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Program and Abstracts

61st Annual Meeting
SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT
May 2-5, 2020
McCormick Place - Chicago, IL
in partnership with Digestive Disease Week®


Program (Subject to Change)

All rooms at McCormick Place unless otherwise indicated.

Ticketed Session indicates a Ticketed Session requiring a separate registration and fee.
Plenary presentation 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.
Tracks
Esophagus, Gastric, Bariatric, & Metabolic GI Tract
Hepatobiliary & Pancreas Education, Quality, Outcomes, & Policy
Small Bowel, Abdominal Wall, Hernia, & Colorectal General & Society Business

SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2020
7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
S105bc
RESIDENTS & FELLOWS RESEARCH CONFERENCE (NON-CME, by invitation only)
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
S105a
QUICK SHOT SESSION: GI TRACT I
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
S105d
QUICK SHOT SESSION: GI TRACT II
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
S105a
QUICK SHOT SESSION: GI TRACT III
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
S105d
QUICK SHOT SESSION: GI TRACT IV
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
S100c
DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM (SSAT-ACCREDITED):
BUILDING YOUR TEAM OF TEAMS: VALUE-BASED CARE
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
S105a
CLINICAL WARD ROUNDS:
SURGICAL APPROACHES TO REVISIONAL FOREGUT SURGERY
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
S105d
VIDEO SESSION: GI TRACT
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
S105d
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE PANEL:
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES ON RECENT ADVANCES IN DIGESTIVE SURGERY
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
S100c
DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM (AGA-ACCREDITED):
NEW DIRECTIONS IN BILE DUCT CANCER
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
S105bc
QUICK SHOT SESSION: ESOPHAGUS, GASTRIC, BARIATRIC, & METABOLIC I
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
S105a
RESIDENT & FELLOW WORKSHOP (NON-CME)
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
South Hall A
DDW KENTUCKY DERBY RECEPTION
SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2020
6:30 AM - 7:45 AM
S105d
Ticketed Session BREAKFAST CONNECTION:
WRITERS WORKSHOP PART I:
MANUSCRIPT WRITING AND EDITING
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
S105a
PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY I
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
S105a
SSAT & FOUNDATION AWARDS CEREMONY
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
S105a
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
CREATING TOMORROW TOGETHER
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
S100c
DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM (AGA-ACCREDITED):
ENDOSCOPIC AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF GERD AND ACHALASIA: STATUS IN 2020
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
S105a
PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY II
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
S105a
DORIS AND JOHN L. CAMERON GUEST ORATION:
TEAMWORK, PATIENT EXPERIENCE, AND THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Hall E
POSTER SESSION I (NON-CME)
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
S503
Ticketed Session MEET-THE-PROFESSOR LUNCHEON:
NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN FOREGUT AND BARIATRIC SURGERY
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
S100c
DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM (SSAT-ACCREDITED):
DECISION-MAKING IN IPMN MANAGEMENT
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
S105d
VIDEO SESSION: ESOPHAGUS, GASTRIC, BARIATRIC, & METABOLIC
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
S105bc
PLENARY SESSION: SMALL BOWEL, ABDOMINAL WALL, HERNIA, & COLORECTAL I
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
S105a
STATE-OF-THE-ART CONFERENCE:
THE EVOLUTION OF ENDOSCOPIC GI SURGERY
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
S105d
VIDEO SESSION: HEPATOBILIARY & PANCREAS
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
S406a
DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM (AGA-ACCREDITED):
SHARK TANK
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
S105a
HEALTH CARE QUALITY & OUTCOMES COMMITTEE PANEL:
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COST AND SURGICAL QUALITY IN HEALTHCARE
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
S105bc
PG/CME COMMITTEE PANEL:
APPROPRIATE INTRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGY OR APPROACH IN ABDOMINAL SURGERY
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
S100c
DDW DIVERSITY SYMPOSIUM:
UNIQUE PATIENT POPULATIONS WITH GI DISEASES EXPERIENCING BARRIERS TO CARE
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
S100c Lobby
DDW DIVERSITY RECEPTION
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Empire Room, Palmer House Hilton
Ticketed Session FOUNDATION RECEPTION
MONDAY, MAY 4, 2020
6:30 AM - 7:45 AM
S505
Ticketed Session BREAKFAST CONNECTIONS:
WRITERS WORKSHOP PART II:
MANUSCRIPT SUBMITTING AND REVISING
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
S100c
DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM (AASLD-ACCREDITED):
BARIATRIC PROCEDURES: SURGERY AND ENDOSCOPY
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
S105bc
PLENARY SESSION: ESOPHAGUS, GASTRIC, BARIATRIC, & METABOLIC I
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
S105a
SSAT AND AHPBA JOINT SYMPOSIUM:
CURRENT TREATMENT STRATEGIES FOR GEP-NETS
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
S105d
VIDEO SESSION: SMALL BOWEL, ABDOMINAL WALL, HERNIA, & COLORECTAL
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
S105a
LEGENDS OF DIGESTIVE DISEASE: TOM R. DEMEESTER, MD
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
S105bc
CONTROVERSIES IN GI SURGERY DEBATE:
ARE WE TRAINING TOO MANY HPB SURGEONS?
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
S105d
CONTROVERSIES IN GI SURGERY DEBATE:
WATCH AND WAIT OR ALWAYS RESECT RECTAL CANCER?
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
S100c
DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM (ASGE-ACCREDITED):
MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT: COLORECTAL DISEASES
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
S406a
DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM (AGA-ACCREDITED):
POUCHES IN IBD CARE
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
S105a
MAJA AND FRANK G. MOODY STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE:
TITLE TBA
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Hall E
POSTER SESSION II (NON-CME)
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
S503
Ticketed Session MEET-THE-PROFESSOR LUNCHEON:
IS LOCALLY ADVANCED PANCREAS CANCER NOW OR EVER RESECTABLE?
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
S105bc
PUBLIC POLICY & ADVOCACY COMMITTEE PANEL:
IS A SINGLE PAYER SYSTEM BENEFICIAL TO SURGEONS AND OUR PATIENTS?
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
S105a
SSAT/ASCRS SYMPOSIUM:
CONTROVERSIES IN THE ILEOANAL POUCH
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
S105d
PLENARY SESSION: HEPATOBILIARY & PANCREAS I
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
S100c
DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM (ASGE-ACCREDITED):
CARE OF THE POST BARIATRIC SURGERY PATIENT
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
S105d
QUICK SHOT SESSION: SMALL BOWEL, ABDOMINAL WALL, HERNIA, & COLORECTAL I
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
S105bc
QUICK SHOT SESSION: ESOPHAGUS, GASTRIC, BARIATRIC, & METABOLIC II
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
S105a
QUICK SHOT SESSION: HEPATOBILIARY & PANCREAS I
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
S100c
DDW COMBINED TRANSLATIONAL SYMPOSIUM (SSAT-ACCREDITED):
APPLICATIONS AND PITFALLS OF LUMEN APPOSING ENDOSCOPIC STENTS
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
S105a
ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
Members Only
TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2020
6:30 AM - 7:45 AM
S405
Ticketed Session BREAKFAST CONNECTIONS:
EMERGENCY SURGERY IN THE IBD PATIENT
7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
S105a
SSAT/ISDS SYMPOSIUM:
GLOBAL SURGERY: THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
S105bc
PLENARY SESSION: HEPATOBILIARY & PANCREAS II
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
S105d
QUICK SHOT SESSION: SMALL BOWEL, ABDOMINAL WALL, HERNIA, & COLORECTAL II
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
S105a
PLENARY SESSION: ESOPHAGUS, GASTRIC, BARIATRIC, & METABOLIC II
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
S105bc
PLENARY SESSION: SMALL BOWEL, ABDOMINAL WALL, HERNIA, & COLORECTAL II
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
S105d
QUICK SHOT SESSION: HEPATOBILIARY & PANCREAS II
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Hall E
POSTER SESSION III (NON-CME)
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
S105a
KELLY AND CARLOS PELLEGRINI SSAT/SAGES LUNCHEON SYMPOSIUM:
SURGICAL ADVANCES IN THE MANGEMENT OF REFLUX
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
S100c
BEST OF DDW 2020 (NON-CME)