This lecture is named for Dr. Roger T. Sherman to honor his contributions to the Congress, the field of surgery and trauma. Dr. Sherman became a member of the Congress while still a resident and presented one of the first Gold Medal Forum papers. He was President of the Congress in 1984-1985, and was named Secretary-Director in 1986. He served in that capacity until 1993. Dr. Sherman was Whitaker Professor of Surgery at Piedmont Hospital and Emory University School of Medicine when he retired in October 1997. Dr. Sherman passed away on April 9, 2006, at the age of 82.
2023 Joseph Sakran MD, MPH, MPA | How Healthcare Professionals Drive Social Change
2022 Mary Aaland MD | Through the Eyes of Dr. Sherman – “That 10%”
2021 Thomas Scalea MD | The Past, Present and Future of Endovascular Care for Trauma
2020 Edward E. Cornwell III, MD | Outcome Disparities After Trauma: We Know What We Don’t Know
2019 Martin A. Croce MD | The Evolution of Colon Wound Management
2018 Ronald V. Maier MD | Response to Injury and Stress: A Genomic Storm
2017 Amy J. Goldberg MD | Scoop and Run: It’s Not the Time that Matters
2016 Loring W. Rue III, MD | In Pursuit of the Holy Grail- Developing a Trauma System and Improving the Quality of Care
2015 M. Margaret Knudson MD | The Disaster Response Surgeon: Lessons Learning from the Crash of Asiana Flight 214
2014 Lena M. Napolitano MD | Traumatic Hemorrhage Treatment: From Goal-Directed Resuscitation to REBOA
2013 John B. Hanks MD | Surgeon Burnout: A View from the American College of Surgeons Board of Governors Survey
2012 H. Leon Pachter MD | Acute Care Surgery: Conundrums Facing the General Surgeon
2011 J. Wayne Meredith MD | The Changing Face of Medicine – Health Care Reform
2010 Russell G. Postier MD | Maintenance of Certification: What It Is, Why It Exists, and Why It Is Good
2009 William C. Wood MD | Pre-Emptive Strikes: Prophylactic Surgery for Cancer
2008 Timothy C. Fabian MD | Advances in the Management of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury: Parmley to Present
2007 Hiram C. Polk Jr., MD | Surgical Quality and Safety: The Patient Comes First
2006 David V. Feliciano MD | For the Patient
2005 John G. Hunter MD | Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Esophagus
2004 LD Britt MD | The Trauma Profession: Current Threats & The Minimalist Approach
2003 J. David Richardson MD | Evolution in the Management of Hepatic Trauma
2002 Stanley J. Dudrick MD | Current Status of Parenteral Nutrition
2001 John L. Cameron MD | The Current Management of Pancreatic Cancer
2000 Knight A. Kiplinger | Trends in the Economics of Health Care
1999 C. James Carrico MD | Trauma: A Clinical, Biologic, and Public Health Challenge
1998 Rogerio A. Lobo MD | Comprehensive Post-Menopausal Management
1997 J. Alex Haller MD | The Current Status of Non-Operative Management of Blunt Abdominal Injuries in Children and Young Adults
1996 Donald D. Trunkey MD
1995 Maurice J. Jurkiewicz MD | The American College of Surgeons: General Surgery and the Specialties