| Session Code | Webcast Session Titles | CME Credits | Moderators | |
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| GS16 |
Issues in Professionalism: Steps to Improve Quality of Surgical Care, Enhance Patient Safety, and Decrease Liability
This panel presentation will focus on key issues in professionalism that must be addressed to improve the quality of surgical care, enhance patient safety, and decrease liability. Discussion of the issues will involve co...
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1.5 |
Co-Moderators: Alden Hood Harken, MD, FACS John Thomas Preskitt, MD, FACS |
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| GS30 |
Hand-Offs in Surgery: Don't Drop the Ball
Changing patterns in residency training and surgical care, societal expectations, and the regulatory environment have exacerbated some old problems and presented new challenges. Transfer of care—between shifts, bet...
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3 |
Moderator: Susan Kaiser, MD, FACS |
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| GS33 |
Who's Watching Us? Regulatory Oversight of Surgical Competency
With the rapid advancement of knowledge, technology, and skills in the various disciplines of surgery, the public, legislators, payors, hospital administrators, and other interested parties are seeking information, bench...
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1.5 |
Moderator: Gerald J. Bechamps, MD, FACS |
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| GS38 |
National Trends in Measuring and Reporting on Surgical Quality and Cost
This session will focus on new models for improving health care quality through measurement and value-based purchasing and on reducing overall costs of care through engaging physician expertise in an efficient framework ...
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1.5 |
Moderator: Frank G. Opelka, MD, FACS |
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| GS85 |
Current Topics in Patient Safety
This session will review current efforts to improve surgical patient safety, highlighting the latest research findings and educational practices. Efforts by the College to improve the safety of care provided to surgical ...
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1.5 |
Co-Moderators: Donald W. Moorman, MD, FACS John R. Clarke, MD, FACS |
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| GS11 |
Maintenance of Certification and Maintenance of Licensure: What All Surgeons Need to Know
This plenary session will cover the latest information from the American Board of Surgery regarding Maintenance of Certification (MOC), with special emphasis on Parts II and IV of MOC and the latest information from the ...
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1.5 |
Moderator: L. D. Britt, MD, MPH, FACS |
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| GS25 |
Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES): An Update from the Front Line
These symposia will present the current clinical applications of natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) and evolving technologies in support of NOTES procedures.
Target Audience Practici... |
1.5 |
Moderator: Dennis L. Fowler, MD, FACS |
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| GS26 |
Complex Abdominal Wall Defects: Strategies for Optimal Management
This session will focus on new techniques and technologies to optimize management of patients with massive abdominal wall defects.
Target Audience Practicing Surgeons and Residents... |
1.5 |
Moderator: Christine S. Cocanour, MD, FACS |
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| GS27 |
The Surgeon's Role in Decreasing Operative Complications: An Evidence-Based Approach to Daily Operative Practices
These symposia will present best practices to decrease common perioperative complications. The focus will be on the leadership role of the surgeon in implementing good practices in the operating room environment.
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1.5 |
Moderator: Darrell A. Campbell Jr., MD, FACS |
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| GS29 |
Colonic Obstruction: Diversion, Resection, or Endoluminal Stent
Large intestinal obstruction is a common problem facing the surgeon. These patients may require emergency surgery for diversion or resection. Colonic stents potentially offer effective palliation for those with obstructi...
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3 |
Moderator: Susan Galandiuk, MD, FACS |
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| GS36 |
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Picking the Right Tool from a Cluttered Toolbox
Management of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) remains controversial. This session will focus on procedural and surgical approaches to this disorder.
Target Audience Practicing Surgeo... |
1.5 |
Moderator: Patrick R. Reardon, MD |
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| GS51 |
Enterocutaneous Fistulae: Principles of Management
This session will review the general principles of management of enterocutaneous fistula, as well as specific issues related to fistulas caused by inflammatory bowel disease, malignancy, and trauma. The role of nutrition...
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3 |
Moderator: William P. Schecter, MD, FACS |
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| GS55 |
Successful Implementation of Electronic Medical Records in Your Practice
Electronic medical records (EMRs) are becoming increasingly important to surgeons. This session will cover a variety of issues relevant to surgeons as they encounter EMRs at their hospitals and implement them in their pr...
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3 |
Moderator: Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD, FACS |
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| GS65 |
Diverticulitis: Selecting the Right Treatment at the Right Time
Diverticulitis encompasses a spectrum of disease. This session will define the disease and optimal integration of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
Target Audience Practicing Surgeons and Residents... |
1.5 |
Moderator: Michael J. Snyder, MD, FACS |
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| GS79 |
Familial Breast Cancer: Evidence-Based Practices to Optimize Each Patient's Care
This session will address the genetic counseling, testing, surveillance, and medical and surgical options for patients with familial breast cancer.
Target Audience Practicing Surgeons and Residents... |
1.5 |
Moderator: Monica Morrow, MD, FACS |
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| GS82 |
A Step-by-Step Guide to Maintaining Certification
The goal of this session is to provide participants with the necessary knowledge and information to adequately prepare for all parts of Maintenance of Certification (MOC). Specifically, the session will review how to dev...
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3 |
Moderator: James C. Hebert, MD, FACS |
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| GS21 |
Safer Surgery 2008: Current Evidence and Continuing Challenge
This session will present recent research findings on reducing harm to both patients and surgeons in the operating room (OR). In the first half, The Untouchable Subject: Needlestick Injuries in the OR, three panelists wi...
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3 |
Co-Moderators: Atul A. Gawande, MD, FACS Vijay K. Maker, MD, FACS T. Forcht Dagi, MD, MPH, FACS, FCCM |
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| GS31 |
Quality Improvement with ACS NSQIP
This session will focus on quality improvement for the hospital and surgeon related to the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP). Specifically, the session will describe c...
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3 |
Moderator: Clifford Y. Ko, MD, FACS |
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| GS47 |
Professional Communication in Surgery: Developing Effective Skills to Improve Patient Interactions
This session will focus on the important art of communication and how it can be used to strengthen and enhance your surgical practice. Topics will include enhancing patient compliance and managing medical error disclosur...
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1.5 |
Co-Moderators: C. Suzanne Cutter, MD, FACS Ted A. James, MD, FACS |
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| MD07 |
Complications in Abdominal Surgery: Getting Out of Trouble in the Operating Room
This panel will take a video-based approach and deal with intraoperative complications during abdominal surgery, both open and laparoscopic.
Target Audience Practicing Surgeons and Residents... |
1.5 |
Moderator: C. Daniel Smith, MD, FACS |
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| NL10 |
Herand Abcarian Lecture: The 21st Century: The Renaissance Period for American Surgery
This lectureship was approved by the Board of Regents in October 2006 to address issues of relevance to the surgical community at-large and focus on emerging issues in surgery.
Target Audience Practicing... |
1 |
Moderator: L. D. Britt, MD, MPH, FACS |
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| SP03 |
Management of Recurrent Inguinal Hernias
Speakers will present an overview of the problem of recurrent inguinal hernias and an evidence-based approach to the management of this problem. The speakers will discuss the pros and cons of nonoperative management as w...
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1.5 |
Moderator: Kamal M. F. Itani, MD, FACS |
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| SP07 |
Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas
This session will describe the diagnostic testing, nonoperative management, and operative approaches in patients with cystic masses of the pancreas.
Target Audience Practicing Surgeons and Residents... |
1.5 |
Moderator: Keith D. Lillemoe, MD, FACS |
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| SP13 |
Update on Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
This session will review current medical therapy, nutritional support, use of anti-inflammatory agents, diagnostic approaches, and operative therapy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Target Audience |
1.5 |
Moderator: Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, FACS |
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| SP28 |
Update on Laparoscopic Colectomy
This session will review current indications for, techniques of, and results with laparoscopic colectomies.
Target Audience Practicing Surgeons and Residents ... |
1.5 |
Co-Moderators: Eugene F. Foley, MD, FACS Harry T. Papaconstantinou, MD, FACS |
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