2024 Biennial Meeting of the Virginia Mason Surgical Association - VMSA

Thursday, September 19, 2024, 7:00 PM - Saturday, September 21, 2024, 9:00 PM, Volney Richmond Auditorium, Seattle, WA

This event is open only to Members of the Virginia Mason Surgical Association, current Virginia Mason surgical residents, and faculty.

This year our activities begin with the hosted Welcome Reception at Corvus and Co. Please plan your travel accordingly to attend this cocktail reception on Thursday, September 19th from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. Corvus and Co. is located at 601 Broadway E, at the corner of Broadway and Mercer on Capitol Hill.  

New this year: our two day educational program is accredited for continuing education credit. The educational program commences on Friday morning with 10th Annual John A. Ryan Jr., MD Lecture in Surgery, this year given by our own Dr. Larry Moss, now President and Chief Executive Officer of Nemours Children’s Health System. Also speaking is Dr. Robert Gates, Former United States Secretary of Defense.  

Other highlights on the speaker list include Dr. Lisa McIntyre, who is our honorary inductee for all she has done for VM resident education; Dr. Gary Kaplan, and VIrginia Mason’s present CEO Ketul Patel will also speak and take questions.  Please refer to the Agenda tab as we update the program.

Our meeting will close on Saturday evening with our celebratory cocktail reception at the Sunset Club.

Please contact Mary Paul Stewart in Continuing Medical Education at (206) 341-0567 or email if you require assistance with registration.

1. Assess how aligning financial incentives of America’s health system with the health of our patients can transform the health of our society.
2. Assess the distinct advantages of robotics over laparoscopy and cite new problems introduced by the robot.
3. Cite perceived barriers to employing robotics in an already thriving laparoscopic bariatric practice.
4. Formulate strategies for when bureaucracy gets in the way of sound objectives.
5. Identify and critically evaluate the unique challenges that General Surgery residents face in large academic medical center and compare these with the challenges encountered at non-University-based academic surgical residency programs, such as Virginia Mason.
6. Review the role of mentorship in teaching surgery.
7. Describe the role of evidence-based medicine in surgical practice and training.
8. Describe the current data on the graduating general surgery resident's readiness for practice.
9. Assess how changes in systems, regulations and insurance affect the practice of medicine.
10. Describe various pathways for promotion in academic surgery.
11. Review the unique surgical burden of disease for Alaska Native peoples and outline the scope of work, the challenges of providing care, and the opportunities for growth.
12. Describe how the demographics of rural patients are increasingly challenging for economic viability.
13. Assess how a fellowship can augment a general surgery practice and cite the advantages and disadvantages of fellowship training in a community setting.
14. Review how the 5 categories of relationship and experience deemed especially important in surgery imbue the hospital and the community at large in time of natural disaster.
15. Explore the advantages of practicing in a self-insured closed medical system.
16. Develop perspective on the rationale, requirements and principles of seeking out and mastering a role in executive healthcare leadership.
17. Consider the anxieties of a junior partner.
18. Summarize how to get started as a surgeon scientist and identify some of the funding sources for medical research.
19. Cite strategies to address the shortage of general surgeons in rural communities.
20. Compare surgical approaches to unusual and complex cases studies.

Click the "Register" button at the top of this page to register today! 

$400 Member

$500 Member + Guest

$0 VM Surgical Resident

$0 VM Surgical Resident + Guest

OPTIONAL: If you can help defray the meeting costs of our current surgical residents, we offer two options. Thank you for considering!

• Sponsor a VM Resident: (Resident Fund #0068 - tax deductible) - $400.00
• Partial Sponsorship for VM Resident: (Resident Fund #0068 - tax deductible) - $100.00

 

If you require assistance in the registration process or have any questions, please contact Mary Paul Stewart in Continuing Medical Education. Call (206) 341-0567 or email [email protected]

The Virginia Mason Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Virginia Mason Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 11.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Board of Surgery (ABS): Successful completion of this CME activity, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

Parking: Parking is not included with registration. Virginia Mason's downtown parking facilities are limited and reserved for patients, therefore we offer this map of public lots with walking routes to the Lindeman Pavilion.

Public transportation: Metro Bus routes serving the First Hill neighborhood include 2, 10, 12, 60, 193, and 303. Please consult the Metro Trip Planner for route information and schedules.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ (11.00 hours), ABS CC (11.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (11.00 hours)