Moderator:

Richard Hodin, Boston, MA

THE CONTRIBUTION OF SURGEON AND HOSPITAL VARIATION IN TRANSFUSION PRACTICE TO OUTCOMES FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER SURGERY: A POPULATION-BASED ANALYSIS
Jesse Zuckerman^*1, Natalie Coburn^1,2, Jeannie Callum², Alyson L. Mahar³, Robin Mcleod¹, Emily Pearsall⁶, Yulia Lin², Alexis F. Turgeon⁴, Guillaume Martel⁵, Julie Hallet^1,2
1Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada; ³University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; ⁴Universite Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada; ⁵University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; ⁶University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Primary Discussant: Alexander A. Parikh

DISPARITIES IN USE OF SURGICAL TREATMENTS MEDIATE HALF OF SOCIOECONOMIC SURVIVAL DISPARITIES IN STAGE I-II HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
Douglas S. Swords^*, Timothy E. Newhook, Ching-Wei D. Tzeng, Yun Chun, Thomas Aloia, Ahmed Kaseb, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, Hop Tran Cao
Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Primary Discussant: Federico Aucejo

ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION (ESD) VERSUS TRANSANAL MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY (TAMIS) FOR EARLY RECTAL NEOPLASMS: A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Simon S. Ng^*, Sophie S. Hon, Tony Mak, Kaori Futaba, Dennis Ngo, Simon Chu, Man Fung Ho, Wing Wa Leung, Yee Ni C. Wong, Janet F. Lee
Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong , Hong Kong

Primary Discussant: Emre Gorgun

COMPARISON OF ADAPTED ENHANCED RECOVERY AFTER SURGERY PATHWAY VERSUS STANDARD CARE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING EMERGENCY LAPAROTOMY FOR PERFORATION PERITONITIS - A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Pranavi A. Ravichandar^*1, Vikram Kate¹, Sathasivam Sureshkumar¹, Thulasingam Mahalakshmy², Pankaj Kundra^3
1Department of Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India; ²Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India; ³Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India

Primary Discussant: Mukta Krane

ORATION: TEAMWORK AND THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE
Conor P. Delaney, Weston, FL

Moderators:

Darryl Hiyama, Los Angeles, CA Anne Lidor, Madison, WI

FRAILTY IS AN INDEPENDENT RISK FACTOR OF ADVERSE POSTOPERATIVE OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ESOPHAGECTOMY: ANALYSIS OF 2011-2017 US HOSPITALS
David U. Lee^*, Gregory H. Fan, Raffi Karagozian
Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA

Primary Discussant: Yalini Vigneswaran

VALIDATION OF THE PITTSBURGH SEVERITY SCORE IN DETERMINING THE CLINICAL OUTCOME AFTER ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION: A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
Lucia Moletta^*, Giovanni Capovilla, Elisa Sefora Pierobon, Giovanni Valotto, Laura Gavagna, Gianpietro Zanchettin, Renato Salvador, Mario Costantini, Stefano Merigliano, Michele Valmasoni
Universita degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Veneto, Italy

IMPEDANCE PLANIMETRY (ENDOFLIP™) SHOWS THAT LENGTH OF NARROWING AFTER FUNDOPLICATION DOES NOT AFFECT DYSPHAGIA
Hoover Wu^*1,2, Mikhail Attaar^1,2, Harry Wong^1,2, Michelle Campbell^1,2, Kristine Kuchta², Stephen P. Haggerty², Woody Denham², John G. Linn², Michael Ujiki^2
1University of Chicago, Evanston, IL; ²NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL

Primary Discussant: Min P. Kim

DYNAMIC RISK PREDICTION OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY POST BARIATRIC ROUX-EN-Y-GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY
Suha Jabak^*1, Fadel Alturki¹, Nancy Mikati², Mostafa M. Abohelwa³, Yasser H. Shaib^1
1American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; ²University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; ³Texas Tech University System, Lubbock, TX

Primary Discussant: Sergio J. Badaro

HIATAL HERNIA REPAIR IS NON-INFERIOR TO BYPASS IN THE TREATMENT OF POST-SLEEVE REFLUX: EARLY AND LATE FOLLOW-UP
Ben Indja^*2, Daniel L. Chan¹, Michael Talbot^1,2
1Department of Surgery, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; ²St George Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Primary Discussant: Amber Shada

PLATELET-TO-LYMPHOCYTE RATIO AS A MARKER OF DISEASE PROGNOSIS IN ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA
Alexander J. Calderone^*, Yaseen Al Lawati, Jose L. Ramirez-Garcialuna, Aroub Alkaaki, Carmen L. Mueller, Jonathan Spicer, Lorenzo E. Ferri, Jonathan Cools-Lartigue
McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, QC, Canada

Primary Discussant: Ory Wiesel

Moderators:

Katsuhiko Yanaga, Tokyo, Japan Marco G. Patti, Chicago, IL Eduardo E. Montalvo-Javé, Mexico City, Mexico

HOW TO PROTECT PERSONNEL AND PATIENTS
Riccardo Rosati, Milan, Italy

HOW TO EFFICIENTLY REGULATE DELIVERY OF SURGICAL CARE
Ulysses Ribeiro, Sao Paulo, Brazil

THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE PANDEMIC
Hermann Kessler, Cleveland, OH

MANAGING THE SURGICAL WORKFORCE SHORTAGE
Marco G. Patti, Chicago, IL

IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Melina Kibbe, Chapel Hill, NC

This inaugural session of the SSAT Program at DDW 2021 will present the major discoveries of four impactful research studies that were published in 2020. Each 10-minute presentation will be followed by a 10-minute question and answer discussion that will highlight the scientific findings and future directions of the authors' research.

Moderators:

Michael G. House, Indianapolis, IN Jayleen M. Grams, Birmingham, AL

EFFICACY OF PERIOPERATIVE CHEMOTHERAPY FOR RESECTABLE PANCREATIC ADENOCARCINOMA: A PHASE 2 RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL
Presenter: Syed A. Ahmad, Cincinnati, OH
Discussant: Charles Vollmer, Philadelphia, PA

EFFECTS OF DIET VERSUS GASTRIC BYPASS ON METABOLIC FUNCTION IN DIABETES
Presenter: J. Christopher Eagon, St. Louis, MO
Discussant: Ali Tavakkoli, Boston, MA

WESTERN DIET PROMOTES INTESTINAL COLONIZATION BY COLLAGENOLYTIC MICROBES AND PROMOTES TUMOR FORMATION AFTER COLORECTAL SURGERY
Presenter: Sara Gaines, Chicago, IL
Discussant: Augusto Bastidas, Los Gatos, CA

PREOPERATIVE SINGLE-DOSE METHYLPREDNISOLONE PREVENTS SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS AFTER MAJOR LIVER RESECTION: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Presenter: Chad Ball, Calgary, AB
Discussant: Flavio Rocha, Portland, OR

Moderators:

Valentine Nfonsam, Tucson, AZ Terrah Paul Olson, Sandy Springs, GA

ELECTROACUPUNCTURE COMBINED WITH FAST-TRACK PERIOPERATIVE PROGRAM FOR REDUCING DURATION OF POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS AND HOSPITAL STAY AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC COLORECTAL SURGERY: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Simon S. Ng^*, Wing Wa Leung, Tony Mak, Kaori Futaba, Sophie S. Hon, Dennis Ngo, Simon Chu, Man Fung Ho, Oky C. Lam, Yee Ni C. Wong, Janet F. Lee
Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong , Hong Kong

Primary Discussant: Lisa M. Cannon

INULIN AND GALACTO-OLIGOSACCHARIDES IMPROVE COLONIC ANASTOMOTIC HEALING IN MICE UNDERGOING COLORECTAL SURGERY
Roy Hajjar^*1,2,4, Manon Oliero^1,4, Thibault Cuisiniere^1,4, Gabriela Fragoso¹, Annie Calvé¹, Souad Djediai³, Borhane Annabi³, Carole Richard^2,4, Manuela M. Santos^1,4
1Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal Centre de Recherche, Montreal, QC, Canada; ²Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada; ³Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada; ⁴Universite de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

Primary Discussant: Benjamin D. Shogan

IMMEDIATE OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATED APPENDICITIS DURING PREGNANCY IS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVED OUTCOMES REGARDLESS OF TRIMESTER
Vincent Cheng^*, Kazuhide Matsushima, Matthew Ashbrook, Kulmeet Sandhu, Koji Matsuo, Morgan Schellenberg, Kenji Inaba
General Surgery, Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Primary Discussant: Jonathan F. Critchlow

RURAL HOSPITALS ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH WORSE POSTOPERATIVE OUTCOMES FOR COLON CANCER
Adrian Diaz^*, Madison Hyer, Diamantis Tsilimigras, Shan Lansing, Matthew Kalady, Syed Husain, Alan Harzman, Alessandra Gasior, Lisa Cunningham, Emily Huang, Mark Arnold, Timothy M. Pawlik
Surgery, The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH

Primary Discussant: Kurt Davis

THE HUMAN MILK OLIGOSACCHARIDES 2'-FUCOSYLLACTOSE AND 6'-SIAYLLACTOSE ATTENUATE NEC-ASSOCIATED BRAIN INJURY
Andres J. Gonzalez Salazar^*1, Qinjie Zhou¹, Mark L. Kovler¹, Diego F. Nino², Maame Efua Sampah¹, Yukihiro Yamaguchi¹, Peng Lu¹, Hongpeng Jia¹, William B. Fulton¹, Thomas Prindle¹, Sanxia Wang¹, Rachael H. Buck³, Karen C. Goehring³, Chhinder P. Sodhi¹, David Hackam^1
1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; ²Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX; ³Abbott Nutrition, Abbott Park, IL

Primary Discussant: Colin Martin

NITROSYLATED-OLEIC ACID AMELIORATES POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS
Elizabeth Dyer^*, Katherine O. Jones, Nicholas G. Minner, Anthony J. Bauer
Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Lynchburg, VA, US, academic/medsch, Lynchburg, VA

Moderators:

Maria Altieri, Stony Brook, NY Motaz Qadan, New York, NY John C. McAuliffe, Bronx, NY

HOW TO FIND JOB OPPORTUNITIES?
Kenric Murayama, Honolulu, HI

WHAT ARE YOU WORTH? NEGOTIATING A CONTRACT
Steven Schwaitzberg, Buffalo, NY

TIPS AND TRICKS OF INTERVIEWING
Dana Telem, Ann Arbor, MI

CHOOSING PRIVATE VS. ACADEMIC PRACTICE
Ajita Prabhu, Cleveland, OH

CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS
Join the speakers for an additional one-on-one question and answer session

Moderators:

Benjamin D. Shogan, Chicago, IL Michael J. Sessler, Bremerhaven, Germany Kmarie King, Atlanta, GA

ADVANCES IN ENDOSCOPIC COLORECTAL SURGERY
Emre Gorgun, Cleveland, OH

ADVANCES IN ENDOSCOPIC GASTRIC SURGERY
Norio Fukami, Scottsdale, AZ

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

UPDATES IN SMALL BOWEL ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT
Adriana V. Safatle-Ribeiro, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Moderators:

Emily Winslow, Washington, DC Virginia O. Shaffer, Atlanta, GA

ADDRESSING DISPARITIES BY CHANGING THE PIPELINE: A FOCUS ON PRACTICAL CHANGES IN RECRUITING & HIRING
Timothy M. Pawlik, Columbus, OH

ADDRESSING DISPARITIES IN AN URBAN SAFETY NET ENVIRONMENT: ILLUSTRATED BY A LIVER SCREENING PROGRAM
Maria C. Russell, Atlanta, GA

ADDRESSING DISPARITIES IN THE CARE OF OUR VETERANS: A FOCUS ON DECREASING PATIENTS LOST TO FOLLOW-UP
Gretchen C. Edwards, Nashville, TN

ADDRESSING DISPARITIES IN THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT: A FOCUS ON INCREASING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE
Sandra L. Wong, Lebanon, NH

Moderator: Anthony Vine, New York, NY

FINANCIAL STRAIN IN THE WAKE OF COVID-19 - WILL CONGRESS BAIL US OUT?
Christian Shalgian, Washington, DC

HOW TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE ERA OF TELEMEDICINE - TIPS AND TRICKS
Don Selzer, Indianapolis, IN

RESIDENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ERA OF PANDEMICS AND TELEMDICINE: SUCCESSES, FAILURES, AND THE FUTURE
Christopher Lachapelle, New York, NY

PANEL AND AUDIENCE DISCUSSION

CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS
Join the speakers for an additional one-on-one question and answer session

Moderators:

Jordan Cloyd, Columbus, OH Cataldo Doria, Philadelphia, PA

THE CLINICAL IMPACT OF MALNUTRITION ON THE POSTOPERATIVE OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING PANCREATIC RESECTION: ANALYSIS OF 2011-2017 US HOSPITAL
David U. Lee^*, Gregory H. Fan, Raffi Karagozian
Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA

NATIONWIDE EXPERIENCE OF TOTAL PANCREATECTOMY WITH ISLET CELL AUTOTRANSPLANT FOR CHRONIC PANCREATITIS: BENCHMARK METRICS AND TRENDS IN OUTCOMES
Thomas K. Maatman^*1, Sean P. McGuire¹, Kathleen A. McGreevy², Evan L. Fogel¹, Michael G. House¹, Nicholas J. Zyromski^1
1Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; ²Indiana University Health Inc, Indianapolis, IN

DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL GENETIC TESTING PROTOCOL FOR PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA PATIENTS IN KENTUCKY
Megan M. Harper^*1,2, Andrew J. Kennedy¹, Reema A. Patel^1,2, Aileen Alqueza², Jonathan Davis², Tamara E. Carey², Jessica Moss^1,2, Prakash K. Pandalai^1,2, Michael J. Cavnar^1,2, Justine C. Pickarski², Joseph Kim^1,2
1University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY; ²Markey Cancer Center, Lexington, KY

SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH COLORECTAL LIVER METASTASES IS ASSOCIATED WITH MULTIMODALITY CAPACITY OF THE TREATING FACILITY
Anai N. Kothari^*, Caitlin A. Hester, Ching-Wei D. Tzeng, Timothy E. Newhook, Yun Chun, Aloia Thomas, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, Hop Tran Cao
Surgical Oncology, MD Anderson Center, Houston, TX

EVERY DROP MATTERS: INTRAOPERATIVE FLUIDS DURING HEPATECTOMY AND POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS
Cameron Gaskill^*, Bradford J. Kim, Timothy E. Newhook, Elsa M. Arvide, Whitney L. Dewhurst, Teresa L. Phan, Jenilette . Cristo, Hop Tran Cao, Thomas Aloia, Yun Chun, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, Ching-Wei D. Tzeng
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Division of Surgery, Houston, TX

RECENT ONSET DIABETES IS ASSOCIATED WITH BETTER SURVIVAL IN PDAC- AN ANALYSIS OF PREOPERATIVE SYMPTOMS WITHIN THE DGAV STUDOQ|PANCREAS REGISTRY
Yannic Elser^*, Louisa Bolm, Steffen Deichmann, Rüdiger Braun, Ekaterina Petrova, Hryhoriy Lapshyn, Ulrich F. Wellner, Tobias Keck, Kim C. Honselmann
Universitatsklinikum Schleswig Holstein - Campus Lubeck, Lubeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

DOES A LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH TO DISTAL PANCREATECTOMY FOR CANCER CONTRIBUTE TO OPTIMAL CHEMOTHERAPY UTILIZATION?
Omid Salehi^*1, Eduardo A. Vega¹, Onur C. Kutlu², Sandeep Krishnan¹, Sylvia V. Alarcon¹, Vera Kazakova¹, Olga Kozyreva¹, Claudius Conrad^1
1Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center, Brighton, MA; ²University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL

PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR: RATIONALE FOR REGIONALIZATION IN AN INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
Diana Hsu^*1, Sidney Le¹, Alex Chang², Austin L. Spitzer², George Kazantsev², Peter Peng², Ck Chang^2
1University of California System, Oakland, CA; ²Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA

ITERATIVE CHANGES IN RISK-STRATIFIED PANCREATECTOMY CLINICAL PATHWAYS AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ACCELERATED DISCHARGE AFTER PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY
Andrew D. Newton^*, Timothy E. Newhook, Morgan L. Bruno, Laura R. Prakash, Yi-Ju Chiang, Natalia Paez Arango, Whitney L. Dewhurst, Elsa M. Arvide, Naruhiko Ikoma, Jessica E. Maxwell, Michael P. Kim, Jeffrey E. Lee, Matthew Katz, Ching-Wei D. Tzeng
Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

THE ROLE OF EXTENDED PORTAL LYMPHADENECTOMY DURING HEPATECTOMY FOR INTRAHEPATIC CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA
Thomas K. Maatman^*, John Aversa, Katelyn Flick, Shelby L. Allen, Eugene P. Ceppa, Attila Nakeeb, Trang K. Nguyen, C. Max Schmidt, Nicholas J. Zyromski, Michael G. House
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

OBESITY WORSENS LOCAL AND SYSTEMIC COMPLICATIONS OF NECROTIZING PANCREATITIS AND PROLONGS DISEASE COURSE
Sean P. McGuire^*1, Sydney L. Keller¹, Thomas K. Maatman¹, Kyle A. Lewellen¹, Stephen N. Quigley², Eugene P. Ceppa¹, Michael G. House¹, Attila Nakeeb¹, Trang K. Nguyen¹, Christian Schmidt¹, Nicholas J. Zyromski^1
1Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; ²Eastern Health, St. John's, , Canada

GALLBLADDER CANCER INDIDENTALLY FOUND AT CHOLECYSTECTOMY: PERIOPERATIVE RISK FACTORS
Elizabeth Olecki^*, Kelly A. Stahl, Rolfy Perez-Holguin, June S. Peng, Matthew Dixon, Chan Shen, Niraj Gusani
General Surgery, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA

POST- AND INTRA-OPERATIVE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPMENT OF DELAYED GASTRIC EMPTYING AFTER PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY
Neda Amini^*1,2, Christopher R. D'Adamo², Arun Mavanur^2
1Surgery, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore , MD; ²Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD