Surgery Sett

The Frontlines of COVID: A Surgery Sett Series: Episode 2 In the second episode of "The Frontlines of COVID: A Surgery Sett Series," Dr. Kohler provides some resources for healthcare workers personally struggling with this pandemic, and invites you to be a part of the conversation. Be well, everyone! Headspace: https://www.headspace.com/health-covid-19 A Quiet Life, by Baron Wormser: https://www.writersalmanac.org/index.html%3Fp=7472.html Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

The Frontlines of COVID: A Surgery Sett Series: Episode 1 - Dr. Jeff Pothof In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, daily life as we know it has changed. This shift has brought endless questions, like "what is 'social distancing' and how can it help prevent the spread of coronavirus?" COVID-19 is testing the limits of our healthcare system, as well as its flexibility. Dr. Jeff Pothof joins Dr. Kohler for the first of many in the Surgery Sett's COVID-19 series. Dr. Pothof helps answer some of these questions, and tells us what to expect in terms of testing, and the hardships of adapting to coronavirus.

Episode 88: Dr. Lee Wilke Dr. Lee Wilke has developed a GPS clip to be used for breast cancer surgery. How does having a smart clip make breast surgery least painful for patients, and easier for surgeons? How can surgeons with an entrepreneurial side find collaborators?

Episode 87: Dr. Amy Fiedler and Dr. Jason Smith An exciting, innovative procedure in cardiac surgery has just reached the University of Wisconsin thanks to Dr. Fiedler and Dr. Smith's team! What is a DCD heart transplant? What technology goes into such a procedure? What does this procedure mean for the future of heart transplants? Dr. Kohler sits down with Dr. Fiedler and Dr. Smith to find out the details of this amazing feat.

Episode 86: Dr. Alfred Atanda How can telemedicine save your patients time and money? What are some downstream issues that telemedicine can solve? How can telemedicine protect surgeons in court? Dr. Kohler sits down with orthopedic surgeon Dr. Alfred Atanda from Nemours duPont Hospital for Children in Delaware to discuss how he developed a telemedicine system, and the benefits he's discovered in using it.

Episode 85: Dr. Jay Nathwani How can we as surgeons deal with complications as people? Why should you start a rulebook for your surgical career? How can you use compromise as a tool in your treatment? Dr. Jay Nathwani discusses his personal history as a surgeon, and the lessons he has learned from both his patients, and the more seasoned attendings here at the University of Wisconsin.

Episode 84: Dr. Catharine Garland What are the benefits to meeting with patients as a team? How can a hospital integrate multidisciplinary teams with ease? Dr. Kohler's guest, Dr. Catharine Garland, explains how her multidisciplinary teams are structured, and how they make her plastic surgeries go smoother for patients and doctors alike.

Episode 83: Dr. Leslie Ashburn-Nardo How does surgery reflect the biases and discrimination in society? How can surgeons address these issues in their workplace and with patients? Dr. Leslie Ashburn-Nardo is a psychologist who studies stereotypes and its implications in health. 

Episode 82: Dr. John Mansour What does professionalism mean for surgeons? How have surgeons' expectations of professionalism changed over time? What do patients expect? Dr. John Mansour and Dr. Kohler have a fascinating conversation about how to teach professionalism in surgical education and how one learns to be a surgeon.   

Episode 81: Dr. Gurjit Sandhu How do residents learn to be autonomous in the OR? Dr. Sandhu's research concentrates on graduated autonomy in surgical education. She is a faculty member in the Department of Surgery at the University of Michigan Medical Center. She has been on the Surgery Sett previously, talking about the innovations in medical education, specifically a new surgical residency training model called "Entrustment and Entrustability." We continue our conversation on the progressive training model.  

Episode 80: Dr. Courtney Morgan  Dr. Courtney Morgan is an assistant professor within the Division of Vascular Surgery at the Department of Surgery here at the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Morgan specializes in open and endovascular techniques for the treatment of vascular diseases. Her practice includes treatment for aortic aneurysms, carotid disease, peripheral arterial disease, venous disease, and other vascular disorders. She works with many athletes and is a high performance athlete herself, having just completed her sixth Ironman competition. 

Episode 79: Dr. T. Rockwell Mackie What if you are a surgeon but have a great idea for innovation in your field and you want to become an entrepreneur? My guest today is Thomas “Rock” Mackie, a UW-Madison professor emeritus of medical physics and engineering physics. Mackie is a well-known member of Madison’s biotechnology sector as a researcher, entrepreneur and investor whose list of innovations and companies includes founding Geometrics and TomoTherapy (incubated at UW Health), investing in and conducting research for Shine Medical Technologies, investing in Wisconsin Brewing and many more.

Episode 78: Dr. Carol-Anne Moulton Who goes through surgeons’ minds when they encounter something unexpected in the OR? This week's guest is Dr. Carol-Anne Moulton. She is an Associate Professor in General Surgery at the University of Toronto. Early 2010, Dr. Moulton became a Scientist at the University of Toronto Donald R. Wilson Centre for Research in Education. Her research interests include the psycho-sociological considerations of surgical judgment and surgeon error. We have a fascinating conversation about what doctors think when they are in the OR and are not quite sure what to do. 

Episode 77: Dr. Chuy Collura How do residents manage burnout? My guest today is Dr. Chuy Collura, a former chief resident here at the University of Wisconsin--Madison. I caught up with him before he left us to start a private practice at Mercy Medical Center. We talk about his residency at UW, and he personally dealt with burnout as a resident working night shifts. He gave a terrific Grand Rounds Talk entitled, Night Float: Working on Mysteries without Any Clues.  

Episode 76: Dr. John Petty and Dr. Marion Henry  This week we have a special episode on gun violence. The American Pediatric Surgical Association has just released a statement on firearm injuries and children. It reads, in part,: Firearm injuries are the second most common cause of death in children who come to a trauma center, and pediatric surgeons provide crucial care for these patients. The American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) is committed to comprehensive pediatric trauma readiness, including firearm injury prevention. APSA supports a public health approach to firearm injury.” Our guests today are Dr. John Petty, associate professor of Surgical Sciences in Pediatrics at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital and Dr. Marion Henry, an associate professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the College of Medicine at the University of Arizona. These two doctors were instrumental drafting this new statement.

Episode 75: Dr. Alaa Abd-Elsayed How can patients and doctors manage pain? Doctor Alaa Abd-Elsayed, a faculty member of the Anesthesiology Department at the University of Wisconsin, is our guest. Dr. Al, as he likes to be called, specializes in chronic pain and it part of the Interventional Pain Program at UW. Dr.  Abd-Elsayed has just written a book on the topic called, “Chronic Pain: The Patient and Family Journey”

Episode 74: Dr. Christina Lee How soon is too soon to discuss palliative care? My guest today is UW’s chief resident, Christina Lee. Palliative care is something Doctor Lee has an interest in during her residency her at UW. She says that it’s never too early to discuss palliative care. And she shares some tips about how to have these discussions.

Episode 73: Dr. Geoffrey Gurtner Geoffrey Gurtner, MD, is the Johnson & Johnson Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair of Surgery for Innovation within the Department of Surgery and the Division of Plastic Surgery at Stanford Medical Center. In April he visited Madison to give a Grand Rounds Talk on “Entrepreneurship: Getting Real About Bench to Bedside.” He says that clinical experience plays a critical role in the business world.

Episode 72: Dr. Lane Frasier  Lane Frasier, MD, is a general surgery chief resident at UW. Her research has evaluated teamwork and communication in the operating room. From a research standpoint, what happens in the operating room has been a black box, says Dr. Kohler. Dr. Frasier shares her research on surgeon behaviors in the OR and on the need for everyone in the operating room to be able to speak up. Here is a link to Dr. Frasier’s Grand Rounds talk on the subject.

Episode 71: Dr. Mike Mulholland Mike Mulholland, MD, was named senior associate dean of clinical affairs in the University of Michigan Medical School, effective June 1, 2019. He had served as executive director of the University of Michigan Medical Group since January 2019. In his Grand Rounds talk, he spoke about how to make an effective team in the operating room.