2016 Program
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2016 Program Schedule
2016 Program Schedule
Guest Speakers
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Justin B. Dimick, M.D., M.P.H.
George D. Zuidema Professor of Surgery Chief of the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery Director, Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy Associate Chair for Strategy & Finance |
Justin B. Dimick, M.D., M.P.H. is the George D. Zuidema Professor of Surgery, Chief of the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, and Associate Chair for Strategy & Finance at the University of Michigan. Dr. Dimick is a graduate of Cornell University and Johns Hopkins Medical School. He completed his surgical training at the University of Michigan and a health services research fellowship at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice.
Dr. Dimick's clinical practice is primarily devoted to advanced laparoscopy, including treatment of morbid obesity, gastroesophageal reflux (GERD), paraesophageal hernias, abdominal wall hernias, and other benign and neoplastic diseases of the stomach, spleen, and foregut. He is the editor of a new surgical textbook, Clinical Scenarios in Surgery: Decision Making and Operative Technique, published by Lippincott (2012).
Dr. Dimick serves as Director of the Center for Healthcare Outcomes & Policy at the University of Michigan, where he has an active research program. With funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and National Institutes of Health (NIH), his research focuses on quality measurement, policy evaluation, and large-scale, innovative quality improvement interventions. He has more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, including papers inNEJM, JAMA, Health Affairs, and the leading surgical journals.
Dr. Dimick currently serves in several leadership positions, including President of the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS), on the Board of Directors of the Surgical Outcomes Club (SOC), and on the Executive Committee of the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative (MBSC). He is an Associate Editor at Annals of Surgery and the Surgical Innovation Editor at JAMA Surgery. He has served as an advisor on quality and health policy for several organizations, including the BlueCross BlueShield Association (BCBSA), the American College of Surgeons-National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP), US News and World Reports "Best Hospital" Rankings, and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC).
Dr. Dimick's clinical practice is primarily devoted to advanced laparoscopy, including treatment of morbid obesity, gastroesophageal reflux (GERD), paraesophageal hernias, abdominal wall hernias, and other benign and neoplastic diseases of the stomach, spleen, and foregut. He is the editor of a new surgical textbook, Clinical Scenarios in Surgery: Decision Making and Operative Technique, published by Lippincott (2012).
Dr. Dimick serves as Director of the Center for Healthcare Outcomes & Policy at the University of Michigan, where he has an active research program. With funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and National Institutes of Health (NIH), his research focuses on quality measurement, policy evaluation, and large-scale, innovative quality improvement interventions. He has more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, including papers inNEJM, JAMA, Health Affairs, and the leading surgical journals.
Dr. Dimick currently serves in several leadership positions, including President of the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS), on the Board of Directors of the Surgical Outcomes Club (SOC), and on the Executive Committee of the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative (MBSC). He is an Associate Editor at Annals of Surgery and the Surgical Innovation Editor at JAMA Surgery. He has served as an advisor on quality and health policy for several organizations, including the BlueCross BlueShield Association (BCBSA), the American College of Surgeons-National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP), US News and World Reports "Best Hospital" Rankings, and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC).
General Sessions
- 40 oral presentations (12 min talks)
- 42 quickshot presentations (5 min talks)
Panel Sessions
- Sunday Lunch: How To Conduct a Clinical Trial Using the VA Cooperative Studies Program (CSP) Mechanism
- Sunday Afternoon: Risk-Adjusted Outcome Assessment and Reporting
- Monday Afternoon: Surgical Resident Education Under the Constraints of the 80-hour Work Week
CME Credits
The American College of Surgeons has approved our program for the following CME credits:
Credits Assigned
Maximum AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™* 16.75
Maximum Self-Assessment Credits 16.75
*Only MD/DOs receive CME Credit, all other participants receive a Certificate of Attendance
Credits Assigned
Maximum AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™* 16.75
Maximum Self-Assessment Credits 16.75
*Only MD/DOs receive CME Credit, all other participants receive a Certificate of Attendance