Surgical Research Dinner Meetings

January 27, 2025

Presenters: 

Rachel Appelbaum, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery 

Kevin Johnson, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery

 

February 24, 2025

Presenter: Sunil Kripalani, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director of the Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research, and Director of the Center for Health Services Research

 

March 17, 2025

Presenter: Marcus Tan, MBBS, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology & Endocrine Surgery

 

 

April 21, 2025

Presenter: Sarah Bick, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery

 

May 19, 2025

Presenter: Peter Reese, MD, Professor of Surgery, Departments of Surgery, Medicine, and Biostatistics and Director of the Vanderbilt Center for Transplant Science

 

 

September 15, 2025

Presenter: Rei Ukita, PhD, Research Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery

 

 

October 20, 2025

Presenter: Edge of Scholars - Julie Bastarache, MD, Associate Professor of the Departments of Medicine, Pathology, Microbiology, Immunology, Cell and Developmental Biology

 

November 17, 2025

Presenter: Carlos Mery, MD

  • September 26, 2023

    "Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR): Resources for Researchers"

    Presenter:
    Colleen E. Lawrence, PhDAssistant Director, Translational Research Solutions in the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research

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    August 29, 2023

    "Deciphering the Genetics and Immune Microenvironment of Colorectal Metastases"

    Presenters:
    Kamran Idrees, MBBS, MSCI, MMHC, Chief, Division Surgical Oncology & Endocrine Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery, Ingram Associate Professor of Cancer Research, Director of Pancreatic and Gastro-Intestinal Surgical Oncology

    Bilal Mirza, MD, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Division of Surgical Oncology & Endocrine Surgery

    Aug-29-2023

    July 24, 2023

    "Establishing an Academic Center: Center for Surgical Ethics"

    Presenters:
    Elisa Gordon, PhD, MPH, Professor of Surgery, Director of Surgical Outcomes Research, Surgical Sciences and Director of Transplant Outcomes Research, Vanderbilt Transplant Center

    Ricky Shinall, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery and Medicine and Director of Surgical Clinical Research in the Division of General Surgery

    July-24

    June 26, 2023

    "CEASAR: Research Program Overview – Setting Up and Maintaining a Prospective Cohort Study"

    Presenter:
    Daniel A. Barocas, MD, MPH, William L. Bray Professor of Urology and Executive Vice Chair, Department of Urology

    June 26

    May 22, 2023

    "Lungs, Livers, and Hearts, Oh My. The current status of organ regeneration, recovery, and replacement at VUMC"

    Presenters:
    Caitlin T. Demarest, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Thoracic Surgery and Co-Director of the Laboratory for Organ Regeneration, Recovery, and Replacement

    Rei Ukita, PhD, Research Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery.

    May-22

    April 27, 2023

    "Multi-Institutional Development of a Clinically Useful Lung Nodule Risk Calculator"

    Presenters:
    Eric Grogan, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Thoracic Surgery, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Thoracic Surgery, and Chief Thoracic Surgery, Veteran Affairs Medical Center

    Caroline Godfrey, MD, General Surgery Resident, and T32 Research Fellow

     

    March 27

    March 27, 2023

    "Research Initiatives in Patient-Derived Organoids"

    Presenter:
    Nicholas Zachos, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery and Cell and Developmental Biology

     

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