APR-A-3
NEW TOPICS ADDED FOR PRESENTATION IN GRAND ROUNDS
1. SURGICAL SEPSIS: PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT
2. THE RE-EMERGING ROLE OF GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA IN SERIOUS SURGICAL INFECTIONS: MANAGEMENT OF RESISTANT MICROBES
3. SURGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY: TESTS OF CLINICAL JUDGMENT
1.AN INCA CHASQUI CLIMBS THE PERUVIAN “INCA TRAIL” TO MACHU PICCU
2. ALONG THE JOHN MUIR TRAIL OF THE EASTERN SIERRAS
3. CLIMBING THE GLACIERS OF “TACOMA” (MOUNT RAINIER)
4. RUSSIA TODAY: FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER: WEST—MOSCOW, THE KREMLIN AND RED SQUARE; EAST—SIBERIAN KAMCHATKA; NORTH—SAINT PETERSBURG AND THE BALTIC; SOUTH—KAZAKHSTAN AND THE HIGH ALTAI
5. LADAKH: THE KINGDOM IN THE CLOUDS—ALONG THE HIGHEST OF THE HIMALAYA’S LAKES, TSO MORARI
6. HIMALAYAN HIGH: A TRILOGY OF TREKS AND MEDICAL MISSIONS ALONG THE ROOF OF THE WORLD
7. SHERPA TREK: FROM LUKLA TO EVEREST ALONG THE HIMALAYAN MASSIF
8. POLYANDRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT IN THE KINNAUR VALLEY OF HIMACHAL
9. THE VIEW FROM THE TOP: THE NORTHERNMOST MOUNTAINS IN THE WORLD—THE ARCTIC BROOKS RANGE OF ALASKA’S NORTH SLOPE
10. POLAR OPPOSITES: THE VIEW FROM INSIDE TWO CIRCLES AT THE ENDS OF THE EARTH: THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA AND THE ARCTIC TUNDRA
11. “MISSION TO MINDANAO”: THE TBOLI AND TASADAY OF THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES
12. AFRICAN ODYSSEYS: WEST, EAST, NORTH AND SOUTH
13. EQUATORIAL SUMMIT GLACIERS: THE CLIMB OF MOUNT KILIMANJARO THROUGH FOUR DIFFERENT ECOLOGIC ZONES TO AN EQATORIAL ARCTIC
14. NORTHERN LIGHTS AND NIGHTS
15. LOST AND FOUND IN THE HIGH ALTAI: A REMOTE CENTRAL ASIAN ODYSSEY
16. “NORTH TO ALASKA!” A CHEECHAKO’S EXCURSION INTO THE GREAT LAND IN FOUR PARTS
17. RUNNING: FROM EQUATOR TO THE POLES
18. RUNNING THE RAND
19. ISLANDS OF DARWINIAN DIFFERENTIATION: THE TEPUYS OF VENEZUELAN AMAZONAS—THE GALAPAGOS OF THE RAINFOREST
20. TROPICAL BIODIVERSITY IN OLD AND NEW WORLDS
21. GALAPAGOS: THE ENCHANTED ISLANDS
22. OUT OF ASSA: HEART OF THE CONGO
23. MISSION TO MOZAMBIQUE
24. THE YEAR OF FULBRIGHTNESS
25. BIODIVERSITY AND RELATIONSHIPS: FROM EQUATORIAL RAINFORESTS TO TUNDRA TO CORAL REEFS
26. WORLD WEATHER: THE SEAS, THE TROPICS, THE MOUNTAINS AND THE GLACIAL RETREAT
27. TECTONICS AND THE NEW GEOGRAPHY
28. ILLNESS AND INJURIES OF ADVENTURE TRAVELERS
29. GEOGRAPHIC MEDICINE
30. SURGERY AND HEALING IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
31. WHO’S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD BEAR?
32. ELEPHANTS AND EAGLES
33. PINNACLE PREDATORS
34. SOLID WATER: LIQUID ROCK: THE STUFF OF A COLD CONTINENT
35. TALES TOLD IN TAXIDERMY
36. THE BVI: ISLANDS IN THE PLEASANT DRAKE STRAIT IN CONTRAST TO THE STORMY DRAKE PASSAGE
37. CIRCUMNAVIGATIONS: EAST TO WEST, WEST TO EAST, AND “OVER THE TOP AND AROUND THE BOTTOM”
38. ICE AND ASH: VOLCANIC CALDERA AND OROGENY
39. SCRATCH AND SNIFF: ROOKERIES AND COLONIES
40. FAUNA IN ABSENCE OF FLORA
41. A HOMING INSTINCT AND A WANDERING STAR: SECRETS OF NAVIGATION
42. “AS GOOD AS IT GETS”—“AS LONG AS IT DON’T GET NO WORSE!”
43. BIG FISH AND BOTTOM FEEDERS: LIFE ALONG THE FOOD CHAIN
44. ENTROPY INDUSTRIES: PICKING OVER THE LEAVINGS OF PREVIOUS CIVILIZATIONS
45. LOST AND FOUND: NORTHERN QUEBEC TERRITORIES TUNDRA, EQUATORIAL CONGOLESE JUNGLE, COLORADO ROCKIES FOURTEENER BLIZZARD, HIMALAYAN PINNACLE OVER SPITI VALLEY, AND THE PRISTINE WILDERNESS OF THE HIGH ALTAI
46. IN THE JUNGLE, THE QUIET JUNGLE, THE LEOPARD WAITS TONIGHT
47. CAVORTING AMONG CARNIVORES: PLAYING WHERE THEY MUST HUNT FOR A LIVING
48. GPS AND FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE: TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN GET YOU INTO FAR MORE TROUBLE THAN WHAT THEY CAN GET YOU OUT
49. TEN TWO-LETTER WORDS THAT COULD STRING TOGETHER FORCES AS POWERFUL A TOOL AS THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE OFFERS: “IF IT IS TO BE, IT IS UP TO ME”
50. MY THREE NOBEL PEACE PRIZES WITHIN TEN SHORT YEARS: IPPNW, LAND MINES, AND MSF
51. THE GHURKA PRESENTS HIS KHUKRI
52. THE WINDS OF NOVEMBER TURN EARLY
53. IT IS THE SIDES OF THE MOUNTAIN AND NOT ITS TOP WHICH HOLDS THE WHOLE TOGETHER—LIKE LIFE ITSELF
54. MICRONESIA: ISLANDS IN THE SUN
55. A MONOCULAR VIEW OF MICRO-LIVES IN MINI-WORLDS: PROBLEMS AND POTENTIALS OF TV
56. PALMETTOS UNDER LIVE OAK AND SPANISH MOSS: CUMBERLAND ISLAND CHRONICLES
57. AN ISOLATED GREAT LAKE ISLE: ISLE ROYALE, WORLD HERITAGE ZONE
58. BARRIER ISLAND ECO-ZONES:
59. AFRICA ON MY MIND
60. BABOQUIVARI: AMERICA’S HO CHI MINH TRAIL OVER THE PLAIN OF JARS
61. PLAGUES AND PESTILENCES IN HUMAN HISTORY
62. PANETICS: THE SCIENCE OF SUFFERING AND ITS MITIGATION
63. THE DEVIL’S CLAW: AN IDEALLY DESIGNED DEVICE TO INVEIGLE US TO FULFILL ITS DESTINY
64. AMERICAN MIGRATIONS: FROM THE BERING STRAIT TO THE MEXICAN BORDER
65. SACRED MOUNTAINS
66. FAMILY ARCHAEOLOGY: FROM A BOX BURIED IN A WALL AT WHITING STREET
67. “TARAHUMARA:” THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE RIGHT—THE ENDURANCE RUNNERS OF COPPER CANYON
68. “HIMALAYA”: THE ABODE OF THE GODS
69. “EXTREME TRAVEL”: A TRIP THAT TAKES US
70. LEONARDO DAVINCI’S HORSE
71. CAN YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING?
72. SOME DAYS YOU GETS THE BEAR, AND SOME DAYS THE BEAR GETS YOU
73. “IT’S ALL IN THE BLOOD”: CLUES TO HUMAN ADAPTATION
74. THE GANDY DANCER: CHANGES IN COURSE AT FULL SPEED AHEAD
75. DEATH BY DROWNING IN A DESERT
76. “THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT EVEREST IS MARINE LIMESTONE”
77. “IT IS EASIER TO MAKE A CLIMBER INTO A DOCTOR, THAN TO MAKE A DOCTOR INTO A CLIMBER”
78. BOMB PIT #3 ON TINIAN AND THE CARGO AND FATE OF THE USS INDIANAPOLIS
79. MOUNTAIN METAPHORS
80. IMPEDIMENTA: BAGGAGE HANDLERS ALONG LIFE’S TREK ROUTES
81. THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF INSULATION: HAIR, FAT, CLOTHES, BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE IN HEAT AND COLD
82. SEVEN LEAGUE BOOTS: FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE JET ENGINE, IN ITS TECHNOLOGIC SIMPLICITY MELTING BORDERS
83. THREE LITTLE THINGS: ON WHICH HUMAN HOPES AND FATES DEPEND
84. “FUN REALLY PASSES QUICKLY WHEN YOU ARE DOING TIME”
85. IN MOUNTAINEERING AND MARATHONS, IF YOU ARE COMFORTABLE AT THE START, YOU ARE OVERDRESSED
86. INCA TRILOGIES ALONG THE INCA TRAIL
87. FIT…FOR WHAT?
88. “SWEET ARE THE USES OF ADVERSITY” (William Shakespeare)
89. “GOD SEND US EVIL THAT MAY WORK US GOOD” (Benvenuto Cellini)
90. BACKPACKERS’ RULES: ANYTHING REMOVED FROM A PACK OR STUFF SACK CAN NEVER GO BACK IN FROM WHERE IT CAME FROM: THIS IS THE PRINCIPLE OF “UNHAVING A BABY”
91. HACKING IT: WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU ARE AT THE END OF ALL YOUR LIMITS AND CAN GO NO FURTHER? What had you done before when at this point? You recognized this familiar feeling of bumping up against limits, and you simply KEEP ON KEEPING ON and set new limits to be overcome the next time!
92. CORAL REEF ECOLOGY
93. WHAT ARE YOU LEARNIN’ FOR?
94. “THERE IS TOO MUCH KIT IN ADVENTURE TRAVEL”
95. ENDURANCE: FROM ULTRA-MARATHONS TO THE SHACKLETON STORY—ADAPTABLE SURVIVAL THROUGH WILL APPLIED AGAINST OVERWHELMING ODDS
96. “THE FIRST PERSON TO HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH (BLANK’S) SYNDROME:” THE ORIGINS OF PRIMACY
97. RUENZORI” THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON
98. THE ASSA RIVER: THE RIVER OF MYSTERY
99. THE ORIGINS OF THE NILE
100. WATCHING WHALES, AND BIRDS, AND BIG GAME: UNROMANTICIZED LIFE, IN THE PRESENT TENSE, WITHOUT APOLOGY, EXCUSE OR EXPLANATION—IT SIMPLY IS, AT LEAST FOR THE MOMENT, AND SEEKS TO ADAPT TO ATTEMPT SURVIVAL INTO THE NEXT MOMENTS