Program and Abstracts

64th Annual Meeting
SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT
May 6-9, 2023
McCormick Place | Chicago, IL
in partnership with Digestive Disease Week®

Program (Subject to Change)

All rooms at McCormick Place unless otherwise indicated.
Schedule is subject to change.

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SATURDAY, MAY 6, 2023

7:30 AM - 5:30 PM

Room S504

RESIDENTS & FELLOWS RESEARCH CONFERENCE (NON-CME)

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Room S503

ORAL SESSION: COLORECTAL DISEASES I

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Room S505

ORAL SESSION: HEPATOBILIARY AND PANCREATIC DISEASES

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Room S103

DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM:
MULTIMODAL GERD MANAGEMENT: GASTROENTEROLOGIST AND SURGEONS OPTIMIZING TREATMENT TOGETHER

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Room S503

ORAL SESSION: UPPER GI DISEASES I

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Room S505

ORAL SESSION: ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Room S503

ORAL SESSION: ABDOMINAL WALL/PERITONEAL SURFACE/SMALL BOWEL DISEASES

2:00 pm - 3:30 PM

Room S505

VIDEO SESSION: HEPATOBILIARY AND PANCREATIC DISEASES I

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room S503

PANEL I: OPTIMIZING PATIENT CARE THROUGH COLLABORATIVE TEAM PRACTICE IN GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room S505

VIDEO SESSION: HEPATOBILIARY AND PANCREATIC DISEASES II

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Grant Park AB, Hyatt Regency McCormick Place

GLOBAL TRAINEE AND LEADERSHIP CONNECTIONS RECEPTION *by invitation only

SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2023

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Room S406

PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY I
View Video

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Room S406

SSAT & FOUNDATION AWARDS CEREMONY
View Video

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

Room S406

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
View Video

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

Room S406

DORIS AND JOHN L. CAMERON GUEST ORATION
View Video

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Room S406

PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY II
View Video

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

South Hall A, Poster Hall

POSTER SESSION I (NON-CME)

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Room S406

LEGENDS OF GI SURGERY

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Room S504

ORAL SESSION: COLORECTAL DISEASES II

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Room S505

ORAL SESSION: STOMACH AND BARIATRIC DISEASES

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room S503

SSAT AND PANCREAS CLUB JOINT SYMPOSIUM: MODERN MANAGEMENT OF IPMN

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room S504

PANEL II
ERGONOMICS AND THE SURGEON: STRINKING A HEALTHIER POSE

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Room S505

VIDEO SESSION: ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room S104

DDW SHARK TANK

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Oak Room at the Metropolitan, 66^th Floor of Willis Tower

SSAT FOUNDATION: AROUND THE WORLD RECEPTION

MONDAY, MAY 8, 2023

6:30 AM - 7:45 AM

Room S106

DDW BREAKFAST CONNECTIONS:
POST-WHIPPLE DGE: PREVENTION, WORKUP AND TREATMENT

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Room S503

SSAT-ASCRS JOINT SYMPOSIUM:
THE VALUE OF THE NARPC ACCREDITATION

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Room S504

SSAT-AHPBA JOINT SYMPOSIUM:
CURRENT TREATMENT STRATEGIES FOR GEP-NETs

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Room S505

DEBATE I: PARAESOPHAGEAL HERNIA REPAIR OPTIONS

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Room S503

DEBATE II: CURRENT TRENDS AND DEBATES ON THE MANAGEMENT OF UNCOMPLICATED DIVERTICULITIS

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Room S504

DEBATE III: MANAGEMENT OF GEJ CANCER: PREOPERATIVE CHEMORADIOTHERAPY VS. PERIOPERATIVE CHEMOTHERAPY FOR ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE GASTROESOPHAGEAL JUNCTION

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Room S505

DEBATE IV: BATTLE OF THE BULGE VS. THE BURN: GASTRIC BYPASS VS. ANTI-REFLUX SURGERY TO CURE GERD

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Room S404

MAJA AND FRANK G. MOODY STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE
View Video

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

South Hall A, Poster Hall

POSTER SESSION II (NON-CME)

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Room S106

DDW MEET THE PROFESSOR
WRITER'S WORKSHOP: RESULTS, TABLES AND FIGURES: EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY DELIVERING YOUR MESSAGE TO THE REVIEWER

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Room S406

KELLY AND CARLOS PELLEGRINI SSAT-SAGES JOINT SYMPOSIUM:
HOW WE EDUCATE OUR FELLOWS IN ROBOTIC, LAPAROSCOPY AND OPEN SURGERY

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Room S504

PLENARY SESSION: BEST OF COLORECTAL DISEASES

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Room S505

PANEL III
ADVANCES IN HBP SURGERY AROUND THE WORLD

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Room S406

KELLY AND CARLOS PELLEGRINI SSAT-SAGES JOINT SYMPOSIUM
THE INTERSECTION OF BARIATRIC AND FOREGUT SURGERY
View Video

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Room S504

PANEL IV
SSAT INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS: STORIES OF SUCCESS AND BRIDGES TO THE FUTURE

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Room S503

PLENARY SESSION: BEST OF UPPER GI DISEASES

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Room S505

PLENARY SESSION: BEST OF HEPATOBILIARY AND PANCREATIC DISEASES

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room S101

DDW DIVERSITY SYMPOSIUM

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

S101 Lobby

DDW DIVERSITY RECEPTION

5:15 PM - 6:00 PM

Room S503

ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING

TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2023

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Room S103

DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM:
LAPAROSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY WITH POST-OPERATIVE WEIGHT COMPLICATIONS

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Room S503

PANEL V
SOCIAL MEDIA: I POST, THEREFORE I AM

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Room S504

PLENARY SESSION: HEPATOBILIARY & PANCREATIC DISEASES

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Room S505

SSAT-ISDS JOINT SYMPOSIUM:
ENDOSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL COMPLICATIONS

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Room S503

PANEL VI: RESEARCH COMMITTEE
AI AND GI SURGERY: THE PATH FORWARD

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Room S504

PLENARY SESSION: UPPER GI DISEASES

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Room S505

ORAL SESSION: HEPATOBILIARY TRACT DISEASES

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

South Hall A, Poster Hall

POSTER SESSION III (NON-CME)

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Trainee and Early Career Lounge

DDW MEET THE EXPERT
SAFELY CLIMBING THE ATTENDING LEARNING CURVE IN GI SURGERY

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Room S503

VIDEO SESSION: STOMACH AND BARIATRIC DISEASES

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Room S504

VIDEO SESSION: COLORECTAL DISEASES

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Room S505

ORAL SESSION: PANCREATIC DISEASES

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Room S103

DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM:
MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT OF CHOLECYSTITIS WHEN SURGERY IS NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room S503

VIDEO SESSION: UPPER GI DISEASES

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room S504

ORAL SESSION: UPPER GI DISEASES II

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room S505

ORAL SESSION: GASTROINTESTINAL, HEALTH SERVICES AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room S103

BEST OF DDW 2023 (NON-CME)