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2008 PROGRAM

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2008 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
November 14 - 15, 2008
Grand Hyatt Hotel, Seattle, WA
 
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2008
 
FIRST SCIENTIFIC SESSION (7:45 am – 12:15 pm)
Moderator: Dr. Michael J. Hart, Seattle, WA
   
7:45 am INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME
  President – Michael J. Hart, MD
   

TRAUMA/THORACIC/CARDIAC
Educational Objective: The first section provides presentations on diverse trauma issues ranging from population based studies to clinical uses of new methods of hemorrhage control. It also will address surgical management of ICU pneumothoraces, gastroesophageal reflux surgery and post-cardiac surgery strokes.

     
8:00 am 1. Resident Competition Paper
  ALPINE SKI AND SNOWBOARDING INJURIES: INCIDENCE, INJURY PATTERNS, AND RISK FACTORS FOR 10 YEARS OF MAJOR TRAUMATIC INJURIES
McBeth PB*, Ball CG*, Mulloy RH*, Kirkpatrick AW
Calgary, AB
   
  Discussant: Alec Beekley, MD, Tacoma
   
8:25 am 2. Resident Competition Paper
  A HIGH RATIO OF PLASMA & PLATELETS TO PACKED RED BLOOD CELLS IN THE FIRST SIX HOURS OF MASSIVE TRANSFUSION IMPROVES OUTCOMES IN A LARGE MULTI-CENTER STUDY
Zink K*, Holcomb J*, Chisholm G*, Schreiber M
Portland, OR
   
  Discussant: Robert M. Rush, MD, Tacoma
   
8:50 am 3.  
  THE IMPACT OF ADVANCED AGE ON TRAUMA TRIAGE DECISIONS AND OUTCOMES: A STATEWIDE ANALYSIS
Lehmann R*, Beekley A, Casey L*, Salim A*, Martin M
Tacoma, WA
   
  Discussant: William B. Long, MD, Portland
   
9:15 am 4.  
  TRAUMASTAT IS SUPERIOR TO CHITOFLEX AND STANDARD GAUZE IN CONTROLLING HEMORRHAGE IN A SEVERE GROIN INJURY MODEL IN SWINE
Cho D*, Zink K*, Karahan A*, Differding J*, Muller P*, Schreiber M
Portland, OR
   
  Discussant: Naomi R. Golonka, MD, Victoria
   
9:40 am BREAK
   
10:00 am 5. Resident Competition Paper
  THE OPTICC TRIAL: A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL STUDY OF OCCULT PNEUMOTHORACES IN CRITICAL CARE
Ouellet JF*, Trottier V*, Rizoli S*, Kmet L*, Sirois M*, Laupland K*, Ball CG*, Knox L*, Speers V*, Chagnon F*, Rothwell B*, Kirkpatrick AW
Calgary, AB
   
  Discussant: S. Morad Hameed, MD, Vancouver, BC
   
10:25 am 6.  
  THE HILL REPAIR AT 5 INSTITUTIONS OVER 25 YEARS
Aye R, Rehse D*, Kraemer S*, Hill L*
Seattle, WA
   
  Discussant: Joseph H. Frankhouse, MD, Portland
   
10:50 am 7.  
  A MULTIMODAL APPROACH TO THE PREVENTION OF POSTOPERATIVE STROKE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY
Douglas, JM., Spaniol SE*
Bellingham, WA
   
  Discussant: Jeffrey S. Swanson, MD, Portland
   
11:15 am Discussion of Papers—Dr. O’Leary
   
11:30 am

THE FOUNDERS LECTURE: "Characteristics of Surgical Leaders: Some Observations" - J. Patrick O'Leary, MD

   
   
12:15 pm LUNCHEON—Princessa Ballroom
Speaker: Mimi Gardner Gates
Director, Seattle Art Museum
   
1:30 pm THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS: "LESSONS LEARNED FROM TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AS A SURGERY RESIDENCY PROGRAM DIRECTOR"

Michael J. Hart, MD, Seattle
   
SECOND SCIENTIFIC SESSION (2:15 PM—5:00 PM)
Moderator: Clifford Deveney, MD, Portland, OR
   
EDUCATION/LEAN METHODS/HERNIAS
Educational Objective: This session addresses the topics of vascular training in surgical education, the use of lean methods to improve one’s clinic practice and the management of difficult surgical hernias.
   
2:15 pm 8.  
  DEVELOPMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE VASCULAR SKILL ASSESSMENT (CVSA) FOR SURGICAL TRAINEES
Sidhu RS, Chen J*, Baxter K*, Wu H*
Vancouver, BC
   
  Discussant: Karen D. Horvath, MD, Seattle
   
2:40 pm 9.  
  APPLICATION OF LEAN METHODS IMPROVES SURGICAL CLINIC EXPERIENCE
Waldhausen JHT, Libby A* Sawin RS
Seattle, WA
   
  Discussant: Thomas R. Biehl, MD, Seattle
   
3:05 pm BREAK
   
3:25 pm 10. Resident Competition Paper
  PROPHYLACTIC MESH IN THE PREVENTION OF POST-OPERATIVE VENTRAL HERNIA FOLLOWING ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS
Herbert GS*, Carter PL
Tacoma, WA
   
  Discussant: Gregory J. Jurkovich, MD, Seattle
   
3:50 pm 11.  
  OUTCOMES OF RECONSTRUCTING COMPLEX ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIAS USING ACELLULAR HUMAN DERMAL MATRIX
Lin HJ*, Deveney C, Martindale R
Portland, OR
   
  Discussant: Daniel W.Birch, MD, Edmonton, AB
   
4:15 pm Discussion of Papers—Dr. O’Leary
   
4:30 pm EXECUTIVE SESSION (MEMBERS ONLY)
   
4:30 pm MEET THE PROFESSOR
  Dr. O’Leary will host an informal discussion for residents and fellows regarding research, work and interests. (Favorita Room)
   

NEW MEMBERS RECEPTION AND DINNER

6:00 pm — Reception
7:00 pm — Dinner
(Princessa Ballroom)

Guest Speaker, Lenny Wilkens
NBA Great, Player and Coach


   
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2008
   
THIRD SCIENTIFIC SESSION (7:45 am – 12:15 pm)
Moderator: Mark Ludvigson, MD, Tacoma, WA
   
COLORECTAL/ONCOLOGY
Educational Objective: The first paper discusses techniques in managing anal fistulas. The session then broadens its scope to surgical oncology issues ranging from colorectal cancer screening, to cystic pancreatic lesions, to gastric malignancies in breast cancer patients.
   
7:45 am INTRODUCTION & WELCOME
   
8:00 am 12. Resident Competition Paper
  OUTCOMES OF ANAL FISTULA SURGERY: ANAL FISTULA PLUG & FIBRIN GLUE VS. CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT IN REPAIR OF COMPLEX ANAL FISTULAS
Chung W*, Kazemi P*, Phang T
Vancouver, BC
   
  Discussant: Kim C. Lu, MD, Portland
   
8:25 am 13. Resident Competition Paper
  IMPROVED RATES OF COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING IN AN EQUAL ACCESS POPULATION
Brounts LR*, Lehmann RK*, Lesperance KE*, Steele SR
Tacoma, WA
   
  Discussant: Kevin Billingsley, MD, Portland
   
8:50 am 14. Resident Competition Paper
  PHASE II STUDY OF REGIONAL TREATMENT FOR PERITONEAL CARCINOMATOSIS
Lanuke K*, Mack LA, Temple WJ*
Calgary, AB
   
  Discussant: Gregor I. McGregor, MD, Vancouver, BC
   
9:15 am 15. Resident Competition Paper
 

NATURAL COURSE AND OUTCOME OF CYCTIC LESIONS IN THE PANCREAS
Brounts LR*, Lehmann RK*, Causey MW*, Sebesta JA*, Rush RM, Brown TA
Tacoma, WA

   
  Discussant: Raul A. Mirande, MD, Klamath Falls
   
9:40 am BREAK
   
10:00 am 16. Resident Competition Paper
  DISPARITIES IN THE TREATMENT OF COLON CANCER IN OCTOGENARIANS
Hardiman KM*, Sheppard BC, Herzig DO
Portland, OR
   
  Discussant: Ryan F. Holbrook, MD, Spokane
   
10:25 am 17. Resident Competition Paper
  SARCOIDOSIS AS A CAUSE OF LYMPHADENOPATHY IN CANCER PATIENTS
Hunt BM*, Louie B*, Aye R, Buduhan G*, Vallieres E*
Seattle, WA
   
  Discussant: Lloyd A. Mack, MD, Calgary
   
10:50 am 18. Resident Competition Paper
  GASTRIC MALIGNANCIES IN BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS: PATHOLOGY AND OUTCOMES
Ellis MC* Mason T*, Vetto JT
Portland, OR
   
  Discussant: Carolina Salcedo-Wasicek, MD, Seattle
   
11:15 am Discussion of Papers—Dr. O’Leary
   
11:30 am THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF CANADA LECTURE

J. Patrick O’Leary, MD
"A NOVEL APPROACH TO CERTAIN TYPES OF CANCER"
   
12:15 pm LUNCHEON — PRINCESSA BALLROOM
Timothy Egan
Northwest Author, Pulitzer Prize journalist New York Times, “The Good Rain”, “The Worst Hard Time” (Winner 2006 National Book Award for Non-fiction)
   
1:30 PM HISTORIAN’S ADDRESS

"WHEN THE SPACE NEEDLE WAS NEW: RECOLLECTIONS OF SURGERY AND SEATTLE IN THE ERA OF CENTURY 21"
Preston L. Carter, MD
   
FOURTH SCIENTIFIC SESSION (2:15 pm—5:00 pm)
Moderator: Dr. Charles Scudamore, Vancouver, BC
   
BREAST/ENDOCRINE/VASCULAR
Educational Objective: This session highlights the management of breast cancer patients regarding neoadjuvant therapy and sentinel lymph node evaluation. It also addresses the prediction of symptomatic hypocalcemia in thyroidectomy patients as well as the use of sartorius muscle flaps in the vascular surgery population.
   
2:15 pm 19.  
  AXILLARY CONSERVING SURGERY IS FACILITATED BY NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY OF BREAST CANCER
Beatty JD, Precht LM*, Lowe K*, Atwood M*
Seattle, WA
   
  Discussant: Rodney F. Pommier, MD, Portland
   
2:40 pm 20. Resident Competition Paper
  INTRAOPERATIVE EVALUATION OF SENTINEL LYMPH NODES IN INVASIVE LOBULAR CARCINOMA OF THE BREAST
Taras AR*, Hendrickson NA*, Pugliese MS*, Beatty JD
Seattle, WA
   
  Discussant: Nathalie M. Johnson, MD, Portland
   
3:05 pm BREAK
   
3:20 pm 21.  
  INTACT PARATHYROID HORMONE LEVEL MEASURED ONE HOUR AFTER COMPLETION OR TOTAL THYROIDECTOMY PREDICTS SYMPTOMATIC HYPOCALCEMIA
Lim JP*, Irvine R*, Anderson D*, Bugis S, Holmes D*, Wiseman S
Vancouver, BC
   
  Discussant: John A. Ryan, MD, Seattle
   
3:45 pm 22.  
  THE SARTORIUS MUSCLE FLAP: AN IMPORTANT ADJUNCT FOR THE TREATMENT OF COMPLICATED FEMORAL WOUNDS INVOLVING VASCULAR GRAFTS
Landry GJ, Carlson J*, Liem T*, Mitchell E*, Edwards J*, Moneta G
Portland, OR
   
  Discussant: James J. Peck, MD, Portland
   
4:10 pm Discussion of Papers—Dr. O’Leary
   
4:30 pm MEETING EVALUATION
   
4:40 pm CONCLUSION
   

PRESIDENTIAL RECEPTION AND BANQUET
Princessa Ballroom

6:00 pm - FORMAL RECEPTION
7:00 pm - ANNUAL BANQUET

Black Tie Optional

Classic Rock & Dancing with
“Second Wind”

 


CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

CANADA: This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (section1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. (Certificate of attendance will be issued to 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 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

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