51ST ANNUAL MEETING - Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract

THE SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT
51ST ANNUAL MEETING • MAY 1–5, 2010 • NEW ORLEANS, LA
Scientific Program
Fifty-First Annual Meeting
May 1–5, 2010
All rooms at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center unless
otherwise indicated.
indicates a ticketed session requiring a separate registration and fee.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
7:45 AM – 8:15 AM OPENING SESSION 244-245
Moderator: David M. Mahvi, Chicago, IL
Welcome and introduction of new members, announcements
of SSAT scholarship awards, reports from the SSAT Foundation,
recognition of the Foundation donors, presentation of the Public
Service Award, and conferment of the Founders Medal.
8:15 AM – 9:15 AM PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY A 244-245
(PLENARY SESSION I)
10-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion
Moderator: Merril T. Dayton, Buffalo, NY
8:00 AM – 2:30 PM RESIDENTS & Terrace Room, 12th Floor,
FELLOWS RESEARCH Westin Canal Place
CONFERENCE
By invitation only. The 23 participating presentations are
indicated throughout this Program Book by the icon to the left.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
8:00 AM – 5:30 PM POSTGRADUATE 243-245
COURSE
MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT OF
GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE
Course Director: David M. Mahvi, Chicago, IL
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Participants will be able to:
• Discuss current investigations and novel strategies in
the management of patients with surgical conditions
relating to the gastrointestinal tract, liver and pancreas;
discuss current basic science investigation relating to
the gastrointestinal tract, liver and pancreas; and discuss
current studies in clinical outcomes for patients
with surgical disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.
The Effects of RAGE Signaling on the Development of
Colorectal Liver Metastases
Joseph Dinorcia * , Nikalesh Ippagunta, Mark Foster,
Dorota N. Moroziewicz, Jean C. Emond, Ann Marie Schmidt,
John D. Allendorf
Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons,
New York, NY
The Preoperative Manometric Pattern Predicts the
Outcome of Surgical Treatment for Esophageal
Achalasia
Renato Salvador * , Mario Costantini, Giovanni Zaninotto,
Tiziana Morbin, Christian Rizzetto, Lisa Zanatta, Martina
Ceolin, Elena Finotti, Emanuela Guirroli, Loredana Nicoletti,
Francesco Cavallin, Gianfranco Da Dalt, Ermanno Ancona
Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences, Clinica
Chirurgica I, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
DAILY
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