John M. Mott Jr. Lectureship

John M. Mott. Jr., M.D. (1915-1980), was a general surgeon who was instrumental in starting the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Sacramento and was its founding Physician-in-Chief. The UC Davis lectureship memorializes John M. Mott, Jr., M.D., the first chief of surgery and physician-in-chief of the Sacramento division of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Group. Mott was also influential in helping to create the UC Davis School of Medicine and organized the clinical affiliations between the teaching services at UC Davis School of Medicine and Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Sacramento.

His wife, Ann Mott, graciously provided funds to the Department of Surgery in his memory to support a visiting professor lectureship.

Past Speakers

  YEAR    SPEAKER    SCHOOL
 2025   Jeffrey Fineman, M.D.   UC San Francisco
 2024   Sonia Ramamoorthy, M.D.   UC San Diego
 2023   Ryutaro Hirose, M.D.   Seattle Children’s Hospital
 2022   Adnan Alseidi, M.D.   UC San Francisco
 2021   James Lee, M.D.
  Peter Minneci, M.D.		   Ohio State College of Medicine
 2019   Thomas K. Varghese, M.D.   University of Utah Health
 2018   Valerie Rusch, M.D.   Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY
 2017   Ara A. Vaporciayan, M.D.   M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
 2015   Shanda Blackmon, M.D.   Methodist Hospital System


Video Archive

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Journey to Optimizing Perioperative Outcomes & Population Health - Thomas Varghese, M.D.


 Thomas Varghese, M.D.
University of Utah Health

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The Thoracic Surgeon in 2030 - A John M. Mott Jr. Lectureship - Valerie Rusch, M.D.

 Valerie Rusch, M.D. 
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY

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Modernizing Pedagogy in Cardiothoracic Surgical Training - Ara A. Vaporciyan, M.D.

 Vaporciayan Ara Asadur, M.D. 
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center