This year's Tague Chisholm, MD Memorial Lecture will be presented by Christopher JD Wallis, MD PhD FRCSC. 

Christopher JD Wallis, MD PhD FRCSC is a urologic oncologist and clinical epidemiologist at the University of Toronto. He obtained his Doctor of Medicine from the University of British Columbia and his Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Epidemiology & Health Care Research from the Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation at the University of Toronto. He completed his clinical residency in Urology at the University of Toronto and his Society of Urologic Oncology accredited fellowship training at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. To date, he has more than 250 publications in peer-reviewed journals including The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), The Lancet, The BMJ, JAMA Oncology, and many others. Beyond these scholarly works, his research has spawned important conversations across society and led to interviews and articles in the Guardian, the New York Times, and numerous other lay media outlets.

Tague Chisholm, MD Memorial Lecture

Dr. Tague C. Chisholm graduated at the age of sixteen from high school and then entered Harvard University where he studied pediatric surgery. He completed his residency in Boston prior to moving to Minnesota in 1947. Once in Minneapolis, Dr. Chisholm partnered with Dr. O.S. Wyatt to become one of the first trained pediatric surgeons in the United States. Together, they started Pediatric Surgical Associates, Ltd., which today is one of the country’s largest pediatric care teams and the second oldest pediatric surgical association.  

It is estimated that during his surgical career, Dr. Chisholm performed over 10,000 pediatric operations and was involved in teaching hundreds of surgical residents and medical students. Following his death in 2013, the family received numerous notes expressing that his greatest attribute was his compassion and caring for others. Every life he touched, whether through his surgical skills or mentoring colleagues and aspiring surgeons, was bettered because they knew him. Dr. Chisholm believed that curing children would advance medicine. 

In honor of Dr. Chisholm’s contributions to pediatric surgery and Children’s Minnesota, the Tague C. Chisholm Endowment was established in his memory to support ongoing education endeavors in the area of pediatric surgery.

This presentation will be held both in-person in the 2nd Floor Education Center on the Minneapolis Campus with lunch provided while quantities last or virtually. We will try our best to provide a meal for you; however, all is dependent on final number of attendees.

When you register, you will be asked to enter whether you will be attending in-person or virtually.