Comprehensive Review of General Surgery 2024

Online General Surgery CME: Expert Clinical Guidance

An in-depth video CME program, Comprehensive Review of General Surgery addresses the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative management of patients with a wide spectrum of diseases, including those who may require nonoperative, elective, and emergency surgical treatment.

Evidence-based continuing medical education lectures provide guidance in determining accurate diagnoses and appropriate treatments, as well as direction for managing uncommonly encountered conditions and complications. Skilled, accomplished faculty share their clinical expertise, specialized knowledge, and experience to help you achieve the best possible patient outcomes.

APPLIED SCIENCE

Surgical Infection – Roger Clark, DO, FIDSA

Fluids/Electrolytes/Acid-Base Disorders – Reza Askari, MD, FACS

Transfusion Medicine and Anticoagulant Management – Nathan T. Connell, MD, MPH

Concepts in Anesthesia – Kate Cohen, MD

Perioperative Care – David L. Hepner, MD

Head and Neck Evaluation – Rosh Kumar Viasha Sethi, MD

Thoracic Surgery for General Surgeons – Jon O. Wee, MD

Surgical Critical Care – Necrotizing Pancreatitis and Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections – Mohammad R. Afrasiabi, MD

Ethics – Elizabeth Lilley, MD, MPH

Organ Transplantation – Principles of Immunosuppression, Alloimmunity, and Basic Concepts of Kidney – Liver – Pancreas Transplantation – Stefan G. Tullius, MD, PhD, FACS

Pediatric Surgery – Prathima Nandivada, MD

VASCULAR

Venous Disease – Louis L. Nguyen, MD, MBA, MPH

Vascular Access – Mohamad Ana Hussain, MD, PhD

SURGICAL SPECIALTIES

Gynecologic Challenges for General Surgeons – James A. Greenberg, MD

Common Urologic Issues in General Surgery – Michael J. Malone, MD

SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE

Tumor Biology – Charles H. Yoon, PhD, MD, FACS

Soft Tissue Sarcoma – Chandrajit P. Raut, MD, MSc

Melanoma and Dysplastic Nevi – Charles H. Yoon, PhD, MD, FACS

ENDOCRINE

Adrenal Surgery and Endocrine Dysfunction – Matthew A. Nehs, MD, FACS

Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery – Jason B. Liu, MD

BREAST

Benign Breast Disease – Olga Kantor, MD

Malignant Breast Disease – Laura S. Dominici, MD

Paget’s Disease and Male Breast Cancer: Surgical Techniques – Faina Nakhlis, MD

ABDOMINAL – GENERAL

General Abdominal Surgery – Luise I. Pernar, MD, MHPE

ABDOMINAL – HERNIA

Abdominal Hernias – Incidence, Cause, Treatment – David C. Brooks, MD

Incisional Hernia – Douglas S. Smink, MD, MPH

ABDOMINAL – BILIARY

Benign Gallbladder Disease – Ryan Gerry, MD

Common Duct Diseases – Thomas C. Tsai, MD

ABDOMINAL – LIVER

Primary and Secondary Liver Neoplasms – Thomas E. Clancy, MD

ABDOMINAL – PANCREAS

Pancreatic Neoplasms – Mark Fairweather, MD

Inflammatory Pancreatic Disease – Stanley W. Ashley, MD

ABDOMINAL – SPLEEN

Surgical Diseases of the Spleen – Ali Tavakkoli, MD

ALIMENTARY TRACT – ESOPHAGUS

Benign and Malignant Neoplasms of the Esophagus – Ealaf Shemmeri, MD, PharmD

Gastro-Esophageal Junction Surgical Management – David Spector, MD

ALIMENTARY TRACT – STOMACH

Gastric Cancer Treatment – Jiping Wang, MD, PhD, FACS

Peptic Ulcer Disease – Scott A. Shikora, MD, FACS, FASMBS

An Overview of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery – Scott A. Shikora, MD, FACS, FASMBS

ALIMENTARY TRACT – SMALL BOWEL

Small Bowel: Management Challenges – Jason S. Gold, MD

Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Joel E. Goldberg, MD, MPH

LARGE INTESTINE

Surgical Emergencies of the Large Intestine – Joel E. Goldberg, MD, MPH

Colon Neoplasms – Jennifer L. Irani, MD

Management of Rectal and Anal Cancer and Dysplasia – Nelya Melnitchouk, MD, MSc, FACS

ANORECTAL

Anal Fissure and Fistula – Ronald Bleday, MD

TRAUMA/ACUTE CARE SURGERY

Initial Trauma Assessment – Kristin Madenci, MD, MPH

Thoracic Injuries – Geoffrey Anderson, MD

Abdominal Trauma – Nakul P. Raykar, MD

Management of Greater Than 20% TBSA Burns – The First 24 Hours – Stephanie Nitzschke, MD

Top 6 Surgical Gastrointestinal Emergencies – Reza Askari, MD, FACS