June 18-20, 2009 (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday)

Program and Social Events

PROGRAM THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2009

Time	Event	Who should attend	Event location
11:30 am - 1:00 pm	Welcome Luncheon	Members, Staff, Housestaff, & Guests	UTHSCSA Auditorium Foyer
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Resident Paper Competition	Members, Staff, Housestaff, & Guests	UTHSCSA Lecture Hall 309-310L
	Dr. Martha Wills	Welcome and Introduction
	Dr. Shaun Gifford - 1st Place - Basic Science	Early Versus Delayed Placement of a Temporary Vascular Shunt in Extremity Vascular Injury Reduces Markers of Tissue Injury in an Animal Model
	Dr. Meeghan Lautner	Role of TRPV1 in Cancer Pain
	Dr. Carlo Martinez	CCR2 Influence in Skeletal Muscle Recovery from Injury
	Dr. Matthew McHale	Gender-Dependent Fat Accumulation in Regenerating Skeletal Muscle
	Dr. Susannah Nicholson - 3rd Place - Basic Science	Sleeve Gastrectomy as a Weight-Loss Model in Obese Zucker Rats
	Dr. Amita Shah - 2nd Place - Basic Science	Endothelial Cell-Osteoblast Coculture Ratios for Vasculogenesis and Mineralization
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	Dr. Lauren Buck	Management of Blunt Pediatric Splenic Injuries at an Adult Tram Center
	Dr. Gabriel Burkhardt	Selective Tibial Artery Repair: The Impact of Nonoperative Management on Limb Salvage and Functional Outcome
	Mr. Adam Cline	Use of 6FDG-PET in Differentiating Rejection from Infection in a Rodent Orthotopic Lung Transplant Model
	Dr. Joga Ivatury - 1st Place - Clinical	The Effect of Standardized Open Surgical Skills Curriculum on First-Year Surgical Resident Performance
	Dr. Mark Muir 2nd Place - Clinical	Mycoplam Pneumoniae Infection in Patients with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia and ARDS
	Dr. Adham Saad	Unrepaired Esophageal Perforation: Treatmnet and Outcome
	Dr. Lisa Thomas - 3rd Place - Clinical	Cardiac Surgery Prior to Liver Transplantation
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HONORED GUEST LECTURE	Dr. Suzanne Klimberg	Treatment of the Axilla in Breast Cancer
	Dr. Martha Wills	Announcements and Adjournment

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SOCIAL EVENTS THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2009

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PROGRAM FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2009

Time	Event	Who should attend	Event location
8:00-11:00 am	Continental Breakfast	Members, Staff, Housestaff, & Guests	The Westin La Cantera, San Antonio B
8:15-9:00 am	Annual Business Meeting	Members	The Westin La Cantera, San Antonio A
	Dr. John Myers	Annual Aust Society Business Report
	Dr. Ronald Stewart	State of the Department Address 2009
9:00 am-5:30 pm	Scientific Sessions	Members, Staff, Housestaff, & Guests	The Westin La Cantera, San Antonio A
	Dr. Martha Wills	Welcome and Introduction
SESSION I - PANEL DISCUSSION: GENERAL SURGERY CASES			The Westin La Cantera, San Antonio A
	Dr. Kenneth Sirinek	Interesting Cases in General Surgery
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SESSION II - PANEL DISCUSSION: GENERAL SURGERY UPDATES			The Westin La Cantera, San Antonio A
	Dr. Joshua Alley	Updates in Bariatric Surgery
	Dr. Dan Dent	Duty Hours Update
11:50 am-1:30 pm	Financial Management Luncheon	Members, Staff, Housestaff, & Guests	The Westin La Cantera, San Miguel
SESSION III - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT			The Westin La Cantera, San Miguel
	Mr. George Becknell	Physicians Dos and Don'ts
SESSION IV - CARDIOTHORACIC UPDATES			The Westin La Cantera, San Antonio A
	Dr. Dan DeArmond	VATS Lobectomy
	Dr. Seenu Reddy	Heart Valve Surgery: Past, Present & Future Therapies
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SESSION V - BREAST CANCER			The Westin La Cantera, San Antonio A
	Dr. Pamela Otto	Breast Imaging in 2009
	Dr. Morton Kahlenberg	Surgical Resection of the Intact Breast Primary Improves Survival in Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer: Fact or Fiction?
	Dr. Richard Crownover	Current Controversies in Breast Radiotherapy
	Dr. Howard Wang	Breast Reconstruction Options
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SESSION VI - HONORARY GUEST LECTURE			The Westin La Cantera, San Antonio A
	Dr. Suzanne Klimberg	Treatment of Favorable Breast Cancers
	Dr. Martha Wills	Announcements and Adjournment

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SOCIAL EVENTS FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2009

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SOCIAL EVENTS SATURDAY JUNE 20, 2009

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2009 - CHICAGO, IL - AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

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