Surgical Oncology & Endocrine Surgery Grand Rounds

Location and day:

Grand Rounds are held every Thursday, 6:45-7:30 am, Long School of Medicine, Johnson Center for Surgical Innovation Room 221E. For additional information, please email us.


Surgical Oncology & Endocrine Surgery Grand Rounds 2021-2022


Thursday, May 26, 2022
Topic — Work-up and management of unilateral neck mass


Thursday, June 2, 2022
Topic — Differential diagnosis of pancreatic masses (other than adenocarcinoma and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor) and their management


Thursday, June 9, 2022
Topic — Mock Oral Boards


Thursday, June 16 – July 7, 2022
Summer Break – Grand rounds for next academic calendar will resume on 07/14/2022


Surgical Oncology & Endocrine Surgery Grand Rounds 2022-2023


July 14                        Workup and Management of Hyperparathyroidism (discuss the difference between primary, secondary, and tertiary but mostly focus on primary hyperparathyroidism)

July 21                        Surgical management of breast cancer: Total mastectomy vs Breast conservative therapy – mention the trials

July 28                        Workup of thyroid nodules (include utility of molecular testing)

August 4                      Mock Oral Boards

August 11                    Management of well-differentiated thyroid cancer (include role of central neck dissection)

August 18                    Work-up and management of DCIS

August 25                    Surgical management of melanoma

September 1                Role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer

September 8                Workup and management of retroperitoneal sarcoma: role of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy

September 15              Mock Oral Boards

September 22              Management of gastric adenocarcinoma (include) neoadjuvant vs adjuvant therapy

September 29              Multidisciplinary management of rectal cancer

October 6                     Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes and Management

October 13                  Role of hormonal therapy for breast cancer and DCIS

October 20                  Workup and management of GIST (include all GI tract GIST)

October 27                  Mock Oral Boards

November 3                Workup and management of small bowel neoplasm

November 10              Workup and management of adrenal nodules

November 17              Regional and systemic treatment strategies for in-transit melanoma metastases

November 24              Thanksgiving

December 1                 Benign breast disease I: Fibroadenoma, phylloides tumor, intraductal papilloma and papillomatosis

December 8                Mock Oral Boards

December 15               Diagnosis and management of basal, squamous, and Merkel cell carcinoma

December 22               Christmas week

December 29               Hereditary Breast Cancer Syndromes

January 5                    Work-up and management of pancreatic adenocarcinoma

January 12                   Mock Oral Boards

January 19                   Risk assessment and management of cystic neoplasms of the pancreas

January 26                   Workup and management of colon cancer

February 2                   Work-up and management of GI Carcinoid tumors

February 9                   Role of cytoreduction and HIPEC in peritoneal surface malignancy

February 16                 Management of atypical ductal and lobular hyperplasia of the breast

February 23                  Mock Oral Boards

March 2                       Benign breast disease II: Fibrocystic change, breast cyst, sclerosing adenosis

March 9                       Management of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine tumors

March 16                     Role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma (discuss MSLT I and II trials)

March 23                     Risk assessment and chemoprevention for breast cancer

March 30                     Management of medullary and undifferentiated thyroid cancer

April 6                         Mock Oral Boards

April 13                       Workup and management of pheochromocytoma

April 20                       Role of Oncotype DX in Breast Cancer

April 27                       Workup and management of lymphanopathy

May 4                          Management of axilla and timing of sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer

May 11                        Workup and management of Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans

May 18                        Mock oral boards

May 25                        Hereditary Colorectal Syndromes – molecular basis and their management

June 1                          Differential diagnosis of pancreatic masses (other than adenocarcinoma and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor) and their management

June 8                          Overview of cancer screening (which cancer has screening, age, and what kind of screening is available)

June 15                        Mock oral boards

June 22-July 6             “summer break” – Grand rounds for next academic calendar will resume on 7/14/2023