JAMES C. BUTCH ROSSER, Jr., MD, FACS
Dr. Rosser is Chief of Minimally Invasive Surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center, Director of Beth Israel’s Advanced Medical Technology Institute, and Professor of Surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. 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. Most recently, Dr. Rosser has received media attention for his study linking over the counter video games to laparoscopic suturing skill.

James C. “Butch” Rosser, Jr., MD, FACS
James C. “Butch” Rosser, Jr., MD, FACS was born in Rome, MS. Dr. James “Butch” Rosser, Jr. 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. 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 Achievement Award.”

Currently, Dr. Rosser is Chief of Minimally Invasive Surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center, Director of Beth Israel’s Advanced Medical Technology Institute, and Professor of Surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. 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.

Most recently, Dr. Rosser has received media attention for his study linking over the counter video games to laparoscopic suturing skill. For more information on this study, please click here.

For a complete list of Dr. Rosser’s accomplishments, please click here to view/download the latest version of his curriculum vitae.

Julie Johnson, MPH, BSN, RN
Julie Johnson, MPH, BSN, RN was born in St. Charles, IL. She is a 1995 graduate of Rosary High School in Aurora, IL and attended Georgetown University in Washington DC, graduating from the School of Nursing in 1999. After graduation, Julie returned to Illinois and began working in the Heart Transplant and Coronary Care Units at Loyola University Medical Center. In 2001, Julie returned to school to pursue her Master’s Degree in Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago, while working part-time in the ICU at a local community hospital, West Suburban Medical Center. In May of 2002, Julie left Chicago for NYC and began working in local hospitals as a traveling critical care nurse while completing master’s course requirements at Columbia University. In December of 2003, Julie received her MPH in Health Policy and Administration, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

She currently works as the Clinical/Program Coordinator for Dr. Rosser at the Advanced Medical Technology Institute at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City where she develops, organizes and teaches courses to surgeons and nurses.