In keeping with Stony Brook's commitment to community service, the faculty members of the Department of Surgery are available to present lectures to the general public and to health professionals on a range of topics related to those surgical areas in which they have special expertise:
Bariatric, Foregut, and Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery (631-444-7298)
- Abdominal wall reconstruction
- Acute abdomen
- Achalasia
- Adrenal disease
- Appendicitis
- Bariatric and metabolic surgery
- Biliary disease
- Cholecystitis
- Diaphragmatic hernia
- Endoscopic management of GI disease
- Foregut surgery
- Gastrointestinal stromal tumors
- General surgical problems
- GI bleeding
- Hernia
- Minimal access surgery
- Minimally invasive approaches to GERD and benign esophageal disease
- Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES)
- Paraesophageal (hiatal) hernia
- Splenic disease
Breast Surgery (631-444-5976)
- Breast cancer/surgery
- Breast conservation
- High-risk surveillance for breast cancer
- Inheritable breast cance
- Lumpectomy
- Minimally invasive therapies for breast cancer
- Nipple-sparing mastectomy
- Sentinel lymph node management
Burn Care (631-444-8329)
- Banking skin
- Burn care
- Cultured autologous skin grafting
- Laparoscopy: minimally invasive surgery
- Nutritional support
Cardiothoracic Surgery (631-444-1095)
- Automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
- Lung volume reduction surgery
- Maze operation for arrhythmias
- Minimally invasive heart surgery
- Robotic bypass surgery
- Transmyocardial revascularization
- Ventricular assist devices and destination therapy
Colon and Rectal Surgery (631-444-2704)
- Algorithmic approach to the treatment of gastrointestinal hemorrhage
- Anastomotic techniques: an update
- Are anorectal physiologic studies of value
- Avoiding the pitfalls of anal fistula surgery
- Avoiding the pitfalls of fissure surgery
- Avoiding the pitfalls of hemorrhoid surgery
- Colon cancer
- Colonic volvulus
- Colonoscopy
- Complications of stomas and their management
- Crohn’s disease: an update
- Differential diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease
- Diverticulitis
- Evaluation and management of acute diverticulitis
- Evaluation and management of anal incontinence
- Follow-up of colorectal cancer: is it worthwhile?
- Hemorrhoid surgery
- Ileal pouch anal anastomosis or restorative proctocolectomy (Park’s procedure)
- Indications and technique of anoplasty
- Laparoscopic assisted or hindered colectomy
- Laparoscopic colon/liver surgery
- Local treatment of rectal cancer
- Management of colorectal trauma
- Management of rectal prolapse
- Minimally invasive surgery for colon/liver
- Newer options and results in surgery for inflammatory bowel disease
- Office management of anal problems
- Rectal cancer
- Screening for colorectal cancer
- Secca procedure for anal incontinence
- Sphincter-saving alternatives for rectal cancer
- Stricturoplasty
- Use of seprafilm to prevent abdominal adhesions
Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (631-444-3993)
- Facial reanimation surgery
- Facial reconstruction
- Head and neck cancers, tumors and masses
- Hearing loss
- Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy
- Otitis media and cholesteatoma
- Thyroid and parathyroid problems
Pediatric Surgery (631-444-2293)
- Acute abdomen in children
- Alimentary tract anomalies
- Burn care in children
- Chest wall deformity
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
- Empty scrotum
- Intestinal obstruction in the newborn
- Liver/biliary disorders in children
- Management of empyema
- Management of Hirschsprung's disease
- Minimally invasive surgery in children
- Neck masses in children
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Anti-aging
- Breast reconstruction
- Burn reconstruction
- Cleft lip/palate surgery
- Cosmetic surgery
- Craniofacial surgery
- Eyelid reconstruction
- Face lift
- Facial reconstruction
- Gender affirmation surgery
- Hand surgery
- Microsurgery
- Oral and maxillofacial surgery
- Rhinoplasty
- Sex reassignment surgery
- Skin cancer
Podiatric Surgery (631-444-1279)
- Biomechanical imbalances including bunions and hammertoes
- Charcot foot deformities
- Diabetic foot
- Gouty arthritis
- Heel pain
- Hypertrophied mycotic nails
- Infections or ulcerations of the foot
- Pedal hyperkeratoses
Surgical Oncology (631-444-8086)
- Ablative therapies for the treatment of liver
- Carcinoid
- Esophageal cancer and surgery
- Esophageal cancers
- Gastrointestinal cancers
- Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs)
- Hepatoma/liver cancer
- Head and neck cancer, tumors and masses
- Heated intra-peritoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC)
- Laparoscopic staging in GI cancers
- Melanoma
- Minimally invasive resection
- Minimally invasive therapies for stomach and esophageal cancers
- Molecular genetics of thyroid cancers
- Palliative surgery
- Pancreatic cancer
- Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
- Peritoneal cancers
- Retroperitoneal tumors
- Soft tissue sarcomas
- Stomach cancer
- Rectal cancer
- Thyroid and parathyroid cancers
- Tumors of the liver
Trauma/Surgical Critical Care (631-444-8329)
- ABC's of trauma management
- Abdominal compartment syndrome
- Abdominal trauma: spleen, bowel
- Acute pancreatitis and its complications
- Acute spinal injury
- Alternatives to blood transfusions
- Alternatives to transfusion
- Anemia in the ICU
- Antibiotic use and resistant organisms
- Central line sepsis
- Critical care in the new millennium
- DVT and venous thromboembolism
- Esophogeal stricture
- Evolution of gram-positive resistant organisms
- Fluid and electrolytes
- Hepatoma
- Laparoscopic adrenalectomy
- Laparoscopic appendectomy
- Laparoscopic biliary surgery
- Laparoscopic esophageal myotomy for achalasia
- Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair
- Laparoscopic splenectomy
- Minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery
- Nutrition in the critically ill
- Pathophysiology of ARDS
- Pelvic fractures
- Percutaneous tracheostomy at the bedside
- Pregnancy and trauma
- Public health and the law
- Resuscitating the resuscitator
- Resuscitation
- Shock
- Spectacular cases in trauma
- Splenectomy for hematologic disease
- Surgical catastrophes in the ICU
- Thoracic trauma
Vascular Surgery (631-444-2037)
- Angioplasty
- Aortic aneurysms
- Carotid artery angioplasty
- Carotid endarterectomy and CABG
- Endoscopic treatment of severe hand and axillary hyperhidrosis
- Endovascular surgery
- Endovascular treatment of aortic aneurysms
- Endovascular treatment of peripheral aneurysms
- Limb salvage surgery
- Minimally invasive vascular interventions
- Surgery for stroke prevention
- Treatment of claudication
- Treatment of diabetic vascular disease
- Treatment of peripheral vascular disease
- Venous insufficiency
For more information, please call 631-444-7875.
