EPISODE · Nov 28, 2025 · 47 MIN
How Military Surgery Helped Shape Modern Surgical Practice
from The House of Surgery · host The American College of Surgeons
This episode provides a new perspective on how modern surgical practice has been shaped by military surgical history and how history can provide surgeons with a deepened appreciation for the events that have transformed patient care. Colonel (Ret.) Jeremy W. Cannon, MD, SM, FACS, leads the discussion that includes a medical student, junior faculty member, and senior surgeon/historian. Dr. Cannon’s guests are Gordon L. Telford, MD, FACS, Justin Barr, MD, PhD, and Karina Hiroshige. HOST Colonel (Ret.) Jeremy W. Cannon, MD, SM, FACS, USAF Reserve, MC, trauma surgeon at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia and Past President of the Excelsior Surgical Society GUESTS Gordon L. Telford, MD, FACS, retired general surgeon from the Medical College of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee Justin Barr, MD, PhD, transplant and hepatobiliary surgeon at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans, LA Karina Hiroshige, MD/MBA Candidate at the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, NY, and Research Fellow in Trauma, Surgical Critical Care & Emergency Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Talk about the podcast on social media using the hashtag #HouseofSurgery
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This episode provides a new perspective on how modern surgical practice has been shaped by military surgical history and how history can provide surgeons with a deepened appreciation for the events that have transformed patient care. Colonel (Ret.) Jeremy W. Cannon, MD, SM, FACS, leads the discussion that includes a medical student, junior faculty member, and senior surgeon/historian. Dr. Cannon’s guests are Gordon L. Telford, MD, FACS, Justin Barr, MD, PhD, and Karina Hiroshige. HOSTColonel (Ret.) Jeremy W. Cannon, MD, SM, FACS, USAF Reserve, MC, trauma surgeon at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia and Past President of the Excelsior Surgical Society GUESTSGordon L. Telford, MD, FACS, retired general surgeon from the Medical College of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee Justin Barr, MD, PhD, transplant and hepatobiliary surgeon at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans, LA Karina Hiroshige, MD/MBA Candidate at the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, NY, and Research Fellow in Trauma, Surgical Critical Care & Emergency Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Talk about the podcast on social media using the hashtag #HouseofSurgery
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