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Duke University Medical Center

Curriculum Vitae

Date Prepared: February 2016

NAME: Stafford Scott Balderson

CITIZEN OF: USA

DATE OF BIRTH: June 9, 1966

Virginia Beach, Virginia

EDUCATION: Nova Southeastern University

1998 B.S. Physician Assistant Studies

Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Clinical rotations at Jackson Memorial Hospital, University

of Miami, Sunshine Community Health Center, INOVA

Fairfax Hospital and Broward General Hospital. Miami,

Florida, and Fairfax, Virginia.

CERTIFICATION/REGISTRATION:

1998 Board Certified, National Commission on

Certification of Physician Assistants #1038117

1998 Licensure, North Carolina Medical Board #102520

1998 Advanced Cardiac Life Support

EMPLOYMENT:

1998- Physician’s Associate

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Duke University Medical Center,

Durham, North Carolina.

2010- Cardiothoracic Physician Associate II

Section of General Thoracic Surgery

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.

Responsibilities include preoperative patient

evaluation, first and second assisting in the OR,

postoperative patient management in inpatient and

outpatient setting, precepting students,

management of OR schedule, recruiting and

participation in research.

THORACIC ONCOLOGY PROGRAM

-Clinical Operations Committee, Chair

-2000-2004

THORACIC SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

-Database Formulation Committee, Chair

-2002-2005

DUKE SURGICAL PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

RESIDENCY PROGRAM

-Clinical Instructor

-2002- Present

-Resident Advisor

-2002- Present

-Clinical Coordinator, Cardiothoracic Track

-2007- 2012

DUKE UNIVERSITY PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

PROGRAM

- Preceptor/ Small Group Instructor, Patient

Assessment course

-2004- Present

AFFILIATIONS:

1996 American Academy of Physician Assistants

1996 Association of Physician Assistants in

Cardiovascular Surgery

-CME Committee 2011

-2012 Winter Meeting Speaker Co-Chair

-2012-2014 Board of Directors

-2012-present Fellow Member

-2013-present Course Director, Thoracoscopic

First Assist Course

-2014-present Secretary

1997 American Association of Surgical Physician

Assistants

HONORS:

1998 Association of Physician Assistants in

Cardiovascular Surgery, Scholarship

1998 Chancellor’s Award, Nova Southeastern University

1999 Presidential Award Nominee, Duke University

2006 Pi Alpha National Honor Society, Alumni

Induction- Nova Southeastern University PA

Program Chapter

2007 Faculty Appreciation Award, Duke University

Physician Assistant Program

2007 Above and Beyond Award, Duke University

Medical Center, Department of Surgery

2014 Alpha Eta Society, Alumni Induction- Nova

Southeastern University, College of Allied Health

2015 Alumni of the Year Nominee, Nova Southeastern

University

GRANTS:

2010 Thoracic Surgery Research Foundation for

Research and Education (TSFRE). Validation of a

Thoracoscopic Lobectomy Simulator July 1, 2010-June

30, 2011. Co-Investigator.

SELECTED ABSTRACTS:

1. Rizzo M, Balderson S, Levin S: Thoracoscopic

Sympathectomy in the Management of Vasomotor

Disturbances of the Hand. American Society for

Surgery of the Hand, Annual Meeting. Seattle,

Washington, October 5-7, 2000.

2. Daniels LJ, Balderson SS, D’Amico TA:

Thoracoscopic Lobectomy: A Safe and Effective

Strategy for Patients with Stage I Lung Cancer.

Southern Thoracic Surgical Association Annual

Meeting. San Antonio, Texas, November 8-11, 2001.

3. Scott Balderson, Shari Meyerson. A Porcine Model

for Simulation of Thoracoscopic Lobectomy.

General Thoracic Surgical Club. St. Petersburg,

Florida. March 14, 2009.

4. Scott Balderson, Thomas D’Amico, Shari Meyerson.

Training Surgical Assistants Can Improve the Process

of Adoption of Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery

(VATS) Lobectomy. Society of Thoracic Surgeons

51st Annual Meeting, San Diego, California. January

27, 2015

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Photodynamic Therapy in the Treatment of Malignant

Aerodigestive Disease. CD-ROM instructional

program. CD-Pharma Multimedia Productions.

Montreal. Contributor. 2001.

2. Larkin J. Daniels, MD, Stafford S. Balderson, PA-C,

Mark W. Onaitis, MD and Thomas A. D’Amico, MD.

Thoracoscopic Lobectomy: A Safe and Effective

Strategy for Patients With Stage I Lung Cancer.

Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2002;74:860-4

3. Marco Rizzo, S. Scott Balderson, David H. Harpole,

L. Scott Levin. Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy in the

Management of Vasomotor Disturbances and

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome of the Hand.

Orthopedics 2/2004; 27(1):49-52

4. Lemaire A, Burfeind WR, Balderson SS, Harpole DH

and D’Amico TA. Tracheobronchial Stents in

selected Patients with Benign Airway Disease.

CHEST. 2004. 126(4):801S.

5. Anthony Lemaire, MD, William R. Burfeind, MD,

Eric Toloza, MD, PhD, Scott Balderson, PA-C,

Rebecca P. Petersen, MD, David H. Harpole, Jr., MD

and Thomas A. D’Amico, MD. Outcomes of

Tracheobronchial Stents in Patients with Malignant

Airway Disease. Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

2005;80:434-8

6. Mark W. Onaitis, MD, Rebecca P. Petersen, MD,

MSc, Stafford S. Balderson, PA-C, Eric Toloza, MD,

PhD, William R Burfeind, MD, David H Harpole, Jr.,

MD and Thomas A D’Amico. MD Thoracoscopic

Lobectomy Is a Safe and Versatile Procedure,

Experience With 500 Consecutive Patients. Annals of

Surgery. Volume 244, Number 3, September 2006.

7. S. Scott Balderson and Thomas A. D’Amico.

Thoracoscopic Lobectomy for the Management of

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Current Oncology

Reports 2008, 10:283-286.

8. DuyKhanh Pham MD, Scott Balderson PA-C and

Thomas A. D’Amico MD. Technique of

Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy. Operative

Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Vol. 13, Issue 3, Autumn 2008, Pages 188-203.

9. Shari L. Meyerson, Frank LoCascio, Stafford Scott

Balderson and Thomas A. D’Amico. An Inexpensive,

Reproducible Tissue Simulator for Teaching

Thoracoscopic Lobectomy. Annals of Thoracic

Surgery February 2010; 89: 594-597.

10. Keki R Bulsara, S. Scott Balderson, and Thomas A.

D’Amico. Surgical Techniques to Avoid

Parenchymal Injury During Lung Resection

(Fissureless Lobectomy). Thoracic Surgery Clinics

August 2010; Vol. 20, Number 3, Pages 365-369.

11. Ceppa DP, Balderson SS, D’Amico TA. Technique

of thoracoscopic basilar segmentectomy. Seminars in

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2011; 23: 64-

66

12. Mark F Berry, Mark W Onaitis, Betty C Tong,

Stafford S Balderson, David H Harpole, Thomas A

D’Amico. Feasibility of Hybrid Thoracoscopic

Lobectomy and En-Bloc Chest Wall Resection.

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

2011;41:888-892

13. Tong BC, Gustafson MR, Balderson SS, D’Amico

TA, Meyerson SL. Validation of a thoracoscopic

lobectomy simulator. Eur J Cardiovasc Surg 2012

Aug;42(2):364-369

14. Meyerson SL, Tong BC, Balderson SS, D’Amico TA,

Phillips JD, DeCamp MM, DaRosa DA. Needs

assessment for an errors-based curriculum on

thoracoscopic lobectomy. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012

Aug;94(2):368-373.

15. Kuthan Kavakli, Matthew Gaudet, S. Scott Balderson,

Momen Wahidi and Thomas A. D’Amico. Partial

Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return to Azygos

Vein with Absent Segmental Bronchus. Ann Thorac

Surg 2013;96:1486.

16. Shah AA, Worni M, Onaitis MW, Balderson SS,

Harpole DH, D’Amico TA, Berry MF.

Thoracoscopic Left Upper Lobectomy In Patients

with Internal Mammary Artery Coronary Bypass

Grafts. Ann Thorac Surg 2014 Oct:98 (4):1207-12.

17. Kara HV, Javidfar J, Hirji SA, Balderson SS,

D’Amico TA. Thoracoscopic Pneumonectomy in the

Management of Histoplasmosis and Fibrosing

Mediastinitis. Ann Thorac Surg 2014 Oct:98 (4):95-6.

18. Kara HV, Balderson SS, D’Amico TA. Challenging

cases: thoracoscopic lobectomy with chest wall

resection and sleeve lobectomy—Duke experience.

Journal of Thoracic Disease 2014;6(S6):S637-S640.

doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.07.40

19. Kara HV, Balderson SS, D’Amico TA. Video-assisted

thoracoscopic surgery, left hybrid chest wall resection

and reconstruction. Asvide 2014;1:309. Available

online: http://www.asvide.com/articles/322

20. Kara HV, Balderson SS, D’Amico TA. Video-

assisted thoracoscopic surgery, left hybrid chest wall

resection and reconstruction. Asvide 2014;1:309.

Available online: http://www.asvide.com/articles/322

21. Kara H.V., Balderson S.S., D'Amico T.A.

Modified Uniportal Video Assisted Thoracoscopic

Lobectomy: Duke Approach. Annals of Thoracic

Surgery. 2014 Dec; 98 (6) 2239-2241.

22. Meyerson SL, Balderson SS, D'Amico TA. Training

Assistants Improves the Process of Adoption of

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Lobectomy. Annals

of Thoracic Surgery. 2015 Aug;100(2):401-6.

23. Hirji SA, Balderson SS, Berry MF, D’Amico TA.

Troubleshooting Thoracoscopic Anterior Mediastinal

Surgery: Lessons Learned from Thoracoscopic

Lobectomy. Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Vol.

4, No 6 (November 2015) 545-549.

24. Kara HV, Roach MJ, Balderson SS, D’Amico TA.

Thoracoscopic Diaphragm Plication. Annals of

Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2015;4(6):573-575.

25. Kara HV, Balderson SS, Tong BC, D’Amico TA.

Video Assisted Transaxillary First Rib Resection in

Treatment of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS).

Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2015. Doi:

10.3978/j.issn.2225-319X.2015.08.09

26. Edwards JP, Balderson SS, D’Amico TA.

Management of Pulmonary Artery Bleeding in the

Post Induction Setting. Journal of Visualized

Surgery. 2016;2:53. Doi: 10.21037/jovs.2016.03.08

27. Kara HV, Balderson SS, D’Amico TA. Modified

Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery.

Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2016 Mar; 5(2):

123-126. DOI 10.21037/acs.2016.03.09

28. Edwards JP, Balderson SS, D’Amico TA. Division of

the bronchus: an approach to the intraoperative

management of difficult lymphadenopathy. J Vis Surg

2016;2:30. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2221-2965.2016.02.03

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CHAPTERS:

1. Balderson, SS, D’Amico, TA: Video Assisted

Thoracoscopic Surgery for Mediastinal Lymph Node

Dissection. In Zwischenberger, JB, Townsend, CM,

Evers, BM (Eds): Atlas of Thoracic Surgical

Techniques, Philadelphia, Saunders Elsevier, 2010.

2. Balderson, SS, Ceppa, DP, D’Amico, TA:

Videothoracoscopic Segmentectomy. In Kuzdzal,

Jaroslaw (Ed): European Society of Thoracic

Surgeons Textbook of Thoracic Surgery, Krakow,

Poland, Medycyna Praktyczna, 2014

3. Kara HV, Balderson SS, D’Amico TA. Modified

Uniportal Approach. Atlas of Uniportal VATS. In

press May 2016

PRESENTATIONS:

1. Treatment of Locally Advanced Lung Cancer. Nova

Southeastern University Physician Assistant Program.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida April 9,1999.

2. Photodynamic Therapy for Endobronchial Disease.

Duke University Medical Center Preoperative

Screening Unit Grand Rounds. Durham, North

Carolina, October 18, 2000.

3. Surgical Palliation for Lung Cancer. Duke

Comprehensive Cancer Center Mid-Level Providers.

Durham, North Carolina, December 5, 2000.

4. Thoracoscopic Instrumentation and Technique. Duke

University Medical Center Cardiothoracic OR Staff.

Durham, North Carolina, November 7, 2001.

5. Evaluation and Management of Thoracic

Malignancies. Nova Southeastern University

Physician Assistant Program. Fort Lauderdale,

Florida, January 25, 2002.

6. Evaluation and Management of Pulmonary Nodules,

North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants

Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference. Myrtle Beach,

South Carolina, August 20, 2002.

7. Locally Advanced Tumors and PDT, Moore Regional

Cancer Center. Pinehurst, North Carolina, December

9, 2002.

8. Evaluation and Management of Pulmonary Problems,


Winter CME Conference and Board Review.

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, February 26,

2003.

9. Esophageal Cancer, North Carolina Academy of

Physician Assistants Twenty-Seventh Annual

Conference. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, August

20, 2003.


9th Annual CME at the Beach, Nova Southeastern

University Board Review. Nova Southeastern

University. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, March 10,2004.

11. Lung Cancer, North Carolina Academy of Physician

Assistants Twenty-Eighth Annual Conference.

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, August 25, 2004.

12. Evaluation and Management of Non-Small Cell Lung

Cancer, 9th Annual Veterans Administration

Association of Physician Assistants CME Conference.

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, October 12, 2004.





2005.

14. Surgical Management of Esophageal Cancer, North

Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants Twenty-

Ninth Annual Conference. Myrtle Beach, South

Carolina, August 21, 2005.

15. Evaluation and Management of Early Stage Lung

Cancer, American Association of Surgical Physician

Assistants Annual CME Meeting. San Francisco,

California, October 14, 2005




Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, March 1,

2006.

17. Advances in Thoracoscopic Surgery, Department of

Perioperative Nursing Grand Rounds. Duke

University Medical Center. Durham, North

Carolina, March 22, 2006.

18. Lung Cancer, North Carolina Academy of Physician

Assistants Thirtieth Annual Conference. Myrtle

Beach, South Carolina, August 25, 2006.

19. Evaluation and Management of Esophageal Cancer,

American Association of Surgical Physician


California, October 8, 2006.

20. Evaluation and Management of Pulmonary

Problems, North Carolina Academy of

Physician Assistants Winter CME Conference and

Board Review. Research Triangle Park, North

Carolina, February 28, 2007.

21. Thoracoscopic Lobectomy, US Surgical Minimally

Invasive Surgery Course. Lab Instructor. Norwalk,

Connecticut, May 18, 2007.

22. Thoracoscopic Lobectomy, US Surgical/Covidien

Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellows Course. Lab

Instructor. Elancourt, France, July 30, 2007.

23. Minimally Invasive Thoracoscopic Surgery, Duke

University Medical Center Course. Lab Instructor.

Durham, North Carolina, September 14, 2007.

24. Evaluation and Management of Early Stage Lung

Cancer, American Association of Surgical Physician

Assistants Annual CME Meeting. New Orleans,

Louisiana, October 7, 2007.



Durham, North Carolina, November 9, 2007.

26. Thoracoscopic Lobectomy, STSU, Society of

Thoracic Surgeons post graduate course. Lab

Coordinator. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, January 30,

2008.

27. Evaluation and Management of Pulmonary

Problems, North Carolina Academy of Physician

Assistants Winter CME Conference and Board

Review. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina,

February 27, 2008.

28. Advances in Thoracoscopic Surgery. Grand Rounds,

Preoperative Screening Unit and Peri-Operative

Services. Duke University Medical Center. Durham,

North Carolina, March 14, 2008.

29. Thoracoscopic Lobectomy and Lung Volume

Reduction Course. Lab Instructor. University of

Arizona. Tucson, Arizona, March 19, 2008.

30. Thoracoscopic Lobectomy, US Surgical Minimally

Invasive Surgery Course. Lab Instructor. Norwalk,

Connecticut, May 23, 2008.

31. Thoracoscopic Lobectomy, US Surgical/Covidien

Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellows Course. Lab

Instructor. Elancourt, France, July 24, 2008.

32. Evaluation and Management of Lung Cancer, North

Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants Thirty-

Second Annual Conference. Myrtle Beach, South


33. Surgical Management of Early Stage Lung Cancer,

American Association of Surgical Physician


California, October 12, 2008.



Coordinator-Instructor. San Francisco, California,

January 28, 2009.



Durham, North Carolina, February 20, 2009.

36. Optimizing your Physician Assistant. Thoracoscopic

Lobectomy and Lung Volume Reduction Course. Lab

Instructor/Course Faculty University of Arizona.

Tucson, Arizona, February 24, 2009.





2009.

38. Bronchoscopy and Airway Management, SEAL

(undergraduate surgical interest group) Duke

University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina,

March 16, 2009.

39. Thoracoscopic Lobectomy, Lab

Coordinator/Instructor, MERIN, Henderson, Nevada,

April 16, 2009.



Durham, North Carolina, April 29, 2009.

41. Medical Student Surgical Interest Group, SEAL, Lab

Coordinator, Duke University Medical Center, North

Carolina, May 2, 2009.


Lobectomy Course. Lab Instructor/Course Faculty

Methodist University. Houston, Texas, June 10, 2009.

43. Culture of Surgery, Duke University Physician

Assistant Program. Duke University Medical Center,

Durham, North Carolina. July 27, 2009.

44. Minimally Invasive Management of Esophageal

Cancer, North Carolina Academy of Physician

Assistants Summer CME. Myrtle Beach, South


45. Patient Considerations for Thoracoscopic Lobectomy

and Operative Considerations for Thoracoscopic

Procedures, Masters of Minimally Invasive Surgery,

Orlando, Florida. September 4-5, 2009.

46. Endobronchial Management of Locally Advanced

Lung Cancer, Axcan Scandapharm Annual Meeting,

Charlotte, North Carolina. September 23, 2009.

47. Thoracoscopic Lobectomy, American Association of

Surgical Physician Assistants Annual Meeting,

Chicago, Illinois. October 7, 2009.

48. VATS Lobectomy. Lab Coordinator/Instructor,

McGill University, Montreal, Canada. October 13,

2009.

49. Thoracoscopic Lobectomy, Duke Endosurgery

Center/University of California-San Francisco, Lab

Coordinator/Instructor, San Francisco, California.

October 23, 2009.


Lobectomy and Lung Volume Reduction Course. Lab

Instructor/Course Faculty University of Arizona.

Tucson, Arizona, October 26, 2009.


University Medical Center Course. Lab

Coordinator/Instructor. Durham, North Carolina,

November 11, 2009.

52. Principles of Surgical Oncology, Duke University

Physician Assistant Program, Duke University

Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, December

1, 2009.

53. Bronchoscopy and Airway Management, SEAL,

Duke University Medical Center, Department of

Surgery-Surgical Intern Class, Durham, North

Carolina, December 3, 2009



Coordinator-Instructor. Fort Lauderdale, Florida,

January 27, 2010.


University Medical Center Course. Lab

Coordinator/Instructor. Durham, North Carolina,

February 10, 2010.


Center Lab Coordinator/Instructor, Chicago, Illinois.

April 7, 2010.

57. Endonbronchial Management of Locally Advanced

Lung Cancer, University of Chicago-Rush

University-Northwestern University Mid-Level

Practitioners, Chicago, Illinois, April 7, 2010.


Center, Durham, Lab Coordinator/Instructor, Durham,

North Carolina, May 19, 2010.


Lobectomy Course. Lab Instructor/Course Faculty

Methodist Hospital. Houston, Texas, May 22, 2010.

60. Bronchoscopy, SEAL Duke University Medical

Center, Department of Surgery-MEDSPLASH.

Durham, NC. July 24, 2010.

61. Operative Considerations for Thoracoscopic

Lobectomy and Intraoperative Assisting Techniques,

Masters of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Orlando,

Florida. September 23-25, 2010.

62. Surgical Management of Lung Cancer¸ American

Association of Surgical Physician Assistants Annual

Meeting. Washington, DC. October 1, 2010.


Lobectomy Course. Lab

Coordinator/Instructor/Course Faculty. Methodist

Hospital MITIE. Houston, Texas. November 2-3,

2010.

64. Principles of Surgical Oncology. Duke University

Physician Assistant Program. Durham, North

Carolina. November 30, 2010.

65. New Applications in Minimally Invasive Thoracic

Surgery. Duke University Hospital Perioperative

Nursing Grand Rounds. Durham, North Carolina.

December 1, 2010.

66. Bronchoscopy and Airway Management. Duke

University School of Medicine- Department of

Surgery- General Surgery Intern Class. Durham,

North Carolina. December 2, 2010.

67. Thoracoscopic Lobectomy. UCSF/Duke-Simsurg.

Lab Coordinator/Instructor. San Francisco,

California. January 26-27, 2011.

68. Thoracoscopic Management of Mediastinal Tumors.

APACVS Winter CME Meeting. San Diego,

California. January 28, 2011.

69. Thoracoscopic Lobectomy. Duke University

Medical Center. Lab Coordinator/Instructor. Durham,

North Carolina. May 17-18, 2011.

70. Intraoperative Considerations for Thoracoscopic

Lobectomy and Thoracoscopic Assisting Techniques.

Masters of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery.


71. Thoracoscopic Lobectomy. AASPA Annual CME

Meeting. San Francisco, California. October 22,

2011.

72. Optimizing Your Physician Assistant.

Thoracoscopic Lobectomy Course. Lab

Instructor/Course Faculty Methodist Hospital.

Houston, Texas, November 9, 2011.

73. Bronchoscopy and Airway Management. Duke

University School of Medicine- Department of

Surgery- General Surgery Intern Class. Durham,

North Carolina. December 1, 2011.

74. Thoracoscopic Lobectomy. Duke University

Medical Center. Lab Coordinator/Instructor. Durham,

North Carolina. January 10-11, 2012.

75. Epidemiology, Screening and Staging for Non-Small

Cell Lung Cancer. APACVS Winter CME Meeting.

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. January 26, 2012.

76. Esophageal Cancer Evaluation and Staging.

APACVS Winter CME Meeting. Ft. Lauderdale,

Florida. January 26, 2012.

77. Multidisciplinary Treatment for Non-Small Cell

Lung Cancer. APACVS Winter CME Meeting. Fort

Lauderdale, Florida. January 26, 2012.

78. Thoracoscopic Lobectomy. Duke-Simsurg. Lab

Coordinator/Instructor. San Francisco, California.

April 26-27, 2012.

79. Intraoperative Considerations for Thoracoscopic

Lobectomy and Thoracoscopic Assisting Techniques.



80. Innovations in Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery

(how to help you attending over the learning curve).

AASPA Annual CME Meeting. Chicago, Illinois.

Sept. 29, 2012



Carolina. November 27, 2012.

82. Thoracoscopic First Assist Course. Course Director.

APACVS Winter CME Meeting. Los Angeles,

California. January 26, 2013.

83. Thoracoscopic Lobectomy. Duke University Medical

Center. Lab Coordinator/Instructor. Durham, North

Carolina. February 19-20, 2013.

84. Evaluation and Management of Pulmonary Nodules

and Esophageal Cancer. Duke University Physician

Assistant Program. Durham, North Carolina. March

27, 2013.

85. Operative Considerations for the Thoracoscopic

Team and Intraoperative Assisting Techniques.



86. Advances in Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery

AASPA Annual CME Meeting. Washington, DC.

October 5, 2013

87. Surgical Pathologic Consideration of Pulmonary

Resection. Duke Pathology Grand Rounds. Durham,

North Carolina. October 25, 2013.

88. Epidemiology and Staging of Non-Small Cell Lung

Cancer. Covidien Sales Training. New Haven,

Connecticut. December 16, 2013.



Carolina. January 8, 2014.

90. Thoracoscopic First Assist Course. Association of

Physician Assistants in Cardiovascular Surgery

Annual Winter Meeting. Orlando, Florida. January 24,

2014.

91. Role of the Thoracic Physician Assistant in the

United States. Keynote Address Society of Cardiac

and Thoracic Surgery for the United Kingdom and

Ireland. Edinburgh, Scotland. March 11, 2014.

92. Evaluation and Management of Pulmonary Nodules

and Esophageal Cancer. Duke University Medical

Center Physician Assistant Program. Durham, North

Carolina. March 25, 2014.

93. Lung Cancer Staging and Minimally Invasive

Thoracic Surgical Applications. Covidien Research

and Development Team. New Haven, Connecticut.

April 29, 2014.

94. Thoracoscopic Lobectomy Assisting Techniques.

Duke Thoracic Lobectomy Workshop. Durham,

North Carolina. June 4, 2014.





96. Intraoperative Assisting Techniques and Lab

Instructor. Methodist Hospital VATS Symposium.

Houston, Texas. October 9-10, 2014.

97. Thoracoscopic Innovations. Association of Surgical

Physician Assistants Annual CME Meeting. San

Francisco, California. October 23, 2014.


Physician Assistant Program. Durham, NC. January 6,

2015.


Duke VATS Lobectomy Workshop. Durham, NC.

April 15, 2015.




Orlando, Florida. September 24-26, 2015

101. Advances in Thoracoscopic Surgery. Association

of Surgical Physician Assistants Annual CME

Meeting. Chicago, Illinois. October 2, 2015.


Physician Assistant Program. Durham, NC. January 5,

2016.

103. Optimizing Your Thoracoscopic Assistant and Lab

Instructor. Methodist Hospital VATS Symposium.

Houston, Texas. February 18, 2016.

104. Thoracoscopic First Assist Course. Association of

Physician Assistants in Cardiovascular Surgery

Annual Winter Meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada. March

13, 2016.


Lab Coordinator, Duke VATS Lobectomy Workshop.

Durham, NC. April 27, 2016

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