Curriculum Vitae

David A. Rogers, M.D.
Professor, Division of General Surgery


E-mail: drogers@siumed.edu

Specialities

• Pediatric malignancies
• Surgical education

Brief Bio

Dr. David Rogers is an associate professor in the Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.
Dr. Rogers received his medical degree from the University of South Florida in Tampa. He completed his general surgery residency as well as a surgery research fellowship at the Medical College of Georgia. He later completed a Pediatric Surgical Oncology Fellowship at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and a Pediatric Surgery Residency at the University of Tennessee. He is board certified in general surgery. Dr. Rogers is a member of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Pediatrics with a certificate of Special Qualifications in Pediatric Surgery.
Dr. Rogers has co-authored over 30 journal articles and given over 50 presentations and educational courses. His research interests are in surgical education.
Dr. Rogers was born in Gainesville, Florida. He and his wife, Laura, have two sons and reside in Springfield.
For more information or to schedule an appointment with Dr. Rogers, please call 217-545-0702.

Education:

• High School: Brandon High School
  Brandon, Florida 1974-77
• College: University of South Florida
  College of Natural Science
  Tampa, Florida 1977-80
  B.S., Cum Laude, Clinical Chemistry
• Graduate: University of South Florida
  College of Medicine
  Tampa, Florida 1980-84
  M.D. Degree
• University of Illinois
  College of Medicine
  Department of Medical Education
  Masters of Health Professions Education
  1998-2003
• Postgraduate: Internship and Residency
  Medical College of Georgia
  General Surgery, 1984-90
  Surgery Research Fellow
  Medical College of Georgia
  1986-87
• Administrative Chief Resident
  Medical College of Georgia
  General Surgery
  1989-90
• Pediatric Surgical Oncology Fellow
  St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
  1991 - 1992
• Pediatric Surgery Resident
  University of Tennessee
  1992 - 1994
• Surgical Education Research Fellowship
  Association for Surgical Education
  1995-1996

Board Certification

• American Board of Surgery, Certificate #36890, 12/17/91.
  Recertified, 10/20/00.
• Special Qualifications in Pediatric Surgery, Certificate #690, 04/01/96.
  Recertified, 10/10/05.
  
  

Academic Appointments:

• Assistant Professor of Surgery (Non-tenured)
  Section of Gastrointestinal Surgery
  Medical College of Georgia
  1990-91(active)
  1991-94(on leave)
• Assistant Professor of Surgery (Non-tenured)
  Section of Pediatric Surgery
  Medical College of Georgia
  1994-1995
• Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics (Non-tenured)
  Section of Pediatric Surgery
  Medical College of Georgia
  1995-2000
• Associate Professor of Surgery (Tenured)
  Department of Surgery
  Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
  2000-2004
• Professor of Surgery (Tenured)
  Department of Surgery
  Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
  2004-2005
• Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics (Tenured)
  Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics
  Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
  2005-present.
• SimmonsCooper Cancer Institute at SIU
  Associate Member
  2006-present
• Scholar
  Academy for Scholarship in Education
  SIU School of Medicine
  2008-present

Committee Assignments:

• LeBonheur Children's                  
  Medical Center
  Surgical Case Review Committee 1992
  Joint Practice Committee, 1993-94
  
  
• Medical College of Georgia Hospitals and Clinics: 
  Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee  1986-91
  Facilities Committee, 1986
  Housestaff Council, 1989-90
  Surgery Clinic Committee, 1989-1991
  Antimicrobial Subcommittee, 1990-91
  Search Committee for Director of Pediatric Nursing, 1994-1995
  Ethics Committee, 1994-1998
  Pediatric CPR Committee, 1996-1997
  Risk Management Committee, 1996-1999  
  Pediatric Trauma Committee, 1994-2000
  CMC Coordinating Council, 1996-1997
  Search Committee for Associate Director of Pastoral Counseling, 1997
  CMC Patient Task Force Committee 1997
  Executive Committee 1997- 1999
  
• Medical College of Georgia                     
  LCME Accreditation Committee, 1986
  Phase III Curriculum Committee, 1997-2000
  School of Medicine Chairman, 1998-2000
  LCME Objectives Committee Chairman, 1999
  Essentials of Clinical Medicine- Clinical Medicine Group, 1999
  Mission-Based Management Education Design Team, 1999
  
  
• Medical College of Georgia Academic Council
  Scholarship Ad Hoc Committee, 1999
  
  
• Medical College of Georgia Department of Surgery 
  Surgery Student Education Committee Chair, 1997-8
                                       
• Medical College of Georgia Department of Pediatrics
  Promotions Committee 1996-1998
                     
• Southern Illinois University School of Medicine                    
  Year 3 Curriculum Coordinating Committee, 2000-2004
  Year 3 Curriculum Committee Clerkship Calendar Task Force, 2000
  Student Progress Committee, 2001-present, Vice-Chair 2003-2004
  Chair, 2004-present   
  Year 3-4 Calendar Task Force, 2004
  SCCX Remediation Committee, 2005
  Educational Policy Committee, 2004-present
  LCME Medical Student Committee 2005-6
  SIU Education Strategic Task Force 2007
  Resident Grievance Hearing Committee, Chair, 2007
  Graduate Medical Education Committee, 2006-present
  
  
• Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
  Department of Surgery
  Student Education Committee (Chair), 2001-2003
  
  
• Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
  Department of Pediatrics 
  Pediatric Residency Curriculum Committee, 2004-2006
  Pediatric Chair Search Committee, 2004-2005    
      
  
• St. Johns Hospital                                   
  PICU Committee, 2000-present
  NICU Committee, 2003-2005
  OR Design Committee, 2004-2005
  Children’s Hospital Advisory Board, 2005-2007
  Children’s Hospital Operating Committee, 2005-present
  CHOC Quality Initiatives Subcommittee, 2006-7
  Pediatric Trauma QI Committee, 2006-2008
  Pediatric ED/Urgent Care Area Planning Committee, 2007
  Pediatric Environment Subcommittee, 2007
  Financial Analysis Subcommittee, 2007
  Children’s Hospital Strategic Planning Steering Committee, 2007-present
  Meditech Physician Advisory Group 2008-present

Scientific And Professional Societies:

• American Pediatric Surgical Association
• American College of Surgeons, Fellow
• Moretz Surgical Society
• American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow
• Association for Surgical Education
• Society for University Surgeons
• International Association for Conflict Management
  
  

Scientific and Professional Societies (Offices held)

• Moretz Surgical Society- Program Director, 1998-1999
• Association for Surgical Education, Educational Research Committee, Vice Chair 2000-2002, Chair 2002-2004
• Association for Surgical Education, Program Committee, Vice Chairman, 2002-2003, Chair 2003-2004
• American College of Surgeons Medical Student Program Coordinator, 2004
• Association for Surgical Education, Treasurer, 2005-present
• Association for Surgical Education, Vice-President, 2007-2008
  
• Association for Surgical Education, Vice-President/President-Elect, 2008-present

Scientific and Professional Societies: (Committee Memberships)

• Association for Surgical Education
  Surgical Education Research Fellowship Advisory Committee, 1999-2005
  Educational Research Committee, 1999-present
  Program Committee, 2001-2005
• American College of Surgeons
  Subcommittee on Surgical Education in Medical Schools, 1998-2004
  Executive Committee, 2001-2004
  Ad hoc Committee on Prerequisites of Graduate Medical Education, 1998-1999
• Scientific Committee for the 12th International Ottawa Conference on Clinical Competence
  

Community Activities

Hope Evangelical Free Church
Springfield, Illinois

Publications (Peer Reviewed Journal Articles)

1. Rogers DA, Mansberger J: Gastrointestinal vascular ischemia caused by ergotamine. Southern Medical Journal, 82:1058-1059, 1989.

2. Rogers DA, Dingus D, Stanfield J, DiPiro J, May R, Bowden T: A prospective study of patient controlled analgesia: impact on overall hospital course. American Surgeon, 56:86-89, 1990.

3. Howell C, Rogers DA, Gable D, Falls G: Bilateral ovarian fibromas in children. The Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 25:690-691, 1990.

4. Bowden T, Hooks V, Rogers DA: The role of highly selective vagotomy and duodenoplasty in the treatment of post-bulbar duodenal obstruction. The American Journal of Surgery,159:15-20,1990.

5. Howell C, Hatley R, Boedy R, Rogers DA, Kanto W, Parrish R: Recent experience with diaphragmatic hernia and ECMO. Annals of Surgery, 211:793-798,1990.

6. Rogers DA, Phillipe PG, Lobe TE, Kay GA, Gilchrist BF, Schropp KP,Rao BN: Thoracoscopy in children: An initial experience with an evolving technique. Journal of Laparoendoscopic Surgery, 2:7-14,1992.

7. Phillippe PG, Rao BN, Rogers DA, Fontanesi J, Bowman L, Parham D, Shapiro D. Lobe TE, Fleming I: Sarcomas of the flexor fossae: Is amputation necessary? Journal of Pediatric Surgery,27:964-967,1992.

8. Mansberger JA, Rogers DA, Jennings WD, Leroy J: A comparison of a new two-layer anatomic repair to the traditional shouldice herniorrhaphy. The American Surgeon, 58:211-212, 1992.

9. Dingus DJ, Sherman JC, Rogers DA, DiPiro JT, May JR, Bowden TA: Buprenorphine versus morphine for patient controlled analgesia following cholecystectomy. Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, 177:1-6, 1993.

10. Rogers DA, Lobe TE: Thoracoscopic procedures in children. Laparoscopic Surgery, 1:154-160, 1993.

11. Lobe TE, Schropp KP, Rogers DA, Rao BN: A "Smart Needle" to facilitate difficult vascular access in pediatric patients. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 28:1401-1402, 1993.

12. Rogers DA, Rao BN, Bowman L, Marina N. Fleming ID, Schropp KP, Lobe TE: Primary malignancy of the salivary gland in children. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 29:44-47, 1994.

13. Rogers DA, Lobe TE, Rao BN, Fleming ID, Schropp KP, Pratt CB, Pappo AS: Breast malignancy in children. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 29:48-51, 1994.

14. Smith BM, Schropp KP, Lobe TE, Rogers DA, Presbury GJ, Wilimas JA, Wong WC: Laparoscopic splenectomy in childhood. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 29: 975-977, 1994.

15. Rogers DA, Rao BN, Meyer WH, Pappo A, Lobe TE, Fleming ID, Kauffman WM: Indications For hemiscrotectomy in the management of genitourinary tumors in children. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 30: 1437-1439, 1995.

16. Janu PG, Rogers DA, Lobe TE: A comparison of laparoscopic and traditional open splenectomy in childhood. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 31:109-114, 1996.

17. Smith MB, Lobe TE, Rogers DA: A prospective evaluation of an endoscopic ultrasonic probe to detect intraparenchymal malignancy at pediatric thoracoscopy. Journal of Laparoendoscopic Surgery 6:233-237, 1996.

18. Rogers DA, Benjamin JT, Hatley RM, Howell CG, Beall SM: The status of pediatric surgical rotations by residents in pediatrics. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 31:1362-1363, 1996.

19. Williams S, Burton EM, Day S, Hanley M, Mercado-Deane MG, Rogers DA: Combined sequestration, bronchogenic cyst, and dysgenetic lung simulating congenital lobar emphysema. Southern Medical Journal 89:1220-1222, 1996

20. Rogers DA, Hatley RM, Howell CH: A prospective, randomized comparison of traditional and laparoscopic inguinal exploration in children. American Surgeon 64:119-121, 1998.

21. Rogers DA, Regehr G, Yeh KA, Howdieshell TR: Computer-assisted learning versus a lecture and feedback seminar for teaching a basic surgical technical skill. American Journal of Surgery 175:508-510, 1998.

22. Cason DL, Burton EM, Carter BS, Carrillo PJ, Hatley RM, Rogers DA, Bhatia J. Neonatal pharyngeal pseudodiverticulum mimicking esophageal atresia. Southern Medical Journal 91:1163-1165, 1998.

23. Prystowsky JB, Regehr G, Rogers DA, Loan JP, Hiemenz LL, Smith KM. A virtual reality module for intravenous catheter placement. American Journal of Surgery 177:171-175,1999.

24. Rogers DA, Regehr G, Howdieshell TR, Yeh KA, Palm E. The impact of external feedback on computer-assisted learning for surgical technical skill training. American Journal of Surgery 179:341-343, 2000.

25. Rogers DA, Regehr G, Gelula M, Yeh KA, Howdieshell TR, Webb W. Peer teaching and computer-assisted learning: An effective combination for surgical skill training? Journal of Surgical Research 92:53-55, 2000.

26. Rogers DA, Elstein AS, Bordage G. Improving continuing medical education for surgical techniques: Applying the lessons learned in the first decade of minimal access surgery. Annals of Surgery 233:159-166, 2001.

27. Rogers DA, Regehr G, MacDonald J. A role for error training in surgical technical skill instruction and evaluation. American Journal of Surgery 183:242-245, 2002.

28. Boehler ML, Schwind CJ, Dunnington G, Rogers DA, Folse R. Medical student contact with patients on a surgery clerkship: Is there a chance to learn? Journal of the American College of Surgeons 195:539-542, 2002.

29. Boehler ML, Rogers DA, Schwind CJ, Williams RG, Dunnington G. Who are the surgery clerkship directors and what are their educational needs? The American Journal of Surgery 185:216-18; 2003.

30. MacDonald J, Williams RG, Rogers DA. Self-assessment in simulations-based surgical skills training. The American Journal of Surgery 185:319-22, 2003.

31. Schwind CJ, Boehler ML, Rogers DA, Williams RG, Dunnington G, Folse R, Markwell SJ. Variables influencing medical student learning in the operating room. The American Journal of Surgery. 187:198-200, 2004.

32. Boehler ML, Rogers DA, Schwind CJ, Fortune J, Ketchum J, Dunnington G. A senior elective designed to prepare medical students for surgical residency. The American Journal of Surgery 187:695-697, 2004.

33. Williams RG, Schwind CJ, Dunnington GL, Fortune F, Rogers DA, Boehler M. The effects of group dynamics on resident progress committee deliberations. Teach Learn Med 17:96-100;2005.

34. Lingard L, Regehr G, Espin S, Devito I, Whyte S, Buller D, Sadovy B, Rogers D, Reznick R. Perceptions of operating room tension across professions: Building generalizable evidence and educational resources. Acad Med 80(10 suppl):S75-79, 2005.

35. Hak EB, Rogers DA, Storm MC, Helms RA. Protein and nitrogen metabolism changes following closed head injury or cardiothoracic surgery in pediatric patients. Pediatric Pharmacotherapy and Therapeutics. (In press).

36. Boehler ML, Rogers DA, Schwind CJ, Mayforth R, Quinn J, Williams RG, Dunnington G. An investigation of medical student reactions to feedback: a randomized controlled trial. Medical Education 2006;40:746-9.

37. Rogers DA, Lingard L. Surgeons Managing Conflict: A Framework for Understanding the Challenge. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2006;203:568-547

38. Boehler ML, Schwind CJ, Rogers DA, Ketchum J, O’Sullivan E, Mayforth R, Quin J, Wohltman C, Johnson C, Williams RG, Dunnington G. A Theory-based Curriculum for Enhancing Surgical Skillfulness. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2007;205:492-7.

Publications (Non-Peer Reviewed Journal Articles)

1. Rogers DA, Bowden TA: Gastrostomy: Operative verses non-operative. Surgical Clinics of North America, 72:515-524, 1992.

2. Rogers DA, Lobe TE, Schropp KP: Evolving uses of laparoscopy in children. Surgical Clinics of North America, 72:1299-1313, 1992.

3. Rogers DA, Lobe TE, Schropp KP: Imaged Thoracoscopic Surgery in Pediatrics. Chest Clinics of North America, 3:325-336, 1993.

4. Rogers DA, Parsons J: How is an occluded central line in an infant managed? (Column). Support Line 20:16, 1998.

5. Rogers DA: Ministers of Education. Focus on Surgical Education 16:31-32,1999.

6. Rogers DA: Music Lessons. Focus on Surgical Education 17:3, 2000.

7. Rogers DA: And The Answer Is…. Focus on Surgical Education 18:4, 2001.

8. Rogers DA. Ethical and educational considerations in minimially invasive surgery training for practicing surgeons. Seminars in Laparoscopic Surgery 9:206-211, 2002.

9. Rogers DA. How to develop a practical and effective American Board of Surgery In-Service Training Examination remediation program. American College of Surgeons Residency Assist Page. March 30, 2004. Bell RH and DaRosa DA (Editors). http://www.facs.org/education/rap/rogers0405.html

10. Rogers DA. Addressing the new LCME accreditation Requirements for surgery clerkships: You can do it. Focus on Surgical Education 22:27-8, 2005.

11. Rogers DA. Simulation and Continuing Medical Education. Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery 19:108-114, 2008.

Publications (Abstracts)

1. Rogers DA, Howell CG, Parrish R, Kanto W: Neonatal diaphragmatic hernia: The impact of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Southern Medical Journal, 82:74,1989.

2. Rogers DA, Dingus D, Stanfield J, DiPiro J, May R, Bowden T: A prospective study of patient controlled analgesia: impact on overall hospital course. The Journal of Urology, 144:1073, 1990.

3. Schwind, CJ, Boehler, ML, Rogers, DA, Williams, RG, Dunnington, G, Folse, R, Markwell, SJ. Variables influencing medical student learning in the operating room (abstract). Year Book of Surgery, 2005; 8.

4. Boehler ML, Rogers DA, Schwind CJ, Mayforth R, Quin J, Williams RG, Dunnington G. An investigation of medical student reactions to feedback: a randomized controlled trial. J Gen Intern Med 23:196, 2008.

Publications (Thesis)

1. Conflict in Medical Learning Groups: An Investigation of Sources and Participant Responses. Successfully defended on March 17, 2003.

Publications (Chapters)

1. DiPiro JT, Rogers DA: Intra-abdominal abscess, in DiPiro JT (ed):Pharmacotherapy, Appleton & Lange, 1992.

2. Rogers DA: Cholecystectomy, in Lobe TE, Schropp KP (ed): Pediatric Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy. W.B. Saunders Co., 1993.

3. Lobe TE, Schropp KP, Rogers DA: Laparoscopic management for inguinal and hiatal hernia (Nissen fundoplication), in Holcomb GW, III (ed): Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery, Appleton and Lange, 1994.

4. Rogers DA, Lobe TE: Metabolic response to injury and shock, in Buntain WL (ed): The Management of Pediatric Trauma, W.B. Saunders Co., 1995.

5. Rogers DA, Lobe TE: Thoracoscopic surgery in children, in Deiter RA (ed): Thoracoscopy Igaku-Shoin Medical Publishers, Inc., 1995.

6. DiPiro JT, Rogers DA: Intra-abdominal abscess, in DiPiro JT (ed): Pharmacotherapy, Appleton & Lange, 1997.

7. DiPiro JT, Rogers DA: Intra-abdominal abscess, in DiPiro JT (ed): Pharmacotherapy, Appleton & Lange, 1999.

8. Rogers DA, Evaluating Medical Student Procedural Skills, in Guidebook for Clerkship Directors, Fincher RM ed., Assoc.of American Medical Colleges, 2000.

9. Rogers DA, DaRosa DA, Williams R, Hauge L, Dunnington G. Using Cognitive Task Analysis to Develop a Surgical Procedural Curriculum, in Park A, Witzke DB (ed). Minimally Invasive Surgery Training—State of the Art: An Electronic Book. 2005. (In press)

10. White C, Manfred L, Bowen J, Leamon M, Koestler J, Konopasek L, Rogers DA. Chapter 5: Instructional Methods and Strategies in Guidebook for Clerkship Directors (Third Edition), Fincher RM. (ed). Alliance for Clinical Education, 2005.

11. McGaghie WC, Pangaro LN, Ainsworth M, Albritton TA, Battistone M, Carnahan D, Corcoran J, Denton GD, Fincher RE, Ginsburg S, Grum CM, Hemmer PA, Holmboe E, Issenber SB, Jamieson T, Leggio LE, Poremba J, Rogers DA, Scalese RJ, Szauter K. Chapter 6: Evaluation and Grading of Students in Guidebook for Clerkship Directors (Third Edition), Fincher RM. (ed). Alliance for Clinical Education, 2005.

12. Rogers DA. Education and Training for Pediatric Minimal Access Surgery in Pediatric minimal access surgery. Langer JC, Albanese CT. Taylor & Francis, 2005

13. Wolfson P, Poenaru D, Pettit B, Rogers DA. Pediatric Surgery: surgical diseases of children, Chapter 2, in Lawrence PF, Bell RM, Dayton MT. (ed). Essentials of Surgical Specialties. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2006.

14. Rogers DA, Ketchum J. Knot Tying in ACS/APDS Surgical Skills Curriculum for Residents: Phase1. http://elearning.facs.org/course/view.php?id=3
15. Rogers DA. Chapter 62. Persistent Jaundice in a 1-month-old infant (Case 43) in Mann BD (ed): Surgery. A Competency-based companion. Saunders Elsevier, 2008.

Presentations

1. "The Use of Fibronectin in Trauma Patients" to the CSRA Chapter of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. April 15, 1988.

2. "A Prospective Study of Patient-Controlled Analgesia: Impact on Overall Hospital Course" to the Southeastern Surgical Congress, January 24-27, 1989, and the Moretz Surgical Society, March 3, 1990.

3. "Neonatal Diaphragmatic Hernia: The Impact of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: to the Georgia Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, March 3-6, 1989 and to the Eighty third Scientific Assembly of the Southern Medical Association, November 5-8, 1989.

4. "Vagotomy in the Management of Peptic Ulcer Disease" to Surgical Grand Rounds at the Medical College of Georgia, October 7, 1989.

5. "A Modification of the Shouldice Herniorrhaphy" to the Moretz Surgical Society, March 3, 1990, and to the Georgia Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, March 10, 1990.

6. "Postoperative Bowel Motility" to Surgical Grand Rounds at the Medical College of Georgia, March 24, 1990.

7. ATLS Course, Instructor
September 29, 1989, Medical College of Georgia
February 3, 1990, Medical College of Georgia
September 28, 1990, Medical College of Georgia
November 2, 1991, University of Tennessee, Memphis
May 22, 1992, University of Tennessee, Memphis
June 19, 1993, University of Tennessee, Memphis
November 30, 1993 University of Tennessee, Memphis
October 28, 1994 Medical College of Georgia
June 30, 1995 Medical College of Georgia
October 13, 1995 Medical College of Georgia
July 12, 1997 Medical College of Georgia
July 2, 1998 Medical College of Georgia
March 3, 2000 Medical College of Georgia
April 28, 2001 Champaign, Illinois
June 27, 2001 Springfield, Illinois
August 25, 2001 Champaign, Illinois
March 16, 2002 Champaign, Illinois
June 27, 2002 Springfield, Illinois
March 18, 2003 Springfield, Illinois
June 22, 2005 Springfield, Illinois

8. "Interpreting the Surgical Literature" to Surgical Grand Rounds at the Medical College of Georgia, January 12, 1991.

9. "Buprenorphine Hydrochloride vs. Morphine Sulfate after Cholecystectomy" to the Moretz Surgical Society, March 2, 1991.

10. "Recent Technological Advances Improve Diagnosis and Treatment with Thoracoscopy in Children" to the Surgical Section of The American Academy of Pediatrics. October 26-27, 1991.

11. "Thoracoscopy in Pediatric Oncology Patients" to the Moretz Surgical Society, March 7, 1992.

12. "Breast Malignancy in Children" as a poster to the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, May 12-16, 1992.

13. "Primary Malignancy of the Salivary Gland in Children"as a poster to the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, May 12-16, 1992.

14. "Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication" to the Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy Workshop at the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, May 12-16, 1992.

15. "Soft Tissue Sarcomas of the Hand and Foot" as a poster to the Twenty-Fourth Annual meeting of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP), October 12-16, 1992.

16. "Thoracoscopic Management of Pleural Effusions in Children" at the Fourteenth Annual North American Pediatric Surgical Residents conference, October 1-3, 1993.

17. "Meconium Disease of Infancy" to Surgical Grand Rounds at the Medical College of Georgia, August 13, 1994.

18. PALS, Instructor
November 11-12, 1994, Medical College of Georgia
February 15, 1995, Medical College of Georgia
March 9, 1995, Medical College of Georgia
March 14, 1996 Medical College of Georgia
June 20, 1996 Medical College of Georgia
October 17, 1996 Medical College of Georgia
October 9, 1997 Medical College of Georgia
January 22, 1998 Medical College of Georgia
March 17, 1998 Medical College of Georgia
June 24, 1998 Medical College of Georgia
October 8, 1998 Medical College of Georgia
April 21, 1999 Medical College of Georgia
September 9, 1999 Medical College of Georgia
October 8, 1999 Medical College of Georgia
January 25, 2000 Medical College of Georgia
June 21, 2000 Medical College of Georgia
December 1, 2000 St. Johns Hospital, Springfield, Illinois
March 10, 2001 St. Johns Hospital, Springfield, Illinois
June 7, 2001 St. Johns Hospital, Springfield, Illinois
August 28, 2002 St. Johns Hospital, Springfield, Illinois
November 18, 2002 St. Johns Hospital, Springfield, Illinois
October 23, 2003 St. Johns Hospital, Springfield, Illinois
February 23, 2004 St. Johns Hospital, Springfield, Illinois
May 12, 2005, St. Johns Hospital, Springfield, Illinois
July 8, 2005, St. Johns Hospital, Springfield, Illinois
August 5, 2005, St. Johns Hospital, Springfield, Illinois

19. "Three Dimensional Anatomic Modeling" to the Surgical Research Conference at the Medical College of Georgia, December 2, 1994.

20. “A Retrospective Comparison of Laparoscopic and Open Splenectomy in Children” at the Twenty Fifth Annual Meeting of the Moretz Surgical Society, March 3-4, 1995.

21. Pediatric Noon Conferences- Medical College of Georgia
“Groin Conditions in Children”- June 2, 1995
“Short Bowel Syndrome”- February 26, 1996
“Neck Masses in Children”- April 22, 1996
“Trouble Shooting Pediatric Gastrostomy Problems”- January 24, 1997
“Initial Assessment and Resuscitation of the Pediatric Trauma Patient”- August 20, 1997
“Congenital Anomalies of the Respiratory System” - March 16, 1999
“Clinical Teaching Skills”- April 27, 2000

22. “Biomedical Simulation” to Pediatric Grand Rounds, Medical College of Georgia, May 12, 1995.

23. Pediatric Case Conference- Medical College of Georgia
“Choledochal Cyst”- December 17, 1994
“Hypersplenism”- May 20, 1995
“Neuronal Intestinal Dysplasia”- October 14, 1995
“Gastroesophageal Reflux”- March 9, 1996

24. Monday Surgery Conference- Medical College of Georgia
“Selected Congenital Anomalies” - August 7, 1995
“Ethical Dilemmas in Surgery”- September 30, 1996
“Selected Cases” - June 30, 1997
“Selected Cases”- Aug. 11, 1997
“Selected Cases”- Nov. 15, 1997
“Selected Cases”- Feb. 16, 1998
“Selected Cases”- Mar. 23, 1998
“Clinical Teaching Skills”-May 22, 2000

25. “Pediatric Surgical Update” at the Twenty Fifth Annual Meeting of the Moretz Surgical Society

26. “The Art of Surgery” to Surgical Grand Rounds, Medical College of Georgia, May 25, 1996.

27. “Vomiting in Children” to Pediatric Grand Rounds, Medical College of Georgia, July 16, 1996.

28. “Thoracoscopic Excision of an Apical Mass” at the Pediatric Surgery Motion Picture Exhibition of the Eighty Second Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, October 9, 1996.

29. MCG Department of Surgery Basic Science Conference
“Basic Biostatistics”- November 2, 1996
“Pediatric Acute Abdomen”- November 15, 1997

30. “A Prospective Randomized Comparison of Traditional and Laparoscopic Inguinal Exploration in Children.” as a poster at the 65th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Southeastern Surgical Congress, February 3-5, 1997 and as a presentation at the Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Moretz Surgical Society, March 8,1997.

31. “Computer Assisted Learning vs. A Lecture and Feedback Seminar for Teaching Basic Surgical Technical Skills.” to the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Association for Surgical Education, April 11, 1997.

32. “Contemporary Management of Soft Tissue Sarcoma in Children” to Pediatric Grand Rounds, Medical College of Georgia, February 27, 1998 and to the Twenty Ninth Annual Meeting of the Moretz Surgical Society, March 7, 1998.

33. “Scary (and frustrating) vomiting in children” to the Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, June 19, 1998.

34. “Watch where you step on Sea Island!” to the Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, June 19, 1998.

35. “Bites and Stings in Georgia” to Pediatric Grand Rounds, Medical College of Georgia, February 19, 1999

36. “The Impact of External Feedback on Computer-assisted Learning for Surgical Technical Skill Training.” to the Nineteenth Annual meeting of the Association of Surgical Education. April 10, 1999.

37. “What’s New in Surgical Education” (Invited presentation) at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Association for Surgical Education. May 6, 2000.

38. “Peer teaching and computer-assisted learning: An effective combination for surgical skill training?” at the First Annual Master of Health Professions Education Online Summer Conference. July 27, 2000.

39. SIU Surgery Resident Core Curriculum
“Managing Fluids, Electrolytes and Nutrition in the Pediatric Surgical Patient.” September 19, 2000.
“Solid Neoplasms in Pediatric Surgery" November 21, 2000.
“Pediatric Hernias” December 10, 2002.
“Pediatric Gastro-intestinal Diseases.” June 3, 2003.

40. Evidenced-Based Pediatric Surgery to SIU Pediatric Grand Rounds, February 8, 2001, SIU Surgery Grand Rounds, February 15, 2001 and the Carol Jo Vecchie Symposium on March 17, 2001.

41. “A Role for Error Training in Surgical Technical Skill Instruction and Evaluation” at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Association for Surgical Education. March 28, 2001 and the 2nd Annual MHPE Summer Conference, July 26, 2001.

42. “Developing a Sustainable Educational Research Effort” as a workshop at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Association for Surgical Education. March 28, 2001and the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Surgical Education, April 5, 2002.

43. “Can The Teacher Be A Machine? Using Computer Assisted Learning to Teach Surgical Technical Skills.” Department of Medical Education Grand Rounds, SIUSOM, November 28, 2001.

44. “Management of Common Pediatric Surgical Disorders In Central Illinois” at the 13th Annual Maternal-Child Conference, Quincy, IL, March 22, 2002.

45. “Team Communication in the Operating Room: The pathophysiology of inter-professional behavior?” as a Panel Discussion at Surgical Education Week, April 4, 2002.

46. “The Basic Science of Education Research” at SIU Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, May 16, 2002.

47. “Substituted Judgment” at the SIU Department of Surgery Resident Ethics Conference, August 13, 2002.

48. “Airway Manifestations of GERD in Children” at the SIU ENT Grand Rounds, September 16, 2002.

49. “The Competent Pediatric Surgeon- What Does It Mean?” to the Surgical Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics, October 19, 2002.

50. “Surgical Treatment of Pediatric Feeding Disorders” at “Feeding Disorders in Children: A Little Taste.” SIU School of Medicine. November 7, 2002.

51. SIU Department of Surgery Student Core Sessions
“Pediatric Surgery” 2000-2001
“The Acute Abdomen” 2001-present
“Surgical Ethics” 2001-present

52. SIU Department of Surgery Residents as Teachers Course
June 28-29, 2001
June 19-20, 2003
June 3, 2005

53. “Faculty Productivity Promotion and Tenure”. Panel discussion at the Fourth Annual MHPE Summer Conference. August 1, 2003.

54. “Preparing for Surgical Residency during Medical School.” Panel discussion at the Medical Student Program during the 89th Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. October 21, 2003.

55. “The Basic Science of Medical Education Research” to the Spring Meeting of the Central Group on Educational Affairs of the AAMC, March 19, 2003.

56. “Principles of Pediatric Perioperative Care” to SIU Pediatric Noon Conference, March 22, 2004.

57. “Developing a Basis for a Conflict Resolution Curriculum for Physicians and Medical Students” to the Fifth Annual MHPE Summer Conference. July 29, 2004.

58. “Are SIU Surgery Resident Better?” to SIU Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, February 10, 2005.

59. “Conflict Management” as a part of the SIU Department of Surgery Facutly Leadership Program, March 15, 2005.

60. “Addressing the new LCME Accreditation Requirements for Surgery Clerkships. You can do it!” at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Surgical Education. March 30, 2005.

61. “A uniformly successful ABSITE remediation study program” to the Thinking Out of the Box Lunch at the Annual Meeting of the Assocation for Surgical Education. March, 31, 2005.

62. “Skills laboratories: Curriculum and operational issues.” Panel discussion. Surgery Education Week, March 31, 2005.

63. “Conflict Management for Surgery Residents” as part of the Resident Seminar Series of the Department of Surgery of the Feinberg School of Medicine, May 3, 2005.

64. Keynote Speaker for the White Coat Ceremony for SIU School of Medicine, August 12, 2005.

65. SIU Department of Pediatrics Resident Core Conference
“Perioperative Care of the Pediatric Patient”, September 1, 2005

66. Moderator of the Surgical Education Surgical Forrum Session, 91st Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, October 19, 2005.

67. “Fundamentals of Surgical Skills Instruction” at the Educating the Educator III Program, Sponsored by the Association for University Opthomologists, January 25, 2006.

68. “Fundamentals of Surgical Skills Evaluation” at the Educating the Educator III Program, Sponsored by the Association for University Opthomologists, January 25, 2006.

69. “Managing Conflict to Improve Patient Care” at SIU Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds, February 23, 2006.

70.Department of Surgery Residents Ethics Committee “Substituted Judgment”, August 13, 2002 and May 14, 2006.

71. “How Do I Respond to the Doctor Who Yells at Me?” to the St. John’s Nursing Staff, September 27-8, 2006,  to the South Central Illinois Perinatal Advisory Committee on November 3, 2006, at the SIU Internal Medicine Noon Conference on January 3, 2007 and at the NICU Nurses Shared Governance meeting on May 15, 2007

72.“Developing a Successful Educational Program” at the Association for Academic Surgery Career Development Course, October 6, 2006

73.“I Think I have a (Quantitative) Research Question. Where Do I Go from Here?” as a workshop at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Association for Surgical Education. April 12th, 2007.

74. Congenital Abdominal Wall Defects” to SIU Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds, November 15, 2007.

75. “Developing a Promotion and Tenure Dossier” to the SIU Department of Pediatrics Faculty Development Program, February 29, 2008.

Continuing Medical Education Course Directed

Clerkship Directors College, Co-directed with Reed Williams, Ph.D., May 14-16, 2002.

Continuing Medical Education Courses Faculty

1. Meeting the Challenges of Being a Surgery Program Director, SIU Department of Surgery.
October 29-31, 2001
October 22-23, 2002

2. American College of Surgeon’s Surgical Education Principles and Practice
April 26, 1997, Chicago, Illinois
August 12, 1997 Salt Lake City, Utah
October 14, 1997 Chicago, Illinois

3. American College of Surgeons Surgeons as Educators
February 23-March 1, 2002
September 12-19, 2003
September 18-24, 2004
September 17-23, 2005

4. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Surgeons as Educator Course
November 7-11, 2005

5. Twenty-Eight International Conference Continuing Medical and Dental Education. February 26-March 8, 2007. Chiang Mai, Thailand. Presentations given:

1. Acute and Chronic Management of Imperforate Anus
2. Management of Solid Tumors in Children
3. Management of Congenital Abdominal Wall Defects
4. Giving Effective Large Group Presentations
5. Teaching Technical Skills.
   

6. American College of Surgeons Residents as Teachers and Leaders CourseJune 1-3, 2007
May 2-4, 2008
Presentations given:

1. Teaching in the operating room
2. Conflict Management

7. Surgical Skills Laboratory Workshop: Some Assembly Required, October 3-4, 2007 and April 4, 2008.

1. Presentation given: “Key Characteristics of Effective Surgical Skills Training.”

8. The Surgical Clerkship: Improving Direction and Coordination on April 16, 2008. Presentations given:

1. Curriculum Management
2. Designing a Curriculum
3. Common Dilemmas for Clerkship Directors
4. Career Planning for Clerkship Directors

Continuing Medical Educational Courses Attended

• ATLS Provider Course, Henrietta Egleston Hospital, June 8-9, 1987.
  ATLS Instructors Course, Medical College of Georgia, May 26, 1989.
  Recertified September 30, 1993.
  Recertified September 30, 1997.
  Recertified January 16, 2002.
• Laparoscopic Laser Cholecystectomy Workshop, Marietta, Georgia, June 1-2, 1990.
• Laser Workshop, Medical College of Georgia, August 25, 1990.
• PALS Provider Course, University of Tennessee, Memphis, April 19-21, 1991. Recertified April 12, 1994, December 1996.
• PALS Instructor Course, Medical College of Georgia, November 9, 1994.
  Recertified July 1998.
  Recertified August 2002.
  Recertified August, 2004.
• APLS Provider Course, University of Tennessee, Memphis, April 19-21, 1991.
• Laparoscopy/Thoracoscopy Workshop, LeBonheur Children's Medical Center, June 25, 1991.
• American College of Surgeon's Cancer Management Course, Knoxville, October 25-26, 1992.
• SAGES, Nashville, Tennessee, April 18-19, 1994.
• Virtual Reality in Medicine: The Cutting Edge, New York, NY, Sept. 9-11, 1994.
• Medicine Meets Virtual Reality III, San Diego, CA, Jan. 19-22, 1995.
• The 11th Annual CNMC Symposium on ECMO and Advanced Therapies for Respiratory Failure, Keystone, CO, February 26th through March 2nd, 1995.
• The 15th Annual Meeting of the Association for Surgical Education, Tucson, Arizona, May 3-6, 1995
• The 81st Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, October 22-27, 1995
• Medicine Meets Virtual Reality IV, San Diego, CA, Jan. 16-20, 1996.
• American College of Surgeons “Surgeons as Educators Workshop”, September 7-13, 1996.
• The 83rd Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, October 12-17, 1997
• The 108th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges, October 31-November 6, 1997
• The 18th Annual Meeting of the Association for Surgical Education, April 22-25, 1998.
• AAMC Group on Educational Affairs/Society of Directors of Research in Medical Education Professional Development Workshop, January 31-February 2, 1999
• Laparoscopic Gastric Surgery Seminar, March 19, 1999
• The 85th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, October 10-15, 1999
• The 86th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, October 22-27, 2000
• The 32nd Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, May 20-23, 2001
• The 87th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, October 7-12, 2001
• The 112th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Medical Colleges, November 2-7, 2001
• Current Concepts in Pediatric Critical Care Course at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Society of Critical Care Meeting, January 25-26, 2002
• Surgical Education Week, May 6-8, 2003
• The 34th Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, May 25-28, 2003
• The Sixty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Society of Unviersity Surgeons, February 11-14, 2004
• The 34th Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, May 27-30, 2004
• American College of Surgeons 91st Clinical Congress, October 16-21, 2005
• The 37th Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, May 21-24, 2006
• American College of Surgeons 92nd Clinical Congress, October 9, 2006
• The Program on Negotiation for Senior Executives at Harvard Law School, June 25, 26, 2007
• Dealing with Difficult People and Difficult Situations in Negotiation at Harvard Law School, June 26, 27, 2007
• The 39th Annual Meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Assocation/International Pediatric Surgical Oncologists, May 28-31, 2008.

Honors and Awards

• Elected to the Georgia Alpha Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha, Spring,1990.
• Second Place, Residents' Competition, Pediatric Section of the Eight-third Scientific Assembly of the Southern Medical Association, November 1989.
• Recognized for outstanding contribution to patient care in the “Singled Out” program of the Medical College of Georgia Hospital and Clinics.
  June 23, 1997
  September 19, 1997
  November 17, 1997
  July 22, 1999
  May 15, 2000
• Best Oral Presentation, 2000 MHPE Online Summer Conference, July 28, 2000.
• Best Paper Presentation, 2001 MHPE Summer Conference, July 26, 2001.
• SIU Department of Surgery Excellence in Medical Student Teaching Award, 2001, November 29, 2001.
• SIU Department of Surgery Faculty Teacher of the Year Award, 2001, November 29, 2001.
• SIU Department of Surgery Excellence in Medical Student Teaching Award, 2002, October 17, 2002.
• Selected to recite the Hippocratic oath at the graduation ceremony by the SIU School of Medicine Class of 2003.
• The Leonard Tow 2003 Humanism in Medicine Faculty Award for the SIU School of Medicine, May 12, 2003.
• SIU Department of Surgery Excellence in Medical Student Teaching Award, October 30, 2003.
• AAMC Humanism Award, SIUSOM Honoree, November 18, 2004.
• SIU Department of Surgery Excellence in Medical Student Teaching Award, December 2, 2004.
• SIU Department of Surgery Excellence in Medical Student Teaching Award, October 6, 2005.
• Recognized by the St. John’s Pediatric Nursing Staff for “Effective Written Communication”, October 18, 2005.
• Outstanding Paper Award (co-author). Association of American Medical Colleges, Research in Medical Education. 2005
• SIU Department of Surgery Excellence in Medical Student Teaching Award, October 5, 2006.
• Selected as a “Hero Next Door” by students at Lincoln Magnet School, December 19, 2006.
• SIU Department of Surgery Excellence in Medical Student Teaching Award, October 4, 2007.
• SIU School of Medicine Academy for Scholarship in Education Committee Teacher of the Year, January 10, 2008.

Visiting Professorships

1. Northwestern University, September 28, 2004.
2. Henry Ford Hospital and Medical Center, September 29, 2004.
3. Medical College of Wisconsin, November 2, 2005.

4.University of North Carolina, September 24, 2007

Editorial Boards

1. Pediatric Endosurgery and Innovative Techniques, 1996-2005
2. Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery, 2004-present
3. American Surgeon, 1996-2005

5.Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 2006-present

Textbooks Edited

Section editor for Section X, Cases in Pediatric Surgery in Mann BD (ed): Surgery. A Competency-based companion. Saunders Elsevier, 2008.

Faculty Mentor Program, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia

Pat Leech 1996-1997
Melinda Knight 1996-1997
Emily McLaughlin 1996-2000
Melissa Johnson 1997-1998
Whitney Webb 1997-2000

Faculty Advisor Program, Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University

Bill Olson, 2000-2005
Aaron Brewer, 2004-present
Swet Chaudhari , MD, 2005-2006

Administrative Positions

• Director of Medical Student Education, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, 1997-2000
• Medical Director of 5CMC, Medical College of Georgia Children’s Hospital, 1998-1999
• Clerkship Director, Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University, 2000-2004
• Children’s Oncology Group Surgical Research Investigator, Southern Illinois University, 2000-present
• Course Director, Resident Readiness Medical Student Elective, 2002-present

Grants

1. “Error instruction may enhance technical skill evaluation”, $7500.00 from the Association for Surgical Education Foundation (Principle Investigator).

2. “Development and evaluation of a model for teaching surgical skills and judgment.” $100,000 from CSERT (Co-Principal Investigator).

3.“An Investigation of Intraoperative Conflict Management by Surgeons”, $34,926.00 from CSERT (Principle Investigator).