56th Annual Meeting
SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT
May 15 - 19, 2015
Walter E. Washington Convention Center - Washington, DC
during Digestive Disease Week®

Final Program

All rooms at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center unless otherwise indicated.

	indicates a ticketed session requiring a separate registration and fee.
	indicates a session offering CME with self-assessment.

Tracks Esophagus & Gastric GI Tract Potpourri HPB Education & Quality & Outcomes & Policy Small Bowel & Colorectal General & Society Business
FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2015
7:15 AM - 4:30 PM	Constitution Ballroom A, Grant Hyatt RESIDENTS & FELLOWS RESEARCH CONFERENCE (non-CME; by invitation only)
SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2015
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM	202A POSTGRADUATE / MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION COURSE: HPB Minimally Invasive Approaches to Pancreatic and Hepatobiliary Surgeries 202B POSTGRADUATE / MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION COURSE: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Ballroom C DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM (ASGE-ACCREDITED) Periprocedural Management of Antithrombotic Agents
12:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Univ. of DC & Catholic Univ. Rooms, Marriott Marquis SURGICAL FELLOWSHIP FAIR (non-CME; by invitation only)
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Exhibit Hall A HANDS-ON SESSION: HPB Utilization of Intraoperative Ultrasound in HPB Surgery Exhibit Hall A HANDS-ON SESSION: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL Transanal Endoscopic Surgery
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Ballroom C DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL (AGA-ACCREDITED) Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Perianal Crohn's Disease
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Ballroom C DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: HPB (AASLD-ACCREDITED) Managing Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Cirrhosis
Tracks Esophagus & Gastric GI Tract Potpourri HPB Education & Quality & Outcomes & Policy Small Bowel & Colorectal General & Society Business
SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2015
6:30 AM - 7:45 AM	150A BREAKFAST WITH THE EXPERTS: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC Leiomyoma and GIST: What to Do with Esophageal and Gastric Lumps and Bumps?
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM	202B OPENING SESSION
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	202B PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY I
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM	202B PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS Training in Advanced GI Surgery
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Ballroom C DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: HPB (AASLD-ACCREDITED) Assessment of Surgical Risk in the Patient with Liver Disease
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM	202B PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY II
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	202B DORIS AND JOHN L. CAMERON GUEST ORATION Leading Innovation in the Age of Health Care Transformation
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM	Exhibit Hall C POSTER TOUR: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC (non-CME)
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Exhibit Hall C POSTER SESSION I (non-CME)
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM	101 MEET-THE-PROFESSOR LUNCHEON: WRITERS WORKSHOP Writers Workshop Part 1: Writing and Editing Your Manuscript
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Ballroom C DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM Multidisciplinary Treatment of Leaks, Fistulas, and Perforations: What Is Possible? 204AB PLENARY SESSION: HPB I 202B STATE-OF-THE-ART CONFERENCE: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC The Present and Future of Metabolic Surgery 204C RESIDENT EDUCATION COMMITTEE PANEL A Primer for Your Job Search
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	202B PLENARY SESSION: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC I 204C QUICK SHOTS SESSION: HPB 204AB VIDEO SESSION: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Independence Ballroom, Grand Hyatt FOUNDATION AWARDS RECEPTION
Tracks Esophagus & Gastric GI Tract Potpourri HPB Education & Quality & Outcomes & Policy Small Bowel & Colorectal General & Society Business
MONDAY, MAY 18, 2015
6:30 AM - 7:45 AM	156 BREAKFAST WITH THE EXPERTS: WRITERS WORKSHOP Writers Workshop Part 2: Submitting and Revising Your Manuscript
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	204C PLENARY SESSION: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL I 202B SSAT/AHPBA SYMPOSIUM Starting a Career in Hepatobiliary Surgery 204AB VIDEO SESSION: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	204AB CLINICAL WARD ROUNDS: HPB Neuroendocrine Liver Metastases: Observation, Resection, Ablation, or Symptom Suppression? 204C CLINICAL WARD ROUNDS: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL Hereditary Colorectal Neoplasia: What Is the State of the Art in Diagnosis and Management? 202B CONTROVERSIES IN GI SURGERY DEBATE: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC Buried Barrett Metaplasia after Endoluminal Ablation: A Ticking Time Bomb or Much Ado about Nothing?
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Ballroom C DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: ESOPHAGEAL & GASTRIC (AGA-ACCREDITED) Gastric Cancer: Epidemiology, Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	202B MAJA AND FRANK G. MOODY STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE A Recipe for Radical Curricular Change in Postgraduate Surgical Training
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM	Exhibit Hall C POSTER TOUR: HPB (non-CME)
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Exhibit Hall C POSTER SESSION II (non-CME)
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM	158 MEET-THE-PROFESSOR LUNCHEON: HPB Benign Liver Tumors: Observation or Resection?
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	204C CONTINUING EDUCATION COMMITTEE PANEL Advances in Endoscopic Surgical Interventions Ballroom C DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: HPB Pancreatic Necrosis: Where Are We Now and What Is the Future? 204AB PLENARY SESSION: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC II 202B SSAT/ASCRS SYMPOSIUM Optimizing Outcomes following the Low Anastomosis for Rectal Cancer
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	204C CLINICAL WARD ROUNDS: ESOPHAGEAL & GASTRIC Management of the Failed Fundoplication: What to Do about Recurrent and New Symptoms 202B CONTROVERSIES IN GI SURGERY DEBATE: HPB Does Liver Resection Improve the Outcome of Patients with Colorectal Liver Metastases and Extrahepatic Disease? 204AB CONTROVERSIES IN GI SURGERY DEBATE: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL Postoperative Medical Management of Crohn's Disease: Prevention and Surveillance Strategies
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Ballroom C DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: HPB (AASLD-ACCREDITED) Endoscopic Assessment of the Patient with Sclerosing Cholangitis
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	202B ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING (members only)
Tracks Esophagus & Gastric GI Tract Potpourri HPB Education & Quality & Outcomes & Policy Small Bowel & Colorectal General & Society Business
TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2015
6:30 AM - 7:45 AM	151A BREAKFAST WITH THE EXPERTS: HPB Evaluation of the Gallbladder Polyps and Masses: Cholecystitis, Mirizzi, or Malignancy?
7:30 AM - 9:30 AM	202B SSAT/ISDS BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) Protocols in GI Surgery: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Ballroom C DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM (AGA-ACCREDITED) The Brave New World of Biotechnology: How It Is Affecting the Approach to the Identification and Management of Hereditary GI Cancers 204AB PLENARY SESSION: HPB II 204C QUICK SHOTS SESSION: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Ballroom C DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: ESOPHAGEAL & GASTRIC (AGA-ACCREDITED) Endoscopic Management of Barrett's Esophagus: Watch, Ablate, or Resect? 204AB PLENARY SESSION: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL II 204C QUICK SHOTS SESSION: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC 202B VIDEO SESSION: HPB
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Exhibit Hall C POSTER SESSION III (non-CME)
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM	202B KELLY AND CARLOS PELLEGRINI SSAT/SAGES LUNCHEON SYMPOSIUM Improving Your Patient's Operative Experience: Practical Advice
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM	103B MEET-THE-PROFESSOR LUNCHEON: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL Bring Your Toughest Crohn's Cases: Discussion with an Expert
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Ballroom C DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: ESOPHAGEAL & GASTRIC Is POEM the Future of Achalasia Therapy? 201 DDW COMBINED RESEARCH FORUM Modification of the Microbiome in Human Disease
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	140 BEST OF DDW 2015 (non-CME)