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65th Annual Meeting
SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT
May 18-21, 2024
Walter E. Washington Convention Center | Washington D.C.
in partnership with Digestive Disease Week®

All rooms at Walter E. Washington Convention Center unless otherwise indicated.

Ticketed Session indicates a Ticketed Session requiring a separate registration and fee.
Residents Conference Indicates a Plenary presentation that is also being presented at the Resident & Fellows Research Conference.
Live Streamed Indicates a Live-streamed Session.

Tracks
Esophagus, Gastric, Bariatric, & Metabolic Education, Quality, Outcomes, & Policy
Hepatobiliary & Pancreas Colorectal
Peritoneal Surface, Abdominal Wall & Small Bowel General & Society Business

Program | Residents & Fellows | Posters

SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2024
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Room 207A
RESIDENTS & FELLOWS RESEARCH CONFERENCE (NON-CME)
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room 206
ORAL SESSION: ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES I
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room 207B
ORAL SESSION: COLORECTAL DISEASES I
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room 154AB
Live Streamed DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT POLYPS
10:00 PM - 11:30 PM
Room 206
ORAL SESSION: STOMACH/BARIATRIC/METABOLIC DISEASES I
10:00 PM - 11:30 PM
Room 207B
ORAL AND VIDEO SESSION: PERITONEAL SURFACE, ABDOMINAL WALL, SMALL BOWEL (PAWS) DISEASES
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 207B
VIDEO SESSION: ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES I
2:00 pm - 3:30 PM
Room 204ABC
Live Streamed PANEL I: STOMACH/BARIATRIC METABOLIC SUBCOMMITTEE: CURRENT TRENDS IN OBESITY MANAGEMENT: FROM MEDICATION TO SURGERY
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 206
VIDEO SESSION: STOMACH/BARIATRIC/METABOLIC DISEASES I
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 207B
VIDEO SESSION: COLORECTAL DISEASES
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
South Pre-Function, Level 3 Atrium
SSAT CONNECTIONS RECEPTION
SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2024
6:30 AM - 7:45 AM
Room 146C
Ticketed Session DDW BREAKFAST CONNECTION: BARIATRIC SURGERY OPTIONS FOR TYPE II DIABETES
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room 207A
ORAL SESSION: ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES II
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room 207B
ORAL SESSION: PANCREATIC DISEASES I
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room 209ABC
Live Streamed SSAT-ASCRS JOINT SYMPOSIUM: INCREASING INCIDENCE OF EARLY ONSET COLORECTAL CANCER: A DIFFERENT DISEASE ENTITY
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room 206
ORAL SESSION: COLORECTAL DISEASES II
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room 207A
APP COMMITTEE SYMPOSIUM: ADVOCATING FOR GI SURGERY PATIENTS
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room 207B
VIDEO SESSION: HEPATOBILIARY TRACT DISEASES
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room 209ABC
Live Streamed KELLY AND CARLOS PELLEGRINI SSAT-SAGES JOINT SYMPOSIUM: HOW WE DO IT: UNIQUE CLINICAL CASES AND MANAGEMENT FROM AROUND THE WORLD
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Hall A, Poster Hall
POSTER SESSION I: COLORECTAL AND PAWS DISEASES (NON-CME)
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Room 146C
Ticketed Session DDW MEET-THE-PROFESSOR: WRITER'S WORKSHOP
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 206
SSAT-ISDS JOINT SYMPOSIUM: FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS OF THE UGI AND LGI TRACTS
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 207A
SSAT-AMERICAN HERNIA SOCIETY (AHS) JOINT SYMPOSIUM: COMPLEX ABDOMINAL WALL REPAIRS
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 207B
PANEL II: GLOBAL OUTREACH COMMITTEE: INTERNATIONAL ADVANCES IN GI SURGERY: MANAGEMENT OF ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 207A
PANEL III: RESIDENT & FELLOW EDUCATION COMMITTEE-GLOBAL OUTREACH COMMITTEE: GI SURGICAL TRAINING AROUND THE WORLD: SHARING EXPERIENCES & PROMOTING PARTNERSHIPS
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 207B
ORAL SESSION: HEPATOBILIARY TRACT DISEASES I
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 204ABC
Live Streamed MAJA AND FRANK G. MOODY STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURES
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 145A
DDW DIVERSITY SYMPOSIUM
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Anacostia Salon DE, The Westin Downtown
Ticketed Session SSAT FOUNDATION RECEPTION AND AWARDS CEREMONY
MONDAY, MAY 20, 2024
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room 207B
PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Room 207B
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Room 207B
DORIS AND JOHN L. CAMERON GUEST ORATION
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Hall A, Poster Hall
POSTER SESSION II: HEPATOBILIARY TRACT & STOMACH/BARIATRIC METABOLIC DISEASES (NON-CME)
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 206
SSAT DIVERSITY SYMPOSIUM: DIVERSITY & INCLUSION LIAISON COMMITTEE: PRACTICAL STEPS TO BECOMING A DEI-FOCUSED GI SURGERY PROGRAM
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 207A
ORAL SESSION: PANCREATIC DISEASES II
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 207B
ORAL SESSION: STOMACH/BARIATRIC/METABOLIC DISEASES II
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 154AB
Live Streamed DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: AASLD-SSAT: MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO THE MANAGEMENT OF MASLD AND OBESITY
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 206
PLENARY SESSION: BEST OF STOMACH/BARIATRIC/METABOLIC DISEASES
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 207A
PLENARY SESSION: BEST OF COLORECTAL DISEASES
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room 207B
LEGENDS OF SURGERY
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 207B
ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING (Members Only)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 152AB
DDW SHARK TANK (NON-CME)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 154AB
Live Streamed DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: GASTROPARESIS
TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2024
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room 154AB
Live Streamed DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: AGA-SSAT: PADOVA CLASSIFICATION: ROLE OF THE HIGH RESOLUTION MANOMETRY IN FOREGUT SURGERY
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room 206
SSAT-SSO JOINT SYMPOSIUM: CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT OF PERITONEAL SURFACE MALIGNANCIES
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room 207A
PLENARY SESSION: BEST OF PANCREATIC DISEASES
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room 207B
ORAL SESSION: COLORECTAL DISEASES III
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room 207A
PLENARY SESSION: BEST OF ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room 207B
PLENARY AND ORAL SESSION: BEST OF PAWS DISEASES
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room 204ABC
SSAT-AHPBA JOINT SYMPOSIUM: HPB VIDEO DEBATES
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Hall A, Poster Hall
POSTER SESSION III: PANCREATIC AND ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES (NON-CME)
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Young Surgeon & Trainee Lounge
DDW MEET-THE-EXPERT
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 206
PANEL IV: STOMACH/BARIATRIC/METABOLIC SUBCOMMITTEE: GASTRIC CANCER MANAGEMENT AT DIFFERENT STAGES
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 207A
PLENARY SESSION: BEST OF HEPATOBILIARY TRACT DISEASES
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 207B
ORAL SESSION: QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, HEALTH SERVICE RESOURCES AND EDUCATION
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 154AB
Live Streamed DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: ENDOSCOPIC AND OPERATIVE APPROACHES TO OBSTRUCTIONS AND FLUID COLLECTIONS IN PANCREATIC DISEASE: PALLIATIVE MEASURES AND RESCUES
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 207A
ORAL SESSION: HEPATOBILIARY TRACT DISEASES II
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 207B
VIDEO SESSION: HEPATOBILIARY AND PANCREATIC DISEASES
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 154AB
BEST OF DDW 2023 (NON-CME)