Program and Abstracts | Posters
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A Novel Technique for Tumor Localization and Targeted Lymphatic Mapping in Early Stage Lung Cancer
Christopher S. Digesu MD1, Krista J. Hachey MD, MPH1 Katherine W. Armstrong MPH1, Denis M. Gilmore MD1,2, Onkar V. Khullar MD1,3, Brian Whang MD1, Hisashi Tsukada MD, PhD1, Yolonda L. Colson MD, PhD1
1Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 3Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
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Comparison of Minimally Invasive versus Open Thymectomy in the Management of Stage I and II Thymoma. Do Patient Characteristics Influence Surgical Approach?
Ayotunde B. Fadayomi, MD, MPH1,2, Carlos E. Bravo-Iñiguez, MD1, Ritam Chowdhury, MBBS, MPH, Ph.D.1,3, SM, Coppolino Antonio, MD1, Francine Jacobson, MD, MPH4, Michael T. Jaklitsch, MD1, Gita N. Mody, MD, MPH1
1Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health, Cambridge, MA, 3Center for Surgery and Public Health, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital , Boston, MA, 4Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Maternity Leave, Financial Pressure, and Career Dissatisfaction Among Procedural Specialties
Rebecca Scully, MD1, Jennifer S. Davids, MD2, Nelya Melnitchouk, MD1
1Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston MA, 2Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
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Electromagnetic Navigational Bronchoscopy: Optimization of Selection Criteria for Diagnostic Success
JA Muñoz-Largacha1, S Datta2, SR Rao1, Michael I Ebright, MD3, Hiran C Fernando, MBBS, MD, FACS1, Virginia Litle, MD1
1Boston Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Boston, MA, 2Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 3Columbia University, Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, New York, NY
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Highly Effective Heparanase-Based Therapy for Mesothelioma
Moshe Lapidot, MD1, Uri Barash2, Yaniv Zohar3, Neta Ilan2, Israel Vlodavsky2
1Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Cancer and Vascular Biology Research Center, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, 3Rambam Health Care Center, Haifa, Israel
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Blended Instruction Teaching Model in International Medical Education: Case Study in Roatan, Honduras
Ulises Torres, MD, Shakti Nochur, MS, Solange Bayard, MS
University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA
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Does the Emergency Surgery Acuity Score (ESAS) Accurately Predict Outcomes in Emergent Laparotomies?
Thomas Peponis, MD1, Jordan D. Bohnen, MD, MBA1, Naveen F. Sangji, MD, MPH1, Anirudh R. Nandan, BA1, Myriam Martinez, MD1, Kelsey Han1, Marc De Moya, MD1, George C. Velmahos, MD, PhD, FACS1, David C. Chang, MPH, MBA, PhD1,2 , Haytham M.A. Kaafarani, MD, MPH, FACS1
1Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2Codman Center for Clinical Effectiveness in Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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Impact of Preoperative Hypoalbuminemia on Outcomes after Open & Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Elica Inagaki MD1, Alik Farber MD1, Mohammad Eslami MD MPH2, Jeffrey Kalish MD1, Denis V Rybin PhD3, Gheorghe Doros PhD3, Jeffrey J Siracuse MD1
1Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 3Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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Nipple Delay and ICG Angiography in Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy. A Single-Institution Experience
Christopher Homsy, MD , Daniel N. Driscoll, MD
Tufts Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Boston, MA
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Seasonal Variations of Trauma In New England: Fact or Folklore?
Jeffry Nahmias MD1, Shiva Poola MD2, Andrew R. Doben MD2, Jane Garb2, Ronald I. Gross MD2
1University of California Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, CA, 2Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA
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Morbidity and Mortality after Emergent Lower Extremity Embolectomy: Creation of a Model That Can Help
Sergio Casillas-Berumen, MD1, Lili Sadri BS1, Alik Farber, MD1, Mohammad H. Eslami, MD1, Jeffrey A. Kalish, MD1, Denis Rybin, PhD2, Gheorghe Doros, PhD2, Jeffrey J. Siracuse, MD1
1Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University, School of Medicine, Boston , MA, 2Department of Biostatistics, Boston University, Boston, MA
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The Emergency Surgery Acuity Score Accurately Predicts the Occurrence of Postoperative Complications
Anirudh R. Nandan, BA1, Jordan D. Bohnen, MD, MBA1, Naveen F. Sangji, MD, MPH1, Thomas Peponis, MD1, Kelsey Han1, Myriam Martinez, MD1, Daniel D. Yeh, MD1, Jarone Lee, MD, MPH1, Marc De Moya, MD1, Kathryn Butler, MD1, George C. Velmahos, MD, PhD, FACS1, David C. Chang, PhD, MBA, MPH1,2, Haytham M.A. Kaafarani, MD, MPH, FACS1
1Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2Codman Center for Clinical Effectiveness in Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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Posterior Tracheopexy for Severe Tracheomalacia
Hester F. Shieh, MD, C. Jason Smithers, MD, Thomas E. Hamilton, MD, David Zurakowski, PhD, Lawrence M. Rhein, MD, Michael A. Manfredi, MD, Christopher W. Baird, MD, Russell W. Jennings, MD
Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Predictors of Mortality in Nonagenarian Emergency Surgery Patients: A Decision-Making Aid
Myriam Martinez, MD1, Thomas Peponis, MD1, Jordan D. Bohnen, MD, MBA1, Naveen F. Sangji, MD, MPH1, Anirudh R. Nandan, BA1, Kelsey Han1, Marc De Moya, MD1, George C. Velmahos, MD, PhD, FACS1, David C. Chang, MPH, MBA, PhD1,2, Haytham M.A. Kaafarani, MD, MPH, FACS1
1Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2Codman Center for Clinical Effectiveness in Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase Regulates Gut Barrier Function And Enhances Life Span in Drosophila
Fatemeh Adiliaghdam1, Amy Tsurum1,2,3, Yashoda V. Dhole3, Mehran Najibi1, Juan M. Ramirez1, Florian M. Kuehn, MD1 ,Alexander R. Munoz1, Sulaiman R. Hamarneh1, Laurence G. Rahme1,2,3 , Richard A. Hodin1
1Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, MA, 3Department Of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Contemporary Outcomes after Esophagectomy Among Elderly Patients Over Age 75
Ory Wiesel1, Arin Madenci2, Yifan Zheng1, Daniel C Wiener1, Abraham Lebenthal1, Jon O Wee1, Scott J Swanson1, Raphael Bueno1, Michael T Jaklitsch1
1Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2Division of General Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Endogenous Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase Modulates Inflammatory Pathways in the Gut
Florian M. Kuehn, MD, Sulaiman R. Hamarneh, Juan M. Ramirez, Alexander R. Munoz, Sara A. Morrison, Fatemeh Adiliaghdam, Richard A. Hodin
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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Does the Indication for Breast Surgery Impact Surgical Outcomes?
Connie Lee, MD, Ann-Kristin U. Friedrich, Anne C. Larkin,MD, FACS, B. Marie Ward, MD, Ashling O’Connor, Robert M. Quinlan,MD, Giles F. Whalen,MD, Jennifer LaFemina, MD
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
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P19. |
Prevalence of Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Trauma Patients in Berkshire County
Joseph Pfeifer M.D., Patrick Craft D.O.
Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, MA
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P20. |
Who Goes Home After Palliation? Malignant Bowel Obstruction and Gastrostomy
Christy E Cauley1,2, Elizabeth Lilley3, Alex B Haynes, MD1,2, Zara Cooper2,3
1Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Ariadne Labs, Boston, MA, 3Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Surgery and Public Health, Boston, MA
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Elderly Brain Injury: Not as Bad as We Think
Stacy B. Sanders, MD, MS, MHA, Timothy A. Emhoff, MD
UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA
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P22. |
Outcomes of Reoperative Mitral Valve Replacement In Patients With Prior Mitral Valve Repair And Repl
Julius I. Ejiofor MD, MPH, Ahmed A. Kolkailah MD, Fernando Ramirez Del Val MD, Anthony V. Norman BS, Siobhan McGurk BS, James Rawn MD, Hari R. Mallidi MD, Sary F. Aranki MD, Prem S. Shekar MD, Tsuyoshi Kaneko MD
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Undiagnosed Malignancy in Patients Presenting to the Trauma Acute Surgery Division
Michal Plocienniczak, MS1,2, Matthew Egyud, MD2, Crystal James1, Teviah Sachs MD MPH2, Tracey Dechert MD2
1Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 2Department of General Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer in Nonagenarians
Sarah Kimball, MD, Mary Jane Houlihan, MD, Ranjna Sharma, MD, Ted James, MD, Kari Kansal, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
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How Do Online Physician Reviews Relate to Industry Standard Survey Results?
Douglas Johnston, Todd Francone, MD, Peter W. Marcello, MD, Patricia L. Roberts, MD, Thomas E. Read, MD, David J. Schoetz, Jr, MD, FACS, Rocco Ricciardi, MD, FACS
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, MA
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A novel Alkaline Phosphatase in Pancreatic ?-cells
Juan M. Ramirez, Alexander R. Munoz, Andrew S. Liss, Florian M. Kuehn, MD, Fatemeh Adiliaghdam, Sulaiman R. Hamarneh, MD, Richard A. Hodin, MD
Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Screening of High-Risk Pancreatic Subjects Leads To Acceptable Detection Rates of Precancerous Pancreatic Findings
Ryan Hendrix, MD1, Wahid Wassef, MD2, Kendra Flores3, Ann-Kristin Friedrich1, Kate Dinh, MD1, Giles Whalen, MD1, Jennifer LaFemina, MD1
1Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, 2Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, 3Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA
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Outcome of Neonates Undergoing Early Stoma Closure
Lindsey Armstrong, MD, Mary Arbuthnot, DO, David P. Mooney, MD, MPH
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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Readability, Complexity, Suitability Comparative Analysis of Mastectomy versus Lumpectomy.
Bao Ngoc N. Tran, MD, Mansheer Singh, MD, Bernard T. Lee, MD, MBA, MPH, FACS
Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Key Differences in the Reporting of Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities Among 3 Large National Data
Parisa Kamali1, Sara L. Zettervall2, Winona Wu1, Ahmed M. Ibrahim, MD3, Caroline Medin1, Hinne Rakhorst4, Bernard T. Lee MD, MBA, MPH, FACS 1, Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD2, Samuel J. Lin, MD1
1Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2Vascular Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 3Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center , New Orleans, LA, 4Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
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Adult Intussusception: Etiology, Management, and Outcomes
Gyulnara G. Kasumova, MD, Mariam F. Eskander, MD MPH, Omidreza Tabatabaie, MD-MPH, Sing Chau Ng, MS, Jennifer F. Tseng, MD MPH
Surgical Outcomes Analysis & Research, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Comparison of Oncologic Outcomes for Surgery Vs SBRT For Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Melina Shoni, MD1,2, 3, Michiel A IJsseldijk, MD4,5, Charles Siegert, MD1,2, 3, Bastiaan M Wiering4, KC Anton van Engelenburg, MD4, Thomas C Tsai, MD5, Richard PG ten Broek, MD, PhD 4,5, Abraham Lebenthal, MD, MHA 1,2,3
1Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Division of Thoracic Surgery, West Roxbury Veterans Administration, West-Roxbury, MA, 3Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 4Division of Surgery, Slingeland Ziekenhuis, Doetinchem, the Netherlands, 5Division of Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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A Mechanistic Case for Paclitaxel-Eluting Polymer Films in the Treatment of Chondrosarcoma
Christopher S. Digesu MD1, Krista J. Hachey MD, MPH1, Rong Liu MD, PhD1, Chandrjit P. Raut MD1, Mark W. Grinstaff PhD2, Yolonda L. Colson MD, PhD1
1Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Boston University, Boston, MA
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Fertility and Pregnancy Outcomes in Female Physicians in Procedural Specialties
Rebecca Scully MD1, Nelya Melnitchouk MD1, Jennifer S. Davids MD2
1Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston MA, 2Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
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Cell Viability in FDA-Approved Collagen Scaffolds: Implications for Engineered Diaphragmatic Repair
Hester F Shieh, MD, Christopher D Graham, MD, Joseph A Brazzo III, MS, David Zurakowski, PhD, Dario O Fauza, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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The Surgical Apgar Score Predicts Complications and Mortality after Emergency General Surgery
Olivia Humbarger, BS1, Matthew Scriven, MD2, George Kasotakis, MD, MPH2, Tracey Dechert, MD2, Chaitan Narsule, MD2, Peter Burke, MD2,Bedabrata Sarkar, MD, PhD2
1Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 2Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
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Exploring Nationwide Centralized Care for Veterans with Suspected Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
C Jeff Siegert MD FACS1,2, Abraham Lebenthal MD1,2
1Boston VA Healthcare System, West Roxbury, MA, 2Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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Splenectomy in Patients with Splenomegaly in Setting of Myeloid Neoplasm
Vijaya T Daniel, Bankole Samuel, Muthalagu Ramanathan, Rajneesh Nath, Sonia N. Chimienti, Jan Cerny, Richard A. Perugini
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
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Role of Language Discordance in Complication and Readmission Rate after Infrainguinal Bypass
Elica Inagaki MD1, Alik Farber MD1, Jeffrey Kalish MD1, Jeffrey J Siracuse MD1, Clara Zhu BS2, Denis V Rybin PhD2, Gheorghe Doros PhD2, Mohammad H Eslami MD MPH1
1Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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Mitochondrial DNA Regulates Inflammatory Cytokine Stability Through ARE-Binding Proteins in Sepsis
Michael Ghio, Jun-Yuan Huang, Alexander Rothkrug, Peter Burke, Bedabrata Sarkar
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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