BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//San Francisco Surgical Society - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:San Francisco Surgical Society X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sanfranciscosurgical.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for San Francisco Surgical Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250709T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250709T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T070042 CREATED:20250618T014854Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250618T015203Z UID:648-1752084000-1752094800@sanfranciscosurgical.org SUMMARY:July 9\, 2025: Artificial Intelligence with Eric Karl DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wondered how a computer can read a chest x-ray and generate a report? Find out! Our talk will be: “Accelerating Health Care with Artificial Intelligence” Our speaker will be Eric Karl\, the technical lead for the ARIES AI-accelerated radiology project at Northwestern Medicine. He previously worked at Microsoft and Google\,and now is an expert working at Northwestern Medicine’s Research and Development team to implement cutting edge applications of AI in healthcare.  Drinks at 6pm.  Talk at 7pm.  Dinner to follow. URL:https://sanfranciscosurgical.org/event/july-9-2025-artificial-intelligence-with-eric-karl LOCATION:South Beach Yacht Club\, 899 2nd Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94107\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250212T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250212T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T070042 CREATED:20250212T200003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250213T055417Z UID:608-1739383200-1739394000@sanfranciscosurgical.org SUMMARY:February Meeting-Dr. LYGIA STEWART DESCRIPTION:SPEAKER: Lygia Stewart \n \nDr. Lygia Stewart\, Chief of Surgery at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs\, will be giving a talk on: \nCognitive Psychology and Visual Perception as it Relates to Surgical Complications and the \nTraining of Residents and Fellows. \nOur February meeting will also be New Member Recruitment Night. Please invite a leader in surgery that you think would benefit the Society to be your guest. If your guest is interested in joining\, you may propose them as a new member by sending an email to sanfranciscosurgicalsociety@gmail.com \nCocktails: 6 pm\nDinner: 7 pm URL:https://sanfranciscosurgical.org/event/san-francisco-surgical-meeting LOCATION:South Beach Yacht Club\, 899 2nd Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94107\, United States CATEGORIES:San Francisco Surgical Society Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231004T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231004T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T070042 CREATED:20231003T092808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231003T092808Z UID:356-1696417200-1696428000@sanfranciscosurgical.org SUMMARY:October 2023 Meeting DESCRIPTION:Our outgoing President Kristan Staudenmayer and President-Elect Harish Mahanty invite all SF Surgical members to attend. In lieu of an invited speaker\, they will be moderating a discussion on planning for the upcoming year as well as the future of the organization\, URL:https://sanfranciscosurgical.org/event/october-2023-meeting LOCATION:Family Club\, 545 Powell Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94108\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230607T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230607T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T070042 CREATED:20230525T052201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230525T052201Z UID:347-1686137400-1686146400@sanfranciscosurgical.org SUMMARY:June 2023 Meeting DESCRIPTION:Helen Struck is an attorney at the Habeas Corpus Resource Center\, a state agency that represents indigent men and women under sentence of death in California. She will be speaking to the SF Surgical membership about California’s death penalty system\, addressing the challenges presented by representing indigent persons in their capital post-conviction proceedings. URL:https://sanfranciscosurgical.org/event/june-2023-meeting LOCATION:Family Club\, 545 Powell Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94108\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220928T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220928T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T070042 CREATED:20220919T010456Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220919T010456Z UID:327-1664388000-1664398800@sanfranciscosurgical.org SUMMARY:September 2022 Meeting: William "Bill" Scott Chief of Police\, San Francisco DESCRIPTION:We will hold our September meeting at the Family Club on September 28\, 2022. \nWill “Bill” Scott will be our honored guest. He is the Chief of Police for San Francisco. \nhttps://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/your-sfpd/leadership/william-scott \n  \nPlease RSVP to Annette Bronstein’s email. \n  \n  URL:https://sanfranciscosurgical.org/event/september-2022-meeting-william-bill-scott-chief-of-police-san-francisco LOCATION:Family Club\, 545 Powell Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94108\, United States CATEGORIES:San Francisco Surgical Society Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220323T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220323T140000 DTSTAMP:20260405T070042 CREATED:20220224T045429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220224T045429Z UID:320-1648033200-1648044000@sanfranciscosurgical.org SUMMARY:March 2022 Dinner - in person. DESCRIPTION:The next meeting of the SF surgical society will be on Wednesday\, March 23\, 2022. This meeting will be a meeting with its membership in person! Cocktails around 6:00 pm\, dinner to follow.\n\nPlease bring all your Covid information with you. All members and their guests attending must have proof of current COVID-19 shots. This meeting will be at The Family Club\, 545 Powell Street\, San Francisco. The guest speaker is listed below.\n\n\n“TRACK-TBI: A 10-Year Journey to Transform Research and Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury”\nGeoffrey Manley\, MD PhD\nProfessor of Neurosurgery\, UCSF URL:https://sanfranciscosurgical.org/event/march-2022-dinner-in-person LOCATION:Family Club\, 545 Powell Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94108\, United States CATEGORIES:San Francisco Surgical Society Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210714T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210714T200000 DTSTAMP:20260405T070042 CREATED:20210707T021200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210707T021200Z UID:278-1626285600-1626292800@sanfranciscosurgical.org SUMMARY:July Re-opening Dinner DESCRIPTION:President Yee invites members to the Re-opening Dinner on July 14\, 2021. \nRSVP with Annette.  All members should have received an e-mail with details as to the location. \n  \n  \n  URL:https://sanfranciscosurgical.org/event/july-re-opening-dinner END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210210T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210210T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T070042 CREATED:20210121T013753Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210121T013753Z UID:266-1612980000-1612983600@sanfranciscosurgical.org SUMMARY:San Francisco Surgical Member Meeting February 2021 DESCRIPTION:Our guest speaker will be:\nUla Taylor\, Ph.D.\n\n\nProfessor and Chair of African American Studies at UC Berkeley \n1960 Chair of Undergraduate Education\n\nDepartment of African American Studies\n\n\nThe title of Dr.Taylor’s talk will be: \n“How Michelle Obama became a Magazine Covergirl”   URL:https://sanfranciscosurgical.org/event/san-francisco-surgical-member-meeting-february-2021 LOCATION:Zoom Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201111T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201111T203000 DTSTAMP:20260405T070042 CREATED:20201023T041733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201112T073745Z UID:241-1605121200-1605126600@sanfranciscosurgical.org SUMMARY:November 2020 Meeting - FIRE\, DISEASE\, PESTILENCE\, AND CRIME - One Surgeon's View DESCRIPTION:FIRE\, DISEASE\, PESTILENCE\, AND CRIME\n\n\n                         One Surgeon’s View\n\n\n\n\n\n                 James M. Betts\, M.D.\, FACS\, FAAP\n\n\n                    UCSF Pediatric Surgeon\n\n\n                Firefighter\, Big Sur Fire department\n\n\n          Tactical Physician\, FBI-San Francisco SWAT URL:https://sanfranciscosurgical.org/event/november-2020-meeting-fire-disease-pestilence-and-crime-one-surgeons-view LOCATION:Zoom Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200916T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200916T133000 DTSTAMP:20260405T070042 CREATED:20200123T080654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200909T071839Z UID:111-1600257600-1600263000@sanfranciscosurgical.org SUMMARY:September Meeting - Panel Discussion on Future of the Society DESCRIPTION:Some of the challenges facing our country are intertwined with challenges faced by the Society and its members… from the impact of COVID on our patients\, our families\, and our interaction to the profound sadness and anger we feel as we see the consequences of ongoing racism and disenfranchisement in our society-at-large.  Others are specific to the Society – competing surgical societies\, finding time to attend meetings\, and location of the meeting.\n\nWe are bringing together a panel of surgeons\n\n\n Planning the Future of Our Society. \nWe will have a panel discussion on how the Society can bring value to all Surgeons in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our panelists will include: \n\nDr. Andre Campbell (UCSF)\nDr. Sherry Wren (Stanford)\nDr. Benard Palmer (UCSF Eastbay)\nDr. Marissa Boeck (UCSF)\n\n\n\nDr. Carla Pugh will hopefully be able to join to help moderate the session. \nTopics to Discuss:\n1) How can we increase engagement within the San Francisco Surgical Society?\n2) How can we increase diversity and inclusion within the San Francisco Surgical Society? \n\n3) Should we be considering other formats of our meetings?\n4) What value does our society bring its members?\n5) What is the role of our Society relative to other surgical societies? URL:https://sanfranciscosurgical.org/event/september-meeting-2020 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200506T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200506T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T070042 CREATED:20200124T005051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200410T010110Z UID:124-1588791600-1588798800@sanfranciscosurgical.org SUMMARY:COVID-19 Update: The Backstory and Protecting the Healthcare Workers May 6th DESCRIPTION:The first-ever San Francisco Surgical Society Virtual meeting. \nWe will have three guest speakers to give us updates on the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. \nOur speakers will be Dr. George Rutherford III\, Professor\, Epidemiology & Biostatistics at UCSF\, Director\, Prevention and Public Health Group\, and Dr. Joseph Forrester\, Surgeon\, Stanford University and former Lieutenant\, U.S. Public Health Service\, and Dr. Janice Louie\, Medical Director\, San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Program. \nDr. Rutherford will give the backstory of the COVID-19 pandemic in his talk entitled\, “The short history\, explosive epidemiology\, and prevention of COVID-19”. \nDr. Janice Louie will show a few slides specific to the pandemic in San Francisco. \nDr. Forrester will talk about “Protecting the Healthcare Provider during an Outbreak: Lessons from Ebola applied to COVID.” He was part of the CDC response team dealing with the last Ebola Virus outbreak. \nRegister for the event at this URL: \nhttps://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/5815860298997/WN_oVmFWx9NQcKkALygzDmCjA \n \n  URL:https://sanfranciscosurgical.org/event/may-meeting LOCATION:Zoom Meeting CATEGORIES:San Francisco Surgical Society Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200325T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200325T143000 DTSTAMP:20260405T070042 CREATED:20200123T080450Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200123T080450Z UID:107-1585135800-1585146600@sanfranciscosurgical.org SUMMARY:March Meeting - Michael Snyder\, PhD DESCRIPTION:Details to be announced. \n  \nhttp://snyderlab.stanford.edu/ URL:https://sanfranciscosurgical.org/event/march-meeting-michael-snyder-phd LOCATION:Family Club\, 545 Powell Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94108\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200122T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200122T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T070042 CREATED:20191123T052534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200124T060103Z UID:101-1579717800-1579726800@sanfranciscosurgical.org SUMMARY:January Meeting - Speaker : Rockson Liu. M.D. DESCRIPTION:Dr. Liu will be speaking on “Evolving techniques in robotic extraperitoneal ventral repair.” \nPlease consider bringing a guest such as a junior partner or a resident. \nWe look forward to seeing you there. \n-Marc Melcher\, MD \nHere are some Youtube videos by Dr. Liu. \n  URL:https://sanfranciscosurgical.org/event/january-meeting-speaker-tba LOCATION:Family Club\, 545 Powell Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94108\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191113T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191113T213000 DTSTAMP:20260405T070042 CREATED:20190920T050202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191014T024321Z UID:93-1573669800-1573680600@sanfranciscosurgical.org SUMMARY:November Meeting - Controversial Markets: from Kidneys to Marijuana\, by Professor Alvin Roth\, 2012 Nobel Laureate in Economics. DESCRIPTION:About\nAlvin E. Roth is the Craig and Susan McCaw Professor of Economics at Stanford University. He is also the Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard University. \nRoth has made significant contributions to the fields of game theory\, market design\, and experimental economics\, and is known for his emphasis on applying economic theory to solutions for “real-world” problems. \nIn 2012\, he won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with Lloyd Shapley “for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design”. URL:https://sanfranciscosurgical.org/event/november-meeting-professor-alvin-roth-2012-nobel-laureate-in-economics LOCATION:Family Club\, 545 Powell Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94108\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190918T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190918T213000 DTSTAMP:20260405T070042 CREATED:20190629T022728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190919T064006Z UID:16-1568831400-1568842200@sanfranciscosurgical.org SUMMARY:Speaker: Scott Hansen\, MD (UCSF) - “Complex Upper Extremity Reconstruction: From Elbow Transplantation to Major League Baseball" DESCRIPTION:Our guest speaker will be: Scott Hansen\, MD (UCSF). \nSCOTT L. HANSEN\, M.D.\nPROFESSOR OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY\nUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA\, SAN FRANCISCO\n“COMPLEX UPPER EXTREMITY RECONSTRUCTION: FROM ELBOW TRANSPLANTATION TO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL” \nCocktails at 6:30\, Talk at 7 PM followed by dinner. \n \nParking available at the Sutter/Stockton Garage – 445 Sutter. URL:https://sanfranciscosurgical.org/event/2019-september-meeting LOCATION:Family Club\, 545 Powell Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94108\, United States END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR