2025 Scientific Program

Registration
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Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
Essex South

Exhibits Open
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ATTENDING-TRAINEE MENTOR BREAKFAST
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The MCACS has a new initiative and invite you to join us for an Attending-Trainee Mentorship session. Through this new opportunity the MCACS hopes to connect attendings and trainees to meet and share interest and stories during the Saturday morning breakfast from 6:45 am - 7:15 am to connect with your mentor/mentees.

CONCURRENT POSTER COMPETITION

Poster Competition IA
Essex North & Center

Moderator:	Reginald Alouidor, MD
Co-Moderator:	Nikolay Bugaev, MD

P1. Early histological regression of steatotic liver disease after metabolic bariatric surgery
Sydney Danese, Eric Sheu, Weronika Stupalkowska
Laboratory for Surgical and Metabolic Research, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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P2. Post-Operative Adverse Events and the Area Deprivation Index after Sleeve Gastrectomy
Ali Abdelrahman Nimeri, Daniel Uzochukwu, Marcus McKenzie, Obinnaya Okereke, Zachary Ballinger, MD, Kat Playter, AbdulAziz Khan, Banafo Abbeyquaye, Richard Perugini, MD
UMass Memorial Hospital, Worcester, MA
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P3. Bridging the Gap: A Comprehensive Project Series on Psychosocial Burden and Transition Challenges in Adult Congenital Colorectal Care
Zeynep Bilgili, Ana Sofia Ore, Stalin Canizares, Kyra Watson, Daniel Wong, Kristen Crowell, Evangelos Messaris, Thomas Edward Cataldo
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Boston, MA
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P4. Rare and Tricky: The Relationship Between Hospital Trauma Volume and Delay in Surgical Intervention in Blunt Intestinal Injury
Yasmin Arda, MD; Vahe S. Panossian, MD; Ikemsinachi C. Nzenwa, MBChB MSc; John O. Hwabejire, MD, MPH; Michael P. DeWane, MD; Charudutt N. Paranjape, MBBS; Joshua S. Ng-Kamstra, MD; Jonathan Parks, MD; Katherine Albutt, MD; George C. Velmahos, MD, PhD; Haytham M.A. Kaafarani, MD, MPH
Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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P5. TBI in mice and pigs increases susceptibility to bacterial pneumonia by modulating the innate immune response
Anupamaa Seshadri, MD¹; Hyoin Kim, PhD¹; James Harbison, MD¹; William P Meehan, MD²; Jianhua Qiu, MD, PhD²; Fernanda Guilhaume-Correa, PhD²; Kaitlyn Warren, MS²; Nadia Nosek, BS²; Ryan Luke Sodemann, BS²; Arthur Nedder, DVM²; Rebekah Mannix, MD, MPH²; Carl Hauser, MD¹; Leo Otterbein, PhD^1
1Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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Poster Competition IB
St. George

Moderator:	Gentian Kristo, MD
Co-Moderator:	Ketan R. Sheth, MD

P6. Adverse Outcomes Following Interval Appendectomy in Perforated Appendicitis: A Nationwide Analysis
Yasmin Arda, MD, Ikemsinachi C. Nzenwa, MBChB, MSc, Vahe S. Panossian, MD, Tiemen E. T. Holtrop, BSc, Charudutt N. Paranjape, MBBS, Matthew A. Bartek, MD, MPH, Casey M. Luckhurst, MD, Joshua S. Ng-Kamstra, MD, John O. Hwabejire, MD, MPH, Haytham M. A. Kaafarani, MD, MPH, George C. Velmahos, MD, PhD, Michael P. DeWane, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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P7. Robotic Cholecystectomy in Massachusetts Hospitals: A Retrospective Multivariable Comparison
John Chou¹, Naseem Bou-Ayash², Saman Namazian³, Ning Smith⁴, Adam Blau⁵, Matthew Brown⁵, Mohammed Bawazeer^2
1Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA ². Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Kaiser Permanente Northwest Department, Center for Health Research, Portalnd, OR, ⁵Melrose Wakefield Hospital, Melrose, MA
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P8. Development of a Predictive Tool for Survival Benefit Following a Pancreatectomy Among Elderly Patients with Resectable Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Insights from the NCDB
Abolfazl Salari, MD¹, Jingpu Wang, PhD¹, Mengyuan Ruan, MPH², Jiping Wang, MD, PhD¹, George Molina, MD, MPH¹,^2
1Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA, ²Center for Surgery and Public Health, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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P9. Management and Outcomes of undescended testis in congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Tayana A. Jean Pierre, Steven Staffa, Terry L. Buchmiller
Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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P10. Ergonomic and Technical Benefits of the Running Reverse Suture: A Simulation-Based Pilot Evaluation
Anam J. Furrukh, Jessica J. Farzan, Eddy C. Rios, Giorgianna E. Ellis, Thomas Cervantes, Janice Lalikos, Raymond Dunn
University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine, Worcester, MA
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Welcome and Opening Remarks from the President
Essex North & Center
Jacqueline J. Wu, MD, FACS
Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA

*Resident Research Paper Competition: Translational/Basic Science
Essex North & Center
(8 Minute Presentation / 2 Minute Discussion)

Moderator:	Kamal M. Itani, MD, FACS
Co-Moderator:	Mary M. Leech, MD

1. A Structurally Engineered Fatty Acid Attenuates Progression of Liver Fibrosis in a Murine Bile Duct Ligation Model.
Valeria E Ruiz-Santana MD¹,², Djanira Fernandes MD¹,², Juhye Kang MD¹,², Sarah Z Wang MD¹,², Amy Pan BA¹,², Thomas I Hirsch MD¹,², Savas T Tsikis MD¹,², Scott C Fligor¹,², Mikayla Quigley BS¹,², David Fraser³, and Mark Puder MD PhD*¹,^2
1Department of Surgery, Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA ² Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA ³ Northsea Therapeutics, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2. AI-FLEET: Artificial Intelligence for Fibroepithelial Lesion Evaluation and Extrication Technology
Abigail E. Daly BA¹, Kyle J. Anderman BS¹, Logan R. Holt BS¹, Tyler P. Shern BA¹, Farhan Abir BSc², Laura Brattain PhD², Michelle A. Gadd MD¹, Michelle C. Specht MD¹, Francys C. Verdial MD, MPH¹, Rebecca Kwait MD¹, Barbara L. Smith MD, PhD¹, Tolga Ozmen MD^1
1Breast Section, Division of Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, MGH Center for Breast Cancer, Boston, MA, USA. ² University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

3. SEFA-8179, an Engineered Medium-Chain Fatty Acid Analogue, Prevents Alcoholic Liver Injury and Steatosis in a Murine Model of Alcoholic Liver Disease
Djanira Fernandes¹, Sarah Z Wang¹, Thomas I Hirsch¹, Amy Pan¹, Valeria Ruiz¹, Juhye Kang¹, Mikayla Quigley¹, Savas T Tsikis¹, Scott C Fligor¹, David Fraser², and Mark Puder^1
1Vascular Biology Program, Department of Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA ² Northsea Therapeutics, Amsterdam, Netherlands ³ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

4. Methylation profiling of plasma circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) detects and differentiates Wilms tumors and malignant rhabdoid tumors of the kidney
Nensi M. Ruzgar¹,²,³, Cora Ricker¹,², Kelly Klega¹,²,, Josephine H. Wilson^1,2, Catherine M. Clinton¹, Aleksi Halme⁴, Natalie Greenwood¹, Laura Madanat-Harjuoja⁴, Elizabeth Mullen¹, Brian Crompton¹,^2
1Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, MA, USA ²Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA ³Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Surgery, Boston, MA, USA ⁴Helsinki New Children's Hospital, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland

5. Development of a Virtual Gut Model for Glucose Absorption Prediction
Meagan Rosenberg MD¹, Mark Roberson PhD PMP², Raiya Patel², Evan Chang², Callie Chang², Michael V Tirabassi^3
1Department of General Surgery University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School – Baystate ²Goldfinch Sensor Technologies and Analytics, LLC ³Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School-Baystate

6. Generative-AI vs Classical Imputation Methods for Adults Cardiac Surgery Missing Data Handling at MGB (2014-2025)
Ali Homaei, Negin Maddah, Amin Ramezani, Akinobu Itoh, Ashraf Sabe, Farhad R. Nezami
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Havrad Medical School, Boston, MA

*Resident Research Paper Competition: Clinical
St. George
(8 Minute Presentation / 2 Minute Discussion)

Moderator:	Peter S. Hopewood, MD, FACS
Co-Moderator:	Haley Reddington, MD

7. Measuring Cognitive Bias and Diagnostic Overshadowing in Trauma: The Case of Substance Use Disorder Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury
Yasmin Arda MD; Vahe S. Panossian MD; Ikemsinachi C. Nzenwa MBChB MSc; John O. Hwabejire MD MPH; Michael P. DeWane MD; Charudutt N. Paranjape MBBS; Joshua S. Ng-Kamstra MD; Jonathan Parks MD; George C. Velmahos MD PhD; Haytham M.A. Kaafarani MD MPH
Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

8. Neoadjuvant Radiation and Treatment Effect in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Mason Vierra², Bidisha Das², Angel Esquivel Vazquez², Ritchell van Dams¹,³,⁴, Joseph D. Mancias¹,³,⁴, Mark Fairweather¹,²,⁴, Jiping Wang¹,²,⁴, Thomas E. Clancy¹,²,⁴, George Molina¹,²,^4
1Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA ²Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Surgery, Boston, MA ³Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, Boston, MA ⁴Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center, Boston, MA

9. Does defect size matter? Risk of venous thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism after ventral hernia repair
Oswaldo Subillaga, MD, Aixa Pérez Coulter, MS, MPH, Jacqueline Wu, MD
Department of Surgery, UMass Chan Medical School--Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA

10. Whole Blood, Whole Advantage: Associated Improve Survival and Among TBI Patients with Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage
Sai S. Madakasira, MD ²; Jeffrey Franks, MSPH ³; Allan E. Stolarski, MD ³; Noelle N. Saillant, MD¹,³; Dane R. Scantling DO, MPH¹,³; Sabrina E. Sanchez MD, MPH¹,³; Jason L. Sperry, MD, MPH ⁴; Crisanto M. Torres, MD, MPH¹,^3
1Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA. ²Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Boston Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, ⁴Division of Trauma and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

11. Perioperative Safety Practices for Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC): Results of an International Survey
Jorge Gomez-Mayorga¹, Ahmed Eissa-Garces¹, Lumeng Jenny Yu², David Sasha Mahvi¹, Umut Sarpel^1
1Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA ²Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA

12. "Feeling Seen, Not Judged": Stakeholder Perspectives on Implementing a Trauma-Informed Collaborative Care Model, A Multilevel Qualitative Study of the TRAIL Clinic
Montoya-Rubiano MA, MD¹,²; Herrera-Escobar JP, MD, MPH¹,²; Stoeger E, MPH¹; Zier C, BA¹; Foley K, MSc¹; Hoffman A¹; Campbell L¹; Levy-Carrick N, MD¹,²; Gaudino S, OT, BCG¹; Schneider JC, MD¹,²; Anderson GA, MD, FACS, MPH¹,²; Raykar NP, MD, MPH¹,²; Reich AJ, PhD, MPH¹,²
¹Center for Surgery and Public Health, Division of Trauma, Burns, and Critical Care Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

President’s Remarks
Essex North & Center
Jacqueline J. Wu, MD, FACS
Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA

Panel 1: AI In Surgery
Essex North & Center

Moderator:	Tolga Ozmen, MD
Panelists:	Ahram Han, MD Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Gabriel Brat, MD Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston MA

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
Essex South

Panel 2: Surgical Nightmares: What Would You Do?
Essex North & Center

Moderator:	Ryan R. Gerry, MD, MPH
Panelists:	Nari Sabeti, MD Salem Hospital, Salem, MA Robert P. Driscoll, MD, FACS Brigham and Women’s Hospital, South Shore, Hingham, MA Reza Askari, MD Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
Essex South

CONCURRENT PANELS/SESSION:
Panel 3A: Hiatal Hernia Debate
Essex North & Center

Moderator:	George Orthopoulos, MD
Panelists:	Debate 1: Do I need to place mesh? Elliot L. Servais, MD, FACS Lahey Health, Burlington, MA Laura Doyon, MD Emerson Health, Concord, MA Debate 2: Does short esophagus truly exist? John R. Romanelli, MD, FACS Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA Nicole B. Cherng, MD University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA

Panel 3B: Thyroid/ Endocrine Surgery
St. George

Moderator:	Jacqueline J. Wu, MD, FACS
Panelists:	Daniel Hubbs, MD Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA F. Thurston Drake, MD Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA Rajshri M. Gartland, MD Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

ACS Foundation
Essex North & Center
Alik Farber, MD, FACS
Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

ABS Update
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Jennifer F. Tseng, MD, MPH
Boston University, Boston, MA

RAS-ACS Update
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Camila Guetter, MD, MPH
Vice-Chair, Resident and Associate Society of the ACS

Award Winner Announcements
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Announce Resident Research Paper Award Competition & Poster of Distinction Awards (Commission on Cancer, Trauma), Joseph Murray Resident Research Basic Science Award

Annual Business Meeting
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The Survivor Game Lunch: Only the Strongest Survives
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Moderator:

Reginald Aloidor, MD, Baystate Medical, Center, Springfield, MA

Massachusetts Committee on Trauma Resident Outreach Committee
St. George

Faculty:

Francesca Izzo, MD; Rebecca Hasley, MD, MPH; Matthew Bartek, MD MPH

Interested in Trauma/Acute Care Surgery, but not sure what it’s all about? Join the Massachusetts Committee on Trauma Resident Outreach Committee to learn more! This event is open to all trainees and will include mentoring, learning, oral boards prep, and opportunities to collaborate. There will even be an UberEATS gift card raffle!

Resident Skills Competition
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Chair:

Muriel A. Cleary, MD, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA

In this contest, surgical residents from each of the ten general surgery residencies throughout Massachusetts will be invited to showcase their laparoscopic skills. The competition will consist of teams of 3 residents from each institution participating in a series of tests where laparoscopic skills such as intracorporeal knot tying, transferring of objects from one hand to another, and pattern cutting will be timed and graded. The winners of the competition will receive a trophy to showcase at their institution for the year.