COURSE INFO
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| Course Description |
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This course will promote both personal and professional growth for women in Surgery. It is designed to promote and foster mentorship as well as a peer network for current and future women in Surgery. It will also provide a forum to discuss contemporary issues and opportunities for women who have chosen or may choose a career in Surgery. Participants will be able to interact with women who are thought leaders in surgery and pioneers in advancing women in Surgery.
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| Target Audience |
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This symposium is designed for women who aspire for a career in Surgery or wish to enhance their careers in Surgery. |
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This symposium focuses on issues and challenges facing women in Surgery. This course is intended to encourage mentorship, to empower women to expand their career goals, pursue leadership positions, improve their quality of life, and advance women in Surgery.
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| Objectives |
| Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to: |
- Actively seek out and improve upon existing mentor / mentee relationships
- Identify specific issues facing women in surgery
- Cultivate techniques for handling discrimination in the workplace effectively and professionally
- Pursue leadership positions in Surgery
- Possess an understanding of the basic skills and requirements for pursuing leadership positions
- Identify where and why there is need for women in leadership roles
- Recognize the advantages and disadvantages of community versus university-based surgical practices
- Utilize professionalism in a discipline in which men are traditionally more predominate
- Implement specific coping methods and networking skills to promote a career in a discipline in which men are traditionally more predominate
- Better appreciate the need to negotiate “equal pay for equal work”
- Identify and manage sex-based discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace
- Assimilate strategies for dealing with stress in the workplace when faced with adverse outcomes
- Generate reasonable expectations regarding lifestyle issues in residency and early career
- Implement basic strategies for financial security
- Recognize issues regarding pregnancy during a surgical career
- Be equipped to plan for pregnancy during residency and beyond
- Employ and optimize strategies for balancing children and marriage in the face of a demanding profession
- Acknowledge and help further the goals for the future of women in Surgery and be empowered to move toward those goals
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| Accreditation |
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Physicians: USF Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of South
Florida designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category
1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity.
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| Program Agenda |
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| Saturday, February 27, 2010 |
| 7:00-8:00 |
Registration and Breakfast |
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| 8:00-8:15 |
Welcome and Introduction |
Dr. Sharona Ross, MD |
| 8:15-8:25 |
Introduction |
Stephen Klasko, MD, MBA |
| 8:25-8:40 |
Opening Remarks |
President Judy Genshaft |
| 8:40-9:00 |
Women in Surgery: Where are we now? What are the issues?
- Over the past decade, women have made tremendous strides in Surgery. We have come so far, yet many key issues remain. We will provide a brief overview of the history of women in surgery and the key issues that we face today.
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Dr. Sharona Ross, MD |
| 9:00-9:20 |
Bridging the Gap: Lack of Women Mentors / Lack of Mentors for Women
- In a field that continues to be male-dominated, mentorship for women serves as a pivotal method for inspiring and recruiting more young women to join the exciting field of surgery. This discussion will address the mentor/mentee relationship, how to find a mentor, how to become a mentor, and how to optimize and enhance mentorship skills.
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Mary Margaret Kemeny, MD, FACS |
| 9:20-9:40 |
Is there Sex-Based Discrimination and Sexual Harassment in Surgery?
- Is there sex-based discrimination and sexual harassment in surgery today? We will discuss different issues dealing with sex-based discrimination such as differences in pay and promotion, and how to handle it when it occurs.
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Linda G. Phillips, MD |
| 9:40-10:00 |
Can Men be Effective Mentors for Women?
- There are more men than women in Surgery. Men generally hold leadership positions in Surgery. Certainly, men have something to offer women in Surgery. Can men mentor women in Surgery? What can they best impart? How? What can’t they teach? Why not? How can they do a better job? What should women look for in a male mentor?
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Alden Harken, MD |
| 10:00-10:20 |
Panel: Question and Answer Session |
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| 10:20-10:35 |
Break |
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| 10:35-10:40 |
Introduction of Keynote Speaker |
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| 10:40-11:00 |
How to Break Through the Glass Ceiling: Empowering Women to Pursue Leadership Positions
- In order to truly advance women in surgery, we must seek out leadership positions. Distinguished guest Dr. Julie Freischlag will discuss leadership skills in surgery and beyond, and will discuss how to go about pursuing leadership roles.
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Julie Freischlag, MD |
| 11:00-11:20 |
Community-Based Practice: Advantages and Disadvantages
- We will discuss both advantages and disadvantages of partaking in a community-based practice. Certain aspects of community-based practice such as financial concerns, marketing and building a patient referral base, joining a physician group, and other issues will be addressed.
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Lucy Love, MD |
| 11:20-11:40 |
University-Based Practice and VA Career: Advantages and Disadvantages
- We will discuss both advantages and disadvantages of partaking in a university practice. Certain aspects of university-based practice such as financial concerns, research opportunities, interactions with faculty, education of residents and fellows, and other issues will be addressed.
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Kathryn L. Hall, MD |
| 11:40-12:00 |
Professionalism in Surgery: Being a Woman in the “Old Boys’ Club”
- In a predominantly male field, how does one go about earning respect in the “Old Boys’ Club”? We will discuss the difference between men and women in surgery and how to interact professionally in the work environment.
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Mary C. McCarthy, MD |
| 12:00-1:00 |
Lunch Presentation (Non CME) Covidien: Women in Surgery Platform Resources |
Linda Richetelli-Pepe |
| 1:00-1:20 |
Are you paid what you are worth? The WAGE Project
- Evelyn Murphy, PhD, is president of the WAGE project dedicated to promoting equal pay for women in the workforce. She will discuss the WAGE project and how to get paid what you are worth.
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Linda Richetelli-Pepe |
| 1:20-1:40 |
Men’s Perception of Women in Surgery
- To better understand issues women in Surgery face, it is important to understand how their male colleagues feel about them and their careers. We will present the perspectives of men in Surgery about women in Surgery to identify issues of commonality and disagreement.
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Alexander S. Rosemurgy, II, MD |
| 1:40-2:00 |
Women Surgeons and Nurses “Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?” |
Michael H. Albrink, MD |
| 2:00-2:20 |
Minority Women in Surgery: The Double-Edged Sword
- This talk will address specific difficulties that minorities face above and beyond gender issues, such as discrimination in the workplace. We will discuss techniques for handling situations appropriately and professionally, and discuss finding a common ground in the workplace regardless of cultural differences.
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Patricia L. Turner, MD |
| 2:20-2:40 |
Dealing with the Stress of Adverse Outcomes
- When things go unexpectedly, how can you deal with the stress? We will discuss methods for coping with adverse outcomes and dealing with the stresses that women surgeons face on a day-to-day basis. We will discuss methods for optimizing stress relief in the demanding field of surgery.
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Mary C. McCarthy, MD |
| 2:40-3:00 |
Lifestyle During Residency and as Young Faculty
- We will discuss various aspects of lifestyle during residency and as young faculty, including how to balance personal and professional life, how to deal with finances during the early stages of one’s career, as well as address the issue of the 80-hour workweek and whether or not it has improved lifestyle for women during residency.
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Patricia Sylla, MD |
| 3:00-3:20 |
Break |
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| 3:20-3:40 |
Pregnancy in Surgical Residency and Beyond
- We will discuss the logistics of how and when to plan pregnancy during a surgical career, as well as various aspects pertaining to practicing while pregnant. We will also discuss the intricacies of maternity leave.
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Patricia L. Turner, MD |
| 3:40-4:00 |
Book Review: The Woman in the Surgeon’s Body
- Joan Cassel, PhD and author of The Woman in the Surgeon’s Body wrote an insightful book that chronicles life through the eyes of the woman surgeon.
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Joan Cassel, Author |
| 4:00-4:20 |
The Swinging Pendulum: Balancing Family Life and a Surgical Career
- We will discuss various strategies for balancing family and career, including strategies for a successful marriage, childrearing in the face of a demanding career, and ways to tailor one’s practice so as to optimize the balance between family and career.
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Vivian Gahtan, MD |
| 4:20-4:40 |
How to Advance in Academic Surgery
- Like any path, there is a roadmap for the path for advancement in academic Surgery. However, there are many ways to advance in Surgery. What does it mean to “advance”? What are the roadmaps? How are “success” and “advancement” linked?
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Mary Margaret Kemeny, MD, FACS |
| 4:40-5:00 |
Panel: Question and Answer Session |
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| 5:00-5:20 |
The Future of Women in Surgery: 2010 and Beyond
- Women have made tremendous advancements in the field of surgery over the past 50 years. Where will the next 50 years take us? We will discuss our future hopes and ambitions, as well as our projection of where we envision women within the future of surgery.
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Julie Freischlag, MD |
| 5:20-5:30 |
Closing Remarks |
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| 7:30-10:00 |
Dinner (Optional) |
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| Outcomes |
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Upon returning to their home institutions, women should be empowered to development an environment more conducive for career advancement and personal growth and fulfillment. Attendees should be able to improve upon mentor / mentee relationships, possess a better understanding of the challenges that face women in Surgery and how to go about overcoming those challenges, and be encouraged to push the boundaries and expand the horizons of women in Surgery.
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| Faculty |
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| Program & Course Director |
Sharona B. Ross, MD
Director of Endoscopic Surgery
Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Tampa General Hospital
USF Health College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida |
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| Keynote Speaker |
Julie Freischlag, MD
The William Stewart Halsted Professor
Chair, Department of Surgery
Surgeon-in-Chief
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Course Faculty |
Michael H. Albrink, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
USF Health College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida |
Linda G. Phillips, MD
Truman G. Blocker, Jr, MD,
Distinguished Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs,
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas |
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Joan Cassell, Author
Research Associate in Anthropology
Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri |
Stephen Klasko, MD, MBA
Senior Vice President for USF Health
Dean, College of Medicine
USF Health College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida
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Vivian Gahtan, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery
Professor and Chief,
Section of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York
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Lucy Love, MD
Neurosurgeon
Community Practice
Tampa, Florida
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Judy Genshaft
President, University of South Florida
Chief Executive Officer, USF System
Tampa, Florida
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Mary C. McCarthy, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Trauma
Director, Trauma Program, MVH
Boonshoft School of Medicine
Wright State University
Dayton, Ohio |
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Kathryn L. Hall, MD
Assistant Professor,
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
USF Health College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida
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Linda Richetelli-Pepe
US Director of Professional Affairs, Covidien
Certified Healthcare Consultant
Adjunct Professor of Business:
Southern Connecticut State University and
Quinnipiac University
Masters in Business Economics |
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Alden Harken, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery
Chief, UCSF-East Bay Surgery Program
Chair, Department of Surgery, Alameda County Medical Center
University of California San Francisco
Oakland, California
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Alexander S. Rosemurgy, II, MD
Professor of Surgery
Professor of Medicine
Surgical Director, Tampa General Hospital Digestive Disorders Center
Associate Dean for Medical Simulation and Academic Enrichment
The Vivian Clark Reeves/Joy McCann Culverhouse Endowed Chair for Digestive Disorders and Pancreatic Cancer
USF Health College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida |
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Mary Margaret Kemeny, MD, FACS
Professor, Department of Surgery
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation
New York, New York |
Patricia L. Turner, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Program Director, Surgery Residency
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
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Patricia Sylla, MD
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
General and Colorectal Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Faculty Disclosure: USF Heallth adheres
to the ACCME Standards regarding commercial support of continuing medical
education. It is the policy of the USF College of Medicine that the faculty and
planning committee disclose real or apparent conflicts of interest relating to the
topics of this educational activity, that relevant conflict(s) of interest are resolved and
also that speakers will disclose any unlabeled/unapproved use of drug(s) or device(s)
during their presentation. Detailed disclosure will be made in the course syllabus. |
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| Registration |
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Registration Fees:
Physicians: $75
A confirmation letter will be sent upon receipt of your registration and payment
(no registration is confirmed without FULL payment) |
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USF Health reserves the right to cancel these seminars due
to unforeseen circumstances. In the case of cancellation, a full refund will be given to participants.
The USF COM will not be responsible for travel expenses incurred by the participant due to the
seminar cancellation.
Events, activities and facilities of the University of South Florida are available without regard to
race, color, sex, national origin, disability, age, or Vietnam veteran status as provided by law and in
accordance with the University’s respect for personal dignity. |
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Online registration requires Credit Card payment. |
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Registration fees will be refunded minus a cancellation fee of $25 up until January 27th, 2010. No refunds will be made after January 27th, 2010. The University of South Florida Office of Continuing Professional Development reserves the right to cancel the course due to unforeseen circumstances. USF Health will not
be responsible for travel expenses incurred by the participant in the case of
cancellation. |
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| Location |
Don CeSar, A Loews Hotel
3400 Gulf Blvd.
St. Pete Beach, Florida 33706
Phone: (727) 360-1881
Toll Free Reservations: 1-800-282-1116
Website
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| Hotel Features and Services |
- 277 guest rooms and suites, some with private terraces and panoramic ocean views
- 2 beachfront pools
- Full-service spa and 24-hour fitness center
- Self or valet parking:
- Concierge service
- Garden-level shops and salon
- 22,000 square feet of function space, all with water views and maximum capacity of 650
- 2 ballrooms, including the bi-level Grand Ballroom and the King Charles Ballroom
- 24-hour in-room dining
- Shoppes at the Don: Located on the Garden Level, these specialty shops provide our guests and locals alike with everything from aspirin, sun screen and magazines to the latest designer swim wear, resort clothing and quality fine jewelry.
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| Directions |
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| Accommodations for Disabilities |
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Please notify the CPD Office,
12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MDC Box 60, Tampa, Florida, 33612 or call (813) 974-4296
a minimum of ten working days in advance of the event if a reasonable accommodation
for a disability is needed.
Events, activities and facilities of the University of South Florida are available without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, disability, age, or Vietnam veteran status as provided by law and in accordance with the University's respect for personal dignity. |
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