THE SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT 50th Annual Meeting

May 30 – June 3, 2009 McCormick Place Chicago, Illinois

PROGRAM PREVIEW

50th Annual Meeting May 30 – June 3, 2009 McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois

Schedule-at-a-Glance

All rooms at McCormick Place unless otherwise indicated. indicates a ticketed session requiring a separate registration and fee.

SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2009 8:00 AM – 2:30 PM RESIDENTS & FELLOWS RESEARCH CONFERENCE Monroe Ballroom, (by invitation only) Palmer House Hilton

SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009 8:00 AM – 5:15 PM POSTGRADUATE COURSE S406b Acute Care Gastrointestinal Surgery: Thinking on Your Feet—A Case-Based Course

MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2009 7:45 AM – 8:15 AM OPENING SESSION S504 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY A (PLENARY SESSION I) S504 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS S504 “Above Average” 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY B (PLENARY SESSION II) S504 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM dORIS AND JOHN L. CAMERON GUEST ORATION S504 Communication as a Quality Maker: A Cut to the Chase 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM POSTER SESSION I South Hall 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM MEET-THE-PROFESSOR LUNCHEONS Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy Hyatt Regency McCormick CC22B Multidisciplinary Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Hyatt Regency McCormick CC12D Techniques to Increase Resectability of Liver Tumors S502 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM CONTROVERSIES IN GI SURGERY A S505b Debate 1: Is Bowel Prep Necessary for Lower Intestinal Surgery: Yes or No? Debate 2: NOTES vs. Single Port Surgery: Competing or Cooperating Technologies? 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM ddW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIA Multimodality Detection and Management of Barrett’s and Dysplasia (AGA, ASGE, SSAT) S100 Pancreatic Cancer: Are We Ready to Screen? (ASGE, AGA, SSAT) B1 2:15 PM – 4:30 PM VIDEO SESSION I: CLINICAL HPB / UPPER GI S503 2:15 PM – 5:00 PM PLENARY SESSION III S505a 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM SSAT/ASCRS JOINT SYMPOSIUM S504 Surgical Management of Complex Colorectal Disorders 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CLINICAL WARD ROUNDS: BILIARY DISEASE S505b 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM ddW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIA Hepatic Resection for Liver Masses (AASLD, SSAT, AGA) S100 Who owns Achalasia? (SSAT, ASGE, AGA) B1

TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2009 7:30 AM – 9:15 AM VIDEO SESSION II: BREAKFAST AT THE MOVIES S504 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CLINICAL WARD ROUNDS: GASTRIC TUMORS S505b 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE PANEL S505a Genomics and Cancer Care: What Every Clinician Should Know 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM SSAT/AHPBA JOINT SYMPOSIUM S504 Managing Complications of Acute Pancreatitis 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM BASIC SCIENCE PLENARY (PLENARY SESSION IV) S505a 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM QUICK SHOTS SESSION I S505b 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM VIDEO SESSION III: NOTES APPENDECTOMY—READY, SET … GO? S503 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ddW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM B1 Management of Hepatitis C Non-Responders and Relapsers (AASLD, AGA, SSAT) 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM MAJA AND FRANK G. MOODY STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE S504 The Evolving Era of Surgeon Shortage 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM POSTER SESSION II South Hall 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM MEET-THE-PROFESSOR LUNCHEONS Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Obesity S501bc NOTES S505b Technical Tricks to Avoid Anastomotic Complications in Colorectal Procedures Hyatt Regency McCormick CC21A 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM PLENARY SESSION V S505a 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM CONTROVERSIES IN GI SURGERY B S505b Debate 3: Synchronous Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases: Simultaneous Vs. Staged Resections Debate 4: Do We Really Help People with Resection for Pancreatic Cancer? 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM ddW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIA Bariatrics for the Endoscopist: Bypasses, Roadblocks and Detours (ASGE, AGA, SSAT) S100 911 for Gastroenterologists (GI Emergencies) (ASGE, AGA, SSAT) B1 2:15 PM – 5:00 PM SSAT/AGA/ASGE STATE-OF-THE-ART CONFERENCE S504 Barrett’s Esophagus, Dysplasia, and Early Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: Managing the Transition 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CLINICAL WARD ROUNDS: ANORECTAL DISORDERS S505b 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM QUICK SHOTS SESSION II S505a 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM ddW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM B1 Gastrointestinal Surgery in the Elderly 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING (Members only) S504 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM MEMBERS RECEPTION Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room, Art Institute of Chicago

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2009 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM SSAT/ISDS JOINT BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM: S504 Prevention, Evaluation, and Treatment of Leaks After Gastrointestinal Surgery 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM EDUCATION COMMITTEE PANEL S505b Advancing Endoscopy in GI Surgery 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE PLENARY (PLENARY SESSION VI) S505a 9:45 AM – 11:45 AM VIDEO SESSION IV: NOTES — SINGLE PORT ACCESS SURGERY S504 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM QUICK SHOTS SESSION III S505b 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ddW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM B1 Common Approaches to Pelvic Floor Abnormalities (SSAT, AGA) 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PLENARY SESSION VII S505a 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM POSTER SESSION III South Hall 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM SSAT/SAGES JOINT LUNCHEON SYMPOSIUM S504 The Endoscope as a Surgical Tool 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM MEET-THE-PROFESSOR LUNCHEONS Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Surgery: When? Hyatt Regency McCormick S501d Radiofrequency Ablation of Barrett’s Esophagus S503 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM ddW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM B1 Detecting and Managing Colonic Dysplasia in IBD: Now and the Future (AGA, SSAT) 4 THE SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT

Dear Colleague: We are pleased to offer you this personal guide for your use during Digestive Disease Week 2009. This guide provides you with SSAT scientific and social functions open to the Membership as well as DDW activities of interest involving the Society. The SSAT has strived to integrate our membership’s comments and feedback to create this outstanding meeting. Preceding the official opening of the SSAT meeting, the Sunday, May 31st, Postgraduate Course, is entitled “Acute Care Gastrointestinal Surgery: Thinking on Your Feet—A Case- Based Course”. This course will get back to the basics of general alimentary tract surgery by examining common and difficult operative decisions that arise in our daily practices and while on call. Teaching cases, videos, and technical pearls and tips will address the off-hours and urgent alimentary tract challenges that we face in increasing numbers with our aging population and continuing healthcare access issues. A full syllabus will be provided. On Monday morning at 8:00 AM, the SSAT’s Opening Session will include the introduction of new members, announcements of SSAT scholarship awards, reports from the SSAT Foundation, recognition of the Foundation donors, presentation of the Public Service Award, and conferment of the Founders Medal. The Opening Session will lead into the Presidential Plenary Session that will highlight some of the best papers selected for the Annual Meeting. The Presidential Address—as well as the Doris and John L. Cameron Guest Oration, “Communication as a Quality Maker: A Cut to the Chase,” by Dr. Stephen C. Beeson—follow. In the afternoon, the first of four peer-reviewed Video Sessions and the first in a new series of three “Clinical Ward Rounds” are offered; this year’s SSAT/ASCRS Symposium will tackle “Surgical Management of Complex Colorectal Disorders”; and the first of two “Controversies in GI Surgery” sessions returns, each offering two topical debates. Tuesday morning, June 2nd, a number of sessions run concurrently, including: the Public Policy Committee Panel on “Genomics and Cancer Care”; the SSAT/AHPBA Symposium, “Managing Complications of Acute Pancreatitis”; and the first of three Quick Shot Sessions of brief oral presentations. Also featured Tuesday morning is Dr. George F. Sheldon’s Maja and Frank G. Moody State-of-the-Art Lecture, “The Evolving Era of Surgeon Shortage.” Among that afternoon’s features is the SSAT/AGA/ASGE State-of-the-Art Conference, “Barrett’s Esophagus, Dysplasia, and Early Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: Managing the Transition.” The Annual Business Meeting of the Society immediately follows this conference at 5:00 PM. Dr. Nathaniel J. Soper, Local Arrangements Chair, has organized what promises to be a fabulous Members Reception on Tuesday evening at the Chicago Stock Exchange Room at the Art Institute of Chicago. Although the venue is just a short walk from the Palmer House Hilton, shuttle buses will also be offered, departing from the hotel at 6:55 PM. Session highlights of Wednesday, May 23rd, include the joint SSAT/ISDS Breakfast Symposium on “Prevention, Evaluation, and Treatment of Leaks After Gastrointestinal Surgery”; a morning Education Committee Panel on “Advancing Endoscopy in GI Surgery” and a Video Session devoted to NOTES and Single Port Access Surgery; and the afternoon SSAT/SAGES Symposium focusing on “The Endoscope as a Surgical Tool.” I look forward to seeing you at what will be an exciting and stimulating week among colleagues from the United States and abroad. Sincerely,

David W. McFadden, MD President 50th Annual Meeting | May 30 – June 3, 2009 | Chicago, Il 5

2009 Board of Trustees President David W. McFadden Vice President Michael J. Zinner President-Elect David M. Mahvi Secretary John G. Hunter Secretary-Elect Fabrizio Michelassi Treasurer Robin S. McLeod Recorder Jeffrey H. Peters Chair John C. Bowen Trustees Stanley W. Ashley Barbara L. Bass Kevin E. Behrns Mark P. Callery Merril T. Dayton James W. Fleshman Gerald M. Fried Susan Galandiuk Nathaniel J. Soper L. William Traverso Selwyn M. Vickers CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE CHAIRS This activity is being planned and Education Committee daniel B. Jones implemented in accordance with the Essential Finance Committee Robin S. McLeod Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Membership Committee Selwyn M. Vickers Council for Continuing Medical Education. Nominating Committee Barbara L. Bass AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM, commensurate Patient Care Committee John W. Kilkenny, III with the extent of participation in the Program Committee Mark P. Callery activity, will be provided. Public Policy Committee Steven C. Stain Publications Committee Jeffrey H. Peters Research Committee diane M. Simeone AUTHOR AND SSAT Foundation Keith D. Lillemoe FACULTY DISCLOSURE All authors and faculty participating in Representatives continuing medical education activities are expected to disclose to the program audience ACS Board of Governors Merril T. Dayton any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest American Board of Surgery david M. Mahvi related to the content of their presentation(s). ABS GI Surgery Full disclosure of author and faculty Advisory Council John G. Hunter relationships will be made at the program. Fellowship Council Board Michael S. Nussbaum Fellowship Council Accreditation Committee Theodore N. Pappas AMERICANS WITH Nathaniel J. Soper DISABILITIES ACT If you require special accommodations to Journal of Gastrointestinal attend or participate in these CME activities, Surgery please provide information about your Editor John L. Cameron requirements to SSAT, 900 Cummings Center, Associate Editors Jeffrey B. Matthews Suite 221-U, Beverly, MA 01915; phone: Charles J. Yeo (978) 927-8330; fax: (978) 524-0498; e-mail: [email protected]. 6 THE SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT Preliminary Program All rooms at McCormick Place unless otherwise indicated. indicates a ticketed session requiring a separate registration and fee.

SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2009 11:35 AM – 12:20 PM LUNCH 12:20 PM – 1:45 PM 8:00 AM – 2:30 PM SESSION III: HPB EMERGENCIES RESIDENTS & FELLOWS Monroe Ballroom, Moderator: Charles J. Yeo, Philadelphia, PA RESEARCH CONFERENCE Palmer House Hilton the DifficultG allbladder: How I Do It and Why  By invitation only. The 23 participating presentations are indicated Ernest L. Rosato, Philadelphia, PA throughout this brochure by the icon to the left. how the Gastroenterologist Manages Biliary Emergencies Richard Zubarik, Burlington, VT Acute Pancreatitis: When to Operate Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo, Boston, MA SUNDAY, MAY 30, 2009 Pancreatic Sepsis: Radiological and Interventional Treatment 8:00 AM – 5:15 PM Eric vanSonnenberg, Phoenix, AZ Panel Discussion POSTGRADUATE COURSE S406b ACUTE CARE GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY: THINKING ON YOUR FEET—A CASE-BASED COURSE 1:45 PM – 3:25 PM Course Director: David W. McFadden, Burlington, VT SESSION IV: HINDGUT EMERGENCIES Moderator: Robin S. McLeod, Toronto, ON Canada Welcome and Introduction David W. McFadden, Burlington, VT Appendicitis: Open vs. Lap vs. Conservative Management Robert A. Kozol, Farmington, CT 8:10 AM – 9:30 AM Perianal Sepsis SESSION I: ESOPHAGEAL/STOMACH Scott A. Strong, Cleveland, OH Moderator: Jeffrey H. Peters, Rochester, NY the Emergency Anastomosis and Stoma free Air from the Foregut Neil Hyman, Burlington, VT Thadeus L. Trus, Lebanon, NH lower GI Bleeding Acute Paraesophageal Hernia/Boerhaave Anthony M. Vernava, III, Naples, FL Brant K. Oelschlager, Seattle, WA C. Diff in the ICU upper GI Bleeding—Surgical Rx Nancy N. Baxter, Toronto, ON Canada Brian J. Dunkin, Houston, TX Panel Discussion Calling in Your Colleagues: Upper GI Bleeding, Non-Surgical 3:25 PM – 3:45 PM BREAK Loren A. Laine, Los Angeles, CA Panel Discussion 3:45 PM – 5:15 PM SESSION V: THE 2 AM DREADED CONSULT 9:30 AM – 9:55 AM BREAK OR TRANSFER Moderator: Selwyn M. Vickers, Minneapolis, MN 9:55 AM – 11:35 AM is This Malignant Small Bowel Obstruction? SESSION II: MIDGUT EMERGENCIES Eric H. Jensen, Minneapolis, MN Moderator: Kevin E. Behrns, Gainesville, FL Acidosis and Belly Pain: Is This Dead Gut? Peritonitis: Current Radiologic Techniques Mark A. Newell, Greenville, NC Patricia L. Abbitt, Gainesville, FL the Septic Postoperative Enterocutaneous Fistula Patient Small Bowel Obstruction Jeffrey G. Chipman, Minneapolis, MN Joseph J. Cullen, Iowa City, IA the Patient Is a DNR: Should You Say No to the Request for incarcerated Ventral Hernia Operation Mary T. Hawn, Birmingham, AL Henry J. Schiller, Rochester, MN incarcerated Inguinal Hernia Panel Discussion George A. Sarosi, Jr., Gainesville, FL Post- Bariatric Surgery Emergencies Patrick M. Forgione, Burlington, VT Panel Discussion 50th Annual Meeting | May 30 – June 3, 2009 | Chicago, Il 7

the Hindgut Improves Glucose Homeostasis After Metabolic MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2009 Surgery Independent of Weight Loss and Insulin Secretion in the Goto-Kakizaki Rat 7:45 AM – 8:15 AM Tammy L. Kindel1, Stephanie M. Yoder1, David D’Alessio2, 1 OPENING SESSION S504 Patrick Tso 1. Moderator: David W. McFadden, Burlington, VT Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati, 2. Welcome and introduction of new members, announcements of SSAT Cincinnati, OH; Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH scholarship awards, reports from the SSAT Foundation, recognition Margin Positive Pancreaticoduodenectomy Is of the Foundation donors, presentation of the Public Service Award, Superior to Palliative Bypass in Advanced Stage conferment of the Founders Medal, and eulogizing of Past Presidents. Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Harish Lavu, Andres A. Mascaro, Dane Grenda, Patricia K. Sauter, 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM Ernest L. Rosato, Eugene P. Kennedy, Charles J. Yeo Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY A (PLENARY SESSION I) S504 10-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion Moderator: Michael J. Zinner, Boston, MA 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM  effect of Multiple Pre-Operative Endoscopic Interventions on DORIS AND JOHN L. CAMERON GUEST ORATION S504 Outcomes After Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy for Achalasia Communication as a Quality Maker: A Cut to the Chase Christopher W. Snyder1, Ryan C. Burton2, Lindsay E. Brown2, Stephen C. Beeson, Gulf Breeze, FL Manasi S. Kakade1, Mary T. Hawn1 1.Department of Surgery, University of Alabama-Birmingham, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM 2. Birmingham, AL; School of Medicine, University of Alabama- POSTER SESSION I South Hall Birmingham, Birmingham, AL Authors available at their posters to answer questions the Extent of Resection and Insulin-Dependent Diabetes but 12 PM – 2 PM; posters on display 8 AM – 5 PM. neither Preoperative Chemotherapy nor (Chemotherapy- Induced) Liver Injury Influence Morbidity After Surgery for Hepatic Colorectal Metastases 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM Frank Makowiec1, Simone Moehrle1, Hannes P. Neeff1, Oliver G. MEET-THE-PROFESSOR LUNCHEONS Opitz2, Ulrich T. Hopt1, Axel zur Hausen3 Minimally Invasive Hyatt Regency 1. Dept. of Surgery, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Esophagectomy McCormick CC22b 2. Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; John G Hunter, Portland, OR 3.Pathological Institute, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany improvement in Peripheral Glucose Uptake After Gastric Bypass Multidisciplinary Treatment of Hyatt Regency Is Only Observed After Massive Weight Loss and Is Associated Inflammatory Bowel Disease McCormick CC12d with Altered Patterns of Gut and Pancreatic Hormone Secretion Fabrizio Michelassi, New York, NY, and Ellen J. Scherl, New York, NY Guilherme M. Campos, Charlotte Rabl, Ruxandra Ciovica, Sofia techniques to Increase Resectability Peeva, Madhu Rao, Morris Schambelan, Jean-Marc Schwarz, of Liver Tumors S502 Kathleen Mulligan J. Nicolas Vauthey, Houston, TX, and Elijah Dixon, Calgary, AB Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA  transoral Endoscopic Esophagectomy 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM Bart P. Witteman1, Andres Gelrud2, George M. Eid3, Alejandro Nieponice4, Stephen F. Badylak4, Blair A. Jobe1 CONTROVERSIES IN GI SURGERY A S505b 1.The Heart, Lung and Esophageal Surgery Institute, University of DEBATE 1: IS BOWEL PREP NECESSARY FOR LOWER INTESTINAL Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; 2.Division of Gastroenerology, SURGERY: YES OR NO? University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; 3.Division of Moderator: Michael S. Nussbaum, Jacksonville, FL General Surgery, University of Pittsburgh frame the Issue Michael S. Nussbaum, Jacksonville, FL 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM Yes, Bowel Preparation Is Necessary PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS S504 Gerald M. Larson, Louisville, KY introduction no, Bowel Preparation Is Not Necessary Michael J. Zinner, Boston, MA Carmine Volpe, Jacksonville, FL “Above Average” Panel and Audience Discussion David W. McFadden, Burlington, VT DEBATE 2: NOTES VS. SINGLE PORT SURGERY: COMPETING OR COOPERATING TECHNOLOGIES? 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM Moderator: Steven D. Schwaitzberg, Cambridge, MA PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY B (PLENARY SESSION II) S504 frame the Issue 10-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion Steven D. Schwaitzberg, Cambridge, MA Moderator: David W. McFadden, Burlington, VT effective Single Port Surgery Essentially Eliminates the Need to  Single-Port Access (SPATM) Surgery of the Alimentray Tract: Develop NOTES Procedures 18 Months Experience with a Single Umbilical Incision Alexander S. Rosemurgy, Tampa, FL Approach to Laparoscopy nOTES Is Here to Stay Regardless of What Happens with Erica R. Podolsky, Paul G. Curcillo Single Port Surgery Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA Mark A. Talamini, San Diego, CA Panel and Audience Discussion 8 THE SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT

2:15 PM – 3:45 PM Completion of Pancreatectomy for Ipmn Recurrence After DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIA Pylorus-Preserving Pancreatoduodenectomy with a New Pancreaticogastrostomy Technique MULTIMODALITY DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT Laureano Fernández-Cruz, Raquel Garcia-Roca, Mario A. Acosta OF BARRETT’S AND DYSPLASIA S100 Pimentel, Jaume Comas, Miguel Angel López-Boado Sponsored by: AGA, ASGE, SSAT Surgery, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain Moderators: Stuart Jon Spechler, Dallas, TX laparoscopic Resection of a Gastroesophageal Kenneth K. Wang, Rochester, MN Junction Leiomyoma Seeing is Believing: Multimodal Imaging of Barrett’s Esophagus Timothy E. Oppermann, Patrick R. Reardon, Fariba Dayhim, Jacques J.G. Bergman, Amsterdam Netherlands Garth Davis, Robert Davis, Brian J. Dunkin Removing the Neoplaysia, Endoscopic Surgical (Mucosal) Resection The Department of Surgery, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX Kenneth K. Wang, Rochester, MN laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair with Mesh Burning Barrett’s Mucosa, What Can Be Achieved and Collis Gastroplasty with Nissen Fundoplication Nicholas J. Shaheen, Chapel Hill, NC Preeti Malladi, Nathaniel J. Soper Multimodal Approach to Barrett’s Esophagus Northwestern University, Chicago, IL Stuart Jon Spechler, Dallas, TX 2:15 PM – 5:00 PM Questions PLENARY SESSION III S505a PANCREATIC CANCER: ARE WE READY TO SCREEN? B1 10-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion Sponsored by: ASGE, AGA, SSAT Moderators: Elijah Dixon, Calgary, AB Canada Moderators: Teresa Brentnall, Seattle, WA David Shibata, Tampa, FL Richard D. Schulick, Baltimore, MD Medical and Surgical Treatment of Chronic Anal Fissure: epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Cost Effectiveness for Prospective Longer-Term Results Pancreatic Cancer Screening in the General Population Pierpaolo Sileri, Vito M. Stolfi, Marco Venza, Michele Grande, Stefano Richard D. Schulick, Baltimore, MD D’ Ugo, Marco D’Eletto, Alessandra Di Giorgio, Achille Gaspari Surgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy ADULT DIABETICS AS HIGH RISK PATIENTS Disparities in Presentation and Treatment of Diverticular Prevalence and Temporal Onset of DM in PC Disease: Impact of Socioeconomic Status Suresh T. Chari, Rochester, MN Nicholas Csikesz, Anand Singla, Melissa M. Murphy, Jennifer F. Cost-Effectiveness of Screening for PC in New Onset DM Tseng, Shimul A. Shah Luke M. Richey, Seattle, WA Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA  improved Mortality for Same Hospital Readmission SCREENING IN HIGH RISK PATIENTS: Following Rectal Cancer Resection GENETIC PREDISPOSITION Hiroko Kunitake1, David S. Zingmond2, Clifford Y. Ko1 Seattle Approach 1.Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; Michael D. Saunders, Seattle, WA 2.General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen Johns Hopkins Approach School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA Marcia I. Canto, Baltimore, MD  Activation of Hepatic AMP-Protein Kinase (AMPK) new and Evolving Screening Techniques for the Is Mediated by LKB1 After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass General Population in Obese Rats 1,3 1,2 3,1 Teresa Brentnall, Seattle, WA Yanhua Peng , Drew A. Rideout , Steven S. Rakita , William R. Gower3, Min You2, Michel M. Murr1,3 Panel Discussion 1.Department of Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; 2.Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, University of South Florida, 2:15 PM – 4:30 PM Tampa, FL; 3.Departments of Surgery & Research, James A Haley VIDEO SESSION I: CLINICAL HPB/UPPER GI S503 Veterans Administration, Tampa, FL 10-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion Quality-Of-Life After Pancreatic Resection with Islet Moderators: Thomas A. Aloia, Houston, TX Cell Autotransplant for the Treatment of Severe Chronic Margo Shoup, Maywood, IL Pancreatitis totally Laparoscopic Anatomic Segment 6 Liver Resection Joshua L. Argo1, Juan L. Contreras1, Shyam Varadarajulu2, Carlos U. Corvera1,2 Camille D. Blackledge1, John D. Christein1 1.Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA; 2.Surgery, Veterans Affairs Medical 1.Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Center, San Francisco, CA Birmingham, AL; 2.Department of Gastroenterology, University of Robotic Liver Tumor Resection Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL Awad M. Jarrar1, John J. Fung7, Eren Berber7 the Clinical Value of Hepatocyte Growth Factor in 1.Colorectal Surgery , Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH; 2. Patients with Peri-Ampullary Cancer Before and After General Surgery , Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH Pancreaticoduodenectomy Omar Barakat1, Gabriela C. Rodriguez1, Isaac Raijman2, Paul M. Management of Anatomic Hilar Variations During 3 1 1 1 Laparoscopic Right Hepatectomy Allison , Javier Nieto , Claire F. Ozaki , Robert P. Wood 1.General Surgery, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX; Aziz M. Merchant, Edward Lin, Juan M. Sarmiento 2.Gastroenterology, St Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX; Surgery, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA 3.Pathology, St Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX Key Images and Technical Considerations for Minimally Invasive Robotics in Pancreaticobiliary Surgery Shawn MacKenzie, Kambiz Kosari, Timothy D. Sielaff Virginia Piper Cancer Institute, Minneapolis, MN 50th Annual Meeting | May 30 – June 3, 2009 | Chicago, Il 9

impact of Institutional Case Volume on Inpatient Morbidity 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM and Mortality After Paraesophageal Hernia Repair DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIA Thai H. Pham, Kyle A. Perry, Eugene Y. Chang, Brian S. Diggs, James P. Dolan, John G. Hunter, Brett C. Sheppard HEPATIC RESECTION FOR LIVER MASSES S100 Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR Sponsored by: AASLD, SSAT, AGA Moderators: David A. Geller, Pittsburgh, PA endoluminal Fundoplication (ELF) for GERD: Myron E. Schwartz, New York, NY 12 Month Follow-Up Open Resection for HCC in MELD Era Riccardo Rosati1, Uberto Fumagalli1, Roberta Barbera2, Alberto Malesci2, Alessandro Repici2 Myron E. Schwartz, New York, NY 1.General and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, laparoscopic Resection of HCC Rozzano (Milan), Italy; 2.Gastroenterology, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, David A. Geller, Pittsburgh, PA Rozzano (Milan), Italy liver Resection for HCC with Salvage Liver Transplantation gastric Pacing Can Eliminate Dependency on Supplemental Ronnie T. Poon, Hong Kong China Nutrition and Improve Medically Refractory Gastroparesis Questions and Answers Jill Zink, Joseph A. Talarico, Amy Cha, Fady Moustarah, Matthew Kroh, Stacy A. Brethauer, Bipan Chand WHO OWNS ACHALASIA? B1 Bariatric and Metabolic, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH Sponsored by: SSAT, ASGE, AGA Outcome Based on Management for Duodenal Adenomas: Moderators: David A. Katzka, Philadelphia, PA Sporadic Versus Familial Disease Donald E. Low, Seattle, WA Michael D. Johnson, Richard A. Mackey, Nancy Brown, James M. how Do We Measure Success in the Treatment of Church, Carol A. Burke, Matthew Walsh Achalasia and Why Is the Current Assessment of Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH Treatment Approaches Appropriate? Duodenal Switch Provides Superior Resolution of Metabolic David R. Urbach, Toronto, ON Canada Comorbidities Independent of Weight Loss in the Super-Obese the Majority of Patients Are Best Managed with (BMI ≥ 50 kg/m2) Compared with Gastric Bypass Endoscopic Therapy Vivek N. Prachand1, Marc Ward2, John C. Alverdy1 Joel Richter, Philadelphia, PA 1.Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; 2.Pritzker School of laproscopic Surgical Treatment of Achalasia Should Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Currently Be Considered the Primary Treatment Approach for Patients with Achalasia 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Marco G. Patti, Chicago, IL SSAT/ASCRS JOINT SYMPOSIUM S504 Summary SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEX David R. Urbach, Toronto, ON Canada COLORECTAL DISORDERS Panel Discussion and Questions Moderator: Anthony J. Senagore, Grand Rapids, MI introduction Anthony J. Senagore, Grand Rapids, MI TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2009 Management Options for Perforated Diverticulitis: Diversion or No Diversion 7:30 AM – 9:15 AM Martin A. Luchtefeld, Grand Rapids, MI VIDEO SESSION II: BREAKFAST AT THE MOVIES S504 10-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion Management Strategies for C Difficile Colitis: Moderators: Craig P. Fischer, Houston, TX Operate Too Soon or Too Late? Randall S. Zuckerman, New Haven, CT David A. Margolin, New Orleans, LA technical Aspects of Duodenal Preserving Pancreatic Head Management Options for Complicated Crohns Disease: Resections (DPPHR): The Frey and Beger Operations Resection vs Stricturoplasty vs Bypass Thomas J. Howard1, Nicholas J. Zyromski1, Harish Lavu2 Eric G. Weiss, Weston, FL 1.Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; Management Options for Ulcerative Colitis in Acute Flares or 2.Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA After Prolonged Immunosuppressive Therapy: Does Too Much natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) Medicine Make a Difference? Transvaginal Sleeve Gastrectomy: Initial Human Experience Eric J. Dozois, Rochester, MN in the United States Panel and Audience Discussion Santiago Horgan, Lauren J. Fischer, Garth R. Jacobsen, Brian Wong, Adam Spivack, Kari Thompson, Mark A. Talamini 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM University of California- San Diego, San Diego, CA CLINICAL WARD ROUNDS: BILIARY DISEASE S505b Combined Endoscopic and Transgastric Laparoscopic Moderator: Attila Nakeeb, Indianapolis, IN Resection of Gastric Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Panelists: Jeffrey M. Hardacre, Shaker Heights, OH Craig P. Fischer W. Scott Melvin, Columbus, OH Surgery, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX Paresh C. Shah, New York, NY laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y Esophagojejunostomy for Hereditary Gastric Cancer Gene Carrier Winnie Tong, Jayleen Grams, Daniel M. Herron Dept of Surgery, Division of Laparoscopic Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY 10 THE SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT

Single Incision Laparoscopic Colectomy: Right Hemicolectomy 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM Robert B. Lim, Deborah Nagle BASIC SCIENCE PLENARY (PLENARY SESSION IV) S505a Colorectal and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess 10-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion Medical Center, Boston, MA Moderators: Richard A. Hodin, Boston, MA laparoscopic Approach to Median Arcuate Rebecca M. Minter, Ann Arbor, MI Ligament Syndrome triptolide and Anti-Death Receptor 5: An Effective Yves Borbely1,2, Branislav Risti2, Othmar Schoeb2 Combination That Activates Both the Intrinsic and Extrinsic 1.Departement of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Inselspital Apoptotic Pathways in Pancreatic Cancer Cells Bern, Bern, Switzerland; 2.Departement of Surgery, Spital Limmattal, Daniel Borja-Cacho, Yumi Yokoyama, Rohit Chugh, Vikas Dudeja, Schlieren, Switzerland Ashok K. Saluja, Selwyn M. Vickers laparoscopic Sigmoid Resection and Rectopexy for Rectal Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Prolapse: A 3 Step Procedure  induced Expression of Interaction Molecule 1 (STIM1) Philippe Bouchard, Jacques Heppell, Jonathan E. Efron, Sensitizes Intestinal Epithelial Cells to Apoptosis by Tonia Young-Fadok Modulating Store-Operated Ca2+ Influx Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ Jennifer A. Timmons1,2, Jaladanki N. Rao1,2, Tongtong Zou1,2, Lan Liu1,2, Lan Xiao1,2, Pengyuan Wang1,2, Douglas J. Turner1,2, Jian- 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Ying Wang1,2 1.Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; 2.VA Medical Center, CLINICAL WARD ROUNDS: GASTRIC TUMORS S505b Baltimore, MD Moderator: John T. Mullen, Boston, MA Panelists: Martin S. Karpeh, Jr., New York, NY influence of Colonic Bacteria on theE xpression of Host Intestinal Peter W.T. Pisters, Houston, TX Tract Genes Which Regulate Water and Electrolyte Absorption Chandrajit P. Raut, Boston, MA Gail Cresci1,2, Muthusamy Thangaraju2, Kebin Liu2, John D. Mellinger1, Vadivel Ganapathy2 1. 2. 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE PANEL S505a  expression of Chemokine Receptor CCR9 in Pancreatic GENOMICS AND CANCER CARE: Intraepithelial Neoplasia and its Progression to Invasive WHAT EVERY CLINICIAN SHOULD KNOW Cancer and Liver Metastasis Moderators: Thomas John Howard, Indianapolis, IN Brian A. Mailey1, Xiaoming Shen1, Joshua Khalili1, Nicelio Kaye M. Reid Lombardo, Rochester, MN Sanchez-luege1, Andrew M. Lowy2, Joseph Kim1 impact of Genetic Testing on the Cancer Patient 1.Surgical Oncology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; 2.Surgical Oncology, C. Richard Boland, Dallas, TX UCSD, San Diego, CA treatment Guidelines and Management Implications for  Anti-ERBB2 si- and sh-RNAs Suppress Cell Growth in ERBB2- Patients with HCCS Overexpressing Upper Gastrointestinal Adenocarcinomas Kenneth C. Micetich, Maywood, IL Amanda K. Arrington, Julia Davydova, Selwyn M. Vickers, ethical Considerations for Genetic Testing Masato Yamamoto Kimberly A. Quaid, Indianapolis, IN Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Panel and Audience Discussion 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM QUICK SHOTS SESSION I S505b 3-minute presentation, 3-minute discussion SSAT/AHPBA JOINT SYMPOSIUM S504 Moderators: Wayne A.I. Frederick, Sr., Washington, DC MANAGING COMPLICATIONS OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS Daniel J. Scott, Dallas, TX Moderators: Mark P. Callery, Boston, MA SELDI-TOF Mass Spectroscopy of Serum Predicts Thomas John Howard, Indianapolis, IN Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients Prior to Liver introduction Transplantation Mark P. Callery, Boston, MA C. Max Schmidt1,2, Lacey Dobrolecki3, Avinash Agarwal1, infected Pancreatic Necrosis – Minimally Invasive Approaches A Joseph Tector1, Michele T. Yip-Schneider1, Jesus M. Matos1, Are Here, Are They Better? Robert J. Hickey3 1. Karen D. Horvath, Seattle, WA Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; 2.Surgery, Richard L Roudebush VAMC, Indianapolis, IN; 3.Medicine, Symptomatic Sterile Necrosis – Is Débridement Beneficial? Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN Thomas E. Clancy, Boston, MA Selective Management of Patients with Acute Gallstone Pancreatitis Pancreatic Pseudocyst Drainage – When, How, and Most Kimberly Bowman, Dana A. Telem, John Hwang, Celia M. Divino Importantly Why? Surgery, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY Kevin E. Behrns, Gainesville, FL Should Elective Repair of Intrathoracic Stomach Be Encouraged? Pancreatic Neck Necrosis with an Isolated Disconnected Marek Polomsky, Boris Sepesi, Matthew O’Connor, Alexi Segment – Resection or Drainage? Matousek, Virginia R. Litle, Daniel Raymond, Carolyn E. Jones, William H. Nealon, Galveston, TX Thomas J. Watson, Jeffrey H. Peters Case Presentations Surgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY  laparoscopic Versus Open Liver Resection: A Matched-Pair Case Control Study Kaori Ito, Hiromichi Ito, William R. Jarnagin, Yuman Fong, Ronald P. DeMatteo, Michael D’Angelica Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 50th Annual Meeting | May 30 – June 3, 2009 | Chicago, Il 11

Characteristics at Presentation and Oncologic Outcomes for transrectal Simulated Appendectomy in a Porcine Model with IBD Patients with Colorectal Cancer Novel Balloon Dilation in Retroperitoneum Wisam Khoury, Feza H. Remzi, Ian Lavery, James M. Church, Sonia Ramamoorthy, Garth R. Jacobsen, Kari Thompson, Adam Victor W. Fazio, Pokala R. Kiran Spivack, Lauren J. Fischer, Brian Wong, Mark A. Talamini, Colorectal, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH Santiago Horgan variation in Number of Lymph Nodes Assessed in Colorectal Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA Cancer Resection: Surgeon, Pathologist, or Hospital? laparo-Endoscopic Single Site (LESS) Appendectomy Hari Nathan1, Andrew D. Shore1, Robert A. Anders2, Susan L. with the Endoscope Gearhart1, Timothy M. Pawlik1 Kevin M. McGill, Nikalesh Ippagunta, Glenn Forrester, Julio 1.Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Teixeira, Steven Binenbaum Medicine, Baltimore, MD; 2.Department of Pathology, The Johns Surgery, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD Rigid and Flexible Trocars for NOTES Access in  laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in the UK: Human Anatomy A Decade of Litigation Monika E. Hagen1, Oliver J. Wagner1, Philippe Morel2, Santiago Bilal Alkhaffaf, Bart Decadt Horgan1, Mark A. Talamini1, Paul Swain1 General Surgery, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, 1.Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, United Kingdom San Diego, CA; 2.Division of Digestive Surgery, University Hospital Angiotensin II Regulates the Expression of Monocyte Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Chemoattractant Protein-1 in Pancreatic Cancer Cells Navdeep Chehl, Galina Chipitsyna, Qiaoke Gong, Charles J. Yeo, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Hwyda A. Arafat DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM B1 Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA MANAGEMENT OF HEPATITIS C NON-RESPONDERS Acute Pancreatitis (AP) in Aging Animals – Loss of PAP Protection? AND RELAPSERS Sophia Fu, Albert Stanek, Ehab Hassanain, Okiremute Sponsored by: AASLD, AGA, SSAT Oyiborhoro, Cathy M. Mueller, Nefertiti A. Brown, Chongmin Moderators: Adrian M. Di Bisceglie, St. Louis, MO Huan, Michael E. Zenilman Mitchell L. Shiffman, Richmond, VA Dept Surgery, SUNY Downstate , Brooklyn, NY Approaches to Retreatment with Conventional Therapy  Role of Vagal Innervation in Diurnal Rhythm of Intestinal Gregory T. Everson, Aurora, CO Peptide Transporter 1 (PEPT1) is There Still a Role for Maintenance Therapy? Hisham G. Qandeel, Fernando Alonso, David J. Hernandez, Judith Adrian M. Di Bisceglie, St. Louis, MO A. Duenes, Ye Zheng, Michael G. Sarr Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Retreatment with Protease and Polymerase Inhibitors eP300—A miRNA Regulated Metastasis Suppressor Gene in Paul Kwo, Indianapolis, IN Ductal Adenocarcinomas of the Pancreas Panel Discussion Soeren Torge Mees1, Wolf A. Mardin1, Claudia Wendel1, Nicole Baeumer2, Edith Willscher3, Norbert J. Senninger1, Mario 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM Colombo-Benkmann1, Joerg Haier1 MAJA AND FRANK G. MOODY 1. General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Muenster, STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE S504 Muenster, Germany; 2.arrows biomedical GmbH, Muenster, Germany; the Evolving Era of Surgeon Shortage 3.Bioinformatics, Integrated Functional Genomics, Muenster, Germany George F. Sheldon, Chapel Hill, NC the Rate of Post Operative Infections Is Not Reduced by Peroperative Antibiotics in Elective Cholecystectomy: An Analysis of 10927 Operations Registered in the Swedish 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM Register for Gallstone Surgery and ERCP (GallRiks) POSTER SESSION II South Hall Gunnar Persson1, Patrik Lundstrom3, Johanna Osterberg3, Bodil Authors available at their posters to answer questions Svennblad2, Gabriel Sandblom4 12 PM – 2 PM; posters on display 8 AM – 5 PM. 1.Dept. of Surgery, Ryhov Hospital, Jönköping, Sweden; 2.Uppsala Clinical Reseach Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; 3.Dept. 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM 4. of Surgery, Mora Hospital, Mora, Sweden; Dep. of Surgery, Karolinska MEET-THE-PROFESSOR LUNCHEONS University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Obesity S501bc 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM Paul T. Cirangle, San Francisco, CA VIDEO SESSION III: nOTES S505b NOTES APPENDECTOMY–READY, SET… GO? S503 David W. Rattner, Boston, MA, and Patricia Sylla, Boston, MA 10-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion technical Tricks to Avoid Anastomotic Hyatt Regency Moderators: Brian J. Dunkin, Houston, TX Complications in Colorectal Procedures McCormick CC21a Blair A. Jobe, Pittsburgh, PA Neil Hyman, Burlington, VT nOTES Transvaginal Appendectomy Santiago Horgan, Lauren J. Fischer, Kari Thompson, Adam Spivack, Garth R. Jacobsen, Brian Wong, Mark A. Talamini University of California- San Diego, San Diego, CA transrectal Endoscopic Appendectomy in a Cadaveric Model Sonia Ramamoorthy, Adam Spivack, Kari Thompson, Lauren J. Fischer, Brian Wong, Santiago Horgan, Mark A. Talamini, Garth R. Jacobsen UCSD General Surgery, San Diego, CA 12 THE SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT

2:15 PM – 3:45 PM Surgery Has a Major Impact PLENARY SESSION V S505a Mark S. Talamonti, Evanston, IL 10-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion Surgery Has a Minimal Impact Moderators: Jason B. Fleming, Houston, TX Douglas S. Tyler, Durham, NC Magesh Sundaram, Morgantown, WV Panel and Audience Discussion  Does Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy with FOLFOX- or FOLFIRI Improve the Disease-Free Interval or Survival of Patients with 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM Colorectal Metastases? DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIA Sarah Y. Boostrom, David Nagorney, John H. Donohue, Florencia G. Que, Michael L. Kendrick, Kaye Reid Lombardo BARIATRICS FOR THE ENDOSCOPIST: Division of General Surgery, Mayo Clinic - Rochester, Rochester, MN BYPASSES, ROADBLOCKS, AND DETOURS S100 Sponsored by: ASGE, AGA, SSAT Pre-Operative Nomogram to Predict Risk of Peri-Operative Moderators: Steven A. Edmundowicz, St. Louis, MO Mortality Following Pancreatic Resections for Malignancy Christopher C. Thompson, Boston, MA Chantal Afuh1, Lynette M. Smith2, Fred Ullrich2, Chandrakanth Are1 1.Divison of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of Access Techniques to the Papilla and Excluded Nebraska Medical Centre, Omaha, NE;2.Department of Biostatistics, Stomach in Bariatric Patients University of Nebraska Medical Centre, Omaha, NE Patrick I. Okolo, Baltimore, MD  Characteristics and Outcome of Patients Undergoing endoscopic Management of Complications of Debridement of Pancreatic Necrosis Bariatric Surgery Sebron W. Harrison, Desiree E. Morgan, Manasi S. Kakade, Christopher C. Thompson, Boston, MA Justin A. Parden, John D. Christein evolving Endoscopic Therapies for Morbid Obesity University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL Steven A. Edmundowicz, St. Louis, MO Repeat Curative Intent Liver Surgery Is Safe and Effective Case Discussion for Recurrent Colorectal Liver Metastases: Results from an International Multi-Institutional Analysis 1 2 3 911 FOR GASTROENTEROLOGISTS (GI EMERGENCIES) B1 Mechteld C. de Jong , Carlo Pulitano , Alessandro Ferrero , Sponsored by: ASGE, AGA, SSAT Jennifer Strub4, Michael A. Choti1, Richard D. Schulick1, Gilles 4 3 1 Moderators: Neena S. Abraham, Houston, TX Mentha , Lorenzo Capussotti , Timothy M. Pawlik Sarah S. Rodriguez, Portland, OR 1.Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; 2.Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; 3.Unit of variceal and Nonvariceal Upper GI Bleeding Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, A.O. Ordine Mauriziano, Torino, Italy; Loren Laine, Los Angeles, CA 4.University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland fulminant Colitis in the IBD Patient Readmission After Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Cancer in David T. Rubin, Chicago, IL Medicare Patients fulminant Hepatic Failure Deepthi M. Reddy1, Courtney M. Townsend1, William H. Nealon1, Norman L. Sussman, Houston, TX 2 2 1 Yong Fang Kuo , Jean L. Freeman , Taylor S. Riall Acute and Necrotizing Pancreatitis 1.Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; 2.Internal Grace H. Elta, Ann Arbor, MI Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Does Size Really Matter in the Resection of Primary Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas? 2:15 PM – 5:00 PM Eugene P. Ceppa, Sebastian G. de la Fuente, Srinevas K. Reddy, SSAT/AGA/ASGE Sandra Stinnett, Bryan M. Clary, Douglas S. Tyler, Theodore N. STATE-OF-THE-ART CONFERENCE S504 Pappas, Rebekah White BARRETT’S ESOPHAGUS, DYSPLASIA, AND EARLY ESOPHAGEAL Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC ADENOCARCINOMA: MANAGING THE TRANSITION Moderator: George A. Sarosi, Jr., Gainesville, FL 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM introduction CONTROVERSIES IN GI SURGERY B S505b George A. Sarosi, Jr., Gainesville, FL DEBATE 3: SYNCHRONOUS COLORECTAL CANCER LIVER the Molecular Basis of Carcinogenesis in Barrett’s Esophagus METASTASES: SIMULTANEOUS VS. STAGED RESECTIONS Rhonda F. Souza, Dallas, TX Moderator: David Shibata, Tampa, FL Reflux, Barrett’s and Adenocarcinoma: frame the Issue Can We Disrupt the Pathway? David Shibata, Tampa, FL Steven R. DeMeester, Los Angeles, CA Simultaneous Resections for Synchronous Colorectal Cancer endoscopic Therapy of Barrett’s Esophagus and Early Liver Metastases Esophageal Cancer Michael D’Angelica, New York, NY Kenneth K. Wang, Rochester, MN Staged Resections for Synchronous Colorectal Cancer Liver Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy for Barrett’s with High Metastases Grade Dysplasia and Early Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus Bryan M. Clary, Durham, NC James D. Luketich, Pittsburgh, PA Panel and Audience Discussion Case Presentations DEBATE 4: DO WE REALLY HELP PEOPLE WITH RESECTION Q&A FOR PANCREATIC CANCER? Moderator: Andrew M. Lowy, La Jolla, CA frame the Issue Andrew M. Lowy, La Jolla, CA 50th Annual Meeting | May 30 – June 3, 2009 | Chicago, Il 13

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Does Octreotide Have Any BeneficialE ffect in Patients CLINICAL WARD ROUNDS: ANORECTAL DISORDERS S505b with High Risk to Develop Pancreatic Fistula After Moderator: Mark L. Welton, Stanford, CA Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Prospective Randomized Trial Panelists: Elisa H. Birnbaum, St. Louis, MO Andre S. Matheus, Andre L. Montagnini, José Jukemura, Marcos Harry T. Papaconstantinou, Temple, TX V. Perini, Luciana B. Haddad, Emerson S. Abe, Sonia Penteado, Janice F. Rafferty, Cincinnati, OH José Eduardo M. Cunha Gastroenterology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM A Broad Assessment of Clinical Outcomes After Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery QUICK SHOTS SESSION II S505a 3-minute presentation, 3-minute discussion Brant K. Oelschlager, Kevin C. Ma, Renato V. Soares, Martin I. Moderators: Bridget N. Fahy, Houston, TX Montenovo, Juan E. Munoz Oca, Carlos A. Pellegrini Timothy M. Pawlik, Baltimore, MD Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA  Molecular Predictors of Response to Neoadjuvant Topotecan is Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy Still Indicated in Stage IV and Radiation for Rectal Cancer: Correlative Study to a Sigmoid Megaesophagus? Phase I Trial Martina Ceolin, Mario Costantini, Renato Salvador, Lisa Zanatta, Alfredo A. Santillan1, William Dinwoodie1, Timothy J. Yeatman1, Emanuele Di Fratta, Elena Finotti, Christian Rizzetto, Loredana Steven A. Eschrich1, Daniel Sullivan1, Caio S. Rocha-Lima2, Harvey Nicoletti, Giovanni Zaninotto, Ermanno Ancona M. Greenberg1, Catherine Chodkiewicz1, Andy Trotti1, Jorge Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences, Clinica Marcet3, Sophie Dessureault1, Philippe Legenne4, Paul Wissel4, Chirurgica III, University of Padua, Padua, Italy Preeta Tyagi 4, David Shibata1 1.Department of GI Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL; 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM 2.Department of Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL; 3.Department DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM B1 of Surgery, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL; 4. GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY IN THE ELDERLY Clinical Development Oncology, Glaxo-Smith-Kline, Philadelphia, PA Sponsored by: SSAT, AGA, ASGE Population-Based Analysis and Growth Factor Receptor Moderators: Suzanne Rose, New York, NY Expression of GI Carcinoid Tumors Michael E. Zenilman, Brooklyn, NY 1 1 1 1 Kanika A. Bowen , Scott R. Silva , Taylor S. Riall , Hung Q. Doan , Demographics 1,2 B. M. Evers Karen E. Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 1.Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; 2.Sealy Center for Cancer Cell Biology, The University of ethical Issues Related to End of Life Care, PEG Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Grace H. Elta, Ann Arbor, MI Can the Frey Procedure Relieve Biliary Obstruction in Chronic Specific Disorders: GI Cancer, IBD, Diverticulitis, GI Bleeding, Pancreatitis Without a Separate Drainage Procedure? Fecal Incontinence, Pelvic Floor Dysfunction H Ramesh, George Jacob Charles M. Vollmer, Jr., Boston, MA Lakeshore Hospital & Research Center, Cochin, Kerala, India techniques:Laparoscopy, NOTES immediate Versus Tailored Immunoprophylaxis After Surgery Sandhya A. Lagoo-Deenadayalan, Durham, NC for Crohn’s Disease (CD) Liliana Bordeianou1, Sharon L. Stein3, Vanessa P. Ho3, Bruce E. 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM 2 2 4 4 Sands , Joshua R. Korzenik , Vinita E. Jacob , Brian P. Bosworth , ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING S504 Richard A. Hodin1 1.Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Members only. 2.Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; 3.Surgery, NewYork Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM New York, NY; 4.Gastroenterology, New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill MEMBERS RECEPTION Chicago Stock Exchange Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY Trading Room,  Management Algorithm for Pneumatosis Intestinalis and Art Institute of Chicago Portal Venous Gas Erik Wayne1, Matthew Ough2, Andrew Wu4, Junlin Liao3, Kelli Andresen4, David M. Kuehn4, Neal Wilkinson3 1.Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; 2.Surgery, Rush WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2009 University, Chicago, IL; 3.Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; 4.Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM Success and Complication Rates from 4997 ERCP SSAT/ISDS JOINT BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM: Examinations in Sweden 2007: Data from the Swedish Register PREVENTION, EVALUATION, AND TREATMENT OF for Gallstone Surgery and ERCP (GallRiks) LEAKS AFTER GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY S504 Lars Enochsson1,2, Fredrik Swahn1,2, Urban Arnelo1,2, Magnus Moderators: Susan Galandiuk, Louisville, KY Nilsson1,2, Matthias Löhr1,2, Gunnar Persson3 Marco G. Patti, Chicago, IL 1.Department of Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, introduction 2. Sweden; Department of Clinical Science Intervention and Technology Marco G. Patti, Chicago, IL (CLINTEC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; 3.Department of Surgery, Ryhov County Hospital, Jönköping, Sweden ESOPHAGUS Prevention Brant K. Oelschlager, Seattle, WA evaluation and Treatment Donald E. Low, Seattle, WA Audience Discussion 14 THE SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT

BARIATRIC LA; 9.University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; 10.Rush- 11. Prevention Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Center for 12. Ninh T. Nguyen, Orange, CA Pelvic Floor Disorders, Minneapolis, MN; University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma, OK; 13.California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, evaluation and Treatment CA; 14.Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia; 15.Cleveland John C. Alverdy, Chicago, IL Clinic Foundation, Cleveland , OH Audience Discussion  [18F]-Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography BILIARY for t he Assessment of Histopathologic Response and Prevention Prognosis After Completion of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Nathaniel J. Soper, Chicago, IL in Gastric Cancer 1 1 1 evaluation and Treatment Daniel Vallbohmer , Arnulf H. Hölscher , Paul M. Schneider , 2, Matthias Schmidt3, Markus Dietlein3, Elfriede Bollschweiler1, Gary C. Vitale, Louisville, KY Stephan E. Baldus4, Jan Brabender1, Ralf Metzger1, Stefan Monig1 Audience Discussion 1.Department of General, Visceral and Cancer Surgery, University PANCREATIC of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; 2.Department of Visceral and Prevention Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, 3. Keith D. Lillemoe, Indianapolis, IN Switzerland; Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; 4.Department of Pathology, University of Dusseldorf, evaluation and Treatment Cologne, Germany Jeffrey B. Matthews, Chicago, IL  transvaginal Cholecystectomy Without Laparoscopic Audience Discussion Support Using Prototype Flexible Endoscopic Instruments COLON Shean Satgunam, Brent W. Miedema, Klaus Thaler Prevention Surgery - General Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO James W. Fleshman, St. Louis, MO immunonutrition with Long Chain Fatty Acids Prevents evaluation and Treatment Activation of Macrophages in the Gut Wall Tonia M. Young-Fadok, Scottsdale, AZ Petra Jacob1, Julia Frick2, Maximilian Feilitzsch1, Mario 3 1 4 Audience Discussion H. Mueller , Markus A. Küper , Helen Raybould , Alfred Konigsrainer1, Jorg Glatzle1 1. 2. 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM General Surgery, University, Tuebingen, Germany; Microbiology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany; 3.General Surgery, EDUCATION COMMITTEE PANEL: University of Munich, Munich, Germany; 4.Anat. Phys. Cell Biol, ADVANCING ENDOSCOPY IN GI SURGERY S505b University of California, Davis, CA Moderator: Jeffrey L. Ponsky, Cleveland, OH Plectin-1 as a Biomarker in Malignant Pancreatic Intraductal TRAINING: HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms ABS General Surgery Requirements Dirk Bausch1, Mari Mino-Kenudson2, Carlos Fernandez del- Jo Buyske, Philadelphia, PA Castillo1, Andrew L. Warshaw1, Kimberly Kelly3, Sarah P. Thayer1 SKILLS SET FOR ADVANCED ENDOSCOPIC APPLICATIONS: 1.Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard WHAT’S NEEDED NEXT? Medical School, Boston, MA; 2.Department of Pathology, Massachusetts 3. therapeutic Endoscopy Fellowships for Surgeons General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Ram Chuttani, Boston, MA enhancing Detection of Free Peritoneal Cancer Cells in Gastric Bariatric Surgery Cancer Using Newcastle Disease Virus Eric J. DeMaria, Durham, NC Joyce Wong1, Allison Schulman1, Kaitlyn Kelly1, Dmitriy Colorectal Surgery Zamarin1, Peter Palese2, Yuman Fong1 Steven D. Wexner, Weston, FL 1.Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; nOTES 2.Microbiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY Jeffrey L. Ponsky, Cleveland, OH Q&A 9:45 AM – 11:45 AM VIDEO SESSION IV: NOTES — 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM SINGLE PORT ACCESS SURGERY S504 TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE PLENARY 10-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion (PLENARY SESSION VI) S505a Moderators: Nathaniel J. Soper, Chicago, IL 10-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion Lee L. Swanstrom, Portland, OR Moderators: O. Joe Hines, Los Angeles, CA transoral Gastroplasty: A Novel Technique for Incisionless Sharon M. Weber, Madison, WI Weight Loss Surgery infection Rates in a Large Investigational Trial of Sacral Nerve Gregg K. Nishi1, Simon K. Lo2, Edward H. Phillips1 Stimulation for Fecal Incontinence 1.Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, 2. Steven Wexner1, Richard McCallum9, Anders Mellgren11, John A. CA; Department of Gastroenterology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Coller4, Ghislain Devroede5, Tracy L. Hull15, Jennifer Ayscue2, Michael Los Angeles, CA J. England6, David A. Margolin8, S. Abbas Shobeiri12, Howard S. Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS): Cholecystectomy Kaufman7, William J. Snape13, Ece Mutlu10, Paul Pettit3, Joe Tjandra14 Parag Butala, Brian Jacob, Neil Cambronero, George D. Xipoleas, 1.Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL; 2.Washington Hospital Center, Mark A. Reiner Washington, DC; 3.Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; 4.Lahey Clinic, Mount Sinai NY, New York, NY Burlington, FL; 5.CHUS Centre Hospital, Fleurimont, FL; 6.Norman F. Gant Research Foundation, Forth Worth, TX; 7.University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; 8.Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, 50th Annual Meeting | May 30 – June 3, 2009 | Chicago, Il 15

natural Orifice Surgery for Early Stage Esophageal impact of KIT and PDGFRA Gene Mutations on Prognosis of Malignancy: Proof of Concept Patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors After Complete Bart P. Witteman1, Andres Gelrud2, George M. Eid3, Alejandro Primary Tumor Resection Nieponice4, Stephen F. Badylak4,3, Blair A. Jobe1 Andrea Frilling, Ying Hou, Florian Grabellus, Frank Weber, 1.The Heart, Lung and Esophageal Surgery Institute, University of Christoph E. Broelsch Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; 2.Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany Hepatology & Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center , Management of Symptomatic Intraabdominal Collections Pittsburgh, PA; 3.Division of General Surgery, University of Pittsburgh After 672 Hepatic Resections 4. Medical Center , Pittsburgh, PA; McGowan Institute for Regenerative Pedro Mastrodomenico, Vin Yael, Sofocleous T. Constantinos, Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA Mithat Gonen, Peter J. Allen, Ronald P. DeMatteo, Yuman Fong, Optical Coherence Tomography of the Colon and Its Leslie H. Blumgart, William R. Jarnagin, Michael D’Angelica Mesentery (Including Virtual Sentinel Node Biopsy) by Natural MSKCC, New York, NY Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (N.O.T.E.S.) Mortality After Nonhepatic General Surgery in Patients with Ronan A. Cahill1, Mitsuhiro Asakuma1, Joseph A. Trunzo2, Concomitant Liver Cirrhosis: An Analysis of 138 Operations in Steve J. Schomisch2, Joel Leroy1, Bernard Dallemagne1, Jacques the 2000S Using CHILD- and MELD Scores 1 2 Marescaux , Jeffrey M. Marks 1 1 1. 2. Frank Makowiec , Dimitri Mariaskin , Hans-Christian Surgery, IRCAD/EITS, Strasbourg, France; Departments of General Spangenberg2, Ulrich T. Hopt1 Surgery and Surgical Endoscopy, University Hospitals, Case Medical 1.Dept. of Surgery, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Center, Cleveland, OH 2.Dept. of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Dissection Techniques for NOTES Cholecystectomy with the Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany Flexible Endoscope  Major Complications After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Kevin M. McGill, Nikalesh Ippagunta, Glenn Forrester, Julio Teixeira A Simple Risk Score Surgery, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY Melissa M. Murphy, Shimul A. Shah, Jessica P. Simons, Nicholas endoscopic Assisted Transgastric Removal of an Eroded Csikesz, Sing Chau Ng, Zheng Zhou, Jennifer F. Tseng Verticle Gastric Band University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA Steven Hodgett, J Christopher Eagon Survival After Proximal, Local and Distal Resection of Extrahepatic Minmally Invasive Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO Cholangiocarcinoma: Analysis of Prognostic Factors laparoscopic Assisted TransAnal Sigmoidectomy (LATAS): A Niels Anthony Van Der Gaag, Jaap Kloek, Jacob de Bakker, Bridge to NOTES? Boudewijn Musters, Olivier R. Busch, Dirk J. Gouma, Thomas M. Joep Knol1, Eric J. Dozois2 Van Gulik 1.Digestive Surgery, MZNL Hospital Overpelt, Overpelt, Belgium; Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2.Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN fine Needle Aspiration Cytology from Pancreatic Cysts: Limited Utility in Surgical Decision Making 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM Craig P. Fischer1,2, Bridget N. Fahy1,2, Thomas A. Aloia1,2, Isaac 1 1,2 1,2 1,2 QUICK SHOTS SESSION III S505b Raijman , Alberto O. Barroso , Peter J. Schwarz , Barbara L. Bass 3-minute presentation, 3-minute discussion 1. Surgery, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; 2. Surgery, Weill Moderators: Ellen J. Hagopian, New York, NY Cornell Medical College, Houston, TX Amy L. Halverson, Chicago, IL  inhibition of IκB Kinase Attenuates Lipopolysaccharide high Resolution Manometry Has Less Interobserver Variability Induced Hepatic Injury Than Conventional Manometry Jeremy L. Ward, Jordan L. Pleitz, Daniel L. MacDougall, Attila Dubecz1,2, Renato Salvador1, Marek Polomsky1, Oliver David W. Mercer Gellersen1,3, Daniel Raymond1, Carolyn E. Jones1, Thomas J. Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Watson1, Jeffrey H. Peters1 Houston, TX 1.Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery, University of Rochester, frequency of CASH and Its Effect on Surgical Outcomes After School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY; 2.Department of Neoadjuvant FOLFOX Therapy for the Treatment of Colorectal General Surgery, Klinikum Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany; 3.Department Metastasis to the Liver of Surgery, Paracelsus Private Medical University, Salzburg, Austria Kaye Reid Lombardo1, Vishal Chandan2, William S. Harmsen3, the National Mortality Burden and Significant Factors Associated Christina M. Wood3, David Nagorney1 with Open and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: 1997-2006 1.Division of General Surgery, Mayo Clinic - Rochester, Rochester, MN; 2. 3. James P. Dolan1, Brian S. Diggs1, Brett C. Sheppard1, John G. Hunter1 Department of Anatomic Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Division of 1.Surgery, L-223A, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic , Rochester, MN  Murine Functional Liver Mass Is Reduced Following Partial Small Bowel Resection 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Zhaohua Qiu1, Shannon W. Longshore3, Brad W. Warner3, DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM B1 David A. Rudnick1,2 COMMON APPROACHES TO PELVIC FLOOR ABNORMALITIES 1.Pediatrics, Washington Univ Sch of Med, St Louis, MO; Sponsored by: SSAT, AGA 2.Developmental Biology, Washington Univ Sch of Med, St Louis, MO; Moderators: James W. Fleshman, St. Louis, MO 3.Surgery, Washington Univ Sch of Med, St. Louis, MO Satish S.C. Rao, Iowa City, IA Predicting Organ Space Surgical Site Infection with a Nomogram epidemiology, Pathophysiology & Evaluation of Urogynecological Luiz F. Lobato1, Brian Wells2, Elizabeth Wick3, Kevin T. Pronty1, Disorders of the Pelvic Floor: An Update from PFDN Pokala R. Kiran1, Feza H. Remzi1, Jon D. Vogel1 Ingrid Nygaard, Salt Lake City, UT 1. 2. Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic OH, Cleveland, OH; Quantitative Advances in Diagnostic Evaluation of Pelvic Floor Disorders Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 3.Surgery, John Adil E. Bharucha, Rochester, MN Hopkins, Baltimore, MD 16 THE SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT

Behavioral Therapies for Fecal Incontinence and Dyssynergic 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM Defecation: Are They Effective? POSTER SESSION III South Hall Satish S.C. Rao, Iowa City, IA Authors available at their posters to answer questions What’s New in Surgical Therapies for Pelvic Floor Disorders 12 PM – 2 PM; posters on display 8 AM – 5 PM. Thomas Read, Burlington, MA Discussion 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM SSAT/SAGES JOINT LUNCHEON SYMPOSIUM: 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM THE ENDOSCOPE AS A SURGICAL TOOL S504 PLENARY SESSION VII S505a Moderators: David M. Mahvi, Chicago, IL 10-minute presentation, 5-minute discussion C. Daniel Smith, Jacksonville, FL Moderators: Jonathan F. Critchlow, Boston, MA FOREGUT Vic Velanovich, Detroit, MI endoscopic Fundoplication: Real of Fantasy?  the Effects of Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Denervation Blair A. Jobe, Pittsburgh, PA on Distal Colon Motility in Conscious Rats endoscopic Mucosal Resection 1 2 1 Timothy J. Ridolfi , Toku Takahashi , Lauren Kosinski , Jeffrey H. Peters, Rochester, NY Kirk A. Ludwig1 1.Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; 2.Surgery, transmediastinal Endoscopic Intervention Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI Denise W. Gee, Boston, MA  Comparison of the Prognostic Value of Inflammation Based Panel Discussion Pathological and Biochemical Criteria in Colorectal Cancer PANCREATOBILIARY Campbell Roxburgh1, Jonathan M. Salmond2, Karin Oien2, Paul endoscopic Management of Pancreatic Necrosis 1 1 G. Horgan , Donald C. McMillan Jeffrey L. Ponsky, Cleveland, OH 1.University Department of Surgery, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, endoscopic Management of Chronic Pancreatitis United Kingdom;2.University Dept of Patholgy, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, United Kingdom Gary C. Vitale, Louisville, KY  national Trends in Esophageal Surgery – Are Outcomes as nOTES Cholecystectomy Good as We Believe? Nathaniel J. Soper, Chicago, IL Geoffrey P. Kohn1, Joseph A. Galanko2, Michael O. Meyers1, Panel Discussion 1 1 Richard H. Feins , Timothy M. Farrell COLORECTAL 1.Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; Colonic ESD & EMR: Techniques to Avoid Segmental Resection 2.Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Richard L. Whelan, New York, NY Preoperative Gastric Acid Secretion Defines a Subgroup of Patients with High-Risk to Develop Barrett’s Esophagus in teMS: Indications & Technique the Esophageal Stump After Esophagectomy for End Stage John R.T. Monson, Rochester, NY Chagasic Achalasia teM as a Platform for NOTES Julio R. da Rocha1, Ulysses Ribeiro1, Sérgio Szachnowicz1, Elisa John H. Marks, Wynnewood, PA 1,2 1 2 1 R. Baba , Adriana V. Safatle-Ribeiro , Kiyoshi Iriya , Ary Nasi , Panel Discussion Rubens Sallum1, Ivan Cecconello1 1.Gastroenterology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; 2.Pathology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM lack of Association Between a Self-Administered MEET-THE-PROFESSOR LUNCHEONS Questionnaire, GERDQ, and Objective GERD Findings Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Surgery: When? Hyatt Regency Diagnosed by 24-Hour Esophageal pH Monitoring Attila Nakeeb, Indianapolis, IN McCormick S501d Kevin Chan2, Geoffrey Liu2, Linda Miller1, Clement Ma3, Wei Xu3, Radiofrequency Ablation of Barrett’s Esophagus S503 Gail Darling1 Blair A Jobe, Pittsburgh, PA 1.Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2. Applied Molecular Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM Canada; 3.Biostatistics, Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada DDW COMBINED CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM B1 Surgical Resection for Locoregional Esophageal Cancer Is Underutilized in the United States DETECTING AND MANAGING COLONIC DYSPLASIA IN IBD: NOW AND THE FUTURE Attila Dubecz1,2, Boris Sepesi1, Renato Salvador1, Marek Sponsored by: AGA, SSAT Polomsky1, Carolyn E. Jones1, Virginia R. Litle1, Daniel Raymond1, Moderators: Steven H. Itzkowitz, , New York, NY Thomas J. Watson1, Juan P. Wisnivesky3, Jeffrey H. Peters1 Jonathan P. Terdiman, , San Francisco, CA 1.Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY; 2.Department of understanding Dyplasia Surgery, Klinikum Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany; 3.Division of General Steven H. Itzkowitz, , New York, NY Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine , New York, NY interpreting Dysplasia Robert D. Odze, Boston, MA finding Dysplasia Ralf Kiesslich, Mainz Germany So, How Do I Manage IBD Dysplasia? Thomas A. Ullman, Chappaqua, NY Panel Discussion 50th Annual Meeting | May 30 – June 3, 2009 | Chicago, Il 17

SSAT Poster Sessions The SSAT Poster Sessions will be held in the South Hall of McCormick Place, from 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Authors will be at their posters to answer questions from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM.  indicates a Poster of Distinction. Designated presenting authors listed. View complete author strings at www.ssat.com.

MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2009 Basic: Small Bowel neoadjuvant Radiochemotherapy for Rectal Basic: Colon-Rectal Cancer – Is Histopathological Response Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Promotes Paracellular Dependent on Histological Subtype? Junctional Protein Expression and Intestinal Jörn Gröne, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin Germany Increase in the Tight Junction (TJ) Protein Epithelial Cell Barrier Function Claudin-1 in Intestinal Inflammation Douglas Turner, Baltimore VAMC, University of Maryland, Caspase-Cleaved Cytokeratin 18 Fragment (M30) Lisa Poritz, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA Baltimore, MD and Circulating Cytokeratin 18 Fragment (M65) influence of Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Duodenal-Jejunal Exclusion Increases Mid- as Marker of Postoperative Residual Tumor Load Factor (G-CSF) on the Tumorigenicity of Jejunal GIP Content in Wistar Rats in Colorectal Cancer Patients Colorectal Carcinoma Tammy Kindel, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH Christoph Ausch, Donauspital SMZ Ost Vienna , Cluster Yves Borbely, Inselspital Bern, Bern Switzerland for Translational Oncology; Ludwig Boltzmann Research intestinal Preconditioning Causes Early Barrier Society, Vienna, Vienna Austria Plasma Levels of Placenta Growth Factor, Dysfunction Without Interfering with Ion a Proangiogenic VEGF Family Protein, Are Transport in Porcine Ileal Mucosa Benefits of Laparoscopy: Does the Disease Elevated in Colorectal Cancer Patients Iris Sanchez-Egido, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Universidad Condition That Indicated Colectomy Matter? C. Shantha Kumara H, Columbia University, New York, NY Complutense de Madrid, Madrid Spain Luiz Lobato, Cleveland Clinic OH, Cleveland, OH Spatial Colonic Expression of Adiponectin in Basic: Stomach Predictive Factors for Conversion from Normal, Inflamed and Hirschsprung’s Disease egf-Receptor Targeting in Combination with Laparoscopic to Open Appendectomy in Acute Models in Mice Chemotherapy: Not Effective in Experimental Appendicitis: An Analysis of 748 Patients Shirley Liu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kelly Miller, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Gastric Cancer Kong China Hubert Hotz, Charité School of Medicine, Campus Basic: Esophageal Benjamin Franklin, Berlin Germany Surgery for Fistula-in-Ano in a Specialist Bile Acid Induced Activation of CDX2 Occurs via Clinical: Biliary Colorectal Unit: A Critical Appraisal PKC Intracellular Signaling Pathways in Human Pierpaolo Sileri, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome Italy Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Cells Prognosis After Surgery of Cholangiocarcinoma: Alexi Matousek, University of Rocehster, Medical Center, Peripheral Intra-Hepatic Cholangiocarcinoma laparoscopic Total Proctocolectomy: An Rochester, NY Versus Peri-Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma Incisionless Alternative to Open Surgery and a Andrea Ruzzenente, University of Verona Medical School, Safe Approach in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Survivin Gene Expression in Blood as a Verona Italy Jennifer Holder-Murray, Univ of Chicago, Chicago, IL Prognostic Marker in the Surgical Therapy of Unilateral vs Bilateral Plastic Stenting for laparoscopic Colectomy: Does the Location of Patients with Esophageal Cancer Malignant Hilar Stricture: A Meta-Analysis the Specimen Extraction Site Matter? Daniel Vallbohmer, University of Cologne, Cologne Germany and Systematic Review of Risks Andre da Luz Moreira, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH SPRR3, MELK, MAGE-4, and EGFR Gene Srinivas Puli, University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO laproscopic Surgery Decreases Anastomotic Expressions in Esophageal Squamous Cell Can Pre-Operative Clinical and Imaging Leak Rate in Sigmoid Colectomy for Carcinoma Findings Predict the Laparoscopic or Open Diverticulitis Ulysses Ribeiro, University of São Paulo, ‘São Paulo, SP’, SP Brazil Approach for Cholecystectomy? A One-Year Melissa Levack, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Basic: Hepatic Study from a Community Based Teaching Hospital laparoscopic Colectomy for Crohn’s Colitis: A Mediators of Immune System and Their Possible Sumeet Virmani, Providence Hospital and Medical Center, Large Prospective Comparative Study Role in Pathogenesis of Chronic HBV & HCV Southfield, MI Konstantin Umanskiy, Univ of Chicago, Chicago, IL Infections tissue Cytokines Reveal Gender Difference in the Stage of Recurrence Is a Major Arbiter of Pradyumna Mishra, Bhopal Memorial Hospital & Research Acute Cholecystitis RO Resectability and Outcome in Patients with Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh India Lauren Buck, University of Texas Health Science Center at Recurrent Rectal Cancer Basic: Pancreas San Antonio, San Antonio, TX Harold Wanebo, Landmark Medical Center, Woonsocket, RI Role of Metastasis Suppressor Genes and Their Bile Duct Injuries Associated with Open and feasibility of a Colorectal Surgery Specific NSQIP Epigenetic Regulation by Promoter Methylation Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Yosef Nasseri, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Cedars Sinai in Pancreatic Carcinoma Orlando Torres, Federal University of Maranhao, São Luiz Brazil Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA Wolf Mardin, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Complete Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy hybrid Laparoscopic-Open Resection for Rectal Germany, Münster Germany Through the Umbilicus Carcinoma Is Oncologically Safe: A Long-Term Pancreatic Cancer Alters Cd4+ T Lymphocyte Kevin Reavis, University of California, Irvine, VA Healthcare Follow Up Study System, Orange, CA Function: A Piece of the Immunevasion Puzzle Anjali Kumar, Columbia University, New York, NY Paola Fogar, IV Surgical Clinic, Padova Italy Mirizzi Syndrome Type IV: An Atypical Population-Based Patient Characteristics Presentation That Is Difficult to Diagnose as Predictors of Laparoscopic Versus Open naturally Occurring K Vitamins Inhibit Preoperatively Pancreatic Cancer Cell Line Growth Michael Vitale, General Hospital San Juan de Dios, Colorectal Surgery Vary Among Pathologies Shayna Showalter, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA Guatemala Guatemala Andrew Barleben, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA Does Adiponectin Upregulation Attenuate the Clinical: Colon-Rectal System Time and Patient Factors in Acute Severity of Acute Pancreatitis in Obesity? Appendicitis: A Five Year Analysis from a Rural, Hayder Al-Azzawi, IU, School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN Outcomes of Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis in Teaching Hospital Women Above 50 Years Old Toms Augustin, Guthrie-Robert Packer hospital, Sayre, PA Galal El-Gazzaz, Cleveland Clinic Ohio, Cleveland, OH 18 THE SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT

Colonoscopic Splenic Injuries: Incidence and Clinical: Hepatic Pancreatic Head Resection with Segmental Management Duodenectomy in Patients with Carcinoma of ultrasonography and Intraoperative Ashwin Kamath, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN the Papilla of Vater Assessments Are Better Predictors of Non- Laureano Fernández-Cruz, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona Spain utility of Pelvic CT with Rectal Contrast to Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) in Identify Pelvic Abscess and Anastomotic Leaks Patients Undergoing Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Clostridium Difficile Infection in Necrotizing Mariana Mendible, Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA (RYGB) Compared to Pre-Operative Laboratory Pancreatitis: How Big Is the Problem? Clinical: Esophageal Evaluations Angela Bermes, IU, School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN Christopher Myers, Duke University Medical Center, Mesentericoportal Vein Resection Does Not The Number and Ratio of Metastatic Lymph Durham, NC Impair Overall Survival or Recurrence-Free Node, but Not Total Number of Resected Lymph hepatic Neuroendocrine Metastases: Survival After Pancreatoduodenectomy for Node, Predict Survival in Esophageal Cancer Intraoperative Detection of the Occult Primary Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Po Kuei Hsu, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei Taiwan Tumor Guido Sclabas, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN Does the Value of PET-CT Extend Beyond Sanjay Munireddy, Johns Hopkins University School of Diagnosis and Treatment of Early Pancreatic Pretreatment Staging? An Analysis of Survival in Medicine, Baltimore, MD Cancer: From Nation-Wide Pancreatic Registry Patients with Esophageal Cancer  Shinichi Egawa, Japan Pancreas Society, Tohoku University Boris Sepesi, University of Rochester Medical Center, Efficacy of Hepatectomy and Tumor Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai Japan Rochester, NY Thrombectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Tumor Thrombus Extending to the Main Pancreatic Quantitative Consistency Manometric Features of the Laparoscopic Portal Vein Yuichi Kitagawa, National Center for Geriatrics and Hill Repair vs the Nissen Fundoplication for Daisuke Ban, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo Japan Gerontology, Obu Japan Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Brian Louie, Swedish Medical Center and Cancer Institute, volumetric and Functional Recovery of the high-Volume Pancreatitis Surgeon Can Make a Seattle, WA Remnant Liver After Major Liver Resection and Difference Regarding Concepts of Management Prior Portal Vein Embolization in Acute Pancreatitis Outcomes Associated with Open and Minimally Jacomina van den Esschert, AMC, Amsterdam Netherlands Tercio De Campos, Santa Casa School of Medical Sciences - Invasive Approaches to Esophageal Cancer São Paulo, Brazil, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Nilay Shah, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Perioperative Serum D-dimer Changes in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy: Surgery with an A Comprehensive Review of Laparoscopic Re-Do Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Tumors: A Unjustified Reputation Nissen Fundoplication Prospective Study Farshad Frozanpor, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska Darren van Beek, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL Eren Berber, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH Institute, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm Sweden esophagectomy for Cancer in Octogenarians initial Experience with Radiofrequency Ablation Role of Pancreatic Frozen Section at Margin of Joerg Zehetner, Keck School of Medicine, University of (RFA) Assisted Liver Resection Resection in Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Daniel Jacoby, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Neoplasms the Clinical Significance of Elevated Esophageal Philadelphia, PA Kevin Shah, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH Contraction Amplitudes: A High Resolution Clinical: Pancreas not Just for Trauma Patients: Damage Control Manometric Study of “Nutcracker” Esophagus Laparotomy in Pancreatic Surgery Marek Polomsky, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY intraoperative Blood Transfusion Is Associated with Worse Long-Term Survival in Patients Katherine Morgan, Medical University of South Carolina, Prognostic Influence ofL ymph Node Ratio and with Pancreatic Cancer Undergoing Charleston, SC Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation After Resection of Pancreaticoduodenectomy the Meaning of Measuring the Amylase Level of Esophageal Cancer Giavonni Lewis, Loyola University Medical Center, Acites in Pancreatic Fisturla Peter Baier, University of Freiburg, Freiburg Germany Maywood, IL Takeshi Nishi, Shimane University Graduate School of is Mesh Reinforcement Beneficial in Should High Serum CA 19-9 Levels Preclude Medicine, Izumoshi Japan Laparoscopic Repair of Small Paraesophageal Surgery in Patients with Resectable Pancreatic Clinical: Small Bowel Hernias? Head Adenocarcinoma? Bhavin Shah, University of Nebraska Medical Center, C. Max Schmidt, Indiana University School of Medicine, CT Transition Zones: Relevance in Management Omaha, NE Richard L Roudebush VAMC, Indianapolis, IN of Small Bowel Obstruction Modesto Colon, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY transgastric NOTES: How Big Is Too Big for Review of Studies on Gastric Emptying Specimen Retrieval? Assessment After Pancreatoduodenectomy intestinal Surgery for Crohn’s Disease: Predictors Kari Thompson, University of California, San Diego, San Wietse Eshuis, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam of Recovery, Complications and Health Related Diego, CA Netherlands Quality of Life Marco Scarpa, Veneto Oncological Institute (IOV-IRCCS), Should Laparoscopic Heller-Dor Be Performed MRI Evaluation of Patients with Possible Padova Italy Regardless of Age? Adenocarcinoma of the Head of the Pancreas: Christian Rizzetto, University of Padua, Padova Italy Do We Still Need Laparoscopy? Clinical: Stomach Predictors for Anastomotic Leak Following Juan Sarmiento, Emory University, Atlanta, GA Permanent Gastric Electrical Stimulation Improves Symptoms of Post-Surgical Disordered Esophagectomy: Highlighting the Importance of Detection of Human Telomerase Gastric Emptying the Learning Curve Reverse Transcriptase Expression by Jonathan Spicer, McGill University, Montreal, QC Canada Robert Schmieg, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Immunohistochemistry in Pancreatic Juice Jackson, MS Reoperation for Failed Antireflux Surgery: May Akira Nakashima, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima Japan  the Outcome Results Be Predicted on the Basis of Survival Impact of Malignant Pancreatic Preoperative Predictors of Significant Radiologic and Endoscopic Findings? Neuroendocrine and Islet Cell Neoplasm Symptomatic Response After One Year of Gastric Renato Salvador, University of Padua, Padua Italy Phenotypes Electrical Stimulation for Gastroparesis Sandeepa Musunuru, University of Wisconsin School of Roderich Schwarz, UTSW Medical Center, Dallas, TX evaluation of 102 Redo Fundoplications: Effects Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI of the Learning Curve Pancreatic Cancer Biomarkers Discovery by Lokesh Bathla, creighton university med ctr, Omaha, NE SELDI-TOF-MS Daniela Basso, Laboratory Medicine, Padova Italy 50th Annual Meeting | May 30 – June 3, 2009 | Chicago, Il 19

EPIYA-C Motifs Are Main Determinants of Optical Fiber Spectroscopy: A Novel Application Clinical: Colon-Rectal Intestinal Metaplasia and Gastric Mucosa to Measure Tissue Oxygenation and Blood Appendicitis in the Elderly: Why They Present Atrophy Content in the At-Risk Gastrointestinal with More Advanced Disease Carlo-Federico Zambon, University of Padova, University of Anastomosis Rebecca Rose, State University of New York at Buffalo, Padova, Padova Italy C. Kristian Enestvedt, Oregon Health and Science University, Buffalo, NY Portland, OR Does Insurance Status Affect Gastric Bypass laparoscopy: A Safe Approach to Appendicitis in Surgery Outcomes? Dendritic Cell-Associated Disturbance of Pregnant Patients Gavitt Woodard, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA E-Cadherin Expression in Barrett’s Esophagus Eran Sadot, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY Reginald V. Lord, UNSW, Sydney, NSW Australia long Term Results of a Prospective Longitudinal Colonic Inertia Has No Adverse Impact on the Study Comparing Laparoscopic vs Open Basic: Hepatic Short-Term Functional Results of Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Advance Gastric Cancer  Giuseppe Sica, Tor Vergata, University of Rome, Rome Italy Hypertonic Saline and Pentoxifylline Reduce Anterior Rectopexy for Internal Rectal Prolapse Liver and Pulmonary Damages Secondary to Causing Obstructed Defaecation Bariatric Surgery Improves Musculoskeletal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Rats Pierpaolo Sileri, University of Rome Tor Vergata, John Quality of Life Independent of Weight Loss and Ana Maria Coelho, University of São Paulo, São Paulo Brazil Radcliffe Hospital, Rome Italy Procedure Type Prospective Evaluation of Risk Factors for Gavitt Woodard, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA Molecular Identification & Clinical Immune Characterization of Occult HBV Infections Thrombosed Hemorrhoids laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy with Duodeno- Kewal Maudar, Bhopal Memorial Hospital & Research Yosef Nasseri, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Cedars Sinai Jejunal Bypass: Early Clinical Experience with a Centre, Pune, Maharashtra India Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA New Procedure for Morbid Obesity Changes in Liver Mitochondrial Function Short- and Long-Term Costs of Laparoscopic Paolo Gentileschi, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome Italy Colectomy Are Significantly Less Than Open Induced by a High-Fat Diet Enriched with ω-3 is There Any Role for Resection for Stage IV Colectomy PUFAs Are Associated with Reduction of Hepatic David Eisenberg, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Gastric Cancers? Lesions Secondary to Ischemia/Reperfusion Pittsburgh, PA Stephanie Downing, Johns Hopkins University, Howard Ana Maria Coelho, University of São Paulo, São Paulo Brazil University Hospital, Baltimore, DC hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Colectomy (HALC): Basic: Pancreas The Learning Curve Is for Operative Speed, Not gastrointestinal Symptomatic Outcomes of taurolidine in Pancreatic Cancer for Quality Laparoscopic and Open Gastrectomy Jon Vogel, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH Bilal Kharbutli, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI Elisabeth Schellhaas, Charité Medical School, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin Germany emergent Colorectal Surgery Is Associated Combined Science with an Increased Incidence of Venous Pterostilbene Disrupts Pancreatic Cancer A UK Perspective on Litigation Following Groin Thromboembolic Events Mitochondrial Membrane Potential in Vitro Juliette Zelada, University of Southern California, Los Hernia Repair John Schneider, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT Angeles, CA Bilal Alkhaffaf, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester United Kingdom Basic: Small Bowel Racial Disparities in Complicated Colorectal Cancer the Impact of Laparoscopic Approach for tnfα and Soluble MD-2 (sMD2) Increase LPS Kimberly Bowman, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY Splenectomy on Surgical Risk Factors Response in Caco2 Cells Roger Lis, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA Nathan Huber, University of Cincinnati and Shriners Access Related Complications After Open and Hospital for Children, Cincinnati, OH Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery: A Prospective Study TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2009 Changes in Plasma Amino Acid Levels: A Pierpaolo Sileri, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome Italy Minimally Invasive Innovative Way to Diagnose Basic: Colon-Rectal Intestinal Rejection in Pigs Outcomes for Organ Transplant Patients Undergoing Surgery for Colorectal Cancer. effective Combination of mTOR-Inhibitor Thierry Yandza, Hôpital L’Archet 2, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Nice France Immunosuppression – Friend or Foe? Rapamycin with 5-FU / Oxaliplatin in Advanced Wisam Khoury, cleveland clinic, Cleveland, OH Colorectal Cancer Monitored by TIMP-1 (Tissue intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase Protects Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases 1) Outcomes from Liver Resection for Metastatic Against Mucosal Inury by Commensal Colorectal Cancer in the Age of FOLFOX Stephan Vorburger, Inselspital, University of Berne, Bern Bacteria: Elucidation of Mechanism Switzerland Chemotherapy Kathryn Chen, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brookline, MA Mitch Sally, Oregon Health and Science University, genomic Instability in Cultured Human Clinical: Biliary Portland, OR Colon Epithelial Cells Following Exposure to further Advances in the Alternative EUS-Guided the Role of Genotype and Phenotype in Patients Environmental Stress with Perianal Crohn’s Disease Kewal Maudar, Bhopal Memorial Hospital & Research Translumenal Drainage of Bile and Pancreatic Duct Obstructions: A Progression Report Sekhar Dharmarajan, Washington University in St. Louis, Centre, Pune, Maharashtra India St. Louis, MO Uwe Will, Municipal Hospital, Gera Germany tumor Associated Macrophage (TAM) Bowel Preparation in the West of Scotland. Infiltration and Anal Cancer Stage Bacterial Flora in the Bile of Patients Complication Rates and Survival Outcomes for Sonia Ramamoorthy, UC San Diego Medical Center, San Undergoing Cholecystectomy Elective Colon Surgery in a Managed Clinical Diego, CA Bahman Darkahi, Enköping Hospital, Uppsala University Network Setting Hospital, Enköping Sweden Basic: Esophageal Gary Nicholson, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, University of long-Term Outcomes After Palliative Procedures Glasgow, Glasgow United Kingdom Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase and for Unresectable Biliary Malignancies Circulationg Tumor Cells in Portal Venous Blood Thymidylate Synthase Gene Expressions in Blood Marin Garcia, Indiana University School of Medicine, of Patients with Non-Metastatic Colorectal as Predictive Parameters for the Response to Indianapolos, IN Cancer: Preliminary Results Neoadjuvant Radiochemotherapy in Esophageal Julio Mayol, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Universidad Cancer gallbladder Cancer Found After Laparoscopic Complutense de Madrid, Madrid Spain Jan Brabender, University of Cologne, Cologne Germany Cholecystectomy: Is Port Site Excision Necessary? David Curtis, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, TX Risk Factors for Postoperative Ileus After Laparoscopic Partial Colectomy Udo Kronberg, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 20 THE SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT

Advantages of the Hand-Assisted Approach to laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding isolated Peripancreatic Necrosis: Are Outcomes Elective Laparoscopic Colectomies Resolves Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Different? Sean Orenstein, University of Connecticut Health Center, Leonierose Dacuycuy, SkyLex Advanced Surgical Inc., Boston Purvi Parikh, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN Farmington, CT University, Los Angeles, CA Duct-to-Mucosa Pancreaticogastrostomy health Related Quality of Life After Minimally Sentinel Node Detection in Esophageal and with Internal Stent Following Invasive Surgery for Diverticular Disease Gastric Cancer by Blue Dye Only Pancreaticoduodenectomy Is a Safe Anastomosis: Marco Scarpa, Veneto Oncological Institute (IOV-IRCCS), Joerg Theisen, Kinikum r.d.Isar, TU Muenchen, Munich Diagnosed by the International Study Group Padova Italy Germany Pancreatic Fistula (ISGPF) Definition Scopeguide® Reduces Pain During Colonoscopy Clinical: Hepatic Kenichiro Uemura, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima Japan Lars Enochsson, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm Sweden local Ablative Therapies for Hepatocellular Clinicopathologic Features of Actual 5-Year Carcinoma: Does Immediate Contrast Enhanced Survivors After Macroscopic Curative Resection experience with an Alternate Wipe Guaiac Fecal for Invasive Ductal Carcinoma of the Pancreas Occult Blood Test in a National Bowel Screening Ultrasonography (CEUS) Predict Complete Necrosis at CT Follow Up? Kazuaki Shimada, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo Program Japan Paula McDonald, Scottish Bowel Screening Programme, Andrea Ruzzenente, University of Verona Medical School, Dundee United Kingdom Verona Italy Simultaneous Portal Venous Resection During Pancreatoduodenectomy for Locally Advanced Clinical: Esophageal Bile Duct Hamartomas: Results of Surgical Treatment on Symptomatic Patients Pancreas Head Cancer Prediction of Lymph Node Metastases in Early Juan Sarmiento, Emory University, Atlanta, GA Keita Wada, Teikyo university, Tokyo Japan Esophageal Cancer feasibility Study of Same Setting Laparoscopic An Aggressive Approach to Ines Gockel, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz Pancreaticoduodenectomy(PD)– Surgeon’s Germany Bipolar Radiofrequency Ablation and Laparoscopic Colectomy for Synchronous Clinical Suspicion Matters Comparison of the Conventional Manometry and Colorectal Liver Metastasis as a Bridge to Amit Khithani, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, TX High Resolution Manometry in the Assessment Hepatic Resection Cystogastrostomy, Retroperitoneal Drainage of the Resting Characteristics of the Lower Cherif Boutros, Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI and G-J Entereal Alimentation for Complex Esophageal Sphincter: The Enemy of Good Is Better Adult Mesenchymal Hamartoma of the Liver: A Pancreatitis-Associated Pseudocyst: 19 Patients Shahin Ayazi, University of Southern California(USC), Los with No Recurrence Angeles, CA Rare Tumor with Malignant Potential? Ronald Chamberlain, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Cherif Boutros, Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI laparoscopic Ischemic Pre-Conditioning Livingston, NJ heads or Tails: Is There a Difference in of Gastric Conduit: Reducing Anastomotic Clinical: Pancreas Pancreatic Cancer Location? Complications of Minimally Invasive Evan Ong, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Esophagectomy Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: Direct Kyle Perry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR Comparison of EUS FNA to Helical CT for Tumor Management of Rarely Encountered Congenital Anatomic Abnormalities in intrathoracic Manifestations of Cervical Detection and Impact on Patient Care Ferga Gleeson, Mayo Clinic Foundation, Rochester, MN Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Anastomotic Leaks: Transhiatal vs Transthoracic Andres Mascaro, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA Oesophagectomy A matched case-control study of preoperative Mark van Heijl, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam biliary drainage (PDB) in patients with Clinical: Small Bowel Netherlands pancreatic adenocarcinoma: routine PBD Is not long-Term Quality of Life in Ileostomy Patients evolution and Management of Esophageal justified Michael Kasparek, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Perforation: Improved Outcomes Are Associated James Mezhir, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Munich Germany New York, NY with an Increasingly Non-Operative and the Influence of Subclinical Intestinal Diversified Approach Chronic Obstructive Pancreatitis Associated with Inflammation on the Systemic Inflammatory Donald Low, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA Serous Cystic Tumors of the Pancreas: A New Status in Crohn’s Disease: A Fire Burning endoscopic Therapy for Benign and Malignant Issue to Be Explored under Ashes Esophageal Lesions Giuseppe Malleo, University of Verona, Verona Italy Imerio Angriman, University of Padova,, Padova Italy Joerg Zehetner, Keck School of Medicine, University of Morbidity and Mortality After Pancreatic ventral Hernias: A Six Year Outcome Analysis Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Head Resections: Experience of a High-Volume from a Rural Teaching Hospital the Utilization of Endoscopic Circumferential Pancreatic Surgeon in a Non-Academic Vikas Singhal, Guthrie- Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA Community Hospital Setting and Focal Ablation of Barrett’s Esophagus in a Clinical: Stomach Surgical Foregut Practice Ulrich Adam, Vivantes-Humboldt-Klinikum, Berlin Germany Timothy Kennedy, Legacy Health System, Portland, OR tumor Grading Strongly Influences Prognosis Prognostic Impact of ERCC1 Gene After Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Polymorphisms in Gastric Cancer Clinicopathological Significance of Abdominal Ralf Metzger, University of Cologne, Cologne Germany Paraaortic Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients Periampullary (Non-Pancreatic) Cancer with Lower Thoracic Esophageal Cancer Tobias Keck, University of Freiburg, Freiburg Germany Multi-Center Report of the Use of Polypropylene Masahiko Yano, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Does the Mechanism of Lymph Node Invasion Mesh for Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka Japan Affect Survival in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer? Banding (LAGB) Allows for Minimum Post-Op Outcomes of Robotic-Assisted and Laparoscopic Ioannis Konstantinidis, Massachusetts General Hospital, Pain, Less Use of Narcotics, and Less Pain During Surgery for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Boston , MA Adjustments Carson Liu, SkyLex Advanced Surgical Inc., Los Angeles, CA Saad Shebrain, University of Washington, Seattle, WA national Complication Rates After laparoscopic and Open Gastroplasty in Pancreatectomy: Beyond Mere Mortality long-Term Outcomes of Combined Endoscopic/ Transthoracic Esophagectomy Have Similar Jessica Simons, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Laparoscopic Intragastric Excision of Gastric Outcomes Worcester, MA Stromal Tumors Kevin El-Hayek, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH Riccardo Rosati, istituto clinico humanitas, Rozzano Optimal Technical Management of Stump (Milan) Italy Closure Following Distal Pancreatectomy: A Retrospective Review of 214 Cases Lisa Harris, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 50th Annual Meeting | May 30 – June 3, 2009 | Chicago, Il 21

laparoscopic Biliopancreatic Diversion with Basic: Pancreas laparoscopic-Assisted Versus Open Ileocolic Duodenal Switch for Medically Complicated Resection for Crohn’s Disease: Long Term Results Obesity: Learning Curve and Perioperative human Tissue Slice Model for Evaluating of a Prospective Randomized Trial Conditionally Replicative Oncolytic Adenovirus Outcomes in a Singe Institution Emma Eshuis, Academic Medical Center, Academic Medical Juan Camilo Barreto Andrade, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Specificity to Pancreatic Cancer Center, Amsterdam Netherlands Amanda Arrington, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN inaccuracy of Endoscopic Anastomotic impact of Perioperative Immunosuppression on Measuring Techniques genetic Expression Profile Suggesting Synergy the Complication Rate After Abdominal Surgery Faiz Tuma, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Between Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Gemcitabine for Crohn’s Disease (CD) Beachwood, OH Treatment on Pancreatic Cancer Cells Markus Küper, University of Tübingen, Tübingen Germany Anthony Razzak, Roger Williams Medical Center, trends and Outcomes of Hospitalizations Providence, IL esophagus to Anus: Epidemiology of Primary for Peptic Ulcer Disease in the United States, Melanomas of the Digestive Tract Additive Inhibitory Effects of Inositol 1993-2006 Mathew Thomas, Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA Daniel Dempsey, Temple University Hospital, Melrose Park, PA Hexaphosphate and Pterostilbene on Pancreatic Cancer Cell Growth in Vitro Malignancy in Fistulous Anorectal Crohn’s Reduced Surgical Revisions Associated with David McFadden, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT Disease – A Systematic Review of Literature Mathew Thomas, Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA Placement of Subpectoral Gastric Electrical Basic: Small Bowel Stimulator: Six Year Experience at a Single Medina Catheter Use Following Ileal Pouch-Anal the Influence of Nutrients, Biliary-Pancreatic Institution Anastomosis: Quality of Life and Functional Jessica Gutierrez, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, HCMC, Secretions and Systemic Trophic Hormones on Minneapolis, MN Outcome Intestinal Adaptation in Gastric Roux en Y Model Simon McLaughlin, Imperial College, St. Mark’s Hospital, incidence and Risk Factors for the Development in Rat London United Kingdom Esmaeel Taqi, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Canada of Anemia Following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass transvaginal Laparoscopic Appendectomy Surgery for Morbid Obesity Central Vagal Activation During the Early Phase Kurt Roberts, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT I. Michael Leitman, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY of Postoperative Ileus Combined Science Mario Mueller, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Minimally Invasive Treatment of Deep Pelvic Bavaria Germany Endometriosis Involving the Intestine: Our Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia: Defining the Role Experience expression Pattern of mSHISA Suggests Its Pierpaolo Sileri, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome Italy of Percutaneous Therapy Regulatory Role of Fibroblast Growth Factor Michael McNally, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 10 and Its Receptor FGFR2B (FGF10/Fgfr2b) A Systematic Review on the Surgical Treatment Pneumoperitoneum in NOTES: Examining the Signaling Pathway During Gastrointestinal of Rectovaginal Fistulas in Crohn’s Disease: Physiologic Effects of Sequential Endoluminal Development. Rectal vs Vaginal Advancement Flap and Intraperitoneal Insufflation Norbert Garcia-Henriquez, Children Hospital of Pittsburgh, Imerio Angriman, University of Padova, Padova Italy University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Thai Pham, Portland, OR in Modern Era, Recurrent Abdominal Desmoids Basic: Stomach Determine Outcome in Patients with Gardner WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2009 A Novel Laparoscopic Device for the Syndrome: A Cohort Study Including Three Basic: Biliary Measurement of Gastrointestinal Slow Wave Generations of Affected Patients Matthias Turina, University of Zürich Hospital, Zürich Activity Switzerland Cardiopulmonary Changes in NOTES versus Gregory O’Grady, University of Auckland, University of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Auckland, Auckland New Zealand Systematic Review of Atraumatic Brian Wong, UC San Diego, San Diego, CA Clinical: Biliary Splenic Ruptures: Analysis of Etiologies Basic: Colon-Rectal and Identification of Risk Factors for Rupture- Surgical Treatment for the Patients of Related Mortality exploring Combination Epigenetic Therapy for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma with Lymph Pietro Renzulli, University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer Node Metastases—Repeat Surgery and Combined Switzerland Mashaal Dhir, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Chemotherapy for Recurrence University, Baltimore, MD Zenichi Morise, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Clinical: Esophageal expression of the Cancer Testis Antigens PLAC1 Toyoake, Aichi Japan CEA and SCC-antigen mRNA expression in preoperative peripheral blood Is a significant and MAGE3A in Colon Tumors as Potential Surgical Gastrostomy for Pancreatobiliary and prognostic factor in patients with esophageal Targets for Specific Immunotheraphy for a Duodenal Access Following Roux en Y Gastric cancer Subset of CRC Patients Bypass Masahiko Yano, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and M. Shantha Kumara H, Columbia University, New York, NY Jessica Gutierrez, HCMC, Minneapolis, MN Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka Japan Basic: Esophageal first Experiences with Transvaginal Hybrid- esophageal Adenocarcinoma Arising After interstitial Cells of Cajal in Achalasia NOTES Cholecystectomy Fundoplication: A Population Based Analysis Rene Fahrner, Spital Limmattal, Rupperswil Switzerland Reginald V. Lord, University of Southern California Keck Jarmo Salo, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki School of Medicine, UNSW, Sydney, NSW Australia Registration of Health Related Quality of Life in Finland laparoscopic Fundoplication: New Insights Population-Based Cohort of Patients Undergoing electron Microscopic Studies of Esophageal into Neural Anatomy at the Esophagogastric Cholecystectomy Wall Structures in Patients with Achalasia: Junction Simon Pålsson, University Hospital of Lund, Lund Sweden Casting More Light on Unresolved Aspects of Heinz Wykypiel, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck Clinical: Colon-Rectal Pathogenesis Austria Ines Gockel, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz Germany Basic: Hepatic general Surgery in Nonagenarians: A Single Institution’s Ten Year Experience Diet Restriction Reduces Day-to-Day Variability timing-Dependent Protection of Hypertonic G. Peter Fakhre, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL in Acid Reflux Patterns Using the Bravo pH Saline Solution Administration in Experimental Monitoring System Surgical Treatment of Rectocele: Block vs Stapled Liver Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Emmanuele Abate, Keck School of Medicine, University of Marcel Machado, University of São Paulo, São Paulo Brazil Trans-Anal Rectal Resection (STARR) Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Vito Stolfi, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome Italy 22 THE SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT

Stapled Pyloroplasty: A Fast and Safe Technique A Comparison of Laparoscopic and Open Distal C-Reactive Protein Levels for Predicting Early Arzu Oezcelik, Keck School of Medicine, University of Pancreatectomy Recurrence After Ileo-Cecal Resection in Crohn’s Southern California, Los Angeles/ , CA Jonathan King, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Disease: Preliminary Report of a Prospective Angeles , CA Mucosal Stripping Vagal Sparing Longitudinal Study Esophagectomy for End Stage Achalasia Colectomy in Necrotizing Pancreatitis Portends Edoardo Iaculli, Tor Vergata, University of Rome, Rome Italy Emmanuele Abate, Keck School of Medicine, University of a Complex Clinical Course Clinical: Stomach Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Hayder Al-Azzawi, IU, School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN longitudinal Study of Long Term Quality of Life laparoscopic Heller Myotomy with Dor Pancreatic Cancer (CaP) Actual Survival at Ten Outcomes After Laparoscopic Roux-en Y Gastric Fundoplication (HM+Dor) for Achalasia: or More Years: Does Therapy Influence Survival? Bypass Miltichannel Intraluminal Impedance (MII)-pH Michael Wayne, St. Vincents Hospital, St. Vincent’s Hsin-Yi Chang, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI Recording and Relux Events Hospital, New York, NY Riccardo Rosati, istituto clinico humanitas, Rozzano the First-Assist in Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass (Milan) Italy Diagnostic Accuracy of EUS in Detecting Surgery – Effect on Operative Time Pancreatic Neuroendocrine tumors: A Meta- Cara Cenera, Temple School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA A Safe and Reproducible Anastomotic Analysis and Systematic Review Technique for Minimally Invasive Ivor Lewis Srinivas Puli, University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO nitinol Is a Superior Suture Material for Esophagectomy – The Circular Stapled Fundoplications in Laparoscopic Adjustable Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) at a Non Anastomosis with the Transoral Anvil Gastric Banding Procedures Rene Ramirez, University of California San Francisco, San University Tertiary Care Center (NUTCC): Amber Horwith, SkyLex Advanced Surgical Inc., Los Angeles, CA Francisco, CA Outcomes and Feasibility Amit Khithani, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, TX near Total Gastric Resection with Roux-en-Y Comparing Esophagectomy Techniques at a Reconstruction as an Option for Post Operative Single Center: Transthoracic vs Transhiatal vs Bridge to Surgery Using Partially Covered Self Gastric Dysfunction Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy Expandable Metal Stents (PCMS) in Malignant Jill Zink, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH Biliary Stricture: An Acceptable Paradigm? Sumeet Mittal, Creighton University, Omaha, NE Combined Science Michel Kahaleh, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Minimally Invasive Esophagectomies (MIE) at leakage of Gastro-Enteric and Entero-Enteric YKL-40 a Potential Biomarker for Colorectal Cancer a Non University Tertiary Care Center (NUTCC): Hannah Swayze, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA Feasibility and Outcomes Anastomosis After Pancreatic Surgery Wietse Eshuis, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam Amit Khithani, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Dallas, TX Robotic single incision surgery with the da Netherlands Vinci Surgical System: Initial experience with Clinical: Hepatic Clinical: Small Bowel transabdominal and transvaginal access in Safety and Effectiveness of Systematic Long-Term human cadavers Relationship of the Number of Crohn’s Strictures Drains Maintenance After Hepatic Resection Oliver Wagner, University Hospital Geneva, San Diego, CA Guido Torzilli, University of Milan, Istituto Clinico and Strictureplasties to Postoperative Recurrence Alexander Greenstein, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New Humanitas IRCCS, Rozzano - Milano Italy York, NY Prediction of Iron Overload with a New Mass Spectrometry Method for Detection of Hepcidin in Plasma Filippo Navaglia, University-Hospital of Padua, Padua Italy Beat the Early-Bird Deadline! Safe Liver Resection for Hilar Remember to visit www.ddw.org and register for both the Cholangiocarcinoma Without Preoperative h Biliary Drainage and Portal Vein Embolization Postgraduate Course and the 50 Annual Meeting by April 24, 2009. H Ramesh, Lakeshore Hospital & Research Center, Cochin, Kerala India 2009 Postgraduate Course hemostasis After Liver Resection Improves After This year’s SSAT Postgraduate Course, entitled “Acute Care Single Application of Albumin and Argon Beam Gastrointestinal Surgery: Thinking on Your Feet—A Case-Based Coagulation Course”, will be held in conjunction with Digestive Disease Week, and is Ronald Wolf, Providence Health and Services, The Oregon Clinic, Portland , OR scheduled for Sunday, May 31, 2009. Supplement your Annual Meeting registration by signing up for this course, for which SSAT members Clinical: Pancreas receive preferred rates. Register by April 24, 2009, to avoid the $50 Delayed Gastric Emptying After Pylorus-Preserving increase in registration fees. Pancreaticoduodenectomy – Analysis of 420 Patients Using the New ISGPS-Klassifikation Tobias Keck, University of Freiburg, Freiburg Germany 50th Annual Meeting indication, Treatment Results and Outcome of Attend new programs and choose from more scientific sessions than ever Endoscopic Papillectomy in Suspicious Lesions of before. Register by April 24, 2009, as an SSAT member, and registration is the Papilla of Vater (N=54 Patients) only $75 (and complimentary for Candidate and Resident SSAT members). Uwe Will, Municipal Hospital, Gera Germany After this deadline, SSAT member registration increases by $100. factors Associated with Early Liver Recurrence After Pancreatoduodenectomy Joshua Barton, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 2009 Meet-the-Professor Luncheons This year the SSAT offers eight Meet-the-Professor Luncheons. These effect of Pancreaticoduodenectomy on the Course of Hepatic Steatosis add-on, ticketed sessions feature scholarly and dynamic discussions of Yan-Shen Shan, National Cheng Kung Univ Hosp, Tainan clinical topics in an informal, small group atmosphere. A boxed lunch is Taiwan included in the $50 registration fee. With space limited to 30 attendees per session, it is best to register early. Take a moment right now to register at www.ddw.org. SSAT Members Reception

Where: Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room The Art Institute of Chicago 230 South Columbus Drive, Chicago, Illinois When: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Chicago has been the major center for American architecture since the late 19th century. One of the city’s most important early architects was Louis Sullivan, who, with his partner, Dankmar Adler, designed the Chicago Stock Exchange, built in 1893 – 94. When the Stock Exchange was demolished in 1972, sections of Sullivan’s elaborate stenciled decorations, molded plaster capitals, and art glass were preserved from the Trading Room, the magnificent centerpiece of this 13-story structure. Using these fragments, the Art Institute was able to reconstruct the Trading Room, in which SSAT members will bond together to bullishly celebrate the Golden Anniversary of its Annual Meeting. Take stock: The market for tickets is sure to be strong, so register today to secure your place at the festivities!

The venue is an approximate four-block walk from the Palmer House Hilton. Buses will also be provided, beginning departure from the hotel at 6:55 PM.

SSAT MEMBERS RECEPTION REGISTRATION The Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room at the Art Institute of Chicago Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

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