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

Program and Abstracts  |  Posters

	The Plenary presentations, Presidential Address, and Doris and John L. Cameron Guest Oration 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 1, 2010

• RESIDENTS & FELLOWS RESEARCH CONFERENCE (by invitation only)

Sunday, May 2, 2010

• POSTGRADUATE COURSE: MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE

Monday, May 3, 2010

• OPENING SESSION
• 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: COLON-RECTAL & HEPATOBILIARY
• SSAT/AGA/ASGE STATE-OF-THE-ART CONFERENCE
• PLENARY SESSION III: QUALITY, OUTCOMES, & RISK ASSESSMENT
• CLINICAL WARD ROUNDS: MANAGING OSTOMY COMPLICATIONS
• DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIA

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

• VIDEO SESSION II: BREAKFAST AT THE MOVIES
• CLINICAL WARD ROUNDS: SURGERY FOR DIVERTICULITIS: WHEN AND WHY?
• DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM
• SSAT PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE / AGA PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS COMMITTEE JOINT PANEL
• SSAT/AHPBA JOINT SYMPOSIUM
• BASIC SCIENCE PLENARY (PLENARY SESSION IV)
• QUICK SHOTS SESSION I
• VIDEO SESSION III: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN MINIMAL ACCESS GI SURGERY
• DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM
• MAJA AND FRANK G. MOODY STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE
• POSTER SESSION II
• MEET-THE-PROFESSOR LUNCHEONS
• "MOC": HOW THE SSAT CAN HELP YOU
• CONTROVERSIES IN GI SURGERY B
• DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIA
• PLENARY SESSION V
• SSAT/ASCRS JOINT SYMPOSIUM
• CLINICAL WARD ROUNDS: POST-OP SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION
• QUICK SHOTS SESSION II
• DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIA
• ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
• MEMBERS RECEPTION

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

• SSAT/ISDS JOINT BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM
• EDUCATION COMMITTEE PANEL
• TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE PLENARY (PLENARY SESSION VI)
• VIDEO SESSION IV: ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, & PANCREAS
• QUICK SHOTS SESSION III
• DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM
• PLENARY SESSION VII
• POSTER SESSION III
• SSAT/SAGES JOINT LUNCHEON SYMPOSIUM
• MEET-THE-PROFESSOR LUNCHEONS
• DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM