Innovations in Surgery
A Minimally Invasive Surgeon
in a Maximally Invasive World
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Release Date: July 1, 2010
Expiration Date: July 1, 2012
Estimated Time of Completion: 45 minutes
Description
Innovations in Surgery is a monthly, case-based videoconference and CME webcast educational series providing demonstrations and discussions of new and innovative minimally invasive procedures, devices, and techniques. The overall goal of this series is to enhance participants’ knowledge, competence, and skills to perform surgical procedures and improve outcomes.
Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant will be able to do the following:
- Identify the various levels of care used to provide medical support to troops in the field.
- List the general capabilities of a Level 3 (Theater Hospital) facility.
- Discuss ways that endoscopic surgical techniques can be applied to military trauma and acute care surgery.
Target Audience
Practicing surgeons and fellows who want to improve their current practice or review recent trends in all aspects of minimally invasive surgery.
Accreditation
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association Council on Continuing Medical Education for Category 2 credit.
Executive Director
Philip R. Schauer, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Director, Advanced Laparoscopic & Bariatric Surgery
Director, Bariatric & Metabolic Institute
Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
CoDirectors
| Adrian E. Park, MD, FACS Campbell and Jeanette Plugge Professor of Surgery Chief of General Surgery University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, MD |
Steven D. Wexner, MD, FACS Professor of Surgery, Ohio State University Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of South Florida Chief of Staff, Cleveland Clinic Hospital Chairman, Department of Colorectal Surgery Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston, FL |
Faculty
| E. Matthew Ritter, MD, FACS Major, USAF, MC Chief, Division of Academic Surgery Norman M. Rich Department of Surgery Uniformed Services University Bethesda, MD |
Faculty Disclosure
In accordance with the Standards for Commercial Support issued by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education requires resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest to ensure CME activities are free of commercial bias.
The following faculty have indicated that they may have a relationship which, in the context of their presentation(s), could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:
| Adrian E. Park, MD, FACS | ||
| Consulting: |
Stryker Endoscopy | |
| Consulting, Fellowship Support: | Covidien | |
| Steven D. Wexner, MD, FACS | ||
| Consulting: | Century Medical (Japan), CR Bard, CRH Medical, Ethicon, Inc., EZ Surgical, Incontinence Devices, Inc., Intuitive Surgical, LifeCell, Medtronic Inc., Neatstitch, Niti, Signalomics GmbH | |
| Consulting, Inventor: | Covidien, Karl Storz Endoscopy America, Inc., Power Medical Interventions | |
| Teaching and Speaking: | Adolar / GSK | |
The following faculty have indicated they have no relationship which, in the context of their presentations, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:
E. Matthew Ritter, MD, FACS
Philip R. Schauer, MD, FACS
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education
acknowledges educational grants for partial support of this activity from:
Allergan Medical; Baxter Healthcare Corporation; Covidien; Ethicon Endo-Surgery;
Stryker Endoscopy; W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
This CME activity was produced by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education
and the Cleveland Clinic Center for Surgical Innovation, Technology, & Education
