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63rd Annual Meeting
SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT
May 21-24, 2022
San Diego Convention Center | San Diego, CA
in partnership with Digestive Disease Week®

Program (Subject to Change)


All rooms at San Diego 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; participation in and attendance at this virtual conference is by invitation only.

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

SATURDAY, MAY 21, 2022
8:45 AM - 4:00 PM
Room 3
RESIDENTS & FELLOWS RESEARCH CONFERENCE (NON-CME, by invitation only)
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room 9
QUICK SHOT SESSION: GI TRACT I
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room 10
QUICK SHOT SESSION: GI TRACT II
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room 9
QUICK SHOT SESSION: GI TRACT III
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room 10
VIDEO SESSION: GI TRACT
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room 32
DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM:
MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT OF HEPATOCELLULAR CANCER
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room 4
DDW SHARK TANK (non-CME)
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 10
VIDEO SESSION: SMALL BOWEL, ABDOMINAL WALL, HERNIA & COLORECTAL I
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 32
DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM:
BARIATRIC ENDOSCOPIC AND SURGICAL THERAPIES: AN INSIGHT INTO THEIR MECHANISM OF ACTION (AGA ACCREDITED)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 6DE
GI SURGERY FROM AROUND THE WORLD: INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE PANEL
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 32
DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM:
50 YEARS OF ENDOSCOPIC EVOLUTION: THE CONTINUAL REPLACEMENT OF GI SURGERY BY ENDOSCOPIC INNOVATION (ASGE ACCREDITED)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 9
QUICK SHOT SESSION: ESOPHAGUS, GASTRIC, BARIATRIC, & METABOLIC I
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 3
RESIDENT & FELLOW WORKSHOP: CAREERS AND FELLOWSHIPS IN GI SURGERY (NON-CME)
SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2022
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Room 3
SSAT PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY I
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Room 3
SSAT & FOUNDATION AWARDS CEREMONY
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Room 3
SSAT PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Room 3
SSAT PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY II
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Room 3
DORIS AND JOHN L. CAMERON GUEST ORATION
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Hall C-E
POSTER SESSION I (NON-CME)
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Room 11
Ticketed Session MEET-THE-PROFESSOR LUNCHEON: MAXIMIZING YOUR RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS WITH SOCIAL MEDIA
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 3
PLENARY SESSION: SMALL BOWEL, ABDOMINAL WALL, HERNIA, & COLORECTAL I
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 6DE
SSAT/PANCREAS CLUB SYMPOSIUM:
MANAGEMENT OF PANCREATIC NECROSIS 2022: SCOPE, STENT, AND SCALPEL
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 9
STATE-OF-THE-ART CONFERENCE 2022: FRAILTY IN SURGERY
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 32
DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM:
BREAKTHROUGHS IN THE TREATMENT OF ESOPHAGEAL AND GE JUNCTION CANCERS
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 9
HEALTH CARE QUALITY & OUTCOMES COMMITTEE PANEL: USE OF METRICS TO COMPARE OUTCOMES IN GI SURGERY
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 3
LEGENDS OF DIGESTIVE DISEASE: Carlos A. Pellegrini
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 10
BEST OF GI SURGERY
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Grand Ballroom, Omni San Diego
Ticketed Session FOUNDATION RECEPTION
MONDAY, MAY 23, 2022
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room 32
DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM:
SURVEILLANCE STRATEGIES FOR HEREDITARY PANCREAS CANCER SYNDROMES
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room 9
PLENARY SESSION: ESOPHAGUS, GASTRIC, BARIATRIC, & METABOLIC I
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room 26
SSAT AND AHPBA JOINT SYMPOSIUM:
MODERN MANAGEMENT OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room 10
VIDEO SESSION: SMALL BOWEL, ABDOMINAL WALL, HERNIA & COLORECTAL II
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room 9
CONTROVERSIES IN GI SURGERY DEBATE:
OPTIMAL APPROACH TO THE DIFFICULT GALLBLADDER
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room 3
CONTROVERSIES IN GI SURGERY DEBATE: THE FUTURE OF BARIATRIC SURGERY
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room 10
CONTROVERSIES IN GI SURGERY DEBATE:
TOTAL NEOADJUVANT THERAPY: A PROMISING STRATEGY FOR ALL RECTAL CANCER PATIENTS
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room 26
DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM:
DEBATES IN MANAGING PAIN IN CHRONIC PANCREATITIS
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Room 3
MAJA AND FRANK G. MOODY STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE:
NEW INSIGHTS INTO PATHOGENESIS AND TREATMENT OF PANCREATIC CANCER
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Hall C-E
POSTER SESSION II (NON-CME)
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Room 2
Ticketed Session MEET-THE-PROFESSOR LUNCHEON:
HOW TO OPTIMIZE THE FUTURE LIVER REMNANT PRIOR TO EXTENDED HEPATECTOMY
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 9
SIMULATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN SURGICAL EDUCATION: RESIDENT AND FELLOW EDUCATION COMMITTEE PANEL
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 10
PLENARY SESSION: HEPATOBILIARY & PANCREAS I
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 32
SSAT/ASCRS SYMPOSIUM: TIMING OF RESECTION FOR PATIENTS WITH SEVERE IBD
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room 9
QUICK SHOT SESSION: HEPATOBILIARY & PANCREAS I
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room 3
QUICK SHOT SESSION: ESOPHAGUS, GASTRIC, BARIATRIC, & METABOLIC II
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room 10
QUICK SHOT SESSION: SMALL BOWEL, ABDOMINAL WALL, HERNIA, & COLORECTAL I
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 32
DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM: GASTROPARESIS (AGA ACCREDITED)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 23
DDW DIVERSITY SYMPOSIUM:
CURRENT ISSUES AND INITIATIVES IN DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN DIGESTIVE DISEASES
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room 3
ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Room 23 Lobby
DDW DIVERSITY RECEPTION
TUESDAY, MAY 24, 2022
7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Room 26
SSAT/ISDS SYMPOSIUM:
ELECTIVE GI SURGERY IN THE COVID-19 ERA
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room 9
PLENARY SESSION: HEPATOBILIARY & PANCREAS II
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room 10
QUICK SHOT SESSION: SMALL BOWEL, ABDOMINAL WALL, HERNIA, & COLORECTAL II
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room 9
PLENARY SESSION: ESOPHAGUS, GASTRIC, BARIATRIC, & METABOLIC II
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room 3
PLENARY SESSION: SMALL BOWEL, ABDOMINAL WALL, HERNIA, & COLORECTAL II
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room 10
QUICK SHOT SESSION: HEPATOBILIARY & PANCREAS II
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Hall C-E
POSTER SESSION III (NON-CME)
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room 3
KELLY AND CARLOS PELLEGRINI SSAT/SAGES LUNCHEON SYMPOSIUM:
HOW TO ROLE WITH PUNCHES - UPDATED OUTCOMES IN MIS SURGERY;
& TECHNICAL ADVANCES IN GI SURGERY
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Room 2
Ticketed Session MEET-THE-PROFESSOR LUNCHEON:
NEVER A NISSEN: WHY THE ANTI-NISSEN MOVEMENT IS GROWING?
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room 32
DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM:
CONTROVERSIES IN IBD MANAGEMENT (ASGE ACCREDITED)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 6DE
BEST OF DDW 2022 (NON-CME)