39th ANNUAL PHOENIX SURGICAL SYMPOSIUM

February 10 - 12, 2011

Scottsdale Resort and Conference Center - Scottsdale, AZ

Thursday, February 10, 2011 

8:15 am 

Welcome and Introduction:  Sam Casano, MD, FACS: Moderator

8:30 am 

Ductal Carcinoma In-situ: Where Are We Now?: 

Julie E. Lang, MD, FACS

Power Point

9:00 am 

Current Standard Treatment for Thyroid Cancer:

Nancy Perrier, MD, FACS

PowerPoint

9:45 am 

Trans-mediatinal Gunshot Wounds:  Juan C. Duchesne, MD, FACS

PowerPoint

10:30 am 

Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia: Tips and Tricks: 

Timothy Kuwada, MD, FACS

PowerPoint  (please right click and save as to play movie)

11:00 am 

Robotics in General Surgery Current Status and Future Perspectives: Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti, MD, FACS

PowerPoint

11:30 am 

Update on Inflammatory Breast Cancer:  Julie E. Lang, MD, FACS

PowerPoint

12:00 n 

Q & A Panel

1:00 pm 

A New Technique for Robotic Thyroidectomy: “The daVinci Gasless Single-incision Axillary Approach”:  

Francisco Rodriguez, MD, FACS

PowerPoint

1:30 pm 

Damage Control Laparotomy:  Juan C. Duchesne, MD, FACS

PowerPoint

2:00 pm 

An Update on Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia: Nancy Perrier, MD, FACS

Powerpoint

3:00 pm 

Single Incision Surgery: Potential Applications in General Surgery: Timothy Kuwada, MD, FACS

PowerPoint  (please right click and save as to play movie)

3:30 pm 

Close Ratio Hemostatic Resuscitation:  Juan C. Duchesne, MD, FACS

PowerPoint

4:00 pm 

Robotic Liver Surgery:  Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti, MD, FACS

PowerPoint

4:30 pm 

Q & A Panel 



 

  Friday, February 11, 2011

7:30 am 

Continental Breakfast         

8:15 am 

Welcome and Introduction:  Corey Detlefs, MD, FACS:  Moderator

8:30 am 

The Natural History and Surgical Treatment of Primary Melanoma: 

John M. Kane, MD, FACS

PowerPoint

9:15 am 

Update on Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms: John T. Cunningham, MD

9:45 am 

Do All Node Positive Breast Cancer Patients Need An Axillary Dissection?:Julie E. Lang, MD, FACS

PowerPoint

10:30 am 

Prospective Randomized, Controlled Trial of Parathyroidectomy in PTS and Asymptomatic PHPT: Nancy Perrier, MD, FACS 

11:15 am 

EUS in Pancreatitis: John T. Cunningham, MD    

11:45 am 

Multimodality Therapy for Soft Tissue Sarcomas:

John M. Kane, MD, FACS 

PowerPoint

12:15 pm 

Q & A Panel

1:15 pm 

Screening for Breast Cancer: Mammographic Screening for Average Risk Patients:  Julie E. Lang, MD, FACS

PowerPoint

1:45 pm 

Reoperative Parathyroid Surgery:  Nancy Perrier, MD, FACS

PowerPoint

2:30 pm 

Complications After Gastric Bypass:  A Primer for the General Surgeon:  Timothy Kuwada, MD, FACS 

PowerPoint

3:15 pm 

Complications After Lap Band Surgery:  A Primer for the General Surgeon: Timothy Kuwada, MD, FACS

PowerPoint

3:45 pm 

The Surgeon’s Role in the Management of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST):  John M. Kane, MD, FACS 

PowerPoint

4:15 pm 

Robotic Pancreatic Surgery: Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti, MD, FACS

PowerPoint

4:45 pm 

Q & A Panel



Saturday, February 12, 2011

7:55 am 

Welcome and Introduction:  Jon King, MD, FACS:  Moderator 

8:00 am 

Controversies in the Management of Diverticular Disease:   

Jacques Heppell, MD 

PowerPoint

8:30 am 

Treatment of Retro Peritoneal Sarcomas:  John M. Kane, MD, FACS 

PowerPoint

9:00 am 

Options for Breast Reconstruction: Immediate or Delayed:   

Julie E. Lang, MD, FACS 

PowerPoint

9:45 am 

Management of Enterocutaneous Fistulas: 

Jacques Heppell, MD 

PowerPoint

10:15 am 

Management of Nodal and In Transit Melanoma Including Isolated Regional Therapy:  John M. Kane, MD, FACS 

PowerPoint

11:00 am 

From Scalpel to Console:  A Suggested Model for Surgical Skill Acquisition:  Nancy Perrier, MD, FACS 

PowerPoint

11:45 am 

Controversies in the Treatment of Rectal Cancer: 

Jacques Heppell, MD 

PowerPoint

12:15 pm 

Q & A Panel 

 

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