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2006 MEETING

 

2006 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
November 10-11, 2006
The Davenport Hotel, Spokane, WA
 
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2006
 
FIRST SCIENTIFIC SESSION (7:45 am – 12:15 pm)
Moderator: Gregory K. Luna, MD
   
7:45 am INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME
  President – Gregory K. Luna, MD
   
BASIC SCIENCE/TECHNICAL SKILLS
Educational Objective: The first section provides presentations on basic science and technical skills appropriate for both academic and community surgeons.
8:00 am 1. Resident Competition Paper
  PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF REACTIVATION OF TELOMERASE IN BREAST CORE BIOPSY SPECIMENS
  Herbert G, Mulcahy M, Sohn V, Champeaux A, Brown T
Tacoma, WA
  Discussant: Paul H. Lin, MD, Spokane, WA
   
8:25 am 2. Resident Competition Paper
  A UNIVERSAL GLOBAL RATING SCALE FOR THE EVALUATION OF TECHNICAL SKILLS IN THE OPERATING ROOM
  Doyle J, Webber EM, Sidhu RS
Vancouver, BC
  Discussant:N. Peter Blair, MD, Vancouver, BC
   
8:50 am 3.  
  LONGITUDINAL STUDY IN SURGEON PERFORMANCE OF SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY
  Lerch LE, Donald JC, Olivotto IA, Van der Westhuizen NG, Rusnak CH, Biberdorf DJ, Ross AC, Armstrong B, Hayashi AH
Victoria, BC
  Discussant: Nathalie M. Johnson, MD, Portland, OR
   
9:15 am 4. Resident Competition Paper
  VASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING, EXPOSURE, AND KNOWLEDGE DURING GENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCY: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE
  Boutros JM, Sekhon MS, Webber EM, Sidhu RS
Vancouver, BC
  Discussant: Benjamin W. Starnes, MD, Tacoma, WA
   
9:40 am 5. Resident Competition Paper
  POST-BARIATRIC PANNICULECTOMY: PRE-OPERATIVE BMI IMPACTS THE COMPLICATION PROFILE
  Arthurs Z, Cuadrado D, Sohn V, Lesperance K, Carter P, Sebesta J
Tacoma, WA
 

Discussant: Mathew C. Rawlins, MD, Spokane, WA

   
10:05 am 6. Resident Competition Paper
  THE IMPACT OF NODAL ISOLATED TUMOR CELLS ON SURVIVAL OF BREAST CANCER PATIENTS
  Herbert G, Sohn V, Brown T
Tacoma, WA
  Discussant: Michael R. Moore, MD, Spokane, WA
   
10:30 am DISCUSSION OF PAPERS
James M. Becker, MD
   
10:45 am BREAK (Hall of the Doges Foyer)
   
11:00 am THE FOUNDERS LECTURE:THE ILEOANAL POUCH PROCEDURE: 25 YEARS OF ADVANCES AND CONTROVERSIES
  JAMES M. BECKER, MD
James Utley Professor and Chairman, Division of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief, Boston University Medical Center
   
11:45 am PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS: MENTORING THE GENERAL SURGEON
  Gregory K, Luna, MD
   
12:15 pm LUNCH WITH GUEST SPEAKER: CURRENT STATUS OF MILITARY MEDICINE
  CHARLES L. RICE, MD
President, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
   
SECOND SCIENTIFIC SESSION (1:30 pm – 4:30 pm)
Moderator: William J. Orrom, MD
   
COLORECTAL/LAPAROSCOPIC PROCEDURES
Educational Objective: This session upgrades the surgeon on newer techniques in colorectal and laparoscopic procedures.
   
1:30 pm 7.  
  LAPAROSCOPIC COLON SURGERY IN COMMUNITY PRACTICE
  Tang B
Victoria, BC
  Discussant: M. Shane McNevin, MD, Spokane, WA
   
1:55 pm 8. Resident Competition Paper
  DO WE MISS ACCESSORY SPLEENS? AN 18-YEAR REVIEW OF OPEN AND LAPAROSCOPIC SPLENECTOMY FOR IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA (ITP)
  Sampath S, Meneghetti AT, Macfarlane JK, Babcock C, Jangra D, Benny WB, Panton ONM
Vancouver, BC
  Discussant: Mika Sinanan, MD, PhD, Seattle, WA
   
2:20 pm 9.  
  THE VALUE OF DIVERTING LOOP ILEOSTOMY IN THE HIGH RISK COLON AND RECTAL ANASTAMOSIS
  Bax TW, McNevin MS
Spokane, WA
  Discussant:Karen Deveney, MD, Portland, OR
   
2:45 pm BREAK (Hall of the Doges Foyer)
   
3:00 pm 10.  
  THE IMPACT OF A FORMAL MENTORING PROGRAM FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY ON SURGEON PRACTICE AND PATIENT OUTCOMES
  Birch DW, Asiri AH, de Gara CJ
Edmonton, AB
  Discussant: Carlos A. Pellegrini, MD, Seattle, WA
   
3:25 pm 11. Resident Competition Paper
  A NEEDS ASSESSMENT STUDY FOR CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ADVANCED MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY
  Wallace T, Birch DW
Edmonton, AB
  Discussant: Marc. D. Horton, MD, Seattle, WA
   
3:50 pm 12.  
  UTILITY OF THE MARTIUS FLAP AS AN ADJUNCT FOR REPAIR OF COMPLEX RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA
  McNevin MS, Lee PYH, Bax TW
Spokane, WA
  Discussant: P. Terry Phang, MD, Vancouver, BC
   
4:15 pm DISCUSSION OF PAPERS
James M. Becker, MD
   
4:30 pm EXECUTIVE SESSION (MEMBERS ONLY)
   
4:30 pm MEET THE PROFESSOR
  An informal discussion for residents and fellows with Dr. Becker regarding research work and interests.
   

New Members Reception & Dinner

6:30 to 10:30 pm

(Isabella Ballroom)

(Spouses and guests cordially invited)


   
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2006
   
THIRD SCIENTIFIC SESSION (7:45 am – 12:00 pm)
Moderator: Michael J. Hart, MD
   
ONCOLOGY
Educational Objective: Topics are discussed with the objectives of updating the oncologic surgeon in various types of malignant tumors.
   
7:45 am 13.  
 

CONTRAST BREAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING: THE SURGICAL PERSPECTIVE

  Beatty JD, Porter B*
Seattle, WA
  Discussant: J. Courtney Clyde, MD, Spokane, WA
   
8:10 am 14.  
  FAILED PILONIDAL SURGERY: THE CAUSE AND A CURE
  Bascom T, Bascom J
Eugene, OR
  Discussant: Richard P. Billingham, MD, Seattle, WA
   
8:35 am 15. Resident Competition Paper
  AGGRESSIVE PANCREATIC RESECTION FOR BENIGN AND MALIGNANT PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR. IS IT JUSTIFIABLE?
  Teh SH, Hunter JG, Billingsley K, Sheppard BC
Portland, OR
  Discussant: Robert M. Rush, MD, Tacoma, WA
   
9:00 am BREAK (Hall of the Doges Foyer)
   
9:20 am 16. Resident Competition Paper
  ACCURACY OF PATHOLOGIC EXAMINATION FOR COMPLETE RESPONSE TO CHEMORADIATION FOR ESOPHAGEAL CANCER
  Chang EY, Smith CA, Corless CL, Hunter JG, Jobe BA
Portland, OR
  Discussant: Ralph Aye, MD, Seattle, WA
   
9:45 am 17.  
  SENTINEL NODE STAGING OF PRIMARY MELANOMA BY THE “10% RULE”: PATHOLOGY AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES
  Emery RE, Stevens JS, Nance RW, Corless CL, Vetto JT
Portland, OR
  Discussant: Christopher R. Baliski, MD, Vancouver, BC
   
10:10 am 18.  
  THE SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF RECTAL CANCER: A COMPARISON OF TREATMENT METHODS AND OUTCOMES OVER TWO TIME PERIODS IN THE SAME GEOGRAPHIC REGION
  Kuechler D, Hayashi AH, Kuechler PM, Orrom WJ, Rusnak CH, Weinerman B
Victoria, BC
  Discussant: Scott Browning, MD, Portland, OR
   
10:35 am DISCUSSION OF PAPERS
  James M. Becker, MD
   
10:50 am NPSA Historian: SPOKANE'S FIRST NPSA PRESIDENT, DR. HENRY BERNARD LUHN
  Preston L. Carter, MD
   
11:10 am ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF CANADA LECTURE: INTRAABDOMINAL ADHESION PREVENTION: ARE WE GETTING ANY CLOSER?
  James M. Becker, MD
   
12:00 pm LUNCH WITH GUEST SPEAKERS: FUTURE OF GENERAL SURGERY IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
  Donald Trunkey, MD and Nis Schmidt, MD
   
FOURTH SCIENTIFIC SESSION (1:30 pm – 4:30 pm)
Moderator: Clifford W. Deveney, MD
   
TRAUMA/CRITICAL CARE
Educational Objective: This session addresses both military and civilian aspects of penetrating and blunt trauma. New insight into management of the critically ill patient will be discussed.
   
1:30 pm 19. Resident Competition Paper
  TRAUMA TEAM ACTIVATION: SIMPLIFIED CRITERIA SAFELY REDUCES OVER-TRIAGE
  Lehmann R, Arthurs Z, Beekley A, Martin M
Tacoma, WA
  Discussant: William B. Long III, MD, Portland, OR
   
1:55 pm 20. Resident Competition Paper
  EQUESTRIAN INJURIES: PREVALENCE, INJURY PATTERNS AND RISK FACTORS FOR 10 YEARS OF MAJOR TRAUMATIC INJURIES
  Ball CG, Ball JE, Kirkpatrick AW, Mulloy RH
Calgary, AB
  Discussant: S. Morad Hameed, MD, Vancouver, BC
   
2:20 pm 21. Resident Competition Paper
  DISTAL PANCREATIC RESECTION IS SAFE IN PATIENT WITH TRAUMATIC PANCREATIC INJURY
  Teh SH, Sheppard BC, Hunter JG, Mullins R, Schreiber M, Mayberry J
Portland, OR
  Discussant: J. David Beatty, MD, Seattle, WA
   
2:45 pm BREAK (Hall of the Doges Foyer)
   
3:00 pm 22. Resident Competition Paper
  SUPPORT FOR THE HYDRAULIC MODEL OF INTRA-PERITONEAL PRESSURE: EFFECT OF PATIENT POSITIONING ON INTRA-ABDOMINAL PRESSURE MONITORING
  McBeth P, Zygun D, Zingerink I, Ball CG, Laupland KB, Glowa J, Kirkpatrick AW
Calgary, AB
  Discussant: John Mayberry, MD, Portland, OR
   
3:25 pm 23. Resident Competition Paper
  LATISSIMUS DORSI MYOCUTANEOUS FREE FLAP FOR COMPLEX TISSUE DEFECTS IN THE SACRAL AREA
  Feliciano B, Beshlian K, Paige K
Seattle, WA
  Discussant: Steven R. Beyersdorf, MD, Spokane, WA
   
3:50 pm 24. Resident Competition Paper
  REPAIR OF THE MASSIVE ABDOMINAL SKIN GRAFTED HERNIA WITH SIMULTANEOUS BILATERAL BIPEDCLE ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL FLAPS AND PERMANENT PROSTHESIS
  Sullivan SR, Engrav LH, Anaya DA, Bulger EM, Foy HM
Seattle, WA
  Discussant: Ali Khaki, MD, Portland, OR
   
4:15 pm DISCUSSION OF PAPERS
  James M. Becker, MD
   
4:30 pm MEETING EVALUATION
   
4:40 pm CONCLUSION
   

Saturday Evening

Presidential Reception & Banquet

6:30 pm - FORMAL RECEPTION
(Black Tie Optional)
7:30 pm- ANNUAL BANQUET

Entertainment: Night Bloomin' Jazzmen

 

 

 

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