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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.

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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

SUNDAY, May 3, 2020
6:30 AM - 7:45 AM
S105d
Ticketed Session BREAKFAST CONNECTION:
WRITERS WORKSHOP PART I:
MANUSCRIPT WRITING AND EDITING
 
Faculty: Timothy M. Pawlik, Columbus, OH
Richard A. Hodin, Boston, MA
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
S105a
PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY I
311.
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION OF CLINICAL COMPLETE RESPONSE BY PROBE-BASED CONFOCAL ENDOMICROSCOPY AFTER NEOADJUVANT CHEMORADIATION FOR LOCALLY ADVANCED RECTAL ADENOCARCINOMA
Adriana V. Safatle-Ribeiro*2, Carlos F. Marques2, Clelma Batista Pires2, Lívia Arraes2, Luciana Meirelles2, Elisa R. Baba2, Andressa A. Machado2, Martin A. Coronel2, Gustavo R. Lima2, Iatagan Josino2, Diogo Araujo2, Evelise Pelegrinelli-Zaidan2, Carla C. Gusmon2, Marcelo S. de Lima2, Caterina Pennacchi2, Fabio S. Kawaguti2, Ricardo S. Uemura2, Bruno da Costa Martins2, Gustavo A. de Paulo2, Luciano Lenz2, Guilherme C. Cotti2, Caio Sergio R. Nahas2, Sergio C. Nahas2,1, Ulysses Ribeiro1,2, Fauze Maluf-Filho2
1Gastroenterology, University of Sao Paulo , Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil; 2Cancer Institute of the University of Sao Paulo (ICESP), Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
311.
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION OF CLINICAL COMPLETE RESPONSE BY PROBE-BASED CONFOCAL ENDOMICROSCOPY AFTER NEOADJUVANT CHEMORADIATION FOR LOCALLY ADVANCED RECTAL ADENOCARCINOMA
Adriana V. Safatle-Ribeiro*2, Carlos F. Marques2, Clelma Batista Pires2, Lívia Arraes2, Luciana Meirelles2, Elisa R. Baba2, Andressa A. Machado2, Martin A. Coronel2, Gustavo R. Lima2, Iatagan Josino2, Diogo Araujo2, Evelise Pelegrinelli-Zaidan2, Carla C. Gusmon2, Marcelo S. de Lima2, Caterina Pennacchi2, Fabio S. Kawaguti2, Ricardo S. Uemura2, Bruno da Costa Martins2, Gustavo A. de Paulo2, Luciano Lenz2, Guilherme C. Cotti2, Caio Sergio R. Nahas2, Sergio C. Nahas2,1, Ulysses Ribeiro1,2, Fauze Maluf-Filho2
1Gastroenterology, University of Sao Paulo , Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil; 2Cancer Institute of the University of Sao Paulo (ICESP), Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
313.
BIOLOGICS BEFORE SURGERY FOR IBD - ARE THEY ASSOCIATED WITH POST-OPERATIVE INFECTIOUS OUTCOMES?
RESULTS FROM THE A NATIONAL SURGICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE COLLABORATIVE IN >1500 PATIENTS

Stefan D. Holubar*1, Xue Jai1, Tracy L. Hull1, Neil Hyman4, Randolph Steinhagen5, Walter Koltun6, Liliana G. Bordeianou7, Hiroko Kunitake7, Edward C. Lee8, Evangelos Messaris9, matthew mutch3, Sonia Ramamoorthy2, Samuel Eisenstein2
1Cleveland Clinic Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland, OH; 2University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA; 3Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO; 4University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; 5Mount Sinai, New York City, NY; 6University of Pennsylvania, Hersey, PA; 7Mass General Hosp / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; 8Albany Medical College, Albany, NY; 9Beth Israel Deaconess, Boston, MA
314.
CLASS I AND II OBESITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH COMPARABLE LONGTERM IMPROVEMENT IN DISEASE-SPECIFIC QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC NISSEN FUNDOPLICATION COMPARED TO NON-OBESE PATIENTS
Anahita D. Jalilvand*1, Lindsey Clemmons1, Sara Mardin del Campo2, Anand Gupta1, Kyle A. Perry1
1General Surgery, Ohio State Medical Center, Hilliard, OH; 2Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
S105a
SSAT & FOUNDATION AWARDS CEREMONY
 
Welcome and introduction of new members, announcements of SSAT and Foundation sponsored awards, reports from the SSAT Foundation, recognition of the Foundation donors, presentation of the Public Service Award, and conferment of the Founders Medal.
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
S105a
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
CREATING TOMORROW TOGETHER
 
INTRODUCTION
Richard A. Hodin, Boston, MA

ADDRESS: CREATING TOMORROW TOGETHER
Mark P. Callery, Boston, MA
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
S100c
DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM (AGA-ACCREDITED):
ENDOSCOPIC AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF GERD AND ACHALASIA: STATUS IN 2020
 
Sponsored by: AGA, SSAT, ASGE
Moderators: Peter J. Kahrilas, Chicago, IL
Lee L. Swanstrom, Strasbourg, France

MEDICAL VS. NON-MEDICAL GERD INTERVENTIONS: CURRENT INDICATIONS
John Lipham, Los Angeles, CA

DIAGNOSTICS PRIOR TO GERD INTERVENTIONS: OPTIMAL PATIENT SELECTION
Blair Jobe, Pittsburgh, PA

ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS FOR EMDS AND THE DILEMMA OF OPIOIDS
Marcelo Vela, Scottsdale, AZ

LINX, TIFF AND STRETTA: HOW AND WHEN TO CHOOSE?
Kenneth Chang, Orange, CA

IS POEM NOW THE PREFERRED PRIMARY MANAGEMENT OF ACHALASIA?
Arjan Bredenoord, Amsterdam, Netherlands

WHERE DO LNF AND LHM FIT IN 2020: JUST INSURANCE REJECTIONS?
Marco Patti, Chapel Hill, NC

POST-POEM GERD, HOW BIG AN ISSUE?
Joel Richter, Tampa, FL

POST-LNF/LINX DYSPHAGIA, WHAT TO DO?
Prakash C. Gyawali, St. Louis, MO

Q&A

CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
S105a
PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY II
438.
ALTERATION OF FBXW7 IS ASSOCIATED WITH WORSE SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING RESECTION OF COLORECTAL LIVER METASTASES
Yoshikuni Kawaguchi*, Timothy E. Newhook, Timothy J. Vreeland, Hop Tran Cao, Ching-Wei Tzeng, Thomas Aloia, Yun Shin Chun, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
439.
CIGARETTE SMOKE EXPOSURE PROMOTES CANCER PROGRESSION THROUGH GUT MICROBIAL DYSBIOSIS
Prateek Sharma*, Tejeshwar Jain, Vrishketan Sethi, Saba Kurtom, Pooja Roy, Junyi Tao, Anthony ferrantella, Bhuwan Giri, Dujon B. Edwards, Beatriz Gomez, Sundaram Ramakrishnan, Rajinder Dawra, Ashok Saluja, Vikas Dudeja
Surgery, University of Miami - Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
440.
THE INFLUENCE OF INTRAOPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS ON FISTULA DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING PANCREATODUODENECTOMY
Maxwell T. Trudeau*1, Fabio Casciani1,3, Thomas Seykora2, Laura Maggino3, Charles Vollmer1, Pancreas Fistula Study Group1
1Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine , Philadelphia, PA; 2Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington DC, ; 3University of Verona, Verona, Italy
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
S105a
DORIS AND JOHN L. CAMERON GUEST ORATION:
TEAMWORK, PATIENT EXPERIENCE, AND THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE
 
ORATION: TEAMWORK, PATIENT EXPERIENCE, AND THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE
Conor P. Delaney, Cleveland, OH
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
 
Faculty: Jayleen Grams, Birmingham, AL
Min Kim, Houston, TX
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
S100c
DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM (SSAT-ACCREDITED):
DECISION-MAKING IN IPMN MANAGEMENT
 
Sponsored by: SSAT, ASGE, AGA
Moderators: Santi Vege, Rochester, MN
Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo, Boston, MA

IPMNS AND PANCREATIC CANCER: IS THERE A LEGITIMATE CONNECTION?
Laura Wood, Baltimore, MD

CAN CYST FLUID ANALYSIS ESTABLISH A DIAGNOSIS AND PREDICT MALIGNANCY?
Koushik Kumar Das, St. Louis, MO

SURGERY FOR IPMNS: ARE WE DOING TOO LITTLE OR TOO MUCH?
Peter Allen, New York, NY

IS THERE AN END TO SURVEILLANCE?
Timothy B. Gardner, Norwich, VT

Q&A

CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
S105d
VIDEO SESSION: ESOPHAGUS, GASTRIC, BARIATRIC, & METABOLIC
509.
LAPAROSCOPIC TRANSHIATAL REPAIR OF ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION: TECHNICAL ASPECT
Deepika Razia*1, Luca Giulini1, Sumeet Mittal1,2
1Norton Thoracic Institute, St Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Dignity Health, Phoenix, AZ; 2Creighton University St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
510.
ENDOLUMINAL MANAGEMENT OF NEAR COMPLETE ESOPHAGOJEJUNAL ANASTOMOTIC DISRUPTION
Steve R. Siegal*, Niraj Gusani, Alexander Liu, Eric Pauli
Department of Surgery, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hummelstown, PA
511.
MINIMALLY INVASIVE IVOR LEWIS ESOPHAGECTOMY AFTER ROUX-EN-Y DIVERSION FOR RECURRENT GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE: IS IT FEASIBLE?
Luca Giulini*1, Deepika Razia1, Sumeet Mittal1,2
1Norton Thoracic Institute, St Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Dignity Health, Phoenix, AZ; 2Creighton University St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
512.
COMBINED LAPAROSCOPIC MEDIAN ARCUATE LIGAMENT RELEASE AND HELLER MYOTOMY WITH INTRAOPERATIVE ULTRASOUND AND FLIP
Amy Holmstrom*, Ryan J. Campagna, Ezra Teitelbaum, Eric S. Hungness
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
513.
TRANSGASTRIC LAPAROSCOPIC ASSISTED ENDOSCOPIC EXCISION OF A GASTRIC GIST
Lauren Taylor*, Anne O. Lidor, Amber Shada
Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
514.
ROBOTIC GIANT HIATAL HERNIA REPAIR WITH LOOSE NISSEN FUNDOPLICATION
Sharona B. Ross, Iswanto Sucandy, Miguel Castro, Timothy J. Bourdeau*, Alexander Rosemurgy
AdventHealth Tampa, Tampa, FL
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
S105bc
PLENARY SESSION: SMALL BOWEL, ABDOMINAL WALL, HERNIA, & COLORECTAL I
503.
HEALTHCARE RESOURCE UTILIZATION (HRU) ASSOCIATED WITH PREOPERATIVE MELOXICAM IV IN COLORECTAL SURGERY
Conor P. Delaney4, Jennifer D. Silinsky3, Vamshi R. Anupindi2, Swapna U. Karkare5, Drishti R. Shah2, Randall J. Mack1, Stewart W. McCallum1, Wei Du6,1, Alex Freyer1, Teresa Galas1, Libby K. Black*1
1Baudax Bio, LA CONNER, WA; 2IQVIA, Falls Church, NJ; 3Tulane University, School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA; 4Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH; 5Janssen, Tutusville, NJ; 6Clinical Statistics Consulting, Blue Bell, PA
504.
DEGRADABLE BIOSENSOR FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF ABDOMINAL SEPSIS
Ran Orgad1, Idan Carmeli3, Nir Wasserberg1, Matan Bendavid*2
1Rabin Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; 2Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia; 3Assuta Ashdod Medical Center, Ashdod, Israel
505.
ADAPTED ERAS PATHWAY VS. STANDARD CARE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING EMERGENCY SMALL BOWEL SURGERY- A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL.
Vikram Kate*1, Saurabh Kumar2, Sathasivam Sureshkumar2, Subair Mohsina2, Thulasingam Mahalakshmy3, Pankaj Kundra4
1Department of General & Gastrointestinal Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India; 2Department of Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India; 3Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India; 4Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India
506.
SAME DAY DISCHARGE IS SAFE IN SELECTED PATIENTS FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC RIGHT COLECTOMY IN THE NATIONAL SURGICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

Richard Huettemann*1, Virgilio V. George1, Pinckney J. Maxwell1, Vlad V. Simianu2, Thomas Curran1
1Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; 2Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA
507.
VALUE ASSESSMENT FOR PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT MINIMALLY INVASIVE VS OPEN COLECTOMIES AT A TERTIARY MEDICAL CENTER
Michael Abdelmasseh*1,2, Arslan Iqbal1,2, Douglas Melton2,3, Jonathan Willis2,3, vineela Kadiyala2,3, Juan-Ramon Sanabria1,2,4
1Marshall University School of Medicine Department of Surgery, Barboursville, WV; 2Marshall University Randomized Control Trials Enterprise, Barboursville, WV; 3Marshall University School of Medicine, Barboursville, WV; 4Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
508.
THE IMPACT OF RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION ON COLORECTAL CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
Michael Poulson*, Andrea M. Madiedo, Tracey Dechert, Jason Hall
Department of Surgery, Boston Medical Center, BUSM, Boston, MA
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
S105a
STATE-OF-THE-ART CONFERENCE:
THE EVOLUTION OF ENDOSCOPIC GI SURGERY
 
Moderators: Michael J. Sessler, Bremerhaven, Germany
Benjamin D. Shogan, Chicago, IL

ADVANCES IN ENDOSCOPIC COLORECTAL SURGERY
Emre Gorgun, Cleveland, OH

ADVANCES IN ENDOSCOPIC GASTRIC SURGERY
TBD

ADVANCES IN ENDOSCOPIC BARIATRIC SURGERY
Santiago Horgan, La Jolla, CA

UPDATES IN ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT FOR BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS
Kenneth K. Wang, Rochester, MN

THE FUTURE OF ENDOSCOPIC PANCREATIC NECROSECTOMY
David E. Loren, Wynnewood, PA

PANEL & AUDIENCE DISCUSSION
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
S105d
VIDEO SESSION: HEPATOBILIARY & PANCREAS
605.
ROBOTIC RESECTION OF HILAR CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA

Marcel Autran Machado*, Fabio F. Makdissi, Marcel C C. Machado
Surgery, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
606.
INTRAHEPATIC GLISSONIAN APPROACH FOR REPEAT ROBOTIC LEFT HEPATECTOMY
Marcel Autran Machado*, Fabio F. Makdissi, Marcel C C. Machado
Surgery, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
607.
A PURE ROBOTIC DONOR RIGHT HEPATECTOMY- SURGICAL TECHNIQUE
jayapala reddy Velagala*, BINOJ S T, Shweta Mallick, Krishnanunni Nair, Johns S. Mathew, Christi Titus V, Biju Chandran, Ramachandran Menon, Unnikrishnan G, Dinesh Balakrishnan, Sudheer OV, Sudhindran S
department of Gastrointestinal,vascular & multivisceral transplant surgery, Amrita institute of medical sciences, Kochi, India
608.
ROBOTIC PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY AFTER UNSUSPECTED DOUBLE PERFORATION (BILE DUCT AND PORTAL VEIN) DURING ENDOSCOPIC BILIARY STENT PLACEMENT
Marcel Autran Machado*1, Fabio F. Makdissi2, Jose Celso Ardengh2, Marcel C C. Machado1
1University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; 2HOSPITAL NOVE DE JULHO, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
609.
ROBOTIC ROUX-EN-Y HEPATICOJEJUNOSTOMY FOR PRIMARY INTRAHEPATIC LITHIASIS
Marcel Autran Machado*1, André O. Ardengh2, Fabio F. Makdissi1, Marcel C C. Machado1
1Surgery, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; 2Santa Casa de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
610.
ROBOTIC ENUCLEATION OF A PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR
Michael Klingler*1, Kevin M. El-Hayek2
1Digestive diseases and surgery, Cleveland Clinic and Foundation, Cleveland, OH; 2MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
S406a
DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM (AGA-ACCREDITED):
SHARK TANK
 
Sponsored by: AGA, AASLD, ASGE, SSAT
Moderators: Nichlas J. Shaheen, Chapel Hill, NC
Michael L. Kochman, Philadelphia, PA
Uzma D. Siddiqui, Chicago, IL
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
S105a
HEALTH CARE QUALITY & OUTCOMES COMMITTEE PANEL:
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COST AND SURGICAL QUALITY IN HEALTHCARE
 
Moderators: Vanita Ahuja, York, PA
Dmitry Oleynikov, Omaha, NE

EFFECTS OF HOSPITAL MERGERS TO PATIENT OUTCOMES
TBD

DOES EVERYONE BENEFIT FROM QUALITY CARE?
David Chang, Boston, MA

DISRUPTIVE TRANSFORMATION: AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS
Matthew M. Hutter, Boston, MA

SUCCESS STORY IN IMPROVED OUTCOMES WITH COLLOBORATION
John M. Morton, New Haven, CT

PANEL & AUDIENCE DISCUSSION
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
S105bc
PG/CME COMMITTEE PANEL:
APPROPRIATE INTRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGY OR APPROACH IN ABDOMINAL SURGERY
 
Moderators: Clancy J. Clark, Winston Salem, NC
Andreas M. Kaiser, Los Angeles, CA

CHOLESCYSTECTOMY AND APPENDECTOMY REINVENTED?
Peter P. Lopez, Bloomfield Hills, MI

NON-URGENT SURGERY: I WON'T TOUCH THE PATIENT BEFORE BARIATRICS
Andrew J. Duffy, New Haven, CT

COLORECTAL SURGERY: I AM BETTER THAN THE PUBLISHED DATA!
Heather Yeo, New York, NY

THIS TOOL IS COOL, BUT I HAVE NEVER DONE IT - AND HOW SHOULD I TELL MY PATIENT
Ankit Patel, Atlanta, GA

TATME/ROBOTICS/TAMIS/TEMS: FANCY VS FUNCTION: THE CASE FOR BALANCING EGO VS PATIENT GOALS - IT IS NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL
Luca Stocchi, Jacksonville, FL
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
S100c
DDW DIVERSITY SYMPOSIUM:
UNIQUE PATIENT POPULATIONS WITH GI DISEASES EXPERIENCING BARRIERS TO CARE
 
Sponsored by: SSAT, AGA, AASLD, ASGE
Moderators: Matthew Walsh, Cleveland, OH
Aline Charbaty, Baltimore, MD

IMPROVING AWARENESS AND SENSITIVITY TO LGBT HEALTH ISSUES
Will Dewitt, New York, NY

CULTURAL BARRIERS TO HEALTH CARE
Julius Wilder, Raleigh, NC

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS
Renee Williams, Chicago, IL

SOCIO-ECONOMIC BARRIERS
John Carethers, Ann Arbor, MI
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
S100c Lobby
DDW DIVERSITY RECEPTION
 
Immediately following the DDW Diversity Symposium, this reception provides a networking opportunity for attendees to gather, discuss relevant issues, and learn more about what each society is doing to promote diversity in GI.
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Empire Room, Palmer House Hilton
Ticketed Session FOUNDATION RECEPTION
 
The SSAT Foundation Reception will take place on Sunday, May 3, 2020, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., at the Palmer House Hilton during the SSAT Annual Meeting at DDW 2020. All proceeds from the reception will help support the Foundation's initiatives. Plan to join us in celebrating the successes of the SSAT Foundation. Tickets are only 25 USD when purchased in advance and 40 USD if purchased at the door; advance tickets are available to purchase online now.

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