Role of anastomotic configuration in decreasing surgical recurrence rates in Crohn's disease

Department of Surgery Grand Rounds

When

8 – 9 a.m., March 6, 2024

Where

Arizona Health Sciences Center, Room 5403
1501 N. Campbell Ave. Tucson, AZ 85724

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Presenter Details

Meghan Good, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Surgery 
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson

Good is a clinical assistant professor specializing in colorectal surgery in the Division of Surgical Oncology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. Good earned her medical degree from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine and completed her residency in general surgery at Lehigh Valley Health Network. Following her residency, Good completed a laparoscopic colon and rectal surgery fellowship at Mayo Clinic Arizona and a colon and rectal surgery fellowship at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. She also completed a surgical oncology research fellowship with the National Cancer Institute. 

She is board certified in general surgery and board eligible in colorectal surgery. She is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the Society of Surgical Oncology and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. Her research interests include colorectal cancer in inflammatory bowel diseases, early onset colorectal cancer and stem cell therapies for diseases of the colon and rectum. Her work has been published by Cell Reports, Clinical Cancer Research and World Journal of Surgery, and she was the lead author of a book chapter on rectal prolapse in Ostergard's Urogynecology and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, 7th Edition.

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.