SAGES Scientific Sessions and Panel Presentations
Who Should Attend:
Practicing surgeons who wish to expand their knowledge of laparoscopic surgery and flexible endoscopy
General Surgery Residents with an interest in endoscopic surgery
Fellows in GI surgery or advanced laparoscopic general surgery
Nurse and GI Assistants with an interest in minimally invasive surgery and endoscopy
Included in Registration for the Scientific Session:
Program materials will be available at the Registration desk beginning at 4:00 PM on Tuesday, April 17, 2001. Fee includes all program materials, Thursday evening Exhibit Reception, Friday Evening “SAGES Nite and Sing-Off” at the City Museum and Regal Riverfront Hotel, luncheon on Friday or Saturday (please check your choice on the Registration form), continental breakfasts, and breaks.
Invited Lectures in Six Cutting-edge Panels
The 2001 Karl Storz Lecture in New Technology
Friday, April 20, 2001, 9:00 AM
Information Age and Surgery: A Cultural Revolution
Professor Jacques Marescaux, MD, FRCS
This Lecture is permanently endowed by a generous educational grant from Karl Storz Endoscopy, GmbH.
SAGES Presidential Address:
Dr. Nathaniel Soper
FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2001 - 9:30 - 10:00 AM
Endoluminal Approaches to GERD:
FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2001 - 10:00 - 11:00 AM
Panel Chair: Jeffrey Marks, MD
Panel Objectives:
At the conclusion of the panel, the participant will:
Be familiar with several new advanced endoscopic techniques now being investigated for the treatment of GERD and its complications
Be able to discuss the indications, contraindications and complications of these procedures, as well as the efficacy of these treatments as compared to the medical and surgical approaches now available for the treatment of GERD.
Panelists and Topics:
CHARLES FILIPI: Endoscopic Suturing
DAVID UTLEY: Stretta (Radiofrequency)
HARUHIRO INOUE: Endomucosal Resection for Barrett's Esophagus
First Time Forum for Industry
On Friday, April 20, from 11:00 to 11:30 our industry colleagues will have an opportunity to present educational information in the main session room. A limited number of companies will make brief presentations highlighting pertinent updates about their products or company. This type of forum is a first for SAGES and will provide attendees a focused communication about evolving developments in the corporate sector. Afterwards, registrants are encouraged to visit the exhibit floor before it closes at 1:00 p.m. Current company participants are: Fujinon, Inc. and Karl Storz Endoscopy America.
Robotics/Operating Room of the Future
FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2001 - 2:00 - 3:15 PM
Panel Chair: Michel Gagner, MD
Panel Objective:
At the conclusion of this panel, a participant will be able to:
Describe several new or updated systems of robotic surgery,
Discuss advantages and disadvantages of robotic surgery options
List the key factors which help a surgeon determine whether or not robotic surgery should be utilized.
Panelists and Topics:
RALPH DAMIANO: Update on Robotic Cardiac Surgery
GUY CADIERE: A New Robotics System for Digestive Surgery (Da Vinci)
MICHEL GAGNER: A New Robotics System for Laparoscopic Surgery (Zeus)
JACQUES MARESCAUX: Image Guided Liver Surgery
Laparoscopy and Colon Disease
FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2001 - 4:15 - 5:15 PM
Panel Chair: James Fleshman, MD
Panel Objectives:
At the conclusion of this panel, a participant will be able to:
discuss the current status of laparoscopic colectomy for cancer based on the preliminary results of available randomized controlled trials and prospective studies in the literature; recommendations regarding the routine use of laparoscopic colectomy will be made and a participant will be able to discuss these recommendations;
discuss the use of hand-assisted laparoscopic colectomy as a bridge to performing laparoscopic- assisted colectomy in the future;
discuss the pros and cons for using hand-assisted laparoscopic techniques and the indications, complications and alternatives for this technique.
discuss the management of inflammatory bowel disease patients using laparoscopic approaches; discuss the particular use of laparoscopic techniques for total proctocolectomy and pouch construction, ileocolic resection for complicated Crohn's disease of the terminal ileum and right colon, and other specific techniques regarding the treatment of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis;
discuss the role of laparoscopic colectomy in the treatment of diverticulitis, as well as the contraindications and the techniques which enable this modality to be used in these complicated individuals.
Panelists and Topics:
HEIDI NELSON: Laparoscopic Resection of Colon & Rectal Cancer: Current Status
ARA DARZI: Hand-Assisted Lap Colectomy: The Next Level for Learning Lap Colectomy?
PETER MARCELLO: Laparoscopic Techniques in the management of IBD: Pushing the Envelope?
ANTONIO LACY: Laparoscopic Approaches to the Management of Diverticulitis: When and Why
The 2001 Gerald Marks Lecture
Saturday, April 21, 2001, 9:00 AM
The Challenges of Medical Publishing in the New Millennium
Layton F. Rikkers, MD
Medical Errors - Facts, Perspectives, Remedies
SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2001 - 10:00 - 11:00 AM
Panel Chair: Lee Sillin, MD
Panel Objectives:
At the conclusion of this panel, a participant will:
Understand some of the implications for practicing surgeons of the Institute of Medicine report on medical error,
Understand the potential legislative and regulatory response of government to the perception of wide-spread medical error,
Understand the potential contribution of computerized information systems and computerized medical records to error reduction in medicine.
Panelists and Topics:
Frank Spencer: The IOM Report: Summary, Implication & Response
Frederick Greene: Regulatory Response to Perceived Medical Error
MICHAEL SHABOT: Preventing Errors Through Medical Informatics
Sentinel Node Techniques/Oncology
SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2001 - 2:00 - 3:15 PM
Panel Chair: Barbara Schwartzberg, MD
The sentinel lymph node technique has been proposed to be an accurate method of identifying those lymph nodes most likely to contain metastatic cancer cells. This has been well demonstrated first in melanoma and now in breast cancer patients. Use of the sentinel lymph node technique is now being explored with gastrointestinal cancers. Research is being performed which broadens the application of the sentinel lymph node concept to the field of PET scanning. Specific nuclear medicine compounds will be injected preoperatively to mark abnormalities in the body.
Panel Objectives:
At the conclusion of this panel, a participant will be able to
discuss the most up-to-date information on where the sentinel lymph node technique is heading; this will include the information on the relatively established use of the sentinel lymph nodes in the evaluation of breast cancer;
describe newer application using the sentinel lymph node technique in colon cancer;
list several new developments in pathology will be addressed with a discussion of ultrastaging techniques and their implication on outcome and survival;
understand possible future surgical applications using PET scanning, including the future broad potential of nuclear medicine in surgery.
Panelists and Topics:
BARBARA SCHWARTZBERG: SLN for BREAST
ANTON BILCHIK: SLN for Colorectal Cancer
JOHN PFEIFER: SLN Pathology, Implications of Immunoperoxidase Stains
RICHARD ESSNER: Future Applications of SLN/Nuclear Medicine in Surgery - Surgical Applications of PET Scanning
Coding & Reimbursement - What's Changing: How Will it Affect You?
SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2001 - 4:15 - 5:15 PM
Panel Chair: Aaron Fink, MD
Panel Objective:
At the conclusion of this panel, a participant will be able to:
Discuss the upcoming changes in coding and reimbursement, as well as understand where they may find additional up-to-date information,
Learn about initiatives to address the current "Reimbursement Crisis" in medicine,
Identify ways the participant may deal with current fiscal issues and lobby for change.
Panelists and Topics:
CINDY BROWN: Legislative Actions Influencing Surgical Practice
CHARLES MABRY: The RUC Process and the Five Year Review: Implications for General and Laparoscopic Surgical Reimbursement
FRANK OPELKA: Financial Analysis and the Reimbursement Crisis
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