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Speaker:
Dr. Keith D. Lillemoe – Chief of Surgery - Massachusetts General Hospital
W. Gerald Austen Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School

Dr. Keith D. Lillemoe received his undergraduate education at the University of South Dakota and his MD from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in l978. He served his entire surgical training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital from l978 to l985. He joined the faculty at Hopkins in l986 and rose to the rank of Professor of Surgery in l996. He served as Associate Program Director for the Hopkins Surgical Residency from l993 to 2003 and Vice-Chairman and Deputy Director of the department from l997 to 2003. During his time at Johns Hopkins, he was recognized with the Department of Surgery Faculty Teaching Award on five occasions. In September 2003, he was appointed the Jay L. Grosfeld Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In May 2011, Dr. Lillemoe was appointed to the position of Surgeon-in-Chief and Chief of the Department of Surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and the W. Gerald Austen Professor of Surgery at the Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Lillemoe is a member of most surgical societies and has held office in many. He has previously served as Secretary, President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, President of the Society of Clinical Surgery, Secretary and President of the Society of University Surgeons, and President of the Halsted Society. He has served as the Recorder and is a past-President of the American Surgical Association. Dr. Lillemoe is a Senior Director of the American Board of Surgery. In 2015, Dr. Lillemoe has been inducted into the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. He has been recognized with the Honorary Member Award of the Award of the Association of Women’s Surgeons and Leadership Award for the Advancement of Women Faculty from Harvard Medical School. In 2018, Dr. Lillemoe was elected to the National Academy of Medicine, and in 2019, he was selected to the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators. In 2020, he was the recipient of the Society of University Surgeons Life Time Achievement Award and named the Distinguished Alumnus from the University of South Dakota School of Medicine.

Overall Objectives:

• ​​​​​​Evaluate information about emerging diagnostics, technologies, and therapeutics related  applicable treatment plans.
• Apply evidence-based methods for improving care to current clinical and surgical quality improvement efforts. 
• Improve patient outcomes through better diagnosis and management of diseases and complications reviewed as 
• Measured by the KRA data.

Target Audience:  
General & Subspecialty Surgeons, Residents, Medical Students, & Nurses

Accreditation Statement
Advocate Aurora Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement
Advocate Aurora Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.