Southeastern Surgical Congress

2009 Annual Scientific Meeting

Scientific Program and PostGraduate Courses
Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, Georgia
February 7 - 10, 2009

Program Features
President's letter
Invited Speakers
The Southeastern Surgical Congress
Mission Statement for the 2008 Scientific Program
ACCME Accreditation
Postgraduate Courses
Overview
Sunday Scientific Program
Monday Scientific Program
Tuesday Scientific Program
Special Activities
Cancellations
Meeting Location 
 

PROGRAM FEATURES

SATURDAY POSTGRADUATE COURSE —  T.B.D.

SATURDAY RESIDENTS’ FORUM — On Saturday, February 7, 1:00 – 5:00 PM, a number of residents will present research papers applicable to surgery, and residents will discuss the papers. The purpose of the Forum is to provide an opportunity for residents to present and discuss their research with others in an atmosphere that encourages academic exchange without social pressure. Assigned discussers will also be residents. The Forum will be moderated by Dr. Rebecca C. Britt from the CME Committee. All residents are encouraged to attend and participate in the discussion of papers from the floor, and senior surgeons are invited to assist with discussion. All residents who will participate or plan to attend the Forum are required to attend a luncheon at 12:00 Noon. Sign up for the Residents’ Luncheon on the registration form.

RESIDENTS LUNCHEON — This luncheon is scheduled to provide an opportunity for residents to receive instruction for presenting and discussing papers. Dr. Rebecca C. Britt of the Continuing Education Committee will talk with the residents about how professional organizations such as the Southeastern Surgical Congress can assist them in their professional lives.

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS - T.B.D.. 

GRAND ROUNDS OF POSTERS — These rounds provide an opportunity for poster authors to make an oral presentation to the Grand Rounds Professors and their peers, which enhance the poster exhibits. Scheduled Sunday and Monday, 6:30 - 7:50 AM. Stroll with the rounding teams while you eat breakfast.

GOLD MEDAL PAPERS — These winning papers, selected from a large number of entries, are identified in the program by the seal of the Congress. The Gold Medal Forum is a tangible stimulus for research by young surgeons. In addition to peer recognition, the presenters receive cash awards on Tuesday.

SUNDAY ROUND TABLE LUNCHEON — T.B.D.

MONDAY BUSINESS MEETING, ELECTION OF OFFICERS, AND LUNCHEON — This is a time for the Fellows of the Congress to hear reports from their representatives to the Advisory Council, the American Board of Surgery, and the Board of Governors of the American College of Surgeons. It is a time to provide input for these representatives and to conduct the annual business of the Congress. No charge is made to members for lunch, but tickets must be requested on the registration form. Surgeons who are not members, and guests of members, may purchase tickets.

ROUND TABLES — On Monday afternoon there will be panels on designated topics led by prominent surgeons to provide an opportunity to discuss your cases with experts and peers. Refreshments will be served; just wear your badge to attend.

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2008 INVITED SPEAKERS

Timothy C. Fabian, M.D.
Chairman, Department of Surgery
University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences
Memphis, TN

Murray F. Brennan, M.D.
Benno C. Schmidt Chair in Clinical Oncology
Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

Ajit K. Sachdeva , M.D.
Director, Division of Education
American College of Surgeons
Chicago, IL

Bruce Ramshaw, M.D.
Chief, Division of General Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, IL

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THE SOUTHEASTERN SURGICAL CONGRESS

The Southeastern Surgical Congress, organized in 1930, is the largest regional society in the United States. It is an association of member surgeons in Alabama, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. THE AMERICAN SURGEON, published monthly, is the official scientific journal of the Congress.

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MISSION STATEMENT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN SURGICAL CONGRESS

The Southeastern Surgical Congress was founded to provide opportunities for surgeons and surgeons in training to come together for educational, scientific, and social purposes to promote and advance the study and practice of surgery.

The Congress proposes to carry out this mission by holding an annual scientific meeting that consists of one or more postgraduate courses covering new techniques and technology for specific surgical topics plus a three-day plenary session that includes (1) prominent surgical authorities as invited speakers; (2) presentations with assigned discussers selected from a large number of abstracts; (3) current surgical research projects selected by competition; (4) surgical operative procedures by noted surgeons on video; (5) informal discussion groups at luncheon meetings; (6) specialty panels providing opportunities for active participation by the surgeons attending; (7) and a Poster Session covering a wide variety of general surgical topics, including discussion by a team of rounding professors.

At the annual meeting all papers and video shall have assigned discussers to insure that the topics are thoroughly covered and discrepancies in research are noted. Time will be allocated for discussion from the floor to increase audience participation.

Papers presented at the meeting will be submitted for peer review and then published, along with manuscripts independently submitted, in THE AMERICAN SURGEON, a journal owned and published by the Southeastern Surgical Congress.

The Southeastern Surgical Congress, in conjunction with the Southwestern Surgical Congress, annually prepares and presents the "Comprehensive Clinical Review in General Surgery" in a 3 day plenary session with experts from around the country to address each topic. It is specifically planned for surgeons who wish to review areas of general surgery that may no longer be current in the surgeon's practice, and it incorporates principles of basic science applicable to clinical practice.

The Congress is committed to assisting surgeons keep abreast of the new and emerging technologies, based on accepted recommendations or sound new research, to make surgery safer and more effective for patient care. The Southeastern Surgical Congress monitors impact on practice change by systematic assessment of meeting/course evaluations.

Adopted August 9, 2008.

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CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION CREDIT

The Southeastern Surgical Congress is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.

The Southeastern Surgical Congress designates this continuing medical education activity for up to a maximum of T.B.D. hours in AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ toward  the Physician’s Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

The 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting meets the requirements of Part II of the American Board of Surgery Maintenance of Certification

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THE SOUTHEASTERN SURGICAL POSTGRADUATE COURSES AND SCIENTIFIC MEETING

Who Should Attend:

Surgeons, particularly general surgeons, who are challenged to keep up to date on the diagnostic and surgical skills necessary to successfully manage patients who suffer from a wide spectrum of general surgical diseases, including trauma, critical care, cancer, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, hernias, infections, endocrine abnormalities, malnutrition, biliary diseases, thoracic and vascular problems, organ failure requiring transplantation, and obesity.

Goals and objectives: Surgeons who complete this program will have received an overview of information which general surgeons need to keep their diagnostic and surgical skills up to date including the use of various modalities such as laparoscopy. Upon completion of this scientific program, a general surgeon will have become familiar with the latest techniques and technology to care for trauma and critical care patients, those who need treatment and surgery for various cancers, hernias, gastrointestinal and colorectal diseases, infections, endocrine abnormalities, nutrition, biliary diseases, thoracic and vascular problems, patients with complications of organ transplantation, as well as patients who suffer from obesity and hepatobiliary problems.

These objectives will be met by a variety of educational techniques including a didactic program utilizing talks by renown speakers, talks selected from abstracts submitted, discussion of individual papers from the floor, panels to explore various case reports, informal panels to discuss cases with experts and peers, and the rounding of posters with experts to cover a wide range of surgical topics with discussion.

2008 Scientific Sessions:

Sunday, February 10, 2008
6:15 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
6:15	Registration Opens
6:30	Grand Rounds of Posters
8:00	Opening Session
8:20	Sherman Lecture - “Advances in the Management of Blunt thoracic Aortic Injury: Parmley to Present" Timothy C. Fabian, MD, Memphis, TN
9:00	Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication Ameliorates Symptomes of Reflux, Especially for Patients with Very Abnormal DeMeester Scores SM Cowgill, MD, Tampa, FL
9:20	Laparoscopic versus Open Colectomy: A Single Center Experience WW Hope, MD, Charlotte, NC
9:40	Nonfocused Enhanced Computed Tomography Evaluation of Acute Appendicitis Increases Length of Stay in the Emergency Department But Does Not Increase Perforation Rate PJ Riesenman, MD, Chapel Hill, NC
10:00	Break Refreshments available in Exhibit Hall
10:20	Radiofrenquency Ablation for Unresectable Tumors of the Liver JH Howard, MD, Birmingham, AL
10:40	Characteristics of the Second tumor in Synchronous versus Metachronous Breast Cancer H Marcano, MD, Southfield, MI
11:00	Surgical Treatment of Alcohol-Induced Chronic Pancreatitis: The Challenge and Pitfalls T Schnelldorfer, MD, Charleston, SC
11:20	Penetrating Neck Trauma: A Ten Year Review GD Rushing, MD, Norfolk, VA
11:40	Presidential Address - "Southeastern Surgical Congress:  Addressing the Challenges that Threaten our Specialty" LD Britt, MD, Norfolk, VA
12:20 PM	Round Table Luncheon – “Electronic Medical Records: Friend or Foe?” Moderators: LD Britt, MD Norfolk, VA and RE Goldstein, MD, Louisville, KY
	THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS AT THE SOUTHEASTERN SURGICAL CONGRESS
2:00 PM	Opening Remarks L.D. Britt, MD, FACS, and Edward M. Copeland III, MD, FACS
2:15	Panel I: What is New at the American College of Surgeons? Moderator:  L.D. Britt, MD, FACS Panelists:    Edward M. Copeland III, MD, FACS                       Josef F. Fischer, MD, FACS                       Thomas R. Russell, MD, FACS
3:45	Break
4:15	Panel II: What Practicing Surgeons Need to Know about Maintenance of Certification and How the American College of Surgeons Can Help Moderator:  Barbara L. Bass, MD, FACS Panelists:    Steven C. Stain, MD, FACS   Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FRCSC, FACS
5:45	ACS Division of Education Exhibit
6:15	Evaluate and Adjourn
Monday, February 11, 2008
6:15 AM	Continental Breakfast
6:30	Registration Opens
6:30	Grand Rounds of Posters
	VIDEO SESSION
8:00	Management of the Open Abdomen: Bridging the Gap AD Wyrzykowski, MD, Atlanta, GA
8:20	Surgical Management of Sporadic Zollinger Ellison Syndrome SR Grobmyer, MD, Gainesville, FL
8:40	Anterior Exposure for Decompression and Stabilization of the Thoroco- Lumbar Spine: The General Surgeon's Role A Subramanian, MD, Atlanta, GA
9:00	Antegrade and Retrograde Endoscopy for Treatment of Esophageal Stricture MP Cash, MD, Nashville, TN
9:20	Break
	PAPER SESSION
9:40	Treatment of Appendicial Adenocarcinoma in the United States: Are Current Guidelines Affecting Outcome? BL Paton, MD, Charlotte, NC
10:00	Acquisition of New Surgical Skills: Challenge or Opportunity? Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, Chicago, IL
10:40	The Role of Completion Axillary Dissection Following Positive Sentinel Lymph Node Hiopsy in Breast Cancer JL Milligan, MD, Knoxville, TN
11:00	Does Cholecystectomy Before the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer Affect Outcome? SH Gray, MD, Birmingham, AL
11:20	Letton Lecture - “Lessons Learned" Murray F. Brennan, MD, New Yourk, NY
12:00	Familial Adenomatous Polyposis: A Surgical Family Practice CD Kemp, MD, Nashville, TN
12:20 p.m.	Business Meeting and Luncheon of the Fellows
2:00	Clinical Results Using Bioabsorable Staple Line Reinforcement for Circular Staplers WB Jones, MD, Greenville, SC
2:20	Covidien Lecture - “Managing and Preventing Complications for Laparoscopic Inguinal and Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repairs Bruce J. Ramshaw, MD, Columbia, MO
3:00	Are Colon Resection Outcomes Affected by Surgeon Experience or Level of Training? TM Schmelzer, MD, Charlotte, NC
3:20	Changes in Male Breast Cancer Over a 30-Year Period NP Schaub, MD, Norfolk, VA
3:40	Initial Non-Operative Management of Pediatric Perforated Appendicitis is Safe and Effective EH Kim, MD, Charleston, SC
4:00	Break Refreshments available in Exhibit Hall
	PARALLEL SESSION 1
4:20	"Successful Outcome" after Below Knee Amputation: An Objective Definition and Influence of Clinical Variables SM Taylor, MD, Greenville, SC
4:40	CT Angiography Diagnosis of Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Injury Demonstrates Association with Carotid Injury W Methodius-Ngwodo, MD, Atlanta, GA
4:50	Pneumoperitoneum After Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy in ICU Patients JB Alley, MD, San Antonio, TX
5:00	Has CT Angiography Created a Paradigm Shift in Imaging for Penetrating Extremity Trauma? SG Patel, MD, Birmingham, AL
5:20	Evaluate and Adjourn
5:30 - 6:30	President's Panels
	PARALLEL SESSION 2
4:20	Does Concomitant Anterior Fundoplication Promote Dysphagia After Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy? AS Rosemurgy, MD, Tampa, FL
4:40	Laparoscopic and Hand-Assisted Distal Pancreatectomy AM Carbonell, DO, Richmond, VA
5:00	Combined Open and Laparoscopic Approach to Chronic Pain Following Inguinal Hernia Repair JE Keller, MD, Charlotte, NC
5:20	Evaluate and Adjourn
5:30 - 6:30	President's Panels
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
6:15 AM	Continental Breakfast
6:30	Registration Opens
	VIDEO SESSION
7:00	Sugarbaker Parastomal Hernia Repair AM Carbonell, DO, Richmond, VA
7:20	Carbon dioxide Cavography for the Insertion and Retrieval of Inferior Vena Cava Filters CJ Dolce, MD, Charlotte, NC
7:40	Mesh-Free Laparoscopic Spigelian Hernia Repair JG Bittner, IV, Md, Augusta, GA
	PAPER SESSION
8:00	Blood Glucose Variability is Associated with Mortality in the Surgical ICU LA Dossett, MD, Nashville, TN
8:20	Prosthetic Vascular Conduit in Contaminated Fields: A New Technology to Decrease ePTFE Infections PE Fischer, MD, Knoxville, TN
8:40	Reduction in Inadequate Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Ventilator- Associated Pneumonia: Impact of a Unit-Specific Treatment Pathway LJ Magnotti, MD, Memphis, TN
9:00	Bilateral Thoracoscopic Splanchicectomy for Pain Control in Chronic Pancreatitis BR Davis, MD, Louisville, KY
9:20	TIPS vs Surgical Shunting for Bleeding Varices Due to Portal Hypertension and Cirrhosis: A Meta-Analysis AS Rosemurgy, MD, Tampa, FL
9:40	"Let's Just Wait One More Day": Impact of Timing on Surgical Outcome in the Treatment of Adhesion Related Small Bowel Obstruction C Edwards, MD, Columbia, MO
10:00	Break - Gold Medal Forum Awards
PARALLEL SESSION 3
10:30	Development of a Functional, Internet-Accessible Department of Surgery Outcomes Database WL Newcomb, MD, Charlotte, NC
10:50	Three Year Results of Mandated Work-Hour Restrictions: Attending and Resident Perspectives and Effects in a Community Hospital DM Vaughn, MD, Macon, GA
11:10	Laparoscopic Cholecystomy for Biliary Dyskinesia in Children: Report of 100 Casses from a Single Institution C Constantinou, MD, Danville, PA
11:30	Hyperparathyroidism and Vitamin D Deficiency After Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass RH Clements, MD, Birmingham, AL
11:50	Emergent and Elective Colon Surgery in the Extreme Elderly: Do the Results Warrant the Operation? BC Morse, MD, Greenville, SC
12:10	Reverse J A-V Grafts for Hemodialysis Access: Rationale, Technique and Outcomes TR Campbell, MD, Greenville, SC
12:30	Evaluations and Adjournment of 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting
PARALLEL SESSION 4
10:30	Pancreatic Resection and Islet Autotransplantation for Severe Chronic Pancreatitis JD Christein, MD, Birmingham, AL
10:50	Clinical Examination is Superior to Pelvic Radiograph in Trauma Team Activations (TTA) TM Duane, MD, Richmond, VA
11:10	Intra-Abdominal Sepsis Following Pancreatectomy: Incidence, Risk Factors, Microbiology, Management and Outcome SW Behrman, MD, Memphis, TN
11:30	Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Following Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric By[ass: A Case Series and Review of the Literature JA Patel, MD, Pittsburgh, PA
11:50	Impact of Acute Care General Surgery Coverage by Trauma Surgeons on the Trauma Patient SV Phade, MD, Greenville, NC
12:10	Acetabular and Isolated Pelvic Ring Fractures: A Comparison of Initial Outcome and Assessment BM Tibbs, MD, Atlanta, GA
12:30	Evaluations and Adjournment of 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting

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SPECIAL ACTIVITIES AT THE 2009 MEETING

Welcome Reception, Saturday, February 7, 5:30 - 7:00 PM - Meet your colleagues at a reception to kick off the meeting. All registered surgeons, guests, and nurses are invited to this very special social occasion to make contact with friends, network with acquaintances, talk to exhibitors, and make new connections to enjoy during the meeting. No fees – just fun. Wear your badge to attend.

Continental Breakfasts - At 6:15 - 8:00 AM each day you can enjoy a continental breakfast in the exhibit area as you visit the exhibits or take a stroll with the Professors to discuss the posters. Spouses are welcome; everyone must wear a badge. Grand Rounds of Posters begin at 6:30 AM; exhibits open at 7:30 AM.

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2009 MEETING LOCATION

Rediscover teh sophisticated Atlanta Marriott Marquis, a destination downtown Atlanta hotel conveniently located in Peachtree Center, offering an indoor connection to MARTA and a short 15 minute ride to Hartsfield Jackson International Airport.

This contemporary Atlanta, Georgia hotel is steps from the Georgia Aquarium, World of Coca-Cola, and a few blocks from CNN Center, Georgia World Congress Center, Philips ARena, and Georgia Dome. The breathtaking atrium is marked by the 50-foot color changing sail of Pulse, a classically cool cocktail lounge and the new iconic symbol of this downtown Atlanta, Georgia hotel.

Take pleasure in freshly renovated guestrooms, including 1663 luxurious rooms and 94 spacious suites, boasting lavish conveniences and amazing skyline views. Delight in Sear, a new signature restaurant offering fire-inspired cuisine, or enjoy the lively ambiance of High Velocity, a trendy sports bar. Experience the electrifying transformation of the unrivaled Marriott Marquis Hotel in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.

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