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When no cavalry is coming

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A surgical training course at UND helps equip rural physicians for emergency situations when you can’t call for back-up “Rural surgeons aren’t typically doing these big trauma cases,” explained Bismarck native Ben Axtman, M.D., FACS, “but if a patient comes in and the hospital doesn’t have time to transport them – or with North Dakota’s […]

SMHS Southeast Campus in Fargo to host Robert Sticca retirement reception Oct. 10

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The University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences Department of Surgery is hosting a retirement celebration in honor of longtime faculty Dr. Robert Sticca. The reception will be held at the UND SMHS Southeast Campus in Fargo (4820 23rd Ave. South, Suite 200) from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. […]

Only in North Dakota: UND grads-brothers Ian and Conor Roche on performing the last and first surgeries in the former and new Altru Health System hospitals in Grand Forks

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With an eye toward his brother on the other side of the coffee table in front of him, Dr. Ian Roche reflected on the massive material transfer he and all of his Altru Health System colleagues had made not a week before from Altru’s seventies era hospital in Grand Forks to the system’s new facility […]

John Mellinger to give James Lectureship at annual Surgery Resident Research Colloquium on June 20

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Please join the UND Department of Surgery on June 20, 2024, as it hosts its annual Edwin C. James Lectureship and Surgery Resident Research Colloquium at the Avalon Events Center in Fargo, N.D., from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Surgery residents in PGY 1-2 will present research posters from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and […]

Patrick Kane to discuss surgery and emotional intelligence at next Surgery Grand Rounds May 17

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For the next Surgery Grand Rounds, to be held from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Friday, May 17, Patrick Kane, M.D., will present “Teaching Surgical Residents & Concepts of Emotional Intelligence.” This broadcast will be held via Zoom/video conferencing. Dr. Kane is a recent University of North Dakota General Surgery Residency Program graduate and […]

Allan Kirk to discuss the future of surgery at the next Surgery Grand Rounds on March 29

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For the next Surgery Grand Rounds, Allan Kirk, M.D., will present “The Future of Surgery” from 8 to 9 a.m. on Friday, March 29. This broadcast will be held via Zoom/video conferencing. Dr. Kirk is a distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Surgery at Duke University School of Medicine, and surgeon-in-chief at Duke […]

Dana Nielsen to discuss extremity amputation at Surgery Grand Rounds on Oct. 13

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For the next Surgery Grand Rounds, to be held from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 13, Dana Nielsen, M.D., a fifth-year resident in the UND Surgery Residency Training Program, will present “Life or Limb: Historical and Modern Perspectives on Extremity Amputation.” This broadcast will be held via Zoom/video conferencing. Upon completion of […]

Surgery Grand Rounds to focus on choledocholithiasis on Aug. 18

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The next Surgery Grand Rounds event will be held from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, and will feature a presentation entitled “Management of Choledocholithiasis,” to be given by Zachery Staskywicz, M.D., a fifth-year resident in the UND Surgery Residency Training Program. This event will be held via Zoom/video conferencing. Upon […]

Kelly McKnight to discuss compression neuropathies at Neurology Grand Rounds on July 27

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For the next Neurology Grand Rounds, from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, July 27, Kelly McKnight, M.D., will give a presentation entitled “Compression neuropathies of the upper extremity – views from the surgeon standpoint.” The meeting will be held in person at the Brain & Spine Clinic, 2301 25th St. S. in Fargo, […]

Michael Bouton to discuss breast cancer surgery for Surgery Grand Rounds on March 10

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Michael Bouton, M.D., a clinical professor in the UND Department of Surgery, will present a talk entitled “Breast Cancer Surgery: Management of the Axilla for Breast Cancer” at Sanford Health – Broadway in Fargo, N.D., from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Friday, March 10. Everyone is welcome to attend by following this Zoom Link: […]