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51st Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts

51st Annual Meeting
SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT
May 1 – 5, 2010
New Orleans, Louisiana
during Digestive Disease Week®

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SUNDAY, MAY 2, 2010
8:00 AM – 5:30 PM
243-245
POSTGRADUATE COURSE
MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE
Course Director: David M. Mahvi, Chicago, IL

Welcome and Introduction
David M. Mahvi, Chicago, IL
8:05 AM – 9:35 AM
SESSION I: MULTIMODAL MANAGEMENT OF REFLUX
Moderator: Nathaniel J. Soper, Chicago, IL

Optimal Medical Management of GERD
John Pandolfino, Chicago, IL

Surgical Therapy of GERD: Why? Who? How?
Carlos A. Pellegrini, Seattle, WA

Management of Barrett's Esophagus and Other Complications of GERD
Stuart Jon Spechler, Dallas, TX

New Minimally Invasive Approaches to GERD and Esophageal Mucosal Disease
Blair A. Jobe, Pittsburgh, PA

Panel Discussion

BREAK: Coffee
9:50 AM – 11:55 AM
SESSION II: MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO THE PANCREAS
Moderator: Sharon M. Weber, Madison, WI

PANCREATIC CYSTIC NEOPLASMS
What Is the Best Initial Evaluation to Differentiate Pancreatic Cystic Lesions: CT/MRI/EUS?
Deepak Gopal, Madison, WI

Which Patients Are Best Managed by Resection vs. Observation?
Peter J. Allen, New York, NY

How Often, and with What Modality, Should We Follow Lesions Managed with Observation?
Jennifer F. Tseng, Worcester, MA

Panel Discussion

COMPLICATIONS OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS
Pancreatic Pseudocysts: No Longer a Surgical Disease
Vanessa M. Shami, Charlottesville, VA

Pancreatic Necrosis Is Always a Surgical Disease, but When Is the Right Time to Intervene?
Jeffrey B. Matthews, Chicago, IL

The IR Drain Is In and It Won't Stop Draining
Michael G. Sarr, Rochester, MN

Panel Discussion

BREAK: Pick up Boxed Lunches
11:55 AM – 1:25 PM
SESSION III: VIDEO SESSION (WORKING LUNCH)
Moderator: Aurora D. Pryor, Durham, NC

Combined Endoscopic/Laparoscopic Resection of GIST
Liane S. Feldman, Montreal, PQ Canada

Endoscopic Mucosal Resection
Frank Gress, Brooklyn, NY

Multidiscilinary/Endolumenal Management of the Bariatric Patient
Christopher Thompson, Boston, MA

Colorectal Hybrid Procedures
Patricia Sylla, Boston, MA
1:25 PM – 2:55 PM
SESSION IV: MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT OF GI MALIGNANCIES
Moderator: James W. Fleshman, St Louis, MO

Anal Cancer: The Original Multimodality Responsive Cancer: Current Management
Mark L Welton, Stanford, CA

Peritoneal Carcinomatosis: Can We Make a Difference?
Jesus Esquivel, Baltimore, MD

Rectal Cancer: Can Radiation and Chemotherapy Replace Surgical Resection?
Christopher G. Willett, Durham, NC

Esophageal Cancer: How Does Quality of Life Influence Multimodality Therapy Choices?
Jeffrey H. Peters, Rochester, NY

Panel Discussion

BREAK: Coffee
3:10 PM – 4:10 PM
SESSION V: MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT OF IBD
Moderator: Fabrizio Michelassi, New York, NY
Cases: Complicated Ulcerative Colitis
Extreme Crohn's Disease
Panelists: Russell Cohen, Chicago, IL
Alessandro Fichera, Chicago, IL
Ellen Scherl, New York, NY
Sharon L. Stein, Cleveland, OH
4:10 PM – 5:30 PM
SESSION VI: SURGICAL M & M CONFERENCE
Moderator: Mark P. Callery, Boston, MA

Hot Appendix … After Release from ER
David W. McFadden, Burlington, VT

Bile Leak After Liver Resection
Craig P. Fischer, Houston, TX

High Drain Amylase and Fever After Whipple
Charles J. Yeo, Philadelphia, PA

Esophageal Perforation After...
John G. Hunter, Portland, OR

Free Air, No Hole Found...Now Septic
W. Scott Melvin, Columbus, OH

Panel Discussion



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