
2016 Karl Storz Research Award Winner Presentation
The Association of VA Surgeons 2016 Karl Storz Award was presented to Dr. Ryan M. Thomas in 2016. His research has finally been...
2018 Panel Discussion: Nuts and Bolts of VHA Data Warehouse Outcomes Research: What Do I Need to be
The 2018 Annual Meeting of the AVAS was blessed with several enlightening panel discussions. The second panel session on “Nuts and bolts...

2018 Resident Paper Competition
The AVAS has proudly sponsored its annual resident and student paper competition for several years. At the 2018 AVAS Annual meeting...

SURGEONS’ DISCLOSURE OF CLINICAL ADVERSE EVENTS
A panel discussion was held at the May 2017 Annual meeting of the AVAS regarding “Never Events.” during which Dr. A. Rani Elwy discussed...

The Role of the VA in its Accomplishments to Medicine and Surgery
The Role of the Veterans Administration in its Accomplishments to Medicine and Surgery The history of VA Medicine has been characterized...
AVAS REPRESENTATION AT AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS-COMMITTEE ON TRAUMA (ACS-COT) MILITARY REGION RE
The third annual COT Military Region Excelsior Society meeting was held in conjunction with the American College of Surgeons Annual...

PANEL SESSION: NEVER EVENTS- HOW TO MAKE SURE THEY NEVER HAPPEN
AVAS Moderator Panel discussion Houston 2017 At the 2016 AVAS Annual Meeting (Virginia Beach VA), L.D. Britt, MD MPH (Chair Department...

2015 KARL STORZ RESEARCH AWARD WINNER PRESENTATION
“UTILITY OF CELL FREE DNA AS A THERAPEUTIC BIOMAR
Increasingly, clinicians and scientists now support the hypothesis that the majority of patients with pancreatic cancer (PC) will have...

Our AVAS Heritage
Edward Passaro, Jr., M.D. Dr. Passaro was born in Newark, New Jersey, earned his undergraduate degree at New York University, graduated...

The Tarpley’s African Adventure
After 28 years of VA service and 2 years in the Public Health Service, our distinguished AVAS Past President John Tarpley ('08-'09)...