Colorectal Surgery, Colorectal Cancer Genetics, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Cancer Digestive Health Surgery, Anal Cancer, Cancer Research, Colorectal Cancer, Digestive Surgery, Perianal Fistulas, Hemorrhoids, Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Dr. Vassiliki "Liana" Tsikitis was appointed Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Surgical Oncology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine and University Physicians Healthcare in November 2008. She joined the Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery at OHSU in September of 2011. During her tenure, she completed her Masters in Clinic Research (MCR) in 2013, and was promoted to Associate Professor of Surgery in 2014.
During her medical school, residency, fellowship, and her junior faculty years, Dr. Tsikitis won numerous awards in research, patient care, and teaching, including Outstanding Intern and Outstanding Resident awards, as well as Outstanding Role Model in Surgery. Institutionally, she is the Cancer Liaison Physician for the Commission on Cancer, and is sought after, both institutionally and locally to lecture on colon and rectal cancer, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).

Dermatology, Clinical Dermatology, Skin Cancer, Dermatologic Oncology, Clinical Research, Procedural Dermatology, Melanoma and Cutaneous Surgery, Oncology, Skin Cancer, Mohs Surgery, Basal Cell Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Dr. Alison Durham is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Dermatology at the University of Michigan Health System. She received her medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School, completed her internship at Summa Health System in Akron, OH, and her dermatology residency at the University of Michigan where she served as chief resident. After completing an ACGME procedural dermatology fellowship with additional advanced training in melanoma and cutaneous surgery and oncology at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, Dr. Durham joined the Dermatology faculty in 2013.

Dr. Durham's clinical work is focused on management of complex patients with melanoma in the Multidisciplinary Melanoma Program in addition to Mohs surgery and associated reconstruction. Her clinical research is focused on skin cancer epidemiology, therapy, education, and biology. She has used her clinical environment as a research base that facilitates advancement of knowledge in her field, particularly in melanoma. She serves as Faculty Director of established biobanks in both non-melanoma and melanoma skin cancer.

Periodontics and Periodontology, Dental Medicine, Orthodontics, Dentistry, Internal Medicine

Prof. Ayala Stabholz is an associate professor at the Department of Periodontology at the Hebrew University-Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine founded by the Alpha Omega Fraternity. She graduated from the Hebrew University-Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine in 1980 and completed the graduate program in Periodontics in 1985 at the same institution. At present, she is the director of undergraduate training in periodontics as well as an instructor in the graduate program in Periodontology. She is the official delegate of the Israeli Periodontal Society to the European Federation of Periodontology and a member of the scientific committee of the Israeli Dental Association.

Prof. Stabholz is the past president of the Israeli Periodontal Society and a member of professional committees, boards and dental organizations. She has published extensively and has been lecturing as an invited speaker at national and international dental meetings. Her current research is focused on the application of lasers in the treatment of periodontitis and peri-implantitis as well as on the inter relationship between orthodontics and periodontics.

Nursing, Medical Education, Clinical Research, Nursing Education, Primary Care, Critical Care, Acute Care

Dr. Elizabeth Hundt, Ph.D., APRN, NP-C, ACNS-BC is an Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing. She received a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Virginia. Her research interests are Nursing, Medical Education.

Pain Management, clinical pain practice, psychology, clinical research, pain education, Clinical Psychology Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Chronic Pain, Acute Pain, Opioids

Since 1980, Professor Nicholas’ main interest has been combining research and clinical pain practice, especially multidisciplinary applications of psychology. This has meant working on many fronts: as a member of Scientific Committee for the 2008 IASP conference; as a reviewer and now an associate editor for PAIN; from 1988-1990 as the inaugural program director, INPUT program at St Thomas’ Hospital, London, and, since 1994, at Sydney University’s Pain Management Research Institute. He has an active clinical research program with international collaborators, alongside postgraduate pain education through our web-based courses, plus face-to-face training in psychological pain management in many countries.