The Gordon Lecture is given annually by a Colorectal Surgeon who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of colorectal surgery. The inaugural lecturer was Herand Abcarian followed by Jose Guillem, Jim Church, and Hartley Stern, Francis Soew-Choen, David Rothenberger and Philip H. Gordon. This symposium takes place at the Canadian Surgery Forum.
Past Gordon Lecturers
2024 – LARS: Low Anterior Resection Syndrome Dr. Julie Cornish
2023 – Future Horizons in Colorectal Surgery Dr. Susan Galandiuk
2022 – Planetary Health: Climate Change in the OR Dr. Andrea McNeil
2021 – Microbiome and sporadic colon cancer- The Missing Link? Dr. Heidi Nelson
2019 – Dr. Julio Garcia-Aguilar
2018 – Improving Healthcare – What Does It Take? Dr. R.S. McLeod
2017 -Fistula in Ano: from John Arderne to 2017 Dr. Stanley Goldberg
2016 – Abdominopereneal Resection – Technical Aspects and Outcomes
Dr. Torbjorn Holm (Stockholm, Sweden)
2015 – Robotic Surgery for Rectal Cancer
Dr. George Chang (Houston, Texas)
2014 – Impact of ERAS and NSQIP on Colorectal Surgery Outcomes
Dr. C. Ko (L.A.)
2013 – Hereditary cancer – A personal story
Dr. Z. Cohen (Toronto, Ontario)
2012 – Seeking truth in the surgical literature – The education of a medical editor
Dr. R.D. Madoff (Minneapolis, MN)
2011 – Diverticulitis – Who needs an operation? (audio recorded)
Dr. P.L. Roberts (Burlington, MA)
2010 – Surgical Technique and Rectal Cancer Outcome
Dr. M.J. Burnstein (Toronto, Ontario)
2009 – Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery
Dr. C.P. Delaney (Cleveland)
2008 – A Glance to the Rear – Looking Back on Twenty-five Years of Canadian Colorectal Surgery
Dr. P.H. Gordon (Montréal, Québec)
2007 – Measuring Patient Preferences and Surgical Equipoise in Colorectal Surgery
Dr. M.J. Solomon (Sydney)
2006 – Treatment Decisions for Rectal Cancer – Rationale, Conundrums and Controversies
Dr. D.A. Rothenberger (Minnesota)
2005 – Fibre and Colorectal Diseases – Facts and Myths
Dr. F. Seow-Choen (Singapore)
2004 – Setting Standards for Cancer Surgery in a Provincial Healthcare Scheme
Dr. H. Stern (Ottawa, Ontario)
2003 – Colorectal Cancer Screening – Who, What, Where and When?
Dr. J. Church (Cleveland)
2002 – Sphincter Saving Surgery for Rectal Carcinoma
Dr. J.G. Guillem (New York, NY)
2001 – The Surgical Treatment of Acute Sigmoid Diverticulities
Dr. H. Abcarian (University of Illinois)
2000 – Abdominal Surprises – An overview of Incidental Surgery
Dr. B. Wolff (Rochester, Minnesota)
1999 – Where are we now with the Ileal Pouch?
Dr. R. J. Nicholls (London, England)
1996 – Quality of life issues following rectal cancer surgery
Dr. James Church, Cleveland Clinic
1995 – Laparoscopic colon resection: collected experience
Dr. Steven Wexner Cleveland Clinic Florida
1994 – Prevention of recurrence of rectal cancer
Dr. Robert Beart – USC Los Angeles
1993 – Hôpital st-Justine, Montreal
Dr. Ernest Seidman (May meeting)
1992 Dr. Robert Fry – St. Louis Mo