Registration, Essex Foyer

Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors, Staffordshire

Exhibits Open, Staffordshire

Continuous Poster Viewing, Essex Ballroom

Welcome and Opening Remarks from the President, Essex Ballroom
Richard S. Swanson, MD, FACS; Cambridge Health Alliance, Boston, MA

*Resident Research Paper Competition: General Surgery, Essex Ballroom
(8 Minute Presentation / 2 Minute Discussion)

Moderator: Richard S. Swanson, MD, FACS, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA
Co-Moderator (Resident): Nikhil Panda, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

1. Decreased Recurrence in Sarcoma Patient-Derived Xenografts Using Paclitaxel-Eluting Polymer Films
David A. Mahvi¹; Catalina Bordeianu²; Ngoc-Quynh Chu³; Jeremy Miller²; Robert Sabatelle²; Rong Liu³; Mark W. Grinstaff²; Yolonda L. Colson³; Chandrajit P. Raut^1
1Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; ²Boston University, Boston, MA; ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

2. Improved Mortality in Necrotizing Pancreatitis with a Multidisciplinary Minimally Invasive Step Up Approach: Comparison to a Modern Open Necrosectomy Cohort
Casey M. Luckhurst¹, Majed El Hechi¹ ,Ahmed E. Elsharkawy¹, Ahmed I. Eid¹, Lydia M. Maurer¹, Haytham M. Kaafarani¹, Ashraf Thabet², David G. Forcione³, Carlos Fernandez-Del Castillo¹, Keith D. Lillemoe¹, Peter J. Fagenholz^1
1Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Surgery, Boston, MA; ²Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Interventional Radiology, Boston, MA; ³Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Gastroenterology, Boston, MA

3. The Design and Impact of a Novel Surgery-Specific Second Victim Peer Support Program
Majed El Hechi¹, Jordan Bohnen¹, Maggie Westfal¹, Kelsey Han¹, Christy Cauley², Cameron Wright¹, John Schulz¹, Keith Lillemoe¹, Haytham Kaafarani^1
1Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

4. Volume of Complex Cancer Operations near the Pancreas Favorably Influences Pancreaticoduodenectomy Outcomes at Low-Volume Pancreas Surgery Centers
Susanna W. L. de Geus, Krista Hachey, Jacob Nudel, Sing Chau Ng, David McAneny, Jennifer F. Tseng, Teviah E. Sachs
Department of Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

5. Exparel® vs Epidural for Pain Management After Major Thoracic Open Surgical Procedures
Luis E. De Leon¹, Michael T. Jaklitsch¹, Phillip M. Hartigan², Scott J. Swanson¹, Raphael Bueno¹, Namrata Patil^1
1Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; ²Department of Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA

6. Shunt Intention During Carotid Endarterectomy in the Early Symptomatic Period and Perioperative Stroke Risk
Scott Levin¹, Alik Farber¹, Philip Goodney², Marc Schermerhorn³, Virendra Patel⁴, Nkiruka Arinze¹, Douglas Jones¹, Jeffrey Siracuse^1
1Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA ²Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH; ³Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; ⁴Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

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

Moderator: Alik Farber, MD, FACS, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
Co-Moderator (Resident): Christopher Schlieve, MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA

1. Navigational Bronchoscopy for Localization of Small Lung Nodules: A Novel Approach To Simultaneous Nodule Localization and Resection
Patrick Craft, Kelsey Baran, Christian Padilla-Galvez
Berkshire Medical Center- Department of Surgery

2. siRNA Uptake During Ex Vivo Hypothermic and Normothermic Liver Machine Perfusion: A Promising New Therapy
Gillooly AR¹, Moore C¹, Bonaccorsi E², Perry J¹, Smith J¹, Xue W¹, Bruggenwirth I¹, Thijssen M¹, X. Wang¹, X. E¹, Mandrekar P¹, Kowalik T¹, Khvorova A¹, Bozorgzadeh A¹, Martins PN^1
1University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA; ²Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, BE

3. Combination Metabolic Inhibition of Glycolysis and Glutaminolysis Reduces Cellular Proliferation, Migration and Invasion in Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
A. Aggarwal, Bixiao Zhao, Matthew Nehs
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

4. Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibition Enhances Pulmonary Growth and Function - A Novel Treatment for Pulmonary Hypoplasia
Ko V, Dao DT, Yu LJ, Li XR, Anez-Bustillos L, Cho BS, Pan A, Puder M
Vascular Biology Program and Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

5. Postnatal Fate of Donor Mesenchymal Stem Cells after Transamniotic Stem Cell Therapy
Sarah A. Tracy^1,2, Alexander V. Chalphin^1,2, Stefanie P. Lazow^1,2, Ina Kycia¹, Adam Finkelstein¹, Christopher Chan³, David Zurakowski¹, Dario O. Fauza^1
1Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; ³Boston University, Boston, MA

6. RYGB alters intestinal lipid metabolism and increases portal levels of anti-diabetic phospholipids
Tammy Lo, Renuka Subramaniam, Eric Sheu, Ali Tavakkoli
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

Debate: Should Residents be able to Operate Independently by Graduation?
Moderator: Roy Phitayakorn, MD

Residency Program Director 1 (Agree):
Neal E. Seymour, MD, FACS
Baystate Medical Center, Springfield

Residency Program Director 2 (No, they should go out and work with a mentor):
John T. Mullen, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

Fellowship Program Director 1 (Agree)
John J. Kelly, MD, FACS
UMass/Memorial Medical Center, Worcester

Fellowship Program Director 2 (No, they should go out and work with a mentor)
Chandrajit P. Raut, MD, FACS
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall, Staffordshire

Surgical Jeopardy, Essex Ballroom
Moderator: Rocco Ricciardi, MD, FACS, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Participating programs will be asked to send their top talent representative to the meeting. This session will mirror the traditional game show, Jeopardy. Dr. Rocco Ricciardi of Massachusetts General Hospital, our host, will lead the teams through the high stakes game where teams will buzz in. Audience participation adds a special wrinkle to the event.

"Wellness" in the Spectrum of the Surgical Education and Career - What Needs to Be Done
Moderator: Erika L. Rangel, MD

Medical Student Perspective
Emily Ji
Harvard Medical School, Boston

Resident Perspective
Maggie Westfal, MD, MPH
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

Practicing Physician Burnout
Simon G. Talbot, MD
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall, Staffordshire

Critical Threats to the Practice of Surgery
Moderators: Alik Farber, MD, FACS & David McAneny, MD, FACS

Colorectal Kelly M. Tyler, MD Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA Vascular Matthew T. Menard, MD Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston Cardiothoracic Niloo M. Edwards, MD Boston Medical Center, Boston ENT Anand K Devaiah, MD Boston Medical Center, Boston

Urology Lori Lerner, MD VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA Oral Maxillofacial Maria J. Troulis, DDS Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston General Surgery Peter S. Hopewood, MD, FACS Cape Cod Healthcare Falmouth, Falmouth

ACS Foundation, Essex Ballroom

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

Annual Business Meeting, Essex Ballroom

Luncheon Speaker, St. George Ballroom

Mentoring: Is It for You?
Andrew L. Warshaw, MD, FACS
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

Resident Top Gun Competition, Staffordshire
Chair: Neal E. Seymour, MD, FACS

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.