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Session: General Surgery Residents’ Workshop: Making the Most of Your Residency and Preparing for Colorectal Residency

Roundtable Discussions:
-Finding mentors/sponsors and being a good mentee
-Research: Opportunities and considerations during clinical years and dedicated research years
-How to get involved in ASCRS
-Transitioning to fellowship: Concerns and Pitfalls
-Getting the most out of colon & rectal surgery residency
-Looking to the Future: Considerations after Fellowship, Job search, Timelines, etc
-Picking a Fellowship Program

Sunday, May 11, 2025
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM PT
Location: Room 7AB, Upper Level

    Faculty(s)

  • BK

    Brian R. Kann, MD

    Chair, Dept of Colon & Rectal Surgery
    Ochsner Medical Center
    University of Queensland/Ochsner Clinical School
    New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

    All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated.
    This individual has no relevant relationships with ineligible companies.

  • ES

    Emily Steinhagen, MD, FACS, FASCRS

    Associate Professor of Surgery
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal
    Cleveland, Ohio, United States

    All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated.
    This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.

  • MF

    Marco Ferrara, MD, FACS, FASCRS

    Attending
    Orlando Health
    Florida State University College of Medicine
    Orlando, FL, US

    All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated.
    This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.

  • AK

    Angela H. Kuhnen, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

    Attending
    Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
    Tufts University School of Medicine
    Burlington, Massachusetts, United States

    All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated.
    This individual has no relevant relationships with ineligible companies.

  • Jonathan S. Abelson, MD MS (he/him/his)

    Staff Surgeon
    Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
    Tufts Medical Center
    Arlington, Massachusetts, United States

    All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated.
    This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.

  • John Gahagan, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor
    Stanford University Medical Center
    Stanford University

    All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated.
    This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.

  • Poppy Addison, MD

    Staff Surgeon
    Staten Island University Hospital
    Mayo Clinic
    Staten Island, NY, US

    All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated.
    This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.

  • Shannon L. McChesney, MD (she/her/hers)

    Colorectal Surgeon
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Nashville, Tennessee, United States

    All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated.
    This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.

  • Gifty Kwakye, MD MPH

    Associate Professor
    University of Michigan
    Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

    All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated.
    This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.

  • SG

    Suzanne Gillern, MD

    Program Director General Surgery Residency
    Tripler Army Medical Center
    Honolulu, HI, US

    All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated.
    This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.

All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated.
Brian R. Kann, MD: This individual has no relevant relationships with ineligible companies.
Emily Steinhagen, MD, FACS, FASCRS: This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.
Marco Ferrara, MD, FACS, FASCRS: This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.
Angela H. Kuhnen, MD, MPH: This individual has no relevant relationships with ineligible companies.
Jonathan S. Abelson, MD MS: This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.
John Gahagan, MD: This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.
Poppy Addison, MD: This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.
Shannon L. McChesney, MD: This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.
Gifty Kwakye, MD MPH: This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.
Suzanne Gillern, MD: This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.