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