Grasberger Research Symposium
In 1990, the Department of Surgery established the Grasberger Research Symposium in memory of Robert C. Grasberger, MD, an outstanding graduate of our training program who died in 1987. In recognition of Dr. Grasberger’s academic and research accomplishments, the Grasberger Symposium provides an opportunity for our surgical residents and fellows to present original basic and clinical research.
2023 Grasberger Symposium
On March 3, we were honored to welcome as our 32nd Grasberger Visiting Professor, Thomas K. Varghese Jr., MD, MS, MBA, FACS. Dr. Varghese is Chief Value Officer and Associate Chief Medical Quality Officer at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. He is Chief of the Section of General Thoracic Surgery at the University of Utah and a Professor (Tenure-track) of Surgery at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
Dr. Varghese started the day with a grand rounds lecture entitled Scaling Innovations for Health Systems – Surgeons as Leaders on the Frontlines, and closed it with a keynote address: The Big IDEA: Mentorship, Allyship & Sponsorship in the Era of #HeForShe.
Residents, fellows, and medical students participated in oral and poster presentations during the daylong symposium.
Recent Grasberger Research Symposium Visiting Professors
2023
Thomas K. Varghese Jr., MD, MS, MBA, FACS
Chief Value Officer & Associate Chief Medical Quality Officer,
Huntsman Cancer Institute
Chief of General Thoracic Surgery, University of Utah
Professor of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine
2022
Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FACS, FSSO
Chair, Department of Surgery
Leon Goldman, MD Distinguished Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Sanziana A. Roman, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Dean’s Diversity Leader for Leadership, Equity, and Inclusion
2021 (hybrid symposium)
Sareh Parangi, MD, FACS
Chair, Department of Surgery, Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Director Mass General Hospital (MGH) Thyroid Cancer Research Laboratory
2020 (virtual symposium)
Introduced by Robert S.D. Higgins, MD, MSHA
President of Brigham and Woman’s Hospital (BWH)
Executive Vice-President of Mass General Hospital (MGH)
2019
Caprice C. Greenberg, MD, MPH, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Morgridge Distinguished Chair in Health Services Research at the University of Wisconsin
Jacob A. Greenberg, MD, EdM, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Augusta University
Director of the AU Health Comprehensive Hernia Center
2018
Mary T. Hawn, MD, MPH, FACS
Chair, Department of Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine
2017
Douglas E. Wood, MD, FACS, FRCSEd
Chair, Department of Surgery, University of Washington
Henry N. Harkins Endowed Chair in Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine
2016
Diana L. Farmer, MD
Chair, Department of Surgery, UC Davis Health
2015
K. Craig Kent, MD
Chief executive officer of University of Virginia Health
Executive vice president for health affairs at the University of Virginia
2014
Michael L. Longaker, MD, MBA
Deane P. and Louise Mitchell Professor, Stanford School of Medicine