Program (Subject to Change)

67th Annual Meeting
SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT
May 2-5, 2026
McCormick Place Convention Center | Chicago, IL
in partnership with Digestive Disease Week®

All rooms at McCormick Place Convention Center unless otherwise indicated.

Ticketed Session indicates a Ticketed Session requiring a separate registration and fee.
Live Streamed Indicates a Live-streamed Session.

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

Program

SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2026
8:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Room W179a
41st ANNUAL RESIDENTS & FELLOWS RESEARCH CONFERENCE (NON-CME)
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room W184bc
Live Streamed TOM R. DEMEESTER LECTURE SERIES: ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS: SURGICAL DECISION-MAKING ROOTED IN PHYSIOLOGY
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room W181
Live Streamed UNDER THE KNIFE WITH CIRRHOSIS: STRATIFYING RISK, GUIDING CARE
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room W178b
SURGERY PLENARY SESSION I
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Poster Hall, Level 3, Hall F2
VISIT POSTER HALL, VIEW EXHIBITS (NON-CME)
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room W179a
NUTS AND BOLTS OF STARTING A SURGICAL CAREER
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room W181
Live Streamed APPROACH TO SYMPTOMS AFTER FOREGUT INTERVENTIONS AND THERAPIES
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room W178b
ESOPHAGEAL I
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room W179a
INNOVATION IN GASTRIC CANCER TREATMENT: PRECISION, PRESERVATION, AND PROGRESS
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room W181
Live Streamed ENDOSCOPIC RESECTION AND THIRD SPACE ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY IN THE FOREGUT
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room W178b
ESOPHAGEAL II
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room W180
PLENARY SESSION: COLORECTAL SURGERY
SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2026
6:30 AM - 7:45 AM
Room W184a
Ticketed Session DIVERTICULITIS: WHEN TO INVOLVE YOUR SURGEON
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room W179a
SSAT-ASCRS: MULTIDISCIPLINARY RECTAL CANCER MANAGEMENT
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room W178b
SURGERY QUICK SHOT SESSION I
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room W187a
GERD QUICKSHOTS: WHERE THE SCOPE MEETS THE SCALPEL: ESOPHAGEAL SURGERY AND INVASIVE GERD MANAGEMENT
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Room W179a
MAJA AND FRANK G. MOODY STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Room W179a
SSAT-NARSS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN RURAL SURGERY
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room W181
Live Streamed ENDOSCOPIC AND SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC PANCREATITIS
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room W178b
ESOPHAGEAL AND HPB POTPOURRI
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Room W186
Ticketed Session IBD: PRIORITIZING MEDICAL AND SURGICAL COLLABORATION OVER COMPETITION
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Poster Hall, Level 3, Hall F2
VISIT POSTER HALL, VIEW EXHIBITS (NON-CME)
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room W179a
GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room W184bc
Live Streamed INTERNATIONAL SESSION I: MINIMALLY INVASIVE GI SURGERY: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room W178b
SURGERY PLENARY SESSION II
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room W179a
SSAT-SSO: COLORECTAL CANCER LIVER METASTASES: EVOLVING MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room W181
IMPROVING GI/HEPATOLOGY CARE ACCESS AND NAVIGATION AMONG UNDERSERVED PATIENTS
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room W178b
HBP I
6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Grand Ballroom, Hilton Chicago
SSAT FOUNDATION RECEPTION
MONDAY, MAY 4, 2026
6:30 AM - 7:45 AM
Room W184d
Ticketed Session COMBINATION THERAPIES FOR OPTIMAL OBESITY TREATMENT
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Room W179a
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room W179a
DORIS AND JOHN L. CAMERON GUEST ORATION
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Room W181
PRACTICE CHANGING RESEARCH - HIGH IMPACT PAPERS 2026: SUMMARY AND CLINICAL REVIEW
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room W178b
SURGERY QUICK SHOT SESSION II
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room W179a
PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room W184bc
Live Streamed SSAT-AHPBA: PUBLICS' HEPATOBILIARY SURGICAL BAILOUTS
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Room W181
Live Streamed THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD: PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR COMMON DISORDERS OF SMALL BOWEL
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
W178b
HBP II
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Room W185d
Ticketed Session ACUTE TO CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Poster Hall, Level 3, Hall F2
VISIT POSTER HALL, VIEW EXHIBITS (NON-CME)
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room W179a
OPTIMIZING PERIOPERATIVE CARE IN GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY - PREHABILITATION AND PERSONALIZED APPROACHES
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room W181
Live Streamed COMPREHENSIVE APPROACHES TO OBESITY MANAGEMENT: PHARMACOLOGIC, ENDOSCOPIC, AND SURGICAL PERSPECTIVES
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room W178b
SMALL BOWEL AND COLORECTAL
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room W375c
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND OUTCOMES OF SURGERY IN IBD
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room W179a
KELLY AND CARLOS PELLEGRINI SSAT-SAGES: ANTIREFLUX SURGERY IN 2026 - PATIENT SELECTION, RISK FACTORS, AND OPTIMIZING OUTCOMES
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room W184bc
Live Streamed INNOVATION IN APPS FOR THE CARE OF THE GI PATIENT
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room W375d
Live Streamed IBD: DELIBERATING ON DYSPLASIA
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room W180
DDW SHARK TANK (NON-CME)
TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Room W179a
LEGENDS OF GI SURGERY
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room W179a
ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room W181
Live Streamed CONTROVERSIES IN MANAGING PANCREATIC CYSTS
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room W178b
SURGERY QUICK SHOT SESSION III
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room W178b
COLORECTAL SURGERY QUICK SHOTS: II
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room W179a
SSAT-ISDS: TRICKS OF THE TRADE - COMMON AND CHALLENGING CASES
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room W187a
OUTCOMES IN SMALL INTESTINAL SURGERY
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Poster Hall, Level 3, Hall F2
VISIT POSTER HALL, VIEW EXHIBITS (NON-CME)
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room W179a
INTERNATIONAL SESSION II: WHEN THINGS GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT (AND DAY): MANAGING SURGICAL MISADVENTURES IN GI SURGERY
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room W181
Live Streamed GI IN GESTATION: MANAGEMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES DURING PREGNANCY
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room W178b
PANCREATIC SURGERY: QUICK SHOTS
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room W179a
SSAT-WTS: ESOPHAGEAL CANCER ADVANCING TREATMENT ACROSS THE CONTINUUM OF CARE
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room W184bc
Live Streamed SMALL BOWEL SMORGASBORD
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room W181
Live Streamed BEST OF DDW 2025 (NON-CME)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room W178b
SURGERY QUICK SHOT SESSION IV