Hepatic Injury: We Can Do Better (NL05)

12:45–1:45pm

Andrew B. Peitzman, MD, FACS, Pittsburgh, PA

OLGA M. JONASSON LECTURE

Not on My Watch (NL06)

2:30–3:30 pm

Jo Buyske, MD, FACS, Philadelphia, PA

Tuesday, October 22

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF SURGERY

Global Surgery—A Tale of Two Colleges (NL07)