ASCRS U Live Ask the Experts Q&A Open Forum: Spectacular Case Discussion

Monday, May 11, 2026

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM ET

Host(s)

Alessandro Fichera, MD, FACS, FASCRS (he/him/his)

Professor of Surgery Chief, Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Weill Cornell Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, NY, United States

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Alexander T. Hawkins, MD, MPH

Associate Professor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN, United States

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Kinga S. Olortegui, MD, MS, FACS

Assistant Professor
UChicago Medicine
Chicago, IL, United States

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