
Annual Meeting
Edgar J. Poth Memorial Lectureship
Dr. Edgar J. Poth was a surgeon in Galveston, Texas. He trained at the University of Texas. He obtained a PhD in Chemistry at the University of California, and while he was an instructor of Pharmacology at Johns Hopkins University, he completed his medical degree by 1931. Dr. Poth completed his postgraduate training at Stanford, and stayed on faculty at Stanford, and also had other faculty appointments at Johns Hopkins and the University of Arkansas. He was a faculty member at UT Galveston for over 40 years, and served as Director of Surgical Research. He wrote over 160 scientific papers. He was ahead of his time with great interest in the management of bacterial growth associated with surgical disease. Dr. Poth served as the 15th president of the Southwestern Surgical Association, and is remembered for his clinical excellence, and his drive to plan for the future.
Year |
Poth Lecturer |
2023 | Anees Chagpar MD, MSc, MPH, MA, MBA |
2022 | Thomas Schroeppel MD, MS |
2021 | Michael S. Truitt MD |
2020 | No Lecture |
2019 | Debate: Alexander Raines MD | Sean J. Langenfeld MD |
2018 | Walter L. Biffl MD |
2017 | Christine Cocanour MD |
2016 | David Mercer MD |
2015 | J. Patrick Walker MD |
2014 | Peter Angelos MD, PhD |
2013 | R. Stephen Smith MD |
2012 | Clay Cothren Burlew MD |
2011 | Anees Chagpar MD |
2010 | Alden D. Harken MD |
2009 | Karen R. Borman MD |
2008 | Kenric Murayama MD |
2007 | Edward W. Nelson MD |
2006 | David Antonenko MD, PhD |
2005 | John F. Eidt MD |
2004 | B. Timothy Baxter MD |
2003 | Kenneth W. Sharp MD |
2002 | Layton F. Rikkers MD |
2001 | Gregorio A. Sicard MD |
2000 | Robert J. Fitzgibbons MD |
1999 | James A. Edney MD |
1998 | Courtney M. Townsend, Jr. MD |
1997 | Glenn C. Hunter MD |
1996 | Wayne H. Schwesinger MD |
1995 | Jon S. Thompson MD |
1994 | G. Patrick Clagett MD |
1993 | Jeffrey R. Saffle MD |
1992 | Jon M. Burch MD |
1991 | Lawrence W. Way MD |
1990 | James H. Tomas MD |
1989 | Carey P. Page MD |
1988 | Kent C. Westbrook MD |
1987 | David Roos MD |
1986 | David V. Feliciano MD |
1985 | Stephen L. Wangensteen MD |
1984 | Ernest E. Moore, Jr. MD |
1983 | J. Bradley Aust MD |
1982 | MacDonald Wood MD |
1981 | Ronald C. Elkins MD |
1980 | George C. Morris MD |
1979 | William W. Monafo MD |
1978 | Raymond C. Read MD |
1977 | Claude H. Organ, Jr. MD |
1976 | Frank G. Moody MD |
1975 | George H. Mertz MD |