Department of Surgery Grand Rounds
When
Where
Arizona Health Sciences Center, Room 5403
1501 N. Campbell Ave. Tucson, AZ 85724
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Presenter Details
Adnan Alseidi, MD, MEd
Professor of Surgery
Vice Chair of Education, Department of Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
Alseidi is a gastrointestinal surgeon at University of California, San Francisco. He also serves as vice chair for education in the Department of Surgery at UCSF.
Alseidi earned his medical degree from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. He completed a residency in general surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He completed a fellowship in hepatobiliary, pancreatic and advanced gastrointestinal surgery at Washington University in St. Louis. He has a master's degree in surgical education from Southern Illinois University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Alseidi's research focuses on surgical education, minimally invasive surgical techniques and methods to improve outcomes for patients with liver, pancreas and biliary cancers. He also studies the use of deep learning networks and other types of artificial intelligence to enhance patient care during surgery and minimize postoperative complications.
Alseidi served as a surgeon in the U.S. Navy and as co-director of the surgery department at the U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, Japan. Prior to joining UCSF, he was a hepatobiliary and endocrine surgeon at Virginia Mason Medical Center. He also directed surgical simulation training and the hepatobiliary clinical fellowship and served as associate director of the general surgery residency program. Alseidi serves as president of the Association for Surgical Education, president-elect for the Fellowship Council, chair for hepatobiliary surgery in the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, and chair of education and training for both the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association and the International Laparoscopic Livery Society. He is an active committee member within the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract and American College of Surgeons.
Learning Objectives
- Incorporate into practice intraoperative teaching and feedback to improve operative performance.
- Incorporate cutting-edge surgical techniques and patient management strategies.
- Incorporate into practice results from recent randomized-controlled trials/studies.
- Communicate operative knowledge effectively to peers.
About
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure Statement(s): All Faculty, CME Planning Committee Members and the CME Office Reviewers have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with commercial interests that would constitute a conflict of interest concerning this CME activity.