RJ White Lecture Foundation Previous Speakers
1. 1965 – Dr. William B. Bean
“The Usefulness of Error in Medicine”
2. 1966 – Dr. Denton Cooley
“Development of the Pump Oxygenator and Current Status”
3. 1967 – Dr. Carleton B. Chapman
“The Year of the Great Stink”
4. 1968 – Dr. John Paul North
“Old Fashioned But Never Out of Style”
5. 1969 – Dr. Robert Coffey
“The Training of Physicians Who Are To Follow Us”
6. 1970 – Dr. Robert Sparkman
“Joe White and the Texas Surgical Society”
7. 1971 – Dr. Valter Brindley
“The Changing Panorama of Medical Education in Texas”
8. 1972 – Dr. Alton Oschner
“Surgical Treatment of Peptic Duodenal Ulcer”
9. 1973 – Dr. H. William Clatworthy
“The Child as a Surgical Patient”
10. 1974 – Dr. James Hardy
“Monitoring and Critical Care”
11. 1975 – Dr. Harry J. Worthen, Jr.
“Robert E. Lee – The War and His Health”
12. 1976 – Dr. Lyle French
“Cerebral Revascularization Procedures”
13. 1977 – Dr. G. Rainey Williams
“Breast Cancer”
14. 1978 – Dr. James C. Thompson
“Duodenal Ulcer”
15. 1979 – Dr. Fernando O. Monasterio
“Myths and Truths About Nasal Surgery”
16. 1980 – Dr. Isidore Cohn, Jr.
“Pancreatic Carcinoma
17. 1981 – Dr. Frederic P. Herter
“Is Colorectal Cancer an Environmental Disease?”
18. 1982 – Dr. C. Rollins Hanlon
“Surgery and Regulations”
19. 1983 – Dr. Milton V. Davis
“Heartburn, Hoarseness, Hacking, Hemoptysis & Hooch”
20. 1984 – Dr. Barbara K. Kinder
“Calcium: From Kidney Stones to Space Flight”
21. 1985 – Dr. E. Stanley Crawford
“Surgery of the Aortic Arch”
22. 1986 – Dr. Arthur Sagalowsky
“Kidney Transplantation”
23. 1987 – Dr. William Fry
“In Situ Femoral-Popliteal-Tibial Bypass for Atherosclerotic Peripheral Vascular
Disease”
24. 1988 – Dr. Stanton P. Nolan
“John Hunter, MD – The Human Phenomenon
25. 1989 – Dr. Stephen R. Freidberg
“Massachusetts Medicine – A National Pattern?”
26. 1990 – Dr. James H. Duke, Jr.
“Stress and the Trauma Surgeon”
27. 1991 – Dr. Ronald Lee Nichols
“Medical Malpractice. Who Are We?”
28. 1992 – Dr. C. James Carrico
“What Are We Doing About Trauma”
29. 1993 – Dr. Kirby I. Bland
“Future Treatment of Breast Cancer and Status of Clinical Research”
30. 1994 – Dr. Karl A. Zucker
“The Future of Endoscopic Surgery”
31. 1995 – Dr. Charles M. Balch
“The Changing Role of the Surgeon in Cancer Care”
32. 1996 – Dr. David H. Sachs
“Transplant Immunology”
33. 1997 – Dr. Gordon Mills
“Genetic Counseling in the 1990’s”
34. 1998 – Dr. Michael Harrison
“Womb With a View”
35. 1999 – Dr. Richard V. Aghababian
“Predicting the Medical Consequences of Major Disasters”
36. 2000 – Dr. Edward M. Copeland III
“The Treatment of Early Breast Cancer”
37. 2001 – Dr. M. Judah Folkman
“The Best Laid Plans of Mice for Men and Women”
38. 2002 – Dr. Jon A. vanHeerden
“Evaluation and Treatment of the Solitary Thyroid Nodule”
39. 2003 – Dr. Peter T. Scardino
“Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer: A Perspective on Modern Management”
40. 2004 – Dr. Glenn Steele
“Unlimited Opportunity in A Time of Shrinking Clinical Margin A Modest Proposal”
(“Pay for Performance”)
41. 2005 – Dr. David Rattner
“GERD – Endoluminal versus Minimally Invasive Approaches”
42. 2006 – Dr. Harvey Sugerman
"The Effects of Surgically Induced Weight Loss on Obesity Co-morbidities"
43. 2007 – Dr. Hardy Hendren
“John Hunter: The First Academic Surgeon
44. 2008 – Dr. Joseph Vacanti
“Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, From First Principles to the Present
Time”
45. 2009 – Dr. Hiram C. Polk, Jr.
“The Surgeon’s Role In Genuine Quality Improvement”
46. 2010 – Donald J. Fry
“Healthcare Payment Reform, Surgeons Should Lead the Way”
47. 2011 – Dr. Kenneth Mattox
“The DaMattox Code – The Mystery of the Death of Princess Diana”
48. 2012 – Dr Melvin Spira
“ Lessons My Patients Have Taught Me”
49. 2013 – Panel Discussion – Dr. Bloemendal, Freese, Faires
Dr. Michael Williams, Dr. Greg Fitz, Doug White, Phil Moreneso (THR)
“ Development of Graduate Surgical Education in Fort Worth. “
50. 2014 – Dr. Michael A. Choti
“ Update on the Multidisciplinary Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer. “
51. 2015 – Dr. Christine G. Gourin
“ Improving Quality in Head and Neck Cancer Surgery”
52. 2016 – Dr. Douglas J. Mathisen
“ Surgery of the Trachea.”
53. 2017 Dr. Joseph LR Mills, Sr.
“Will Open Vascular Surgery Become Extinct”
54. 2018 – Dr. Timothy Miller
“Enhanced Recovery After Surgery – Past, Present, and Future”
55. 2019 – Dr Joseph S. Coselli
“Repair of the Arch and Thoracoabdominal Aorta – Building on the Legacy of E.
Stanley Crawford”
56. 2020 – COVID
57. 2021 – COVID
58. 2022 – COVID
59. 2023 – Dr. Mellick T. Sykes
“ The Mystique of Fort Worth Surgery”