50th Annual Meeting
SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT
May 30 – June 3, 2009
McCormick Place – Chicago, Illinois
during Digestive Disease Week^®

Program and Abstracts  |  Posters

	The Plenary presentations and Presidential Address from the Monday morning scientific sessions are all available online. Watch the synchronized PowerPoint and audio of each speaker by clicking on the "" link following each presentation’s title and author block.
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Saturday, May 30, 2009

• Residents & Fellows Research Conference

Sunday, May 31, 2009
Postgraduate Course: Acute Care Gastrointestinal Surgery: Thinking on Your Feet—A Case-Based Course

• Session I: Esophegal/Stomach
• Session II: Midgut Emergencies
• Session III: HPB Emergencies
• Session IV: Hindgut Emergencies
• Session V: The 2AM Dreaded Consult or Transfer

Monday, June 1, 2009

• Presidential Plenary A (Plenary Session I)
• Presidential Address
• Presidential Plenary B (Plenary Session II)
• Doris and John L. Cameron Guest Oration
• Poster Session I
• Meet-The-Professor Luncheons
• Controversies in GI Surgery A
• DDW Combined Clinical Symposia
• Video Session I: Clinical HPB/Upper GI
• Plenary Session III
• SSAT/ASCRS Joint Symposium
• Clinical Ward Rounds: Biliary Disease
• DDW Combined Clinical Symposia

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

• Video Session II: Breakfast At The Movies
• Clincal Ward Rounds: Gastric Tumors
• Public Policy Committee Panel
• SSAT/AHPBA Joint Symposium
• Basic Science Plenary (Plenary Session IV)
• Quick Shots I
• Video Session III: NOTES Appendectomy - Ready, Set...Go?
• DDW Combined Clinical Symposium
• Maja and Frank G. Moody State-of-the-Art Lecture
• Poster Session II
• Meet-the-Professor Luncheons
• Plenary Session V
• Controversies in GI Surgery B
• DDW Combined Clinical Symposia
• SSAT/AGA/ASGE State-of-the-Art Conference
• Clinical Ward Rounds: Anorectal Disorders
• Quick Shots II
• DDW Combined Clinical Symposium
• Annual Business Meeting (members only)
• Members Reception

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

• SSAT/ISDS Joint Breakfast Symposium
• Education Committee Panel
• Translational Science Plenary (Plenary Session VI)
• Video Session IV: NOTES: Single Port Access Surgery
• Quick Shots III
• DDW Combined Clincial Symposium
• Plenary Session VII
• Poster Session III
• SSAT/SAGES Joint Luncheon Symposium: The Endoscope as a Surgical Tool
• Meet-the-Professor Luncheons
• DDW Combined Clincial Symposium