International College of Surgeons - United States Section 

and

American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons

2019 Annual Meeting – Preliminary Scientific Program

5/2/2019

2pm-6pm

Opening Session - Featured Lectures &

Surgical Consortia - A Practical Resource Building Strategy?

The World Surgical Foundation, What We Do and the Role of ICS

Domingo Alvear, MD

Mechanicsburg, PA

Chairman, World Surgical Foundation

Mission Medicine (International Surgery)

Gene Bolles, MD

Denver, CO

Assoc. Professor Neurosurgery, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado

Health Science Center

Team Broken Earth: The Evolution of a Sustainable Medical Relief Charity

Andrew Furey, MD

St. John’s, NL, Canada

Founder and CEO, Team Broken Earth; Associate Professor of Surgery, Memorial

Univeristy of Newfoundland

Telemedicine Programs Albania and Cabo Verde: The Tales from Two Continents?

Rifat Latifi, MD

Katonah, NY

Chair and Professor of Surgery, Director Department of Surgery, Program Director

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Chief of General Surgery, Westchester Medical Center,

New York Medical College

Update from the American Board of Surgery

Joshua Mammen, MD, PhD

Kansas City, KS

Associate Professor of Surgery and Vice Chair, Department of Surgery, University of

Partners for World Health (Submission Pending)

Elizabeth McLellan, RN, MSN, MPH

Portland, ME

Founder and President, Partners for World Health

Matching Resources to Need: A Template for Collaboration (Submission still pending)

Mark N. Perlmutter, MD

Rocky Mount, NC

Orthopaedic Surgeon, Carolina Regional Orthopaedics

The Dr. Andre Crotti Lecture: 24 Years of Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: A Pivotal Advance in

Transplantation

Lloyd E. Ratner, MD, MPH

New York, NY

Professor of Surgery, Director, Renal & Pancreatic Transplantation, Columbia

University/New York Presbyterian Hospital

The ACS Approach: Capacity Building in Sub-Saharan Africa

Girma Tefera, MD

Madison, WI

Medical Director, Operation Giving Back; Prof. of Surgery, University of Wisconsin

The Dr. Arno Roscher Endowed Lecture:

How to Slow, Stop or Reverse the Aging Process

Ara Tilkian, MD

Mission Hills, CA

Director of Cardiology, Providence Holy Cross Medical Center

5/3/2019

8am-12pm

AANOS Annual Scientific Meeting

Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgery Part 1

Laboratory Surgical Training Utilizing the Human Anatomy Under Life-like Conditions

Emad Aboud, MD

Little Rock, AR

Clinical Instructor Creighton University School of Medicine, Surgery Department.

Director Micro-Neurosurgery Lab, Arkansas Neuroscience Institute

Regenerative Medicine: Having Fun Again

Gregory Laurence, MD

Germantown, TN

Cosmetic Surgeon, Private Practice Germantown Aesthetics

From Cosmetic Surgery to Regenerative Medicine: An Awakening

Gregory Laurence, MD

Germantown, TN

Cosmetic Surgeon, Private Practice Germantown Aesthetics

Electrodiagnostic Testing for Compression Neuropathies: It's Role in Value-Based Healthcare

Mark Perlmutter, MD

Rocky Mount, NC

Orthopaedic Surgeon, Carolina Regional Orthopaedics

Evolution in the Treatment of Distal Radius Fractures

Sudhir Rao, MD

Big Rapids, MI

Orthopaedic Surgeon, Big Rapids Orthopaedics

Management of Tarlov Cysts

William Welch, MD

Philadelphia, PA

Chair, Department of Neurosurgery at Pennsylvania Hospital

Endoscopic Management of Lumbar Spine

Lucia Zamorano, MD

Birmingham, MI

Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, Oakland University William Beaumont School of

5/3/2019

8am-10:00am

Updates on HPB & Oncologic Surgery

Laparoscopic Whipple

Barish Edil, MD

Oklahoma City, OK

Professor and Chair of Surgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Technical Tips to Consider During Laparoscopic Pancreas Surgery

Michael Jacobs, MD

Birmingham, MI

Clinical Professor of Surgery, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine,

Associate Chair of Surgery, Ascension Providence and Providence Park

Updates on the Surgical Management of Breast Cancer

Colleen Murphy, MD

Lone Tree, CO

Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Colorado

Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Associated with Retrieval of Less than Twelve Lymph Nodes Colon

Cancer Surgery

Yana Puckett, MD, MBA, MPH, MSc

Lubbock, TX

General Surgery Resident, PGY-5, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

A New Conception of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders (PMDs) and Surgical Management of

PMDs

Joji Sekine, DDS, PhD

Nagasaki, Japan

Deputy Director, Nagasaki Diagnostic Pathology Clinic

Management Algorithm for Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms

Thav Thambi-Pillai, MD

Sioux Falls, SD

Vice Chair and Associate Professor of Surgery, Program Director General Surgery

Residency, Surgery Director, Sanford Transplant Center, Sanford School of Medicine,

University of South Dakota

The Role of 3D Printing in Hepatic Surgery

George Tsoulfas, MD, PhD

Thessaloniki, Greece

ICS World President, Professor Aristoteleion University

5/3/2019

10am-12pm

Advances in Transplant Surgery

Living Donor Liver Transplant: Changing the Paradigm

Abhinav Humar, MD

Gibsonia, PA

Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh

First Successful Uterus Transplantation in the United States

Gregory J. McKenna, MD

Dallas, TX

Baylor University Medical Center

Access to Transplantation: Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die?

Lloyd E. Ratner, MD, MPH

New York, NY

Professor of Surgery, Director, Renal & Pancreatic Transplantation, Columbia

University/New York Presbyterian Hospital

Relevant Transplant Topic (exact title TBD)

Amit Tevar, MD

Pittsburgh, PA

Associate Professor of Surgery University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Surgical

Director, Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation

5/3/2019

4pm-5:15pm

Emerging Surgeons Forum

Traumatic Abdominal Wall Injuries: A Case Series

Beatrice Caballero, MS

Lubbock, TX

Medical Student, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Department of Surgery

Unique Constellation of Thoracoabdominal Injuries in a High-speed Motor Vehicle Collision

Caroline Chung, BS, BA

Lubbock, TX

Second Year Medical Student, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Transpopliteal GSW Causing an Acute Popliteal Venous Thrombosis and Associated Major

Pulmonary Embolus

Grace Shim,

Lubbock, TX

Medical Student, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine

A Unique Presentation of Traumatic Diaphragmatic Hernia Rupture in a 37-Year-Old Man

Natalie Tully, BS

Austin, TX

Medical Student IV, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

5/3/2019

5:15pm-6:30pm

Annual Research Scholarship Competition

Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmia Associated with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Literature and

Protocol Review.

Caitlin Clark, MD

Cleveland Heights, OH

Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Case Western Reserve University at

Treatment of Appendicitis: Do Medicaid and Non-Medicaid Enrolled Patients Receive the Same

Care?

Amanda Fazzalari, MD

Waterbury, CT

Resident, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Endobronchial Ultrasound With Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in The Diagnosis of Thoracic

Diseases; A Single Center Experience

Dwight Harris II, BS

Manchester, KY

Medical Student, University of Kentucky College of Medicine

Laparoscopic Colectomies Associated with Decreased Retrieval of Twelve or More Lymph Nodes

Compared to Open in Elective Colon Cancer Surgery

Yana Puckett, MD, MBA, MPH, MSc

Lubbock, TX

General Surgery Resident, PGY-5, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

5/4/2019

8am-12pm

AANOS Annual Scientific Meeting

Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgery Part 2

Post-Operative Cognitive Dysfuntion (POCD)

Gene Bolles, MD

Denver, CO

Assoc. Professor Neurosurgery, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado

Health Science Center

Newer Technology in Orthopedics

Naga Suresh Cheppalli, MD

Albuqurque, NM

Orthopedic Surgeon VA Hospital Albuqurque, Asst. Professor University of New Mexico

Imaging Alternatives in Pedicle Screw Placement. Adapting Machine Vision to Spinal Navigation

W Craig Clark, MD, PhD

Carrollton, MS

Staff Neurosurgeon, Greenwood Leflore Hospital

Hospital Hip Fracture Protocol Leads to Improved Outcomes

Kristy Fisher, MBA, MSc

Bellmore, NY

Richmond University Medical Center, SUNY Downstate

Pediatric Glioblastomas: Study of a Tunisian Surgical Series

Ghassen Gader, MD

Ben Arous, Tunisia

Resident of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis

Update in Total Hip Replacement Advancements and Painful Osteoarthritis of the Hip

Robert Mathews, MD, PhD

Millersville, PA

Medical Director of Penn Surgery Institute

Current Trends in Hand and Wrist Surgery

Mark Perlmutter, MD

Rocky Mount, NC

Orthopaedic Surgeon, Carolina Regional Orthopaedics

Infection with Spinal Instrumentation: The Current Management Strategies

Asem Salma, MD

Lima, OH

Attending Neurosurgeon, Mercy Health St Rita’s Medical Center

Non-traumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Surgical Indications and Technical Considerations

Asem Salma, MD

Lima, OH

Attending Neurosurgeon, Mercy Health St Rita’s Medical Center

Climate Change and Nutritional Perturbations in Children with Hydrocephalus

Francis Gregory Samonte, MD

San Diego, CA

Asst. Professor University of the Philippines Manila

A 1-year Prospective Time Study of Email Use

William Welch, MD

Philadelphia, PA

Chair, Department of Neurosurgery at Pennsylvania Hospital

Minimally Invasive Spine Lumbar Fusion with Expandable Inter Body: Optimization of Sagittal

Alignment

Lucia Zamorano, MD

Birmingham, MI

Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, Oakland University William Beaumont School of

5/4/2019

8am-10am

General Plenary Session - Open Forum

Cleft Lip Prevalence and Management in a Developing Nation

Saman Ahmad, BDS

New Delhi, India

Dental/Oral Surgeon, Model Hospital Lajpat Nagar

Do Absorbable Mesh Get Integrated in Fascia in Real Life?

Samim Chalabi, MD

Towanda, PA

Chief of Surgery, Guthrie Towanda Memorial Hospital

Inguinal Hernia Repair with Mesh-How I do It

Michael Jacobs, MD

Birmingham, MI

Clinical Professor of Surgery, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine,

Associate Chair of Surgery, Ascension Providence and Providence Park

Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction: Practical Approaches

Rifat Latifi, MD

Katonah, NY

Chair and Professor of Surgery, Director Department of Surgery, Program Director

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, Chief of General Surgery, Westchester Medical Center,

New York Medical College

The Role of Bariatric Surgery in the Treatment of Diabetes

Sharique Nazir, MD

Staten Island, NY

Associate Professor and Honorary Police Surgeon (NYPD), NYU Langone Medical Center

Up The Creek Without a Paddle: Adventures in Rural Surgery During My First Year

Tracy Sambo, MD

Edenton, NC

General Surgeon, Vidant Chowan Hospital

Contour Mapping of Human Surface Anatomy: Defining Focal Fat Pad Loci and Improving Surgical

Outcomes with Anatomically-Guided Adipose Reconfiguration

David Teplica, MD, MFA

Chicago, IL

Clinical Associate, Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery,

The University of Chicago

5/4/2019

10am-12pm

Advances in Vascular & Thoracic Surgery

Noncardiac Massive Thoracic Bleeding

Raymond A. Dieter Jr., MD

Glenn Ellyn, IL

Management of Short Neck Infra-Renal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms With Fenestrated ZFEN

Stents: Single Institution Experience

Faisal Jehan, MD

Valhalla, NY

Resident General Surgery, New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center

TAVR- a Multi-Disciplinary Model for the Future Structural Heart

Tessa London, MD, MPH

Lexington, KY

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Kentucky

Strategies and Management of Concurrent Non-small Cell Lung and Esophageal GIST Cancers

Francis Podbielski, MS, MD

Riverside, IL

Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago

Nutcracker Syndrome: A New Paradigm in the Diagnosis and Management?

Thomas Pshak, MD

Denver, CO

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery,

University of Colorado Denver

Delayed Endovascular Repair of Blunt Traumatic Aortic Injury

Aditya Safaya, MD

Ossining, NY

Resident, General Surgery Westchester Medical Centre, New York Medical College

Thinking Outside the Box. Complex Hemodialysis Access, Advanced Approaches and Creative

Techniques

Ehab Sorial, MD

Los Gatos, CA

Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Stanford University

Changing Paradigm in the Treatment of Carotid Artery Disease

Ehab Sorial, MD

Los Gatos, CA

Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Stanford University

5/4/2019

1pm-1:30pm

Honors Luncheon - Special Lecture

Cost Management in Healthcare

Sibu Saha, MD, MBA

Lexington, KY

Professor of Surgery, University of Kentucky

5/4/2019

1:30pm-3:15pm

Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Forum

Fulminant Myonecrosis from a Minor Puncture Wound. A Rare Case of Clostridial Septicum Gas

Gangrene

Saptarshi Biswas, MD

Pittsburgh, PA

Attending Surgeon, Department of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Intensive

Care, Forbes Regional Hospital, Allegheny Health Network

Dog Bites - Dogmas and Evidences

Saptarshi Biswas, MD

Pittsburgh, PA

Attending Surgeon, Department of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Intensive

Care, Forbes Regional Hospital, Allegheny Health Network

Damage Control Surgery in Trauma

Akella Chendrasekhar, MD

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery , SUNY Downstate; Trauma Medical Director,

Richmond University Medical Center

Clostridial Sepsis in the Trauma Patient

Anthony Kopatsis, MD

New York, NY

Director of Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care Unit

NYC H+H Elmhurst Hospital Center; Assistant Professor of Surgery, ICAHN School of

Medicine

Trauma Patients in the Rural Setting

Sharique Nazir, MD

Staten Island, NY

Associate Professor and Honorary Police Surgeon (NYPD), NYU Langone Medical Center

5/4/2019

3:30pm-6pm

Pain Management & Ethics Workshop

Opium and Opioid History: Moving Beyond Opioids

Frank P. Bongiorno, MD

Murfreesboro, TN

Trauma Surgery

Current State of Acute and Chronic Pain Management: Identifying the Non-Opioid Alternatives!

Vinita Singh, MD

Atlanta, GA

Cancer Pain Director, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Emory University