LIVE : DAY 03-Sep.15

Sep.13, 14 & 15, 2023 | 399 Revolution Drive, Somerville, MA

Minimally Invasive and Novel Therapeutics (MINT) in Foregut Disease

Hernia Track  

8:00 – 8:05 AM  Introduction

Hany Takla, Charu Paranjape

8:05 – 8:25 AM  MIS Inguinal hernia repair

Eric Sheu, MD & Denise Gee, MD

8:25 – 8:45 AM  IPUM repair lives! _

Ankit Patel, MD & Matt Hutter,  MD

8:45 – 9:05 AM  TAPP ventral hernia repair, is it worth it?

Ruben Shin, MD & Hany Takla, MD

9:05 – 9:25 AM  eTEP access, concept and pitfalls

DB. Ramana, MD, & Rahul Mahadar, MD

9:25 – 9:45 AM  TAR Complex solution for complex hernias

Pete Santoro, MD & Elan Witkowski, MD

9:45 – 10:05 AM  Groin Pain Diagnosis and treatment simplified

David Chen, MD

10:05 – 10:25 AM  Open inguinal hernia repair should we be doing more?

Mickey Reinhorn, MD, Nora Fullington, MD, David Berger, MD

10:25 – 10:40 AM  Panel Discussion\Questions

Hany Takla, Vedra Augenstein, Pete Santoro, Denise Gee, David Chen

10:40 – 10:50 AM  Break

10:50 – 11:05 AM  Botox as adjunct for abdominal wall reconstruction

Vedra Augenstein, MD

11:05 – 11:20 AM  Parastomal hernias

Vedra Augenstein, MD

11:20 – 11:30 AM  Atypical hernias 

Yusef Kudsi, MD

11:30 AM – 11:50 AM  PT discussion- hernia rehab program (Does it make a difference)

Christina Warne, PT, DPT

11:50 AM – 12:00 PM  Panel discussion/ Questions

Stephanie Maroney, Vedra Augenstein, Christina Warne, Ankit Patel, Yusef Kudsi

12:00 – 12:30 PM  Video abstract competition

12:30 – 1:15 PM Lunch

 

Pancreas Track: co-sponsored by AEG

8:00 – 8:05 AM  Introduction

Kumar Krishnan, MD

8:05 – 8:35 AM Endoscopic necrosectomy

Ji Young Bang, MD

8:35 – 8:55 AM VARD

Peter Fagenholz, MD

8:55 – 9:05 AM Q&A

9:05 – 9:15 AM  Break

9:15 – 9:25 AM IR drainage

Ashraf Thabet, MD

9:25 – 9:45 AM Pancreatic ERCP

Brenna Casey, MD

9:45 – 10:05 AM Post hospital management of necrotizing pancreatitis

Yasmin Hernandez, MD

10:05 – 11:00 AM Cases and Complications

Casey Luckhurst, MD, Katherine Albutt, MD

11:00 – 11:30 AM Key Note: Managing severe pancreatitis..where is the evidence?

Enrique De Madaria, MD

11:30 – 11:45 AM Panel discussion & Questions

 

AWRSC Symposium at MINT 

1:00 – 1:15 PM  Imaging in hernias, can it change your management? Is there a downside?

Eham Arora, MD

Buffer

1:45 – 2:00 PM  AI and hernias, can they mix?

Ashvind Bawa, MD

2:00 – 2:15 PM  eTEP: use and abuse

Pramod Shinde, MD

2:15 – 2:30 PM  TAR, is recurrence a real problem?

B. Ramana, MD

2:30 – 2:45 PM  Panel discussion

Stephanie Maroney, Pete Santoro, Pramod Shinde

2:45 – 2:55 PM  Break

2:55 – 3:10 PM  Social media and surgical education -present and future

Caitlin Houghton, MD

3:10 – 3:25 PM  Surgical optimization prior to hernia repair, dogma or data?

M Kanagavel, MD

3:25 – 3:40 PM  Disasters, not for the faint of heart

B. Ramana, MD

3:40 – 3:50 PM  Umbilical TAPP-technical issues

Vinayak Mishra, MD

3:50 – 4:00 PM  NA

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4:00 – 4:10 PM  AWR Kaleidoscope

Deepak Subramanian, MD, Vinayak Rengan, MD

4:10 – 4:15 PM  Panel discussion

Ankit Patel, Stephanie Maroney, B. Ramana

 

Pancreas Track: co-sponsored by AEG

1:30 – 5:00 PM  HANDS-ON SESSION ROTATING STATIONS: ROBOTIC SURGERY: HERNIA REPAIRS
  1. Inguinal hernia: creation of flap, cord dissection, mesh placement, flap closure
  2. IPUM: closure of defect and mesh placement
  3. eTEP: access, cross over and creation of retromuscular space
  4. TAR: concepts, safety tips, creation of top down and bottom-up TAR
1:00 – 5:00 PM  HANDS-ON SESSION ROTATING STATIONS: PANCREAS  
  1. Pancreatic necrosis- endoscopic ultrasound drainage
  2. Pancreatic necrosis- endoscopic debridement
  3. Endoscopic gallbladder drainage
  4. Video assisted retroperitoneal debridement
  5. Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration
  6. Sinus tract endoscopy with debridement