2021 Webinar Series

(4) Wednesday nights
February 10 & 24 / March 10 & 24
5:30pm – 7:30pm CST

Midwest region’s most comprehensive
General Surgery Course!


Course chairs

Jeffrey A. Blatnik, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery & Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
Associate Program Director – General Surgery
Director of Surgical Programs – Washington University
Institute for Surgical Education (WISE)

Director – Washington University
Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery (WUIMIS)


Maria B. Majella Doyle, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S.
Professor of Surgery, Section of Abdominal Transplant
Director, Liver Transplant, Barnes Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Director, Transplant HPB Fellowship Program
Director, Clinical Faculty Development
Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs, Department of Surgery


Presented by

Department of Surgery at Washington University
School of Medicine in St. Louis

Credit provided by

Washington University
School of Medicine in St. Louis
Continuing Medical Education


Learning & performance objectives

29th Annual Refresher Course & Update in General Surgery Series is designed and implemented inter-professionally by physicians and nurses.  This webinar series is designed for General and Specialty Surgeons and non-surgical physicians interested in the following areas: gastrointestinal, colon and rectal, critical care, endocrine, and trauma; physician assistants, nurses and other health professionals who care for surgical patients.

This comprehensive series is dedicated to training surgeons using the latest surgical techniques and innovative procedures, including minimally invasive surgery, and robotic surgery.as well as the management of other surgical diseases. 

Leading experts will discuss the management and treatment options from a general surgical perspective. This series assists in decision-making for multiple areas of surgical practice.  The subject matter selected is a cross-section of the cutting edge surgical practice of today and new developments in: hernia, breast, colorectal along with  trauma & acute care surgery. Each night will include a panel discussion / question and answer session.

The intention of the program is to increase knowledge of surgical disease, to analyze the result of new approaches or techniques for managing disease and to examine new concepts in surgical science.  The intended result of this activity is increased knowledge, performance, competence, skill and enhanced patient care regarding surgical disease, analyzing new approaches or techniques for managing disease and examining new concepts in surgical science.

At the conclusion of this activity participants will be able to:

  • Distinguish between various types of hernias and identify appropriate management.
  • Assess clinical evidence and recommendations in the treatment of breast cancer.
  • Identify new surgical and non-surgical management strategies for trauma.
  • Formulate surgical treatment strategies for diseases of the colon, rectum, and anus.

Disclosure policy

It is the policy of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Continuing Medical Education, that planners, faculty and other persons who may influence content of this CME activity disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial interests in order for CME staff to identify and resolve any potential conflicts of interest prior to the educational activity.  Faculty must also disclose any planned discussion of off-label/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation.  Detailed disclosures will be made in activity syllabus materials.

Employees of industry (e.g., pharmaceutical and device companies): please contact CME at 314-362-6891 for information regarding attendance at this course