WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
Saturday, April 24 1:00-1:15 pm

• GS 01: Assembly for General Surgeons: A Town Meeting
• GS 02: Vascular Access
• GS 03: Laparoscopic Versus Open Tension-Free Inquinal Hernia Repair: Principal Outcomes of VA Cooperative Study
• GS 04: Genetics and Cancer: Implications for Surgeons
• GS 05: Excelsior Surgical Society/Edward D. Churchill Lecture
  Optimal Management of Pancreatic Cancer
• GS 06: Surgery of the Carotid Artery: Current Status
• GS 07: Practical Aspects for Management of Solid Organ Injuries
• GS 08: Endolaparoscopic Approaches to Esophageal Disease
• GS 09: Training: Who is Your Next Partner and How are They Being Trained?
• GS 10: Highlights from the 2003 Clinical Congress Video-based Education Sessions in Chicago, IL
• GS 11: Update on Surgical Oncology for General Surgeons
• GS 12: Open Abdomen in General Surgery: How Do You Close the Abdomen When You Can't?
• GS 13: Important Issues in Management of Inguinal Hernias in Infants and Children
• GS 14: Surgical Education: The Effect of the Resident 80-Hour Workweek on the Practicing Surgeon
• GS 15: Spectacular Cases from Residents
• GS 16: What's New in Diverticulitis?
• GS 17: New Techniques in Endocrine Surgery: Is Minimally Invasive Better?
• GS 18: Surgical Jeopardy
• GS 19: Surgical Palliation of Advanced Cancer: What's New, What's Helpful?

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