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Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
SSAT Residents & Fellows Research Conference

All presentation times listed below are in Eastern Daylight Time

This live virtual event is by invitation only. A full recording will available for all members in the SSAT Member’s Only area after the event has concluded.

Saturday, August 29, 2020
10:00 AM
WELCOME
10:10 AM
SESSION I
Moderator: Mark P. Callery, Boston, MA
8-minute presentation, 4-minute discussion
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2. REDUCTION OF INTRAPERITONEAL ADHESIOGENESIS BY PROTEASE INHIBITORS IN A CECAL LIGATION AND PUNCTURE MODEL OF SEPSIS AND PERITONITIS.
Philip Plaeke, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

Discussant: Michael Abdelmasseh
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3. VALUE ASSESSMENT FOR PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT MINIMALLY INVASIVE VS OPEN COLECTOMIES AT A TERTIARY MEDICAL CENTER
Michael Abdelmasseh, Marshall University School of Medicine Department of Surgery, Marshall University Randomized Control Trials Enterprise, Huntington, WV
Discussant: Damiano Gentile
 
4.WITHDRAWN
11:00 AM
BREAK
11:10 AM
SESSION II
Moderator: Taylor S. Riall, Tuscon, AZ
8-minute presentation, 4-minute discussion
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5. ALTERATION OF FBXW7 IS ASSOCIATED WITH WORSE SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING RESECTION OF COLORECTAL LIVER METASTASES
Yoshikuni Kawaguchi, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Discussant: Michael Poulson
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6. THE IMPACT OF RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION ON COLORECTAL CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
Michael Poulson, Department of Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

Discussant: Thomas Korte Maatman
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7. BILIARY STRICTURE AFTER NECROTIZING PANCREATITIS: AN UNDERAPPRECIATED CHALLENGE
Thomas K. Maatman, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

Discussant: Susanna W.L. de Geus
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8. DISCORDANCE OF CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGIC STAGING IN LOCALLY ADVANCED GASTRIC ADENOCARCINOMA
Susanna W.L. de Geus, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

Discussant: Yoshikuni Kawaguchi
12:00 PM
BREAK
12:15 PM
Introduction to the Keynote
Motaz Qadan, MD
12:20 PM
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
From Mentee to Mentor: Leadership Skills to Navigate your Academic Career
Timothy M. Pawlik, MD, MPH, PhD
Ohio State University
12:50 PM
BREAK
1:00 PM
SESSION III
Moderator: Michael G. House, Indianapolis, IN
8-minute presentation, 4-minute discussion
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9. SAME DAY DISCHARGE IS SAFE IN SELECTED PATIENTS FOLLOWING LAPAROSCOPIC RIGHT COLECTOMY IN THE NATIONAL SURGICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
Richard Huettemann, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Discussant: Maxwell T. Trudeau
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10. THE INFLUENCE OF INTRAOPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS ON FISTULA DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING PANCREATODUODENECTOMY
Maxwell T. Trudeau, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Discussant: Mary Garland-Kledzik
1:35 PM
BREAK
1:45 PM
SESSION IV
Moderator: Steven C. Stain, Albany, NY
8-minute presentation, 4-minute discussion
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12. PROVIDER-SPECIFIC VARIATION IN LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY: THE VOLUME-COST RELATIONSHIP
Christopher C. Stahl, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI

Discussant: Luca Giulini
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13. REDO FUNDOPLICATION AND ROUX-EN-Y DIVERSION FOR FAILED FUNDOPLICATION: A 3-YEARS SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE
Luca Giulini, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Norton Thoracic Institute, St Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Dignity Health, Phoenix, AZ

Discussant: Alexandra M Roch
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14. PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS AFTER VENOUS RECONSTRUCTION DURING PANCREATECTOMY: TIMING AND RISKS
Alexandra M. Roch, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

Discussant: Clay Merritt
2:35 PM
AWARDS DISCUSSION
2:40 PM
AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT

Award Winners

Michael Poulson
Department of Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

Maxwell T. Trudeau
Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Mary Garland-Kledzik
John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, CA