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2001Scientific Meeting Highlights
New Orleans, Louisiana
Postgraduate Courses
Interventional
Endoscopy and Laparoscopy
Coordinator: Gary C. Vitale, M.D., Louisville, KY
This course provided surgeons an update on
advanced endoscopic and laparoscopic techniques with an emphasis on the new
endoscopic approaches to anti-reflux disease. The highlight of the course was
the four to five hours of direct live video transmission from Paris, France, of
actual endoscopic and laparoscopic procedures done by world renown experts.
These techniques included interventional biliary endoscopy (ERCP), laparoscopic
Nissen fundoplication, complex upper and lower endoscopy, along with the new
flexible endoscopic suture technique for gastroesophageal reflux.
The video program was supplemented by a locally conducted didactic program
emphasizing technical tips to perform these procedures, including the newly
approved FDA techniques for gastroesophageal reflux of endoscopic suture application
and radio frequency ablation.
Trauma Issues for the Practicing Surgeon
Moderator: J. Wayne Meredith, Winston-Salem, NC
This postgraduate course assisted the surgeon to (1) Prioritize the
decisions during resuscitation in trauma; (2) Outline the principles of the
“Damage Control Laparotomy” and the order of priority; (3) Reviewed the
latest developments in resuscitation from hemorrhagic shock; (4) Described the
physiology and therapy of abdominal compartment syndrome; (5) Described
treatment algorithms for abdominal organ injuries; (6) Reviewed the principle of
therapy for hepatic and vascular injury; (7) Understand new applications of
bedside procedures for the care of the trauma patient; (8) Outlined the
important differences between managing trauma in adults and children; and (9)
Described the impact of political economic factors influencing the general
surgeon who also cares for trauma patients.
Invited Speakers
John L. Cameron, M.D. - Alfred Blalock Professor and
Chairman, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Jay L. Grosfeld, M.D. - Lafayette F. Page Professor and
Chair, Department of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief, J. W. Riley Hospital for
Children, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Thomas C. Naslund, M.D. - Chief of Vascular Surgery, Vanderbilt University
Medical Center, Nashville, TN
David B. Skinner, M.D. - President Emeritus, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and
Healthcare System, and Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Surgery at Weill
Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY
Randolph D. Smoak, Jr., M.D. - President, American Medical Association, is
a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a Diplomat of the American Board
of Surgery. He is the past chair of the Department of Surgery at Orangeburg
Regional Medical Center, Orangeburg, SC
Nathaniel J. Soper, M.D. - Professor of Surgery, Washington University
School of Medicine, and Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, St.
Louis, MO
Luncheon Topics
Sunday - American Surgery at the Crossroad:
Expert View
Moderated by James A. O'Neill, Jr., M.D. Guests were Randolph Smoak,
Jr., M.D., David Skinner, M.D., and Edward M. Copeland III, M.D.
Monday - Halsted: His Contributions to Surgery
Given by John L. Cameron, M.D.
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