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DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
NEWS
97th Annual
American College of Surgeons
Clinical Congress Meeting
Many of the Department’s faculty and residents played an active
leadership role at the American College of Surgeons meeting
in San Francisco this past October, giving lectures and
presentations, participating in panel discussions, moderating
sessions, and teaching postgraduate courses.
Dr. Philip Barie was a co-moderator at a session, “Acute Management
of the Open Abdomen”, and presented “What to Do When you Can’t
Close the Adbomen”. He was a discussant in “Forum for Fundamental
Surgical Problems of the Paper”, discussing “Staphylococcus Aureus Identification
& Antibiotic Resistance Determination using Raman Spectroscopy,”
and was a speaker and panelist in the post graduate course “Trauma
and Acute Care Surgery Update,” presenting “How to Choose an Antibotic.”
Dr. Daniel Buitrago presented “Targeting BRAF using Nanoliposomal-
Small Interfering RNA Restores the Expression of Iodine Metabolizing Proteins
and Increases Uptake of Iodine in BRAF Mutant Thyroid Cancer Cells.”
Dr. Daniel Cherqui presented “Laparoscopic Liver Resection as an
Alternative to Open Surgery: When Does it Apply”, and participated in a
panel discussion “Minimally Invasive Therapies for Hepatic Malignancies:
Ready for Prime Time”
Dr. Antonio Coppolino presented “Three and Six Month Mortality
Best Represents Treatment Related Risk after Esophagectomy.”
Dr. Filippo Filicori presented “The I-Domain, A Multifaceted
Nanoplatform for Targeting of Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.”
Dr. Douglas Jones presented “Regional Use of Combined Carotid
Endarterectomy/Coronary Artery Bypass Graft: The Effect of Patient Risk.”
Dr. Xavier Keutgen presented “A Panel of Four MicroRNAs Accurately
Differentiates Benign from Malignant Indeterminate Thyroid Lesions
on Fine Needle Aspiration.”
Dr. Michael Kluger gave an invited lecture, “Life and a Surgical
Career,” at the Medical Student Program. As a representative of the
Medical Student Committee of the American College of Surgeons, he
helped organize the 3-day program, and served as a judge for the
scientific poster session.
Dr. Sang Lee chaired a laparoscopic colectomy skills
course in the SimSurg Center.
Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi moderated a Surgical
Oncology session in Surgical Papers.
Dr. Alfons Pomp presented “Duodenal Switch - What
Can Go Wrong” at a postgraduate course.
Dr. Alyssa Reiffel presented “Pharmacologic
Pre-conditioning with the Novel Cytoprotective Molecules
Hydrogen Sulfide and SS31 Modulates Pro- and Anti-Apoptotic
Pathways” and “Hydrogen Sulfide Protects Against
Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Decreasing Neutrophil-
Mediated Tissue Damage.”
Dr. Francesco Rubino co-moderated a session,
“Metabolic Surgery: Indications, Mechanism of Action,
and Future Directions”, and presented “What is
Metabolic Surgery”
Dr. Toyooki Sonoda presented “Combined Laparoendoscopic
Polypectomy,” and co-chaired an advanced
colonoscopy postgraduate skills course, “Polypectomy
and Beyond.”
Dr. Eric Sorenson presented “Hepatocellular
Carcinoma Arises in an Immunosuppressive Tumor
Microenvironment.”
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