Program (Subject to Change)

66th Annual Meeting
SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT
May 3-6, 2025
San Diego Convention Center | San Deigo, CA
in partnership with Digestive Disease Week®

All rooms at San Diego Convention Center unless otherwise indicated.

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Program | Residents & Fellows | Posters

SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2025

8:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Room 10

RESIDENTS & FELLOWS RESEARCH CONFERENCE (NON-CME)

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Room 3

ORAL SESSION: ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES I

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Room 9

ORAL SESSION: COLORECTAL DISEASES I

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Room 32

DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: WHEN TO OPERATE: MEDICAL VS. SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF GERD

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Room 3

VIDEO SESSION: HEPATOBILIARY TRACT AND PANCREATIC DISEASES

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Room 9

ORAL SESSION: STOMACH/BARIATRIC/METABOLIC DISEASES I

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Room 32

DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: PRACTICE CHANGING RESEARCH - HIGH IMPACT PAPERS 2025: SUMMARY AND CLINICAL REVIEW

2:00 pm - 3:30 PM

Room 3

STOMACH/BARIATRIC/METABOLIC SUBCOMMITTEE: CHALLENGING ISSUES IN METABOLIC AND BARIATRIC SURGERY

2:00 pm - 3:30 PM

Room 9

VIDEO AND ORAL SESSION: PERITONEAL SURFACE/ABDOMINAL WALL/SMALL BOWEL (PAWS) DISEASES

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room 3

VIDEO SESSION: STOMACH/BARIATRIC/METABOLIC DISEASES

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room 9

ORAL SESSION: HEPATOBILIARY TRACT DISEASES I

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room 6DE

SSAT-AHS JOINT SYMPOSIUM: HERNIAS AND THE ALIMENTARY TRACT: STRATEGIES FOR COMPLEX CASES

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room 32

DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: WHAT THERAPEUTIC ENDOSCOPISTS WANT SURGEONS TO KNOW AND WHAT SURGEONS WISH ENDOSCOPISTS KNEW

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Tortuga, San Diego Omni

SSAT CONNECTIONS RECEPTION

SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2025

6:30 AM - 7:45 AM

Room 11

DDW BREAKFAST CONNECTION: PEARLS OF WISDOM IN EARLY CLINICAL PRACTICE (GETTING STARTED 101)

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Room 3

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM I: TOGETHER WE ARE BETTER - COLORECTAL SURGERY MEETS ABDOMINAL WALL RECONSTRUCTION

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Room 9

ORAL SESSION: PANCREATIC DISEASES I

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Room 10

RESEARCH COMMITTEE: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN SURGICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Room 3

ORAL SESSION: STOMACH/BARIATRIC/METABOLIC DISEASES II

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Room 9

SSAT-ISDS JOINT SYMPOSIUM: INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS DURING ROBOTIC/LAPAROSCOPIC GI SURGERY AND HOW TO MANAGE THEM

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Room 10

APP COMMITTEE SYMPOSIUM: QUALITY APPS = QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Room 6DE

SSAT-ASCRS JOINT SYMPOSIUM: BENIGN ANORECTAL DISEASE FOR THE GASTROENTEROLOGIST: WHAT SURGEONS CAN OFFER

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Halls C-E, Lower Level (Poster Hall)

POSTER SESSION I: PANCREATIC AND ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES (NON-CME)

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Room 8

DDW MEET-THE-PROFESSOR: WRITER'S WORKSHOP WITH JOGS EDITORS

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Room 9

SSAT-JAPAN SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGICAL SURGERY (JSGS) INTERNATIONAL JOINT SYMPOSIUM II: CONTEMPORARY ADVANCES IN GI SURGERY AROUND THE WORLD

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Room 10

PLENARY AND ORAL SESSION: BEST OF PERITONEAL SURFACE/ABDOMINAL WALL/SMALL BOWEL DISEASES (PAWS)

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Room 6DE

KELLY AND CARLOS PELLEGRINI SSAT-SAGES JOINT SYMPOSIUM: REVISIONAL FOREGUT SURGERY - APPROACHES AND CHALLENGES

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room 3

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM III: THE DIFFICULT GALL BLADDER AND BEYOND

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room 9

ORAL SESSION: COLORECTAL DISEASES II

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room 10

PLENARY SESSION: BEST OF STOMACH/BARIATRIC/METABOLIC DISEASES

6:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Grand Ballroom, San Diego Omni

SSAT FOUNDATION RECEPTION

MONDAY, MAY 5, 2025

6:30 AM - 7:45 AM

Room 11

BREAKFAST CONNECTION: PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF GLP-1 DRUGS FOR PROVIDERS

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Room 3

VIDEO SESSION: ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Room 9

VIDEO SESSION: HEPATOBILIARY TRACT DISEASES

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Room 6DE

PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Room 10

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Room 10

DORIS AND JOHN L. CAMERON GUEST ORATION

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Halls C-E, Lower Level (Poster Hall)

POSTER SESSION II: COLORECTAL & PAWS DISEASES (NON-CME)

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Room 11

MEET-THE-PROFESSOR: GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP WITH RESEARCH COMMITTEE LEADERS

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Trainee & Early Career Lounge

SSAT MEET-THE-EXPERTS

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Room 3

PLENARY SESSION: BEST OF ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Room 9

PLENARY SESSION: BEST OF HEPATOBILIARY TRACT DISEASES

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Room 10

COMPLEX GI FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE: PERSPECTIVES AND CONTROVERSIES IN GRADUATE SURGICAL TRAINING

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Room 32

MAJA AND FRANK G. MOODY LECTURE

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Room 3

VIDEO SESSION: COLORECTAL DISEASES

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Room 9

ORAL SESSION: ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES II

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Room 10

PLENARY SESSION: BEST OF PANCREATIC DISEASES

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room 152AB

DDW SHARK TANK (NON-CME)

TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2025

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Room 9

THOMAS R. DEMEESTER LECTURE SERIES: ESOPHAGEAL PHYSIOLOGY, THE GATEWAY TO SURGICAL OUTCOME OPTIMIZATION

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Room 10

ORAL SESSION: COLORECTAL DISEASES III

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Room 26

LEGENDS OF GI SURGERY

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Room 26

ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Room 3

PLENARY SESSION: BEST OF COLORECTAL DISEASES

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Room 9

SSAT-WOMEN IN THORACIC SURGERY (WTS) JOINT SYMPOSIUM: CONTROVERSIES IN ESOPHAGEAL AND GEJ MALIGNANCIES

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Room 10

SSAT-AHPBA JOINT SYMPOSIUM: HPB VIDEO DEBATES

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Halls C-E, Lower Level (Poster Hall)

POSTER SESSION III: HEPATOBILIARY TRACT & STOMACH/BARIATRIC/METABOLIC DISEASES (NON-CME)

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Room 3

ORAL SESSION: STOMACH/BARIATRIC/METABOLIC DISEASES III

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Room 9

ORAL SESSION: HEPATOBILIARY TRACT DISEASES II

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Room 10

SSAT-SSO JOINT SYMPOSIUM: CONTROVERSIES IN TREATMENT SEQUENCING OF GI AND HPB CANCERS

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Room 32

DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANT GI AND BILIARY OBSTRUCTION

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room 3

ORAL SESSION: QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, HEALTH SERVICE RESOURCES AND EDUCATION

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room 9

ORAL SESSION: PANCREATIC DISEASES II

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room 10

ORAL SESSION: COLORECTAL DISEASES IV

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Room 6DE

BEST OF DDW 2025 (NON-CME)