Atlanta's First Pediatric Surgeon
Gerald Zwiren, MD, received his medical degree at the Medical College of Virginia in 1954. His surgical residency was done at Eastern Virginia Medical School, and he trained with pediatric surgical pioneer Robert Gross, MD, at Boston Children's Hospital — Dr. Gross and William Ladd, MD, coauthored the first textbook in the U.S. that defined pediatric surgery, Abdominal Surgery of Infancy and Childhood, published in 1941.
Dr. Zwiren settled in Atlanta in 1961 as the first pediatric surgeon in the city and quickly became known as a dedicated and compassionate physician. While developing a highly active clinical practice, Dr. Zwiren trained medical students and surgical residents at Egleston Children's Health Care System and Grady Memorial Hospital. He also contributed to the development of Emory's pediatric surgery fellowship.
Dr. Zwiren retired from clinical practice in 1995, and passed away on March 22, 2002.
| Speaker | Affiliation | Topic | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amy Wagner, MD | – General Pediatric and Thoracic Surgeon, Children’s Wisconsin – Professor, The Medical College of Wisconsin |
Be a Goldfish: Tribulations and Triumphs of Leading a NIH-Sponsored, National, Randomized Fetal Intervention Trial | 5/30/2024 |
| Eunice Y. Huang, MD, MS, FACS, FAAP | – Professor of Pediatric Surgery – Vice Chair for Clinical Services – Associate Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Department of Pediatric Surgery – Vice Chair for Surgical Quality & Patient Safety, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN |
Thriving in Surgical Training: Can Coaching Relationships Help? | 5/18/2023 |
| Daniel J. Ostlie, MD | – Surgeon-in-Chief and Chair of Surgery, Phoenix Children's Hospital – Professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine |
Surgeons as Leaders – Difficulties, Opportunities, and Paradigms | 4/21/2022 |
| Rebecka L. Meyers, MD | – Professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine | Liver Tumors in Children | 5/13/2021 |
| Oluyinka Olutoye, MD, PhD | – Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Obstetrics, Baylor College of Medicine – Co-Director, Texas Children's Fetal Center, Texas Children's Hospital |
Fetal Surgery: Past, Present and Future | 5/9/2019 |
| Diana Lee Farmer, MD | – Chair and Pearl Stamps Stewart Professor, Department of Surgery, UC Davis Health System – Surgeon-in-Chief, UC Davis Children's Hospital |
The Joy of Discovery | 5/17/2018 |
| Michael L. Nance, MD | – Director, Pediatric Trauma Program, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia – Investigator, Center for Injury Research and Prevention, CHOP – Professor of Surgery and Josephine J. and John M. Templeton Jr. Chair in Pediatric Trauma, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania |
Ignorant was Bliss: How the Medical Community Abetted the Assassination of President Garfield | 5/18/2017 |
| Mary L. Brandt, MD | – Professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX – Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs, School of Medicine, Baylor COM – Director, Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Program, Texas Children's Hospital – Director, Anorectal Malformation Clinic, Texas Children's Hospital |
Sustaining a Career | 5/19/2016 |
| Timothy D. Kane, MD | – Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Department of Surgery, George Washington School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC – Principal Investigator, Minimally Invasive Therapy Program, Bioengineering Initiative of the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC – Chief, Division of General and Thoracic Surgery, Joseph E. Robert, Jr., Center for Surgical Care, Children's National Health System – Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Program, Joseph E. Robert, Jr., Center for Surgical Care, Children's National Health System |
Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) in Children: Back to the Future | 5/21/2015 |
| Alan W. Flake, MD | – Director, Center for Fetal Research, Stokes Research Institute, Abramson Pediatric Research Center – Training Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia – Professor of Surgery, Obstetrics, and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania |
Fetal Therapy: Surgical, Cellular, and Molecular Perspectives | 5/22/2014 |
| Richard R. Ricketts, MD | – Professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory-Children’s Center – Former Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory-Children's Center, 1980-2010 |
Surviving Childhood Cancer... The Rest of the Story | 5/9/2013 |
| George Whitfield Holcomb, III, MD, MBA | – Surgeon-in-Chief – Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery – The Katharine B. Richardson Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery – Professor of Surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
Evidence Based Medicine and Level 1 Outcome Studies in Pediatric Surgery | 5/17/2012 |
| Carroll Mac Harmon, MD, PhD | – Professor of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine | Pediatric Intestinal Failure: From Halifax to Fish Oil | 5/12/2011 |
| Hanmin Lee, MD | University of California, San Francisco: – Associate Professor of Surgery – Chief, Fetal Treatment Center |
Fetal Surgery: Trials, Tribulations and Serendipity | 4/15/2010 |
| Max R. Langham, Jr., MD | University of Tennessee Health Science Center: – Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, College of Medicine – Program Director and Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery |
Hepatoblastoma | 4/9/2009 |
| Keith E. Georgeson, MD | – Director, Division of Pediatric Surgery – Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery – Director, Pediatric Surgical Sciences – Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Program – University of Alabama School of Medicine and The Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, AL |
Impact of Laparoscopy on Colorectal Surgery in Infants and Children | 4/17/2008 |
| Patricia K. Donahoe, MD | – Director of Pediatric Surgical Research Laboratories and Chief Emerita of Pediatric Surgical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital – Marshall K. Bartlett Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School |
The Genetics of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia | 3/1/2007 |
| Robert Shamberger, MD | – Robert E. Gross Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School – Chief of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital |
Ewing's Sarcoma of the Chest Wall: Evidence-Based Practice | 6/1/2006 |