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Kredel Springs Lecture and Research Symposium

About the Named Lecture

The Kredel-Springs Lectureship honors Frederick E. Kredel, M.D., and Holmes B. Springs, M.D., for their contributions and personal dedication to resident education and continuing medical education. The Lectureship is made possible through an endowment created by donations from the Kredel and Springs families, colleagues and the Department of Surgery.

2026 Kredel-Springs Lectureship

Invited Speaker- John A. Olson, M.D., Ph.D.,
William K. Bixby Professor
Chairman, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine
Surgeon-in-Chief, Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Join us for his lecture, "The More Things Change... Recommendations for the Young Academic Surgeon," on Tuesday, June 9th from 7 - 8 a.m. in the Bioengineering Auditorium.

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John A. Olson Jr., M.D., PhD., is chair of the Department of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where he is the William K. Bixby Endowed Professor, and serves as surgeon-in-chief of Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He specializes in endocrine surgery, focusing on diseases of the parathyroid and thyroid glands, as well as surgical oncology, including breast cancer and melanoma, and is a high-volume parathyroid and thyroid surgeon who has advanced the use of neoadjuvant endocrine therapy to enable many women who would otherwise require mastectomy to preserve their breast with less extensive surgery. His NIH-funded laboratory research investigates the molecular pathogenesis of parathyroid tumors, while his clinical research focuses on novel neoadjuvant therapies for breast cancer and biomarkers of clinical outcomes. Dr. Olson joined WashU Medicine in 2022 after serving 10 years on the faculty at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and 12 years at Duke University School of Medicine. He completed a complex general surgical oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and his general surgery residency at WashU Medicine, during which he also served as a registrar at the Royal Infi rmary of Edinburgh. He earned both his medical degree and doctorate from the University of Florida College of Medicine.

The Kredel-Springs Lectureship honors Frederick E. Kredel, M.D., and Holmes B. Springs, M.D., for their contributions and personal dedication to resident education and continuing medical education. The Lectureship is made possible through an endowment created by donations from the Kredel and Springs families, colleagues and the Department of Surgery.

Dr. Frederick E. Kredel was born in Pittsburgh in 1903. He received his Medical Degree from Johns Hopkins University and went on to the University of Chicago where he served as an intern, assistant resident, chief resident and fellow in surgery from 1929 until 1936. He came to the Medical College of South Carolina in 1937 as one of the first full-time professors. In 1943, Dr. Kredel was appointed Chairman of the Department of Surgery, serving in that capacity until 1960. During his tenure, substantial progress was made by the Department. In addition to developing the first blood bank in Charleston, Dr. Kredel is known as the first career academic surgeon at MUSC, and is held in high regard for his teaching excellence by the many residents he trained.

Dr. Holmes B. Springs was born in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1921. He received his medical degree from the Medical College of South Carolina and attended Protestant Episcopal Hospital in Philadelphia, where he completed his internship. Dr. Springs was a true general surgeon, and his practice included Orthopedic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Urology, Otolaryngology, and Abdominal Surgery. Dr. Springs served as member of the MUSC Board of Trustees and sat the on the admissions committee. Dr. Springs was also a member of the American College of Surgeons. He retired in 1988. In 1999, Dr. and Mrs. Springs gave a generous gift to the Department of Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina to further general surgery residents’ education.

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2024 Amy J. Goldberg, M.D., FACS

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2021 Mary Hawn MD 2020 Karl Bilimoria, M.D., MS Fanning the Burnout Fire: How Our Misconceptions and Good Intentions Could Fail Tomorrow’s Surgeons.

2019 Taylor S. Riall, M.D., Ph.D. Energy Leadership: Choosing Wellbeing, Resilience, and Effective Communication

2018 Bruce Gewertz, M.D. Sustaining Fulfillment in Work and Life

2017 Selwyn M. Vickers, M.D. Strategies and Current Management of a Lethal Tumor: Pancreatic Cancer

2016 Alan Flake, M.D. Surgical Cellular, Genetic, and Physiologic Strategies for Fetal Treatment

2015 Julie A. Freischlag, M.D. Clinical and Personal Comparative Effectiveness

2014 John L. Cameron, M.D William Stewart Halsted; Our Surgical Heritage

2013 L. Scott Levin, M.D. The History of and Evolution of Modern Limb Salvage –The Orthoplastic Approach

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Research Fellow Presentations

  • CT Surgery Research
    Zachary Sollie, M.D., PGY- Research
  • Plasma Proteolytic Profile of Aortic Stiffness in Reversible versus Persistent Hypertension
    Matthew Anderson, M.D., PGY-Research
  • Optimizing Pediatric Trauma Evaluation: From Trauma Team Activation to Imaging Utilization
    Allison Frederick, M.D., PGY-Research
  • Ventilation During 10 C Storage as a Novel Strategy to Improve Donor Lung Preservation in a Murine Model
    Morgan Hill, M.D., PGY-Research