ESS Webinars

15 December 2023
1530-1630 ET

Speakers:

Dr. Jennifer Gurney, the 2023-2024 ESS President

Dr. Gordon Wisbach, the ESS Representative to the ACS Board of Governors

Dr. Brian Eastridge, Medical Director, Military Health System Strategic Partnership ACS 

Topic: Excelsior Surgical Society: Home for Military Surgeons in the ACS - Future Directions and Goals

Recording

19 January 2024

Speakers:

Jay Yelon, DO, FACS, USN – History of Halifax Harbor and Cocoanut Grove Disasters

David Harrington, MD, FACS – Station Night Club Fire

Leopoldo C. Cancio, MD, FACS, USA, ISR – What’s New in Burn Care for Military Surgeons

Discussion – Moderated by ESS Executive Council

Topic: ESS January Webinar: Burns & Disasters: What Every Military Surgeon Should Know

Recording

February 2024

Speakers: 

Dr Brian Gavitt, Colonel, USAF, MC, FS, Commander, 88^th Surgical Operations Squadron, AF/SG Consultant for Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care 

Topic: Program Directors in the Hot Seat: Everything You Want to Know About GME in One Hour

Recording

22 March 2024

Speaker:

CAPT Travis Polk, MD, FACS

Topic: Preparing for the Next Fight: An Overview of the DoD Combat Casualty Care Research Program

Recording

April 2024

Speaker:

Jonny Kim, MD; NASA Astronaut and Navy SEAL  

May 2024

Speakers:

CAPT Eamon O’Reilly, Plastic Surgeon, NMCSD Strategic Partnerships Chair

COL Shaun Brown, Colorectal Surgeon, Army War College Fellow

Mr. Robert Klant,  NMCSD Healthcare Attorney

Ms. Ginger Paad,  DHA OGC San Diego 

Topic: Ensuring Surgeon Readiness: Establishing and Leveraging MOUs for Military Surgeons

Recording

June 2024

Speaker:

Eileen Bulger, MD, FACS, Professor and Chief of the Division of Trauma, Burns, and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Washington; Surgeon-in-Chief, Harborview Medical Center

Topic: Establishing an Integrated National Trauma System

Recording

July 2024

Speakers:

COL Kenneth Wilson, MD, FACS, Professor of Surgery, Trauma Medical Director, University of Chicago Medicine & Biologic Sciences

MAJ Elise Fannon, MD, MPP, ESS Executive Council liaison to the DEI Committee

Topic: Hidden Figures: Minority Contributions to Military Medicine

Recording

20 January 2023
1530-1630 ET

Speaker: CAPT Travis Polk, MD; Thomas Davis, PhD; LTC Timothy Vreeland, MD
Moderator: CDR Diego Vicente, MD
Topic: DoD Research: From Funding to Academic Productivity

Recording

17 February 2023
1530-1630 ET

Moderator: Lt Col James Wiseman and MAJ Maggie Gallagher
Topic: Mentorship, USUHS/HPSP

Airforce Recording
Army Recording

17 March 2023
1530-1630 ET

Moderator: Dan Hammer
Topic: Cultivating and Evaluating Military Surgeon Readiness: Past, Present and Future

Recording

21 April 2023
1530-1630 ET

Moderator: Dr. Omar Rokayak and Edward Coleman
Topic: Impactful Military Contributions to Civilian Medicine and Surgery: Past, Present and Future

Recording

19 May 2023
1530-1630 ET

Moderator: Chonna Kendrick and Dr. Abdullah Pratt
Topic: Diversity State of the Union for Military Surgery and Levers to Increase Productivity

Recording

16 June 2023
1530-1630 ET

Moderators: Dr. Jeremy Cannon, Dr. Juan Asensio
Topic: The Recent History of Military Surgical Societies

Recording

21 July 2023
1530-1630 ET

Moderators: COL Jennifer Gurney
Topic: Case Records of the Joint Trauma System

Recording

18 August 2023
1530-1630 ET

Moderators: Jennifer Gurney, Max Marsden
Topic: Transatlantic Journal Club

Recording

17 December 2021
1530-1700 ET

Speaker: Gordon Wisbach
Moderator: Jeremy Cannon
Topic: Simulation, NMCSD

Recording

21 January 2022 
1530-1700 ET

Speaker: Matthew Tadlock
Moderator: Danielle Holt
Topic: From Homer, Hippocrates and Horatio Nelson to six Frigates & Seven Fleets: A Brief History of Surgery at Sea and the Ship’s Surgeon

Recording 

18 February 2022
1530-1700 ET

Speaker: Tri-Service GME PDs
Moderator: Sue Gillern, Maggie Gallagher
Topic: GME Program Director Roundtable/Mentorship
No recording available (Breakout rooms)

25 March 2022
1530-1700 ET

Speaker: LTC Shaun Brown
Moderator: Matt Bradley
Topic: (Research Committee Webinar) Strategic Surgical Readiness Initiative: Leveraging partnerships to increase case volume/complexity

Recording

22 April 2022
1530-1700 ET

Speakers: Maj James Wiseman, MD, MBA, FACS; COL. Jonathan B. Lundy, MD FACS; Lt Col Andrew Hall, MD, FACS
Moderator: Maj James Wiseman
Topic: (Outreach Committee Webinar) Academic Productivity in Resource-Constrained Settings: Doing Research in Non-Academic Duty Stations

Recording

20 May 2022
1530-1700 ET

Speakers: Maj Lucas L. Groves MD, FACS; Maj Brian D. Sindelar, MD, FACS;
COL Daniel J. Gallagher, MD, FACS
Moderator: Maj Lucas L. Groves
Topic: Head and Neck Surgeon Discussion Panel: Divergent Approaches to Readiness Conundrums

Recording

24 June 2022
1530-1700 ET

Speaker: LTC Joseph Jones, panelists
Moderator: LTC Chonna Kendrick, Maj. Michelle Buehner
Topic: Recognizing and Overcoming the Challenges of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within ACGME Programs

Recording

22 July 2022
1530-1700 ET

Speaker: COL Jennifer Gurney
Moderator: Col Jeremy Cannon, MD, SM, FACS, USAF
Panelists: Col Jeremy Cannon; CAPT Matthew Tadlock, MD, FACS, USN; CDR Jay Yelon, DO, FACS, FCCM, USN; Lt Col Stephanie Streit, MD, FACS, USAF, MC; CPT Kal Gunasingha, MD, USA
Topic: Case Records of the Joint Trauma System

Recording

10 August 2022
1530-1700 ET

Speaker: MAJ Valerie Sams, MD, FACS, USAF, MC; Mathew Martin, MD, FACS; Joseph Dubose, MD, FACS; CAPT James Dunne, MD, FACS, USN
Moderator: Glen Tinkoff, MD, FACS, FCCM
Topic: Transitioning from Military to Civilian Surgical Practice, open to TCAA members & non-members

No recording available (did not host webinar)

16 December 2022
1530-1630 ET

Speaker: Col Jeremy W. Cannon, MD, SM, FACS, USAFR
Contributor: Gordon Wisbach, MD, FACS, ESS Rep to ACS Board of Governors
Topic: Where have we been, where are we now, where are we going?

Recording

8 October 2020 
0900 – 1200 

Excelsior Surgical Society Symposium: Day 1
Features the “State of the Excelsior Surgical Society” address by Society President Captain Gordon Wisbach, MD MBA FACS, as well as presentations by the Service Consultants.
Recording 

9 October 2020 

Excelsior Surgical Society Symposium: Day 2
Features the Pryor Lecture by Dr. Julie Freischlag and an address by DHA Director LTG Ronald Place. Also includes presentations from Captain Eric Elster, MD FACS, the Chair of Surgery at Uniformed Services University and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center; Colonel (Ret.) Matt Martin, MD FACS, Trauma Surgeon at Scripps Mercy Hospital; and Captain Gordon Wisbach, MD MBA FACS, Excelsior Surgical Society President.
Recording (Meeting begins at timecode 12:35) 

20 November 2020
1530 – 1545
1545 – 1600
1600 – 1630

Introduction and Q&A with ESS leadership (Col Rasmussen, LTC Holt)
Introduction of ESS Committees and Main Initiatives
Featured Talk and Discussion: Surgical GME in the MHS (Lt Col Brandon Propper)
Recording 

9 December 2020 
1800-1900 

Navigating Surgical Research in the Military Health System 
Hosted by Research Committee (Chair Commander Matt Bradley and Co-Chair Major Jason Bingham) Featured Talk and Discussion (Col Rasmussen)
Recording

18 December 2020
1530 – 1545
1545 – 1600
1600 – 1630

Leadership Update and Q&A (Col Rasmussen, LTC Holt)
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee report from MAJ Chonna Kendrick & MAJ Michelle Buehner
Featured Talk and Discussion: DOD DEI Imperative (LTC Danielle Holt)
Recording

15 January 2021
1530 – 1545
1545 – 1600
1600 – 1630

Leadership Update and Q&A (Col Rasmussen, LTC Holt)
Outreach Committee update from LCDR Pam Choi
Featured Talk and Discussion: Navigating the Utility and Traps of Social Media as a Military Surgeon (LCDR Luke Johnston)
Recording

19 February 2021
1530 – 1545
1545 – 1600
1600 – 1630

Leadership Update and Q&A (Col Rasmussen, LTC Holt)
Research Committee update from CDR Matt Bradley
Featured Talk and Discussion: Maximizing Scholarly Activity in a Non-Academic Health System (LCDR Luke Johnston)
Recording

19 March 2021
1530 – 1545
1545 – 1600
1600 – 1700

Leadership Update and Q&A (Col Rasmussen, LTC Holt)
Mentorship Committee update from Major Maggie Gallagher
Presentations from Multiple Residency Program Directors
Recording

16 April 2021
1530 – 1545
1545 – 1600
1600 – 1630

Leadership Update and Q&A (Surgical Consultants from the Services)
Program Committee update & Planning for 2021 Symposium from Col Rasmussen and LTC Holt
Featured Talk and Discussion: Pre-deployment training, deployment roundtable

21 May 2021
1530 – 1545
1545 – 1600
1600 – 1630

Leadership Update and Q&A (Col Rasmussen, LTC Holt)
Membership Committee update from LTC Nielsen and Col Cannon
Featured Talk and Discussion: Military Civilian Partnerships: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Recording

18 June 2021
1530 – 1545
1545 – 1600
1600 – 1630

Leadership Update and Q&A (Col Rasmussen, LTC Holt)
Program Committee update
Featured Talk and Discussion: Maintaining surgical subspecialty proficiency; Colorectal Concerns for Military General Surgeon
Recording

16 July 2021
1530 – 1545
1545 – 1600
1600 – 1630

Leadership Update and Q&A (Col Rasmussen, LTC Holt)
Program Committee update
Featured Talk and Discussion: Coming in For a Landing: Reserves, Retirement and Life after Active Duty
Recording

20 August 2021
1530 – 1545
1545 – 1600
1600 – 1630

Leadership Update and Q&A (Col Rasmussen, LTC Holt)
Program Committee update
Featured Talk and Discussion: Pre-deployment and Trauma Competency during Deployment

17 September 2021
1530 – 1630

Excelsior Surgical Society Business Meeting
Recording