Burns: 

1. Acute Burn Resuscitation 
2. Necrotizing Acute Soft Tissue Infections 
3. Frostbite 
4. Chemical Burn 
5. Electrical Burn 
6. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in Burn 
7. Giant Wound Management 
8. Methamphetamine Epidemic: Effect on Iowa Healthcare 
9. Burn Wound Management 
10. Inhalation Injury/Management 
11. Rehab Lectures on Positioning, Range of Motion, Scarring, and Splinting 
12. Pediatric Abuse and Inflicted Burns 

General Surgery: 

1. SILS (Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery) 
2. Advancements in Ventral Hernia Repair 
3. Diagnosis & Management of Gallstone Disease 
4. Diagnosis & Management of Diverticulitis 
5. Diagnosis & Management of Ventral Hernias 
6. ICU Management of the Acute Abdomen, Pancreatitis 
7. Necrotizing Pancreatitis  
8. Post-op Respiratory Failure 
9. Surgical Procedures in Management of Biliary Obstruction 
10. Transfusion Risks 
11. Management of Acute and Chronic Bowel Obstruction 
12. Upper and Lower GI Bleeding 

Trauma:  

1. Trauma Care in the ICU 
2. Abdominal Trauma 
3. Emergency Room Procedures 
4. The Difficult Trauma Airway 
5. Ventilation & Tracheotomy 
6. Thoracic Trauma 
7. Prioritize Multiple System Injury 
8. Trauma Resuscitation 
9. Massive Transfusion in Severely Injured Patients 
10. Fall Injury Prevention 
11. Injuries in Morbid Obesity 
12. Trauma in the Neck 
13. Pancreatic Injury 
14. Hepatic Injury 
15. Characteristic of Rural Trauma and Injury Prevention Strategies 

Neoplastic Disease 

1. Controversies in Rx of Rectal Cancer 
   a. Transanal excision of rectal cancer 
   b. Timing of resection following neoadjuvant therapy 
2. Laparoscopic proctectomy for rectal cancer 
3. Robotic resection of rectal cancer 
4. Management of the patient with Stage IV colorectal cancer: Role of surgery 
5. Options in patients with the “difficult colon polyp” 
6. Surgical management of colon polyposis syndromes 

IBD 

1. Laparoscopic surgery for inflammatory bowel disease 
2. Long-term outcomes following proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis 
3. Management of Anorectal Crohn’s disease 
4. The IBD patient failing medical management: when do I refer for surgery? 

Pelvic Floor 

1. Options and outcomes in the treatment of rectal prolapse 
2. Evaluation and surgical treatment of fecal incontinence 

General Gastrointestinal Surgery 

1. Diverticulitis 
2. Management of small bowel obstruction 
3. Evidence-based gastrointestinal surgery 
4. Acalculous cholecystitis 
5. Postoperative S. aureus wound infections 
6. Congenital or traumatic diaphragmatic hernia 
7. Laparoscopic ventral or inguinal hernia 
8. Bariatric surgery 

Foregut 

1. Controversies in Rx of achalasia: Botox versus pneumatic dilatation versus Heller myotomy 
2. Management of paraesophageal hernia – when is the appropriate time to consider surgery? 
3. GERD and Nissen fundoplication. Are we under diagnosing this disorder? 
4. Management of dysphagia and recurrent GERD after Nissen fundoplication.  
5. What laparoscopy has to offer from a stomach’s standpoint – lap GIST resection, lap gastrostomy tube placement, lap gastrojejunostomy for gastric outlet obstruction, lap transgastric ERCP for post gastric bypass patients. You name it, we do it. 

Midgut/ Hindgut 

1. Laparoscopic gastroduodenostomy in patients with SMA syndrome 
2. Feeding jejunostomy tube. When should I consider it? What are the surgical options of getting it? 

Abdominal wall 

1. A comparison of laparoscopic versus open surgical repair of incisional hernia, in patients who have underwent exploratory laparotomy. 
2. Laparoscopic versus open inguinal hernia repair. Which is better for my patients? 
3. Rectus diasthesis. Is it a hernia? What should I tell my patients? 

Solid organ 

1. Adrenal tumors. When is laparoscopic resection appropriate? 
2. Laparoscopic surgery for various splenic pathologies. The endless possibilities. 

Peritoneal cavity 

1. Laparoscopic biopsy of mesenteric lymphadenopathy. When should I consider it? 

1. Lumps and bumps: From thyroglossal cyst to inguinal hernias  
2. What’s in the bag? Hernias, hydroceles, undescended testes  
3. Pediatric surgical emergencies  
4. Intestinal obstruction in children
5. Chest wall and pleural disease: Pectus anomalies, Poland’s syndrome, empyema and spontaneous pneumothorax  
6. Pulmonary malformations and congenital diaphragmatic hernia  
7. Abdominal wall deformities  
8. Liver, pancreas and biliary disease in children  
9. Newborn surgery  
10. Childhood solid tumors  
11. Vascular and lymphatic malformations  
12. Esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula  
13. Surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease in children  
14. Gastrointestinal bleeding

1. Breast Reconstruction 
2. Wound Management 
3. Body Contouring after Massive Weight Loss 
4. Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 
5. Soft Tissue Reconstruction of the Head and Neck 
6. Skin Cancers 
7. Management of Acute Hand Injury/Infection 
8. Surgical Management of Lymphedema 
9. Complex Hernia/Abdominal Wall Reconstruction 
10. Complex Limb Reconstruction/Salvage in Traumatic Injury of Upper and Lower Extremeties 

1. Management of Thyroid Nodules 
2. Thyroid Cancer 
3. Primary Hyperparathyroidism – Workup and Management 
4. Parathyroidectomy for Secondary Hyperparathyroidism 
5. Adrenal Incidentaloma – Workup and Management 
6. Parathyroid Disease 
7. Thyroid Nodule Workup 
8. Diagnosis and Management of Breast Problems in Pregnancy 
9. Oncoplastic Breast Surgery 
10. Evolving Concepts of Benign Breast Disease 
11. Gastric Cancer Update 
12. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Multidisciplinary 
13. Liver Directed Treatment for Colorectal Cancer 
14. Pancreatic Cancer 
15. Gallbladder Cancer and Biliary Cancer 
16. Melanoma Multidisciplinary 
17. Sarcoma Multidisciplinary 
18. Cancer Staging 
19. Current Management of Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas 
20. Modern Multidisciplinary Management of Colorectal Liver Metastasis 
21. Pancreatic Cancer:  A New View from Benchtop to Bedside 
22. Gleevac Therapy in Patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors:  Who, When, and for How Long? 
23. An Update on Staging and Treatment of Patients with Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer 
24. Management of Adrenal Tumors 
25. Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors 
26. Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Syndromes 
27. Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism 
28. Medullary Thyroid Cancer 

1. Hepatobiliary Emergencies (what to do with a Bile Duct Injury, Ruptured Hepatic Mass, Fulminant Hepatic Failure)  
2. Evaluation of a Liver Mass   
3. Metastatic Colorectal Cancer to the Liver 
4. Primary Hepatic Malignancies (Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Cholangiocarcinoma)  
5. Management of Chronic Liver disease  
6. Management of Malignant and Pre-malignant Pancreatic Lesions   
7. Transplantation of the Highly Sensitized Kidney Recipient (ABO incompatibility, Desensitization, and Paired Kidney Exchange) 
8. Liver transplantation 
9. Kidney and Pancreas transplantation 
10. Bile Duct Injuries