The Annual Research Symposium celebrates research in the Department of Surgery at Columbia University. It provides an opportunity for residents, fellows and students to present their research to the Department and our Visiting Professor. This day-long event will include oral and poster presentations, and a lecture by the Visiting Professor.

This year's visiting professor is Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FACS, is the Leon Goldman MD Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), where she is also a Professor in the Department of Medicine and affiliated faculty for the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies.  For a full bio, please click here.  .