The Mississippi Link
100 Black Men of Jackson, Inc. will hold its 19th Annual Scholarship/Mentoring Banquet, Oct. 31, 2009. Seating will begin at 6:30 p.m. and program begins at 7 p.m. at the Jackson State University Walter Payton Recreation and Wellness Center.
The speaker will be James “Butch” Rosser, MD, FACS.
According to 100 Black Men of Jackson, Inc., the purpose of the event is to showcase the work and achievements students have made since entering the Mentoring Program of the 100 Black Men of Jackson, Inc. and to award scholarships to the program’s graduating seniors. The organization will also present scholarships to five Mississippi universities, one community college and two secondary education institutions.
Dr. James “Butch” Rosser, Jr. [a Head Start Alumni from Mississippi] received his undergraduate degree in chemistry and biology from the University of Mississippi and completed his medical training at the University of Mississippi, School of Medicine before completing a five-year surgical residency at Akron General Medical Center, where in 1984-85 he served as chief resident.
After his residency, Dr. Rosser began a private surgical practice at Akron General Medical Center and accepted a position as assistant professor of Surgery at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, where he received the 1991 “Golden Apple Professor of the Year” award for his outstanding contributions to medical education.
Early in his career, inspired by Dr. Herbert Awender, Dr. Rosser realized the potential of endoscopic and minimally invasive surgery. He has pioneered a number of minimally invasive procedures, most notably his streamlined laparoscopic suturing technique, and now travels the globe teaching his Top Gun Laparoscopic Skills and Suturing Course and other techniques to surgeons.
Dr. Rosser’s research and clinical activities have been the subject of several documentaries featured on the Learning Channel, the CBS Morning Show, CNN, the Today Show, the Discovery Channel, the Discovery Health channel, and special programming produced by many media outlets around the world. He has also distinguished himself by performing laparoscopic cholecystectomy procedures on some of the youngest individuals in the world (15, 17, and 19 months), which earned him Kent State University’s “Minority Achieve-ment Award.”
Dr. Rosser is currently professor of Clinical Surgery at Morehouse School of Medicine. Prior to joining Morehouse he held appointment as chief of Minimally Invasive Surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, as well as the director of Beth Israel’s Advanced Medical Technology Institute. Before joining Beth Israel, he was associate professor and director of Endo-Laparoscopic Surgery at Yale University. He has been a contributing editor of Surgical Laparoscopy and Endoscopy, a moderator at the Fourth World Endoscopic Congress, and chairperson of the minimally invasive post-graduate course for the American College of Surgeons, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), American Medical Association and Southern Medical Association.
As the founder of the non-profit organization Modern Day Miracle Incorporated, Dr. Rosser’s goal is to expose the ‘modern day miracle’ of minimally invasive surgery to underprivileged and undereducated countries around the world, many times via telemedicine, the remote care of patients using modern telecommunications.
He has written/released a new book entitled “Playin’ to Win: A Surgeon, Scientist, and Parent Examines the Upside of Video Games”. He is also CEO of The Stealth Learning Company.
“Butch,” as he fondly prefers, is married to his lovely wife and best friend-Dana, has five children and two grandchildren.
More information on Dr. Rosser and his accomplishments can be found at www.rosseramti.com.
The cost of the event is $50 per person.
For additional information, call 601-366-8306.
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