2025 32nd Annual JD Ashmore Lectureship

Greenville, SC US
May 9, 2025

Overview

The Department of Surgery has an expectation that residents and faculty advance in the area of patient care, medical knowledge, clinical research, and fosters the desire to become academically productive. This meeting is a venue for research projects produced by faculty, fellows and residents, as well as program alumni of this program to be presented. This conference offers a case-based learning environment to allow review and discussion of interesting cases. The JD Ashmore Lectureship is a yearly series of presentations by current surgery residents and fellows in training, attendings active on the teaching service and alumni of the residency program who have an interest in academic medicine. The purpose of this event is to highlight clinical research projects completed during the academic year by residents and faculty. Alumni will have the opportunity to present their research interests as well.

 

Target Audience

  • Primary Department
    Surgery

  • Primary Audience
    Practicing Physicians, Fellows, Residents

  • Secondary Audience
    Fellows, Medical Students, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Registered Nurses, Residents

  • Specialty Audience
    Surgery

Learning Objectives

As a result of participating in this activity, learners will...

  • Know the importance and necessity of participating in clinical research AND the fundamentals of research design and methodology.
  • Know how to utilize research design and methodology techniques to participate in research-based learning.
  • Be able to participate in research-based learning and contribute to clinical research to further the advancement of medicine and improve patient care.

Department QI Goal: The novel research presented at this conference is geared towards improving patient outcomes, including reducing length of stay (LOS) and mortality, which is one of the Department of Surgery's QI goals. Most of the projects presented are a review of our institutional data.

 

Additional Information

Competencies this activity addresses: 
Apply quality improvement
Employ evidence-based practice
Interpersonal and Communication Skills
Interprofessional communication
Medical knowledge
Patient care and procedural skills
Practice-based learning and improvement
Professionalism
Provide patient-centered care
Roles/responsibilities
Systems-based practice
Teams and teamwork
Values/ethics for interprofessional practice
Work in interdisciplinary teams
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 5.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 5.50 Attendance
Registration opens: 
04/19/2024
Claim credit by: 
06/10/2025
Event starts: 
05/09/2025 - 9:00am EDT
Event ends: 
05/09/2025 - 5:30pm EDT

Program

Agenda
7:30 amBreakfast and Registration
8:00 am Opening Remarks - Shanu Kothari, MD
PODIUM SESSION 1
8:20 amIntensive Care Unit (ICU) Length of Stay (LOS) Based on Pain, Inspiratory Effort and Cough (PIC) Score Does not Predict Complications or Mortality
  • Paula Grisales, MD (PGY-3)
8:30 amHernia Rate After Damage Control Laparotomy, A Retrospective Review Using Ten Core Outcomes for Damage Control Laparotomy
  • Cord Helmken, MD (PGY-4)
8:40 amIsolated Rib Injuries in Trauma Patients Have Low Rates of Complications
  • Portia Schmidt, MD
8:50 amRisk Factors for Surgical Site Infections Following Groin Access During Vascular Procedures
  • Claiborne Lucas, MD (PGY-4)
9:00 amBREAK
QUICKSHOT SESSION 1
9:15 amSubclavian Artery Injury From Gunshot Wound in a Pediatric Patient Requiring Common Carotid to Axillary Artery Bypass: A Case Report
  • Erica Schuman
9:22 amMinimally Invasive Pectus Excavatum Repair in a Patient with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type III: A Case Report
  • Molly Triggs, DO (PGY-2
9:29 amNovel Pull-Method of Endoluminal Vac Placement for Esophageal Perforation Using Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrojejunostomy (PEG-J)
  • Cord Helmken, MD (PGY-4)
9:36 amSternal Reconstruction Via Talon Plating: A Single Institution Experience
  • Thomas Coleman, MD (PGY-4)
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
9:45 amMcAlhany Endowment
  • Jeremy Warren, MD
10:00 amComparative Analysis of Laparoscopic and Robotic Appendectomy: A Multi-Hospital Retrospective Cohort Study
  • Andrew Schneider, MD
10:15 amENT
  • Jeffrey Jorgensen, MD
10:30 amGlobal Health
  • Matthew Chetta, MD
10:45 am

Surgical Innovation and Medical Discoveries during my Surgical Career

  • Joseph Camunas, MD FACS
11:00 amBREAK
11:15 amIntroduction of Keynote Speaker
11:20 amKeynote Speaker - Kenric Murayama, MD MBA
12:30 pmLunch
PODIUM SESSION 2
1:30 pmeTEP
  • Wes Love, MD
1:40 pmRadiographic Changes to Abdominal Wall Morphology After Ventral Hernia Repair With Myofascial Release
  • Andrew Sabour, MD
1:50 pmUnveiling Opioid Prescribing Patterns Following Outpatient Anorectal Surgery
  • Patricia Greene (medical student)
2:00 pmUmbilical Hernia Study
  • Berit Galloway
QUICKSHOT SESSION 2
2:10 pmIs Genetic Testing Necessary in Patients With Multiple Pilomatrixomas?
  • Molly Triggs, DO (PGY-2)
2:17 pmIntussusception During Pregnancy With Previous Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass
  • Shivani Desai, MD (PGY-2)
2:25 pmRobaxin Pilot Study
  • Nicole Rieger, MD
2:32 pmMesh Reconstruction After Hemipelvectomy
  • Nicole Rieger, MD
VIDEO SESSION 1
2:40 pmRobotic Retroaortic Renal Vein Transposition
  • Nick Noble, MD
ADJOURN

 

Venue

Greenville Memorial Hospital
701 Grove Road
Medical Staff Auditorium, GMH
Greenville, SC 29605
United States
Prisma-Greenville Memorial Hospital

Accreditation

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5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

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Available Credit

  • 5.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 5.50 Attendance

Exhibitors

If you are interested in being an exhibitor at the 32nd Annual J.D. Ashmore Lectureship, see the information below. Also, the CME Office must collect an Exhibitor Form from each sponsor, agreeing to the terms and conditions required by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).

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