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Full Issue: Volume 21, Issue 2 - Summer 2026

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

A publication for friends and colleagues of Jefferson’s Department of Surgery

In This Issue

Cover Story

Jefferson Transplant Institute Enters New Chapter of Innovation, Growth and National Impact - Page 1

Overview Science: Targeting the ‘Undruggable’ in Pancreatic and Other Cancers - Page 2

Clinical Integration Jefferson Trauma Surgeon and Resident Reflect on Honduras Medical Mission Trip - Page 2

In the Spotlight Joseph Boback, MBA - Page 2

Changing Lives Through Research Pilot Grant Lays Groundwork for New Standard in Ventral Hernia Recovery - Page 3

Please Welcome New Faculty - Page 3

Those Who Give Hollingsworth Family’s Gratitude …

In The Spotlight

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

Joseph Boback, MBA, joined Jefferson in 2022 as a clinic operations assistant in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery. Although he initially viewed it as a “gap year” position before pursuing physician assistant (PA) studies, his manager had other ideas.

Recognizing his instincts with people and his potential as a leader, she encouraged him to apply for an open practice-manager position. He agreed, telling himself he’d give it a year or two. Within his first year, Boback had a change of heart.

“I think this is my calling,” he recalls realizing. He pivoted from PA school to Jefferson's MBA program, …

Jefferson Trauma Surgeon And Resident Reflect On Honduras Medical Mission Trip

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

For one week each February, Jefferson trauma surgeon Kris R. Kaulback, MD, trades the operating rooms of suburban Philadelphia for a surgical center in rural Honduras. While there, he performs procedures on patients who have often waited years, sometimes decades, for surgical care they couldn’t otherwise afford or access.

The annual medical mission trip, now in its fourth year, is led by Dr. Kaulback and Nina Kalawadia, MD, Chief of Anesthesiology at Paoli Hospital, and run through One World Surgery. This nonprofit operates a permanent surgical center on the grounds of Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos, a long-established orphanage on more than …

Science: Targeting The ‘Undruggable’ In Pancreatic And Other Cancers, Charles J. Yeo, Md, Facs

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

Scientific discoveries and advances often come in an unpredictable cadence. Over the course of my 40 years as a surgeon treating patients with pancreatic and related cancers, we have seen overall five-year patient survival rates improve more than six-fold from under 2% to over 13%. This improvement has its genesis in many areas – improved patient selection and surgical results, better imaging, advances in nursing and critical care and new oncologic treatment options. One area that has eluded progress for decades has been targeting the RAS oncogene mutations common in nearly all pancreatic cancers.

Therapeutic targeting of RAS with a …

Jefferson Transplant Institute Enters New Chapter Of Innovation, Growth And National Impact

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

When James V. Guarrera, MD, joined Jefferson last summer as the Nicoletti Family Professor of Transplantation Surgery and executive director of the Jefferson Transplant Institute, he arrived with a clear conviction about what makes a transplant program succeed.

“Transplantation is the epitome of a team sport,” Dr. Guarrera says. “My charge is to take all of the talent and dedication already present at Jefferson and continue building on it clinically and academically, including making this a destination for innovation and training the next generation of transplant surgeons.”

Since his appointment, this philosophy has been translated into measurable momentum across the …

Medical Missions, Ethical Considerations And The Future For Healthcare Delivery In Ophthalmology, Robert Medina, Ba

inSIGHT

Beginning hundreds of years ago, priests from Europe embarked on ‘medical missions’ with the goals of delivering care to the body, mind, and soul. Hundreds of years later, members of the United States healthcare system set out on humanitarian medical missions to provide medical assistance to communities in developing countries.¹ The concept of providing care internationally as a product of global social responsibility has become engrained in the United States healthcare system, and is popular among providers, trainees, and pre-medical students. In 2023, 21.8% (n = 3264) of matriculating medical students reported participating in international volunteer work, while 7.0% …

Insight, Volume 4, Issue 1, 2024

inSIGHT

Contents

8 - The Myopia Epidemic: Exploring the Pathology and Management of the World’s Most Common Eye Disorder
By Gabriella Baldassare

15 - Evolution of Lamellar Keratoplasty
By Ishan Kasat

19 - Bridging the Global Gap of Blindness Through Artificial Intelligence
By Nathan Delacth

24 - CMV Retinitis: An Expert’s Perspective
By Caitlyn Kwun

29 - Macular Holes: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Complications
By Ayra Khan

36 - Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia
By Bahram Pashaee

39 - Medical Missions, Ethical Considerations, and the Future for Healthcare Delivery in Ophthalmology
By Robert Medina

43 - Shaping the Future of Vision: The Rise …

Bassini Inguinal Hernia Repair: Obsolete Or Still A Viable Surgical Option? A Single Center Cohort Study, Wayne Tse, William Johns, James Maher, Jeannie Rivers, Thomas Miller

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty Papers

Background: Most inguinal hernias are presently repaired using some type of mesh technique. This mesh can be placed through an inguinal incision or positioned through a laparoscopic approach. Either way, results have been impressive including a low recurrence rate, minimal pain and a rapid return to work and normal activity compared to tissue based approaches. Notwithstanding these results, there is still a subset of patients who, for various reasons, are strongly opposed to having a mesh repair. This study summarizes our 13 year experience with such patients and why the Bassini hernia repair is a viable surgical option in these …

The Evaluation Of Medical Student International Mission Trips: A Rapid Review, Andrew Kamel

Master of Public Health Capstone Presentations

Previous reviews of the literature on medical mission trips have noted that there is a dearth of rigorous data collection and evaluation of the efficacy of medical missions to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Medical students are increasingly participating in these trips as global health curriculums become more popular and prevalent, and the literature about these international experiences has not been well-described. This rapid review aims to characterize the evaluation of medical mission trips for medical students to LMICs. This article is a rapid review of the literature using PRIMSA guidelines to search PubMed for studies about the evaluation of …

Nurses Alumni Association Bulletin, Fall 2012, Susan Albrecht Curcio, Sarah Hindson Wagner, Jane Ryan Dietrich, Aileen Ishuin Macmillan

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

2012 – 2013 Meeting Date Calendar

2013 Annual Luncheon & Meeting Notice

Officers, Committee Chairs, Satellite and Volunteers

Bulletin Publication Committee

President’s Message

Treasurer’s Report

Resume of Minutes

Office News

Committee Report

• Social
• Relief Trust Fund
• Satellite - Harrisburg Satellite Area
• Scholarship
• Nominating
• Bulletin
• By Laws

Annual Giving

Janet C. Hindson Award

• Award Criteria
• Award Recipient and Nominees

News About Our Graduates

Memories

Era Ending (Part Three)

Happy Birthday – To Be 80 or More

50th Anniversary Class Lists for 1962

Luncheon Attendees

Luncheon Photos

Luncheon Comments

1963 – Anniversary Class List for 2013 Annual Luncheon

In Memoriam, Names of …

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 55, Number 3, Fall 2006

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 55, Number 3, Fall 2006

Dean’s Column: The Ties that Bind; Page 2

Findings: Gene Mutation Potentially Involved in Breast Cancer Initiation, New Potential Drug Targets for Metastatic Breast Cancer, “Miracle” Cancer Drug Can Be Toxic; Page 4

On Campus; Page 6

Global Initiative: Jefferson Abroad, Page 10

Into Africa: An International Health Elective; Page 16

JUREI: World Class, Right At Home; Page 17

You’re In The Military, Then…And Now; Page 18

Alumni Weekend; Page 22

Class Notes; Page 24

In Memoriam; Page 31

Giving; Page 32

By The Numbers: Jefferson in the World; Page …

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 52, Number 3, June 2003

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 52, Number 3, June 2003 Dean's Column by Dean Thomas J. Nasca ’75, page 4 Update on Transplant Surgery, page 5 The New Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience and Farber Institute for Neurosciences, page 6 Researchers Show That Human Neural Stem Cells Can Become Dopamine-Making Brain Cells in the Lab, page 8 Evidence of Greater Sensitivity to Addictive Drugs in Adolescence, page 8 New Hope for Patients with Late Stage Parkinson's, page 10 Above and Beyond the Call: Three Alumni Heroes, page 11 The Mother in The Gross Clinic: A Medical Explanation of Her Hand, page …

2003 Commencement For College Of Health Professions

Jefferson College of Nursing Commencements

No abstract provided.

2003 Commencement For College Of Health Professions

Jefferson College of Health Professions and Jefferson College of Pharmacy

No abstract provided.

The Review - Spring 2002

Jefferson Review

IN THIS ISSUE

• 1 - Message From The Dean
• 2 - Best Wishes to Dr. Kraemer
• 3 - Patriotism Runs High With Alumni
• 3 - It’s What We Do
• 4 - A Fond Farewell to Dean Larry Abrams
• 6 - Reflecting Upon the Past...Defining the Future
• 8 - Alumni Update
• 10 - The Place to Be...Jefferson CHP!
• 13 - Time To Go Site-Seeing!

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 50, Number 2, March 2001

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume 50, Number 2, March 2001 Tom Nasca’75 in appointed Dean, page 4 Hospital for neuroscience is created in wills building, page 5 Key molecular pathway in apoptosis, page 8 Swallowing a gene to treat or prevent Cancer? Page 9 “He served Jefferson during difficult times”, page 10 Gardner, Keeley, Slogoff are nominees for trustee, page 21

Global Connections In A Changing World: Romanian And U.S. Nurses Unite, Mary G. Schaal, Molly A. Rose, Ann Doherty, Adriana Vilan

College of Nursing Faculty Papers & Presentations

This article describes an international, interdisciplinary, university partnership project to collaborate with health professionals in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania, to improve the health status of Romanian workers. Academic and service-based public health nurses from the United States used the model of community competence in outlining the nursing aspect of the project. This model guided the assessment, objectives, collaborative activities, and the outcome evaluation of the project. The dimensions of the model (e.g., commitment, self-other awareness, articulateness, conflict accommodation, management of relations with larger society, and leadership) were used within the context of the political and social environment of …

The Review - Summer/Fall 1999

Jefferson Review

IN THIS ISSUE :

• Why I Hate Alumni Magazines - 2
• CHP: 30 Years and Counting - 3
• Diagnostic Imaging Set to Enter Next Millenium with a Clear Image of Its Future - 6
• Alumni Reunion Highlights - 8
• Alumni Notes - 9
• Alumni Update - 1 0
• College Notes - 1 2
• 21 st - Century Resumes: New Formats for Going after the Job Market - 1 3

Nurses Alumni Association Bulletin, Fall 1999, Betty Piersol, Elizabeth K. Prisnock, Marian E. Smith, Margaret Summers

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

1999-2000 Meeting Dates Calendar

2000 Annual Luncheon-Meeting Notice

Fall Social

Officers and Committee Chairs

Bulletin Publication Committee

The President's Message

Treasurer's Report

News About Our Graduates

History of The Nurses Relief Fund

Nurses Wear White

Memories of My Nurse Training Days

Scholarship Funds At Work

Second Janet C. Hindson Award

Rib Ticklers

Happy Birthday

Fiftieth Anniversary

Resume Alumni Association Meetings

Alumni Office News

Committee Reports

• Bulletin
• Nominating
• Relief Fund
• Scholarship
• Social
• Development

Luncheon Photos

In Memoriam, Names of Deceased Graduates

Class News

Janet C. Hindson Memorial Award (How to Submit Names)

Scholarship Fund Application

Certification Reimbursement Application

Relief Fund Application …

Nurses Alumni Association Bulletin, Fall 1998, Betty Piersol, Elizabeth K. Prisnock, Marian E. Smith, Margaret Summers

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

1998-1999 Meeting Date Calendar

1999 Annual Luncheon & Meeting Notice

Fall Social

Officers and Committee Chairs

Bulletin Publication Committee

The President's Message

Treasurer's Report

News About Our Graduates

Highlight Of 1998

Operation Smile

Scholarship Funds At Work

Romania Trip

Double Honors

Doris Bowman

Memorial Service For Janet Hindson "A time for everything"

On the Lighter Side

Twenty Ways to Kill an Organization

Happy Birthday

Fiftieth Anniversary

Resume Alumni Association Meetings

Alumni Office News

Committee Reports

• Bulletin
• By-Laws
• Relief Fund
• Social
• Scholarship
• Development
• Nominating

Luncheon Photos

In Memoriam, Names of Deceased Graduates

Class News

Certification Reimbursement Application

Relief Fund Application

Scholarship …

Nurses Alumni Association Bulletin, Fall 1997, Betty Piersol, Elizabeth K. Prisnock, Marian E. Smith, Margaret Summers, Sue Henrie-Strup, Maureen Mcvail

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

1997-1998 Meeting Dates Calendar

1998 Annual Luncheon-Meeting Notice

Officers and Committee Chairs

Bulletin Publication Committee

1997-1998 Meeting Dates Calendar

The President's Message

Treasurer's Report

Trivia and News About Our Graduates

Highlights of 1997

Keeping Kids Healthy After Hours

Scholarship Funds At Work

Tribute to Tanya

Medical Mission Outreach 1996

History Of The Jefferson Pin

Facts Not Fiction

Rib Ticklers

Mama Will Protect Me

Happy Birthday

Fiftieth Anniversary

Resume of Minutes of Alumni Association Meetings

Alumni Office News

Committee Reports

• Bulletin
• By-Laws
• Development
• Diploma School of Nursing Alumni Association-Mabel C. Prevost Scholarship Fund
• Nominating
• Relief Fund
• Satellite
• Social
• Scholarship

Luncheon Photos …

Part V: The School Of Nursing 1941-1960 (Pages 1053-1090)

Thomas Jefferson University - A chronological history and alumni directory, 1824 - 1990, edited by Frederick B. Wagner, Jr., MD, and J. Woodrow Savacool, MD, 1992.

No abstract provided.

Nurses Alumni Association Bulletin, Fall 1988, Alice C. Boehret, Thelma Showers Morris, Vivian I. Moyer, Frances Baker-Anderson-Crossan, Judith A. Robins, Nancy Powell, Betty Piersol, Mabel C. Prevost, Carole Rosle, Nancy Scott, Doris E. Bowman, Margaret Summers, Katherin Flickinger Aagaard

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

Alumni Meeting Calendar

Officers and Committee Chairmen

The President's Message

The Jefferson Hospital School Of Nursing Roll Of Honor

Treasurer's Report

Glimpses From An Earlier Time

Accentuate The Positive

"I Have Noticed"

Reaching A Cherished Goal

Special Achievement Award

Archives And The Nursing Experience

Happy Birthday

Fiftieth Anniversary

CAHS Alumni Directory.

Resume Of Minutes Of Alumni Association Meetings

Alumni Office News

Committee Reports

Relief Fund

Satellite

Scholarship

Social

Bulletin

Finance

Do Something

Volunteers Needed

Bequests

Have We Changed?

The Original Coal Miners Daughter Remembers

Congratulations From The Alumni Association

Luncheon Photos

The Butterfly And The Caterpillar

Forty Three Attend Fortieth …

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume Xxxii, Number 2, Winter 1983

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume XXXII, Number 2, Winter 1983 Jefferson Scene, Page 2 Endowments, Page 10 Third world involvement, Page 13 Class notes, Page 25

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume Xxi, Number 1 Fall 1971

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume XXI, Number 1 Fall 1971

The heliport, page 2

Hope for Newborns: the intensive care nursery, page 4

Doctors to the desert Arabs, page 8

Doctors to Ghana, page 11

The educated Man, page 15

Profile, page 18

Jefferson scene, page 20

Faculty notes, page 23

Class notes, page 27

Nurses' Alumnae Association Bulletin, June 1967, Margaret M. Cossman, Mabel C. Prevost, A Marcella Brown, Elizabeth J. Sweeney, Doris E. Bowman, Sister M. De Montford, Rosemary Kershhaumer, Ledjie Baird, Joann Bobbin, Perma E. Davis, Betty Piersol, Margaret Summers, Janet Hindson, Henrietta Spruance

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

President's Message

Officers and Committee Chairman

Financial Report

Report to Alumnae Association

Nursing Service Report

Operating Room Report

School of Practical Nursing Report

School of Nursing Report

President Herbert's Address (abstracted)

Report from Africa

Student Activities

Nursing Service Staff Association

Resume of Alumnae Meetings

Way and Means Report

Social Committee

Building Fund Report

Class News

Notices

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume Xiv, Number 5 December 1964

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

Jefferson Alumni Bulletin – Volume XIV, Number 5 December 1964

The United States’ role in international medicine, Page 2

Like no other war, Page 6

Impressions of the Soviet Union, Page 8

The road to world peace, Page 13

Behind the Iron Curtain, Page 14

Witch doctor in Africa, Page 17

The role of the medical profession in world peace, Page 21

New campus soon to be realized, Page 22

Dr. Holly appointed head of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Page 23

Promotions, new appointments, and resignations, Page 24

Dr. Tocantins’ portrait presented to college, Page 25

Annual Giving Fund report, Page …

Nurses' Alumnae Association Bulletin, April 1962, Perma E. Davis, Janet Hindson, Betty Piersol, Margaret Summers, Anna Kuba, Catherine T. Betz, Catherine G. Paine, Julia Tyler Gaskill, Christina Rodgers, Catherine C. Prendergast, Mabel C. Prevost, Phyllis S. Sutthill

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

Staff Nurses Association

Alumnae Meetings 1961

Social Committee

Clara Melville Scholarship Fund

Ways and Means Report

Cook Book Report

Bulletin Committee

Private Duty Nurse's Section

Hospital Report and Nursing Service

Federal Nursing Service

Practice of Nursing

Report of Student Council Activities

Medical Work in Ghana

Nurses' Alumnae Association Bulletin, April 1959, Vivian I. Moyer, Lenore Brady Strigari, Dolores Heckenberger, Patricia Zarella, Elinore Satterfield, Elsie Svir, Janet Hindson, Betty Piersol, Margaret Summers, Emma Smeck, Mabel C. Prevost, Evelyn Wilson Frazier, Julia Tyler Gaskill, Agatha Rapp, Dorothy J. Edgar, Robert L. Connors

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

Alumnae News

Anniversary Class of /34

Article from Pennsylvania Nurse

Committee Reports

Current Events at Jefferson

Greetings from the President

Jefferson Story

Lost Members

Letter - Past President

Marriages

Necrology

New Arrivals

Notices

Pictured - Student Nurses' Residence

Report of the School of Nursing and Nursing Services

Staff Nurses Social Functions

Student Activities

Voluntary Service

Year of Great Activity and Expansion

Nurses' Alumnae Association Bulletin - Volume 18 Number 1, Anna Kuba, Henrietta Fitzgerald Spruance, Clara Hardy, Marie Cannon, Elizabeth Piersol, Marion J. Ramp, Katherine Childs, Margaret Summers, Paul Rake, Anthony F. Depalma, Victor F. Greco, William P. Hill, Helen Rutledge

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

Alumnae Notes

Central Dressing Room

Committee Reports

Digest of Alumnae Association Meetings

Graduation Awards - 1952

Greetings from Miss Childs

Greetings from the President

Marriages

Modern Trends in Orthopaedic Surgery

Necrology

New Arrivals

Physical Advances at Jefferson Hospital - 1953

Staff Activities - 1952-1953

Student Activities

The Artificial Heart Lung Machine