2024 Schedule

Thursday, February 8, 2024

7:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:15 am Welcome and Introduction: Jon King, MD, Moderator
8:30 am Colitis for the Acute Care Surgery: Hasan B Alam, MD, FACS
9:00 am Primary Aldosteronism: Lessons Learned and the Future of Management: Barbara S. Miller, MD
9:45 am Trauma and ACS Considerations for Space Missions: Eric Petersen, MD
10:15 am Break/Exhibits
10:30 am AZ ACS Presidential Address: Bellal Joseph, MD, FACS
11:00 am Management of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Simple and Logical Approach: Hasan B Alam, MD, FACS
11:30 am Robotic Surgery: Fad or Future? Through the Eyes of a Private Practice Surgeon: Yogesh Patel, MD
12:15 pm Q & A Panel
12:30 pm Lunch
1:15 pm Robotic vs Lap Chole: “Is it really Apples to Apples?: Yogesh Patel, MD
1:45 pm Sacral Nerve Stimulation: Changing the Paradigm for Fecal Incontinence: Joshua Bleier, MD, FACS
2:30 pm Break/Exhibits
2:45 pm Adrenal Case Discussions: Barbara S. Miller, MD
3:30 pm Current surgical Approaches for Pilonidal Disease and Hidradenitis: Joshua Bleier, MD, FACS
4:00 pm Robotic Inguinal Hernia Repair & Moving to a “No Opioids” Practice: Yogesh Patel, MD
4:30 pm Q & A Panel
4:45 pm Adjourn

Friday, February 9, 2024

7:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:15 am Welcome and Introduction
8:30 am Secondary and Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism: Review of the AAES Guidelines: Barbara S. Miller, MD
9:00 am Gallbladder Disease: An Evidence-Based Approach: Hasan B Alam, MD, FACS
9:30 am Diverticulitis: Current Concepts and Management: Joshua Bleier, MD, FACS
10:15 am Break/Exhibits
10:30 am Update on Resuscitation for Trauma and Sepsis: Hasan B Alam, MD, FACS
11:15 am Personalized Management of Rectal Cancer In Elderly – The Role of Frailty: Joshua Bleier, MD, FACS
11:45 am Q & A Panel
12:00 pm Lunch
12:45 pm Updates on Foregut Surgery: Stephanie Worrell, MD, FACS
1:15 pm Peripancreatic Fluid Collections; From Simple Observation to Pancreas Resection:
Mohammad Khreiss, MD, FACS, FSSO
1:45 pm Surgical Video Annotation: Ozanan Meireles, MD, FACS
2:30 pm Break/Exhibits
2:45 pm Overt and Mild Autonomous Cortisol Secretion: The Who, What, and When of Surgery:
Barbara S. Miller, MD
3:15 pm Thoracic Surgery for the General Surgeon: Stephanie Worrell, MD, FACS
3:45 pm Bile Duct Injury During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy; Why Is It Still Happening:
Mohammad Khreiss, MD, FACS, FSSO
4:15 pm Q & A Panel
4:30 pm Adjourn

Saturday, February 10, 2024

7:30 am Continental Breakfast
7:55 am Welcome and Introduction
8:00 am Prehabilitation Prior to Pancreas Surgery and Its Effects on Postoperative Outcomes:
Mohammad Khreiss, MD, FACS, FSSO
8:30 am Surgical Artificial Intelligence: Ozanan Meireles, MD, FACS
9:15 am Resident Program Presenters
10:15 am Break
10:30 am An Assessment of Appendicitis for Space Flight: Eric Petersen, MD
11:00 am Cystic Pancreatic Lesion; A Guide for the General Surgeon: Mohammad Khreiss, MD, FACS, FSSO
11:30 am Surgical Operating System: Ozanan Meireles, MD, FACS
12:00 pm Q & A Panel
12:15 pm Adjourn

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