Date: Thursday, October 23, 2025
Time: 8:00pm Eastern/7:00pm Central/5:00pm Pacific
This event is part of the 2025 Video Mentorship Series. Register for the Series to participate in this event!
To participate in the live event, you must register for the series by 7:00pm Central on October 22, 2025. After this date and time, you will be able to access the recording in ASCRS U.
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Host:
Ragavan (Raga) Siddharthan, MD
Dr. Ragavan (Raga) Siddharthan is a board-certified colon and rectal surgeon who is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Department of General Surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Siddharthan received his undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University and then went on to medical school at Emory School of Medicine. Dr. Siddharthan completed his surgical residency at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon. During his residency, Dr. Siddharthan did a dedicated year of research focusing on early onset colorectal cancer. Dr. Siddharthan completed his fellowship in colon and rectal surgery at Lahey Clinic.
Moderators:
Thomas Peponis, MD
Dr. Peponis received his MD from the University of Athens in Greece. He completed his residency in general surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Subsequently he completed his residency in colon and rectal surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He is currently a colorectal surgeon at UMass Memorial Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Massachusetts, Chan Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Melinda Stack, MD
Dr. Melinda Stack received her B.S. from the University of Notre Dame and MD from the University of Chicago, where she also completed a residency in general surgery. She then completed a fellowship in colon and rectal surgery at Brown University. She is currently a partner with Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates in Minneapolis-St. Paul and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery at the University of Minnesota.
This event is part of the 2025 Video Mentorship Series.
Register for the Series to participate in this event!