Past Speakers

Distinguished Guest Speakers

1955 - H. Prather Saunders, MD, Associate Director, ACS
1956 - D. G. McQueen, MD, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1956 - Rocke Robertson, MD, University of British Columbia
1957 - Cushman Haagensen, MD, Columbia University
1958 - Ben Eiseman, MD, University of Colorado
1959 - Lauren V. Ackerman, MD, Washington University
1959 - Gordon McNeer, MD, Memorial Hospital, New York
1959 - Franz J. Buschke, MD, University of California
1959 - K. Alvin Merendino, MD, University of Washington
1960 - Robert M. Zollinger, MD, Ohio State University
1961 - J. Garrott Allen, MD, Stanford University
1962 - Warfield M. Firor, MD, John Hopkins Medical School
1963 - Oliver H. Beahrs, MD, Mayo Clinic
1964 - J. Englebert Dunphy, MD, University of Oregon
1965 - Herbert D. Adams, MD, Lahey Clinic
1966 - William V. McDermott, Jr., MD, Harvard Medical School
1967 - William H. Remine, MD, Mayo Clinic
1968 - Allan D. McKenzie, MD, University of British Columbia
1969 - Cornelius E. Sedgwick, MD, Lahey Clinic
1970 - J. Englebert Dunphy, MD, University of California, San Francisco
1971 - Robert A. Chase, MD, Stanford University
1972 - John H. Foster, MD, Vanderbilt University
1973 - Ben Eiseman, MD, University of Colorado
1974 - Lloyd M. Nyhus, MD, University of Illinois
1975 - H. William Scott, MD, Vanderbilt University
1976 - John E. Jesseph, MD, Indiana University
1977 - G. Rainey Williams, MD, University of Oklahoma
1978 - Robert W. Jamplis, MD, Stanford University
1979 - Erick W. Fonkalsrud, MD, UCLA
1980 - Richard O. Kraft, MD, University of Michigan
1981 - Frank G. Moody, MD, University of Utah
1982 - James H. Foster, MD, University of Connecticut
1983 - Martin Adson, MD, Mayo Clinic
1984 - Arlie M. Mansberger, MD, Medical College of Georgia
1985 - J. Roland Folse, MD, Southern Illinois University
1986 - Lloyd M. Nyhus, MD, University of Illinois
1987 - Donald D. Trunkey, MD, University of Oregon
1988 - Leslie W. Ottinger, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
1989 - Winston K. Mebust, MD, University of Kansas
1990 - Erwin K. Thal, MD, Southwestern Medical School
1991 - Arthur J. Donovan, MD, University of Southern California
1992 - Haile T. Debas, MD, University of California, San Francisco
1993 - C. Elton Cahow, MD, Yale University
1993 - Barbara Kinder, MD, Yale University
1994 - Marshall Orloff, MD, University of California, San Diego
1995 - Charles L. Rice, MD, University of Illinois
1996 - Anthony D. Whittemore, MD, Brigham & Women's Hospital
1997 - Ronald K. Tompkins, MD, University of California, Los Angeles
1998 - Robert W. Beart, Jr., MD, University of Southern California, LA
1999 - Layton F. Rikkers, MD, University of Wisconsin, Madison
2000 - Keith A. Kelly, MD, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
2001 - Nancy L. Ascher, MD, University of California, San Francisco
2002 - Dennis F. Bandyk, MD, University of South Florida, Tampa
2003 - John G. Hunter, MD, OHSU, Portland
2004 - Bruce L. Gewertz, MD, University of Chicago, IL
2005 - Keith D. Lillemoe, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine
2006 - John G. Hunter, MD, OHSU, Portland
2006 - Carlos A. Pellegrini, MD, University of Washington, Seattle
2007 - David P. Jaques, MD, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
2008 - John Weigelt, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin
2009 - Fred A. Crawford, MD, Medical University of South Carolina
2009 - Ronald Maier, MD, University of Washington, Seattle
2010 - John Holcomb, MD, U. of Texas Medical School of Houston
2011 - David B. Hoyt, MD FACS, American College of Surgeons
2012 - A. Brent Eastman, MD, FACS, American College of Surgeons
2013 - Randolph Bailey, MD, Colon and Rectal Clinic of Houston
2014 - Carlos A. Pellegrini, MD, University of Washington
2015 - L. William Traverso, MD, St. Luke’s Clinic, Boise, ID
2016 - Ronald Maier, MD, University of Washington, Seattle
2017 - Thomas Brown, MD, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle
2018 - Tyler G. Hughes, MD, FACS, University of Kansas School of Medicine in Salina Kansas
2019 - John R. Potts, III, MD, FACS, Surgical Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
2020 - Don Nakayama, MD, FACS, American College of Surgeons
2021 - George E. Peoples, Jr., MD, Cancer Insight and Trauma Insight
2022 - Sunil K. Geevarghese, MD, MSCI, FACS, Vanderbilt University
2023 - Luay Ailabouni, MD, FACS, FASCRS, Kadlec Regional Medical Center, Richland, WA

Cancer Speakers

1989 - John A. Collins, MD Stanford University
1990 - Frederick Eilber, MD University of California, LA
1991 - Norman W. Thompson, MD University of Michigan
1992 - H. Stephens Moseley, MD Portland, Oregon
1993 - Barbara K. Kinder, MD Yale University
1994 - Frederick Eilber, MD University of California, LA
1995 - Alfred M. Cohen, MD Memorial Sloan-Kettering, NY
1996 - James Huth, MD University Texas Southwestern, Dallas
1997 - Valerie Rusch, MD Memorial Sloan-Kettering, NY
2000 - Steven Curley, MD MD Anderson Cancer Center
2001 - Steve Harms, MD University of Arkansas
2003 - Frederick L. Green, MD Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte
2004 - Timothy J. Yeatman, MD H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL
2005 - Douglas E. Wood, MD University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2005 - Renato Martins, MD, MPH University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2006 - Gail S. Lebovic, MD, MA The Cooper Clinic, Dallas, TX
2007 - George E. Peoples, Jr., MD Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX
2007 - Anthony Sandler, MD Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
2008 - Daniel Herzig, MD OHSU, Portland, OR
2009 - James Herman, MD, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
2010 - Stephen Edge, MD, Rosewell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
2011 - Seema Khan, MD, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
2012 - C. Anthony Blau, MD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2013 - Robin McLeod, MD, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
2014 - Mira Milas, MD, OHSU, Portland, OR
2015 - Donald Low, MD, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA
2016 - Mika Sinanan, MD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2017 - David Byrd, MD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2018 - Tyler G. Hughes, MD, FACS, University of Kansas School of Medicine in Salina Kansas
2019 - David Byrd, MD and Venu Pillarisetty, MD at University of Washington
2020 - Genevieve Boland, MD, Ph.D, Massachusetts General Hospital
2021 - no cancer speaker
2022 - no cancer speaker
2023 - Kristen Massimino, MD Providence Cancer Institute, Portland, OR