Leadership During COVID-19

PART 1: APRIL 16 (11am - New York Time)

1. Welcome & Introduction. Dr. Steven Wexner & Dr. Antonio M. Lacy

2. Crisis Leadership. Dr. David Hoyt

3. Hospital system mobilization for the surge. Dr. Wael K. Barsoum

4. Hospital management during the surge. Dr. Julio Mayol

5. Departmental strategies for success. Dr. L. Scott  Levin

6. Responses in hospitals without residents, fellows, or students. Dr. Beth Sutton 

7. How can medical schools adapt? Dr. Barbara Bass

8. Communication during crisis Dr. Neil Floch

9. Panel Discussion. All faculty. Moderators: Dr. Patricia Turner & Dr. Steven Wexner

PART 2: APRIL 17 (11am - New York Time)

1. The responsibility of specialty surgery societies. Dr. Tracy Hull

2. The responsibility of general surgery societies. Dr. Aurora Pryor

3. Care for the cancer patient. Dr. Heidi Nelson

4. The impact on surgical journals. Dr. Susan Galandiuk

5. The impact on surgical research. Dr. Melina Kibbe

6. COVIDSURG international collaboration. Dr. Aneel Bhangu

7. Looking forward: International Preparedness. Dr. Valerie Rusch

8. Panel Discussion. All faculty. Moderators: Dr. Patricia Turner, Dr. Steven Wexner & Dr. Antonio M. Lacy 

9. Closing remarks.   Dr. Patricia Turner, Dr. Steven Wexner & Dr. Antonio M. Lacy 

FACULTY

• Wael K. Barsoum President and Chief Executive Officer, Cleveland Clinic Florida

• Barbara Bass, Dean, George Washington University College of Medicine, Past President, American College of Surgeons (ACS)

• Aneel Bhangu, Senior Lecturer in Surgery - University of Birmingham.  Consultant Colorectal Surgeon - University Hospital Birmingham.  Founding member of the GlobalSurg Collaborative.

• Neil Floch, MD, FACS, Section Chief General Surgery - Norwalk Hospital. Director of Bariatric Surgery - Norwalk Hospital & Nuvance Health System, Connecticut. Associate Clinical Professor, Larner College of Medicine at The University Vermont School of Medicine

• Susan Galandiuk, Head, Section of Colorectal Surgery, University of Louisville; Director, Price Institute of Surgical Research, Editor-in-Chief, Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

• David B. Hoyt, Executive Director, American College of Surgeons

• Tracy Hull, Staff Colorectal Surgeon, Cleveland Clinic; President of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS)

• Melina Kibbe, Editor-in-Chief JAMA Surgery, Chair, Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina

• Antonio M. Lacy, Chief of Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clinic Barcelona

• L. Scott Levin, Chair, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Perlman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Vice-Chair, ACS Board of Regents

• Julio Mayol, Chief Medical Officer Hospital Clinico San Carlos Madrid

• Heidi Nelson, MD, FACS, Emeritus Chair Department of Surgery Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

• Aurora Pryor, Chair, Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University School of Medicine; President of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)

• Beth Sutton, Chair, ACS Board of Regents

• Valerie Rusch, Chair, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kattering Cancer Center, President ACS

• Patricia L. Turner, Director, Division of Member Services, American College of Surgeons; past Chair, AMA Council on Medical Education; past Chair, Surgical Section, National Medical Association; past President, Society of Black Academic Surgeons; and Member, Board of Directors, Council on Medical Specialty Societies.

• Steven D. Wexner Director, Digestive Disease Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida; Regent, ACS; Past President ASCRS; Past President SAGES; Chair ACS Commission on Cancer National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer