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2007 PROGRAM

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2007 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
November 9 - 10, 2007
The Fairmont Empress Hotel, Victoria, BC
 
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2007
 
FIRST SCIENTIFIC SESSION (7:45 am – 11:45 pm)
Moderator: Gregory K. Luna, MD, Spokane
   
7:45 am INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME
  President – Will J. Orrom, MD
   
BARIATRIC SURGERY/APPENDICITIS
Educational Objective: The first section provides presentations on surgical assessment, outcomes and technical skills in bariatric surgery and appendicitis appropriate for the academic and community surgeon.
     
8:00 am 1. Resident Competition Paper
  LAPAROSCOPIC ROUX-EN Y GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY (LRYGB): INITIAL COMPREHENSIVE RESULTS OF 120 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS AS A SINGLE BRITISH COLUMBIA SURGICAL CENTRE
  Schaeffer DF1, Rusnak CH2, Amson BJ2
1Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada and the 2Department of General Surgery, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria BC, Canada
  Discussant: Brant Oelschlager, MD, Seattle
   
8:25 am 2. Resident Competition Paper
  DOES PREOPERATIVE WEIGHT LOSS PREDICT SUCCESS FOLLOWING SURGERY FOR MORBID OBESITY?
  Mrad BA, Stoklossa CJ, Birch DW
Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonston, AB, Canada
  Discussant: Robert Martindale, MD, Portland
   
8:50 am 3.  
  OUTCOMES OF THE FASCIAL COMPONENT SEPARATION TECHNIQUE WITH SYNTHETIC MESH REINFORCEMENT FOR REPAIR OF COMPLEX VENTRAL INCISIONAL HERNIAS IN THE MORBIDLY OBESE
  Moore MR, Bax T, MacFarlane M, McNevin, MS
Spokane, WA
  Discussant: Raul Mirande, MD, Portland
   
9:15 am 4.  
  DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC TRENDS IN THE USE OF LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDECTOMY FROM 1997-2003
  Van Hove, C, Diggs B, Sheppard BC
Department of Surgery, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR
  Discussant: Eugene Cho, MD, Tacoma
   
9:40 am BREAK
   
9:55 am 5. Resident Competition Paper
  CURRENT MANAGEMENT OF APPENDICITIS AT A COMMUNITY CENTRE- HOW CAN WE IMPROVE?
  Piper HG, Rusnak C, Orrom W, Hayashi A, Cunningham J
Department of Surgery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  Discussant: Andy McIvor, MD, Portland
   
10:20 am 6.  
  TIMING OF INTERVENTION DOES NOT AFFECT OUTCOME IN ACUTE APPENDICITIS IN A LARGE COMMUNITY PRACTICE
  Clyde C, Bax T, Nye S, Moore M, Merg A, Macfarlane M, Lin P, Schrock L, Bates D, Beyersdorf S, Ahmad R, Nickoloff J, Juviler A, Luna G, McNevin M
Spokane, WA
  Discussant: Ravi Moonka, MD, Seattle
   
10:45 am DISCUSSION OF PAPERS
Professor Roger W Motson MS, FRCS
   
11:00 am THE FOUNDERS LECTURE: "A TELESCOPIC VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY"
  Professor Roger W. Motson MS, FRCS
   
11:45 am LUNCH/PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS AND LUNCHEON: "ACHIEVING BALANCE IN A SURGICAL LIFE: A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE ON A SISYPHEAN TASK"
  William J. Orrom, MD
   
SECOND SCIENTIFIC SESSION (1:30 pm – 4:30 pm)
Moderator: Michael J. Hart MD, Seattle
   
SURGICAL EDUCATION/COLORECTAL
Educational Objective: This session addresses the topics of surgical education and colorectal cancer. New insight into objective assessment of decision making, skills development and colorectal outcomes will be presented. Sentinel node biopsy in the management of melanoma will be explored.
   
1:30 pm 7. Resident Competition Paper
  ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE OPERATING ROOM: RESIDENCY EDUCATION IS A TWO-WAY STREET
  Vikis E, Mihalynuk T, Pratt D, Sidhu RS
Department of Surgery, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  Discussant: Karen Kwong, MD, Portland
   
1:55 pm 8. Resident Competition Paper
  OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF OPERATIVE DECISION MAKING IN TRAUMA AFTER AN INTENSIVE HANDS-ON COURSE: LONG-TERM RETENTION OF COGNITIVE SKILLS
  Scott TM; Hameed SM; Evans DC; Doucet J; Webber EM; Simons RK, Brown DR, Sidhu RS
Department of Surgery, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  Discussant: Alec Beekley, MD, Tacoma
   
2:20 pm 9. Resident Competition Paper
  CLINICAL UTILITY OF TYPE 1 GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR EXPRESSION IN COLON CANCER
  Leung S; Griffith O; Phang T; Jones S; Masoudi H; Wiseman S
Department of Surgery, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  Discussant: TBD
   
2:45 pm 10. Resident Competition Paper
  IMPACT OF SHORT COURSE RADIOTHERAPY AND LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION ON BOWEL FUNCTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PRIMARY RECTAL CANCER
  Murata A, Raval M, Brown C, Phang PT
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  Discussant: Tom Biehl, MD, Seattle
   
3:10 pm BREAK
   
3:25 pm 11. Resident Competition Paper
  COLORECTAL COMPLICATIONS OF EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION VS. BRACHYTHERAPY FOR PROSTATE CANCER
  Lesperance RN, Kjorstadt RJ, Halligan JB, Steele SR
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA
  Discussant: P. Terry Phang, MD, Vancouver, BC
   
3:50 pm 12. Resident Competition Paper
  OX40 (CD 134) EXPRESSION IN SENTINEL LYMPH NODES CORRELATES WITH PROGNOSTIC FEATURES OF PRIMARY MELANOMAS
  Sarff MC, Edwards D, Dhungel B, Weinberg A, Vetto JT
Division of Surgical Oncology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
  Discussant: Michael Moore, MD, Spokane
   
4:15 pm DISCUSSION OF PAPERS
Professor Roger W Motson MS, FRCS
   
4:30 pm EXECUTIVE SESSION (MEMBERS ONLY)
   
4:30 pm MEET THE PROFESSOR
  Mr. Motson will host an informal discussion for residents and fellows regarding research work and interests.
   

Friday Evening

New Members Reception & Dinner

6:30 to 10:30 pm

(Spouses and guests cordially invited)


   
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2007
   
THIRD SCIENTIFIC SESSION (7:45 am – 12:00 pm)
Moderator: Clifford W. Deveney, MD, Portland
   
BREAST ONCOLOGY
Educational Objective: Topics are discussed with the objectives of updating the oncologic surgeon in breast cancer.
   
7:45 am 13. Resident Competition Paper
  TARGETED BREAST CANCER SCREENING IN WOMEN YOUNGER THAN 40: RESULTS FROM A STATEWIDE PROGRAM
  Sarff MC, Schmidt K, Vetto J
Oregon Breast and Cervical Cancer Program and the Division of Surgical Oncology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
  Discussant: Rene Lafreniere, MD, Calgary, AB
   
8:10 am 14. Resident Competition Paper
  REAL WORLD APPLICATION OF BSGI, INITIAL EXPERIENCE AT A COMMUNITY BREAST CENTER AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT ON CLINICAL CARE
  Zhou M, Johnson N, Blanchard D, Sally Bryn S, Nelson J
Department of Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
  Discussant: Mary vanWijngaarden-Stephens, MD, Edmonton, AB
   
8:35 am 15.  
  STANDARDIZED EVALUATION OF REGIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BREAST CANCER OUTCOMES
  Beatty JD, Rees J, Atwood M, Pugliese M, Bolejack V
Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA
  Discussant: John Vetto, MD, Portland
   
9:00 am 16. Resident Competition Paper
  PRIMARY TUMOR LOCATION IMPACTS BREAST CANCER SURVIVAL
  Sohn V, Arthurs Z, Sebesta J, Brown T
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA
  Discussant: Rob Granger, MD, Vancouver, BC
   
9:25 am BREAK
   
9:40 am 17. Resident Competition Paper
  INCIDENCE AND OUTCOMES OF CONTRALATERAL BREAST CANCER
  Quan G, Pommier S, Pommier R
Oregon Health & Science University, Department of Surgery, Portland, OR
  Discussant: J. David Beatty, MD, Seattle
   
10:05 am 18.  
  INFERIOR GLUTEAL ARTERY PERFORATOR FLAP BREAST RECONSTRUCTION
  Beshlian KM, Paige KT
Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA
  Discussant: Dane Moseson, MD, Tacoma
   
10:30 am DISCUSSION OF PAPERS
Professor Roger W Motson MS, FRCS
   
10:45 am NPSA Historian: "A REMEMBRANCE OF VICTORIA AND THE CANADIAN MEDICAL CORPS IN THE GREAT WAR"
  Preston L. Carter, MD
   
11:10 am ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF CANADA LECTURE: "HOW TO GET LAPAROSCOPIC COLORECTAL SURGERY STARTED - PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS"
  Professor Roger W Motson MS, FRCS
   
12:00 pm LUNCH WITH GUEST SPEAKER: "KILLER WHALES AS SENTINELS OF GLOBAL POLLUTION"
  Peter S. Ross, PhD
   
FOURTH SCIENTIFIC SESSION (1:30 pm – 4:30 pm)
Moderator: Mark Ludvigson, MD, Tacoma
   
PEDIATRIC SURGERY/BASIC SCIENCE/PATIENT SAFETY
Educational Objectives: This session highlights advances in pediatric surgery and in laboratory medicine that facilitate diagnosis and management for patients with thyroid, melanoma and GI disorders. Patient safety issues related to surgeon fatigue will be presented.
   
1:30 pm 19.  
  EARLY “SHAM” FEEDING OF NEONATES SHORTENS TIME TO FULL ORAL FEEDING IN PATIENTS WITH MAJOR CONGENITAL ESOPHAGEAL ANOMALIES REQUIRING DELAYED PRIMARY REPAIR
  Golonka, NR, Allen H. Hayashi AH
Victoria, BC, Canada
  Discussant: Ken Azarow, MD, Tacoma
   
1:55 pm 20. Resident Competition Paper
  LEFT-SIDED GASTROSCHISIS: HIGHER INCIDENCE OF EXTRA-INTESTINAL CONGENITAL ANOMALIES
  Suver D; Lee SL; Shekherdimian, S, Kim, SS
Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA
  Discussant: Mark Silen, MD, Portland
   
2:20 pm 21.  
  EVALUATION OF TYPE 1 GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR FAMILY EXPRESSION IN 205 THYROID LESIONS REVEALS DIAGNOSTIC UTILITY AND TARGETED THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL FOR HER1, HER3, AND HER4
  Wiseman S, Griffith O, Melck A, Masoudi H, Jones S
St. Paul’s Hospital Dept of Surgery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  Discussant: Everett Mozell, MD, Portland
   
2:45 pm 22.
  PANCREATIC ISLET TRANSPLANTATION INTO THE BONE MARROW OF THE RAT
  Salazar A, Wright J, Sigalet D, Bribiesca LB
Foothills Medical Centre, Department of Surgery, Calgary, AB, Canada
  Discussant: Susan Orloff, MD, Portland
   
3:10 pm BREAK
   
3:25 pm 23. Resident Competition Paper
  MANAGEMENT AND OUTCOME OF PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS
  Morris, M, Gee, A, Cho, D, Limbaugh, K, Underwood, S, Ham, B, Schreiber, M
Department of Surgery, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR
  Discussant: J. Courtney Clyde, MD, Spokane
   
3:50 pm 24. Resident Competition Paper
  DOES SURGEON FATIGUE AFFECT OUTCOMES FOLLOWING ANTERIOR RESECTION FOR RECTAL CANCER?
  Schieman C, MacLean A, Buie WD, Rudmik L, Dixon E
Department of Surgery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  Discussant: Daniel Herzig, MD, Portland
   
4:15 pm DISCUSSION OF PAPERS
Professor Roger W Motson MS, FRCS
   
4:30 pm MEETING EVALUATION
   
4:40 pm CONCLUSION
   

Saturday Evening

Presidential Reception & Banquet

6:45 pm - FORMAL RECEPTION
(Black Tie Optional)
7:45 pm- ANNUAL BANQUET

Entertainment:

(Spouses and guests cordially invited)


CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

CANADA: This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. (Certificates of attendance are available at the registration table for Canadian participants).

UNITED STATES:
Accreditation Statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the American College of Surgeons and the North Pacific Surgical Association. The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
The American College of Surgeons designates this educational activity for a maximum of 14.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 


 

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