Surgical Basic Principles --
History of Surgery / Ira M. Rutkow --
Ethics in Surgery / Ronald A. Carson --
Molecular and Cell Biology / Tien C. Ko and B. Mark Evers --
Mediators of the Inflammatory Response / Louis H. Alarcon and Mitchell P. Fink --
Shock, Electrolytes, and Fluid / Richard J. Mullins --
Hematologic Principles in Surgery / Edmund J. Rutherford, Mark E. Brecher, and George F. Sheldon --
Metabolism in Surgical Patients / Nicholas E. Tawa Jr. and Josef E. Fischer --
Wound Healing / Richard T. Ethridge, Mimi Leong, and Linda G. Phillips --
Regenerative Medicine / Derrick C. Wan, Matthew D. Kwan, and Michael T. Longaker --
Critical Assessment of surgical Outcomes / Samuel R.G. Finlayson and John D. Birkmeyer --
Surgical Patient Safety / R. Scott Jones, Lawrence W. Way, Richard I. Cook, and Christopher Nemeth --
Section 2 Perioperative Management --
Principles of Preoperative and Operative Surgery / Leigh Neumayer and Daniel Vargo --
Ultrasound for Surgeons / Christopher J. Dente and Grace S. Rozycki --
Surgical Infections and Choice of Antibiotics / Daniel A. Anaya and E. Patchen Dellinger --
Surgical Complications / Mahmoud N. Kulaylat and Merril T. Dayton --
Surgery in the Elderly / David H. Berger, Alan Dardik, and Ronnie A. Rosenthal --
Morbid Obesity / William O. Richards and Bruce D. Schirmer --
Anesthesiology Principles, Pain Management and Conscious Sedation / Edward R. Sherwood, Courtney G. Williams, and Donald S. Prough --
Emerging Technology in Surgery: Informatics, Electronics, Robotics / Guillermo Gomez --
Section 3 Trauma and Critical Care --
Management of Acute Trauma / David B. Hoyt, Raul Coimbra, and Jose Acosta --
Emergency Care of Musculoskeletal Injuries / Bruce D. Browner and Joseph P. DeAngelis --
Burns / James J. Gallagher, Steven E. Wolf, and David N. Herndon --
Bites and Stings / Robert L. Norris, Paul S. Auerbach, and Elaine E. Nelson --
Surgical Critical Care / Charles A. Adams Jr., Walter L. Biffl, and William G. Cioffi --
Bedside Surgical Procedures / Addison K. May and Jose J. Diaz --
The Surgeon's Role in Unconventional Civilian Disasters / Eric R. Frykberg --
Section 4 Transplantation and Immunology --
Transplantation, Immunobiology, and Immunosuppression / Darla K. Granger and Suzanne T. Ildstad --
Transplantation of Abdominal Organs / Clyde F. Barker, Heidi Yeh, James F. Markmann, Ali Naji, and Abraham Shaked --
Section 5 Surgical Oncology --
Tumor Biology and Tumor Markers / Marcus C.B. Tan, Peter S. Goedegebuure, and Timothy J. Eberlein --
Melanoma and Cutaneous Malignancies / Marshall M. Urist and Seng-jaw Soong --
Soft Tissue Sarcomas / Samuel Singer --
Bone Tumors / Ginger E. Holt and Herbert S. Schwartz --
Section 6 Head and Neck --
Head and Neck / Robert R. Lorenz, James L. Netterville, and Brian B. Burkey.
Diseases of the Breast / J. Dirk Iglehart and Barbara L. Smith --
Breast Reconstruction / Bradon J. Wilhelmi and Linda G. Phillips --
Thyroid / John B. Hanks and Leslie J. Salomone --
The Parathyroid Glands / Robert Udelsman and Julie Ann Sosa --
Endocrine Pancreas / James C. Thompson and Courtney M. Townsend Jr. --
The Adrenal Glands / Quan-Yang Duh and Michael W. Yeh --
The Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes / Terry C. Lairmore and Jeffrey F. Moley --
Esophagus / Mary Maish --
Hiatal Hernia and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease / Brant K. Oelschlager, Thomas R. Eubanks, and Carlos A. Pellegrini Section 10 Abdomen --
Abdominal Wall, Umbilicus, Peritoneum, Mesenteries, Omentum and Retroperitoneum / Richard H. Turnage, Kathryn A. Richardson, Benjamin D. Li, and John C. McDonald --
Hernias / Mark A. Malangoni and Michael J. Rosen --
Acute Abdomen / Russell G. Postier and Ronald Squires --
Acute Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Ali Tavakkolizadeh, Joel E. Goldberg, and Stanley W. Ashley --
Stomach / David W. Mercer --
Small Intestine / B. Mark Evers --
The Appendix / Kimberly S. Kirkwood and John Maa --
Colon and Rectum / Robert D. Fry, Najjia Mahmoud, David J. Maron, Howard M. Ross, and John Rombeau --
Anus / Heidi Nelson and Robert R. Cima --
The Liver / Michael D'Angelica and Yuman Fong --
Surgical Complications of Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension / Layton F. Rikkers --
Biliary System / Ravi S. Chari and Shimul A. Shah --
Exocrine Pancreas / Michael L. Steer --
The Spleen / R. Daniel Beauchamp, Michael D. Holzman, Timothy C. Fabian, and Jordan A. Weinberg --
Chest Wall and Pleura / David J. Sugarbaker and Jeanne M. Lukanich --
The Mediastinum / Thomas K. Varghese Jr. and Christine L. Lau --
Lung (Including Pulmonary Embolism and Thoracic Outlet Syndrome) / W. Roy Smythe, Scott I. Reznik, and Joe B. Putnam Jr. --
Congenital Heart Disease / Charles D. Fraser Jr.and Kathleen Carberry --
Acquired Heart Disease: Coronary Insufficiency / Victor A. Ferraris and Robert M. Mentzer Jr. --
Acquired Heart Disease: Valvular / David A. Fullerton and Alden H. Harken --
Thoracic Vasculature With Emphasis on the Thoracic Aorta / Hazim J. Safi, Anthony L. Estrera, Charles C. Miller III, Ali Azizzadeh, and Eyal E. Porat" --
Cerebrovascular Disease / Thomas Stuart Riles and Caron B. Rockman --
Aneurysmal Vascular Disease / Peter Gloviczki and Joseph J. Ricotta II --
Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease / Michael Belkin, Anthony D. Whittemore, Magruder C. Donaldson, Michael S. Conte, Christopher D. Owens, and Edwin Gravereaux --
Vascular Trauma / Asher Hirshberg and Kenneth L. Mattox --
Venous Disease / Julie A. Freischlag and Jennifer A. Heller --
The Lymphatics / Iraklis I. Pipinos and B. Timothy Baxter --
Access and Ports / Frank M. Parker, Michael C. Stoner, and Carl E. Haisch --
Section 13 Specialties in General Surgery --
Pediatric Surgery / Brad W. Warner --
Neurosurgery / Joel T. Patterson, Fadi Hanbali, Robbi L. Franklin, and Haring J.W. Nauta --
Plastic Surgery / John L. Burns and Steven J. Blackwell --
Hand Surgery / David Netscher and Nicholas Fiore --
Gynecologic Surgery / Stephen S. Entman, Cornelia R. Graves, Barry K. Jarnagin, and Gautam G. Rao --
Surgery in the Pregnant Patient / E. Christopher Ellison --
Urologic Surgery / Aria F. Olumi and Jerome P. Richie.