International
College of Surgeons
United States Section
85th Annual Surgical Update
American
Academy of
Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons
47th Annual Scientific Meeting
Wyndham
Historic District Hotel,
Philadelphia, PA - April 25 to 27, 2024
Together
We Operate:
Building Sustainable Infrastructure
and Capacity in Global Surgery
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Thursday 4/25/2024 2:30pm-5:15pm
Opening Session
A World of Difference: United in Innovation
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Lessons Learned from The Global Travel Fellowship of a
Thoracic Surgeon
Jacques P. Fontaine, MD,
FICS Tampa,
FL
Senior Member - Dept. of Thoracic Surgery, Moffitt
Cancer Center; Professor - University of Florida
Going beyond Global Surgery 2030: Developing a Renal
Transplant Center in a LMIC
Thav Thambi-Pillai, MD,
FICS Sioux
Falls, SD
Professor and Vice Chair of Surgery, Program Director
General Surgery Residency, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota
Keynote Lecture: International Medicine Initiatives - A
New Opportunity for Your Institution?
Harry Sax, MD Los
Angeles, CA
Professor and Executive Vice Chair, Department of
Surgery, Associate Dean for International Programs, Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center
Digital Health and Surgical Outcomes: Hacking Healthcare
in Singapore and Qatar
Ayesha Khalid, MD, MBA Cambridge,
MA
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
An Overview of 2013 Lower Extremity Angioplasty from
Singapore General Hospital
Tec Chong, MBBS Singapore,
Professor, Head & Senior Consultant, Department of
Vascular Surgery, Singapore General Hospital
Technology in Surgery: A Global
Endeavor in Vascular Surgery
Andres Schanzer,
MD Southborough, MA
Cutler Distinguished Chair and Professor, Division of
Vascular Surgery; Director, UMass Memorial Center for Complex Aortic
Disease; Director, UMass
Memorial Heart and Vascular Center; University of Massachusetts Medical School
End Stage Ankle Arthritis
Michael Theodoulou,
DPM Cambridge,
MA
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Trauma: A Forgotten Epidemic
Thayasivam Gobyshanger, MD, FICS Jaffna, Sri Lanka
MBBS, MRCS (Edin), MS, FCSSL
Building a Trauma Care System in LMICs: The Process
Behind the TRAIN Trauma India Symposium Consensus
Radzi Hamzah, MD, MPH Boston,
MA
Paul Farmer Research Fellow, Program in Global Surgery
and Social Change, Harvard Medical School
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Thursday 4/25/2024 5:15pm-6:00pm
Featured Presentation
The Dr. Andre Crotti Lecture
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Being Part of the Solution
Patricia J. Numann, MD Syracuse,
NY
Lloyd S. Rogers Professor of Surgery Emerita, SUNY
Health Science Center
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Friday 4/26/2024 8:00am-12:00pm
&
AANOS Annual Scientific Meeting:
Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgery Part 1
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Staged versus Same-Day Circumferential Fusion in
Treating Adult Spinal Deformity: A Comparative Systematic Review and
Meta-Analysis
Jaskeerat Gujral Philadelphia, PA
Research Scholar, University of Pennsylvania Perelman
School of Medicine
Endplate Technology: The Future of Fusion?
John Mangan, MD Glen
Mills, PA
Spine Surgeon, Rothman Orthopaedics,
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University
Hospital
An Introduction to
Artificial Intelligence Clinical Prediction Models in Surgery
Mert Marcel Dagli, MD Philadelphia,
PA
Research Fellow, University of Pennsylvania Perelman
School of Medicine
Harnessing Pre- and Intra-Operative Predictors to
Predict Postoperative Complications in Spine Deformity: Development of a
Prognostic Artificial Intelligence Clinical
Prediction Model
Mert Marcel Dagli, MD Philadelphia, PA
Research Fellow, University of Pennsylvania Perelman
School of Medicine
Navigated Atlas Osteosynthesis
for Unstable Jefferson Fractures
John Arena, MD Philadelphia,
PA
Neurosurgery Resident, University of Pennsylvania
Skull Base Fractures and Their Complications.
Pavel Poczos,
MD, PhD, FICS Pardubice,
Czech Republic
Assistant Professor, Charles University, Department of
Neurosurgery, University Hospital Hradec Kralove; Assistant Professor,
Charles University, Department
of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove
Navigated SIJ Fusion Novel Lateral Approach Technique
Zakhria Belasher, MD Warren,
MI
Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Vice Chief of Staff, Insight
Surgical Hospital, Associate Program Director of Insight Spine Fellowship
Conditioned Recurrence-Free Survival Following Gross
Total Resection of Non-Functioning Pituitary Adenoma
Jesse McClure, MD, PhD Boca
Raton, FL
General Surgery Intern, Florida Atlantic University
Clinical Insights: The Role of Turmeric as a Nutritional
Adjunct in Surgical Recovery
Shivani Gupta, PhD Deerfield Beach, FL
Professor of Ayurvedic
Sciences, Hindu University of America
Efficacy of Intravenous Tranexamic
Acid in Reducing Perioperative Hemorrhage and Transfusion in Complex Spinal
Fusions:
Insights from a
Standardized Inverse Probability Weighted Analysis
Ali Ozturk, MD Philadelphia,
PA
Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania
Perelman School of Medicine
Use of radiofrequency ablation in the cervical and
lumbar spine and current concepts and devices.
Saqib Siddiqui, MD, FICS San
Antonio, TX
Orthopedic Spine Surgeon
Endoscopic Spine Surgery: From Decompression to Fusion.
Lucia Zamorano, MD, FICS Birmingham,
MI
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Oakland University
William Beaumont School of Medicine, President Michigan Brain and Spine
Surgery Center
Evaluation of Large
Language Models in Responding to Surgical Patient Inquiries: A Cross-Sectional
Study
Jang Yoon, MD Philadelphia,
PA
Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania
Perelman School of Medicine
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Friday 4/26/2024 8:00am-10:30am
Building Bridges:
Shaping a Global Infrastructure for Tomorrow
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Surgeons Shaping Global Surgery Policy
Katayoun Madani, MS, MD,
FICS Jr. Paradise Valley, AZ
MD Anderson Fellow in Global Surgery Policy and
Advocacy, Baylor College of Medicine Michael E Dubakey
Department of Surgery
and Baker Institute for
Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, TX; Past President of InciSioN, Sin Trudin, Belgium
Achieving Global Health Equity
Sasha Corbin, MBBS Atlanta,
GA
General Surgery Resident, PGY-2, Morehouse School of
Medicine
Safe Cholecystectomy On a Global Scale
Domenech Asbun, MD Coral
Gables, FL
Hepatopancreatobiliary and Gastric/Mixed Tumor Surgical Oncologist Miami
Cancer Institute; Clinical Assistant Professor, Florida
International University,
Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami
Expect the Unexpected and be Ready to Adapt: A Thoracic
Surgeon's Perspective of International Voluntary Medical Services
Wickii Vigneswaran, MD,
MBA, FICS Tampa,
FL
James A Haley VA Hospital
My Journey as a Global Robotic Surgery Proctor
Jacques P. Fontaine, MD,
FICS Tampa,
FL
Senior Member - Dept. of Thoracic Surgery, Moffitt
Cancer Center; Professor - University of Florida
Forging a Path to Healing: Bridging Gaps in Burns
Surgery Access Amidst Adversity
Kathryn Campos, BA Seattle,
WA
Independent Researcher: University of Washington Dept.
of Surgery & Harborview Injury Prevention Program, Graduate
Researcher: Kings Centre
for Conflict and Health
Burn Injury and Burn Care in Rural Kenya
Mary Hunter, MD, MA, ScM Ann Arbor, MI
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Michigan
Global Health Footprints: A
US Resident Perspective
Olajumoke Megafu, MD Worcester,
MA
General Surgery Resident, University of Massachusetts
Creating a Sustainable Global Surgery Program
Ikenna Okereke, MD Detroit,
MI
Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, System Director,
Thoracic Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Michigan State University, Henry
Ford Health System
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Friday 4/26/2024 10:30am-12:00pm
AI and Innovation for Global Surgical Issues
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Leveraging Large Language Models and Agentic AI in
Surgery
Anai Kothari, MD, MS Milwaukee, WI
Assistant Professor of Surgical Oncology, Medical
College of Wisconsin
Chatbot Use in Thoracic Surgery Clinical Scenarios
Joseph Platz,
MD St. Louis, MO
Assistant Professor of Thoracic Surgery, Saint Louis
University
Innovative Posterior Rectus Sheath Flap for Superior Paraesophageal Hernia Repair
Yalini Vigneswaran, MD, MPH, FICS Chicago, IL
Director of Esophageal Diseases, Assistant Professor of
Surgery, University of Chicago
Beyond the Ice Age - Machine Perfusion of the Liver
Babak Movahedi, MD, PhD, FICS Worcester, MA
Assistant Professor of Surgery, UMass Chan Medical
School
Holomedicine: Novel Innovation to Global Perspective
Zachery Yeo, MD Singapore,
Deputy Program Director of Holomedicine
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Surgery
Sabha Ganai,
MD, PhD, MPH Fargo,
ND
Associate Professor of Surgery, University of North
Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Friday 4/26/2024 12:30pm-1:30pm
Lunch and Learn Lecture
Sponsored by: Legally Mine
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Proper use of Legal Entities for Lawsuit Protection
& Tax Reduction
John Kekel Lindon, UT
Educator, Legally Mine; President Kekel
Consulting LLC
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Friday 4/26/2024 1:30pm-3:30pm
International Guest Lectures:
A Global Rendezvous
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Choledocholithiasis: New Approaches
Francisco Suarez Anzorena, MD, FICS Buenos Aires, Argentina
Professor of Anatomy, Universidad del Salvador. Career
Director of Minimal Invasive Surgery, University of Buenos Aires. Chief
Service of Interventional
Radiology, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín,
UBA
Temporary Colostomy an Outmoded procedure? Primary
Resection and Anastomosis for Complicated Colonic Diverticulitis:
A 25yrs Experience.
Biagio Ravo, MD, FICS Roma,
Italy
Prof. Inc Digestive Surgery Universita Campus Biomedico Rome
Italy, Past Director Trauma Service Winthrop University Hospital
NY, ICS European Federation
Secretary
Dilemmas in Surgical Practice: Level III Mesopancreas Dissection for PDAC
Kung-Kai Kuo, MD, PhD, FICS Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Professor in Surgery, Division of General and Digestive
Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital
Advancements in Endoscopic Ear Surgery: A Decade of
Evolution in Otologic Practice among Surgeons in
Taiwan
Chin-Kuo
Chen, MD, PhD, FICS Tao-Yuan,
Taiwan
Chang Gung University, Communication Enhancement Center,
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Department of Otolaryngology,
Chang Gung Memorial
Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
Adenotonsillectomy Significantly and Persistently Modifies Gut Microbial
Taxonomy and Function in Children with
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Li-Ang Lee, MD, MSc, PhD, FICS Taoyuan,
Taiwan
Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and
Neck Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital,
Chang Gung
University
Chronical Anticoagulant Therapy and its Impact on
Surgery
Jiri Matyas,
MD, FICS Pardubice, Czech Republic
Head of ICU, Surgery Clinic, General Hospital,
Pardubice, Czech Republic
Spondylodiscitis: Delayed Diagnosis and the Role of
Obesity.
Pavel Poczos,
MD, PhD, FICS Pardubice,
Czech Republic
Assistant Professor, Charles University, Department of
Neurosurgery, University Hospital Hradec Kralove; Assistant Professor,
Charles University,
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove
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Friday 4/26/2024 3:00pm-4:30pm
Global Issues in Women's Health
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Pelvic Organ Prolapse through a Global Health Lens
Danielle Carr, MD Cambridge, MA
Harvard Medical School, Mount Auburn Hospital, Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center
C Sections in Resource-Limited Settings
Victoria Mui, MD Philadelphia,
PA
Assistant Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Director of the Women's Global Health Fellowship,
University of Pennsylvania,
Perelman School of Medicine
Surgical Management of Ectopic Pregnancy
Analeta Peterson, MD Baltimore, MD
Calvert Health Medical Center
Engineering Solutions: Innovation and Collaboration as Global
Catalysts for Global Change
Ebere Azumah, MD, MPH,
FACOG, Mount
Rainier, MD
FICS
Co-founder and President of Love Your Menses, Private
Practice Physician
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Friday 4/26/2024 3:30pm-5:30pm
General Plenary Session 1
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Delirium and Frailty in the Perioperative Period in an
Ageing Rural Community. A broad look at recent evidences.
Saptarshi Biswas, MD, FICS Myrtle Beach, SC
Associate Program Director General Surgery Residency;
Director Surgical Research & Surgical Simulation; Grand Strand Medical
Center (HCA)
The UAB Community Network: Tackling the Rural Surgery
Crisis
Manu Kaushik, MD, FICS Vestavia
Hills, AL
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of
Gastro-intestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at
Birmingham
Robotic Pancreaticoduodenectomy
in a Community Setting: Early Experience and Outcomes
McDaniel Lang, MD Sioux
Falls, SD
General Surgery Resident, Sanford Health
Percutaneous Management of
Complicated Severe Acute Pancreatitis
Guido Parquet, MD, FICS Asuncion,
Paraguay
Professor of Surgery and Anatomy, School of Medical
Sciences, National University of Asuncion; Chief Service of Minimally Invasive
Surgery, Institute of
Social Welfare, Paraguay
Pancreas After Kidney Transplantation Outcomes Over the
Past 20 Years in the USA
Reza Saidi, MD, FICS Syracuse,
NY
Associate Professor of Surgery, Chief of
Transplantation, Director Kidney Transplant Program; Surgical Director of
Kidney
Transplantation, Division
of Transplant Services, Department of Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University
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Friday 4/26/2024 4:30pm-6:00pm
Global Surgery in Action: What Drives You?
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Providing Remote Aid During a Humanitarian Crisis
Lewis Kaplan, MD Philadelphia,
PA
Professor of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania, Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and
Emergency Surgery
Using Artificial Intelligence to Bridge Global Surgical
Inequities
Divya Kewalramani, MD Pittsburgh,
PA
Research Fellow, Department of Surgery, University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center
Global Surgery: Specialty Evolution and the Future of
Collaboration
Zoe Maher, MD Philadelphia,
PA
Associate Professor of Surgery, Lewis Katz School of
Medicine at Temple University
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Saturday 4/27/2024 8:00am-12:00pm
&
AANOS Annual Scientific Meeting:
Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgery Part 2
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Developing a Medical Legal Neurosurgical and Spine
Practice
Nirav Shah, MD Lane,
PA
Medical Director, Princeton Brain, Spine, and Sports
Medicine
Too Old to Plate! Surgical Rib Stabilization in the Octagenerian and Nonagenerian. Do
the evidences add up?
Saptarshi Biswas, MD, FICS Myrtle Beach, SC
Associate Program Director General Surgery Residency;
Director Surgical Research & Surgical Simulation; Grand Strand Medical
Center (HCA)
Neurosurgery in Honduras - Experiences
Operating in a Third World Country
Jeffrey Epstein, MD, FICS Babylon,
NY
Spine Surgeon
Machine Learning Applications for Predicting ICU Stay
Following Posterior Spinal Fusion in Adult Spinal Deformity
Mert Marcel Dagli, MD Philadelphia,
PA
Research Fellow, University of Pennsylvania Perelman
School of Medicine
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in 2024: What's New
Robert Van Demark, MD, FICS Sioux
Falls, SD
Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, University of
South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
Differential Heparin Neutralization Studies Using
Protamine Sulfate and a Novel Synthetic Peptide
Andrew Alcazar, BS Chicago,
IL
Research Associate, Loyola University Medical Center
Deformity Correction in the Hand. Simple to complex. A case based presentation
Sudhir Rao, MD Big
Rapids, MI
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Peroneal Nerve Dysfunction for Spine Surgeons
Demian Yakel, DO Asheville,
NC
Orthopedic Spine Surgeon
WALANT Outcomes in a Hospital Procedure Room
Michaela Derby, Sioux Falls, SD
Medical Student, University of South Dakota Sanford
School of Medicine
Lacertus Syndrome: The Other Median Nerve Diagnosis
Robert Van Demark, Jr, MD,
FICS Sioux
Falls, SD
Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, University of
South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
The Use of Virtual Reality in Reducing Intraoperative
Patient Anxiety
Kyler Hardie, Harrisburg, SD
Medical Student, University of South Dakota Sanford
School of Medicine
Minimally Invasive TLIF Technique and Nuances
Desh Sahni, MD San
Antonio, TX
Spine Surgeon
Minimally Invasive
Treatment of Severe Thoracolumbar Trauma
Cristian Gragnaniello, MD,
PhD, FICS San
Antonio, TX
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology,
UT Health San Antonio
Anterior Exposure to the Lumbar Spine
Jon Cecil Walkes, MD Houston,
TX
Chief, Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Joseph Medical Center
Clinical and Surgical Management of Cavernous Sinus Meningiomas: Guidelines and Surgical Perspectives
Paolo Alimonti,
MD Boston, MA
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery,
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Machine Learning in Spine Surgery
Lucia Zamorano, MD, FICS Birmingham,
MI
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Oakland University
William Beaumont School of Medicine, President Michigan Brain and Spine
Surgery Center
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Saturday 4/27/2024 8:00am-9:45am
Annual Research Scholarship Competition
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Retrospective Analysis of Pancreatic Injuries and
Treatment Outcomes
Lindsey Braden, MD, FICS Long
Beach, CA
Resident, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, University
California, Los Angeles
Cerebral protection strategies in TAAD surgeries: a
network meta-analysis
Abdullah K. Alassiri, MBBS Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Senior Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, King
Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Acute Management of Morel-Lavallee
Lesion with closed incision negative pressure therapy (ciNPWT)
subcutaneous drain
placement and SPY
fluorescence imaging
Laila Khoury, MD, FICS Delray
Beach, FL
Resident, Florida Atlantic University
Disparity in cost spent on vasectomies and tubectomies done in public health centers in India in
2019-20.
Sharvari Mande, MBBS Pune, India
Medical Student, Rajarshee Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Government Medical College, Kolhapur.Intern,
Association for Socially
Applicable Research, Pune,
India.
Management of Soft Tissue
Edema in the Lower Extremity using Complete Circumferential Closed Incision
Negative Pressure
Wound Therapy: A Case
report
Omer Sadeh, MD, FICS Panama
City Beach, FL
General Surgery Resident, Florida Atlantic University,
Boca Raton, FL
Postoperative albumin drop as a
predictor for clinical outcome in emergency surgery
Nabin Paudyal, MD Biratnagar,
Nepal
General Surgery Resident, Kathmandu University, Nobel
Medical College Teaching Hospital, Biratnagar.
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) After Isolated Coronary Bypass
(CABG) Surgery
John Slaughter, BS, FICS Lexington,
KY
Medical Student, University of Kentucky College of
Medicine
Spontaneous fistulization of a
giant pancreatic pseudocyst into the duodenum
following acute pancreatitis
Bikash Kumar Shah, MBBS Kathmandu, Nepal
Medical Student, Maharajgunj Medical
Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal
Atrial Fibrillation after Lung Surgery (Open vs VATS): A
single center experience
Amie Woolard,
BS, FICS Lexington, KY
Medical Student, University of Kentucky College of
Medicine
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Saturday 4/27/2024 10:00am-10:45am
Presidential Debate
The Time for Mission Trips is Over
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Pro: We should no longer be doing mission trips
Demetrius Litwin, MD, FICS Worcester,
MA
Professor, UMass Chan Medical School; Chair, Department
of Surgery, UMass Memorial Medical Center
Con: Mission trips are still needed
Francis Podbielski, MD,
FICS Riverside,
IL
Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Illinois at
Chicago
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Saturday 4/27/2024 10:45am-12:00pm
ICS and Latin America
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CrashSavers Comprehensive Hemorrhage Control Training in Guatemala
Rashi Jhunjhunwala, MD, MA Jamaica
Plain, MA
General Surgery Resident, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center, Boston, MA
Experience in Percutaneous Surgery in Paraguay
Guido Parquet, MD, FICS Asuncion,
Paraguay
Professor of Surgery and Anatomy, School of Medical
Sciences, National University of Asuncion; Chief Service of Minimally Invasive
Surgery, Institute of Social
Welfare, Paraguay
Development of the National Surgical, Obstetric, and
Anesthesia Plan in Ecuador: Situational Analysis - Phase One
Carolina Torres
Perez-Iglesias, MD Boston,
MA
General Surgery Resident - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center
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Saturday 4/27/2024 12:45pm-1:30pm
Honors Luncheon
The Dr. Arno Roscher Endowed Lecture
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Artificial Intelligence in Surgery: Ensuring the Promise
and Managing the Risks
Rocco Orlando, MD Hartford,
CT
Senior Vice President and Chief Academic Officer,
Hartford Health Care; Professor of Surgery, University of Connecticut
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Saturday 4/27/2024 1:30pm-3:30pm
Global Surgical Resiliency and the Future
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Peace Corps to Surgical Mission: Same Lessons, 30 years
Erika Fellinger, MD, FICS Somerville,
MA
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School,
General and Minimally Invasive Surgery and Surgical Endoscopy,
Cambridge Health Alliance
Empowering Equity in Surgical Care Requires Efforts to
Address Surgical Workforce Strengthening in Austere Environments
Head-On; A Systemic Review
Kathryn Campos, BA Seattle, WA
Independent Researcher: University of Washington Dept.
of Surgery & Harborview Injury Prevention Program, Graduate
Researcher: Kings Centre
for Conflict and Health
Graduate Medical Education
Reform in Vietnam through HAIVN (Partnership for Health Advancement in Vietnam)
Tara Kent, MD Boston,
MA
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School;
Vice Chair for Education, BIDMC Dept. of Surgery; Program Director,
BIDMC General Surgery
Residency, BIDMC Division of Surgical Oncology
InciSioN's Role in Global Education and Mentorship of the Future
of the Operating Room
Katayoun Madani, MS, MD,
FICS Paradise
Valley, AZ
MD Anderson Fellow in Global Surgery Policy and
Advocacy, Baylor College of Medicine Michael E DeBakey
Department of Surgery
and Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice
University, Houston, TX; Past President of InciSioN,
Sin Trudin, Belgium
Overcoming Challenges During International Surgical
Trips: Lessons Learned and Strategies for Success
Ziad Sifri, MD Jersey
City, NJ
Professor of Surgery, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical
School
ICS United States Section Webinar Series and its Impact
in the SoMe Post or Perish Era
Robert Amajoyi, MD, FICS Leawood, KS
Colon and Rectal Surgeon, Saint Luke’s Surgical
Specialists; Co-founder & Director of Rectal Cancer Program, Saint Luke’s
Health
System; Assistant Professor
of Surgery, Univ. of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine
An Update: ACS-HOPE Collaboration in Lusaka, Zambia
Muriel Cleary, MHS, MD,
FICS Worcester,
MA
Assistant Professor of Surgery, UMass Chan School of
Medicine
Creating a Surgical Foundation: How to measure success!
Domingo T. Alvear, MD, FICS Mechanicsburg,
PA
Chairman, World Surgical Foundation
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Saturday 4/27/2024 3:30pm-5:30pm
Global Obesity Epidemic: Changing Paradigms
Discussion Panel
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Obesity Panel Moderator
Abdelrahman Nimeri, MD Boston,
MA
Director of Bariatric Surgery Brigham and Women's
Hospital Harvard Medical School
AOM will make MBS less important
Alexander Barkan, MD Staten Island, NY
Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island NY;
Assistant Professor, SUNY @ Downstate; Vice Chairman, Department of
Surgery & Director Bariatric
Surgery, Associate Director MIS Fellowship
AOM will enhance
utilization of MBS
Sharique Nazir, MD, FICS Milltown,
NJ
Director of Bariatric/Robotic Surgery NYCHHH; Assistant
Professor Columbia University, Irwing Medical Center,
NY
Outpatient MBS will become the norm
Yalini Vigneswaran, MD, MPH, FICS Chicago, IL
Director of Esophageal Diseases, Assistant Professor of
Surgery, University of Chicago
Outpatient MBS is not safe in 2024
Siva Vithiananthan, MD,
FICS Cambridge,
MA
Chief of Surgery, Cambridge Health Alliance; Associate
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Adjunct Professor of Surgery,
Brown University Alpert
Medical School; President, International College of Surgeons, US Section
Medical Tourism is good for patients and is here to stay
Rodolfo Oviedo, MD, FICS Nacogdoches,
TX
Professor of Surgery, University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine; Professor of
Surgery, Sam Houston State
University College of
Osteopathic Medicine; Medical Director, Nacogdoches Center for Metabolic &
Weight Loss Surgery
Medical Tourism, is it safe for patients? Should it be
limited?
Aley Tohamy, MD Phoenixville,
PA
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery Drexel
University College of Medicine.Chair of Department of
Surgery Crozer Chester
Medical Center Director of
Minimally Invasive and Bariatric surgery
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Saturday 4/27/2024 3:30pm-5:30pm
General Plenary Session 2
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Prolapsed Colostomy: Revise or Proceed with
Reconstructive Surgery?
Domingo T. Alvear, MD, FICS Mechanicsburg,
PA
Chairman, World Surgical Foundation
Correlation of IL-6 And C-Reactive Protein Levels with
the Stage, Differentiation and Types of Colorectal Cancer - A Cross-
Sectional Study
Mohamed Shafi Mahboon Ali, MD, Georgetown, Malaysia
FICS
Advanced Medical and Dental Institute
Correction of Animation Deformity of the Breast
Anthony Dardano Jr., DO,
FICS Boca
Raton, FL
Professor of Plastic Surgery, Florida Atlantic
University; Chief, Plastic Surgery Trauma, Delray Medical Center
Advanced Bio-Technology
Medicine in Burn and Wound Healing
Steven Dominguez, MD, MPH,
FICS Huntington
Beach, CA
Bella Milagros Clinic
Associations Between Body Surface Area and Perioperative
Outcomes after Robotic-Assisted Pulmonary Lobectomy
Sunny Kahlon Tampa, FL
Medical Student, University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida
Eyelid Reconstruction Following Excision of Eyelid
Cancers and Eyelid Trauma
Geoffrey Kwitko, MD, FICS Tampa, FL
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology,
University of South Florida