Northwest Colorectal Foundation
The Northwest Colorectal Foundation was formed in 1999, as an adjunct to support the educational efforts of the Northwest Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. The NWCRC was itself formed in 1956, originally drawing its members from Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, and has sponsored an annual scientific meeting since that time and recently celebrated its 50th annual meeting in 2009. In recent years, the membership has expanded to include members from all of the Western states, and because of the high quality of its meetings, often attracts many surgeons from the East, Midwest and South as well.
The mission of the Northwest Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons is to provide education and discussion of contemporary methods of diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the anus, colon and rectum, and to encourage scientific study of such issues. Beneficiaries of this interchange include not only colorectal surgeons and surgical residents, as well as surgeons from other specialties, but also primary care physicians and patients.
In the late 1990’s, a man with a serious illness was referred to one of our members, and felt that he received such superior care from this particular colon and rectal surgeon that he offered financial support for the Society’s educational programs which emphasized compassionate care and medical ethics. This led to the establishment of the Northwest Colon and Rectal Foundation, through which the donations of this man and many others have been used to support and emphasize the importance of empathy and concern for the emotional well-being of patients, in additional to the scientific and technical aspects of managing their disease states. Another important goal supported by the Foundation is the encouragement and education of students and surgical residents interested in the practice of colon and rectal surgery, by means of travel grants and awards for academic excellence in the study and presentation of patient problems.
Donations to support this educational mission are tax-deductible, and may be made in any amount by check or credit card. For donations, please send donations to the address below:
Northwest Colorectal Foundation
PO Box 2459
Lynnwood, WA 98036
Tel: 206-794-9124
Fax: 206-319-4601
Email: [email protected]
The mission of the Northwest Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons is to provide education and discussion of contemporary methods of diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the anus, colon and rectum, and to encourage scientific study of such issues. Beneficiaries of this interchange include not only colorectal surgeons and surgical residents, as well as surgeons from other specialties, but also primary care physicians and patients.
In the late 1990’s, a man with a serious illness was referred to one of our members, and felt that he received such superior care from this particular colon and rectal surgeon that he offered financial support for the Society’s educational programs which emphasized compassionate care and medical ethics. This led to the establishment of the Northwest Colon and Rectal Foundation, through which the donations of this man and many others have been used to support and emphasize the importance of empathy and concern for the emotional well-being of patients, in additional to the scientific and technical aspects of managing their disease states. Another important goal supported by the Foundation is the encouragement and education of students and surgical residents interested in the practice of colon and rectal surgery, by means of travel grants and awards for academic excellence in the study and presentation of patient problems.
Donations to support this educational mission are tax-deductible, and may be made in any amount by check or credit card. For donations, please send donations to the address below:
Northwest Colorectal Foundation
PO Box 2459
Lynnwood, WA 98036
Tel: 206-794-9124
Fax: 206-319-4601
Email: [email protected]
Eugene S. Sullivan Lecture
Dr. Eugene Shaw Sullivan, died on September 19, 2004, he was 77 years old. He was well known to the Northwest Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (NWSCRS) and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS) as past presidents of both society and friends to many of us here today.
He was born March 27, 1927 in Madison, Wisconsin. Served in the US Navy as a hospital corpsman in 1945. Graduated AOA from the University of Wisconsin Medical School in 1953. He completed his residency in general surgery at the University of Oregon Medical School (now the Oregon Health and Sciences University, OHSU) in 1958, and completed his colon and rectal surgery residency at the Baylor University Hospital in Dallas, Texas in 1959.
He was a clinical professor at OHSU, and continued to teach until his death. He was an innovator in colon and rectal surgery and achieved prominence in his professional organizations. He served as President of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons 1982-83, President of the Portland Surgical Society 1988-89, President of the Northwest Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons 1985-86. He was a member of the North Pacific Surgical Association, Pacific Coast Surgical Association, International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeons, and medical advisor to the Oregon Ostomy Association since 1973. He lectured, published and received many awards during his 45 years of medical practice, including being listed in Town and Country Magazines as one of the “Top Doctors in America.”
He is remembered as a most humble, kind, generous, and gentle man who treated all people and living things with dignity and respect. He loved his professional work and inspired many residents into the field of colon and rectal surgery. He was a caring physician who often practiced the adage that, “it is far better to treat the man with the disease than the disease in the man.” He was quick with a funny story and sported an infectious, crinkley-eyed smile. Your contribution to this lectureship will not only help honor him, but all those speakers who embodies his virtues.
He was born March 27, 1927 in Madison, Wisconsin. Served in the US Navy as a hospital corpsman in 1945. Graduated AOA from the University of Wisconsin Medical School in 1953. He completed his residency in general surgery at the University of Oregon Medical School (now the Oregon Health and Sciences University, OHSU) in 1958, and completed his colon and rectal surgery residency at the Baylor University Hospital in Dallas, Texas in 1959.
He was a clinical professor at OHSU, and continued to teach until his death. He was an innovator in colon and rectal surgery and achieved prominence in his professional organizations. He served as President of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons 1982-83, President of the Portland Surgical Society 1988-89, President of the Northwest Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons 1985-86. He was a member of the North Pacific Surgical Association, Pacific Coast Surgical Association, International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeons, and medical advisor to the Oregon Ostomy Association since 1973. He lectured, published and received many awards during his 45 years of medical practice, including being listed in Town and Country Magazines as one of the “Top Doctors in America.”
He is remembered as a most humble, kind, generous, and gentle man who treated all people and living things with dignity and respect. He loved his professional work and inspired many residents into the field of colon and rectal surgery. He was a caring physician who often practiced the adage that, “it is far better to treat the man with the disease than the disease in the man.” He was quick with a funny story and sported an infectious, crinkley-eyed smile. Your contribution to this lectureship will not only help honor him, but all those speakers who embodies his virtues.