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.
Our Graduating Residents
The Adventure Begins
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Our Graduating Residents
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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Our Graduating Residents
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)
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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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Dr. S. Amjad Hussain Remembers His Thoracic Surgery
Residency at Wayne State University, Part IV cont...
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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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Dr. S. Amjad Hussain Remembers His Thoracic Surgery
Residency at Wayne State University, Part IV cont...
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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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Dr. S. Amjad Hussain Remembers His Thoracic Surgery
Residency at Wayne State University, Part IV cont...
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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. S. Amjad Hussain Remembers His Thoracic Surgery
Residency at Wayne State University, Part IV cont...
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
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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
Life divides itself into phases
Phases blending colors
And changing with new sounds
We go thru’ life, here’s yesterday’s
tomorrow
When is the time for living
When we live one life around
The graying—the teaching
The preaching—the slowing
The waiting—n’ the wisening
Accepting—the ending
Life divides itself into phases
Phases blending colors
And changing with new sounds
We go thru’ life, today’s the day for
living
When is the time 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
Do we live one life around
Do we live one life around
One life around
Do we live one life around
Do we live one life around
One life around
One life around
Do we live 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
Death & Complications Conference
SCORE—Fluid and Electrolytes
Gamal Mostafa, MD WSU Mike & Marian Ilitch Department of Surgery
Wednesday, July 25
Death & Complications Conference
SCORE—Benign Biliary 1
Gamal Mostafa, MD WSU Mike & Marian Ilitch Department of Surgery
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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
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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 ______
Total Paid_______________________________________________
Payment by Credit Card
Include your credit card information below and mail it or fax it to
313-993-7729.
Credit Card Number:_________________________________________
Type: MasterCard Visa Expiration Date: (MM/YY)_____ Code____
Name as it appears on card:__________________________________
Signature:__________________________________________________
Billing address of card (if different from above):
Street Address______________________________________________
City______________________ State____________ Zip Code_______
*I want to commit to becoming a charter life member with payment of $1000
per year for the next ten (10) years.
Send check made payable to Wayne State Surgical Society to:
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.
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WAYNE STATE SURGICAL SOCIETY
OFFICERS BALLOT
2018
PRESIDENT-ELECT:
□ Scott Davidson
Members-At-Large:
□ Bruce McIntosh
Resident Member:
□ Anna M. Knight
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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.
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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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