2022 Agenda – updated as of 12/12/2022
Thursday, December 15, 2022
7:00 – 7:45 am Breakfast
7:45 – 8:00 am Welcome Orientation
8:00 – 10:00 am Scientific Session I
- Optimal Management of the Obstetric Patient with a General Surgical Emergency – Chavi Eve Karkowsky, MD
- Acute Cholecystitis in Pregnancy – Joseph Vazzana, MD
- Umbilical Hernia in Pregnancy – Prashanth Sreeramoju, MD, MPH
- Anesthetic Considerations in Pregnancy – Philipp Fassbender, MD, DESAIC
- Panel Discussion
10:00 – 10:15 am Coffee Break with Educational Exhibitors
10:15 am – 12:15 pm Scientific Session II
- Prophylaxis in Surgery
- Deep Venous Thrombosis – Vance L. Smith, MD
- The Right Antibiotics – Prashanth Sreeramoju, MD, MPH
- Case reports: Therapeutic endoscopy at Montefiore – Sammy Ho, MD
- Panel Discussion
12:15 – 1:00 pm Lunch with Educational Exhibitors
1:00 – 3:00 pm Scientific Session III
- Defining a worrying Skin Lesion – Beth McLellan, MD
- When is a Lipoma not a Lipoma, Diagnosis and Management – Katia Papalezova, MD
- MOHs Surgery, when, where? – David Ciocon, MD
- Panel Discussion
3:00 – 3:15 pm Break with Educational Exhibitors
3:15 – 5:15 pm Scientific Session IV
- Flexible endoscopy is the next generation of minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgery. What surgeons need to know about the past, present, and future of surgical endoscopy – Brian Dunkin, MD
- The History of Physician Assistants in the Practice of Surgery – Robert Sammartano, PA-C
- Best practices: Relationships between Industry and Clinical Practitioners – Brian Dunkin, MD
- Panel Discussion
5:15 – 6:15 pm Welcome Reception
7:00 pm PA Alumni Private Dinner (ticketed event; by invitation only)
Friday, December 16, 2022
7:00 – 7:45am Breakfast
7:45 – 8:00am Welcome Orientation
8:00 – 10:00 am Scientific Session V
- Medical therapy of Obesity – Boon or Bane (of Surgery)? – Sriram Machineni, MD
- Challenges in General Surgical Problems in Patients with Obesity:
- Abdominal Wall Hernias – Diego Camacho, MD
- Gastroesophageal Reflux – Erin Moran-Atkin, MD
- Optimizing Safe Anesthesia in the Patient with Obesity – Philipp Fassbender, MD, DESAIC
- Panel Discussion
10:00 – 10:15 am Coffee Break with Educational Exhibitors
10:15 am – 12:00 pm Scientific Session VI
- Scoring Surgical Performance: What a Contestant needs to Know – Peter Shamamian, MD
- The Synoptic Operative Report; How to score Cancer Surgery – Sheldon Feldman, MD
- Surgery of the Axilla, Managing Lymphedema – Maureen P. McEvoy, MD
- Bench to Bedside, Translational Research; Why it Matters – John C. McAuliffe, MD, PHD
- Panel Discussion
12:00 – 1:00 pm Keynote Lecture – Bringing Law and Order to the Wild West
Bringing Law [Evidence] and Order [Rational Decisions] to the Wild West [Hernia Repair]
Dana Telem, MD MPH – Lazar J Greenfield Professor of Surgery; Section Chief General Surgery;
Vice Chair Quality and Safety; Department of Surgery at University of Michigan
1:00 – 1:30pm Closing Discussion