7:00 a.m. | Registration Essex Foyer North Exhibits Open – Continental Breakfast |
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7:00 – 9:30 a.m. | Poster Setup | ||||||||||
7:00 - 7:50 a.m. | Young Surgeons/Residents Breakfast St. George C & D | ||||||||||
7:00 - 8:00 a.m. | Commission on Cancer Breakfast (By Invitation Only) St. George B | ||||||||||
8:00 - 8:05 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks Desmond H. Birkett, MD, President Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA |
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* All Scientific Sessions and Talks will take place in the Essex North Ballroom |
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8:05 – 9:05 a.m. | Resident Research Paper Competition | ||||||||||
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9:05 – 9:15 a.m. | Guest Speaker - Town Meeting on Health care Advocacy Effort of the PAC Andrew Warshaw, MD Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA |
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9:15 - 9:50 a.m. | Scientific Talk I - Stem Cells In Surgery M. William Lensch, MD Children's Hospital, Boston, MA |
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9:50 - 10:10 a.m. | Coffee Break in Exhibit Area | ||||||||||
10:10 - 11:00 a.m. | Guest Speaker-Lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan Assistant Surgeon General Jonathan Woodson, MD, FACS Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA |
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11:00 - 11:35 a.m. | Scientific Talk II- Face Transplantation Bohdan Pomahac, MD Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA |
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11:35 - 11:55 a.m. | Coffee Break in Exhibit Area | ||||||||||
11:55 - 12:55 p.m. | PANEL- Health Care Reform
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12:55 - 1:15 p.m. | MCACS Annual Business Meeting - Members Only | ||||||||||
1:15 - 2:15 p.m. | Luncheon - St. George BCD Introduction of Chapter Regions and Governors "History of Shock Talk" Guest Speaker: Fred Millham, MD Newton-Wellsely Hospital, Newton, MA Resident Research Paper Award Competition Announcements & Announcement of Poster of Distinction Awards |
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2:15 p.m. | Meeting Adjourns | ||||||||||
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P1. | Chest Wall Repair With Engineered Fetal Bone Grafts:An Efficacy Analysis In An Autologous Leporine Model Justin D. Klein, MD, Christopher G.B. Turner, MD, Azra Ahmed, MD, Shaun A. Steigman, David Zurakowski, Dario O. Fauza, MD Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA |
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P2. | Endocrine Pancreas based on Decellularized Pancreatic Matrix with Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Islet Cells Coculture Claudius Conrad, MD, PhD, Christian Schuetz, MD, Ben Clippinger, MD, Joseph P. Vacanti, MD, James F. Markmann, MD, Harold C. Ott, MD. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA |
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P3. | Modifiable Surgeon-Related Variability Affects Outcome of Small Bowel Obstruction Amy Fitzpatrick, MD, Frederick H. Millham, MD, MBA Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA |
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P4. | Use of Optical Coherence Tomography to Guide the Selection of RA Conduits for CABG Pranjal H. Desai, MD, Stanislay Henkin, MD, Alex Brown, MD, Tara Melillo, MD, Pluen Ziu, MD, Robert Ziu, MD Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA |
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P5. | Laparoscopic Surgery Decreases Anastomotic Leak Rate in Sigmoid Colectomy for Diverticulits Liliana Bordeianou, MD, Melissa Levack, MD, Patricia Sylla, David Rattner, MD, David Berger, MD Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA |
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P6. | Auditory Stress Versus Mental Loading: The Effects On Laparoscopic Motor Skill Performance Claudius Conrad MD, PhD, Yusuf Konuk, MD, Andrew Warshaw, MD, David Jones, MD, David Rattner, MD, Denise Gee, MD Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA |
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P7. | Functional Outcomes Following Surgery for Diverticulitis May be worse than Previously Appreciated Melissa Levack, MD, Lieba Savitt, MD, David Berger, MD, Paul Shellito, MD, Richard Hodin, MD, David, Rattner, MD, Stanley Godlberg, MD, Liana Bordeianou, MD Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA |
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P8. | Does Endoscopic Ultrasound Aid Decision-making in Pancreatic Cancer? Eli Poorvu, BA, MS, Giles F. Whalen, MD, Mary E. Sullivan, MS, Sing Chau Ng, MS, Jennifer F. Tseng, MD, MPH, Theordore P. McDade, MD University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA |
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P9. | Potential Role of Bilio-Pancreatic Limb on Clinical Outcomes Following RYGB Bariatric Surgery Kamran Abolmaali, MD, MRCS, Adam T. Stearns, BMBCH, MRCS, Anita Balakrishnan, BMBS, MRCS, David B. Rhoads, PhD, Stanley W. Ashley, MD, Ali Tavakkolizadeh, MBBS, FRCS Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA |
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P10. | Broad-spectrum Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibition Curbs Inflammation but Aggravates Experimental Liver Fibrosis in Mice Vincent E. de Meijer, MD, MSc, Deanna Y. Sverdiov, BS, Yury Popov, MD, PhD, Hua D. Le, MD, Detief Schuppan, MD, PhD, Mark Puder, MD, PhD Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA |
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P11. | Ventricular Restraint Therapy for Heart Failure: Is the Right Ventricle Different from the Left Ventricle? Lawrence S. Lee, MD, Suyog A. Mokashi, MD, Jan D. Schmitto, MD, PhD, Otavio Coelho-Filho, R., MD, Morton Bolman III, MD, Frederick Y. Chen, MD, PhD Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA |
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P12. | Is Prophylactic Vena Caval Filter Placement Beneficial in Acute Spinal Cord Injury? Peter H.U. Lee, MD, Haisar Dao, MD, Ronald Gross, MD, Lisa Patterson, MD, Patrick C. Lee, MD St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA |
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P13. | Tumor Size and Depth Predict Rate of Lymph Node Metastasis and Utilization of Lymph Node Sampling in Surgically Managed Gastric Carcinoids Riad H. Al Natour1, MD, Mandeep S. Saund1, MD, Qin Huang1, MD, Valia Boosalis2, MD, Jason S. Gold1, MD 1VA Boston Healthcare Systems, 2Brigham and Women’s Hospital, West Roxbury, MA |
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P14. | Incidence of Small Bowel Obstruction after Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication Connie J. Rossini, MD, David Tashilian, MD, Kevin Moriarty, MD Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA |
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P15. | Chest Radiography After Tracheostomy: Is There A Benefit? William Tobler, MD, Juan Melia, MD, Joanna Ng, MD, Anand Selyam, MD, Peter Burke, MD, FACS, Suresh Agarwal, MD, FACS Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA |
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P16. | Death from Breast Cancer Occurs Predominantly in Women Not Participating in Mammographic Screening Matthew Loren Webb, Blake Cady, MD, James S Michaelson, MD, PhD, Raymond A Jean, Dan Kopans, MD, Barbara L. Smith, MD, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA |
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P17. | Adherence to VAP Bundle Decreases Incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit Dorothy Bird, MD, Amanda Zambuto, MD, Charles O’Donnell, MS, Julie Silva, MD, Cathy Kom, MPH, Robert Burke, MD, Peter Burke, MD, Suresh Agarwal, MD Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA |
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P18. | N-acetyl-L-Cysteine (NAC) Reduces Intraabdominal Adhesion Formation Through the Upregulation of Peritoneal Fibrinolytic Activity and Antioxidant Defenses Daniel I-Hsin Chu, MD, Rizal Liam, MD, Stanley Heydrick, PhD, Melanie L. Grainsbury, MD, Karen L. Reed, PhD, Arthur Stucchi, PhD, James M. Becker, MD, FACS Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA |
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P19. | Validity of the ICD-9-CM Based Patient Safety Indicators Haytham MA Kaafarani, MD, MPH, Amy K. Rosen, PhD, Ann Borzecki, MD, MPH, Kamal M.F. Itani, MD VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA |
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P20. | Teres Minor Hypertrophy Is Responsible For Maintaining Forward Elevation And Function In Patients With Massive Rotator Cuff Tears Anuli N. Mkparu, MD, Lauren M. Fabian, MD, Thomas R. Gardner, BSE, Christopher S. Ahmad, MD, Louis U. Bigliani, MS, William N. Levine, MD Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA |
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P21. | Predictors of Major Complication Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Surgeon, Hospital or Patient? Melissa M. Murphy, MD, MPH, Shimul A. Shah, MD, Jessica P. Simmons, MD, Nicholas G. Csikesz, BS, Sing-Chau Ng, MS, Jennifer F. Tsend, MD, MPH University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA |
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P22. | Predicting Central Venous Catheter Insertion Length from Body Surface Area in children Michael Paul, MD, David P. Mooney, MD, MPH, Sarah Tracy, BA, David Zurakowski, PhD, Jill Zalieckas, MD Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA |
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P23. | Physical Examination Should Dictate the Necessity for Repeat Head Computed Tomography in Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury Karl Pilson, MD, Shane Hawksworth, MD, Anand Selyam, MD, Peter Burke, MD, FACS, Suresh Agarwal, MD, FACS Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA |
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P24. | Does the Size and Type of Lap-Band Impact Long Term Outcomes? A. Ardestani, MD, Abolmaali Kamran, MD, Ali Tavakkolizadeh, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA |
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P25. | Correlation Between Prenatal Urinary Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity and the Degree of Kidney Damage in a Large Animal Model of Congenital Obstructive Uropathy Grace A. Nicksa, MD, Edward O'Neill, MD, David Yu, MD, Adam S. Curatolo, MD, Brendan McNeish, MD, Carol E. Barnewolt, MD, Terry Buchmiller, MD, David Zurakowski, MD, Marsha A. Moses, MD, Seymour Rosen, MD, Dario O. Fauza, MD Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA |
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P26. | Global Operating Room Distribution and Pulse Oximetry Supply: an Estimation of Essential Infrastructural Components for Surgical care Luke Funk, MD, MPH, Thomas G. Weiser, MD, MPH, William R. Berry, MD, MPH, Stuart R. Lipsitz, ScD, Alan F. Merry, MD, ChB, FRANZCA, FRCA, Atul A. Gwande, MD, MPH Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA |
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P27. | Does Gender Predict Responses? Teamwork and Gender in the Operating Room Juliana E. Meyer, MD, Peter Wu, MD, Kristin Stueber, MD, FACS Baystate Medical Center, Springfield MA |
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P28. | Durability of Response: The Achilles Heel of Salvage Combination Immunotherapy with Intravesical Bacillus Calmette Guerin and Interferon-Alpha 2B Sandip M. Prasad, MD, Michaella M. Prasad, MD Stephen Eyre, MD, Kevin R. Loughlin, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA |
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P29. | The Impact of Free Intra-Peritoneal Fluid on Computed Tomography Following Blunt Trauma William Tobler, MD, Peter Burke, MD, FACS, Suresh Agarwal, MD, FACS Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA |
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P30. | Expanding Routine Alcohol Screening to Include Drugs of Abuse Abigail Rubin, DO, Sheldon Brotman, MD, Newell Young, MSW Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, MA |
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P31. | Key Regulators of Adhesiogenesis, Including Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) and Transforming Growth Factor-?1 (TGF-?1), Are Reduced by the Antioxidant N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) in a Rat Model of Intraabdominal Adhesions Melanie L. Gainsbury, MD, Daniel I. Chu, MD, Laura D’Addese, MD, Karen L. Reed, PhD, Arthur F. Stucchi, PhD, James M. Beck, MD, FACS Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA |
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P32. | Minimally-Invasive Resection of Foregut Duplication Cysts and Pericardial Cysts in Adults Denis Gilmore MD, Michael S. Kent, MD, Malcolm M. Decamp, MD, Sidhu P. Gangadharan, MD Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA |