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JULY 2018

Inside this issue: Our Graduating

Residents

1-5

Amjad S. Hussein—

Part IV

6-10

Reports from the

Outfield

10-12

Dr. Yvan Silva

La-La-Land

13

WSU Conferences 14

Family & Friends 15 WSSS Dues Notice/Ballot

16-17

WSSS Members 18-19

2018 WSSS OFFICERS

President:

Brian Shapiro (WSU/GS 1988/93)

Vice-President:

Jeffrey Johnson (WSUGS 1984)

Secretary-Treasurer:

Joseph Sferra (WSUGS 1991)

Members-at-Large:

Michel Malian (WSU/GS 1987/92)

Pamela Johnson (WSU/GS 1984/89)

Larry Narkiewicz (WSU/GS 2004/09)

Resident Member:

Andrew Hollenbeck (WSUGS 2018)

Our Graduating Residents

The Adventure Begins The 2018 graduation celebration of our future surgeons who have complet-

ed their general surgery residency and those who have completed their fel-

lowships was held on Saturday, June 16, at the Cobo Hall in Downtown De-

troit. Dr. Donald Weaver (WSU/GS 1979), our Penberthy Professor of Sur-

gery and Chairman of the Department of Surgery, presided over the fes-

tivities. The presentations of this year’s graduates were done by Dr. Lydia

Donoghue (WSUGS 2008), Dr. David Edelman (WSU/GS 2002/09), Dr.

Scott Langenburg, Dr. Guillermina Nava, Dr. William Oppat, and Dr.

John Webber (WSU/GS 1992/99). A good time was had by all.

GENERAL SURGERY

Dr. Selwan Barbat will be going to the Carolinas Medical Center in

Charlotte, North Carolina, to complete a Bariatric and Minimally

Invasive Surgery fellowship.

Dr. Nolan Desa will be entering a one-year Bariatric/MIS fellowship

in August at the Banner Gateway Hospital in Gilbert, Arizona.

Dr. Andrew Hollenbeck will be entering into the Minimally Inva-

sive/Bariatric fellowship here at Wayne State University with Dr.

John Webber and Dr. David Edelman.

Dr. Aftab Jafri is leaving for Weston, Florida, to start his MIS/

Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic

in August. He, his bride, Lubna Zaidi Jafri, and their almost 4-year-

old-son are expecting a baby girl this month (July) and make their move

after this wonderful event.

Dr. Satvik Jhamb will be starting his Vascular Surgery fellowship at

the Vidant Medical Center/East Carolina University in Greenville,

North Carolina, on July 1st.

Dr. Emily Kreger will be moving to Northern California to practice

with the Permanente Medical Group.

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Dr. Dean Kristl took a job as staff at the Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Michigan. He will be covering trauma, general surgery, and surgical critical care.

Dr. Ina Lobeck will be staying at the Detroit Medical Center to complete a Surgical Critical Care fellowship. Once she has completed the fellowship she will be heading to Brown Universi-ty in Providence, Rhode Island, and will be doing a Pediatric Surgery fellowship.

Dr. Gari Martinovski will be joining the Premier Surgical Specialties in Rochester, Michigan. He will be working along with his new partners, Dr. Michael Lucas, Dr. Bruce McIntosh (WSU/GS 1989/94), Dr. Mark Herman (WSU/GS 1994/2001), and Dr. Nicole Urban.

PLASTIC SURGERY:

Dr. Mohamed K. Barry is moving to San Antonio, Texas, to complete a fellowship in Hand and Up-per Extremity Surgery at the San Antonio Hand Center.

Dr. Diana (Brudzewski) Flis will be heading to Beverly Hills, California, for further training in facial aesthetics with Dr. Benjain Talei at the Beverly Hills Center for Plastic and Laser Surgery. After she has completed her training, she will be joining the plastic surgery depart-ment as staff at Henry Ford Allegiance Health in Jackson, Michigan, in January 2019.

MIS FELLOWSHIP:

Dr. Terry Carman will be working with Mercy Health in Springfield, Ohio (just outside of Colum-bus). Dr. Carman will be joining the general surgeons and will be doing robotic procedures, bari-atric procedures, and general surgery procedures.

SURGICAL CRITICA CARE:

Dr. Lindsey Reick is headed to the Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Michigan, to complete a Fellowship in Operative Trauma. After she has completed this fellowship, she plans on joining a practice closer to her home in South Dakota.

VASCULAR SURGERY:

Dr. Simpledeep Banipal will be joining the private practice of Vascular Associates of Southern California in San Bernardino County beginning August 1st.

Dr. O. David Adamolekun has secured a vascular surgery position in Pinehurst, North Caroli-na, in a private practice named Pinehurst Surgical.

PEDIATRIC SURGERY

Dr. Ijana Marjorie Gaffar will be joining Fairfax Neonatal Associates, PC in Fairfax, Virgin-ia, as a pediatric surgeon.


The Adventure Begins

July 2018


The Adventure Begins, continued

Plastic Surgery Service (left to right) Dr. David Montgomery, OMFS

Chief, Dr. Jennel Carreras, Dr. Diana Flis (Brudzewski), Dr. Moham-

mad Barry, Dr. Ryan Eubanks and his bride, Ro Eubanks.

Dr. Miguel Tobon (WSUGS 2020), Ms. Ms. Maryssa Gilbert (clinical dietician DRH),

Dr. Lydia Donohue (WSUGS/PS 2008/09) and Dr. Heather Dolman (WSU/GS 2000/06)

The Barbat family (left to right) Heather Dikho (sister-in-law), Sally Barbat (sister), Nedhal Barbat

(mother), Vivian Dikho (mother-in-law), Dr. Selwan Barbat, his bride, Vallen Barbat, Ava Dikho

(sister-in-law), Haythem Kikho (father-in-law), and Saeed Barbat (father)

(Left to right) Dr. Guillermina Nava, Dr. Allen Silbergleit (WSUGS 1960)

his bride, Ina Silbergleit, and Dr. Michael Busuito (WSU/GS/PS 1981/86/88)

(Left to right) Mrs. Dana Cooley, Administrative Assistant to the

Residency Program, her husband, Marty, Mrs. Janet Damm and

her husband, Ed

Dr. Nolan Desa, his bride, Allison Desa, her mother Julie, and her father Ron

The Plastic Surgery group (left to right): Dr. Guillermina Nava, Mr. Don Wray and his wife,

Dr.Arlene Rozzelle, Ms. Lori Lee McPharlane, Administrative Assistant to the Plastic Sur-

gery Service, and Dr. Michael Busuito (WSU/GS/PS 1981/86/88)

The Kreger family (left to right): Sisters: Mrs. Ingrid Baumstark, Mrs.

Leslie Strand, Ms. Elizabeth Kreger, Mrs. Ann-Germaine Danz, Dr. Emily

Kreger, and her parents, Mrs. Jean Kreger and Mr. Jeff Kreger

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The Adventure Begins, continued

(Left to right) Dr. Nolan Desa’s father, Dr. Watson Desa, his

mother, Dr. Margaret Desa, Dr. Nolan Desa, his bride, Allison

Desa, and standing, Dr. Desa’s brother, Nathan

The Banipal Family (left to right) Mr. Kulwant Rai, Mrs. Pawandeep Rai, Mrs. Rajinder Dhil-

lon, Kiran Benipal, Dr. Simpledeep Banipal, Mrs. Ranjit Benipal, Mr. Harpal Benipal, Nyamat

Dhillon, Mr. Prashant Dhillon, Dr. Yevgeniy Rits, and Dr. William Oppat

(Left to right) Dr. David Adamolekun, his wife, Seyi, holding their

soon, Esi, Dr. Yevgeniy M. Rits and his wife, Ms. Sonya Williams, the

Vascular Surgery Program Coordinator, and Dr. William Oppat, the

Vascular Surgery Program Director

(Left to right) Brother, Sean Kristl, his bride Christie Kristl, father, Mike Kristl, mother, Caro-

line Kristl, Dr. Dean Kristl, his bride Dr. Nina Delavari (WSUGS 2021), mother-in-law, Dr.

Nasrin Gharahmani, & friends Ms. Jessical Bechtel, and Dr. Roozbeh Mansour (WSUGS 2015)

The Hollenbeck Clan (left to right) brother, Brent Hollenbeck and his bride, Ann, his

sister, Jennifer Burke, his parents, Mr. Robert Hollenbeck and Mrs. Rebecca Hollenbeck,

his bride, Dana Hollenbeck, and her parents, Mr. David Powell and Mrs. Kay Powell

Dr. Mary Kosir shakes her head as Dr. Donald Weaver (WSUGS 1979) makes

sure Dr. Michael White (WSU/GS 1990/97) has good clear Detroit Water

(Left to right) Mother-in-law Mrs. Mary Lobeck, father-in-law Mr. Frank Lobeck, Dr. Inn

Lobeck, her husband Francis holding their son, Jacob, Dr. Lobeck’s father Mr. Igor Neyman,

her mother Mrs. Stella Neyman, and Dr. Lobeck’s son’s nanny, Ms. Ashley Carpenter

The Flis(Brudzewski) Clan (left to right) Dr. Flis’ father, Dr. Jacek Brudzewski,

brother, Stephen Brudzewski, grandmother, Maria DeMarco, mother, Mrs. Anna

Brudzewski, mother-in-law, Mrs. Vicki Flis, Dr. Diana Flis (Brudzewski), father-in-

law, Mr. Steve Flis, her husband Michael Flis holding their daughter, Ava, cousin,

Alexandra Simpson with her husband, Eric Simpson

Dr. James Tyburski (WSUGS

1992) and his bride, Julie

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Dr. Naresh Sundaresan (WSUGS 2019)

and his bride, Dr. Devina Mohan

Dr. Gari Martinovski’s family (left to right) Ms. Abby Navritil (his brother’s fiancé), his brother

Dr. Marko Martinovski, his mother, Julie Martinovski, and his father, John Martinovski

The Jafri Family (left to right) brothers, Imran Jafri and Zeeshan Jafri, mother

Mrs. Azra Jafri, nephew Azlaan Jafri, Dr. Aftab Jafri and his bride, Mrs. Lubna

Zaidi Jafri holding their son’s, Amad, hands, Dr. Tanweer Zaidi (mother-in-law),

Mr. Mohammad Zaidi (father-in-law), and Mrs. Jherna Zaidi Naqvi (sister-in-law)

Dr. Sheel Patel (WSUGS 2021) with her fiancè, Dr. Moiz Dawood (WSUGS 2019) and his bride, Alisha Dawood

Dr. Awni Shahait (WSUGS 2021), his bride

Lana Alghanem, and their son Jad Shahait

Dr. David Edelman (WSU/GS 2002/09), Dr.

Lauren Marquette (WSUGS 2019), and her hus-

band Mr. Scott Marquette

Dr. Michael Busuito (WSU/GS/PS 1981/86/88) a very busy plastic

surgeon and current member of the Board of Governors at WSU

explains to Dr. Donald Weaver (WSUGS 1979), our department

chairman, the realities of life after the Board level

Dr. Michael White (WSU/GS 1990/97), his bride, Kathryn,

and Dr. Jessica Pochedley (WSUGS 2020)

Dr. Matthew Mayuiers (WSUGS 2019), hi bride, Miranda,

and Dr. Jessica Pochedley (WSUGS 2020)

July 2018

REPORTS FROM THE OUTFIELDREPORTS FROM THE OUTFIELD

Dr. Claude (Dutch) Day

Dr. Day’s first name was Claude, but he was more commonly known as Dutch Day.

He was the Director of the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery program at Wayne

State University. I first met him during my interview that Dr. Day and other doc-

tors conducted for selection in the training program. He didn’t look like a doctor or

professor from his appearance. He seemed more like a manager or an accountant of an old

English trading company.

He was a man of average height and build. His hair was graying fast and his matching thick

mustache appeared almost completely gray. He used to shape his moustache in a way that it

matched the length and breadth of us upper lip. One could see signs of wrinkles on his face if

one looked closely. His back was slightly bent. He used to wear ordinary suits and his knit tie

was always in a contrasting color to his suit. He always wore a Russian-style hat made of arti-

ficial fur. His hat, his moustache, and his bent back were his trademarks. About his personal

life, I only knew tht his wife was a psychiatrist.

Dr. Dutch day was a very experienced surgeon. He was very dedicated and was lucky to have

had the opportunity to work with some very famous surgeons soon after starting his practice.

Dr. Day worked with them as a junior partner. It was the same group of doctors that founded

the American Board of Thoracic Surgery in the Herman Kiefer Hospital in the 1940s. In the

United States, there are boards for various branches of surgery like ENT, general surgery,

orthopedic surgery, etc. Without passing the qualifying exams of these boards, no surgeon

was able to start their practice in that particular specialty. So, Dr. Day was among the

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Dr. S. Amjad Hussain Remembers His Thoracic Surgery

Residency at Wayne State University — Part IV

Dr. S. Amjad Hussain

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founders of the Board of my specialty, that’s why he was well-known in the thoracic surgery

circles of America. He was also a senior member of some of the prestigious surgical societies

in the United States.

Dr. Day had two very different sides to his personality: One inside the operating theater and

the other outside of it. His personality outside the operating theater was somewhat pleasant

and sociable. He looked more like an elegant scientist or an intellectual. Inside the operating

theater, he was more like an obstinate grumpy old man, who whined about anything and every-

thing. Outside the operating theater he used to call me Dr. Hussain and spoke softly. Inside

the operating theater he would shout rudely and angrily and say things like, “God damn Hussain,

can’t you hold the instrument right?”

Dr. Day wouldn’t let anyone else perform the operation and would do it himself from start to

finish, even though the norm of training programs is that the staff surgeon lets the house

staff perform operations under their supervision. With him, we worked more like assistants.

His perpetual complaint was that the assistants were not working properly or that the anes-

thetist wasn’t administering anesthesia correctly.

It was the fall of 1969. Dr. Day had to perform an operation in Harper Hospital. At that time,

the hospital’s operating rooms had large windows from which one could see the outside clearly.

Colorful leaves were sparkling with the sun shining through them. We decided we would try

our best to be so meticulous that there would be no room for Dr. Day to complain. The opera-

tion was going fine. The anesthetist was also part of this effort. The nurses were also ready

and attentive. But the hard-to-please side of Dr. Day had to find something to complain about.

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During the operation, he looked at the window and said, “Look at that God damn blazing sun. It

is creating too much light.” When he couldn’t find anything else to complain about, he started

complaining about the sun! After that incident, I was convinced that it was impossible to keep

Dr. Day happy inside the operating theater. That day, we decided that we would record his

complaint-filled conversation inside the operating theater and would play the cassette during

the farewell dinner of the residents. I was assigned the responsibility to record his conversa-

tion.

Equipped with a hidden tape-recorder, I assisted Dr. Day during a surgery. According to the

plan, the staff of the operating theater provided him enough opportunities to grumble. I also

contributed by creating minor difficulties for him during the operation, making sure not to af-

fect the patient, but only to irritate Dr. Day. The operating was going on and Dr. Day, in his

typical tone, said, “God damn Hussain, you have learned nothing in the past two years.” He car-

ried on, castigating the nurses and anesthetist in the same tone.

During the annual farewell dinner, the graduating surgeons took turns speaking about their

training and senior doctors. They also joked about the seniors while expressing their grati-

tude. When my turn came, I said that my past two years had been very pleasant. I learned a

lot and was very thankful to everybody for the opportunity. At the end, I said I wanted to

share, with the audience, the experience we had with Dr. Day inside the operating theater.

While listening to the tape, the audience was in stitches. The person who laughed the hardest

was Dr. Day, himself.

Dr. Day did not believe in giving or receiving gifts, however, he used to invite the resident

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surgeons to the monthly dinner of the surgical society. He used to pay for their dinners from

his own pocket. When I would see the artificial fur hat on his head, I would think that a real

fur hat would suit him very well. I arranged for a good quality karakuli topi (a traditional real

fur hat common in Pakistan) to be sent to me from Peshawar. I presented the hat to him. He

was astonished and asked how much he would have to pay for it. I told him that it was a gift

from me. He couldn’t believe it. After my continued insistence, he accepted the gift and

started wearing it on special occasions.

Another quality of Dr. Day was that he would always try to make sure that his residents lived

in comfort. If we needed anything for the residents’ rooms, he would force the hospital ad-

ministrator to purchase it for us. If we ignored his personality inside the operating theater,

we saw he was a sincere and compassionate man.

In 1970, I was planning on returning to Pakistan at the completion of my training. According to

the rules of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery specialties, I could only appear in the special-

ty exam after the conclusion of my training. What it meant for me was that I would have had

to say another year in the United States. I asked Dr. Day if it was possible that the Thoracic

Surgery Board would permit me to sit for the exam before the conclusion of my training. He

said he would try to get the permission. As I have mentioned before, the Thoracic Surgery

Board (The authority that conducts the exams for this specialty) had its office on the 7th

floor of the Herman Kiefer Hospital; our operating theaters were also on the same floor. Dr.

Day spoke to the Executive Secretary at the Board’s office, then called the president of the

Board and somehow convinced him to let me sit for the exam as an exceptional case. The folks

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at the Board were also surprised because traditionally, in the past, it had been that every doc-

tor who came to the United States for training, usually settled in the United States. I was

the odd one who was intending to return to my country. They also considered the fact that if

I followed the rules, it would take me one more year.

The exam took place in Washington DC and, unlike the other candidates, I learned that I had

passed the exam right there (I have mentioned this story in the last chapter). When the Ex-

ecutive Secretary of the Thoracic Surgery Board, Ms. Louise Sper, told Dr. Day that I had

passed the exam, he walked over to me and congratulated me enthusiastically. I forgot all his

previous rebukes that day.



Dr. Mona Taleb (WSUGS 2016)

is completing her MIS Fellowship

at the Jefferson University in

Philadelphia. She reports that

she has had a great experience

and has been able to do many com-

plicated cases. Although she thought that she

would be heading back to the warmth of South

Florida after her MIS fellowship, she has de-

cided to set up practice in the Northeast and

will be working in the beautiful state of Con-

necticut. She sends her best wishes to all of

the attending and residents in the department.

Dr. Roozbeh Mansour (WSUGS 2015)

reports that he has completed his

fellowship in MIS and Bariatric

Surgery at the Greenville Health

System in Greenville, South Caroli-

na in 2016. Subsequent to that, he

joined a private practice group in

Evansville, Indiana, namely, Evansville Surgical

Associates and has become a full partner this

spring.

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Dr. Mona Taleb

Dr. Roozbeh Mansour


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Dr. Mansour is actively involved in not only

MIS and bariatric surgery but is busy with

acute care and trauma at Greenville’s large

hospital. His weekly activities include complex

open laparoscopic procedures and robotic ab-

dominal wall and foregut operations. He

spends one full day each

week doing bariatric surgery.

Dr. Mansour “stole” Ms.

Jessica Bechtel (his fiancee)

from the Harper nursing

contingents when he moved

to Evansville, Indiana, where

she is beginning her master’s program as a

clinical nurse practitioner at the University of

Southern Indiana. The surgical clan wishes

them the best.

The RAS-ACS Scholarship Awardees

The Resident and Associate Society of the

American College of Surgeons (RAS-ACS) has

announced the winners of the RAS-ACS Lead-

ership Scholarship Awards. These winners

were selected based on the established crite-

ria of: (1) prior RAS-ACS involvement; (2) po-

tential for future leadership within RAS-ACS;

(3) strength of the letter of support; and (4)

how well their essay supports the RAS-ACS

vision.

Each scholarship covers course registration

and travel expenses to and from various ACS

meetings and courses and is supported by the

Jeanette and H. Peter Kriendler Charitable

Trust. The winners include our own, Dr. Nina

Delavari (WSUGS 2021), PGY-2, Wayne State

University, Royal Oak, Michigan, who will be

attending the ACS Quality and Safety Confer-

ence, July 21-24, in Orlando, Florida.

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Dr. Roozbeh Mansour and his

fiancé, Jessica Bechtel


July 2018


Dr. Michael Klein, prior long-

term chairman of the WSU De-

partment of Pediatric Surgery,

has dedicated the past two years

to covering only the Toledo

branch of their practice. Mike

quotes a “wise old friend” who

once told him that the best way to keep work-

ing, especially only part time, is to make your-

self valuable to your partners. This past De-

cember, Mike discontinued his clinical work in

the good ol’ USA and, therefore, gave up his

licenses except for the State of Michigan.

Mike also gave up his blog and editorial posi-

tions, since he believes that only actively prac-

ticing surgeons should be doing that.

Dr. Klein has been going to Kenya with the

Kenya Relief Organization (KenyaRelief.org)

for the past few years and will continue that

activity. He will also be traveling to Liberia

this summer to work with the Médecins Sans

Frontières (MSF) (Doctors without Borders).

He continues to do volunteer work with the

American Academy of Pediatrics, which keeps

him in Chicago several weeks each year, and he

is also involved in projects with the American

Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA). Dr.

Klein has continued to serve as the administra-

tive “Chief of Pediatric ENT” at the Children’s

Hospital of Michigan until July 1, 2018. He

continues to serve as the Treasurer of the

School of Medicine Faculty Senate and contin-

ues to be a member of the School of Medicine

Executive Committee. He is also involved in a

number of different volunteer projects.

Dr. Klein has been taking advantage of his

greater free time by visiting the Tour de Mont

Blanc in France this past September; Tuscany,

Italy, this past March; the Appalachian Trail in

April; and Burgundy, France this past June.

Regarding creative activity, Dr. Klein is pre-

paring to translate the poetry of St. Peter

Damian, which means that he has to fine tune

his Latin in order to make the proper transla-

tion. The editor believes that Dr. Klein is just

about as busy as he used to be when he was

chairman of the department.

Dr. Michael Klein


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You know—we come alive

From the love of a man and a woman

From her womb into this world

For a lifetime—to live

The birthing—the crying

The breathing—the being

The feeding—the miming

The growing—the showing

Life divides itself into phases

Phases blending colors

And changing with new sounds

We go thru’ life, today will be tomorrow

When is the time for living

If we live one life around

The reaching—the searching

The priming—the posing

The dreaming—the seeking

The finding—the telling




We go thru’ life, here’s yesterday’s

tomorrow


When we live one life around

The graying—the teaching

The preaching—the slowing

The waiting—n’ the wisening

Accepting—the ending




We go thru’ life, today’s the day for

living


Do we live one life around

We know, we come alive

From the warmth of her body

For the dark into the light, but

From the lightening to the dark’ning



One life around



One life around

One life around


Yvan Silva, MD— “La-La-Land”

Do We Live One Life Around?

Dr. Yvan Silva

ERRATUM

Last month it was stated that the fellow be-

tween Dr. Samantha Tarras and Ms. Janet

Damm is Dr. Andrew Hollenbeck; however,

that was wrong. The fellow is actually Dr. David Springstead

(WSUGS 2021). The editor promises to do better next time!!

Left to right ) Dr. Michael Damit (WSUGS 2021), his bride, Mrs.

Monica Damit, Dr. Michael White (WSU/GS 1990/97), Dr. Samantha

Tarras (WSUGS 2011), Dr. David Springstead (WSUGS 2021), and Ms.

Janet Damm.

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WSU MONTLY CONFERENCES

2018 Death & Complications Conference Didactic Lectures — 8 am

Every Wednesday from 7-8 Kresge Auditorium

Wednesday, July 11

Death & Complications Conference

SCORE—Perioperative Evaluation

Gamal Mostafa, MD WSU Mike & Marian Ilitch Department of Surgery

Wednesday, July 18


SCORE—Fluid and Electrolytes


Wednesday, July 25


SCORE—Benign Biliary 1


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2018

Dear WSSS Alumni and Friends:

The WSSS continues to thrive, offering support to our members and the current general surgery residents at WSU. As your president, I would like to summarize events of the last year, the status of the Society, and this year's calendar of events.

The annual meeting of the WSSS is held on the Tuesday night of the ACS week, which took place at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California on October 22-26, 2017. The cocktail reception and dinner was hosted by Chairman Donald Weaver and attended by 65 members and guests. The dinner is free for members and the residents attend as guests. I was proud of the accomplishments and future plans of our chiefs. They are a credit to the program. All chiefs automatically become members of the Society, dues-free for two years.

The Annual Lectureship of the WSSS is held on the Wednesday before the Detroit Trauma Symposium. The 2017 WSSS annual lecturer, Dr. Martin A. Schrieber from the Oregon Health & Science University, lectured on the new frontiers in blood transfusion. He is Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery. Dr. Schreiber’s special areas of interest are trauma surgery and surgical critical care. He received his medical degree in 1988 from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. Dr. Schreiber completed his internship at Madigan Army Medical Center in Fort Lewis, WA., and his residency training at the University of Washington in Seattle. His trauma and critical care fellowship was completed at the University of Washington.

The Detroit Trauma Symposium is second to none. It is amazing what Dr. Larry Diebel is able to accomplish year in and year out. There is some-thing for everyone: lectures by world famous surgeons, sunrise hands-on sessions, and panel discussions.

The Michael and Marian Ilitch Department of Surgery newsletter lists 118 members of the WSSS, including 61 Charter Life Members who have or will donate $10,000 to the Society, tax deductible! I am proud to tell you that we have over $205,119.28 in the bank and are in the process of investing a portion to ensure the Society will exist in perpetuity. Consider becoming a Life Member, invest in the future, and one of these out-standing residents may become your partner!

This year the WSSS meeting will be on Tuesday, October 23 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts, October 22-26, 2018. If you haven't been to an ACS meeting recently, come to Boston; the meeting is well worth attending and the WSSS cocktail reception and dinner is always a good time. (As is going out on the town with the residents afterwards.)

The Detroit Trauma Symposium and the WSSS Annual Lectureship Series continues to attract world class speakers. This year the 2018 guest lec-turer will be Dr. Lena M. Napolitano, MD . Dr. Napolitano is Professor of Surgery at the University of Michigan School of Medicine, Acute Care Surgery (Trauma, Burns, Critical Care, Emergency Surgery), Program Director of the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship (6 fellows annually) and Asso-ciate Chair for the Department of Surgery. Dr. Napolitano is certified by the American Board of Surgery in General Surgery as well as Surgical Criti-cal Care. She is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, American College of Critical Care Medicine (ACCM), and the American College of Chest Physicians. Dr. Napolitano is a member and holds leadership positions in numerous professional organizations in surgery, trauma and surgi-cal critical care.

The WSSS dinner will be held Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at Giovanni's Ristorantè. Dr. Napolitano will be the honored guest, but the price is steep; she must answer truthfully all questions posed. No matter how “inspired” you are by the dinner, try to make the M&M conference which precedes the WSSS Lecture on Wednesday morning, November 7, and I will introduce Dr. Napolitano and hope to see you there. Make plans to stay for the Detroit Trauma Symposium.

Serving as your President has been an honor and a privilege. As I stated before, the WSU Department of Surgery and the WSSS is responsible for a large part of my modest success as a surgeon. It is an organization that brings old friends together with mentors and future partners. It is worthy of your participation and support.

Sincerely,

Brian Shapiro, MD, FACS

President, WSSS

July 2018

Wayne State Surgical Society

2018 Dues Notice

Name:

Address:

City/State/Zip:

Service Description Amount

2018 Dues Payment ______________________$200 ______

My contribution for “An Operation A Year for WSU” ______

*Charter Life Member ____________________$1000 ______

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Charles Lucas, MD

Department of Surgery

Detroit Receiving Hospital, Room 2V

4201 St. Antoine Street

Detroit, Michigan 48201

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Midwest Surgical Association

August 5-7, 2018

Grand Hotel

Mackinac Island

77th Annual American Association for the

Surgery of Trauma & Clinical Congress of

Acute Care Surgery and 4th World Trauma

Congress

September 26-29

Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel

San Diego, CA

American College of Surgeons Clinical

Congress 2018

October 21-25

Boston Convention & Exhibition Center

Boston, MA

Please Update Your

Information

The WSUSOM Department of Sur-

gery wants to stay in touch.

Please email Charles Lucas at

[email protected] to update

your contact information.

July 2018

WAYNE STATE SURGICAL SOCIETY

OFFICERS BALLOT

2018

PRESIDENT-ELECT:

□ Scott Davidson

Members-At-Large:

□ Bruce McIntosh

Resident Member:

□ Anna M. Knight

July 2018

Missing Emails

Over the years the WSU Department of Surgery has lost touch with many of its alumni. If you know the email, ad-

dress, or phone number of the following WSU Department of Surgery Residency Program graduates please email

us at [email protected] with their information so that we can get them on the distribution list for the WSU

Department of Surgery Alumni Monthly Email Report.

Mohammad Ali (1973)

David B. Allen (1992)

Tayful R. Ayalp (1979)

Robert C. Birks (1970)

Juan C. Calzetta (1982)

Kuan-Cheng Chen (1976)

Elizabeth Colaiuta (2001)

Fernando I. Colon (1991)

David Davis (1984)

Teoman Demir (1996)

Judy A. Emanuele (1997)

Lawrence J. Goldstein (1993)

David M. Gordon (1993)

Raghuram Gorti (2002)

Karin Haji (1973)

Morteza Hariri (1970)

Abdul A. Hassan (1971)

Rose L. Jumah (2006)

R. Kambhampati (2003)

Aftab Khan (1973)

Samuel D. Lyons (1988)

Dean R. Marson (1997)

Syed A. Mehmood (2007)

Mehul M. Mehta (1992)

Toby Meltzer (1987)

Roberto Mendez (1997)

Mark D. Morasch (1998)

Daniel J. Olson (1993)

David Packer (1998)

Y. Park (1972)

Bhavik G. Patel (2004)

Ami Raafat (1998)

Kevin Radecki (2001)

Sudarshan R. Reddy (1984)

Renato G. Ruggiero (1994)

Parvid Sadjadi (1971)

Samson P. Samuel (1996)

Knavery D. Scaff (2003)

Steven C. Schueller (1974)

Anand G. Shah (2005)

Anil Shetty (2008)

Chanderdeep Singh (2002)

D. Sukumaran (1972)

David G. Tse (1997)

Christopher N. Vashi (2007)

Larry A. Wolk (1984)

Peter Y. Wong (2002)

Shane Yamane (2005)

Chungie Yang (2005)

Hossein A. Yazdy (1970)

Lawrence S. Zachary (1985)

Wayne State Surgical Society

The Wayne State Surgical Society (WSSS) was established during the tenure of Dr. Walt as the chair-

man of the Department of Surgery. WSSS was designed to create closer contact between the current fac-

ulty and residents with the former resident members in order to create a living family of all of the WSU

Department of Surgery. The WSSS also supports department activities. Charter/Life Membership in the

WSSS is attained by a donation of $1,000 per year for ten years or $10,000 prior to ten years. Annual

membership is attained by a donation of $200 per year. WSSS supports a visiting lecturer each fall and

co-sponsors the annual reception of the department at the annual meeting of the American College of

Surgeons. Dr. Randall W. Smith (WSU/GS 1981/86) passed the baton of presidency to Dr. Brian Shapiro

(WSU/GS 1988/93) at the WSSS Gathering during the 3.0American College of Surgeons meeting in Octo-

ber 2016. Members of the WSSS are listed on the next page. Dr. Shapiro continues in the hope that all

former residents will become lifetime members of the WSSS and participate in the annual sponsored lec-

tureship and the annual reunion at the American College of Surgeons meeting.

July 2018

Members of the Wayne State Surgical Society

Charter Life Members

Ahn, Dean

Albaran, Renato G

Allaben, Robert D.

(Deceased)

Ames, Elliot L.

Amirikia, Kathryn C.

Auer, George

Bassett, Joseph

Baylor, Alfred

Bouwman, David

Cirocco, William C.

Clink, Douglas

Colon, Fernando I.

Conway, W. Charles

Davidson, Scott B.

Dujon, Jay

Edelman, David

Francis, Wesley

Flynn, Lisa M.

Fromm, Stefan H.

Fromm, David G

Galpin, Peter A.

Gayer, Christopher P.

Gerrick Stanley

Grifka Thomas J.

(Deceased)

Gutowski, Tomasz D.

Herman, Mark A.

Hinshaw, Keith A.

Holmes, Robert J.

Huebl, Herbert C.

Johnson, Jeffrey R.

Johnson, Pamela D.

Kovalik, Simon G.

Lange, William

(Deceased)

Lau, David

Ledgerwood, Anna M.

Lim, John J.

Lucas, Charles E.

Malian, Michael S.

McIntosh, Bruce

Montenegro, Carlos E.

Narkiewicz, Lawrence

Novakovic, Rachel

Ramnauth, Subhash

Rector, Frederick

Rose, Alexander

Rosenberg, Jerry C.

Sarin, Susan

Shapiro, Brian

Smith, Daniel

Smith, Randall W.

Stassinopoulos, Jerry

Sullivan, Daniel M.

Sugawa, Choichi

vonBerg, Vollrad J.

(Deceased)

Washington, Bruce C.

Walt, Alexander

(Deceased)

Weaver, Donald

Whittle, Thomas J.

Williams, Mallory

Wilson, Robert F.

Wood, Michael H.

Zahriya, Karim

Members of the Wayne State Surgical Society—2018 Dues

Alpendre, Cristiano

Babel, James B.

Bambach, Gregory A.

Bradley, Jennifer

Bucci, Lorenzo

Busuito, Michael J.

Dawson, Konrad L.

Dittenbir, Mark

Dulchavsky, Scott A.

Engwall, Sandra S.

Field, Erin

Gallick, Harold

Horness, Mark D.

Jabbar, Furrukh

Joseph, Anthony L.

Kaderabek, Douglas

Klein, Michael D.

Kline, Gary

Kosir, Mary Ann

Leibold, Walter

Lopez, Peter P.

Mansour, Roozbeh

Marquez, JoFrances Jr.

Masood, M. Faraz

McAlpin, Glenn M.

Mueller, Michael J.

Perrone, Erin

Phillips, Linda G.

Porter, Donald

Resto, Andy

Schwarz, Karl W.

Sferra, Joseph

Siegel, Thomas S.

Spotts, Josette

Taylor, Michael G.

Tennenberg, Steven

Thom, Norman W.

Thomas, Gregory

Vasquez, Julio

Ziegler, Daniel

Zoellner, Steven M.

Operation-A-Year

January 1—December 31, 2018

The WSU department of Surgery has instituted a new group of alumni who are remembering their

training by donating the proceeds of one operation a year to the department. Those who join this new

effort will be recognized herein as annual contributors. We hope that all of you will remember the

department by donating one operation, regardless of difficulty or reimbursement, to the department to

help train your replacements. Please send you donation to the Wayne State Surgical Society in care of

Dr. Charles E. Lucas at Detroit Receiving Hospital, 4201 St. Antoine Street (Room 2V), Detroit, MI, 48201.

Albaran, Renato G.

Cirocco, William C.

Davidson, Scott

Dujon, Jay

Gayer, Christopher P.

Gutowski, Tomasz D.

Herman, Mark A.

Hinshaw, Keith A.

Johnson, Jeffrey R.

Johnson, Pamela D.

Joseph, Anthony L.

Malian, Michael

Narkiewicz, Lawrence

Novakovic, Rachel L.

Shapiro, Brian S.

Smith, Randall A.

Sugawa, Choichi

Sullivan, Daniel M.

Whittle, Thomas J.

Wood, Michael H.

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