General Surgery Oral Board Review

Acute Mesenteric Ischemia

A mock general surgery oral board examination scenario and expert commentary on the clinical evaluation, surgical decision-making, and management of acute mesenteric ischemia.
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  • 30 minutes
  • Shareable Certificate
  • Expert discussion

Course description 

This course aims to mimic a real general surgery oral board exam for the topic of Acute Mesenteric Ischemia.
Reviewed by SURGhub, June 2025

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  • Specialty: Surgery
  • Subspecialty: General Surgery
  • Target audience:Surgery trainees and practicing surgeons.
  • Level: Basic
  • Language: English
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Learning objectives

  • By the end of this course, you will be able to understand how to surgically manage Acute Mesenteric Ischemia.

Course structure 

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Expert contributors from around the globe
  • Patrick Georgoff, MD

    Patrick Georgoff is an Acute Care Surgeon at Duke University. He went to medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, completed General Surgery residency and Surgical Critical Care fellowship at the University of Michigan, and a Trauma Surgery fellowship at the University of Texas in Houston. His clinical practice includes the full spectrum of Acute Care Surgery in addition to elective hernia surgery. Patrick is the Associate Program of the General Surgery Residency and associate Trauma Medical Director at Duke.
  • Jason Bingham, MD

    Jason is a general and bariatric surgeon at Madigan Army Medical Center. He also serves as the Director of Research and Associate Program Director for the general surgery residency program. He received his undergraduate degree from New York University and medical degree at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. He is a medical officer in the US Army with several combat deployments under his belt. Jason’s research efforts focus on the management of hemorrhagic shock, trauma induced coagulopathy, and ischemia-reperfusion injury. When not working, he enjoys spending time with his wife and dog, snowboarding, and sailing in the Puget Sound.
  • John McClellan, MD

    John is an active-duty Army Trauma/CC/Acute Care Surgeon whose primary practice is at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. He completed his undergraduate degree at Mercyhurst University and medical school at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. After completing a surgical residency at Madigan Army Medical Center, he completed his Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at Harborview Medical Center. His professional interests include surgical education and providing care in austere environments. John enjoys most outdoor activities and raising two young children with his wife Morgan.
  • Scott Steele, MD

    Dr. Steele is President of the Cleveland Clinic Main Campus Submarket and Chair of the Department of Colorectal Surgery. He graduated from West Point (1994), earned his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin (1998), and completed his general surgery residency at Madigan Army Medical Center (2003) and colorectal surgery fellowship at the University of Minnesota (2005). He served on active duty from 1998 to 2015, including four combat deployments, before joining University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center as Division Chief of Colorectal Surgery. He was appointed Chair of Colorectal Surgery at Cleveland Clinic in 2016.
  • Kevin Kniery, MD

    Kevin is a vascular surgeon at Brooke Army Medical Center. He completed his undergraduate degree at the United States Military Academy in West Point, medical school at Tulane University, general surgery residency at Madigan Army Medical Center, and vascular fellowship at Cornell and Columbia. Kevin is passionate about podcasts, his family, endurance sports, and baseball.

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