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MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 No press activities scheduled for Monday.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13  
9:00 - 9:30 am
Press Conference

“Anticancer drug improves survival and treatment  for patients with advanced bladder cancer”

Surgical Forum Presentation

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Angela B. Smith, MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Raj S. Pruthi, MD, FACS
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Matthew E. Nielsen, MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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1:00 - 1:45 pm
Press Briefing

“Wherever the dart lands: Toward the ideal trauma system”

Scudder Oration on Trauma

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A. Brent Eastman, MD, FACS, San Diego, CA

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Download the MP3, Size: 3780K, Length: 33:03

 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14  
9:00 - 9:30 am
Press Conference

“Robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery lessens the pain of reconstructing a dysfunctional bladder in children with spina bifida”

Surgical Forum Presentation

Mohan S. Gundeti, MBBS, and Sujeet S. Acharya, MD  
University of Chicago Medical Center Comer’s Children’s Hospital

Note: There is now webcast for this session. To contact Dr Gundeti for an interview, e-mail pressinquiry@facs.org.

 

11:30 am - 12 noon
Press Conference

“New NOTES procedure for patching stomach ulcers may soon move into human trials”

Surgical Forum Presentation

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Erica Anne Moran, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Juliane Bingener, MD, FACS
Juliane Bingener, MD, FACS
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

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