International College of Surgeons - United States Section

79th Annual Surgical Update

Airport Marriott Hotel – Seattle, Washington

June 15-17, 2017

 

 

Scientific Program as of March 28, 2017

(Subject to change – In general, speakers are listed in alphabetical order)

 

THURSDAY

6/15/2017 - 3:30pm-6:30pm

Opening Session

Addressing Trauma Care in Low/Middle Income Countries (LMIC) Through Research & Outreach

The global need for surgical care is significant. However, itinerant surgery leaves little for local communities who need a sustainable approach to quality surgical care, even in resource poor settings. The practice of global surgery creates new challenges for health care providers who have an interest in these humanitarian activities. Participants in this didactic session will be presented with models of collaboration that have worked. Delineation of strategies for collaboration will include solutions that have been developed to ensure outstanding patient care delivery in these challenging environments.

 

Improving Trauma Care in Rural Gujarat India

The Rationale for Global Surgery Research and Outreach

Heena P. Santry, MD, MS, FICS, Associate Professor of Surgery and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA

 

Injury Epidemiology and Trauma Quality in the Anand/Kheda Districts of Gujarat, India: Results of a Novel Indo-US Collaboration

Abraham Jaffe, MD, General Surgery Resident - University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA

 

Developing Bolivia’s Trauma and Emergency Response System

Rationale for Implementation of Northwestern’s Trauma and Surgical Initiative

Mamta Swaroop, MD, FICS, Associate Professor of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

 

Implementation of a Regional Trauma Registry in Bolivia through Hospital and Policymaker Engagement

Marissa Boeck, MD, MPH, Resident Physician in Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital – Columbia, New York, NY

 

University of Washington Department of Global Health

Strengthening the Prevention and Treatment of Injuries Globally

Charles Mock, MD, MPH, PhD, Professor; Global Health, Surgery and Epidemiology - University of Washington, Seattle, WA

 

University of Massachsetts

The Chair's Perspective: Our Imperative to Support Global Surgical Collaboratives

Demetrius E.M. Litwin, MD, MBA, FICS, Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Chair, Department of Surgery - UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA

 

FRIDAY

6/16/2017 - 8am-12pm

AANOS Annual Scientific Meeting

Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgery Part 1

The United States Section of ICS (ICSUS) is proud to continue its long standing relationship with the American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons (the Academy). As such, the Academy has designated the ICSUS Annual Surgical Update as its Annual Scientific Meeting. Working closely with the members of the Academy to determine professional practice gaps and educational need, ICSUS planners representing these two major surgical specialties have developed two days of programming that will provide approximately 8 hours of specialty specific category 1 credit. Many of the presenters are from the University of Washington Medical Centers in Seattle. Participants in these sessions will receive valuable updates on the following subjects.

 

Complications of Instrumented TLIF in Adult Spondylolisthesis

W. Craig Clark, MD, PhD, FICS, FAANOS, Chair American Academy of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgeons, Attending Neurosurgeon Greenwood-Leflore Hospital, Eads, TN

 

Update on the Management of Brain Tumors

Manuel Ferreira Jr., MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Associate Residency Program Director, Chief of Neurological Surgery,

Co-Director of Skull Base & Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Multi-Disciplinary Pituitary Program Clinic, UW Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

 

The Latest in Reconstructive Hand Surgery

Jeffrey Friedrich, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery and Orthopaedics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Seattle, WA

 

Advances in Sports Medicine

Albert O. Gee, MD, Assistant Professor, Team Physician, Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

 

Surgical Management of Epilepsy

Jeffrey G. Ojemann, MD, Professor of Neurological Surgery - University of Washington, Richard G. Ellenbogen Chair in Pediatric Neurological Surgery and Division Chief, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA

 

Advances in Skull Base Surgery

Anoop Patel, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery,  University of Washington, Seattle, WA

 

Optimization of TLIF and ILIF Using Expandable Cages

Lucia Zamorano, MD, FICS, FAANOS, Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Birmingham, MI

 

6/16/2017 - 8am-9:45am

General Plenary Session 1

Representing 18 surgically related specialties, ICSUS CME programs are rich in diversity. The multidisciplinary educational sessions presented in this activity seek to provide content that improves the learner’s competence, performance or patient outcomes through interaction with peers.  Due to the scope of our global organization, ICSUS encourages participants from all specialties to interact and learn from one another, thereby building a broad base of knowledge.

 

Complex Laparoscopic Liver Resection -Tips and Tricks

Michael Jacobs, MD, FICS, Clinical Professor of Surgery Michigan State University CHM, Birmingham, MI

 

Central Pancreatectomy-How I do it

Michael Jacobs, MD, FICS, Clinical Professor of Surgery Michigan State University CHM, Birmingham, MI

 

Common Femoral Thromboendarterectomy and Profundaplasty: A Single Center Experience

Sibu Saha, MD, MBA, FICS, Professor of Surgery - University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

 

The Dr. Arno Roscher Endowed Lecture

Genomic Medicine: Its Time Has Arrived

Daniel Rader, MD, Seymour Gray Professor of Molecular Medicine; Chair, Department of Genetics;

Chief, Divisions of Human Genetics, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics; Perelman School of Medicine - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

 

6/16/2017 - 10am-12pm

Cardiothoracic Surgery Symposium

The first surgical robot for standard clinical use was introduced in Canada in 1983. In 2014, surgical robots numbered in excess of 3,000 systems worldwide with 570,000 operations performed. While robotic surgery has provided an alternative to well-established open and laparoscopic approaches it is an expensive technology, the cost-effectiveness of which requires close study. Participants in this symposium will be provided with information that will enhance the decision making process for the use of a surgical robotic in cardiothoracic surgery cases. The advantages of a robot system over traditional VATS will also be contemplated during the symposium. This session will also include a Keynote Presentation by Dr. Edward Verrier, Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Washington in Seattle.

 

Robotic Lobectomy for Lung Cancer: The Moffitt Cancer Center Experience

Jacques Fontaine, MD, FICS, Moffitt Cancer Center, Associate Professor, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

 

Robotic Surgery: Overview, Economic Considerations, Public Policy Impact

Francis J. Podbielski, MD, MS, FICS, Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Riverside, IL

 

Robotic Training for the Future Surgeon: Approaches to Education of Surgical Residents in the U.S.

Kenneth Henry Copperwheat, DO, FICS (Jr.), Surgical Resident, Presence Health St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago, IL

 

Expanding the Scope of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery: Unique Advantages of Robotic Approach

Wickii Vigneswaran, MD, MBA, FICS, Professor Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Director of Thoracic Surgery - Loyola University Health System, Maywood, IL

 

Keynote Lecture

Competent vs Expert: How We View Ourselves as Surgeons, How Others View Us

Edward D. Verrier, MD, K. Alvin & Shirley E. Merendino Professor In Cardiothoracic Surgery,

Professor and Acting Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery - University of Washington, Seattle, WA

 

6/16/2017 - 1:30pm-3:30pm

Practice Management Workshop

This session will provide attendees with valuable information about how to improve their surgical practice, avoid costly financial mistakes and protect hard earned assets. Avoiding unnecessary financial losses should be high on the agenda of every surgeon. Surgeons face significant liability risk from multiple exposures. Common liability traps, including new HIPAA risks associated with technology will be covered. In addition, the most important yet least understood role in a surgeon’s business will be discussed, “Leadership.” In addition, this session will include an update on upcoming changes to health care in America.

 

Protect What You Make: Best Practices in Asset Protection for ICS Members

David Mandell, JD, MBA, Attorney at Law; Consultant OJM Group, LLC; Author Guardian Publishing, LLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL

 

Analytics and Data Management Supporting the New Healthcare Landscape

John S. Pirolo, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer, Ascension, Nashville, TN

 

Financial Mistakes Made Most Often by the Smartest Person in the Room: Tax and Financial Stories for Surgeons Ears Only

Victoria Powell, JD, LL.M (taxation), Attorney at Law; Partner, Powell Heymann LLC, Phoenix, AZ

 

Leadership...Everything Starts at the Top

Colonel (ret) Steven Seroka, National Defense Fellow, Air War College, Air Command and Staff College, School of Advanced Strategy Development, USAF Colonel (ret.), Las Vegas, NV

 

6/16/2017 - 3:30pm-4:30pm

Annual Ethics Forum

Healthcare Disparities Close to Home

The International College of Surgeons and many other US based humanitarian aid organizations are very active in missions to the "third world" to correct medical disparities. There are however many areas within the United States that are as economically and medically deprived. An example illustrating how members of 567 federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes and their descendants are eligible for services provided by the Indian Health Service, yet these individuals have long experienced lower health status when compared with other Americans. Lower life expectancy and the disproportionate disease burden exist perhaps because of inadequate education, disproportionate poverty, discrimination in the delivery of health services, and cultural differences. This session will present information about this unimaginable situation and allow for discussion between panelists and the audience in a highly interactive format designed to provoke thoughtful consideration by all.

 

Panelists

Frank Bongiorno, MD, FICS, Mufreesboro, TN

Mark Perlmutter, MD, FAANOS, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Carolina Regional Orthopaedics, Rocky Mount, NC

 

6/16/2017 - 4:30pm-6pm

General Plenary Session 2

Participants from all specialties will benefit from the following multidisciplinary presentations. See description for General Plenary Session 1.

 

Mammary analogue secretory carcinoma of the parotid gland - A relatively new and rare salivary gland tumour.

Asiri Arachchi, MBBS, General Surgical Doctor Melbourne Australia, Monash Health Network, Melbourne, Australia

 

3d Printing in Chest Wall Pathologies

Marcelo DaSilva, MD, FICS, Harvard Medical School - Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

 

Umbilical Hernia Repair in a Remote Surgery Center

Raymond A. Dieter, Jr., MD, FICS, General and Thoracic Surgeon, Past President International College of Surgeons (World 2003 and US Section 1997), Glen Ellyn, IL

 

Autogenous Hepatic Tissue Transplantation into the Omentum: a Pilot Murine Model of Ex-situ Liver Regeneration

Francisco Igor Macedo, MD, FICS (Jr.), Chief Resident, Providence Hospital and Medical Centers, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Troy, MI

 

Compliance and Variations in Teaching Assistant Experience During Surgical Residency

Mitesh Patel, MD, Resident, Providence Hospital and Medical Centers, Michigan State University, Southfield, MI

 

Robotic Surgery in India
Prof. Dr. Rajesh Chandulal Shah, Professor, Department of Surgery, AMC MET Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

 

 

SATURDAY

6/17/2017 - 8am-12pm

AANOS Annual Scientific Meeting Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgery Part 2

See Part 1 description

 

Keynote Presentation

The 10 Things You Need to Know About Concussion

Richard Ellenbogen, MD, Professor and Chairman Department of Neurological Surgery - University of Washington, Director UW Medicine Neuroscience Institute, Seattle, WA

 

Damage Control Surgery

Gene Bolles, MD, FICS, Associate Professor of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado, Denver, CO

 

Use of Ultrasound for Management of  MusculoSkeletal Pathology

Naga Suresh Cheppalli, MD, FICS, Adjunct Assistant Professor PNWU, Clinical Perceptor Heritage University, Richland, WA

 

Return to Play After Combined Ligament Knee Injury

Naga Suresh Cheppalli, MD, FICS,  Adjunct Assistant Professor PNWU, Clinical Perceptor Heritage University, Richland, WA

 

Lhermitte-Duclos Disease and the Spectrum of PNETs

W. Craig Clark, MD, PhD, FICS, FAANOS, Chair American Academy of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgeons, Attending Neurosurgeon Greenwood-Leflore Hospital, Eads, TN

 

Neuroprosthetic Platform for Cough and Respirations

Raymond A. Dieter, Jr., MD, FICS, General and Thoracic Surgeon, Past President International College of Surgeons (World 2003 and US Section 1997), Glen Ellyn, IL

 

The New Science of the Brain and Chronic Knee Pain Leading to Total Knee Replacement

Robert Mathews, MD, PhD, FICS, Medical Director of First Team Institute, Millersville, PA

 

Surgical Fusion for the Treatment of Refractory Chronic Axial Low-back Pain in the setting of Advanced Degenerative Disc Disease:  The New Lumbar Fusion Outcome Score

Tobias Mattei, MD, FICS, Associate Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery & Spine Specialists Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, ME

 

Surgical Treatment of Kyphotic Cervical Deformities: Therapeutic Algorithms, Pitfalls and Complications Avoidance

Tobias Mattei, MD, FICS, Associate Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery & Spine Specialists Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, ME

 

Life of an Orthopedic Surgeon Motorcycle Crashes

John Romito, MD, Chief Medical Officer Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Leawood, KS

 

Introduction of Intraoperative Imaging to Preserve Function in Complex Atlas-Hangman-Fractures

Pankaj Singh, MCh, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Neurosurgery, NEW DELHI, India

 

Use of Standalone Cages and Reduction of Adjacent Disease in Anterior Cervical Disc Fusion

Lucia Zamorano, MD, FICS, FAANOS, Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Birmingham, MI

 

6/17/2017 - 8am-9:45am

Global Surgery Update

An integral component of our CME program is the understanding that education is not confined by national borders.  Regardless of nationality or specialty, members of the ICSUS who attend our activities are provided with opportunities to share their professional expertise and experiences in the operating room, thus providing valuable feedback to an audience of general surgeons and surgical specialists with an interest in international surgery and medicine. Utilizing the international nature of the ICS as a global network of surgeons, members of ICSUS who attend this session will learn about techniques and approaches used in patient care all over the world and if appropriate take this information back to their practices.

 

The Value of Surgical Missions to Third World Countries is a Surgical Training Program

Domingo Alvear, MD, FICS, Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery Pinnacle Health System, Mechanicsburg, PA

 

International Education and Surgery

Gene Bolles, MD, FICS, University of Colorado and Denver Health Trauma Center, Denver, CO

 

Introduction and Capacity Building of Neonatal Resuscitation Program of American Academy of Paediatrics in Pakistan

Maqsood Elahi, MD, PhD, FICS, Professor of Cardiovascular Sciences, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart & Lung Research Institute; Director CardiacEye International Foundation, Irving, TX

 

Surgical Access For All - The European Approach

Frank P. Schulze, MD, FICS, Surgeon-in-Chief, St. Marien-Hospital; Past President ICS German Section, Mulheim, Germany

 

6/17/2017 - 10am-12pm

Colorectal Surgery Symposium

Participants from all specialties will benefit from the following multidisciplinary presentations. See description for General Plenary Session 1. The latest advances in colon and rectal surgery as well as related areas will be disseminated during this highly informative symposium. Included will be updates on local resection for rectal cancer, the latest treatments of colon cancer, robotic sigmoidectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy and more.

 

Transanal Approaches for Surgical Management of Rectal Cancer
Greta V. Bernier, MD, Acting Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

 

Robotic Sigmoidectomy with Transrectal Specimen Extraction

Bryan Butler, MD, FICS, Colon & Rectal Surgeon, Buffalo Medical Group, Buffalo, NY

 

Laparoscopic Remnant Cholecystectomy After 52 Years of Open Cholecystectomy

Mohanad Elshiekh, MD, Surgical Resident, Texas Tech Health Science center, Lubbock, TX

 

Update on the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer

Alessandro Fichera, MD, Professor and Section Chief Gastrointestinal Surgery Division of General Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA

 

Successful Treatment in One Step Laparoscopic Procedure Using Same Ports Access for a Synchronous Presentation of Acute Cholecystitis and Acute Appendicitis

Federico Gattorno, MD, FICS, Associated Professor in Surgery, St. Georges School of Medicine, Attending Surgeon-Minimally Invasive Surgery,

Department of Surgery, Woodhull Medical Center-NYU School of Medicine, Brooklyn-NY

 

Update on Colorectal Cancer Screening

Joseph Mills, MD, Colon & Rectal Surgery Fellow, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

 

6/17/2017 - 12pm-1:30pm

Special Luncheon Presentation - The Dr. Andre Crotti Lecture

From a broad “surgical” perspective there are at least six major surgical challenges to providing access to care in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): Safe Anesthesia and Airway Management, Trauma, Women's Health, Cancer, Paediatric Surgery, and Analgesia.  The disparities between SSA and what pertains in High Income Countries will be highlighted during this featured presentation.

 

Global Surgery - Challenges, Disparities, Initiatives, and Prospects - an Interim Report from a Sub-Saharan Perspective

John Tarpley, MD, Visiting Professor, Surgery, University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (Rawanda); Professor of Surgery & Anesthesiology (Emeritus), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Nashville, TN

 

6/17/2017 - 1:30pm-4pm

Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Forum

The specialty of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery is evolving constantly with new treatment options for a variety of injuries and conditions. This session will present unique cases and discuss the increasing need for trauma and emergency surgical coverage in different settings and situations. Included will be presentations that address the role of minimally invasive approaches to specific wounds.

 

Adnexal Torsion in the Pediatric Age Group : A Rare but True Clinical Entity

Domingo Alvear, MD, FICS, Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery Pinnacle Health System, Mechanicsburg, PA

 

Long-Term Outcomes of Geriatric Trauma Patients

Sam Arbabi, MD, MPH, Professor of Surgery University of Washington, Seattle, WA

 

Aortoiliac Transection following Blunt Abdominal Trauma in a Child

Edward Daniele, MD, Surgical Resident, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX

 

Should We Attempt Early Withdrawal of Care or Expect Favorable Outcome in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury?

Shankar P. Gopinath, MD, Associate Professor, Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

 

Delayed Presentation of Traumatic Duodenal Perforation Leading to Early Empyema

Karla Leal, MD, Surgery Resident, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX

 

The Role of Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Trauma Patient

Sharique Nazir, MD, FICS, Associate Professor, NYU Lutheran Medical Center, New York, NY

 

Complications of Chest Wall Non-union with Serratus Muscle Dehiscence

Tracy Sambo, MD, FICS (Jr.), General Surgery Resident, Presence St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago, IL

 

Laparoscopic Management of Penetrating Abdominal Trauma? What Is Next?

Fausto Vinces, DO, FICS, Trauma Surgeon, SBH Health System, Irvington, NY

 

6/17/2017 - 4:15pm-5:45pm

Research Scholarship Competition

Surgical Residents who have submitted research manuscripts will participate in this annual contest and present their research in an oral format. Manuscripts as well as oral presentations of all the competitors will be judged by a panel to determine the winners of various cash prizes. Attendees will be presented with fascinating information by some of the brightest minds in medicine – support the future of surgery by attending this session.             

 

Esophageal Stents: a Single-Center Retrospective Review of Surgical Experience

Tessa Cartwright, MD, MPH, Cardiothoracic Fellow, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

 

New Technique: Minced Edge Transposition Graft (MET Graft)

Scott Moradian, DO, Surgical Resident, Larkin Community Hospital, Miami, Fl

 

Early Experience Implementing an Enhanced Recovery Protocol in a Community Hospital Setting

Nancy Panko, MD, Surgical Resident,

Presence Saint Joseph Hospital, Forest Park, IL

 

Outcomes After Laparoscopic or Robotic Assisted Colectomy and Open Colectomy When Compared by Operative Duration

Sunu Philip, MD, Surgical Resident, St. John Providence Hospitals, Southfield, MI

 

Exploring the Relationship Between Surgical Care Capacity and Output in Ghana: The Hidden Roles of Non-Material Structures and Processes

Barclay Stewart, MD MscPH, Surgical Resident, University of Washington, Seattle, WA