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University of California, San Francisco
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name:
William P Schecter
Position:
Professor of Clinical Surgery
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Address:
Campus Box 0807
Department of Surgery
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143-0807
Voice:
(415) 206-4626
FAX:
(415) 206-5484
email:
[email protected]
EDUCATION:
1964-68
Harpur College, State University of New York
A.B.
Political Science
1968-72
Albany Medical College
M.D.
Medicine
1972-73
San Francisco General Hospital
Inter
Medicine
1973-75
Massachusetts General Hospital
Resident
Anesthesia
1976-78
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Resident
Surgery
1978-79
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Chief
Resident
Surgery
1979-80
San Francisco Hand Fellowship
Fellow
Hand Surgery
LICENSES, CERTIFICATION:
1973
Medical License
State of Massachusetts
1973
Diplomate
National Board of National Examiners
1975
Fellow
American College of Anesthesiology
1976
Medical License
State of California
1980
Diplomate, 25772, 3/12/80
American Board of Surgery
1987
Critical Care Medicine, 153, Issued 4/9/87
American Board of Surgery
1987
Fellowship
American College of Surgeons
1990
Surgery
American Board of Surgery
1996
Fluoroscopy, X-Ray Supervisor and Operator
State of California, Department of Health
Services
1996
Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Surgery
1998
Recertification
American Board of Surgery
2004
General Surgery, 8/9/04, Exp. 7/1/15
American Board of Surgery
2004
Added Qualifications, Issued 8/11/04, Exp. 7/1/15
American Board of Surgery
PRINCIPAL POSITIONS HELD:
1980-1981
University of California, San Francisco School Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
of Medicine
1981-1983
University of California, San Francisco School Full Professor of Surgery
of Medicine
1983-1984
University of Natal, Depart. of Surgery
1984-1990
University of California, San Francisco School Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
of Medicine
1990-1993
University of California, San Francisco School Associate Clinical Professor
of Medicine
1993-present
University of California, San Francisco School Full Professor of Surgery
of Medicine
2004
Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Instructor of Surgery
Full Professor of Surgery
OTHER POSITIONS HELD CONCURRENTLY:
1980-1981
San Francisco General Hospital
Associate Director, Emergency Services
1980-1981
San Francisco General Hospital
Associate Director, Hand Surgery Service, San
Francisco General Hospital
1980-1983
San Francisco General Hospital
Attending Surgeon
1981-1983
LBJ Tropical Medical Center
Chief of Surgery
1983-1984
King Edward VIII Hospital
Consultant Surgeon
1984
San Francisco General Hospital
Associate Director, Hand Clinic
1984
San Francisco General Hospital
Attending Surgeon
1984
San Francisco General Hospital
Associate Director, Intensive Care Unit
1985
San Francisco General Hospital
Co-Director of Amputation Clinic
1992-2008
San Francisco General Hospital
Chief of Surgery
1993-2008
University of California, San Francisco
Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery
1993-2008
San Francisco General Hospital
Chief of Surgery
1995
California College of Podiatric Medicine
Adjunct Professor
1995
San Francisco Surgical Society
Council Member
HONORS AND AWARDS:
1972
Alpha Omega Alpha
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
1989
Young Investigator Travel Award
American Society for Clinical Oncology
1990
Merit Honor For Scientific Essay
Southwestern Surgical Congress
1990
Certificate of Merit Honors for Scientific Essay
41st Annual Meeting, Southwestern Surgical
Congress
1996
Certificate of Appreciation
Israel Trauma Society, June 26, 1996
1998
Chai Award for Public Service
Jack Berman Advocacy Center, American Jewish
Congress
1999
Nominee, Giving Something Back Award Honoring Exemplary Non-Profit Board Members
Management Center and the Charles Schwaab
Foundation
2002
Distinguished Alumnus
The Albany Medical College
2002
Nova Award, Awarded to Operation Access for
Service to the Uninsured
American Hospital Association
2003
Distinguished Colleague of the Year, 2002
UCSF Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
2003
Honoree, San Francisco, CA
Operation Access, September 18, 2003
2006
Pride in the Profession Award
American Medical Association Foundation, May 12,
2006
2007
Heroes and Hearts Award
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation
2007
Order of Merit, for Service during the 2006
Lebanon War
The Society for Medicine and Law in Israel
2007
Key Note Speaker, UCSF Commencement
Ceremony
University of California, San Francisco
2008
Key Note Speaker, University of Loyola Medical
School Commencement Ceremony
University of California, San Francisco
2008
First Prize. Scientific Poster Competition. Case
Management in Multiple Casualty Incidents.
Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons,
San Francisco.
2009
ACS/Pfizer, Inc., Surgical Volunteerism Award for
Domestic Outreach
American College of Surgeons 95th Annual Clinical
Congress, 10/13/2009
2010
Best Doctors in America
Best Doctors in American 2011-2012 Database.
www.bestdoctors.com
2011
Chancellor’s Award for Public Service
University of California, San Francisco
KEYWORDS/AREAS OF INTEREST:
The surgery of poverty, trauma, soft tissue infections related to drug use and alcoholism, advanced malignancy related to
poor access to health care, the surgical treatment of HIV infected patients, and medical management of chemical and
biological warfare in mass casualty events.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
SUMMARY OF CLINICAL ACTIVITIES
1979-Present
Attending Physician, San Francisco General Hospital: Attend Trauma/General Surgery Clinic on Monday morning from
9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
1979-2011
Attending Physician, San Francisco General Hospital: Attend Trauma/General Surgery Clinic on Monday morning from
9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
9/1/2005-12/31/2011: On Wednesday afternoons: Attended the Vascular Surgery clinic from 1:00-4:00 p.m. from
September 1, 2005 through December 31, 2011.
Service attending 6-8 weeks per year until December 31, 2011. Rounded from approximately 6:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m.
daily during the weeks assigned as Service attending
Evening rounds on the entire service during this time also performing emergency General Surgery and Trauma Surgery
on assigned on-call days and on other days as necessary. Attended on elective surgery practice in the field of General
Surgery.
Attending: Actively involved interacting with the residents on a daily basis whether or not assigned on Service. Service call
6-8 weeks per year and 2-4 nights/month of 24-hour emergency call.
Summary of Clinical Activities: Active General and Trauma Surgeon in a clinical practice.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Memberships
1975-1980
American Society of Anesthesiologists
1980-Present
Howard C. Naffziger Surgical Society
1982-Present
Society of Critical Care Medicine
1985-Present
San Francisco Surgical Society
1985-1995
Association for Academic Surgery
1986-2006
California Academy of Medicine
1987-Present
Northern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons
1987-2005
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
1987-Present
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
1987-Present
Pacific Coast Surgical Association
1988-1995
Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians
1989-1995
Fellow, American Society of Clinical Oncology
1989-Present
Fellow, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
1989-Present
Fellow, Southwestern Surgical Congress
2000-Present
Gold-Headed Cane Society, UCSF
2002-2006
Charter Member, Claude H. Organ, Jr., Surgical Society
2003-Present
Western Surgical Association
2004-Present
American Surgical Association
2007-Present
Israel Surgical Association
Service to Professional Organizations
1985-1986
Associate Examiner, American Board of Surgery
1986-1992
Associate Examiner, American Board of Surgery
1986-1992
Co-Chairman, Hand Surgery Section, Northern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons
1988
Associate Examiner, American Board of Surgery
1989
Committee Member, Consultant in AIDS Task Force, San Francisco Medical Society
1992-1993
Program Director, San Francisco Surgical Society
1992-2002
Committee Member, Committee on Applicants, American College of Surgeons, Northern California
District #1
1993
Associate Examiner, American Board of Surgery
1993-1994
President-Elect, Northern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons
1994-1995
President, Northern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons
1995-present
Council Member, San Francisco Surgical Society
1995-1996
Associate Examiner, American Board of Surgery
1997-2003
Governor, American College of Surgeons
1998
Associate Examiner, American Board of Surgery
1999
Distinguished Investigator, American College of Critical Care Medicine Award Committee
1999-2001
Howard C. Naffziger Surgical Society
2000-2001
President, San Francisco Surgical Society
2000-2002
Associate Examiner, American Board of Surgery
2000-2003
Committee Member, American College of Surgeons/American Society of Anesthesiology, American
College of Surgeons
2000-2003
Committee Member, American College of Surgeons/American Society of Anesthesiology
2002-2003
Vice President, Pacific Coast Surgical Association
2004-2010
Chair, American Board of Surgery
2004-present
Director, American Board of Surgery
2004
Founding Member, Co-Director, Operation Access
2005
Committee Chair, Committee on Perioperative Care, American College of Surgeons
2006-present
Representative, AMA Physician Consortium Performance Improvement's Anesthesiology Work
Group, American College of Surgeons
2006
Liaison, Surgical Practice s in Hospitals and Ambulatory Settings, American College of Surgeons
2006
Board of Directors, UCSF Gold-Headed Cane Society
2007-present
Representative, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement (PSQI) Committee, American College of
Surgeons
2007-2010
Council Member, Representative to Council on Surgical and Peri-operative Safety, American College
of Surgeons
2007-present
Board Member, Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, American College of Surgeons
2007
Site Surveyor, Trauma Site Survey, Nebraska Medical Center
2007-2011
Committee Member, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, Centers for Disease
Control
2008-2010
Committee Chair, Recertification Committee, American Board of Surgery
2010-present
Senior Examiner, American Board of Surgery
2012
President-Elect, Pacific Coast Surgical Association 2015
SERVICE TO PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS:
1996-present
Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Archives of Surgery
1997-present
Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Trauma
1999
Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Grant Applications to the Israel Science Foundation
1999-present
Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Journal of the American College of Surgeons
2005-present
Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Disaster Medicine
2011-present
Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Gastroenterology
2011-present
Ad-Hoc Reviewer, New England Journal of Medicine
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
INTERNATIONAL
3/1984
5/1984
12/1-2/1987
5/18-20/1988
8/28-30/1989
8/28-30/1989
4/15-24/1990
4/15-24/1990
4/15-24/1990
10/1990
10/1990
10/1990
10/1990
10/1990
10/1990
12/10-13/1990
12/10-13/1990
5/27-28/1991
Invited Lecture. The management of head injuries by general surgeons: A report from American Samoa.
Association of Surgeons of South Africa, Bophutatswana, So. Africa
Invited Lecture. The role of operative stabilization in the management of flail chest. Critical Care
Congress, Durban, Republic of South Africa
Invited Lecture. AIDS and the surgeon. Royal Lancaster Hospital, London, England
Invited Lecture. AIDS and the Surgeon. Third Swedish Surgical Congress, Orebro, Sweden
Invited Lecture. The role of gloves in the prevention of blood-borne infections: A surgeon's view,
International Conference on Blood-Borne Infections in the Workplace, Stockholm, Sweden
Invited Lecture. Safe and unsafe practices in the operating room and emergency room. International
Conference on Blood-Borne Infections in the Workplace, Stockholm, Sweden
Grand Rounds. Abdominal trauma. Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Hadassah, Israel
Grand Rounds. AIDS and the surgeon. Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Hadassah, Israel
Seminar. Attended daily rounds, surgical clinics, operations and seminar to medical students. Hadassah
Hebrew University Medical Center, Hadassah, Israel
Invited Lecture. El riesgo al cirujano de infeccion SIDA. 61st Congreso Argentino de Cirugia, Buenos
Aires, Argentina
Invited Lecture. Neoplasias anorectales: Tendencias actuales. 61st Congreso Argentino de Cirugia,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Invited Lecture. Manejo del trauma hepático. 61st Congreso Argentino de Cirugia, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Invited Lecture. Heridas del colon y recto, 61st Congreso Argentino de Cirugia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Invited Lecture. Heridas traumaticas de las extremidades: Principios de tratamiento. 61st Congreso
Argentino de Cirugia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Invited Lecture. Insuficiencia respiratoria aguda post-traumatica, 61st Congreso Argentino de Cirugia,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Invited Lecture. Pediatric trauma and trauma in pregnancy. Medical Corps, Israel Defense Force, Bayt
Avarah, Haifa, Israel
Invited Lecture. Case studies in trauma management. Simulated resuscitation and treatment of
battlefield casualties. Medical Corps, Israel Defense Force, Bayt Avarah, Haifa, Israel
Instructor. Lab instructor and mock casualty instructor, Combat Trauma Life Support, Israel Defense
5/27-28/1991
5/29/1991
5/29/1991
05/29/1991
05/29/1991
6/3-6/1991
11/18-21/1991
1/10/1993
1/10/1993
1/11-12/1993
10/4/1994
11/7-8/1994
11/7-8/1994
11/7-8/1994
11/7-8/1994
11/7-/8/1994
11/9/1994
12/13-26/1994
12/19/1994
12/20/1994
12/23/1994
5/23-25/1995
1/24/1996
3/21-22/1996
06/17-24/1996
10/12/1996
10/13/1996
10/14/1996
11/18-21/1996
3/17-24/1997
7/4/1997
7/5/1997
5/18/1998
1/1999
11/1999
7/1-6/2000
11/19/2000
11/20/2000
11/20/2000
Forces, Israel
Visiting Professor. Lab instructor and mock casualty instructor, Tel Hashomer Sheba Medical Center,
Israel
Invited Lecture. Trauma care: A continuum of responsibility (given in English), Trauma 91, 4th Annual
Meeting of the Israel Trauma Society, Malon Hasharon, Herzilia Pituah, Israel
Panel Discussant. The role of emergency room thoracotomy in resuscitation, Trauma 91, 4th Annual
Meeting of the Israel Trauma Society, Malon Hasharon, Herzilia Pituah, Israel
Invited Keynote Lecture. Tipul BeTrauma Le Haze-Moreh Lenebuchim (Treatment of chest trauma - A
guide to the perplexed) given in Hebrew. Trauma 91. 4th Annual Meeting of the Israel Trauma Society,
Malon, Hasharon, Herzilia Pituah, Israel
Panel Discussion. Trauma care: A continuum of responsibility (given in English. Trauma 91. 4th Annual
meeting of the Israel Trauma Society, Malon Hasharon, Herzilia Pituah, Israel
Invited Lecture. Lab instructor and mock casualty instructor. Combat Trauma Life Support, Israel
Defense Forces, Israel
Instructor, Lab instructor and mock casualty instructor. Combat Trauma Life Support, Israel Defense
Forces, Israel
Invited Lecture. Tipul BeTrauma LeHaze-moreh lenebuchim (Treatment of chest trauma: A guide to the
perplexed) given in Hebrew. Trauma 91. 4th Annual Meeting of the Israel Trauma Society, Malon
Hasharon, Herzilia Pituah, Israel
Invited Lecture. Hadassah University School of Medicine, Mt. Scopus Campus, Israel
Instructor. Lab instructor and mock casualty instructor, Combat Trauma Life Support, Israel Defense
Forces, Israel
Seminar. Lab instructor and mock casualty instructor. Combat Trauma Life Support Course, Israel
Defense Forces, Israel.
Invited Lecture. AIDS and Surgery. V Congreso de cirugia do triangulo mineiro, Uberaba, Brasil
Invited Lecture. Evaluation of blunt abdominal trauma, V Congreso de Cirugia do Triangulo Mineiro,
Uberaba, Brasil
Invited Lecture. Emergency room thoracotomy. V Congreso de Cirugia do Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba,
Brasil
Invited Lecture. Prevention of infections after trauma. V Congreso de Cirugia do Triangulo Mineiro,
Uberaba, Brasil
Invited Lecture. Organization of the trauma unit at San Francisco General Hospital. V Congreso de
Cirugia do Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Brasil
Invited Lecture. AIDS and the surgeon. V Congreso de Cirugia do Triangulo Mineiro, Recife, Brasil
Instructor. Combat Trauma Life Support Course, Israel Defense Forces, Israel
Invited Lecture. Controversies in trauma management, Annual Meeting, Israeli Army ATLS Instructors,
Israel Defense Forces, Israel
Invited Lecture. Penetrating duodenal trauma, Department of Surgery, Assaf Harofe Hospital, Tsrifin,
Israel
Invited Lecture. Controversies in shock management, Rambam Hospital, Haifa, Israel
Instructor. Combat Trauma Life Support, Israel Defense Forces, Israel
Invited Panelist. AIDS in surgery, Pan Pacific Surgical Association, Honolulu, HI
Visiting Professorship. Distinguished Judge and Keynote Speaker, 14th Annual Surgeon's Days,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Seminar. Combat Trauma Life Support Course. Israel Defense Forces, Israel
Invited Lecture. Hemorrhagic shock: Concepts on controversies, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei,
Taiwan, Republic of China
Plenary Presentation AIDS and the surgeon. Society of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Taiwan,
Republic of China
Invited Lecture. Hemorrhagic shock: Concepts and controversies. Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Pan
Chao, Taiwan, Republic of China
Seminar. Combat Trauma Life Support Course. Israel Defense Forces, Israel
Instructor. Combat Trauma Life Support Course, Israel Defense Forces, Israel
Invited Lecture. Surgical intervention in HIV infected patients, Sixth Munich AIDS Days, Munich,
Germany
Invited Lecture. Infection control precautions in the operating room. Sixth Munich AIDS Days, Munich,
Germany
Invited Lecture. AIDS and the surgeon. Third Swedish Surgical Congress, Orebro, Sweden
Instructor. Combat Trauma Life Support Course. Israel Defense Forces, Israel.
Instructor. Combat Trauma Life Support Course. Israel Defense Forces, Israel
Instructor, Combat Trauma Life Support Course. Israel Defense Forces, Israel.
Speaker. Trauma Forum. Meir Hospital, Kfar Saba, Israel
Speaker. Trauma Forum. Soroka Medical School, Beer Sheba, Israel
Invited Lecture. Retrohepatic vena caval injuries. Trauma 2000, Israel Trauma Society, Herzilia, Israel
12/20/2000
12/22/2000
6/06-14/2003
6/11-14/2003
6/11-14/2003
6/11-14/2003
6/11-14/2003
6/11-14/2003
7/2003
7/14-17/2003
7/14-17/2003
7/14-17/2003
7/14-17/2003
10/06-28/2003
1/1-6/30/2004
1/6/2004
1/20/2004
1/21/2004
2/25-26/2004
3/10-11/2004
3/31/2004
5/16-20/2004
6/15-17/2004
6/15-17/2004
6/15-17/2004
6/15-17/2004
6/15-17/2004
6/23/2004
07/17/04
9/9/2004
9/12/2005
9/15/2005
9/15/2005
9/16/2005
5/15-30/2006
5/15-30/2006
5/15-30/2006
5/15-30/2006
7/18-8/16/06
2/7-8/07
6/6-7/2007
Invited Lecture. Portal triad injuries, Trauma 2000. Israel Trauma Society, Herzilia, Israel
Invited Lecture. Pancreaticoduodenal injuries, Trauma 2000. Israel Trauma Society, Herzilia, Israel
Invited Lecture. Pancreaticoduodenal injuries. 8th International Trauma Congress, Durban, South Africa.
Invited Lecture. Baron de Larrey: The Soldier's surgeon. 8th International Trauma Congress, Durban
South Africa
Invited Lecture. Gunshot wounds to the porta hepatis. 8th International Trauma Congress, Durban,
South Africa
Invited Lecture. Withholding and withdrawing intensive care. 8th International Trauma Congress,
Durban, South Africa
Invited Lecture. Medical management of biochemical weapons. 8th International Trauma Congress,
Durban, South Africa
Invited Lecture. Hypotensive resuscitation. 8th International Trauma Congress, Durban, South Africa
Visiting Professor. Rounds. Technion Medical School, Rambam Hospital, Haifa, Israel
Visiting Professor. Management of hepatobiliary trauma. Technion University Faculty of Medicine,
Haifa, Israel
Visiting Professorship, Approach to the management of the multiply-injured patient, Technion University
Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
Visiting Professorship, Jean-Dominique De Larrey: The father of modern trauma surgery. Technion
University Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
Visiting Professorship. Small group teaching sessions with students. Technion University Faculty of
Medicine, Haifa, Israel
Visiting Professor, Lab Instructor and Mock Casualty Instructor. Combat Trauma Life Support, Israel
Defense Forces, Israel
Visiting Professor. Various Activities, Shaarei Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Medical Conference. Israel National Police, Latrun, Israel
Invited Lecture. Trauma Forum. Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel
Visiting Professor. Rounds with residents. Soroka Medical Center, Beersheba, Israel
Visiting Professor. Rounds and teaching activities. Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Visiting Professor. Trauma course. Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Visiting Professor. Rounds and teaching activities. Hadassah Har Hatsofim Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Panel Moderator. International Conference on Medical Consequences of Terrorism,Tel Aviv, Israel
Visiting Professor. Instructor. Soroka Medical Center, Beersheba, Israel
Visiting Professor. The role of gloves in the prevention of blood-borne infections: A surgeon's view
(English), Technion University Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
Invited Lecture. Management of hepatobiliary trauma (Hebrew), Technion University Faculty of
Medicine, Haifa, Israel
Invited Lecture. Approach to the management of the multiply-injured patient (Hebrew), Technion
University Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
Invited Lecture. Jean-Dominique Delarrey: the father of modern trauma surgery (Hebrew). Technion
University Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
Visiting Professor. Trauma Forum. Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel
Visiting Professor. Participated in multiple small group teaching sessions. Technion University Faculty of
Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
Invited Lecture. Civilian hospital response to mass casualty events: The Israeli experience. NYU
Downtown Medical Center. International Symposium on Response to Terrorist Attacks, New York, NY
Invited Lecture. A passion for medicine. Lecture to First Year Class, University of Queensland School of
Medicine, Brisbane, Australia
Visiting Professor. Management of the polytrauma patient: Beyond the basics. Princess Alexandra
Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
Visiting Professor. Mass casualty events due to suicide bombing in Israel: Historical context and clinical
management, ES Meyers Lecturer, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Invited Lecture. Introduction to biochemical weapons to third year students. Princess Alexandra
Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
Invited Lecture. Management of the trauma patient: Beyond the basics. Makerere University, Uganda
Invited Lecture. Management of the open abdomen. Makerere University, Uganda
Invited Lecture. Perioperative transmission of blood-borne infections: Preventive strategies. Makerere
University, Uganda
Invited Lecture. Civilian hospital response to mass casualty events: The Israeli experience, Makerere
University, Uganda
Visiting Professor. Visiting Professor and Attending Surgeon. Safed, Israel, Israel
Grand Rounds. The surgical response to mass casualty events: The Israeli experience., University of
British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
Visiting Professorship. The open abdomen: A new surgical disease in the ICU., Sharee Zedek Medical
Center, Jerusalem, Israel
6/6/2007
7/9-10/2007
4/1-2/2008
4/8-9/08
9/16-18/2008
12/8-19/08
03/2-3/9
4/20-21/2009
9/7/2009
9/8/2009
9/13/2009
9/14-15/2009
12/06-09/2010
12/13/2010
12/15-17/2010
7/27/2011
Plenary Presentation. Nathan Rabinovici Plenary Lecture. Bi-Annual Meeting of the Israel Surgical
Association, Jerusalem, Israel
Invited Lecture. The role of laparoscopy in trauma. Advanced Laparoscopy in 2007. Shaare Zedek
Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Instructor. Combat Trauma Life Support Course. Israel Defense Forces, Israel
Instructor. Combat Trauma Life Support Course. Israel Defense Forces, Israel
Invited Lecture. Abdominal compartment syndrome. 21st International Congress of the Israel Society of
Anesthesiologists, Israel Defense Forces, Tel Aviv, Israel
Consensus Conference. Management of blast injury. Hillel-Jaffa Medical Center, Hadera, Israel
Instructor. Advanced Trauma Life Support Course, Israel Defense Forces, Ginossar, Israel
Visiting Professor. Surgical consultant in pulmonary tuberculosis. Mexicali General Hospital, Mexicali,
Mexico.
Plenary Presentation. Abnormal CNS functions: Medical management of victims of terrorist bombings.
Second International Consensus Meeting, Madrid, Spain
Plenary Presentation. Abdominal lesions. Medical management of victims of terrorist bombings. Second,
International Consensus Meeting, Madrid, Spain
Invited Lecture. Warfare and medicine. Convention of Military Trauma Life Support Instructors, Israel
Defense Forces, Tsrifin, Israel
Course Moderator. Advanced Trauma Life Support, Israel Defense Forces, Tsrifin, Israel
Instructor. Combat Trauma Life Support Course, Israel Defense Forces, Israel
Invited Lecture. Warfare and medicine. Lecture in Honor of Moses Michaelson. Trauma Symposium,
Rambam Hospital, Haifa, Israel.
International Visiting Instructor. Fourth Israeli Definitive Surgical Trauma Care (DSTC) Course. Israel
Trauma Society, Haifa, Israel
Visiting Professor. Enterocutaneous fistulas. Grand Rounds. Muhambili University of Health and Allied
Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
NATIONAL
11/13/1985
National Telephone Conference. Management of postoperative pain. Norwich-Eaton
Pharmaceuticals, San Francisco, CA
9/24/1986
Luncheon Panelist. Cardio-pulmonary trauma. American College of Chest Physicians, San
Francisco, CA
6/1-5/1987
Visiting Professor. Observed operative cases as well as ward rounds and outpatient clinics.
University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
10/26/1988
Invited Lecture. HIV transmission to surgeons: Risk assessment, infection control precautions
and standards of conduct. 1988 Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL
3/18/1989
Grand Rounds. HIV and the surgeon, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
11/1/1989
Invited Lecture. HIV and surgery: Risk assessment, infection control precautions and ethical
behavior. American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, San Francisco, CA
1/18-29/1990
Visiting Professor. Chest trauma, surgery and orthopedic surgery, University of Missouri at
Columbia, Columbia, Missouri
1/18-29/1990
Visiting Professor. Tendon transfers for peripheral nerve injury of the upper extremity. Surgery
and Orthopedic Surgery, University of Missouri at Columbia, Columbia, Missouri
1/18-29/1990
Visiting Professor. Primary care of hand injuries. Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery, University of
Missouri at Columbia, Columbia, Missouri
1/18-29/1990
Visiting Professor. HIV infection in surgery. Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery, University of
Missouri at Columbia, Columbia, Missouri
1/18-29/1990
Visiting Professor. Necrotizing soft tissue infections. Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery, University
of Missouri at Columbia, Columbia, Missouri
1/18-29/1990
Visiting Professor. Student case presentations. Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery, University of
Missouri at Columbia, Columbia, Missouri
2/5-10/1990
Visiting Professor. Chest trauma. Department of Surgery, University of Hawaii, Hawaii
2/5-10/1990
Visiting Professor. Withholding and withdrawing support in the ICU, Department of Surgery,
University of Hawaii, Hawaii
2/5-10/1990
Visiting Professorship. Surgical practice in the South Pacific. Department of Surgery, University
of Hawaii, Hawaii
2/5-10/1990
Visiting Professor. Abdominal trauma. Department of Surgery, University of Hawaii, Hawaii
2/5-10/1990
Visiting Professor. Rounds and surgical operations. Department of Surgery, University of Hawaii,
Hawaii
3/27/1990
Invited Lecture. Occupational blood-borne infection in health care workers caring for AIDS
patients: Risk and prevention. College of American Pathologists, 1990 Spring Meeting, San
Francisco, CA
10/8/1990
Panelist. Plastic Surgery Motion Pictures Session. 1990 Clinical Congress, American College of
Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
8/19-24/1991
Visiting Professor. Performed surgery during visit. Tripler Army Medical Center, Tripler Army
Medical Center, HI
8/19-24/1991
Visiting Professor. Withholding and withdrawing intensive care and case presentations in general
surgery. Tripler Army Medical Center, Tripler Army Medical Center, HI
8/19-24/1991
Visiting Professor. Chest trauma. Tripler Army Medical Center, Tripler Army Medical Center, HI
8/19-24/1991
Visiting Professor. Surgical care in the era of HIV infection. Tripler Army Medical Center, Tripler
Army Medical Center, HI
9/14/1991
Invited Commentary, The use of transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of chest
trauma. 51st Annual Meeting, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Philadelphia, PA
9/30/1991
Invited Lecture. Strategies for risk reduction of transmission of blood-borne pathogens in the
operating room. 31st ICAA Meeting, American Society of Microbiology, Chicago, IL
10/4/1991
Invited Lecture. An American hand surgeon in Samoa and Africa: Lessons from surgery in the
Third World. American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Orlando, Florida
10/30/1991
Invited Panelist. AIDS: What's the risk? Annual Meeting, American Society of Anesthesiology,
San Francisco, CA
11/6/1991
Panel Chairman. Management of chest trauma: Illustrative cases and clinical pearls. Annual
Meeting, American College of Chest Physicians, San Francisco, CA
4/11/1992
Symposium. AIDS and surgery, The Buttes, Temple, AZ
10/16/1992
Invited Lecture for Postgraduate Course. ICU support should be maximal until the patient is dead
and physicians should not actively withdraw support-yes? Critical Care: ICU Controversies, 78th
Annual Meeting American College of Surgeons, New Orleans, LA
3/20/1993
Invited Lecture. AIDS and cancer. Meet the Professor Series, Society of Surgical Oncology
National Meeting, Los Angeles, CA
5/25/1993
Invited Lecture. AIDS and the surgeon. American Urological Association, San Antonio, TX
10/11/1993
Panel Discussion. Serologic testing of surgical patients for viral pathogens: Viral infections in the
operating room. Board of Governors. 1993 Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons,
San Francisco, CA
10/13/1993
Panel Discussion for Postgraduate Course. Preoperative analgesia for outpatient surgery.
Update: Ambulatory Surgery: Current Issues and Controversies. 1993 Annual Congress, ACS,
San Francisco, CA
2/13-15/1994
Invited Panelist. Are universal precautions realistic? Alternative strategies. Conference on
Prevention of Transmission of Blood-Borne Pathogens in Surgery and Obstetrics. ACS/CDC,
Atlanta, GA
10/11/1994
Invited Lecture. Pleural decompression and blood chemistry testing: Oxygenation assessment
and hemorrhagic shock treatment can effectively be accomplished in ambulances and helicopter
transportation in patients with devastating injury? Postgraduate Course, American College of
Surgeons, Chicago, IL
4/28/1995
Visiting Professorship, AIDS in surgery, HealthCare Professionals, Institutions and the Social
Contract, St. Vincent- Community Health Network, Indianapolis, IN
4/29/1995
Invited Lecture. The Ambulatory Surgery Access Coalition. 19th Annual Chapter Officers'
Seminar, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL
4/29/1995
Grand Rounds. Withholding and withdrawing intensive care: A surgeon's perspective.
Department of Surgery, University of Indiana, School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
6/1/1996
Seminar. Operation Access, 20th Annual Chapter Officers Seminar, Chicago, IL
9/25/1996
Invited Presentation, Operation Access, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, San Francisco, CA
2/20-26/1997
Visiting Professor. Necrotizing soft tissue infection, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI
2/20-26/1997
Visiting Professor. AIDS and the surgeon. Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI
2/20-26/1997
Visiting Professor. Gunshot wounds to the portahepatis, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu,
HI
2/20-26/1997
Visiting Professor. Management of neck trauma and burn resuscitation. Tripler Army Medical
Center, Honolulu, HI
2/20-26/1997
Visiting Professor. Teaching in the operating room: Two Days, Tripler Army Medical Center,
Honolulu, HI
4/11-12/1997
Invited Attendee. Invited Attendee. National Meeting, Reach Out Program, Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, Coronado, CA
10/13/1997
Invited Lecture. Postgraduate Course No. 1. Local anesthesia for ambulatory surgery, 83rd
Annual Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL
10/13/1997
Invited Lecture. Postgraduate Course No. 1, Pre and postoperative care: Systems to improve
quality and efficacy in ambulatory surgery, 83rd Annual Clinical Congress, American College of
Surgeons, Chicago, IL
3/27-28/1998
Invited Attendee. Annual Meeting, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Reach Out Initiative,
Brazleton, GA
10/26/1998
Invited Lecture. Local anesthetics in surgical practice. Annual Meeting, American College of
Surgeons, Orlando, Florida
10/12/1999
Moderator. Portal triad trauma. Correlative Clinic 1, 1999, 1999 Clinical Congress, American
College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
5/22-25/2000
Visiting Professor. Endpoints of resuscitation. Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii
5/22-25/2000
Visiting Professor. Warfare in medicine: A historical perspective. Tripler Army Medical Center,
Hawaii
5/22-25/2000
Visiting Professor. Portal triad trauma. Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii
5/22-25/2000
Visiting Professor. Management of Neck Trauma. Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii
5/22-25/2000
Visiting Professor. Telemedicine Grand Rounds: HIV and malignancy: Thoughts on oncogenesis
at the turn of the Millennium. Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii
5/22-25/2000
Visiting Professorship. Teaching in the operating room two days. Tripler Army Medical Center,
Hawaii
9/7/2000
Invited Lecture. HIV and malignancy: Thoughts on viral oncogenesis at the turn of the Century,
Eighth Annual Charles Ecker Lecturer in Surgery, Albany, New York
10/23/2000
Moderator. Panel on analgesia and sedation in the intensive care unit. Committee on the
Operating Room Environment, Annual Congress, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL
3/6-30/2001
Invited Lecture. HIV and malignancy: Thoughts on viral oncogenesis. University of Hawaii,
Honolulu, HI
10/7/2001
Invited Lecture. The other America: Surgical care of the underserved: Is regionalization rational?
General or subspecialty surgery?, Board of Governors, American College of Surgeons, New
Orleans, LA
10/8/2001
Moderator. Pain management in outpatient surgery. Annual Clinical Congress, American College
of Surgeons, New Orleans, LA
10/10/2001
Invited Lecture. HIV and surgery: A moral imperative and litigious nightmare. Annual Clinical
Congress, American College of Surgeons, New Orleans, LA
10/18/2001
Visiting Professor. Dominique de Larrey: The father of modern trauma surgery. Department of
Surgery, University of Hawaii, Miami, Florida
10/18/2001
Visiting Professor. Surgical care of portal triad injuries. Department of Surgery, University of
Hawaii, Miami, Florida
10/18/2001
Visiting Professor. Bedside teaching rounds. Department of Surgery, University of Hawaii, Miami,
Florida
1/10-11/2002
Visiting Professor. Dominique de Larrey: The father of modern trauma surgery, Department of
Surgery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1/10-11/2002
Grand Rounds. Medical management of victims of biochemical weapons. Department of Surgery,
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1/10-11/2002
Grand Rounds. Case presentations with residents. Department of Surgery, University of New
Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
4/18/2002
Invited Lecture. Jean Dominique De Larrey: The father of modern trauma surgery. Sewell
Lecturer in Trauma, Methodist Hospital, Fortworth, Texas
10/9/2002
Invited Panelist. Treatment of victims of chemical weapons: Symposium on mass casualties and
weapons of mass destruction. 88th Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons, San
Francisco, CA
10/24/2002
Grand Rounds. Withholding and withdrawing intensive care: A surgeon's perspective. Baystate
Medical Center, Springfield, IL
4/14/2003
Committee Member. Committee on Pre-operative Care. American College of Surgeons, New
York City, NY
5/28-30/2003
Invited Participant. Alcohol and other drug problems among hospitalized trauma patients:
Controlling complications, Mortality and Recidivism, Centers for Disease Control, Arlington, VA
9/29/2003
Invited Lecture. Upper extremity Steal Syndrome following vascular surgery access for
hemodialysis. American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Chicago, IL
10/20/2003
Invited Panelist on Volunteerism. HIV as an occupational risk for surgeons. 89th Clinical
Congress, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL
10/20/2003
Invited Panelist. Blood-borne infections. 89th Clinical Congress. American College of Surgeons,
Chicago, IL
9/9/2004
Invited Lecture. Emergency preparedness: Safeguarding the public in new era. Second Annual
Symposium, NYU Downtown Hospital, New York, NY
10/3/2004
Invited Lecture. Civilian response to mass casualty events: The Israeli experience. Timpanogos
Surgery Club, Sundance, Utah
10/3/2004
Invited Lecture. Volunteerism. Timpanogos Surgery Club, Sundance, Utah
10/11/2004
Moderator. Civilian response to mass casualty events: The Israeli experience. Annual Clinical
Congress, American College of Surgeons, New Orleans, LA
3/11-14/2005
Invited Participant. National Meeting Reach Out: Physicians' initiative to expand care to
underserved Americans. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Charleston, South Carolina
5/19-21/2005
Rikkers Invited Lecture. Surgery and the social contract. University of Nebraska, Omaha,
Nebraska
5/19-21/2005
Rikkers Invited Lecture. Civilian hospital response to a mass casualty event: The Israeli
experience. University of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska
5/19-21/2005
Visiting Professor. Civilian hospital response to mass casualty events: The Israeli experience.
Rikkers Visiting Professorship. University of Nebraska Department of Surgery, Omaha, Nebraska
10/17/2005
Invited Lecture. Enteroatmospheric fistula: The feared complication of the open abdomen. 91st
Clinical Congress. American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
10/18/2005
Invited Lecture. Civilian hospital response to mass casualty events: The Israeli experience. 91st
Clinical Congress. American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
09/19/2006
Panel Member. Trauma surgery. The 12th Annual San Antonio Trauma Symposium. The Trauma
Institute of San Antonio. San Antonio, Texas.
10/09/06
Invited Panelist. Disaster planning in the modern era of terrorism: Multiple casualty trauma
management: The Israeli experience. 92nd Annual Clinical Congress, American College of
Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois
10/10/06
Co-Moderator Panel. The role of the surgeon in international disaster assistance: Special
opportunities and special challenges. 92nd Annual Clinical Congress, American College of
Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.
10/11/2006
Presiding Officer and Introducer. I.S. Ravdin Lecture in Basic Sciences. 92nd Annual Clinical
Congress, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois
4/5/07
Sewell Visiting Professor, Civilian hospital response to mass casualty events. Harris Methodist
Fort Worth Hospital. Texas Health Research Institute, Fort Worth, Texas.
4/20/2007
Plenary Presentation. Principles of mass casualty management. 2nd Annual San Francisco
Orthopaedic Trauma Course, San Francisco, CA
11/7-9/2007
Grand Rounds. Alpha Omega Alpha - Theta of New York, Albany Medical College, Albany, New
York
2/11-12/2008
Visiting Professorship, 1. Civilian response to a mass casualty event: Basic Principles. 2.
Enteroatmospheric fistulas in the open abdomen. St. Joseph's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
02/14-18/2008
Invited Lecture. Report to the Pacific Coast Surgical Association, American Board of Surgery,
San Diego, CA
10/14/2008
Panel Discussion. Enterocutaneous fistula. American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
10/16/2008
Invited Speaker. Volunteerism in surgery. Town Hall Meeting. American College of Surgeons,
San Francisco, CA
10/16/2008
Panel Discussion. Communications skills and professionalism: What is expected and how do I
document it? Step-by-step guide to maintaining certification. American College of Surgeons, San
Francisco, CA
01/29/2009
Grand Rounds. Physician's role in disaster response: Physician role in incident command.
Huntington Hospital, Pasadena, CA
02/13/2009
Plenary Presentation. Report to the Pacific Coast Surgical Association meeting. American Board
of Surgery, San Francisco, CA
4/22-25/2009
Plenary Presentation. American Surgical Association Annual Meeting, Indian Wells, CA
04/28/2009
Annual Meeting. Perioperative Healthcare Worker Safety. American College of Occupational
Medicine, San Diego, CA
10/12/2009
Invited Lecture. Fulfilling the social contract for the surgical team. Panel Session. Humanitarian
surgical outreach at home and abroad: Reports of the 2009 ACS/Pfizer Volunteerism and
Humanitarian Award Winners, American College of Surgeons 95th Annual Clinical Congress,
Chicago, IL
10/17-18/2009
Director. Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Board, Orlando, Florida
01/26/2010
Invited Lecture. A view from the other side of the ether screen: Medication safety in the operating
room - A time for a new paradigm. Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, Phoenix, AZ
03/3/2010
Invited Lecture. Meditation on mortality: Lessons from a life in surgery. Paint the Ceiling
Lecture. Western Trauma Association Meeting, Telluride, Colorado, March 3, 2010
03/21/2010
Invited Lecture. The hospital response in multiple casualty: An overview. Session 1. Need to
know before you go! Medical Disaster Response. ACS/ACEP, Las Vegas, NV, March 21, 2010
03/21/2010
Invited Panelist. Case management interactive session (5). Practical issues and dilemmas in
mass casualty preparedness. Moderator: Dr. Kenneth L. Mattox. Medical Disaster Response,,
Las Vegas, March 21, 2010
03/23/2010
Invited Lecture. Civilian Hospital in a war zone: 2nd Lebanon War. Session 9, My worst
nightmare comes true. Trauma, Critical Care & Acute Care Surgery 2010, Las Vegas, NV, March
23, 2010
4/10/2010
Invited Lecture. The role of American College of Surgeons in shaping national health care policy.
Kaiser Permanente 6th Annual National Surgical Symposium, American College of Surgeons,
Monterey, CA
6/3/2010
Invited Speaker. Resuscitation of the trauma victim: Spectrum of care. Association of Surgical
Technologists. National Conference, San Francisco, CA
09/27/2010
Invited Presentation. Violence in the perioperative workplace. Introduction to the problem. The
Council on Surgical and Perioperative Safety. Marion, Indiana
10/6/2010
Invited Lecture. The Maintenance of Certification Examination: What is it? Why do I need it? How
should I prepare for it? A Step-by-Step Guide to Maintenance of ABS Certification. 96th Annual
Congress, American College of Surgeons Washington, DC, October 6, 2010.
5/6/2011
Invited Lecture. Meditation on mortality: Lessons from a life in surgery. Alan Livingstone
Memorial Lecture. University of Miami.
6/3/2011
Invited Speaker. Resuscitation of the trauma victim: Spectrum of care. Association of Surgical
Technologists. National Conference, San Francisco, CA.
9/14/2011
Invited Lecture. Acute pancreatitis. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Chicago,
IL.
10/24/2011
Invited Lecture. Poverty and health. Panel Discussion. American College of Surgeons Clinical
Congress, San Francisco, CA.
3/22/2012
Poverty and Health. Globalization of surgical care: Framing the need. Extreme Affordability:
Innovations in Surgical Care Conference, Salt Lake City, UT
REGIONAL AND OTHER INVITED PRESENTATIONS
4/13/1986
10/22-24/1986
2/17/1988
Seminar. Chest trauma: Myocardial and pulmonary contusion and flail chest. CuraCare, Seventh
Annual Seminar, Modesto, CA
Invited Lecture. Chest trauma. Western Critical Care Institute, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Surgical care in the era of HIV infection, AIDS Testing Committee, University of
Washington, Seattle, Washington
3/4/1988
3/4/1988
3/4/1988
3/4/1988
4/26/1988
12/2/1988
6/16/1989
1/28/1990
5/11/1991
5/15/1991
9/6/1991
9/19/1991
2/5/1992
2/6/1992
4/4/1992
4/22-23/1992
4/27/1992
5/5/1992
5/16/1992
9/29/1992
11/6/1992
3/9/1993
3/18/1993
4/26/1993
5/15/1993
6/28/1993
9/15/1993
10/7/1993
3/20/1994
3/24/1994
3/24/1994
4/23/1994
3/15/1995
4/22/1995
5/16/1995
11/30/1995
1/17/1996
Trauma Conference Lecture. Initial resuscitation of trauma patients, Mercy Medical Center, Redding,
CA
Group Discussions, Complex liver injury review. Mercy Medical Center, Redding, CA
Trauma Conference Lecture. Blood fractions and fluid use group discussions. Mercy Medical Center,
Redding, CA
Trauma Conference Lecture. CT: When and why? Mercy Medical Center, Redding, CA
Invited Lecture. Surgical care in the era of HIV infection. Society of Air Force Clinical Surgeons,
Oakland, CA
Invited Lecture. HIV transmission to surgeons: Risk assessment, infection control precautions and
standards of conduct. UCSF course in Occupational HIV Infection, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Anorectal malignancy: New aspects of surgical management. Gastroenterology Recent Developments in Theory and Practice, San Francisco, CA
Panel Discussion, Ethical Issues Relating to Health Care Workers and HIV Infection, First Annual
Meeting, Institute for Jewish Medical Ethics, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture Panel Discussion. Withholding and withdrawing intensive care: A surgeon's
perspective. University of California, San Francisco: Ethics Course for Medical Students, San
Francisco, CA
Lecture to Fourth Year Medical Students. Are physicians obligated to treat HIV infected patients?
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Withholding and withdrawing intensive care: A surgeon's perspective. Dominican
Hospital, Santa Cruz, CA
Invited Lecture. Risks of occupationally-acquired HIV infection. San Mateo County Medical Society,
San Mateo, CA
Invited Lecture. Withholding and withdrawing support: A surgeon's perspective. South Valley Hospital,
Gilroy, CA
Grand Rounds. Abdominal surgery in the HIV-infected patient. University of California, Davis, East Bay
Surgical Residency, Kaiser Hospital, Oakland, CA
Invited Lecture. Emergency thoracotomy: Does it save lives?, The Postgraduate Course in General
Surgery, San Francisco, CA
Instructor, AIDS and cancer. Cancer Management Course. Commission on Cancer of the American
College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
Panelist. The HIV infected health care worker. National AIDS Education and Training Center
Workshop, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. AIDS and surgery. St. Joseph's Hospital, Stockton, CA
Invited Lecture. Improving surgical care for the underinsured and medically indigent: A proposal.
Northern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. HIV infection and surgery. East Bay Surgical Society, Oakland, CA
Invited Lecture. Withholding and withdrawing support in the ICU. Military and Pacific Coast Regional
Meeting, American College of Physicians, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. AIDS and cancer. St, Francis Memorial Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. AIDS and cancer, Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. AIDS and surgery, San Mateo County Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Ambulatory Surgery Access Coalition: An update on provision of surgical care for the
indigent. Northern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
Syllabus. Physicians obligated to treat HIV infected patients?, Medicine 112: Responsibilities of
Medical Practice, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
1993 Orientation Program for First Year Medical Students. Responsibilities of the physicians.
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. AIDS and surgery. HIV Clinic, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Moderator. Case Presentation in Ethics, California Trauma Conference, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. In the line of fire. The epidemic of violence in America, UCSF Center for Pre-Hospital
Research and Training and the Democratic Women's Forum, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Withholding and withdrawing life support in geriatric surgical patients., Laguna Honda
Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Moderator. Trauma Panel. Naffziger Society Surgical Course, University of California, San Francisco,
San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Blood-borne infections: The impact on surgical practice. Symposium on the Surgeon
and Blood-Borne Viral Pathogens in the Operating Room, San Francisco, CA
Moderator. Trauma Forum. Postgraduate Course in General Surgery, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Violence in America: A trauma surgeon's perspective, Tools for Hospital Trustees, San
Francisco, CA
Honorary Co-Chairman, Annual Awards Dinner, Jack Berman Advocacy Center, American Jewish
Congress, Northern Pacific Region, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Risk of perioperative HIV transmission. San Francisco Surgical Society, San
2/19/1996
2/19/1996
4/26/1996
11/14/1996
12/3/1996
5/10/1997
1/23/1998
1/27/1998
1/29/1998
5/7/1998
5/16/1998
9/20/2000
9/26/2000
2/14/2001
11/7/2001
4/13/2002
5/3/2002
2/17/2003
3/28/2003
4/5/2003
4/9/2003
5/13/2003
5/14/2003
5/22/2003
4/29/2005
5/12/2005
5/12/2005
10/5/2006
02/14/2006
03/28/2006
05/29/2006
06/10/2006
06/20/2006
06/29/2006
09/07/2006
10/4/2006
Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Complex duodenal injuries: Options for management. UCSF Postgraduate Surgery
Course, San Francisco, CA
Invited Discussant. The feasibility of organ salvage from non-heart beating trauma donors. Pacific
Coast Surgical Association, San Diego, CA
Trauma Rounds. Naffziger Society Postgraduate Course in General Surgery, San Francisco, CA
Grand Rounds. Gunshot wounds to the portahepatis. Clinical Pathological Conference. UC Davis/East
Bay Surgical Program/Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Oakland, CA
Invited Lecture. Occupational transition of HIV infection. St. Joseph's Providence Medical Center,
Burbank, CA
Invited Lecture. Death by denial: The ethics and economics of denial of care. Northern California
Chapter, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Medieval monarchies and modern medicine: Back to the future. University of
California, San Francisco Retreat, Santa Cruz, CA
Invited Attendee, HIV-AIDS. Mayor's Summit on HIV-AIDS, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Withholding and withdrawing support: A surgeon's perspective. St. Francis Hospital,
San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Abdominal trauma: Beyond the basics. St. Luke's Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Invited Attendee. Seminar. Northern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons, San
Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Warfare in medicine: A historical perspective. San Francisco Surgical Society, San
Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. HIV and malignancy: Thoughts on viral oncogenesis at the turn of the Century. East
Bay Surgical Society, Oakland, CA
Invited Lecture. Warfare and medicine: A historical perspective, Bay Area History of Medicine Club,
San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Jean Dominique de Larrey: Napoleon's surgeon. Trauma Continuing Education
Program for Nurses and Paramedics, Napa, CA
Postgraduate Surgery Course, Design of Mass Casualty Disaster Plans for Civilian Hospitals,
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Distinguished Alumnus 2002. Jean Dominique Delarrey: Napoleon's Surgeon, The
Albany Medical College, Albany, New York
Invited Lecture. Volunteerism and a career in surgery. Pacific Coast Surgical Association, Monterrey,
CA
Invited Lecture. Perioperative pain management. Veterans Administration Hospital, Reno, Nevada
Moderator, Trauma Panel, Naffziger Course in General Surgery, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Prevention of perioperative blood borne infections. University of California, San
Francisco/Fresno, Fresno, CA
Invited Lecture. Disclosing medical error: When and how? What's New in Abdominal Trauma?
University of Southern California Trauma Course, Pasadena, CA
Trauma Panel Moderator and Lecturer. Hypotensive resuscitation? SF Course on Emergency
Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Baron Jean Dominique de Larrey. Trauma, Tots and Trends Conference, Sacramento,
CA
Invited Lecture. Civilian hospital response in mass casualty events: The Israeli experience. Selected
Topics in Intensive Respiratory Care, Respiratory Care Services, Department of Anesthesia, UCSF,
San Francisco, CA
Symposium. Trauma Symposium, High Risk Emergency Medicine Course, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Surgery and the social contract. Los Angeles Surgical Society, Los Angeles, CA
Plenary Presentation. Operation Access: How we started the program. Operation Access, Orange
County, CA
Panel Presentation. Who's who in cancer care? San Francisco, California
Invited Lecture. Mass casualty events due to suicide bombing in Israel: Historical context and clinical
management. Contra Costa Jewish Community Center, Walnut Creek, CA
Grand Rounds. Perioperative blood borne infections: Prevention strategies. UCSF Department of
Surgery, San Francisco, CA
Moderator. Trauma and surgical emergencies. Critical Care Medicine and Trauma, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Civilian response to mass casualty events: The Israeli experience. Casualty and
Disaster Preparedness Miniseries. John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek, CA
Invited Lecture. Terrorist mass casualty events in Israel: Historical context and clinical management.
Richard J. Bartlett Memorial Lecture. St. Francis Memorial Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Grand Rounds & M&M Conference. The open abdomen. Department of Surgery, University of
California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Invited Lecture. Recollections of the 2006 Lebanon War. Jewish Community Federation of San
10/17/2006
10/20/2006
10/29/2006
11/7/2006
11/10/2006
11/14/2006
11/30/2006
1/13/2007
2/22/07
03/9/2007
03/9/2007
3/24/2007
5/9/2007
5/16/07
5/24-26/2007
05/25/2007
10/3/2007
2/1/2008
3/13/2008
3/28/2008
11/05/2008
11/18/2008
01/7/2009
02/4/2009
03/5/2009
03/10/2009
03/21/2009
03/27/2009
04/30/2009
11/5/2009
5/1/2010
05/01/2010
10/15/2010
10/27/2010
10/27/2010
Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties Israel Center., San Mateo, CA
Invited Lecture. Israeli medical response to the Lebanon War. St. Mary's Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Panelist. Guns or butter: Just allocation of medical measures. Medical Student Panel Presentation,
San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Invited Speaker, Recollections of the 2006 Lebanon War. Russian Jewish Federation, Saratoga, CA
Invited Speaker. Israeli medical response to the 2006 Lebanon War., Jewish Student Association.
University of California, San Francisco. San Francisco, CA
Invited Speaker. Israeli medical response to the 2006 Lebanon War. California Pacific Medical Center,
Davies Campus, San Francisco, California
Invited Lecture. End of life care. Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System CME Program, Salinas,
California
Visiting Professor. Civilian hospital response to mass casualty events. Department of Surgery,
Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California.
Invited Lecture. Recollections of the Lebanon War July/August 2006, Congregation Bet Haverim,
Davis, CA
Invited Lecture. Disaster planning. San Francisco Paramedics Association, San Francisco, California
Visiting Professor. Surgical response to terrorism. The East Bay Foundation for Graduate Medical
Education and the American College of Surgeons, South Lake Tahoe, California.
Invited Lecture. Rationality and revealed religion: Lessons from the life and thought of Moses
Maimonides. East Bay Surgical Society, South Lake Tahoe, California.
Invited Lecture. Current options for emergency airway management, Postgraduate Course in General
Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Plenary Presentation. Battlefield injuries in the Iraq War: Iraq War teach in. University of California,
San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Visiting Professor. Civilian hospital response to mass casualty events. Santa Barbara Cottage
Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA
Panel Discussion. Trauma Panel: Evaluation and resuscitation. High Risk Emergency Medicine, UCSF
Emergency Department at SFGH, San Francisco, CA
Panelist. Evaluation and resuscitation. San Francisco General Hospital Emergency Services, San
Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Response to injury caused by conventional or non-conventional weapons: Are we
ready? Fromm Institute, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Visiting Professor. Withholding and withdrawing support: A surgeon's perspective. Dameron Hospital,
Stockton, CA
Invited Lecture. Open abdomen and enteroatmospheric fistulas. Los Angeles Surgical Society, Los
Angeles, CA
Invited Speaker. Leon Goldman: The Coach, UCSF Naffziger Surgical Society, San Francisco, CA
Award Ceremony, Charlotte Baer Award for Dr. Sheldon Levin. University of California, San Francisco,
San Francisco, CA
Invited Speaker. Experiences in Israel during the 2006 Lebanon War: Invited Lecture. Experiences in
Israel during 2006 Lebanon War. X-Ray Project. Images of the Al –Aksa Intifada. Local Group, Los
Altos, CA
Invited Speaker. Surgery and global health. UCSF Surgery Interest Group, San Francisco, CA
Grand Rounds. Chronic small bowel obstruction. Clinical Pathological Conference, University of
California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Civilian hospital response to mass casualty events. Frontiers in Surgery Course.,
University of California - East Bay, Lake Tahoe, CA
Invited Lecture. Blast injury to suicide terrorist bombings., University of California, Berkeley, CA
Postgraduate Course. Trauma Panel. University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Civilian hospital response to mass casualty events: The Israeli experience. Kaiser
Foundation Trauma Symposium, San Rafael, CA
Invited Lecture. Management of suicide bombings in Israel, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
Plenary Presentation. The spectrum of blast injury. UCSF Otolaryngology Update 2009, San
Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Injuries to the rest of the neck: A continuing challenge. Postgraduate Course in
General Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Management of Abdominal Vascular Injury: Postgraduate Course in General Surgery,
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Invited Lecture. Chemical weapons. Western Region Burn Conference, American Burn Association,
San Francisco, CA
Grand Rounds. The surgery of poverty. University of California, San Francisco, Department of
Surgery, San Francisco, CA.
Invited Lecture. There and back again: Adventures in global health. International Medical
Humanitarianism and Surgery Lecture. Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1/18/2011
3/20/2011
3/20/2011
3/23/2011
3/23/2011
9/20/2011
3/13/2012
Invited Lecture. The surgery of poverty. Medicine Grand Rounds at San Francisco General Hospital.
University of California, San Francisco.
Invited Lecture. Deep venous thrombosis. Postgraduate Course in General Surgery, Maui, Hawaii
Invited Lecture. Perioperative fluid management. Postgraduate Course in General Surgery, Maui,
Hawaii
Invited Lecture. Perforated peptic ulcer disease. Postgraduate Course in General Surgery, Maui,
Hawaii
Invited Lecture. Damage control laparotomy and the open abdomen. Postgraduate Course in General
Surgery, Maui, Hawaii
Invited Speaker, There and back again: Adventures in global health. Global Health Scholars Program,
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
An American surgeon in Israel: Tales from the Second Intifada and Second Lebanon War. Northwest
Region American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, San Lucas Valley, CA
CME COURSES ATTENDED
1988
1988
1988
1989
1989
1990
1990
1990
1990
1991
1991
1992
1992
1992
1992
1992
1992
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1993
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1997
1997
1998
1998
1999
1999
1999
Pacific Coast Surgical Association Meeting, Oregon
The Postgraduate Course in General Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Occupational HIV Infection: Risks , San Francisco, CA
Occupational HIV Infection: Risks and Risk Reduction, San Francisco, CA
California Trauma Conference, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Gastroenterology: Advances in Diagnosis, UCSF Postgraduate Program, San Francisco, CA
Postgraduate Course in General Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
AIDS Update for Primary Care: New Hope in a New Era. Alta Bates, Herrick Hospital, Berkeley, CA
Laparoscopic Laser Cholecystectomy Workshop, California Medical Association, San Francisco, CA 10/67/1990
Northern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
Western Trauma Association Meeting, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Cancer Management Course, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
Continuing Medical Education Certificate January - December 1992, Mercy Medical Center, Redding, CA
13th Annual Trauma Update, Mercy Medical Center , Redding, CA
Laparoscopic Hernia Course, Presbyterian Hospital, San Francisco, CA, May 30, 1992
Advanced Laparoendoscopic Surgery Training Seminar, Annenberg Center at Eisenhower, Rancho
Mirage, CA
Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Palm Springs, CA
Postgraduate Course in General Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Northern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
Postgraduate Course in General Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
46th Annual Cancer Symposium of the Society of Surgical Oncology, Texas
How to Develop and Administer a Budget, San Francisco, CA
Fifth Annual California Trauma Course, San Francisco, CA
Postgraduate Course in General Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Northern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
Postgraduate Course in General Surgery, San Francisco, CA
Geriatric Grand Rounds, UCSF/Laguna Honda Hospital, San Francisco, CA
U.S. Army Institute for Surgical Research, Brooke Army Medical Center, Burn Course, Fort Sam Houston,
San Antonio, TX
Northern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
Postgraduate General Surgery Course, San Francisco, CA
Medtronic Training Program relating to the Theory and Practice of Vortex Blood Pumping and its Clinical
Applications, San Francisco, CA
Lasers in Cutaneous and Cosmetic Surgery, San Francisco, CA
Postgraduate Ultrasound Course. The Southwestern Surgical Congress, Scottsdale, AZ
Postgraduate General Surgery Course, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Northern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma 57th Annual Meeting, San Diego
Lymphatic Mapping Course, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Division of Gastroenterology Grand Rounds, San Francisco, CA
Abdominal Trauma: Beyond the Basics, Speaker Grand Rounds, St. Luke's Hospital, San Francisco, CA
27th Annual Spring Meeting, American College of Surgeons, New York, NY
Northern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
Ultrasound for Surgeons and Ultrasound in Trauma and Acute Setting, ACS 27th Annual Meeting, New
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2001
2001
2001
2002
2002
2002
2002
2002
2002
2003
2003
2003
2003
2003
2003
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2007
2007
2007
2007
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2009
2009
2009
2009
York, NY
60th Annual Meeting, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, San Antonio, Texas
Postgraduate General Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Postgraduate Course in General Surgery, San Francisco, CA
Pacific Coast Surgical Association, 17th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, San Antonio, Texas
American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Seattle, Washington
Pacific Coast Surgical Association, 72nd Annual Meeting, Banff, Canada
Northern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
Medical Management of Chemical and Biological Casualties Course (6H-26), Fort Detrick, MD
Pacific Coast Surgical Association Meeting, 73rd Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, N V
31st Annual Congress, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Illinois
Northern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
Postgraduate General Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Fundamental Critical Care Support Course, Society of Critical Care Medicine, San Diego, California
SESAP11 Audio Companion, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
New Frontiers in Trauma and Critical Care, 10th Annual Trauma/Critical Care Symposium, Pasadena, CA
Postgraduate Course in General Surgery, San Francisco, CA
Pacific Coast Surgical Association Meeting, Monterey, CA
Human Subject Protection: Basics Course, San Francisco, CA
Western Surgical Association Meeting, American College of Surgeons, Tucson, AZ
Laparoscopic Colectomy: Why are we waiting? Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic
Surgeons Course, Chicago, IL
American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 58th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
International Trauma Congress, Trauma Society of South Africa, Durban, South Africa
Trauma and Critical Care Symposium, Pasadena, CA
Annual Meeting, Northern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
High-Risk Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Maui, HI
American Surgical Association Meeting, Florida
Postgraduate Course in General Surgery, San Francisco, CA
Pacific Coast Surgical Association meeting, Dana Point, CA
Society of Critical Care Medicine, 34th Critical Care Congress, Phoenix, AZ
Review of Article "Surgical Outcomes of HIV+ Patients in the Era of Highly Active Ani-Retroviral Therapy,
San Francisco, CA
The Changing Practice of Anesthesia, San Francisco, CA
High-Risk Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CA
Pacific Coast Surgical Association 77th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
American Surgical Association 127th Annual Meeting sponsored by the American College of Surgeons,
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Pacific Coast Surgical Association Meeting, Kohala Coast, Hawaii
California Chapter, ACS Annual Educational Meeting, San Francisco, CA
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, San Francisco, CA
American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, New Orleans, LA
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Las Vegas, Nevada
American Society of Anesthesiologists, San Francisco, CA
Western Surgical Association, Colorado Springs, CO
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Meeting, San Francisco, CA
Enteroatmospheric Fistula in the Open Abdomen, St. Joseph's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
Civilian Response to Mass Casualty Events, St. Joseph's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
American Surgical Association Meeting, New York, NY
Worker Safety in Perioperative Services. Joint Commission Resources, Chicago, IL
Perioperative Care Symposium., Chicago, IL
Joint Sponsorship Program, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL
Abdominal Trauma, UCSF Critical Care Medicine and Trauma, San Francisco, CA
UCSF Department of Surgery Grand Rounds. July 2007 - June 2008, San Francisco, CA
Critical Care Medicine and Trauma, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
UCSF Postgraduate Course in General Surgery, March 27-29, 2008, San Francisco, CA
Highly Reliable Surgical Team Training. UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
UCSF Postgraduate Course in General Surgery, San Francisco, CA
Pacific Coast Surgical Association Meeting, San Francisco, CA
Postgraduate Course in General Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
Helping Doctors Help Patients. American Medical Association Manuscript Review for Archives of Surgery,
San Francisco, CA
2009
2009
2009
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
20101
2010
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
Perioperative Care Symposium. Joint Commission Resources, American College of , Chicago, IL
Northern California Chapter, ACS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
Selected Readings in General Surgery, Volume 35, Issue No. 3, American College of Surgeons, San
Francisco, CA
Pacific Cast Surgical Association 81st Annual Meeting, February 13-16, Maui, HI
Medical Disaster Response 2010, American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of
Surgeons, Las Vegas, NV
Departments of Surgery Grand Rounds July 2010-December 2010 (ACCME), University of California, San
Francisco
Violence in the Workplace. CSPS Board of Directors Meeting. American College of Surgeons, Washington
DC 10/6/2010, Washington, DC
Definitive Surgical Trauma Care Course. International Association for Trauma Surgery and Intensive
Care. Israel Trauma Society, December 2010
Selected Readings in General Surgery, Volume 35, Issue No. 8, American College of Surgeons, San
Francisco, CA
Selected Readings in General Surgery, Volume 35, Issue No. 9, American College of Surgeons, San
Francisco, CA
Selected Readings in General Surgery, Volume 35, Issue No. 10, American College of Surgeons, San
Francisco, CA
Selected Readings in General Surgery, Volume 36, Issue No. 4, American College of Surgeons, San
Francisco, CA
Selected Readings in General Surgery, Volume 36, Issue No. 1, American College of Surgeons, San
Francisco, CA
Selected Readings in General Surgery, Volume 36, Issue No. 2, American College of Surgeons, San
Francisco, CA
Selected Readings in General Surgery, Volume 36, Issue No. 6, American College of Surgeons, San
Francisco, CA
Selected Readings in General Surgery, Volume 36, Issue No. 7, American College of Surgeons, San
Francisco, CA
Selected Readings in General Surgery, Volume 36, Issue No. 7, American College of Surgeons, San
Francisco, CA
Selected Readings in General Surgery, Volume 36, Issue No. 8, American College of Surgeons, San
Francisco, CA
Selected Readings in General Surgery, Volume 37, Issue No. 1, American College of Surgeons, San
Francisco, CA
JAMA/Archives Manuscript Review, American Medical Association
Acute Care Surgery-Maintenance of Certification, American College of Surgeons, September 14, 2011
Selected Readings in General Surgery, Volume 37, Issue No 3, American College of Surgeons, San
Francisco, CA
Selected Readings in General Surgery, Volume 37, Issue No 6., American College of Surgeons, San
Francisco, CA
Selected Readings in General Surgery, Volume 37, Issue No 7, American College of Surgeons, San
Francisco, CA
Selected Readings in General Surgery, Volume 37, Issue No 2, American College of Surgeons, San
Francisco, CA
Selected Readings in General Surgery, Volume 37, Issue No 2., American College of Surgeons, San
Francisco, CA
Selected Readings in General Surgery, Volume 37, Issue No. 4, American College of Surgeons, San
Francisco, CA
Pacific Coast Surgical Association Meeting, February 17-21, 2012, Napa, CA
UNIVERSITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
UCSF Campus-wide
2008-09
Kaiser Awards Committee
2009-present
School of Medicine Faculty Council
School of Medicine
Chairperson
Vice-Chair
1984 -
Surgery Internship Application Committee
Member
1985 - 1986
Search Committee, Chief of Neurosurgery
Member
1985 - 1986
Search Committee, Chief of Surgery
Member
1988 - 1995
UCSF AIDS Task Force
Member
1990 - 1991
Search Committee, Chief of Orthopedic Surgery, SFGH
Member
1990 - 1993
Dean's Advisory Committee to AIDS Clinical Research
Member
1992 - 1996
Class of 1996 Screening Committee
Member
1992 - 1993
UCSF Ad hoc Promotion Committee
Member
1993 - 1997
HRSA/AIDS Education and Training Centers
Consultant
1993 - 1997
HRSA/AIDS Education and Training Centers, National HIV
Telephone Consultation Service, Warmline
Surgery Consultant
1994 - 1995
Ad hoc Committee on Resident Assistant's Training Program
Chair
1995 - 1996
Department of Surgery Residency Review Committee
Member
1996
Dean's Task Force on AIDS
Member
1996
UCSF, Department of Public Health Retreat
Member
1997 - 1998
Search Committee, Chief of OB-Gyn, SFGH
Chair
1998 - 1998
Selection Committee for the 1998 Kaiser Award for Excellence Member
in Teaching
1998 - 1999
Search Committee, Chief of Anesthesia, SFGH
Member
2000
Advanced Clinical Studies Committee
Member
2000 - 2006
Clinical Studies Steering Committee
Member
2001 - 2002
Search Committee, Chief of Vascular Surgery
Chair
2002 - 2003
Search Committee, Director of Surgical Laboratory at SFGH
Chair
2003
Search Committee, Chief of Vascular Surgery
Chair
2004 - 2005
Search Committee, Assistant Professor of Surgery at SFGH
Chair
2005
Search Committee, Chief of Radiology at SFGH
Member
2007
2007 Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching Committee
Member
2007 - 2008
Plastic Surgery Search Committee
Member
2007 - 2010
School of Medicine Faculty Council
Member
2008 - 2009
Service and Promotions Committee
Member
2010
Search Committee, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery
Member
2010 - 2011
Stewardship Review Committee, Chair of Pathology
Member
Departmental Service
1993-2008
Department of Surgery
Vice Chair
HOSPITAL SERVICE:
1980-81
Cancer Committee
Member
1980-81
Utilization Review Committed
Member
1980-81
Tumor Board
Member
1984-present
Cancer Committee
Member
1984-present
Tumor Board
Member
1985-present
Critical Care Committee
Member
1985-present
Ethics Committee
Member
1986-81
Committee to Formulate Indications for Organ
Donation
Member
1986-81
Operating Room Committee
Member
1986
Antibiotic Advisory Committee
Member
1986
Credentials Committee
Member
1987
Committee to Develop Policies for HIV Infection
Member
Control in the Operating Room
PUBLIC SERVICE:
1980
Public Service documentary.
"Send Us Your Poor" T.V.
1981-85
Investigative Committee chaired by Senator Diane
Feinstein
Invited testimony on the effects of assault
weapon
1992
San Francisco General Hospital
Member, Board of Directors, Trauma
Foundation
1994-present
Operation Access
President-Founder, Board of Directors
1998-present
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation
Member, Board of Directors
2004-10
American Board of Surgery
Director
2008-10
MedShare International
Member, Regional Chapter
2008-10
American Board of Surgery
Chair, Recertification Exam Committee
TEACHING and MENTORING
FORMAL SCHEDULED CLASSES FOR UCSF STUDENTS:
Qtr Academic Year Course Number and Title
Teaching Contribution
1979-81
110, Surgery
1979-81
Lecturer
Units
Class Size
0
6-8
Intensive Care Unit
0
0
1979-81
Introduction to Clinical Medicine
0
0
1979-81
Trauma
0
0
1979-81
Emergency
0
4
1979-81
Emergency
0
0
1979-81
Surgery
0
0
1984-
131A-B, Medicine
0
0
1984-
Medicine 140.01
0
0
1984-
140.06, Medicine
0
0
1984-
110, Surgery
0
0
1984-
111, Surgery
0
0
1984-
111, Surgery
0
0
POSTGRADUATE AND OTHER COURSES
1984-Present
Advanced Trauma Life Support, UCSF/San
Francisco General Hospital
Teaching of Advanced Trauma Life Support course
to residents and outside attending surgeons
1984-Present
General Surgical Staff Conference, San Francisco Conferences, case presentations, lectures, death
General Hospital
and complications discussions.
1984-Present
General Surgical Staff Conference , San
Francisco General Hospital
Ward Rounds, pre and post-op management.
1984-Present
Clinical Surgery, San Francisco General Hospital
Teaching residents in clinic
2009-Present
Resident Teaching Conference, UCSF
Department of Surgery
Fundamentals of Clinical Surgery: Lecture to
second and third year residents 1 1/2 hours/per
week
INFORMAL TEACHING:
1984-present
Surgical Attending (Discuss with residents on cases. Teach residents in operating room and patient
rounds.), UCSF Medical Center
1984-present
Outpatient Clinic (Discuss cases and teach surgical techniques to students and residents, come and
go.), UCSF Medical Center
TEACHING AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS:
1989
Outstanding Leadership in Clinical
Preceptorship, University of California, San
Francisco
Nomination
1990
Surgical Residents Excellence in Teaching
Award, University of California, San Francisco
Award
1991
Henry J. Kaiser, Excellence in Teaching Award
Award
1995
John V. Carbone Award for Excellence in
Clinical Instruction, University of California, San
Francisco
Award
2000
Henry J. Kaiser Award for Teaching Excellence,
University of California, San Francisco
Award
2001
Surgical Residents Recognition for Excellence,
University of California, San Francisco
Award
2001
Clinical Faculty Teaching Award, University of
California, San Francisco
Nomination
2005
Excellence in Direct Teaching Award,
University of California, San Francisco
Award
2006
Henry J. Kaiser Excellence in Teaching Award,
University of California, San Francisco
Award
2006
Department of Surgery and Medical Students
Teacher, Mentoring and Role Model, University
of California, San Francisco
Award
2007
Class of 2007 Clinical Faculty Teaching Award,
University of California, San Francisco
Nomination
2010
Lim/Thomas Faculty Teaching Award,
University of California, San Francisco
Award
SUMMARY OF TEACHING HOURS:
2008-2009
2000 total hours of teaching (including preparation).
Formal class or course teaching hours: 2000 hours.
Informal class or course teaching hours: 0 hours.
2009-2010
2000 total hours of teaching (including preparation).
Formal class or course teaching hours: 2000 hours.
Informal class or course teaching hours: 0 hours.
2010-2011
2000 total hours of teaching (including preparation).
Formal class or course teaching hours: 2000 hours.
Informal class or course teaching hours: 0 hours.
TEACHING NARRATIVE
Dr. Schecter regularly teaches first-year medical students in the Anatomy Laboratory, third-year medical students in the
Surgery 110 Course (serving as a preceptor and lecturer). Fourth-year medical students on their trauma rotation at San
Francisco General Hospital as well as interns and residents. Dr. Schecter also directs the Advanced Trauma Life Support
Course given to residents one to two times per year. Dr. Schecter was recognized by two Kaiser Teaching Awards (the
last in 2006) and in 2008 and 2009 chaired the Kaiser Award Selection Committee. Dr. Schecter is no longer eligible for
the Kaiser Award as he has won it twice. Dr. Schecter also serves on the Board of Directors of the Gold-Headed Cane
Society and is a member of the Advisory Council of the Haile Debas Academy of Surgical Educators. In addition, Dr.
Schecter serves as one of the two faculty advisors for the Department of Surgery Global Health Program and serves on
the Advisory Council of the Global Health Scholars Program. Dr. Schecter also gives multiple invited lectures every year
within UCSF, within local universities, in local, state, national and international meetings. Dr. Schecter also serves as an
instructor in the Combat Trauma Life Support Course in the Medical Core of the Israel Defense Forces, one to three times
per year. Dr. Schecter designed and wrote a trauma course which is still used on a regular basis to train medical
personnel at the Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem and has been adapted and used at the Mulago Hospital in
Kampala, Uganda as part of the UCSF Department of Surgery Global Health Program.
Additional Academic Activities since January 1, 2004
I was on Sabbatical for 6 months serving as a Visiting Professor of Surgery at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in
Jerusalem, a campus of the Ben Gurion University. I am giving a 15 week course to the hospital staff in Trauma Care. In
addition I helped organize and conduct two 2 day Trauma Courses for the Physician Staff. I have given the following
lectures since January 1, 2004:
Introduction to Trauma Care
Initial Approach to the Injured Patient
Airway Management
Shock
Management of Chest Trauma
Management of Abdominal Trauma
Management of Head Trauma
I am also studying the Management of Mass Casualty Events. Unfortunately, we have had two suicide bus bombings
since I arrived in Jerusalem and I played a major role in the management of the mass casualty event on both occasions.
This experience has resulted in the submission of two abstracts dealing with various aspects of organization for mass
casualty events. One was submitted to an International Congress on the Medical Aspects of Terrorism and the second
was submitted to the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. I have not yet heard whether the abstracts were
accepted for presentation. We are planning a review of the spectrum of injury resulting from Terrorist Bombing incidents
to help better plan for the management of these patients.
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:
1.
Schecter WP. Charity begins at home. Surgery 2012 (accepted for publication).
2.
Jayaraman S, Richardson D, Conrad M, Eichler C, Schecter W. Mycotic pseudoaneurysms due to injection drug
use: A ten-year experience. Annals of Vascular Surgery (in press).
3.
Nov O, Schecter WP. Dispositional resistance to change and hospital physicians’ use of electronic medical
records: A multi-dimensional perspective (in press).
4.
MacCannell T, Umscheid CA, Agarwal RK, Lee I, Kuntz G, Stevenson KB; Healthcare Infection Control Practices
Advisory Committee-HICPAC. Guideline for the prevention and control of norovirus gastroenteritis outbreaks in
healthcare settings. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol; 2011 Oct;32 (10):939-69.
5.
Schecter WP. Management of enterocutaneous fistulas. Surg Clin North Am 2011 Jun;91(3):481-91.
6.
O’Grady NP, Alexander M, Burns LA, Dellinger EP, Garland J, Heard SO, Lipsett PA, Masur H, Mermel LA,
Pearson ML, Raad II, Randolph AG, Rupp ME, Saint S; Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory
Committee. Am J Infect Control 2011 May;39(4 Suppl 1):S1-34.
7.
O’Grady NP, Alexander M, Burns LA, Dellinger EP, Garland J, Heard SO, Lipsett PA, Masur H, Mermel LA,
Pearson ML, Raad II, Randolph AG, Rupp ME, Saint S; Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory
Committee (HICPAC) (Appendix 1). Clin Infect Dis 2011 May;52(9):1087-99.
8.
O’Grady NP, Alexander M, Burns LA, Dellinger EP, Garland J, Heard SO, Lipsett PA, Masur H, Mermel LA,
Pearson ML, Raad II, Randolph AG, Rupp ME, Saint S; Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory
Committee (HICPAC). Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. Clin Infect Dis
2011 May;52(9):e162-93.
9.
Schecter WP, Charles AG, Cornwell EE, Edelman P, Scarborough JE, Sheldon GF, Stitzenberg KB. The surgery
of poverty. Curr Probl Surg 2011;Apr;48(4):228-80.
10.
Schecter WP. Meditation on mortality: Lessons from a life in surgery. J Trauma 2011;70(2):340-344.
11.
Schecter WP. Invited Critique. Beware the sleeping panther. Comment on “Implementing Liberia’s poverty
reduction strategy: An assessment of emergency and essential surgical care. Arch Surg 2011;146(1):39-40.
12.
Schecter WP. Synoptic operative reports: Highly efficient, questionably accurate. Invited Critique. Arch Surg
2011; September 19.
13.
Rogers SJ, Cello JP, Horn JK, Siperstein AE, Schecter WP, Campbell AR, Mackersie RC, Rodas A, Kreuwel HT,
Harris HW. Prospective randomized trial of LC+LCBDE vs ERCP/S+LC for common bile duct stone disease. Arch
Surg, 01/2010;145(1):28-33.
14.
Rogers SJ, Cello JP, Schecter WP. Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in Patients With
Pancreatic Trauma. J Trauma, 03/2010;68(3):538-44.
15.
Umscheid CA, Agarwal RK, Brennan PJ: Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (Schecter
WP). Updating the guideline development methodology of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory
Committee (HICPAC). Am J Infect Control, 5/2010;38(10):264-73.
16.
Gould CV, Umscheid CA, Agarwal RK, Kuntz G, Pegues DA. Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory
Committee. (Schecter WP). Guideline for prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections 2009. Infect
Control Hosp Epidemiol, 4/2010;Apr;31(4):319-26.
17.
Schecter WP. Editorial Comment on the effect of mobile medical teams (MMT) on the on-scene time (OST) and
mortality rate of 1,054 trauma patients receiving pre-hospital care in the Netherlands from November 2005 to
November 2007. Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 69: 594, 9/2010.
18.
Schecter WP. Preparing for the Maintenance of Certification examination. Bulletin of the American College of
Surgeons. 95: 11-14, 09/2010.
19.
Schecter WP. Editorial Comment. Does intent matter? The medical and society burden of self-inflicted injury.
Vaslef SN, Shapiro ML, Brooks KR, Scarborough JE. J Trauma 2009;67(4):846-47.
20.
Schecter SC, Schecter WP, McAninch JW. Penetrating bilateral renal injuries: principles of management. J
Trauma, Aug/2009;67(2):E25-8.
21.
Schecter WP, Hirshberg A, Chang DS, Harris HW, Napolitano LM, Wexner SD, Dudrick SJ. Enteric fistulas:
principles of management. J Am Coll Surg, 10/2009;209(4):484-91.
22.
Matula SR, Beers J, Errante J, Grey D, Hofmann PB, Schecter WP. Operation Access: a proven model for
providing volunteer surgical services to the uninsured in the United States. J Am Coll Surg, 76 Ed.
12/2009;2009(6):769-76.
23.
Hadary A, Schecter W, Embon OM, Einav S. Impact of military conflict on a civilian receiving hospital in a war
zone. Ann Surg, Mar/2009;249(3):502-9.
24.
Einav S, Schecter W, Matot I, Horn JK, Hersch M, Reissman P, Spira RM. Case managers in mass casualty
incidents. Ann Surg 2009 Mar;249(3):496-501.
25.
Ashkenazi I, Olsha O, Schecter WP, Kessel B, Khashan T, Alfici R. Inadequate mass-casualty knowledge base
adversely affects treatment decisions by trauma care providers: Survey on hospital response following a terrorist
bombing. Prehosp Disaster Med, 7/2009;24(4):342.
26.
Ozgediz D, Wang J, Jayaraman S, Ayzengart A, Jamshidi R, Lipnick M, Mabweijano J, Kaggwa S, Knudson M,
Schecter W, Farmer D. Surgical training and global health: initial results of a 5-year partnership with a surgical
training program in a low-income country. Arch Surg 9/2008;153(9):860-5.
27.
Guzman P, Schecter WP. Global Health Opportunities in Surgery: A Guide for Medical Students and Faculty.
Journal of Surgical Education. 2008 Ed. 9-10/2008;65(5).
28.
Schecter WP. A passion for Medicine. A Commencement Address to the Class of 2007. J Surg Education, April
2008;65(2):166-73.
29.
Schecter SC, McAninch JW, Schecter WP. Subcutaneous unilateral testicle implantation following contralateral
orchiectomy and radical debridement for Fournier's gangrene: 24-year follow-up. J Trauma 2008;65:476-478.
30.
Schecter WP. Discussion: Yaghoubian A, de Virgilio C, Dauphine C. Lewis RJ, Lin M. Use of admission serum
lactate and sodium levels to predict mortality in necrotizing soft-tissue infections. Arch Surg, 2007;142(9):844.
31.
Staudenmayer K, Schecter WP. Civilian hospital response to mass casualty events: Basic principles. Bulletin of
the ACS, 2007;92(7):22-26.
32.
Avidan V, Hersch M, Spira RM, Einav S, Goldberg S, Schecter W. Civilian hospital response to a mass casualty
events: the role of the intensive care unit. J Trauma, May/2007;62(5):1234-9.
33.
Jamshidi R, Schecter WP. Biological dressings for the management of enteric fistulas in the open abdomen: a
preliminary report. Arch Surg, Aug/2007;142(8):793-6.
34.
Chang TT, Schecter WP. Injury in the elderly and end-of-life decisions. Surg Clin North Am, Feb/2007;87(1):22945, viii.
35.
Schecter WP. Invited Critique. Surgery in Mongolia. Special Article. Gunsentsoodol B, Nachin B, Dashzeveg T.
Arch Surg.1254-1257, 2006.
36.
Schecter WP, Farmer DL. Surgery and global health: A mandate for training, research and service. Bulletin of the
American College of Surgeons. 91: 36-38, 2006.
37.
Einav S, Spira RM, Hersch M, Reissman P, Schecter W. Surgeon and hospital leadership during terrorist-related
multiple-casualty events: A coup d'état. Arch Surg, Aug/2006;141(8):815-22.
38.
Carmon M, Olsha O, Schecter WP, Raveh D, Reinus C, Hershko DD, Beller U, Golomb E. The "Sentinel Chain": a
new concept for prediction of axillary node status in breast cancer patients. Breast Cancer Res Treat,
Jun/2006;97(3):323-8.
39.
Einav S, Schecter WP. Disaster management: Who's in charge? Am J Disaster Med, 11/2006;1(1):10-1.
40.
Schecter WP, Ivatury RR, Rotondo MF, Hirshberg A. Open abdomen after trauma and abdominal sepsis: a
strategy for management. J Am Coll Surg, Sep/2006;203(3):390-6.
41.
Fry DE, Schecter WP, Hartshorne MF. The surgeon and acts of civilian terrorism: radiation exposure and injury. J
Am Coll Surg, Jan/2006;202(1):146-54.
42.
Yeh MW, Horn JK, Schecter WP, Chuter TA, Lane JS. Endovascular repair of an actively hemorrhaging gunshot
injury to the abdominal aorta. J Vasc Surg, Nov/2005;42(5):1007-9.
43.
Schecter WP. Nuclear, biological and chemical weapons: what the surgeon needs to know. Scand J Surg,
2005;94(4):293-9.
44.
Schecter WP, Fry DE,. The surgeon and acts of civilian terrorism: chemical agents. J Am Coll Surg,
Jan/2005;200(1):128-35.
45.
Fry DE, Schecter WP, Parker JS, Quebbeman EJ,. The surgeon and acts of civilian terrorism: biologic agents. J
Am Coll Surg, Feb/2005;200(2):291-302.
46.
Ozgediz D, Roayaie K, Debas H, Schecter W, Farmer D. Surgery in developing countries: essential training in
residency. Arch Surg, Aug/2005;140(8):795-800.
47.
Schecter WP, Klassen C, O'Connor P, Potts M, Ochitill H. Suicide: the unmet challenge of the trauma system.
Arch Surg, Sep/2005;140(9):902-4.
48.
Avidan V, Hersch M, Armon Y, Spira R, Aharoni D, Reissman P, Schecter WP. Blast lung injury: clinical
manifestations, treatment, and outcome. Am J Surg, Dec/2005;190(6):927-31.
49.
Cohen MJ, Schecter WP. Perioperative pain control: a strategy for management. Surg Clin North Am,
Dec/2005;85(6):1243-57, xi.
50.
Schecter WP, Farmer D, Horn JK, Pietrocola DM, Wallace A. Special considerations in perioperative pain
management: audiovisual distraction, geriatrics, pediatrics, and pregnancy. J Am Coll Surg, Oct/2005;201(4):6128.
51.
Young DM, Harris HW, Charlebois ED, Chambers H, Campbell A, Perdreau-Remington F, Lee C, Mankani M,
Mackersie R, Schecter WP. An epidemic of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus soft tissue infections
among medically underserved patients. Arch Surg, Sep/2004;139(9):947-51; discussion 951-3.
52.
Schecter WP. Cholinergic symptoms due to nerve agent attack: A strategy for management. Anesthesiology Clin
N Am.579-590, 2004.
53.
Harris H, Barcia A, Schell M, Thoeni R, Schecter W. Necrotizing pancreatitis: a surgical approach independent of
documented infection. HPB (Oxford), 2004;6(3):161-8.
54.
Miller G, Schecter WP, Harris HW. Gallbladder ascariasis in a patient with severe pancreatitis. Surgery,
Apr/2003;133(4):445-6.
55.
Schecter WP. San Francisco General Hospital. Arch Surg.823-824., 2003.
56.
Debas HT, Freischlag JA, Schecter WP, Warshaw. A Pacific Coast Surgical Association Panel on Surgical
Practice. Arch Surg.977-86., 2003.
57.
Schecter WP, Bongard FS, Gainor BJ, Weltz DL, Horn JK Pain Control in Outpatient Surgery. J Am Coll Surg.95104, 2002.
58.
Siobal M, Kallet RH, Kraemer R, Jonson E, Lemons D, Young D, Campbell AR, Schecter W, Tang J. Trachealinnominate artery fistula caused by the endotracheal tube tip: A case report and investigation of a fatal
complication of prolonged intubation. Respir Care, 2001;46:1012-8.
59.
Schecter WP. Human immunodeficiency virus and malignancy: Thoughts on viral oncogenesis. Arch Surg.14191426, 2001.
60.
Schecter WP, Swisher JL. Local Anesthesia in Surgical Practice. Current Problems in Surgery. 2000;37(1):1-67.
61.
O'Neill BB, Gosnell JE, Lull RJ, Schecter WP, Koch J, Halvorsen RA, Harris HW. Cinematic nuclear scintigraphy
reliably directs surgical intervention for patients with gastrointestinal bleeding. Arch Surg, Sep/2000;135(9):107681; discussion 1081-2.
62.
Shen WT, Lim RC, Siperstein AE, Clark OH, Schecter WP, Hunt TK, Horn JK, Duh QY. Laparoscopic vs open
adrenalectomy for the treatment of primary hyperaldosteronism. Arch Surg, Jun/1999;134(6):628-31; discussion
631-2.
63.
Schecter WP. Commentary on Abstract. Morken JJ, Balcos EG, Hill MJ, Ney AJ, West MA, Van Camp JM, Zera
RT, Jacobs DM, Odland MD, Rodriguez JL. RISS scores can guide management of civilian rectal injuries. Civilian
rectal trauma: a changing perspective. Colon and Rectal Surgery 126 Ed. 693-700, 1999. Outlook 2000; 13(3):912.
64.
Harris HW, Morabito DJ, Mackersie RC, Halvorsen RA, Schecter WP. Leukocytosis and free fluid are important
indicators of isolated intestinal injury after blunt trauma. J Trauma, Apr/1999;46(4):656-9.
65.
Callahan TE, Schecter WP, Horn JK. Necrotizing soft tissue infection masquerading as cutaneous abscess
following illicit drug injection. Arch Surg, Aug/1998;133(8):812-7; discussion 817-9.
66.
Strear CM, Jarnagin WR, Schecter WP, Mackersie RC, Hickey MS. Gastric rupture and tension
pneumoperitoneum complicating cardiopulmonary resuscitation J Trauma, 1998;44:930-932.
67.
Mueller FP, Schecter WP, Jablonowski H, Schmidt WU, Verreet PR Perioperative therapy of HIV infections.
Langenbecks Arch Chir Suppl Kongressbd (German).1107-10, 1998.
68.
Harris HW, Kumwenda ZL, Sheen-Chen SM, Shah A, Schecter WP. Recurrent pycogenic cholangitis. Am J Surg
1998 Jul;176(1):34-7.
69.
Harris HW, Schecter WP. Surgical risk assessment and management in patients with HIV disease. Gastroenterol
Clin North Am. 377-91., 1997.
70.
Duh, QY, Siperstein AE, Clark OH, Schecter WP, Horn JK, Harrison MR, Hunt TK, Way LW. Laparoscopic
adrenalectomy. Comparison of the lateral and posterior approaches. Arch Surg, Aug/1996;131(8):8705;discussion 875-6.
71.
Gerberding JL, Lewis FR, Schecter WP. Are universal precautions realistic? Surg Clin North Am. 75: 1091-1104.,
1995.
72.
Schecter WP, Grey D, Burik J, Caldwell C, Elder D, Neumann P, Hofmann P. Volunteer low-risk outpatient
surgery for uninsured patients in San Francisco. The Ambulatory Surgery Access Coalition. Arch Surg,
Jul/1995;130(7):778-80; discussion 781.
73.
Campbell A, Vittinghoff E, Morabito D, Payne M, Shagoury C, Praetz P, Grey D, McAninch J, Schecter W.
Trauma centers in a managed care environment J Trauma, 1995;39(2):246-253.
Whitney TM, Brunel W, Russell TR, Bossart KJ, Schecter WP. Emergent abdominal surgery in AIDS: experience
in San Francisco. Am J Surg, Sep/1994;168(3):239-43.
74.
75.
Schecter WP. Withdrawing and withholding life support in geriatric surgical patients: Ethical considerations. Surg
Clin North Am. 74: 245-259, 1994.
76.
Braveman P, Schaaf VM, Egerter S, Bennett T, Schecter W. Insurance-related differences in the risk of ruptured
appendix. N Engl J Med, Aug/18/1994;331(7):444-9.
77.
Duke BJ, Modin GW, Schecter WP, Horn JK. Transfusion significantly increases the risk for infection after splenic
injury. Arch Surg, Oct/1993;128(10):1125-30; discussion 1131-2.
78.
Macho JR, Markison RE, Schecter WP. Cardiac stapling in the management of penetrating injuries of the heart:
rapid control of hemorrhage and decreased risk of personal contamination. J Trauma, May/1993;34(5):711-5;
discussion 715-6.
79.
Schecter WP. Surgical care of the HIV-infected patient: a moral imperative. Camb Q Health Ethics,
1992;1(3):223-8.
80.
Macho JR, Schecter WP. Surgical care of HIV infected patients. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. 6:
745-761., 1992.
81.
Schecter WP. Invited Commentary on Brooks SW, Young JC, Cmolik B, Schina M, Dianzumba S, Townsend RN,
Diamond DL. The use of transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of chest trauma. J Trauma 1992;
32: 765-766.
82.
Whitney TM, Macho JR, Russell TR, Bossart KJ, Heer FW, Schecter WP. Appendicitis in acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome. Am J Surg, Nov/1992;164(5):467-70; discussion 470-1.
83.
84.
Gerberding JL, Schecter WP. Surgery and AIDS: Reducing the risk. JAMA. 1991;265(12):1572-3.
Schecter WP. Discussion of Roessler MS, Wisner DH, Holcroft JW. The mangled extremity: When to amputate?
Arch Surg Ed. 1248, 1991.
85.
Schecter WP. Discussion of Waxman K, Sundine MJ, Young RF. Is early prediction of outcome in severe head
injury possible? Arch Surg. 126: 1242, 1991.
86.
Burke EC, Orloff SL, Freise CE, Macho JR, Schecter WP. Wound healing after anorectal surgery in human
immunodeficiency virus-infected patients. Arch Surg, Oct/1991;126(10):1267-70; Discussion 1270.
87.
Lorenz HP, Wilson W, Leigh B, Crombleholme T, Schecter W. Squamous cell carcinoma of the anus and HIV
infection. Dis Colon Rectum, Apr/1991;34(4):336-8.
88.
Gerberding J, Schecter WP. Letter to the Editor. In: Gerberding JL, Littell C, Tarkington A, Brown A, Schecter
WP. Risk of exposure of surgical personnel to patients’ blood during surgery at San Francisco General Hospital.
N Engl J Med 1990;322:1788-93.
89.
Smedira NG, Evans BH, Grais LS, Cohen NH, Lo B, Cooke M, Schecter WP, Fink C, Epstein-Jaffe E, May C.
Withholding and withdrawal of life support from the critically ill. N Engl J Med, Feb/1/1990;322(5):309-15.
90.
Lorenz HP, Wilson W, Leigh B, Schecter WP. Kaposi's sarcoma of the rectum in patients with the acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome. Am J Surg, Dec/1990;160(6):681-2; discussion 682-3.
91.
Schecter WP. Occupationally-acquired HIV infection and workers’ compensation. Bull Am Coll Surg
1990;(75):12, p. 17-18.
92.
Gerberding JL, Littell C, Tarkington A, Brown A, Schecter WP. Risk of exposure of surgical personnel to patients'
blood during surgery at San Francisco General Hospital. N Engl J Med, Jun/21/1990;322(25):1788-93.
93.
Cobb JP, Schecter WP, Russell T. Giant malignant tumors of the anus. A strategy for management. Dis Colon
Rectum, Feb/1990;33(2):135-7; discussion 137-8.
94.
Schecter WP, Markison RE, Jeffrey RB, Barton RM, Laing F. Use of sonography in the early detection of
suppurative flexor tenosynovitis. J Hand Surg (Am), 1989;14 (2 Pt 1):307-10.
95.
Smedira N, Schecter WP. Blunt abdominal trauma. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 7: 631-45, Aug/1989.
96.
Flynn AE, Thomas AN, Schecter WP. Acute tracheobronchial injury. J Trauma, Oct/1989;29(10):1326-30.
97.
Schecter WP. HIV Transmission to surgeons: Assessment of risk, infection control precautions and standards of
conduct. Occupational Medicine-State of the Art Reviews: Occupational HIV Infection: Risks and risk reduction
1989;4:65-69.
98.
Brunel W, Schecter WP, Schecter G. Hand deformity and sensory loss due to Hansen's disease in American
Samoa. J Hand Surg [Am], Mar/1988;13(2):279-83.
99.
Hill AC, Schecter WP, Mori H, Stevens MB, Husseni W, Lim RC, Hoffman JI. The effect of verapamil on cerebral
cortical and spinal cord blood flow during proximal descending thoracic aortic occlusion. J Trauma,
Aug/1988;28(8):1214-9.
100.
Clark GC, Schecter WP, Trunkey DD. Variables affecting outcome in blunt chest trauma: flail chest vs. pulmonary
contusion. J Trauma, Mar/1988;28(3):298-304.
101.
Jeffrey RB, Laing FC, Schecter WP, Markison RE, Barton RM. Acute suppurative tenosynovitis of the hand.
Diagnosis with ultrasound. Radiol, 1987;162:741-742.
102.
Gosain A, Markison RE, Schecter WP. Temporary colostomy for trauma. A new method to simplify colostomy
closure. Dis Colon Rectum 1987 Mar;30(3):220-2.
103.
Langdale L, Schecter WP Critical care complications in the trauma patient. Crit Care Clin. 2: 839-52, Oct/1986.
104.
Schecter WP, Peper E, Tuatoo V. Can general surgery improve the outcome of the head-injury victim in rural
America? A review of the experience in American Samoa. Arch Surg, Oct/1985;120(10):1163-6.
105.
Schecter W, Rintel T, Slutkin G, Schecter G, Tuato'o V. Tropical pyomyositis of the iliacus muscle in American
Samoa. Am J Trop Med Hyg, Jul/1983;32(4):809-11.
106.
Schecter WP, Wong D, Kilgore ES, Newmeyer WL, Howes EL, Clark G. Peripartum pseudomalignant myositis
ossificans of the finger. J Hand Surg [Am], Jan/1982;7(1):43-6.
107.
Mills J, Slutkin G, Klein D, Schecter W. Ceftizoxime compared with cefamandole for treatment of soft tissue
infections. J Antimicrob Chemother Nov/1982;10 Suppl C:273-9.
108.
Schecter W, Meyer A, Schecter G, Giuliano A, Newmeyer W, Kilgore E. Necrotizing fasciitis of the upper
extremity. J Hand Surg [Am], Jan/1982;7(1):15-20.
109.
Schecter WP, Wilson RS. Management of upper airway obstruction in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med,
Aug/1981;9(8):577-9.
110.
Effeney DJ, Lim RC, Schecter WP. Transmetatarsal amputation. Arch Surg, Nov/1977;112(11):1366-70.
NON-PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER CREATIVE ACTIVITIES:
Review Articles
1.
Schecter WP. Principles of management of enteric fistulas. In: UpToDate, Basow, DS (Ed), Waltham, MA 2011.
2.
Schecter WP, Grey DP, Hofmann PB. The history of medicine in San Francisco. Operation Access: plugging the
hole in the surgical safety net. San Francisco Medicine 2011;84(3):26.
3.
Schecter WP, Wilder L. Preparing for the inevitable. Disaster! A comprehensive guide for doctors. San
Francisco Medicine 10/2007;X:21.
4.
Einav-Bromiker S, Schecter WP. Surgical response to mass casualty incidents: The Israeli experience. Asian
Hospital & Healthcare Management, 2007;14:35-36.
5.
Schecter WP. Discussion. The open abdomen – a new iatrogenic illness in the intensive care unit. Arch Surg.
142: 844, 2007.
6.
Schecter WP. Discussion: Eckert MJ, Claggett C, Martin M, Azarow K. Bronchoscopy in the blast injury patient.
Arch Surg 2006;141:810.
7.
Schecter WP. Discussion: Paydar KZ, Hansen SL, Chalebois ED, Harris HW, Young DM. Inappropriate
antibiotic use in soft tissue infection. Arch Surg 2006;141:855.
8.
Schecter WP. Perioperative pain management: A clinical review for surgeons. General Surgery News; June
2005:1-6.
9.
Albo R, Schecter WP. Foramen of Winslow hernia masquerading as malignant bowel obstruction. Contemporary
Surgery 60:17(Jan) 2004.
10. Schecter WP, Stock P. Surgery in patients with HIV. HIV InSite Knowledge Base Chapter. Available at
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=kb-03-03-02#S2.9X. Last accessed 1-4-06, 2/2003.
11. Schecter WP. Surgical manifestations of AIDS. Surgical Infections: Index and Reviews. V: 1-5., 1997.
12. Read T, Simmons M, Halvorsen R, Schecter WP. Obstructing carcinoid tumor of the rectum: Case report and
literature review. Contemporary Surgery.177-180, 1997.
13. Schecter WP. Invited Discussion of Wisner DH, Lo B. The feasibility of organ salvage from non-heartbeating
trauma donors. Arch Surg. 131:1996.
14. Schecter WP, Tellez M. Violence in America: A view from the UC Trauma Service at San Francisco General
Hospital. San Francisco Medicine 68: 12-14., 1995.
15. Braveman P, Egerter S, Schecter W. Reply to "Letters to the Editor" on insurance and the risk of ruptured
appendix. NEJM 397-8, 1/1995.
16. Schecter WP. Invited Commentary on Contino JP, Follette DM, Berkoff HA, Pollock ME, Bogren H, Wisner DH.
Use of a Carmeda-coded femoral-femoral bypass during repair of traumatic aortic pseudoaneurysms. Arch
Surg.933-939, 1994.
17. Schecter WP, Grey DP, Hofmann P. The Ambulatory Surgery Access Coalition: Creating a Program for the
Uninsured. San Francisco Medicine 1994;23-24.
18. Schecter WP, Gerberding JL. Human immunodeficiency virus and the surgeon: 1993 Update. Problems in
Urology-Genitourinary Trauma 1994;237-244.
19. Schecter WP (moderator). Ethical dilemmas. Emergency Medicine-Audio Digest. Side B:994.
20. Schecter WP. Social implications of hand surgery practice at San Francisco General Hospital. Correspondence
Newsletter, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 12/22/1993.
21. Schecter WP. Expert Commentary on article: Beck DE, Opelka FG: Pelvic and perineal trauma. Perspectives in
Colon and Rectal Surgery.154-55, 1993.
22. Schecter WP. Safer surgery. AIDS File. 6: 1-2., 1992.
23. Macho JR, Schecter WP. Surgery and the HIV epidemic: The spectrum of practice. Perspectives in General
Surgery. 3: 9-23, 1992.
24. Schecter WP. Occupationally-acquired HIV infection and Workers' Compensation. Resident and Staff Physician
37: 51-55, 1991.
25. Schecter WP. The impact of human immunodeficiency virus on surgery and procedures. Current Opinion in
Infectious Diseases. 4: 514-519, 1991.
26. Schecter WP. Surgery in HIV-infected patients. Editor(s): Cohen PT, Sande MA, Volberding P. San Francisco
General Hospital AIDS Knowledge Base (Computer Data Base). Massachusetts Medical Society, Waltham, Mass.
1991.
27. Schecter WP. HIV and Surgery: Occupational risk and responsibility. San Francisco Medicine, 1990;63:14-16.
28. Chadwick SJD, Schecter WP, Sim AJM Effects of HIV infection on general surgery. Hospital Update. 15: 518-529,
1989.
29. Schecter WP. AIDS: Risks to the surgeon. Audio Digest Orthopedics. 12: 50, 1989.
30. Schecter WP. Commentary on Rectal Injuries: Do adjunctive procedures affect outcome in patients treated with
colostomy and drainage. Colon and Rectal Surgery Outlook. 2: 5-6, 1989.
31. Schecter WP. HIV infection and hand surgery. American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Correspondence
Newsletter, 11/29/1989.
32. Harris HW, Schecter WP. HIV and the management of soft tissue infections. AIDS and HIV Infectionen. 1989;
31. Erg.Lfg.
33. Smedira N, Schecter WP. AIDS and the Trauma Care Provider. Adv Trauma 1989;4:67:67-88.
34. Schecter WP, Bainton C, Chambers C, Fine D, Gerberding J, Hadley K, Miller D, Shor G, Shostak D, Tarkington
A, Wugofski L. Occupationally-acquired infection and health care workers’ disability compensation: A report from
the Committee on Occupationally Acquired Blood Borne Viral Infections and Worker’s Compensation. Sponsored
by the UCSF AIDS Task Force, SFGH Operation Room Committee, SFGH HIV Policy Committee. Approved by:
SFGH Operating Room Committee 12/12/89; SFGH HIV Policy Committee, 1/27/90; SFGH Executive Committee,
2/25/90; UCSF AIDS Coordinating Council, 3/7/90.
35. Schecter WP, Chambers HR, Crombleholme W, Dailey P, Hadley K, Lusby G, McAninch JW, Sooy D, Tarkington
A, Williams J. Surgical care in the era of HIV infection: A report from the San Francisco General Hospital
Committee to develop HIV infection control policies in the operating room. Approved by the SFGH Operating
Room Committee, 5/18/1988.
36. Brunel W, Stoll J, May K, Markison RE, Schecter WP. Routine intensive care unit admission is not indicated for
suspected myocardial contusion. J Intens Care Med, 1988;3:253-7.
Books
Schecter WP, Lim RC, Sheldon GF, Christen N, Blaisdell FW. The History of the Surgical Service at San Francisco
General Hospital. Broadfoot Publishing, Inc., Wilmington, NC. February 2008.
Chapters
1. Schecter W, Hirshberg A. Pancreatic and Duodenal Injuries. Jarnagin et al: Blumgart’s Surgery of the Liver,
Biliary Tract & Pancreas. Chapter 103: Part 9 (in press).
2. Schecter W, Hirshberg A. Injuries to the liver and biliary tract. Jarnagin et al: Blumgart’s Surgery of the Liver,
Biliary Tract & Pancreas. Chapter 102: Part 9 (in press).
3. Dicker R, Schecter WP. Civilian Hospital Response to Mass Casualty Events: Editor(s): Asensio, JA and Trunkey
DD. Current Therapy in Trauma and Surgical Critical Care: Mosby/Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA (in press).
4. Schecter WP. Intravenous catheter-associated infections. In: Surgical Infections. Fry D. (ed), JP Medical Ltd.
(in press).
5. Schecter WP. Management of enterocutaneous fistulas. In: Dudrick SJ, Sanchez, JA. e, Nutrition and
Metabolism of the Surgical Patient, Part 1. Surg Clin North Am 2011;(91).
6. Schecter WP. Geriatric trauma and end of life decisions. In: Mulholland MW, Lillemoe KD, Doherty GM, Maier
RB, Simeone DJ, Upchurch GR, Jr. Greenfield’s Surgery: Scientific Principles and Practic5th Edition, WoltersKluwer-Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2011.
7. Schecter SC, Hansen SL, Schecter WP. The mangled extremity. Editor(s): Rabinovici R, Frankel HL, Kirton OC.
Trauma, Critical Care and Surgical Emergencies: A Case and Evidence-Based Textbook: Informa Healthcare,
New York. 164-173, 2010.
8. Staudenmayer, K, Schecter WP. Chemical agents and terror medicine. In: S.C. Shapira et al (eds). Essentials
of Terror Medicine. Springer Science and Business Media, LLC, New York, NY, 2009:223-239.
9. Jamshidi R, Schecter W. Peritonitis. Editor(s): Chin, R. Emergency Management of Infectious Diseases:
Cambridge University Press. New York City, NY. 53-58, 2008.
10. Jamshidi R, Schecter WP. Postoperative infections. In: Emergency Management of Infectious Diseases. Chin
RL et al (Editors): Cambridge University Press. New York, NY, 2008.
11. Dicker R, Schecter WP. Civilian Hospital Response to Mass Casualty Events: Editor(s): Asensio JA and Trunkey
DD. Current Therapy in Trauma and Surgical Critical Care: Mosby/Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA. 67-73, 2008.
12. Dagi TF, Schecter WP. Preparation of the Operating Room. Basic Surgical and Perioperative Considerations.
ACS Surgery: Principles and Practice: BC Decker, Philadelphia, PA. 2008.
13. Schecter WP. Assessment of acute abdominal symptoms. In Surgery: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence,
2008; Springer, New York (4) :759-769.
14. Fox JM, Schecter W, Stollman N. Diverticular disease. In Wexner SD, Stollman N. Diverticular Disease. Editor(s):
Stollman N. Diseases of the Colon: Informa Healthcare USA, Inc., New York. 399-435, 2007.
15. Schecter WP. Peritoneum and acute abdomen. Editor(s): Norton JA, Bollinger RR, Chang AE, Lowry SF, Mulvihill
SJ, Pass HI, Thompson RW. Surgery: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence: Springer-Verlag, Inc., New York. 1-8,
2003.
16. Gosnell JE, Harris HW, Jan J, Schecter WP. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. Editor(s): Bland KI. The
Practice of General Surgery: W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia. 38-47, 2002.
17. Macho Jr., Schecter WP. Care of patients with environmental injuries. Editor(s): Bongard FS, Sue DY. Current
Critical Care: Diagnosis and Treatment: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, New York. 838-882, 2002.
18. Schecter WP, Albo RJ. Removal of rectal foreign bodies. In: Mastery of Surgery. Baker RJ, Fischer JE
(Editors). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001, Philadelphia, PA.
19. Schecter WP. Peritoneum and acute abdomen. Editor(s): Norton JA, Bollinger RR, Chang AE, Lowry SF, Mulvihill
SJ, Pass HI, Thompson RW. Surgery: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence: Springer-Verlag, Inc., New York. 1-8,
2000.
20. Harris HW, Schecter PW. HIV and the management of soft tissue infections. Editor(s): Jager H. AIDS und HIVInfektionen: Ecomed Landsberg, 1-8, 2000.
21. Schecter WP. Surgery in HIV-infected patients, Third Ed. Editor(s): Cohen PT, Sande MA, Volberding PA. The
AIDS Knowledge Base: Lippincott-Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia. 363-367, 1999.
22. Harris HW, Schecter WP. Emergency abdominal surgery. Editor(s): Flum DR, Wallack MK. The Role of Surgery in
AIDS: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia. 35-52, 1999.
23. Schecter WP. Ethical considerations. Editor(s): Moylan JA. In: Surgical Critical Care: Mosby-Yearbook, Inc., St.
Louis. 31-40, 1994.
24. Macho JR, Schecter WP. Care of patients with environmental injuries. Editor(s): Bongard FS, Sue DY. Current
Critical Care, Diagnosis and Treatment: Appleton and Lange, Connecticut. 716-730, 1994.
25. Schecter WP. Surgery in HIV infected Patients, 2nd Ed. Editor(s): Cohen PT, Sande MA, Volberding PA. The
AIDS Knowledge Base: Little, Brown & Company, Boston. 4.121-4.12, 1994.
26. Jarnagin WR, Schecter WP. Anorectal diseases in the HIV-infected patients. Editor(s): Wilson SE, Williams RA.
Surgical Problems in the AIDS Patient: Igaku-Shoin, New York. 1994.
27. Schecter WP. Anus and Rectum. Editor(s): Macho J, Cable G. Everyone's Guide to Outpatient Surgery: Andrews
and McMell, Kansas City, KS. 85-92, 1994.
28. Schecter WP, Mansour A, Lim RC. AIDS and Surgery. In: Surgical Decision Making. , W.B. Saunders
Company, 3rd Edition, Philadelphia, PA, 1993, pp. 26-27.
29. Macho JR, Schecter WP. General surgery in the patient with AIDS. Editor(s): Braverman MH, Tawes RL. Surgical
Technology International II: International Developments in Surgery and Surgical Research. Hong Kong. 219-224,
1993.
30. Schecter WP. Examination of the anus and rectum in the HIV infected patient. Editor(s): Allen-Mersh and
Gottesman L. Anorectal Disease in AIDS: Edward Arnold, London. 75-86, 1991.
31. Schecter WP. Lower extremity/soft tissue injury. Editor(s): Trunkey DD, Lewis FR. Current Therapy of Trauma:
BC Decker, Philadelphia, PA. 291-4, 1991.
32. Wilson W, Schecter WP. Hypothermia and frostbite. Editor(s): Bongard F, Wilson SE, Perry MO. Vascular Injuries
in Surgical Practice: Appleton-Lange, Norwalk. 253-60, 1991.
33. Schecter WP. Precautions in the operating room for HIV-infected patients and patients with hepatitis. Editor(s):
Howard RJ. Infectious Risks in Surgery: Appleton & Lange, Norwalk. 97-109, 1991.
34. Schecter WP. Rectal injury. Editor(s): Trunkey DD, Lewis FR. Current Therapy of Trauma: B.C. Decker,
Philadelphia. 258-9, 1991.
35. Schecter WP. Surgery of AIDS and related conditions. A San Francisco Perspective. Editor(s): Sim AJW, Jeffries
DJ. AIDS and Surgery: Oxford, Blackwell-Scientific Publications, Ltd., New York. 38-42, 1990.
36. Allen-Mersch TG, Gottesman LG, Miles AJG, Milson JW, Northover JMA, Schecter WP, Stotter A. The
management of anorectal disease in HIV-positive patients: A symposium. Editor(s): Nicholls RJ, McCortensen NJ,
Northover JMA. Topics in Colorectal Disease: Berlin, Springer-Verlag, New York. 145-156, 1990.
37. Hill AC, Schecter WP, Trunkey DD. Trauma: Secondary triage in the ICU. In: Critical Care. J.B. Lippincott Co.,
Philadelphia, PA; 1988:52-542.
38. Hill AC, Schecter WP, Trunkey DD. Reoperation in abdominal trauma. Editor(s): Tompkins RK. Reoperative
Surgery: J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. 253-80, 1988.
39. Hill AC, Schecter WP, Trunkey DD. Abdominal trauma and indications for laparotomy. Editor(s): Mattox KL,
Moore EE, Feliciano DV. Trauma: Appleton and Lange, San Mateo. 401-16., 1988.
40. Cobb LM, Schecter WP. Surgical aspects of refugee health care. Editor(s): Saddler and Jones. Medical Care of
Refugees: Oxford University Press, New York. 155-179, 1987.
41. Clark JL, Schecter WP, Hardimann J: Anesthesia for the burn patient. Anesthesia for the burn patient. Editor(s):
Lebowitz P. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital: Little, Brown and Co.,
Boston, 1982.
42. Clark JL, Schecter WP, Hardimann J. Anesthesia for the burn patient, 2nd Ed. Editor(s): Lebowitz P. Clinical
Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital.: Little, Brown and Col., Boston, 1978.
ABSTRACTS:
1. Schecter WP, Meyer A, Schecter WP, Giuliano A, Newmeyer W, Kilgore ES. "Necrotizing fasciitis of the upper
extremity." Oral Presentation. American Society for Surgery of the Hand. 2/1981.
2. Schecter WP, Meyer A, Newmeyer WL, Kilgore ES. "The management of fingertip amputations." Oral
Presentation. University Association for Emergency Medicine, San Antonio, Texas. April 1981.
3. Meyer A, Schecter WP, Schecter G, Giuliano A, Kilgore ES. "Oral Presentation. Necrotizing fasciitis." American
Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia. 9/27/1981.
4. Gerberding JL, Rose DA, Ramiro NZ, Perlman JL, Schecter WP. ". Intraoperative provider injuries and potential
patient recontacts at San Francisco General Hospital." Oral Presentation. Conference on Prevention of
Transmission of Blood-Borne Pathogens in Surgery and Obstetrics. Sponsored by the American College of
Surgeons and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Atlanta, Georgia, 2/13/1984.
5. Hill AC, Schecter WP. "Transbronchial biopsy vs. open lung biopsy in the diagnosis of pulmonary infections in
AIDS"." Poster Presentation. First International Symposium on AIDS, Paris. 6/1986.
6. Clark G, Schecter WP, Trunkey D. "Variables affecting outcome in blunt chest trauma: Flail chest vs. pulmonary
contusion." Oral Presentation. 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society for the Surgery of Trauma, 46th
Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii. 9/18/1986.
7. Brunel W, Schecter W, Schecter G. "Hand deformity and sensory loss due to Hansen's Disease in American
Samoa." Oral Presentation. Sixteenth Annual Meeting of hte American Association for Hand Surgery, Los
Angeles, California. 10/23/1986.
8. Brunel W, Stoll J, Schecter W. "Routine ICU admission for suspected myocardial contusion - Is it indicated?" Oral
Presentation. Society for Critical Care Medicine, 6th Annual Symposium, Anaheim, California. 5/26/87.
9. Hill AC, Schecter WP, Mori H, et al. "Central nervous system protection during aortic cross-clamping using
verapamil." Oral Presentation. 47th Annual Meeting, American Society for the Surgery of Trauma, Montreal,
Canada. 9/9/1987.
10. Schecter WP, Jeffrey RB, Markison RE, Barton RM, Laing F. "Sonography facilitates the early diagnosis of acute
suppurative flexor tenosynovitis." Poster Presentation. American Society for Surgery of the Hand, 42nd Annual
Meeting, San Antonio, Texas. 9/9/1987.
11. Schecter WP, Jeffrey RB, Markison RE, Barton RM, Laing F. "Poster Presentation. Sonography facilitates the
early diagnosis of acute suppurative flexor tenosynovitis." Oral Presentation. American Society for Surgery of the
Hand, 42nd Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas. 9/10/1987.
12. Ciresi K, Schecter W. "Pulmonary angiography remains the gold standard for diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in
the setting of high clinical suspicion and equivocal radionuclide studies." Poster Presentation. Presented at the
7th European Congress on Diseases of the Chest, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. 7/14/1988.
13. Schecter WP, Markison RE, Barton RM, Hoffman WY. "Hand surgery in the era of HIV infection." Poster
Presentation. 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Baltimore, Maryland.
9/14/1988.
14. Peper E, Hill A, Brunel W, May C, Katz J, Horn J, Luce J, Schlobohm R, Markison RE, Schecter WP. "Is routine
ICU admission required to "rule out" myocardial contusion?" Oral Presentation. 54th Annual Scientific Assembly,
American College of Chest Physicians, Anaheim, California. 10/6/1988.
15. Flynn A, Thomas AN, Schecter WP. "Acute tracheobronchial injury." Oral Presentation. Western Trauma
Association Meeting, Snowbird, Utah. 3/3/1989.
16. Haueissen B, Brunel W, Schecter WP, et al. "Post-traumatic PIP joint stiffness: Successful treatment with intraarticular steroids." Oral Presentation. IV International Congress, International Federation of Societies for Surgery
of the Hand, Tel Aviv, Israel. 4/10/1989.
17. Crombleholme T, Schecter WP, Wilson W. "Anal carcinoma: Change in incidence, natural history and treatment:
A 26-year review of the UCSF-SFGH experience." Oral Presentation. American Society of Clinical Oncology
Meeting, San Francisco, California. 5/23/1989.
18. Gerberding JL, Littell C, Tarkington A, Brown A, Schecter WP. "Blood exposures among surgical personnel:
Intraoperative risks and risk reduction strategies." Oral Presentation. V International Conference on AIDS.
Montreal, Canada. 06/1989.
19. Smedira NG, Evans BH,m Grais LS, Cohen NH, Lo B, Cooke M, Schecter WP, Luce JM. "Withholding and
withdrawing life support from the critically ill." Poster Presentation. The 18th Annual Meeting, Society of Critical
Care Medicine, New Orleans, LA. 6/6/1989.
20. Smedira N, Markison R, Schecter WP. "Proximity is not an indication for mandatory arteriography in penetrating
wounds of the upper extremity." Poster Presentation. 44th Annual Meeting, American Society for Surgery of the
Hand, Seattle, Washington. 9/13/1989.
21. Lorenz P, Schecter WP. "Conservative management of massive liver injury in the pediatric trauma patient." Poster
Presentation. National Conference on Pediatric Trauma Meeting, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 9/20/1989.
22. Wilson W, Lorenz P, Leigh B, Schecter W. "Squamous cell carcinoma of the anus and AIDS." Poster
Presentation. American College of Gastroenterology. New Orleans. 10/23/1989.
23. Flynn A, Cogging D, Austin R, Muehrcke D, Schecter W, Hoffman J. "Non-uniformity of blood flow to small regions
of the canine left ventricle." Oral Presentation. 23rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Surgery, University of
Louisville, School of Medicine, Louisville, KY. 11/15/1989.
24. Smedira N, Stevens M, Schecter WP "Is proximity an indication for mandatory angiography in penetrating
extremity injuries?" Oral Presentation. 20th Annual Meeting, Western Trauma Association, Crested Butte,
Colorado. 3/1990.
25. Lorenz P, Wilson W, Leigh B and Schecter W "Kaposi's Sarcoma of the rectum in AIDS patients." Oral
Presentation. 42nd Annual Meeting, The Southwestern Surgical Congress. La Quinta, California,. 4/22/1990.
26. Flynn A, Verrier E, Thomas A, Schecter W "Traumatic esophageal perforation." Poster Presentation. 56th Annual
Scientific Assembly, American College of Chest Physicians, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 10/22/1990.
27. Burke EC, Orloff SL, Macho JR, Schecter WP. "Outcome of anorectal surgery in HIV-infected patients: An
analysis of 77 operations." Oral Presentation. 62nd Annual Session, Pacific Coast Surgical Association. The Inn
at Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach, California. 2/20/1991.
28. Hansen J, Kerley SM, Schecter WP. "The effect of HIV status on upper extremity infections." Oral Presentation.
UCSF Department of Surgery Resident Research Day. 3/4/1991.
29. Macho J, Steinmetz B, Luce J, Schecter WP. "Management of far-advanced breast cancer." Poster Presentation.
Southwestern Surgical Congress, Las Vegas,. 4/21/1991.
30. Lorenz P, Steinmetz B, Lieberman J, Schecter WP, Macho JR. "Emergency thoracotomy: Survival correlates with
physiologic status." Oral Presentation. 51st Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Surgery of
Trauma, Philadelphia, PA,. 9/14/1991.
31. Hickey M, Schecter W, Jarnagin W, Eastey S. "Nutritional management of HIV-infected surgical patients." Oral
Presentation. Annual Meeting, Pacific Coast Surgical Association, Kauai. 2/18/1992.
32. Constant J, Chansmorn C, Schecter WP, Macho JR. "Injury to the infrahepatic vena cava: Predictors of mortality."
Oral Presentation. Western Trauma Association, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. 3/2/1992.
33. Flynn AE, Coggin DL, Schecter WP, Hoffman JIE "The influence of blood pressure and heart rate on myocardial
perfusion." Oral Presentation. Southwestern Surgical Congress, Marriott's Camelback Inn, Scottsdale, Arizona.
4/27/1992.
34. Whitney TM, Macho JR, Russell TR, Bossart KJ, Heer FW, Schecter WP. "Appendicitis in Acquired
Immunodeficiency Syndrome." Oral Presentation. Southwestern
35. Jarnagin W, Hansen P, Burke E, Davis L, Macho J, Hickey M, Schecter WP. "The effect of surgery on helper Tcell levels in HIV infected patients." Poster Presentation. Southwestern Surgical Congress, Marriott's Camelback
Inn, Scottsdale. 4/27/1992.
36. Macho JR, Schecter WP. "Cardiac stapling in the management of penetrating injuries of the heart: Rapid control
of hemorrhage and decreased risk of personal contamination." Oral Presentation. 52nd Annual Meeting,
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Louisville, KY. 9/18/1992.
37. Horn JK, Duke D, Schecter WP. "Perioperative infection after splenic injury: Splenectomy and repair carry similar
risks." Oral Presentation. 64th Annual Session of the Pacific Coast Surgical Association, Scottsdale, Arizona,
2/17/1993.
38. Rose DA, Ramiro N, Perlman J, Schecter WP, Gerberding JL. "Usage patterns and perforation rates for 6396
gloves from intraoperative procedures at San Francisco General Hospital. Conference on prevention of
transmission of blood-borne pathogens in surgery and obstetrics." Oral Presentation. Conference on Prevention
of Transmission of Blood-Borne Pathogens in Surgery and Obstetrics. Sponsored by the American College of
Surgeons and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Atlanta, Georgia. 2/13/1994.
39. Gerberding JL, Rose DA, Ramiro NZ, Perlman JL, Schecter WP. "Intraoperative provider injuries and potential
patient recontacts at San Francisco General Hospital." Oral Presentation. Conference on Prevention of
Transmission of Blood-Borne Pathogens in Surgery and Obstetrics. Sponsored by the ACS and CDC and
Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. 2/13/1994.
40. Campbell A, Vittinghoff E, Morabito D, Payne M, Shagoury C, Praetz P, Grey D, McAninch, J, Schecter W.
"Trauma centers in a managed care environment." Oral Presentation. American Association for the Surgery of
Trauma, San Diego, CA,. 10/1/1994.
41. Hamon G, Hojman H, Schecter W and Horn J "Risk of perioperative infection following splenic injury." Poster
Presentation. Southwestern Surgical Congress, San Antonio, Texas. 4/23/1995.
42. Campbell AR, Newman D, Vittinghoff E, Morabito D, Shagoury C, Schecter W. "Penetrating torso trauma:
Quantification of resource utilization." Poster Presentation. 55th Annual meeting of the American Association for
the Surgery of Trauma, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 9/29/1995.
43. Duh Q, Siperstein A, Clark O, Schecter W, Horn J, Hunt T, Way L. "Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: Lateral or
posterior approach?" Oral Presentation. Pacific Coast Surgical Association, San Diego, CA. 2/19/96.
44. Hojman H, Horn JK, Schecter WP. "Tube duodenostomy is not necessary for the treatment of Grade 1 and 2
duodenal injuries." Poster Presentation. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Houston, Texas,
9/19/1996.
45. Albo RJ, Stanten A, Stanten S, Cooper R, Schecter WP. "Pedunculated gastric leiomyosarcoma: A plea for
conservative resection." Poster Presentation. 68th Annual Session of the Pacific Coast Surgical Association.
2/16/1997.
46. Harris HW, Morabito DJ, Mackersie RC, Schecter WP. "Leukocytosis and free fluid are important indicators of
isolated occult intestinal injury following blunt trauma." Poster Presentation. 57th Annual Meeting, American
Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Waikaloa, Hawaii. 9/24/1997.
47. Rogers SJ, Davila AD, Cello JP, Schecter WP. "Poster Presentation. Pancreatic trauma: Role of endoscopic
retrograde pancreatography." Southwest Surgical Congress, San Antonio, Texas,. 4/21/1998.
48. Callahan TE, Schecter WP, Horn JK. "Why does mortality from portal triad injuries remain so high?" Oral
Presentation. 70th Annual Meeting, Pacific Coast Surgical Association, San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur,
Mexico. 2/14/1999.
49. Rogers SJ, Cello JP, Horn JK, Campbell A, Mackersie R, Schecter WP, Siperstein AE. "Randomized controlled
trial of laparoscopic cholecystectomy plus laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LC + LCBDE) vs. ERCPsphincterotomy plus laparoscopic cholecystectomy (ERCP/S+LC) for common bile duct stone disease." Oral
Presentation. Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. 3/1999.
50. Shen WT, Young DM, Schecter WP. "The 1942 Cocoanut Grove Fire: Death knell for burn treatment with tannic
acid." Poster Presentation. American Burn Association Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, Florida. 3/24/1999.
51. O’Neill BB, Schecter WP, Harris HW, Gosnell JE, Koch J, Lull RJ, Halvorsen RA. "Cinematic nuclear scintigraphy
reliably directs surgical intervention in gastrointestinal bleeding." Oral Presentation. Pacific Coast Surgical
Association, San Francisco, California. 2/22/2000.
52. Stern J, Schecter WP, Horn JK. "Timing of debridement in serious necrotizing soft tissue infections." Oral
Presentation. Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Surgical Association, Banff, Canada. 2/17/2001.
53. Rogers SJ, Cello JP, Horn JK, Siperstein AE, Campbell A, Mackersie E, Harris HW, Schecter WP. "Presidential
Poster Presentation. Randomized trial of laparoscopic cholecystectomy plus laparoscopic common bile duct
exploration (LC + LCBDE) vs. ERCP-sphincterotomy plus laparoscopic cholecystectomy (ERCP/S + LC) for
common bile duct stone disease: follow-up of 85 patients." World Congress of Gastroenterology, Bangkok,
Thailand. 2/23/2002.
54. Lee SK, Schecter WP, Horn JK. "Non-operative management of splenic injuries predicts lower risk of infectious
complications." Oral Presentation. Surgical Infection Society, Madrid, Spain. 5/3/2002.
55. Rogers SJ, Cello JP, Schecter WP. "Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in patients with
pancreatic trauma." Poster Presentation. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Orlando, Florida.
9/26/2002.
56. Spira R, Horn JK, Schecter WP. "Improved communication and patient flow: Lessons learned from two suicide
bus." Poster Presentation. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Meeting, Maui, Hawaii. 9/29/2004.
57. Hersch M, Avidan V, Schecter WP "Civilian hospital response to a mass casualty event. The role of the ICU."
Poster Presentation. 34th Annual Meeting, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Phoenix, AZ. 1/9/2005.
58. Schecter WP, Klassen C, O’Connor P, Ochitill H, Potts M. "Suicide: The unmet challenge of the trauma system."
Poster Presentation. 76th Annual Meeting, Pacific Coast Surgical Association, Dana Point, CA. 2/20/2005.
59. Ozgediz D, Roayane K, Debas H, Farmer D, Schecter W. "Surgery in developing countries: Essential training in
Surgery." Poster Presentation. 76th Annual Meeting, Pacific Coast Surgical Association, Dana Point, CA.
2/20/2005.
60. Avidan V, Hersch M, Schecter WP. "Lung blast injury." Oral Presentation. Southwestern Surgical Congress, San
Antonio, Texas. 4/10/2005.
61. Schecter WP, Fisher J, Berguer R. "Peri-operative blood borne infections: Prevention strategies." Oral
Presentation. UCSF Department of Surgery Grand Rounds. 5/29/2006.
62. Rogers SJ, Cello JP, Schecter WP. "Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in patients with
pancreatic trauma." Poster Presentation. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Orlando, Florida.
9/2006.
63. Einav S, Reissman P, Schecter WP. "The role of the surgeon in a terrorist mass casualty event: A survey of the
Israeli experience." Oral Presentation. Pacific Coast Surgical Association meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2/16/07.
64. Jamshidi R, Schecter W "Biologic dressings in the management of enteric fistulas in open abdomens: A
preliminary report." Poster Presentation. Pacific Coast Surgical Association 78th Annual Meeting, The Fairmont
Orchid, Kohala Coast, Hawaii. 2/18/2007.
65. S. Einav, S. Shiff, S. Goldberg, M. Hersch, R. Spira, T. Zalut, W. Schecter. "Development of a computerized
system for in-hospital tracking of patient location during multiple casualty incidents." 18th Israel Medical
Association. World Fellowship International Conference, Jerusalem, Israel. 04/12/2007.
66. Ozgediz D, Schecter WP. "Surgery and Global Health: A mandate for service, training, and research." Oral
Presentation. Unite for Sight Global Health Conference, Stanford, CA. 4/14/07.
67. Einav S, Shif S, Goldberg S, Hersch M, Spira S, Zalut T, Schecter W. "Low-tech computerized in-hospital tracking
of patient location during multiple casualty incidents." Poster Presentation. 20th Annual Congress of the European
Society of Intensive Care Meicine, Berlin, Germany. 10/2007.
68. Einav S, Schecter W, Amtot I, Horn JK, Hirsch M, Reissman P, Spira RM. "Case managers in multiple casualty
incidents." Scientific Poster Presentation Scientific Poster Competition, 2008 Clinical Congress, American College
of Surgeons. San Francisco, CA. 10/14/2008.
69. Jayaraman S, Schecter WP. Mycotic pseudoaneurysms due to injection drug use: A 10-year experience.
Presented at the Pacific Coast Surgical Association Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ, February18-21, 2011.
RESEARCH PROGRAM
I am a full-time Clinical Surgeon and have no basic science research program. However, in my capacity as Chief
of Surgery at the San Francisco General Hospital, I was intimately involved in the agreement to fund the UCSF
Surgical Research Laboratory at the San Francisco General Hospital, the design of this laboratory, and the
recruitment of Prof. William Welch, as the Elsbach-Richards Professor of Surgical Research to lead scientific
efforts in that laboratory.
My clinical research efforts are in four general areas:
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The investigation of clinical surgical problems related to injury and infection
The investigation of clinical surgical problems related to HIV infection
The investigation of the prevalence of exposure to blood-borne infections during surgery
and the best methods to reduce the risk of exposure.
Ethical issues in surgical practice relating to the treatment of HIV-infected patients and
end of life decisions, particularly related to intensive care.
Civilian hospital response to mass casualty events.
I have also been intimately involved in a project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation entitled,
“Operation Access.” Operation Access is a 501C-3 Non-Profit Corporation that serves as a coalition of physicians,
nurses and hospitals which provides uncompensated, low-risk outpatient surgery to uninsured patients. This
program began as a pilot project at the Kaiser, San Francisco Hospital which led to a publication of our early
experience in the Archives of Surgery in 1995. Since that time, UCSF/Mt. Zion Hospital and San Francisco
General Hospital joined the coalition in San Francisco and we have expanded our operations to Contra Costa,
Alameda, San Mateo and Marin Counties. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant ended and we are now a
self-sustaining, independently funded organization. This organization has been sponsored by the University of
California, San Francisco School of Medicine, the San Francisco Medical Society, the Alameda County Medical
Society, and the Northern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. Operation Access has been
replicated in Delaware and Sacramento and parts of our program have been used in San Diego. I plan to devote
a significant portion of my research time to this continuing project to increase access of uninsured patients to
surgical care.
MedShare professionals can do a needs assessment at each stage of the program to ensure that the equipment
provided is desired, needed and functional.
I am the co-founder of Operation Access and remain active in the organization which is a 501 c3 non profit
corporation which facilitates provision of low risk outpatient surgery to uninsured patients who would otherwise be
unable to receive surgical care. First established in 1994, the organization has provided over 2000 surgical
procedures for uninsured patients in the Bay Area and has served as a template for similar programs in Delaware
and Orange County.
In the past two years, I have worked to establish the West Coast branch of MedShare International, a 501C-3
Non-Profit Corporation which acquires, stores and ships medical equipment to hospitals in developing countries.
We opened up a 10,000 sq. ft. warehouse in San Leandro in the fall of 2008 and made our first container
shipment of equipment to a hospital in Ecuador in January 2009. We anticipate several more container shipments
from our warehouse in this calendar year. I serve on the Advisory Council for the Western Region of MedShare
International.
Top 5 Publications
1. Avidan V, Hersch M, Armon Y, Spira R, Ahoroni D, Reissman P, Schecter WP. Blast lung injury: clinical
manifestations, treatment and outcome. Am J Surg 2005;190:927-31.
2. Schecter WP, Ivatury RR, Rotondo MF, Hirshberg A. Open abdomen after trauma and abdominal sepsis: A
strategy for management. J Am Coll Surg 2006;203(9):390-6.
3. Schecter WP, HIrshberg A, Chang DS, Harris HW, Napolitano L, Wexner SD, Dudrick SJ. Enteric fistulas:
Principles of management. J Am Coll Surg 209:484-91, 10/2009.
4. Schecter WP, Charles AG, Cornwell EE 3rd, Edelman P, Scarborough JE. The surgery of poverty. Current
Problems in Surgery, 2001;Apr ;48(4):228-80.
5. Schecter WP. Meditation on mortality: Lessons from a life in surgery. J Trauma 2001;Feb(2):340-4.
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