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2008 Annual Meeting
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American College of Surgeons
2008 South Texas Chapter Meeting
February 28 – March 1, 2008

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Young Surgeons Forum

3:00 pm

Welcome/Introduction, S. Rob Todd, MD

3:05 pm

What Does the ACS Have to Offer Me? Tom Russell, MD, FACS, ACS Executive Director

3:30 pm

The Transition: From Training to Practice, Adam Cohen, MD, FACS

4:00 pm

Break

4:15 pm

P4P and the Rest of the Alphabet Soup, Tom Russell, MD, FACS

4:45 pm

Panel Discussion, S. Rob Todd, MD, Moderator

5:15 pm

Welcome Cocktail Reception,

6:00 pm

The Surgical Jeopardy Bowl – Preliminary Rounds

   

Friday, February 29, 2008

7:00 am

Executive Committee Breakfast Meeting

7:30 am

Registration/Breakfast

8:00 am

Welcome/Introduction, S. Rob Todd, MD

8:15 am

American College of Surgeons Update, Tom Russell, MD, FACS

   
Scientific Session I
Trauma/Surgical Critical Care I

9:00 am

Early Achievement of a 1:1 Ratio of FFP:PRBC Reduces Mortality in Patients Receiving Massive Transfusion*, Kenny Jastrow, MD, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

9:15 am

Surgical Critical Care for Private Practice Surgeons: A Different World Out There, Michelle Price, PhD, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio

9:30 am

Regional Differences in Cerebral Edema after Traumatic Brain Injury Identified by Impedance Analysis*, Matthew Harting, MD, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

9:45 am

Use of a Trauma Service Clinical Pathway to Improve Patient Outcomes for Retained Traumatic Hemothorax*, Timothy Lee, MD, Baylor College of Medicine

10:00 am

Early Cytokine Production Risk Stratifies Trauma Patients for MOF*, Sasha Adams, MD, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

10:15 am

BREAK

10:30 am

Ethics Lecture: “Why We Protect Humans in Clinical Trials and How Good is That Protection?” Paula Knudson

   
Scientific Session II
Gastrointestinal Tract I

11:30 am

Oxidative Stress Increases IGF-IR Expression and PI3-K/Akt Activation in Intestinal Epithelial Cells*, Naira Baregamian, MD, The University of Texas Medical Branch

11:45 am

Ketamine Prevents LPS Induced Hepatic Injury: Role of HO-1 and Carbon Monoxide*, Jeremy Ward, MD, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

12:00 pm

Timing of Referral Impacts Surgical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Repair of Bile Duct Injuries*, Joseph Heyne, MD, The Methodist Hospital

12:15 pm

Successful Weight Loss after Adjustable Gastric Banding: How Big is too Big?*, Brad Snyder, MD, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

12:30 pm

LUNCH/ “Case After Case”
Committee Meetings: Committee on Trauma, Commission on Cancer, Committee on Young Surgeons

   
Scientific Session III
Surgery Potpourri

1:30 pm

Bowel Tapering Does Not Improve Short-Term Outcome in Neonates with Small Bowel Atresia*, Mindy Fein, BA, Baylor College of Medicine

1:45 pm

Compliance with SCIP Infection Prevention Guidelines*, Derek Meeks, MD, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

2:00 pm

Reading of Abdominal Computed Tomography by Surgery Residents for the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis: Preliminary Results*, Angel Morales, MD, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

2:15 pm

Validation of a Simple Camera Navigation Trainer*, Kimberly Yee, MD, Baylor College of Medicine

2:30 pm

Barriers to Compliance with Guidelines for Prevention of Surgical Site Infections, Lillian Kao, MD, FACS, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston; Baylor College of Medicine

2:45 pm

Antibiotic Irrigation Reduces Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Rates in both Perforated and Nonperforated Appendicitis*, Jeremy Parcelis, MD, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

3:00 pm

The William J. Pokorny Surgical Science Lectureship: “The Pancreas, The Islet, and the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus  by Transplantation,” Osama Gaber, MD

4:00 pm

BREAK

   
Scientific Session IV
Surgical Oncology/Vascular Surgery

4:15 pm

Tumor Size is a Predictor of Survival in Carcinoid Tumors of the Colon and Rectum*, BM Sadowski, MD, Scott & White Memorial Hospital

4:30 pm

Effect of Metastatic to Examined Lymph Nodes Ratio on Colon Cancer Survival*, CPT Sukhyung Lee, MD, William Beaumont Army Medical Center

4:45 pm

Lymph Node Clearance after Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer using Laparoscopic Hand-assisted Technique, Marla Torres, MD, University of Texas Medical Branch

5:00 pm

Clinical Outcomes of Mesenteric Artery Stenting versus Mesenteric Surgical Revascularization in Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia, Panagiotis Kouglas, MD, Baylor College of Medicine

5:15 pm

Nonlinear Dynamics of Cardiovascular Regulation during Progressive Central Hypovolemia in Humans, Andriy Batchinsk, MD, US Army Institute of Surgical Research

5:30 pm

Increased Proliferation Rates of Fetal Endothelial Cells May Limit Inflammation and Scar Following Injury*, Jean Hsu, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital

5:45 pm

Cocktail Reception

6:30 pm

The Surgical Jeopardy Bowl – Championship

   

Saturday, March 1, 2008

7:00 am

Business Breakfast Meeting

7:30 am

Registration/Breakfast

   
Scientific Session V
Gastrointestinal Tract II

8:00 am

Microtubule Acetylation and Stability May Explain Alcohol-Induced Alterations in Hepatic Protein Trafficking*, Rohan Joseph, MD, The Methodist Hospital

8:15 am

Activation of Mitochondrial Apoptotic Signaling during Oxidative Stress in Intestinal Epithelial Cells*, Naira Baregamian, MD, The University of Texas Medical Branch

8:30 am

Glutamine: A Ligand-Dependent Activator of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-Gamma (PPARã)? Julie Spurnt, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

8:45 am

Sex Dependent Modulation of Clinical Outcomes Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy*, Lauren Buck, MD, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio

9:00 am

Trauma/ICU Lecture: Acute Care Surgery: The Rationale for a New Specialty, Fred Moore, MD

10:00 am

BREAK

   
Scientific Session VI
Trauma/Surgical Critical Care II

10:15 am

Heart-Rate Complexity for Prediction of Lifesaving Interventions in Prehospital Trauma Patients, Leopoldo Cancio, MD, US Army Institute of Surgical Research

10:30 am

Subacute Neural Stem Cell Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury, LeeAnn Sioan, BS, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

10:45 am

Unhelmeted Motorcyclists in Central Texas, Eric Bui, MS3, Brackenridge Hospital

11:00 am

Factors Associated with Development of Empyema Following Diaphragm Injury, Matthew Carrick, MD, Baylor College of Medicine

11:15 am

The Rule of Ten: A Simplified Approach to Initial Burn Resuscitation in Adults, Ricardo Alvarado, MD, US Army Institute of Surgical Research; The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio

11:30 am

Awards Presentation

12:00 pm

Adjourn

   

* Denotes the abstract eligible for the
Resident Competition