UBC Department of Surgery Rounds are typically scheduled from 7-8am on the second Wednesday every month from September to June. Generally they are a hybrid session with in person session taking place at:
Diamond Centre Auditorium
Auditorium/Room DHCC-01-020
1st floor, Diamond Healthcare Centre
2775 Laurel Street, Vancouver BC
The UBC Department of Surgery Grand Rounds is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Evaluation & Attendance Form:
- Must be completed for Maintenance of Certification Program credit.
- Evaluation & Attendance Form
- In Person: A QR code will also be available at the venue
- Zoom: The link will be shared to the Zoom chat during the session
June 11, 2025 | 07:00 AM to 08:00 AM
Inaugural Dvorak Lecture in Spine | Spine Grand Rounds
Title: The Evolution of Spine Trauma Care Shepherded by Marcel Dvorak
Presenter:
Alex Vaccaro, MD, PhD, MBA
Professor and Attending Surgeon of Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital; President, Rothman Institute Orthopaedics
Dr. Vaccaro graduated Summa Cum Laude from Boston College with a BS in biology. He received his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine where he was promoted with Distinction. He earned membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Society and graduated with honors in 1987.
He completed a year of Surgical Internship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA and completed his Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at Thomas Jefferson University where he graduated in 1992. Dr. Vaccaro completed a Spine Fellowship at the University of San Diego, CA. In 2007, Dr. Vaccaro earned a PhD in the field of Spinal Trauma. In 2015, Dr. Vaccaro received his MBA (Master of Business Administration) from Temple University’s Fox School of Business in Philadelphia, PA and graduated with honors.
Dr. Vaccaro has served as the president of Rothman Orthopaedics since 2014 and is the Richard H. Rothman Professor and Chairman in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Professor of Neurosurgery at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the recipient of the Leon Wiltse award given for excellence in leadership and clinical research for spine care by the North American Spine Society (NASS) and is the past President of Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS), the American Spinal Injury Association and the Association for Collaborative Spine Research. He has over 1,150 peer-reviewed and 250 non-peer reviewed publications. He has published over 380 book chapters and is the editor of over 65 textbooks and co-editor of OKU-Spine I and editor of OKU-8. Dr. Vaccaro also serves as Co-Director of the Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley.
Learning Objectives:
- What we have learned over the last two years related to spinal trauma care
- The contributions of Marcel Dvorak to spine trauma care
- Where are we going in the future in terms of research related to spine trauma care
Online Participants:
https://ubc.zoom.us/j/99652042124?pwd=Z1hPSjFQSEFWczlDOGVHTVNHcTUzZz09
Meeting ID: 99652042124 Passcode: 042124
Telephone Participants:
Dial +1 778 907 2071 and follow the prompts.
You will be prompted to enter the Zoom Meeting ID and Passcode below followed by “#”
Meeting ID: 99652042124 Passcode: 042124
2024/2025 Dates
September 11, 2024 – Dr. Asim Bashir, Division of Plastic Surgery, UBC Department of Surgery
October 9, 2024 – (ZOOM only) Jason Brooks, Ph.D., University of Manitoba, Physician Stress Management and Dealing with Complications
November 13, 2024 – Dr. Steve DeMeester, MD, Thoracic Surgeon, Providence Portland Medical Center, Rethinking Barrett’s Esophagus
December 11, 2024 – (ZOOM only) Dr. Jane Lea, Division of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, UBC Department of Surgery
January 8, 2025 – Dr. Kevin Lichtenstein, Division of Cardiac Surgery, UBC Department of Surgery, Combined Heart-Liver Transplantation in the Failing Fontan.
February 12, 2025 – Dr. Robert Baird, Division of Pediatric Surgery, UBC Department of Surgery, The Japanese Procedure – the Challenging History of Biliary Atresia
March 12, 2025 – Dr. Michael Kelly, Provincial Department Head and Fred H. Wigmore Professor of Surgery, University of Saskatchewan
April 9, 2025 – Annabel Gravely – Dr. Nis Schmidt History of Surgery Prize Winner & Dr. Anthony Papp, Clinical Professor, UBC Division of Plastic Surgery
May 14, 2025 – Dr. Konrad Salata, UBC Division of Vascular Surgery and Dr. Thomas Lindsay, Professor, University of Toronto
June 11, 2025 – Combined Orthopaedics / Surgery Rounds: Dr. Alex Vaccaro, Professor and Attending Surgeon of Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital; President, Rothman Institute Orthopaedics, The Evolution of Spine Trauma Care Shepherded by Marcel Dvorak
Archived Grand Rounds Presentations (Videos)
Access recorded presentations here: UBC Canvas
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Video-recorded Grand Rounds presentations are posted on the UBC’s e-Learning System and accessible with a UBC Campus-Wide Login (CWL) account.