Resident & Fellow Scientific Session

Wednesday, March 12, 2003

Time: 12:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Duration: Half Day

Co-Coordinators: Leena Khaitan, MD and Gretchen Purcell, MD

Description:

Outstanding abstract submissions from residents and fellows around the world will be presented at the Surgeons-In-Training Scientific Session. Each abstract will be critiqued by a distinguished member of the SAGES faculty, who will offer guidance for young surgeons on their specific research projects and the surgical topic in general. Each presentation will then be opened to the audience for further questions and suggestions. Experienced surgeons as well as surgeons in training are encouraged to attend to offer their comments.

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will:

• Increase their knowledge of the latest research being performed by surgeons-in-training.
• Be able to identify methods that will improve or modify research studies.
• Recognize typical problem areas within research studies that might cause them to lose scientific merit.
• Recognize possible solutions to avoid these pitfalls.

Expert Faculty:

Desmond Birkett, MD

Jo Buyske, MD

John Coller, MD

Theodore N. Pappas, MD

Phillip Shadduck, MD

Lee Swanstrom, MD

SAGES gratefully acknowledges a generous educational grant in support of this session from Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.

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