57th Annual Meeting
SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT
May 21 - 24, 2016
San Diego Convention Center - San Diego, CA
during Digestive Disease Week®

Program (Subject to Change)
Last Updated 02/29/16

All rooms at the San Diego Convention Center unless otherwise indicated.

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	indicates a Plenary presentation that is also being presented at the Residents & Fellows Research Conference; participation in and attendance at this conference is by invitation only.

SATURDAY, MAY 21, 2016

7:00 AM - 4:00 PM 28AB RESIDENTS & FELLOWS RESEARCH CONFERENCE (non-CME, by invitation only)

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM 30 DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: HPB (AASLD-ACCREDITED) Medical and Surgical Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma 28E POSTGRADUATE / CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE PANEL Robotics for the GI Surgeon: Training, Economics, and the Future

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Exhibit Hall F HANDS-ON SESSION: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC A Introduction to POEM - *SOLD OUT* Exhibit Hall F HANDS-ON SESSION: HPB A Utilization of Intraoperative Ultrasound in HPB Surgery Exhibit Hall F HANDS-ON SESSION: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL A Transanal Endoscopic Surgery - *SOLD OUT*

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM 30 DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: HPB (ASGE-ACCREDITED) Pancreatic Fluid Collection: Where Are We Now and What Is The Future? 28CD DDW COMBINED DIVERSITY PROGRAM Diversity And Inclusion For Digestive Diseases: Workforce, Leadership, and Healthcare Disparities 28E INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM PART I Innovative Approaches in the Management of Benign And Malignant Bile Duct and Gallbladder Disease

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Exhibit Hall F HANDS-ON SESSION: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC B Introduction to Barrett's Radiofrequency Ablation Exhibit Hall F HANDS-ON SESSION: HPB B Utilization of Intraoperative Ultrasound in HPB Surgery Exhibit Hall F HANDS-ON SESSION: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL B Transanal Endoscopic Surgery

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 30 DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC (ASGE-ACCREDITED) Cut, Burn, or Freeze for Barrett's Esophagus? 28E INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM PART II The Current Status of the GI Surgeon: From General to Specialized Training, Certification, and Role - An International Perspective 28CD SURGICAL FELLOWSHIP FAIR (NON-CME)

SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2016

6:30 AM - 7:45 AM 32 BREAKFAST WITH THE EXPERTS: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy for the UES, LES, and Pylorus

7:30 AM - 8:00 AM 28AB OPENING SESSION

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM 28AB PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY I

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM 28AB PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS Lessons Learned from Mentors and Heroes on Leadership and Surgical Resilience

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM 28AB PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY II

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM 28AB DORIS AND JOHN L. CAMERON GUEST ORATION Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Exhibit Hall C POSTER SESSION I (NON-CME)

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM 33 MEET-THE-PROFESSOR LUNCHEON: WRITERS WORKSHOP PART I Writing and Editing Your Manuscript

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Exhibit Hall F HANDS-ON SESSION: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC C Introduction to Advanced Upper Endoscopic Techniques: Suturing, Stenting, Clipping, Foreign Body Retrieval - *SOLD OUT* Exhibit Hall F HANDS-ON SESSION: HPB C Utilization of Intraoperative Ultrasound in HPB Surgery Exhibit Hall F HANDS-ON SESSION: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL C Transanal Endoscopic Surgery - *SOLD OUT*

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM 30 DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL (AGA-ACCREDITED) Colorectal Cancer Screening 28C PLENARY SESSION: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC I 28D PLENARY SESSION: HPB I 28AB STATE-OF-THE-ART CONFERENCE New Frontiers in Liver Surgery

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Exhibit Hall F HANDS-ON SESSION: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC D Introduction to EMR/ESD - *SOLD OUT* Exhibit Hall F HANDS-ON SESSION: HPB D Utilization of Intraoperative Ultrasound in HPB Surgery Exhibit Hall F HANDS-ON SESSION: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL D Transanal Endoscopic Surgery - *SOLD OUT*

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM 30 DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC Achalasia Therapy in 2016 28C QUICK SHOTS SESSION: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC 28AB RESIDENT EDUCATION COMMITTEE PANEL Work-Life Balance 28D VIDEO SESSION: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Grand Ballroom CDE, Omni San Diego FOUNDATION AWARDS RECEPTION

MONDAY, MAY 23, 2016

6:30 AM - 7:45 AM 24 BREAKFAST WITH THE EXPERTS: WRITERS WORKSHOP PART II Submitting and Revising Your Manuscript

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM 30 DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL Hereditary Colorectal Syndromes and Their Management 28D PLENARY SESSION: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL I 28AB SSAT/AHPBA/E-AHPBA SYMPOSIUM: HPB Extending the Limits of Resection for Colorectal Liver Metastases 28C VIDEO SESSION: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM 28C CLINICAL WARD ROUNDS: HPB Preop & Intraop Strategies for Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma 28D CLINICAL WARD ROUNDS: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL Diverticulitis Management in 2016 28AB CONTROVERSIES IN GI SURGERY DEBATE: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC POEM vs. Laparoscopic Heller: Which Is Now the Gold Standard?

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM 30 DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: HPB (AASLD-ACCREDITED) Workup and Management of Unknown Liver Masses

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM 28AB MAJA AND FRANK G. MOODY STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE The Best Medicine: Leadership Lessons for Work and Life

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Exhibit Hall C POSTER SESSION II (NON-CME)

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM 32 MEET-THE-PROFESSOR LUNCHEON: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC Tips to Stay Out of Trouble and Get Good Outcomes with PEH Repair

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM 30 DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: HPB (ASGE-ACCREDITED) Clinical Challenges of Pancreatic Cysts 28C PLENARY SESSION: HPB II 28D PUBLIC POLICY & ADVOCACY COMMITTEE PANEL Regionalization: Will It Improve Patient Safety or Hurt Access to GI Surgery Care? 28AB SSAT/ASCRS SYMPOSIUM: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL Rectal Cancer: How Best to Perform a Total Mesorectal Excision

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 28C CLINICAL WARD ROUNDS: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC Alternatives to Fundoplication for GERD: An Objective Look at the Data 28AB CONTROVERSIES IN GI SURGERY DEBATE: HPB Mixed-Duct IPMN: Resect or Observe? 28D CONTROVERSIES IN GI SURGERY DEBATE: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL Complete Clinical Response after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Watch and Wait or Radical Surgery?

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM 28AB ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING (members only)

TUESDAY, MAY 24, 2016

6:30 AM - 7:45 AM 29B BREAKFAST WITH THE EXPERTS: HPB Pancreatic Fistulas and Bile Leaks

7:30 AM - 9:30 AM 28AB SSAT/ISDS SYMPOSIUM Chronic Inflammation and Neoplastic Transformation: Pathways, Prevention, and Treatment

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM 30 DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC New Approaches to the Management of Obesity 29CD DDW COMBINED TRANSLATIONAL SYMPOSIUM (AGA-ACCREDITED) Manipulating the Microbiome To Treat Gastrointestinal Diseases 28D QUICK SHOTS SESSION: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL 28C VIDEO SESSION: HPB

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM 28AB PLENARY SESSION: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC II 28C PLENARY SESSION: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL II 28D QUICK SHOTS SESSION: HPB

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Exhibit Hall C POSTER SESSION III (NON-CME)

12:00 PM - 3:00 PM 28AB KELLY AND CARLOS PELLEGRINI SSAT/SAGES LUNCHEON SYMPOSIUM: ESOPHAGUS & GASTRIC Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Barrett's Esophagus and Early Esophageal Cancer

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM 29A MEET-THE-PROFESSOR LUNCHEON: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL Emergencies in Colo-Rectal Cancer: Resect, Divert, or Stent?

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM 29CD DDW COMBINED RESEARCH FORUM: SMALL BOWEL & COLORECTAL (AGA-ACCREDITED) Does an Apple a Day Keep Colon Cancer Away? Diet and Environmental Roles in Colon Cancer

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM 30 BEST OF DDW 2016 (NON-CME)