Strauss Lectures, UW Department of Surgery

2008 Fabrizio Michelassi, MD Weill Cornell Medical College, NY "Going Global: US Academic Medical Centers' Involvement Abroad"
2007 Dr. John Hunter OHSU "Chasing Quality: Our Search for the Holy Grail"
2006 Jerry Goldstone, MD
Cleveland, OH "Commercialization of Health Care and The Quest for Quality: Consumers, Corporations and Consultants"
2005 Dr. Richard Finley British Columbia "The Canadian Healthcare System, Myths & Realities"
2004 Dr. L.D. Britt Norfolk, VA "The Overhauling of Graduate Medical Education: The time has come"
2003 Dr. Layton F. Rikkers Madison, WI "The Bandwagon Effect."
2002 Dr. Andrew L. Warshaw Boston, MA "Probing the Biology of Pancreatic Cancer."
2001 Dr. William C. Krupski Denver, CO "Smoking: Impact in the New Millennium."
2000 Dr. Donald Trunkey Portland, OR "Assessing Competence: A Tale of Two Professions."
1999 Dr. John Wong Hong Kong "East and West: Diversity and Unity in Surgery."
1998 Sir Roy Calne Cambridge, England "Immunological Tolerance: From the Laboratory to the Clinic."
1997 Dr. Lasalle Leffall Washington, DC "Medical Ethics as Seen by a Surgeon."
1996 Dr. Tom Demeester Los Angeles, CA "A Surgeon's Life from the Inside Out."
1995 Dr. Karen Deveney Portland, OR "Adapting Medical Education to Changes in Healthcare."
1994 Dr. David Skinner New York "The Impact of Healthcare Reform on Academic Medical Centers."
1993 Dr. Lawrence W. Way San Francisco, CA "Current Analysis & Future Implications of Videoendoscopic Surgery."
1992 Dr. Glenn D. Steele, Jr. Boston, MA "Old & New Markers for Epithelial Tumors-Their Clinical Utility."
1991 Dr. Ernest Eugene Moore, Jr. Denver, CO "Metabolic Support of the Gut in the Critically Injured."
1990 Dr. J. Wesley Alexander Cincinnati, OH "Nutritional Immunopharma­cology."
1989 Dr. C. Rollins Hanlon Chicago, IL "Surgery and the Humanities."
1988 Dr. Jonathan L. Meakins Canada "The Gut: The Motor of Multiple Organ Failure."
1987 Dr. Alden H. Harken Colorado "Oxygen."
1986 Dr. James C. Thompson Texas "Surgery for Endocrine Tumors of the Pancreas."
1985 Dr. Samuel A. Wells St. Louis, MO "Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia."
1984 Dr. Norman E. Shumway Stanford, CA "Heart and Lung Transplantation."
1983 Dr. R. Scott Jones Charlottesville, VA "Treatment of Peptic Ulcer."
1982 Dr. Richard M. Peters San Diego, CA "Fluid Exchange and Oxygen Delivery."
1981 Dr. Richard L. Simmons Minneapolis, MN "Biologic Basis for the Treatment of Peritonitis."
1980 Dr. John F. Burke Boston, MA "The Evolving Surgical Treatment of Burn Injury."
1979 Dr. Thomas E. Starzl Denver, CO "Liver Transplantation."
1978 Dr. Donald L. Morton Los Angeles, CA "Recent Advances in Immunobiology in the Therapy of Melanomas and Sarcomas."
1977 Dr. Stanley J. Dudrick Houston, TX "Intravenous Alimintation and Disease."
1976 Dr. David C. Sabiston Durham, NC "The Coronary Circulation."
1975 Dr. William P. Longmire Los Angeles, CA "Current Management of Carcinoma of the Stomach."
1974 Dr. W. Dean Warren Atlanta, GA "Bleeding Esophageal Varices: A Therapeutic Dilemma."
1973 Dr. John S. Najarian Minneapolis, MN "Renal Transplantation: The Present and a Prospect."
1972 Dr. Francis Daniels Moore Boston, MA "The Production and Distribution of Surgeons and Physicians."
1971 Dr. G. Thomas Shires Dallas, TX "Cellular Response to Shock."
1970 Dr. H. William Scott, Jr. Nashville, TN "Cushing's Syndrome and Adrenocortical Tumors."
1969 Dr. J. Englebert Dunphy San Francisco, CA "Repair and Regeneration in the Large Intestine."
1968 Dr. Michael E. DeBakey Houston, TX "Assisted Circulation: Problems in Development of Mechanical Devices."
1967 Dr. Robert M. Zollinger Columbus, OH "A Discussion of Ulcerogenic Tumor of the Pancreas."
1966 Dr. James D. Hardy Jackson, MS "The Replacement of Organs."
1965 Dr. Clarence J. Berne Los Angeles, CA "Management of Duodenal Ulcer."
1964 Dr. Mark M. Ravitch Baltimore, MD "Landmarks in Pediatric Surgery."
1963 Dr. William A. Altemeier Cincinnati, OH "Hospital-Acquired Infections in Surgery and Their Significance."
1962 Dr. Charles G. Rob Rochester, NY "The Surgery of Atherosclerosis."
1961 Dr. Jonathan E. Rhoads Philadelphia, PA "The Growth of Preventive Surgery in the Field of Cancer."
1960 Dr. Loyal Davis Chicago, IL "Hypertension."
1959 Dr. J. Garrott Allen Palo Alto, CA "Serum Hepatitis."
1958 Prof. Charles W. Illingworth Glasgow, Scotland "The Endocrine Aspects of Breast Cancer."
1957 Dr. Alfred Blalock Baltimore, MD "Cardiovascular Surgery-Past and Present."
1956 Dr. Edward D. Churchill Boston, MA "The Nature of Wounds and Wound Healing."
1955 Dr. Frederick A. Coller Ann Arbor, MI "Relation of Science to Surgery"
1954 Dr. Lester Dragstedt Chicago, IL "Etiology of Gastric and Duodenal Ulcer."
1953 Dr. Owen H. Wangensteen Minneapolis, MN "Esophageal Aspects of the Peptic Ulcer Problem."
1952 Dr. Warren H. Cole Chicago, IL "The Surgical Aspects of Jaundice."
1951 Dr. Dallas B. Phemister Chicago, IL "The Importance of Pathological and Radiological Studies in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cholelithiasis."
1950 Dr. Alfred A. Strauss   "The Clinical End Result in the Surgical Treatment of Carcinoma of the Stomach and Colon since 1915 and Observations of the Relative Acquired Immunity Against Carcinoma Following Surgery."