March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month - Surgery

Annual Meeting of Ohio
Valley Society of Colon and
Rectal Surgeons to be Held in
Cincinnati, April 2003
The Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery is sponsoring
the Annual Meeting of the Ohio Valley Society of
Colon and Rectal Surgeons (OVSCRS) scheduled for
Saturday, April 26, 2003, to be held in downtown
Cincinnati at the Cincinnatian Hotel, 601 Vine Street.
Reservations can be made by calling (513) 381-3000 or
toll free (800) 942-9000. A block of rooms is being
held at the discounted rate of $140/queen and
$160/king. Rooms are available on a limited space and
rate available basis, and registrants should call soon.
A reception is scheduled for Friday evening, April 25,
with the meeting on Saturday, April 26, and a casual
dinner is to be arranged on Saturday evening for interested
persons. The meeting will open with talks by
selected members, followed by resident presentations
and case management discussions. The annual business
meeting will occur after the day's educational
program. Please share this information with anyone
who might be interested in attending such as surgical
residents, colorectal fellows, and oncology or surgical
colleagues.
The Society is actively seeking new members. Any
general surgeon with an interest can be an affiliate
member of OVSCRS. If the physician's practice is primarily
devoted (>90%) to colorectal surgery, membership
can be complete with full voting rights. Consider
your colleagues and share this information with any
that you regard as potential members.
Please consider attending this year's meeting and share
this information with potentially interested colleagues.
If you have any questions regarding the meeting, or to
request an application for membership, please contact
Janice F. Rafferty, M.D., Chief of the Division of
Colon and Rectal Surgery, at (513) 558-4206.
Guest Lecturer in Colorectal Surgery
In observance of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month,
the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery is hosting a
Guest Speaker on March 26. Peter W. Marcello, M.D.,
Staff Surgeon, Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery,
The Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA, will speak on
“Laparoscopic Colectomy: Where Do We Stand?”
Area physicians are invited to attend this lecture. Please
contact Gilda Young (513-558-4206) for more details.
J. Wesley Alexander, M.D.
Walter H. Merrill, M.D.
Henry W. Neale, M.D.
Michael F. Reed, M.D.
Roger T. Worrell, Ph.D.
Honors and Kudos
J. Wesley Alexander, M.D., Professor of
Surgery, Division of Transplantation, has
been honored in recognition of exceptional
achievement in transplantation medicine
by Baskent University and the Turkish
Transplantation Society, at which the “J.
Wesley Alexander Research Award” will
be presented every two years, with the first
presentation to be made this June. The
award will include $10,000 and a silver
commemorative medal emblazoned with
an image of Dr. Alexander.
Walter H. Merrill, M.D., Associate
Professor of Surgery and Chief, Section of
Cardiothoracic Surgery, was appointed
Chair of the Workforce on Graduate
Medical Education for the Society of
Thoracic Surgeons, and will serve on the
Education and Member Services Council
Operating Board. He was also appointed
to the Committee on Standards & Ethics.
Henry W. Neale, M.D., Professor of
Surgery and Chief of the Division of
Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery,
was Visiting Professor at the Beth Israel-
Deaconess Medical Center in Boston on
Feb. 18-20, 2003, where he gave lectures
on “Abdominal Wall Reconstruction” and
“The 5+2 (Independent) vs. the 3+3
(Integrated) Plastic Surgery Program.”
Michael F. Reed, M.D., Assistant
Professor of Surgery, Division of Thoracic
Surgery, presented a paper on “Surgical
Treatment of Esophageal High-Grade
Dysplasia” at the 39th Annual Meeting of
the Society of Thoracic Surgeons in San
Diego, February, 2003.
Roger T. Worrell, Ph.D., Research
Assistant Professor, was named Presidentelect
of the Ohio Physiological Society.
Dr. Worrell was also an invited seminar
speaker for the Department of Physiology
and Biophysics at Wright State University
College of Medicine, where he presented a
lecture on “Ammonium Inhibition of
Colonic Chloride Secretion: Anomalous
Mole Fraction Behavior.”