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

Program and Abstracts  |  Posters

indicates a ticketed session requiring a separate registration and fee.

SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009

8:00 AM - 5:15 PM

POSTGRADUATE COURSE S406b
ACUTE CARE GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY: THINKING ON YOUR FEET—A CASE-BASED COURSE
Course Director: David W. McFadden, Burlington, VT

Welcome and Introduction
David W. McFadden, Burlington, VT

8:10 AM - 9:30 AM

SESSION I: ESOPHAGEAL/STOMACH
Moderator:
Jeffrey H. Peters, Rochester, NY

Free Air from the Foregut
Thadeus L. Trus, Lebanon, NH

Acute Paraesophageal Hernia/Boerhaave
Brant K. Oelschlager, Seattle, WA

Upper GI Bleeding—Surgical Rx
Brian J. Dunkin, Houston, TX

Calling in Your Colleagues: Upper GI Bleeding, Non-Surgical
Loren A. Laine, Los Angeles, CA

Panel Discussion

9:30 AM - 9:55 AM

BREAK

9:55 AM - 11:35 AM

SESSION II: MIDGUT EMERGENCIES
Moderator: Kevin E. Behrns, Gainesville, FL

Peritonitis: Current Radiologic Techniques
Patricia L. Abbitt, Gainesville, FL

Small Bowel Obstruction
Joseph J. Cullen, Iowa City, IA

Incarcerated Ventral Hernia
Mary T. Hawn, Birmingham, AL

Incarcerated Inguinal Hernia
George A. Sarosi, Jr., Gainesville, FL

Post- Bariatric Surgery Emergencies
Patrick M. Forgione, Burlington, VT

Panel Discussion

11:35 AM - 12:20 PM

LUNCH

12:20 PM - 1:45 PM

SESSION III: HPB EMERGENCIES
Moderator: Charles J. Yeo, Philadelphia, PA

The Difficult Gallbladder: How I Do It and Why
Ernest L. Rosato, Philadelphia, PA

How the Gastroenterologist Manages Biliary Emergencies
Richard Zubarik, Burlington, VT

Acute Pancreatitis: When to Operate
Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo, Boston, MA

Pancreatic Sepsis: Radiological and Interventional Treatment
Eric vanSonnenberg, Phoenix, AZ

Panel Discussion

1:45 PM - 3:25 PM

SESSION IV: HINDGUT EMERGENCIES
Moderator: Robin S. McLeod, Toronto, ON Canada

Appendicitis: Open vs. Lap vs. Conservative Management
Robert A. Kozol, Farmington, CT

Perianal Sepsis
Scott A. Strong, Cleveland, OH

The Emergency Anastomosis and Stoma
Neil Hyman, Burlington, VT

Lower GI Bleeding
Anthony M. Vernava, III, Naples, FL

C. Diff in the ICU
Nancy N. Baxter, Toronto, ON Canada

Panel Discussion

3:25 PM - 3:45 PM

BREAK

3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

SESSION V: THE 2 AM DREADED CONSULT OR TRANSFER
Moderator: Selwyn M. Vickers, Minneapolis, MN

Is This Malignant Small Bowel Obstruction?
Eric H. Jensen, Minneapolis, MN

Acidosis and Belly Pain: Is This Dead Gut?
Mark A. Newell, Greenville, NC

The Septic Postoperative Enterocutaneous Fistula Patient
Jeffrey G. Chipman, Minneapolis, MN

The Patient Is a DNR: Should You Say No to the Request for Operation
Henry J. Schiller, Rochester, MN

Panel Discussion