2018 Longmire Scientific Day
This year's Longmire Scientific Day will be held on Friday, March 16, 2018 in the Tamkin Auditorium at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
The 2018 Longmire Visiting Professor will be Dr. Ronald W. Busuttil, MD, PhD
Dr. Ronald W. Busuttil is Distinguished Professor and Executive Chairman of the UCLA Department of Surgery and serves as founding Chief of the Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation. Dr. Busuttil earned his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees at Tulane University. He completed surgical residency training at UCLA under the leadership of Dr. William Longmire and trained in transplantation with Dr. Thomas Starzl at the University of Pittsburgh. In 1984, he founded the Liver Transplant Program and has been the Director and Chief Surgeon for 28 years. It is one of the largest liver transplant centers in the world. Clinical activities encompass the entire spectrum of liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery. Dr. Busuttil and his team have performed over 5200 liver transplants, and he is internationally recognized for his expertise in transplantation and liver surgery.
Previous Years
2017 Longmire Scientific Day
Dr. del Nido was the 2017 Longmire Visiting Professor. Dr. del Nido graduated with honors in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin and received his medical degree at the University of Wisconsin Medical School. He completed his General Surgery residency at Boston University in 1982, and Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Toronto in 1985. He then trained as a Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.
2016 Longmire Scientific Day
Dr. Ignazio R. Marino, MD, ScD, was the 2016 Longmire Visiting Professor and the 30th Visiting Professor that the Longmire Surgical Society has hosted. Dr. Marino delievered his keynote address " Transplantation: From the OR to the Eternal City". Dr. Marino is a distinguished liver transplant surgeon and former Mayor of Rome.
2015 Longmire Scientific Day
Dr L.D. Britt. was the 2015 Longmire Visiting Professor. Dr. Britt has had a long and distinguished career and is currently serving as the Henry Ford Professor and Edward J. Brickhouse Chairman of Surgery at the Eastern Virginia Medical School. He is a past-President of the American College of Surgeons and the Southern Surgical Association, and has served on the boards of multiple surgical and research groups. His awards include the prestigious Distinguished Service Medal from the Uniformed Services Universities of Health Science.
2014 Longmire Scientific Day
Dr. Leslie Blumgart served as the 2014 Longmire Visiting Professor. Residents and fellows from multiple divisions presented research abstracts as well as poster presentations. Following the presentations, Dr. Blumgart delivered his keynote address "Art, Social Structure and Surgery in the Victorian Era." In addition to the excellent research session, members and guests attended the Annual Longmire Surgical Society Dinner which was held at the beautiful Casa Del Mar Hotel.
