52nd Annual Meeting
SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT
May 6 - 10, 2011
McCormick Place - Chicago, Illinois
during Digestive Disease Week®
Program and Abstracts | Posters
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Moderators: | Patrick M. Forgione, Burlington, VT Paresh C. Shah, New York, NY |
Moderators: | Stuart G. Marcus, Bridgeport, CT Kaye M. Reid Lombardo, Rochester, MN |
Do No Harm: Keeping Patients Safe
Amy L. Halverson, Chicago, IL
Becoming a Patient: A Surgeon's Perspective
Vijay K. Maker, Chicago, IL
Keeping Hospitals Afloat
Achilles A. Demetriou, Cleveland, OH
Surgeons Adjusting to the Changing Landscape
Josef E. Fischer, Boston, MA
Panel and Audience Discussion
Introduction
Reid B. Adams, Charlottesville, VA
Presentation, Syndromes, and Pathology: Implications for Treatment
David C. Metz, Philadelphia, PA
The Pancreatic Primary: When to Enucleate, When to Resect?
Douglas B. Evans, Milwaukee, WI
PNET Liver Metastases: Surgical Approaches
David M. Nagorney, Rochester, MN
PNET Liver Metastases: Radiological Approaches
Margo Shoup, Maywood, IL
The Evolving Landscape of Molecular Targeted Therapy
Irvin M. Modlin, New Haven, CT
Panel and Audience Discussion
Moderators: | Richard A. Hodin, Boston, MA Emina H. Huang, Gainesville, FL |
Moderators: | Clifford S. Cho, Madison, WI William G. Hawkins, St Louis, MO |
Moderators: | Brian J. Dunkin, Houston, TX Robert E. Glasgow, Salt Lake City, UT |
Moderators: | Blair A. Jobe, Pittsburgh, PA Irving Waxman, Chicago, IL |
Endoscopic Staging of Risk: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Headed?
Rhonda F. Souza, Dallas, TX
Endoscopic Mucosal Resection Management and the High-Risk Lesion
Stefan Seewald, Zurich Switzerland
Technical Aspects of ESD for Early Carcinoma of the EGJ: Advantages and Outcomes
Naohisa Yahagi, Tokyo Japan
The Role of Surgical Resection: Esophagectomy vs. Endoscopic Resection for the HGD
Jeffrey H Peters, Rochester, NY
Life, Work Balance in Academic Surgery
Barbara L. Bass, Houston, TX
The Early Years: Finding Your Strengths and Leveraging Your Institutional Assets
Jean Nicolas Vauthey, Houston, TX
NIH Funding and a Busy Clinical Practice
Richard A. Hodin, Boston, MA
Do You Really Want To Be a Chair?
Layton F. Rikkers, Madison, WI
Panel and Audience Discussion
Frame the Issue
Paresh C. Shah, New York, NY
The General Surgery Residents Need This Experience
Thomas J. Howard, Indianapolis, IN
No They Don't: Would You Let That 5-Year Grad Do Your Whipple? Let My Fellow Do 50 Whipples, and He Will Provide Better Outcomes
D. Rohan Jeyarajah, Dallas, TX
Panel and Audience Discussion
DEBATE 4: REGIONALIZATION OF HIGH VOLUME, MODERATE COMPLEXITY SURGERY: LET'S REFER YOUR LAPAROSCOPIC COLON RESECTION TO A BETTER HOSPITAL
Moderator: Thomas Howard, Indianapolis, IN
Frame the Issue
Thomas Howard, Indianapolis, IN
Patient Outcomes Are Better at High Volume Referral Hospitals
Taylor Riall, Galveston, TX
Low and Moderate Volume Facilities Do Just Fine, Thank You
David Bentrem, Chicago, IL
Panel and Audience Discussion
Moderators: | Bertram Hans Wiedenmann, Berlin Germany Michael J. Levy, Rochester, MN |
The Ultimate Approach for the Diagnosis and Staging of NETs
Robert Jensen, Bethesda, MD
Endoscopic Ultrasound Evaluation
Michelle Anderson, Ann Arbor, MI
Nuclear Medicine
Dik Kwekkeboom, Rotterdam Netherlands
Medical Therapy
Phillipe Ruszniewski, Paris France
Surgical Perspectives
Clive Grant, Rochester, MN
Case Presentations and Panel Discussion
Moderators: | Alessandro Fichera, Chicago, IL Amy L. Halverson, Chicago, IL |
Introduction
David A. Margolin, New Orleans, LA
Emergency Surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Harry L. Reynolds, Jr., Cleveland, OH
Surgical Treatment of Peri-Anal Crohn's Disease
Craig A. Reickert, Detroit, MI
Surgery for Crohn's Disease
Kirk A. Ludwig, Milwaukee, WI
Surgery for Ulcerative Colitis
Michael J. Stamos, Orange, CA
Panel and Audience Discussion
Moderators: | John D. Christein, Birmingham, AL Bridget N. Fahy, Houston, TX |
Moderators: | Raj J. Shah, Aurora, CO Charles M. Vollmer, Jr., Boston, MA |
Simplifying the Long and Winding Road: Enteroscopy-Assisted ERCP
Raj J. Shah, Aurora, CO
Taking the Short Cut: Reaching the Ducts by EUS
Kenneth F. Binmoeller, San Francisco, CA
When Endoscopy Fails: The Surgeon's Perspective
David B. Adams, Charleston, SC
Questions & Discussion