This section of the SAGES Meeting includes panels with invited faculty who will speak on specific topics, and sessions of oral & video presentations of abstracts selected by the SAGES Program Committee. Panel information is listed below; information about the abstract & video presentation sessions will be available in the Final Program distributed on-site. Abstract presentations begin at 7:30 AM on Friday and Saturday in the Plenary room. The SAGES Member Business meeting takes place at 7:00 AM on Saturday.
Fee includes entrance to all three session rooms on Friday & Saturday, Final Program, entrance to the Exhibit Hall, Learning Center and Exhibit Reception, continental breakfast and breaks, and the Friday Evening SAGES Social Event.
Karl Storz LectureFriday, March 14, 2003, 9:00 - 9:30 AM New Directions in Cancer TherapySamuel A. Wells, MD Professor of Surgery, Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC
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Presidential AddressFriday, March 14, 2003, 9:30 - 10:00 AMPresidential Lecture Bruce Schirmer, MD SAGES President
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Friday, March 14, 2003, 10:00 - 11:00 AM
Laparoscopic & General Surgeons
Description: This panel will present and discuss some challenges associated with the introduction of new technology and techniques into surgical practice.
At the conclusion of this panel, participants should be able to:
| Moderators: Lee Swanstrom, MD & Luis Burbano, MD | ||
| 10:00 - 10:10 AM | Defining Competency in New Techniques | Peter Crookes, MD |
| 10:10 - 10:20 AM | What are the optimal methods for training the practicing surgeon in new techniques/technology? | James Rosser, MD |
| 10:20 - 10:30 AM | Evaluating new technology: Is the FDA solely responsible? | Aaron Fink, MD |
| 10:30 - 10:40 AM | Who owns the new toys and procedures? | Maurice Arregui, MD |
| 10:40 - 10:50 AM | Strategies forreimbursement of new techniques and technology | Joseph Petelin, MD |
| 10:50 - 11:00 AM | Discussion | |
Chair: Fredrick Brody, MD, Co-Chair: Ted Trus, MD
This is a didactic and video session reviewing complications encountered during advanced laparoscopic procedures. Experienced surgeons in their respective field will address common and rare complications associated with their specialty. Video sessions will document laparoscopic repair of these complications as well as techniques to avoid specific complications. Topics include solid organ, hernia, foregut and bariatric surgery. This is an interactive session with adequate time for audience questions.
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to
| Moderator: Ted Pappas, MD | |
| Foregut: | Demetrius Litwin, MD |
| Bariatric: | Michael Tarnoff, MD |
| Solid Organ: | Scott Melvin, MD |
| Hernia: | Adrian Park, MD |
| Discussion | |
Friday, March 14, 2003, 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Practicing surgeons, residents, fellows, medical students, nurses and allied health personnel, medical device industry employees
This scientific panel is comprised of invited faculty who have experience and expertise in the field of surgical robotics. The panelists will present the current and anticipated future roles of robots in surgical practice.
At the conclusion of this panel, participants should be able to:
| Moderators: Scott Melvin, MD and Guy-Bernard Cadiere, MD | ||
| 2:00 - 2:12 PM | Current Applications and Experience with Surgical Robots | Scott Melvin, MD |
| 2:12 - 2:24 PM | The next five years: What does the immediate future hold for surgical robots? | Guy-Bernard Cadiere, MD |
| 2:24 - 2:36 PM | The negative aspects of surgical robots: costs and complications | Mark Talamini, MD |
| 2:36 - 2:48 PM | What is the potential future for surgical robots beyond the next five years? | Col. Richard Satava, MD |
| 2:48 - 3:00 PM | Discussion | |
Friday, March 14, 2003, 4:30 - 6:00 PM
Busy as well as academic practitioners, interested in upcoming surgical technology.
This session is designed to update the busy as well as academic practitioner on the technologies that are “just around the corner” that will profoundly disrupt the way their practice is performed. While these technologies may seem pure speculation and fantasy, the presenters will provide the latest, hard scientific data that verifies the technologies. In addition, the ethical and moral implications of these technologies will be discussed, both for the busy surgeon as well as for humanity as a whole.
At the completion of this panel, the participant should be able to:
| Moderator: Col. Richard Satava, MD | ||
| 4:30 - 4:50 PM | Future of Transplantation with artificial organs | Joseph Vacanti, MD |
| 4:50 - 5:10 PM | Future of Diagnostic Imaging | Harvey Eisenberg, MD |
| 5:10 - 5:30 PM | Future of Anesthesia - Suspended animation/hibernation | Samuel Tisherman, MD |
| 5:30 - 5:45 PM | The BioEthics of Emerging Technology | Col. Richard Satava, MD |
| 5:45 - 6:00 PM | Discussion | |
Saturday, March 15, 2003
Marks LectureSurgery and the Health SystemSaturday, March 15, 2003, 9:30 - 10:00 AM R. Scott Jones, MD Professor of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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Saturday, March 15, 2003, 10:00-11:00 AM
Surgical experts who have accrued a large experience with a specific procedure.
Each panelist will describe lessons learned that may not be obvious to those with lesser experience. A brief discussion of associations between volume and outcomes will be presented.
At the conclusion of this panel, participants should be able to:
| Moderator: Nat Soper, MD | ||
| 10:00 - 10:08 AM | Nissen Fundoplication | John Hunter, MD |
| 10:08 - 10:16 AM | Heller Myotomy | Marco Patti, MD |
| 10:16 - 10:24 AM | CBDE | Juan Pekolj, MD |
| 10:24 - 10:32 AM | Hernia | Steve Scott, MD |
| 10:32 - 10:40 AM | Solid Organ | Michel Gagner, MD |
| 10:40 - 10:48 AM | Volume and Outcomes | William Traverso, MD |
| 10:48 - 11:00 AM | Discussion | |
Saturday, March 15, 2003, 2:00-3:00 PM
Experienced surgical educators and a current surgical trainee
Panelists will discuss significant changes effecting surgical training and strategies for succeeding in a new environment
At the conclusion of this panel, participants should be able to:
| Moderators: Frederick Greene, MD | ||
| 10:00 - 10:10 AM | Where have our applicants gone? (Lifestyle/competition/income) | Desmond Birkett, MD |
| 10:10 - 10:20 AM | Women in Surgery: The realities of life as a surgeon, wife and mother | Jo Buyske, MD |
| 10:20 - 10:30 AM | Adapting to the 80 hour work week: Strategies for a successful transition | Theodore Pappas, MD |
| 10:30 - 10:40 AM | Surgical training for those with non-traditional goals | Gretchen Purcell, MD |
| 10:40 - 10:50 AM | The implications of the changing residency on MIS training | C. Daniel Smith, MD |
| 10:50 - 11:00 AM | Discussion | |
Saturday, March 15, 2003, 4:00 - 5:00 PM
Surgical Endoscopists
This panel will discuss the rationale for and approaches to training surgical endoscopists.
At the conclusion of this panel, participants should be able to:
| Moderator: Jeffrey Ponsky, MD | ||
| 4:00 - 4:12 PM | Why Should surgeons care about performing flexible endoscopy? | Debbie Youngelman, MD |
| 4:12 - 4:24 PM | The challenges and opportunities for training U.S. surgeons in ERCP | Jeffrey Ponsky, MD |
| 4:24 - 4:36 PM | A model of success - The Chilean experience with training surgeons in ERCP | Claudio Navarette, MD |
| 4:36 - 4:48 PM | Approaches to improving the surgical resident’s experience in flexible endoscopy | John Mellinger, MD |
| 4:48 - 5:00 PM | Discussion | |
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