Venue Information

About the Conference

For more than 35 years, Controversies, Problems & Techniques in Surgery has provided its audience a medium where they can hear expert opinions on what constitutes best-practices in surgical techniques and patient care. We are pleased that year-to-year, attendees inform us they have taken away information from the meeting, which has helped them to implement changes in their practices and positively affect patient outcomes.

Intended Audience/ Program Objectives

This conference has been designed for practicing general and oncology surgeons and other surgical health professionals in evaluating standards of care and new techniques and interventions for surgical conditions of colorectal, breast and endocrine cancer and other topics in surgery.

The Controversies, Problems and Techniques in Surgery meeting is designed for:
» General Surgeons, Cardiac Surgeons, Endocrine Surgeons, Minimally Invasive Surgeons
» Fellows/residents in general surgery programs
» Physicians in related specialties
» Medical students interested in surgery
» Researchers and administrators with an interest in surgical advances.

Upon completion of this course, the participants will be able to:
» Describe the role of Physician Assistants in the practice of surgery.
» Delineate risks associated with surgery in the pregnant patient.
» Define the guidelines for treatment of cholecystitis in pregnancy.
» Define the treatment algorithms for the treatment of appendicitis and umbilical hernia in the pregnant patient.
» Define optimal management and associated outcomes in abdominal wall reconstruction.
» List the parameters associated with publicly reported assessment of surgical performance.
» Define a worrying skin lesions.
» Describe the appropriate management of subcutaneous lesions.
» Be able to discuss weight loss options for patients with Obesity.
» Describe the risks associated with obesity and common surgical emergencies.
» Evaluate increased risk of general anesthesia in patients with Obesity.

CME Accreditation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of PESI Inc. and Montefiore Medical Center.  PESI Inc. is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA PRA Designation Statement
PESI Inc. designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 13.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

International CME
International Physicians are formally eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Physician Assistants
AAPA accepts Category 1 credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for the PRA from organizations accredited by ACCME.

Conflict of Interest

The “Conflict of Interest Disclosure Policy” of PESI Inc. requires that faculty participating in any CME activity disclose to the audience any financial relationship(s) with an ineligible organization. Any presenter, planning committee member, moderator or abstract author and all co-authors whose disclosed relationships create a conflict of interest which can not be resolved with regard to their contribution to the activity will not be permitted to participate.

The PESI Inc. also requires that faculty participating in any CME activity disclose to the audience their discussion of any unlabeled or investigational use of any commercial product or device not yet approved for use in the United States.

Disclosure Information

In compliance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, PESI Inc. must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity has disclosed all relevant financial relationships with an ineligible organization. All reported conflicts are managed by a designated official to ensure a bias-free presentation.

Unless indicated below, the presenters, faculty, and Program Committee members for all CME Activity do not have any financial relationships to disclose relating to the content of this activity (i.e., relevant financial relationships).

CME Certificates

All registered attendees will be sent an email with a link to the online CME evaluation. This form must be completed by January 16, 2023. All CME certificates will be emailed. If you are a member of the American College of Surgeons, your MYCME ACS Portal Page will be updated with the credits earned within 3 months of this meeting.

COVID-19 Protocol

Vaccination is required for all Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine employees.

We recognize that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a big impact on surgical practice and uncertainty of travel at
this time. We continue to closely monitor COVID-19 Guidelines as the health and safety of our meeting attendees is
our highest priority. We are monitoring the guidance related to COVID-19 from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), the Federal and New York State Guidelines, in addition to the Westin New York Protocol for guests.

We are committed to taking appropriate precautions to provide a safe environment that does not place meeting
attendees at undue risk. Masks are required and will be enforced in all meeting space at all times unless actively eating. Masks & hand sanitizer stations are located throughout the hotel.

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Center for Continuing Medical Education

The Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center’s Center for Continuing Medical Education sponsors live symposia, monographs, journal articles, audio tapes, videotapes, CD-ROMs and Internet based medical education activities to aide physicians and other health care professionals.

Montefiore Medical Center

The primary mission of Montefiore Medical Center is to provide high-quality health care and related services. We serve residents of the Bronx and southern Westchester County and persons referred from throughout the New York metropolitan area and the nation.