Meeting Update:

Announcing our 2020 Humera Surgical Society Guest Speaker Amir Bastawrous, MD, MBA

Greetings and Happy New Year!

We anticipate an informative and enlightening scientific program this year and look forward to hearing from our current faculty, alumni, and trainees. In addition, we will host our guest speaker for 2020, Dr. Amir Bastawrous, Medical Director for the Colon and Rectal Clinic at the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle and is one of the foremost robotic colorectal surgeons in the country.

We are looking forward to seeing you at our 56th Annual Humera Surgical Society Meeting, April 23–25, 2020. We will be hosting our meeting at Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, VA.

We hope you have us on your calendar!

Registration Information:

Please note: registration is required for this event to ensure adequate space and food

Please take time to complete and return this registration form

Checks may be made payable and mailed to:

Humera Surgical Society
C/O Jessica Carey, VCU Surgery
Box 980645
Richmond, VA 23298

If you choose to pay online, please do so by visiting: paypal.me/HumeraSurgical and be sure to include your name.

Schedule of Events:

THURSDAY APRIL 23

6:00 pm
Welcome Reception | Riverview Room

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FRIDAY APRIL 24

7:00 am
Breakfast | Elements Restaurant

8:00 am –1:00 pm
Scientific Session | Whitaker Room

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SATURDAY APRIL 25

7:00 am
Breakfast | Elements Restaurant

8:00 am –1:00 pm
Scientific Session | Whitaker Room

6:00 pm
Reception | Moody's

7:00 pm
Plated Dinner | Moody's

A Few Notes —

GOLF: If you'd like to play golf while at Kingsmill, please schedule your tee time while making your room reservations.

ENTRANCE: Kingsmill is a gated resort. Upon arrival, you will need to reference Humera to be admitted entrance

FRIDAY DINNER: Back by popular demand! Because Williamsburg is an amazing place to explore, Friday's dinner will be on your own. If you'd like assistance with making reservations or finding somewhere to go, please reach out to Kingsmill or to Jessica.

A Letter from the President of Humera 2019–2020

It is my honor and pleasure to write to you as President of the Humera Surgical Society

The legacy of this unique organization cannot be overstated, and, in the context of its history and those who have served before me, I’m humbled to be a member and leader. Thank you for your trust and support.

In April, we had a fantastic meeting at the Williamsburg Lodge. Thank you to everyone who attended and congratulations to our resident research award winners, Dr. Nina Wickramaratne, winner of the Greenfield Award, and Dr. Wayne Tse, winner of the Hume Award. Thank you also to everyone else who presented research and updates.

Looking ahead to the upcoming year, the 2020 meeting will be held April 23–25 at the Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, VA. We will be planning events as the meeting approaches. As always, the meeting is family friendly and Williamsburg has much to offer for everyone. Please plan to attend and bring your family!

Notices for dues will be going out later this summer, so please keep an eye out. As in the past, there are options for payment, including Paypal. We’ve worked hard over the past several years to get the organization back into a financially stable position, and we ask that dues be paid in a timely fashion to help keep it that way.

Membership dues are integral to putting on the annual meeting as well as other Humera-sponsored events, such as the happy hour held last fall in association with the Humera-sponsored grand rounds featuring Dr. Lawrence. More events such as this are being planned, so stay tuned for more information.

If your contact information has changed in the past year, please update it by emailing Jessica Carey (Jessica.Carey@vcuhealth.org), so you don’t miss out on updates on next year’s meeting and other events.

Thank you to everyone for your support of the Humera Surgical Society. I’m looking forward to the upcoming year and excited for the future of this organization. I hope to see everyone next year in Williamsburg!

Sincerely,

Kevin C. Long, MD
President, Humera Surgical Society

Overview

Established in 1965 to honor the incredible legacy of Dr. David Hume, the Humera Surgical Society serves as an alumni association for those who received their surgical training from the Medical College of Virginia.

Each spring, members join together to celebrate Dr. Hume at the Humera Annual Meeting. There, colleagues and friends alike are afforded the opportunity to hear about the latest innovations, technologies and accomplishments in the surgical field through talks and presentations from surgical specialists across the country. Friendships, many of which link all the way back to early residency years, are rekindled through activities and dinners as the continued growth of Humera and VCU Surgery are recognized and celebrated.

Humera is a nonprofit 501©(7) and operates fully on the generosity of donors, as well as membership dues. To make a tax-deductible donation or pay dues, visit paypal.me/HumeraSurgical or contact Jessica Carey at jessica.carey@vcuhealth.org. 

 

History

David Milford Hume, M.D., who served as the Department of Surgery chair from 1956 until his death in 1973, played an integral role in developing the transplant program at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Throughout his career, Dr. Hume had many notable accomplishments. He was a member of the team that performed the first successful kidney transplant at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston and published a landmark paper in renal transplantation. He was well-known for his neuro-endocrinology research and was instrumental in mapping the hypothalamus. A pioneer in both vascular surgery and endocrine surgery, Dr. Hume also had special interests in diseases of the parathyroid and adrenal glands.

Dr. Hume is remembered with reverence by the many students and residents he taught. His untimely death left a huge void not just at VCU, but throughout American surgery.