Advancing HPB care to improve patient lives
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LETTER FROM PRESIDENT
The AHPBA 2019 Annual Meeting held at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel was a great success and drew a record 1,072 attendees from 45 countries and 6 continents with increased attendance from members from Latin America and around the world! Thank you to the 2019 Program Felipe J.F. Coimbra MD Chair, David Kooby MD, and the Program Committee who and clear focus in 2020 and the coming years. Our new delivered an outstanding mission statement, “AHPBA is Advancing HPB Care to Improve program including a case- Patient Lives”, underscores our collective desire to relieve based Pre-Congress Symposium, HPB Talks, State of the Art human suffering caused by HPB diseases. To emphasize lectures, a peek inside the Master Surgeon’s OR, Debates, our commitment to patients, we are pleased to report the Invited International Video Session, Professor Breakfasts, Patient Education Project (PEP) is underway thanks to the Fellows Jeopardy, and more! The symposia included generous funding of the AHPB Foundation. PEP will provide Advocacy in HPB malignancies, Guidelines for managing online resources for HPB patients to access useful and biliary tract malignancies, breakthrough science, HPB surgery accurate information along their journey. This website portal in the community, resectable CRLM, distal pancreatectomy will be embedded into the AHPBA website and will include tool kit, and a 25 year celebration with Past Presidents features such as information videos, testimonies, peer to peer competing in a StorySlam!, and over 340 original research discussion board, support resources and more. presentations. We strive to best serve you, our members, by providing access The AHPBA 2020 program will be chaired by Sean Cleary to global HPB resources, strong alliances, first class education, MD, Mayo Clinic, with the assistance of his Vice Chair Ajay professional development opportunities and enduring Maker MD and our new Latin American Program Co-Chair, friendship and community. Join us this year as we continue to Alessandro Diniz MD. The program will highlight State of the share our strengths and vision to help improve patient lives! Art Lectures, a How I Do It session, additional Community Surgeons sessions, Masters Videos, named lectures, We continue to work to make AHPBA an organization that is debates, increased case-based discussions and more! The meaningful to you in your practice and of which you are proud AHPBA 2020 Call for Abstracts deadline will be Monday, to be a member. Thank you for your support, dedication and October 7th. We encourage you to start preparing your service to AHPBA. original research submissions for Oral, Video, Mini Oral and Advanced Practice Provider presentation categories now. I look forward to seeing you in Miami Beach!
The AHPBA just celebrated 25 years, and we have a bright future looking forward to the next 25 years. We are rolling out our Strategic Plan, a new marketing plan, and our committees are busy at work with new initiatives, Felipe J.F. Coimbra MD 2019-2020 AHPBA President 2019-2020 OFFICERS & COMMITTEE CHAIRS
OFFICERS Development & Industry Council William Chapman MD President AHPBA Headquarters Felipe J. F. Coimbra MD Education & Training t: 913.402.7102 Tara Kent MD [email protected] President-Elect www.ahpba.org Timothy Pawlik MD, MPH, PhD HPB Program Directors Brendan Visser MD Secretary Michael D’Angelica MD International Relations Mariano Gimenez MD, PhD Treasurer Follow us on Facebook & Twitter! Maria B. Majella Doyle MD, MBA Membership You don’t have to belong to Facebook or Flavio Rocha MD Twitter to view the AHPBA pages. COMMITTEE CHAIRS Professional Standards Clinical Trials Michael House MD /AHPBA Adam Yopp MD Program Surgical Innovation Sean Cleary MD /AHPBA Patricio Polanco MD Publications /AHPBA Conflict of Interest Quyen Chu MD Alice Wei MD, MSc Research IN MEMORIAM Kenneth Chavin MD, PhD Please report the passing of other AHPBA members to [email protected]
Thanks to the 2018-2019 AHPBA Council
MISSION Advancing HPB care to improve patient lives
AHPBA IS COMMITTED TO THE FOLLOWING VALUES: Excellence Integrity Collegiality Leadership Innovation Inclusivity
2 AMERICAS HEPATO-PANCREATO-BILIARY ASSOCIATION THE AHPBA TEXTBOOK IS NOW
Quyen D. Chu, MD, MBA AVAILABLE IN HARDCOPY OR Charles M. Vollmer, MD Gazi B. Zibari, MD Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Susan L. Orloff, MD Mallory Williams, MD, MPH EBOOK VERSION! and Transplant Surgery: Mariano E. Gimenez, MD, PhD Practical Management of Dilemmas HEPATO-PANCREATO-BILIARY and TRANSPLANT SURGERYand TRANSPLANT Quyen D. Chu, MD, MBA, Charles M. Vollmer, MD, Gazi B. Zibari, MD, P
Susan L. Orloff, MD, Mallory Williams, MD, MPH, ractical HEPATO-PANCREATO-BILIARY ORDER NOW and Mariano E. Gimenez, MD, PhD and TRANSPLANT SURGERY This unique textbook provides a concise and practical approach to clinical dilemmas involving the liver, pancreas, and biliary tree. Six major sections encompass: Practical ManageMent of DileMMas (1) Hepatic, (2) Biliary, (3) Pancreas, (4) Transplantation, (5) Trauma, and (6) Innovative Technology. This unique textbook provides a concise and practical approach
Each topic is written by recognized experts from an “experiential” viewpoint combined with evidence-based M medicine. Sponsored by the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA), the intent is to to clinical dilemmas involving the liver, pancreas, and biliary tree. enhance and optimize patient care, support our educational mission, and provide value to its members as well as others who have an interest in HPB diseases. of anageMent Six major sections encompass: KEY FEATURES ӵ Contains over 170 chapters and over 350 contributors ӵ Relevant to Surgical Oncologists, HPB Surgeons, Transplant Surgeons, Traumatologists, HPB Interventionalists, and General Surgeons (1) Hepatic, (2) Biliary, (3) Pancreas, (4) Transplantation, ӵ Title of each chapter is in a form of a clinical dilemma ӵ Each chapter begins with a Case Scenario and ends with Salient Points ӵ Special Debates are included in each section (5) Trauma, and (6) Innovative Technology. ӵ Numerous compelling images, detailed illustrations, comprehensive tables, thorough algorithms, and other adjunctive tools that enhance learning ӵ Authors emanate from different corners of the world ӵ Valuable for faculty, students, surgical trainees, fellows, and all health care providers in the HPB/ D Each topic is written by recognized experts from an “experiential” Trauma/Transplant field ileMMas viewpoint combined with evidence-based medicine. Sponsored Recommended Shelving Classifications by the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association Surgery Transplant Oncology (AHPBA), the intent is to enhance and optimize patient care, support our educational mission, and provide value to its
Quyen D. Chu, MD, MBA members as well as others who have an interest in HPB diseases. Charles M. Vollmer, MD Gazi B. Zibari, MD Susan L. Orloff, MD KEY FEATURES Mallory Williams, MD, MPH Mariano E. Gimenez, MD, PhD • Contains over 170 chapters and over 350 contributors • Relevant to Surgical Oncologists, HPB Surgeons, Transplant Surgeons, Traumatologists, HPB Interventionalists, and General Surgeons ACCESS HPB JOURNAL ONLINE! • Title of each chapter is in a form of a clinical dilemma • Each chapter begins with a Case Scenario and ends Follow the HPB Blog for special highlights and insights with Salient Points • Special Debates are included in each section View Pre-Operative Planning Modules • Numerous compelling images, detailed illustrations, Sponsored by Ethicon comprehensive tables, thorough algorithms, and other adjunctive tools that enhance learning • Authors emanate from different corners of the world • Valuable for faculty, students, surgical trainees, fellows, and all health care providers in the HPB/ Trauma/Transplant field
AHPBA CASE DISCUSSION GROUP – PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
Contact [email protected] to join the AHPBA An interactive private forum for AHPBA members to Case Discussion group. All AHPBA members in share ideas, research and questions with expert peers from around the world with the main goal of improving good standing are welcome to join. the quality of patient care. We encourage young faculty, Fellows and Residents to participate, comment and post cases and take advantage of the educational opportunities this group provides.
SUMMER 20192018 NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER || ahpba.orgahpba.org 3 March 5 – 8, 2020
Miami Beach, FL ANNUAL MEETING Loews Miami Beach Hotel 2020 Vision—Focus on Evidence and Integrated Care
PROGRAM COMMITTEE UPDATE
Sean P. Cleary MD, MSc, MPH 2020 Program Chair
Congratulations and thank you to Dr. We will also continue collaborations Finally, the program would not be David Kooby, the 2019 AHPBA Program with ASTS (American Society of complete without the AHPBF 5K Fund Chair, who suitably helped us celebrate Transplant Surgeons), ILLS (International Run and our famous Congress Banquet, 25 years of AHPBA with record breaking Laparoscopic Liver Society), SAGES giving us a chance to kick back, relax and attendance with over 1,000 meeting (Society of Gastrointestinal and enjoy food, cocktails and entertainment attendees from 45 countries and 6 Endoscopic Surgeons), and CCF with friends and family. continents, and 361 scientific abstract (Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation) submissions. with co-sponsored symposia, and will We look forward to seeing everyone at continue the successful partnering with the Loews Miami Beach Hotel March The AHPBA 2020 Annual Meeting HPB Advocacy groups with the second 5-8, 2020 to fulfill our mission of promises to deliver breakthrough year of the Advocacy Corner. Various Advancing HPB care to improve scientific content from experts around other groups will have the opportunity to patient lives. the world, and is themed “2020 Vision – meet and discuss key issues pertaining Focus on Evidence and Integrated Care.” to them such as Advanced Practice Providers, Women in HPB Surgery and The 2020 meeting will include the AHPBA 2020 Pre Congress Symposium planned by expanded programming for Community AHPBA President Elect Dr. Timothy Surgeons, as well as an AHPBA favorite – Call for Abstracts Pawlik, “State of the Art” lectures and Fellows Jeopardy! In addition, you won’t named lectures including Professor want to miss two exciting video sessions Now Open! Norihiro Kokudo (Japan) and Professor – Masters Disasters and Masters Videos. John Neoptolemos (England/Germany), DEADLINE new “How I Do It” sessions and more! October 7, 2019 Submit Abstract
4 AMERICAS HEPATO-PANCREATO-BILIARY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING “Get Better”
March 20–24, 2019 Loews Miami Beach Hotel IN Miami Beach, FL
SUMMER 2019 NEWSLETTER | ahpba.org 5 AWARDS & RECOGNITION Congratulations to the 2019 Annual Meeting Award Winners!
NORTH & LATIN AMERICAN EXCHANGE GRANT 2019 RECIPIENTS These grants support an exchange of a surgeon from North America to Latin America (or vice versa) to learn how HPB diseases and conditions are managed in a different country. The goal is to promote international collaboration and sharing of best practices.
Eduardo Andres Briceno Valenzuela MD Clinical Hospital of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Travel Destination: University of Toronto
Cristina R. Ferrone MD NONIE LOWRY Massachusetts General Hospital DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Travel Destination: Hospital Italiano in Buenos Aires Javier C. Lendoire MD, PhD Hospital Argerich, Buenos Aires, Argentina Hari Nathan MD, PhD University of Michigan Travel Destination: Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
ANNUAL MEETING TRAVEL GRANT 2019 RESEARCH AWARD RECIPIENTS The goal of the travel grants is to assist trainees from Latin America to attend the AHPBA Annual Meeting. Joshua Leinwand MD, MSE NYU Langone Deadline to Apply for 2020 Grants: September 23, 2019 “The Microbiome and Regulation Apply Online of Hepatic Immunity” 2019 RECIPIENTS Lawrence Delrosario MD University of Michigan Rodrigo Figueroa “Diabetes-Mediated Enhancement of Pancreatic Tumorigenesis: Exploring The Vagner Jeismann Role of Adipocyte-Cancer Crosstalk” Helena Facundo Navia
Supported by the AHPB Foundation. Victor Visag Castillo
Luis Mari Gutarra
6 AMERICAS HEPATO-PANCREATO-BILIARY ASSOCIATION BRANDEIS SCHOLARSHIP The American College of Surgeons and the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association offer an annual scholarship to subsidize attendance and participation in the Executive Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management at Brandeis University. The award is in the amount of $8,000, to be used toward the cost of tuition, travel, housing, and subsistence during the period of the course.
2019 RECIPIENT GAZI ZIBARI GLOBAL OUTREACH AWARD The AHPBA Gazi Zibari Global Outreach Humanitarian Daniel A. Anaya MD Award is aptly named after AHPBA Past President, Moffitt Cancer Center Dr. Gazi Zibari, for his outstanding humanitarian contributions abroad and to honor his passion for The application process is now closed, and will open medical outreach. The purpose of this award is to again in the fall. recognize an AHPBA Member who has dedicated a significant amount of time to volunteer medical outreach activity and capacity building abroad. YOUNG INVESTIGATOR 2019 RECIPIENT AWARD Sean P. Cleary MD, MSc, MPH Mayo Clinic 2019 RECIPIENT Members may nominate an individual or self-nominate Mohammad Zaidi MD, MS using the online application. Deadline to Apply for Emory University 2020 Award: October 11, 2019 “Intratumoral Interleukin-6 Apply online and Myeloid Cell Subsets Within the Cholangiocarcinoma Tumor Microenvironment”
ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDER GRANT The goal of these grants are to offset costs for Advanced Practice Providers to travel to and attend the AHPBA Annual Meeting. Deadline for 2020 Grants: September 23, 2019 Apply online
2019 RECIPIENTS These awards are graciously provided by the AHPBF
Elise Diner PA-C DONATE
Patti Renaud ACNP Learn more about AHPBA Award Opportunities! Zach Wajvoda PA-C
Samantha Foley PA-CSUMMER 2019 NEWSLETTER | ahpba.org 7 COMMITTEE HIGHLIGHTS
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
CURRENT MEMBERSHIP Active 1,052 86 Junior 275 928 Advanced 63 Practice Provider 290 TOTAL 1,390
86 members outside The Americas
% Membership in 2017 2018 2019 THE PATIENT EDUCATION USA 67% 68% 67% PROJECT (PEP)
Canada 6% 7% 6%
Latin America 24% 20% 21%
Other 3% 5% 6%
What is it? A microsite with videos, animated graphics, discussion community, support resources and informational content built specifically for patients. PEP will be accessed on the AHPBA website.
How will it help? PEP will provide HPB patients with accurate and useful information regarding care of liver, pancreas, and biliary diseases.
The Advanced Practice Provider The Patient Education Project is generously funded by AHPBF. community is making strides! The APP Subcommittee is launching a virtual journal club. Fast Facts The journal club will meet quarterly and discuss interesting • 6th grade reading level and current papers that relate to the Advanced Practice Provider HPB community. To be added to the listserv, • Highly interactive and user friendly email [email protected]. All members welcome to attend! • AHPBA members will be able to post a physician profile AHPBA offers travel grants, symposia and abstract opportunities specifically geared for the Advanced Practice Provider Community.
Encourage your Advanced Practice Provider colleagues 8 to apply for membership and getAMERICAS involved! HEPATO-PANCREATO-BILIARY ASSOCIATIONRead AHPBA’s Privacy Policy COMMITTEE HIGHLIGHTS
HPB PROGRAM DIRECTORS Brendan Visser MD, Chair • Congratulations to graduating 2019 HPB Fellows! • Incoming Fellows to begin planning 2020 Join today! Bernard Langer Fellows Symposium in September. • HPB Fellows invited to 8th Annual Fellows Course in The AHPBA is a great place for HPB HPB Surgery in Charlotte, NC in late August. enthusiasts to meet, learn and collaborate! • Virtual Grand Rounds to take place monthly, beginning in September. New structure will accommodate more attendance and recordings of the sessions for all members to access!
EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMITTEE Tara Kent MD, Chair • Congratulations to the 17 HPB 2018 Fellows who successfully achieved their certificates. • A special taskforce will be responsible for updating HPB fellowship content online. Additionally, this taskforce will also create modules to correspond with the revised online curriculum. • New curriculum approved! Read details here • AHPBA 2020 Ultrasound Course to increase to 40 participants! • An Advanced Ablation Course to be offered at #AHPBA20! Watch your email for more details and course eligibility.
SUMMER 2019 NEWSLETTER | ahpba.org 9 AHPB FOUNDATION
Thank you for your generous donations and pledges this Keep Your Generosity Going past year. Our new fundraising software assisted in the 25s for $25 campaign resulting in over two and a half times the donations received in 2018, along with the ability to process pledged donations.
These donations enable our Foundation to support new initiatives, as well as existing awards, the HPB textbook, and the soon to be published AHPBA The First 25 Years. Watch your email in October for your donation history to the Foundation.
Mark Callery MD thousands) (in AHPBF President We appreciate your generosity, and count on your future support to keep the Foundation running strong.
Donate To My Favorite Team 2019 raised $36k!
Thank you for your generosity!
FUNDRUN‘19
The 2019 5K Fund Run raised $2,000
AHPBF 5K FUND RUN WINNERS Steven Cunningham MD Baltimore MD (Time: 21:50)
Gail Chung Vancouver, BC Canada (Time: 26:31)
10 AMERICAS HEPATO-PANCREATO-BILIARY ASSOCIATION foundation Advancing Research, Education, Training and Philanthropic Endeavors of the AHPBA
Your contributions matter Our mission is advancing HPB care to improve FTE Clinical patient lives. Research Coordinator salary support for ACS/ NSQIP randomized trial 2 Textbooks Almost half of our (order online!): 1,390 members have HPB and Transplant Patient Education Surgery: Practical donated to the AHPBF! Management Project (PEP) of Dilemmas SUPPORTING AHPBA – The First 25 Years AHPB FOUNDATION NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS INITIATIVES President In addition to Faculty support Mark Callery MD Now accepting continued support for the first for humanitarian exported AHPBA Vice-President recurring donations! outreach, research Ultrasound Course C. Wright Pinson MD, MBA grants, travel (en español) in Lima, Peru Secretary awards and named William Chapman MD lecture honoraria
Treasurer Gazi B. Zibari MD
Directors at Large Javier Lendoire MD, PhD Keith Lillemoe MD Donating made easy! Sharon Weber MD You can now make annual or monthly recurring donations. Non-Physician Member Monica Pearson
Ex-Officio Members DONATIONS HARD AT WORK Felipe Coimbra MD We maximize gift impact by optimizing efficiency Timothy Pawlik MD, MPH, PhD Maria B. Majella Doyle MD, MBA
The Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Gr ants Foundation (AHPBF) is a not-for- Fundr aising profit organization. Donations are tax Admin deductible as charitable contributions. Outreach The AHPBF accepts gifts of cash, appreciated securities and gifts by bequest. Tax ID# 27-4355142. Education Clinical Trials 11 MONEY TALKS! Your donations make an impact
“The AHPBA Research Grant helped enable me to spend dedicated “The AHPBA Traveling Award afforded me a great opportunity to time during residency doing basic science research, and to join an witness some of the best master-surgeons at work, and I’ve gotten international community of clinicians and researchers devoted to to know and became friends with a great number of people. The treating HPB disease. This unique opportunity is invaluable to me at experience has galvanized my resolve to become a stronger advocate this point, early in a career that I hope to build as a surgeon-scientist.” for my patients, many of whom have limited means.” – Dr. Joshua Leinwand – Dr. Quyen Chu 2019 Research Grant Recipient 2015 Travel Grant recipient
65% $92.5k 4% Research APP Travel Grants Awards Grants
16% 3% N&LA Gazi Zibari Exchange Humanitarian Grants Award
11% Distributed 1% Annual Steve Sotsky Meeting in 2019! Award Travel Grants
“I very much enjoyed the whole meeting. “Funding challenges and shifting priorities have curtailed the entry of young surgeons into I really liked the presidential speech ‘Get Better’ careers incorporating basic science and laboratory work. This is unfortunate, as surgeons by Dr. Vollmer and the symposia such as the one have the unique privilege of seeing, treating, and studying the diseases they specialize regarding biliary duct injury. I think the greatest in. The field of pancreas cancer, my area of interest, has seen a remarkable increase benefits of my attending the meeting was, first, the in the number of researchers studying the disease; however, this also means that the update on the current management of HPB diseases competition for limited funding has also grown. The AHPBA 2019 Training Grant helped and, secondly, the possibility to get together and to fund another year in the lab to delve into the mechanistic features of how diabetes spend some time with the experts in this specialty affects the initiation and progression of pancreas cancer in patients. The generous and experience the camaraderie of the AHPBA funding provided allowed me to establish myself as a more independent trainee capable members.” of building my own surgeon-scientist research group in the future.” – Dr. Rodrigo Figueroa – Dr. Lawrence Delrosario 2019 Travel Grant recipient 2019 Research Grant 12 AHPBF DONOR WALL The Gift Levels are cumulative since 2010 and current through July 31, 2019 and include pledged donations.
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Guatemala Outreach | Guatemala City Honduras Outreach | Makati Medical Center July 2018 October 2018
The mission was carried out by Prof. Juan Sanabria (USA) and Our team comprised of Dr. Quyen Chu, Dr. Awe, Ms. Christen Prof. Mariano Giménez (Argentina). Lummus and me representing AHPBA in collaboration with World Surgical Foundation. In brief, our team arrived in Honduras on Objectives: October 6th. On Sunday, October 7th we screened more than 200 1. To participate in the 44 Congress of Surgery organized patients and scheduled surgeries for the coming week. Our team by the Guatemala Society of Surgery and bring together comprised of 24 members: 3 general surgeons, 1 pediatric surgeon, de Guatemala Chapter of AHPBA and the Guatemala 1 oncologist gynecologist, 1 hand surgeon together with 3 residents Society of Surgery. (1 from Japan, 1 from LSU and 1 from Philadelphia) We had 5 2. To take part in various activities involving surgeons, anesthesiologists & 5 CRNA’s and we also had social workers, ICU residents, nursing staff at Public and Private Hospitals in nurses & ancillary staff. We ended up doing 147 surgeries during Guatemala City. this week comprising gynecology surgery, urology surgery, general 3. To perform and train local surgeons on modern HPB surgery, pediatric surgery & hand surgeries. techniques. While there, medical students were great help, they were involved from the very first day translating and documenting in the charts. Activities: Later, they accompanied patients to the operating room and acted 1. Dr. Sanabria and Dr. Gimenez made 6 presentations as the translator between surgeons and personnel, they made at the Congress. Within the Congress, the Guatemala rounds with us every day consistently. We taught them how to Chapter of AHPBA organized an event to honor its put sutures in patients & minor part of surgery and they were founders and announce the hand over the presidency to a extremely happy with this experience. new leadership. This was a wonderful and gratifying mission, and everyone came 2. Patient rounds were made and case discussions with back happy and looking forward to the next. surgeons and residents were held at two hospitals in Guatemala City: Hosein Shokouh-Amiri MD Hospital General de Enfermedades. Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social led by Dr. Leonardo Douglas and David Porras. Hospital Privado Nuestra Señora del Pilar led by Dr. Erick Soto and Dr. Estuardo Paiz.
3. Biliary drainages were carried out with local surgeons and radiologists and a Duodenopancreatectomy was planned but it was finally cancelled due to logistical problems. Also, a hands on course on ablation therapies (RFA and MWA) was organized by the Chapter where surgeons were able to practice these techniques.
The mission was very successful in supporting the local Chapter and integrating it with the general surgeons community. It was also very useful for young surgeons to be in contact with modern surgical procedures and techniques.
Mariano E. Giménez MD, PhD
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AHPBA & CB-CHPB Mission Trip | Imperatriz/Maranhão, Brazil August 2019
The Outreach Mission was succcessful. It helped arouse health managers to the importance of having a specialized treatment team, as demonstrated by the patient demand. Additionally, we were able to convince the health managers to buy a C-arm radioscopy for the hospital. The trip also provided an atmosphere for the exchange of knowledge. We performed several surgeries which was much needed since there were some patients who were waiting for surgery for over one year. And last but not least, we promoted the AHPBA brand among local surgeons who were unfamiliar with our association.
Drs. Jorge Lyra, Heber Ribeiro, Alessandro Diniz, Orlando Torres, Eduardo, Fernandes, We at Imperatriz give our most sincere thanks to AHPBA, as well and Mariano Gimenez led the team alongside a local multidisciplinary team. as CBCHPB, and the invited surgeons, who gave their time and expertise to such a worthy cause.
Our mission trip took place on August 15-17th in the city of Kind Regards, Imperatriz, in the State of Maranhão, Brazil. The trip was held Jorge S. Lyra MD at the public hospital run by the state government, known as Dra. Ruth Noleto Macrorregional Hospital. Five surgeons, Dr. Surgeries performed on the mission trip: Mariano Gímenez (from Buenos Aires and Strasbourg), Dr. • Laparoscopic Hepatic Cyst unroofing (2 cases) Alessandro Diniz, Dr. Heber Salvador (both from São Paulo), • Common Bile Duct Cyst laparoscopic ressection Dr. Orlando Torres (from São Luís), and Dr. Eduardo Fernandes • Distal Pancreatectomy with spleenectomy. (from Rio de Janeiro), kindly donated their time and talent to • Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (3 cases) come and perform surgeries at the mission trip. • Percutaneous biliary drainage • Common bile duct exploration with bile-digestive derivation In the days before the humanitarian mission, AHPBA made the • Common Bile duct exploration local news with radio and television interviews which gained • Hepatic liver biopsy visibility for the outreach mission as well as AHPBA. On the first day, a clinical session was held with discussion of the cases that were selected for the following day. The visiting surgeons, local surgical team, radiologist and senior students from the Medical School of the Federal University of Maranhão collaborated. On the second day, 11 HPB surgeries were performed. We had three operating rooms available for us at the hospital and the surgeries were performed by the invited surgeons with the participation of the local surgical team. The teams shared experiences for the purpose of improved surgical skills. On the third day, a half-day mini-meeting was held which included participation from other general surgeons in the community, as well as several medical students.
It is also important to highlight the collaboration of private entities for the accomplishment of the Outreach Mission. Ethicon Johnson & Johnson donated surgical supplies, SAFE and Cirúrgica Fontelles (local dealerships) donated supplies for invasive hemodynamic monitoring, and the C-Arm radioscopy was kindly loaned by the Hospital das Clínicas de Imperatriz, another private hospital at the same town.
16 AMERICAS HEPATO-PANCREATO-BILIARY ASSOCIATION AHPBA & CB-CHPB Mission Trip | Mato Grosso, Philippines Outreach | Makati Medical Center Brazil February 2019 December 2018 Dear Colleagues, Dear colleagues, I am very happy to report our fact-finding mission to Manila, It’s my privilege to report the successful outcome of our first Philippines was very productive. They were great hosts and Brazilian AHPBA’s Outreach Mission (December 13th - 14th, went out of their ways to make sure everything went well. Our 2018). The Brazilian College of Hepato Pancreato Biliary Surgery colleagues from the Philippines are very interested in establishing (CB-CHPB) merged with AHPBA fully supported the mission and a Liver Transplant Program and I gave the following lectures; helped the HPB team from the city of Cuiabá, in the state of Mato ”Establishing a Liver Transplant Program: The Essentials”, Grosso / Brazil to receive our team of surgeons. It was locally “Pancreatic Resection in the Era of Minimal Invasive Surgery” and coordinated by Dr. Michelli Daltro. “Update in Liver Transplantation”.
The main goal was to help promoting local progress of dedicated During our stay we visited all major institutions in Manilla. Also, HPB surgical care to local patients in need. we visited with the Philippines Undersecretary of health and who oversees Transplantation and Organ Recovery. Those patients were operated on at the Hospital Geral de Cuiabá, and the surgical teams included local surgeons and residents. In summary, there is significant surgical talent and potential in Operative procedures included HCC radio frequency ablation, Philippines. I believe that with adequate support, we can help the giant hepatic cyst resection, lap cholecystectomy, percutaneous people of Philippines to become independent in area of HPB and biliary drainage and iatrogenic biliary injury repair. All cases Transplantation Surgery. were discussed in detail on the second day, during an HPB Symposium. Also, our surgeons provided small conferences Gazi B. Zibari MD regarding HPB topics and had a very nice chat with the attending surgeons, residents and students. Fortunately, all patients did well after surgery and all participants interacted in a very friendly atmosphere. Local hospital and surgical teams could improve their skills regarding treating complex HPB diseases. AHPBA and CB-CHPB will continue to support these and other dedicated HPB teams. We thank Dr. Felipe Coimbra for the initiative to start these mission efforts in Brazil. We also want to highlight the local leadership of Dr. Michelli Daltro’s and give thanks for the very kind hospitality.
First Brazilian Outreach Mission - Cuiabá team: Dr. Felipe Coimbra - Brasil Dr. Michelli Daltro - Brasil Dr. Claudemiro Quireze Jr. - Brasil Dr. Agnaldo Soares Lima - Brasil Dr. Lúcio Kenny Morais - Brasil Dr. Lee Thompson - USA Dr. Leandro Dutra - Brasil Dr. Alexandre Maitelli - Brasil Dr. Mário Bernardes - Brasil
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Kurdistan Outreach | Kurdistan, Iraq April 2019
Dear Colleagues,
Our annual comprehensive medical outreach team (20 physicians, physician extenders and house staff) completed another successful trip to Kurdistan, Iraq from April 26 - May 4, 2019. We had 2 neurosurgeons, 2 Trauma and Critical Care Surgeons, 2 ER Physicians, 2 Anesthesiologists, 1 Surgical Oncologist, 2 Advanced Lap Surgeons, 1 Transplant/HPB Surgeon, 1 OBGYN, 1 Cardiologist, 1 Nephrologist, 1 Podiatrist, 2 Optometrist, 1 PA and 1 Nurse • 4th Annual Latin American Regional Congress Practitioner. will be hosted by the Peruvian Chapter! Features the first exported AHPBA The team was hard at work and hundreds of patients were seen • Ultrasound Course in Spanish! Planning efforts in consultations and several dozen complex surgeries were led by the Ultrasound Course Subcommittee performed. Additionally, many of our team members were keynote and Latin American trained faculty. The course speakers and invited to join the 1st Middle East Congress, which is generously supported by the AHPB Foundation. was held in Erbil, Capital Of Kurdistan Regions Government. Additionally, other courses were given such as ATLS, Prehospital • Designated focus on AHPBA member care, etc. This trip was supported by Prime Minister Nichervan recruitment and brand awareness for Barzani ‘s Foundation. Additionally, more than 20 boxes of medical non- member Latin American attendees supplies were brought by us to for patient Care. • Registration now available online Respectfully, Gazi B Zibari MD
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