Formerly referenced as General Sessions “GS”, Specialty Sessions “SP”, and Multidisciplinary Sessions “MD”, these Panel Sessions are presented in numeric order.

Selected Clinical Congress 2009 Sessions are available as Webcasts and Audio CD / MP3 downloads through the ACS E-Learning Resource Center.

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Tuesday, October 13

	Time	Track	Title	Multimedia
PS36	8:00–9:30 am	CRS • GEN	Advances in the Surgical Management of Crohn’s Disease	Audio, Webcast
PS37	8:00–9:30 am	PLA • URO	Bringing Sex Back to Massive Weight-Loss Patients	Audio
PS38	8:00–9:30 am	ONC • PED	Childhood Tumors: Unusual Presentations of Unique Diagnoses	Audio
PS39	8:00–9:30 am	GEN • OBG	General Surgery in the Pregnant Patient	Audio
PS40	8:00–9:30 am	GEN	Meshomania	Audio, Webcast
PS41	8:00–9:30 am	NEU • OTO	State-of-the-Art: Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery in 2009	Audio
PS42	8:00–11:15 am	GEN	Current Concepts in the Treatment of Metastatic Liver Disease	Audio, Webcast
PS43	8:00–11:15 am	EDU • RES/MED	Changing Resident Training Paradigms: New Options for the Medical Student and Surgical Residents	Audio
PS44	8:00–11:15 am	ETH • GEN • ONC	Palliative Surgery: Surgical Hubris or Beneficial Act?	Audio
PS45	8:00–11:15 am	GEN • ORT	She’s 92... What Do I DO?: Optimizing Surgical Care of the Oldest Old	Audio
PS46	8:00–11:15 am	RES/MED	Spectacular Cases from Residents	Audio
PS47	8:00–11:15 am	HP	State Advocacy: What Is It and How Do You Do It?	Audio
PS48	8:00–11:15 am	BTR • TRA	Evidence-Based Medicine in the ICU: What’s In and What’s Out	Audio, Webcast
PS49	4:15–5:45 pm	HP	Federal Incentives for EMR Implemenation NOTE: This session has been moved to an afternoon timeslot, it has not been cancelled.	Audio
PS50	9:45–11:15 am	EDU	Applications of Telemedicine in Surgery	Audio
PS51	9:45–11:15 am	GEN • PED	Bariatric Surgery in Children and Adolescents	Audio
PS52	9:45–11:15 am	GEN • ONC	Pancreatic Cancer 2009: Is Anything Changing?	Audio, Webcast
PS53	9:45–11:15 am	INT • VOL	Preparing for International Humanitarian Outreach	Audio
PS54	9:45–11:15 am	GEN • ONC • PLA	What’s New for Treating the BRCA-Positive Patient?	Audio, Webcast
PS55	11:30 am–1:00 pm	CRS • CTS • GEN • ONC	Advances in Cancer Staging: An Interactive Session	Audio, Webcast
PS56	11:30 am–1:00 pm	HP	Managing Information Overload	Audio
PS57	11:30 am–1:00 pm	HP	The Canadian Health Care System: What Is It All About?	Audio
PS58	11:30 am–1:00 pm	BTR • GEN	Science of Obesity Surgery	Audio
PS59	11:30 am–1:00 pm	EDU • INT	Surgical Workforce Crisis and the IMG Solution: Can We Balance National Interest and Global Responsibility?	Audio
PS60	11:30 am–1:00 pm	ETH	Tapped In: The Continuing Story of Diverse Leadership Development	Audio
PS61	11:30 am–1:00 pm	EDU	The Future of Surgical Training	Audio, Webcast
PS62	11:30 am–1:00 pm	BTR • GEN	Cell Transplantation, Tissue Engineering, and Transplant Organs: Where Are We Today and What Is the Future?	Audio
PS63	1:00–5:00 pm	EDU	APDS: Surgical Resident Shortages: How We Deal with It	Audio
PS64	2:30–4:00 pm	CRS • GEN • OBG • ONC • URO	Challenging Cases in Surgical Oncology	Audio, Webcast
PS65	2:30–4:00 pm	PED	Chest Wall Deformities in Children and Adults: Results with New Approaches	Audio
PS66	2:30–4:00 pm	GEN	Diagnosis and Emergency Intervention in Sepsis	Audio, Webcast
PS67	2:30–4:00 pm	EDU	Mentoring Under-Represented Surgical Faculty and Residents: Can We Bridge the Gap?	Audio
PS68	2:30–4:00 pm	EDU • RES/MED	The Drive to Teach Residents: An Unintended Casualty of the 80-Hour Workweek?	Audio
PS69	2:30–4:00 pm	GEN • TRA	Trauma Management for the Rural Surgeon	Audio
PS70	2:30–4:00 pm	HP	Working Effectively with Your Hospital	Audio
PS71	2:30–5:45 pm	GEN	Critical Issues in Establishing a General Surgery Practice	Audio
PS72	2:30–5:45 pm	CTS • ONC	Current Therapeutics for High-Risk Patients with Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	Audio
PS73	2:30–5:45 pm	EDU • ETH	Ethical Considerations and the Process of Surgical Innovation	Audio
PS74	4:15–5:45 pm	GEN	Doc! It Hurts Down There: Surgical Groin Pain Evaluation and Treatment	Audio
PS75	4:15–5:45 pm	GEN	Evolving Concepts in Breast Irradiation	Audio
PS76	4:15–5:45 pm	CRS • GEN • ONC	The Impact of Chemotherapy on Surgical Outcomes: Evidence-Based Surgical Strategies	Audio
PS77	4:15–5:45 pm	GEN • VAS	What’s New in Angioaccess for Hemodialysis	Audio

Wednesday, October 14

	Time	Track	Title	Multimedia
PS78	8:00–9:30 am	CRS • GEN	Colonic Emergencies	Audio, Webcast
PS79	8:00–9:30 am	EDU	Integration of the Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum into a Surgical Residency Program	Audio
PS80	8:00–9:30 am	GEN • ONC • PLA	Multidisciplinary Approach to Chest Wall Recurrence of Breast Cancer	Audio
PS81	8:00–9:30 am	EDU • GEN • HP	Specialization in the Allied Health Professions	Audio
PS82	8:00–11:15 am	EDU	A Step-by-Step Guide to Maintenance of ABS Certification	Audio, Webcast
PS83	8:00–11:15 am	EDU • TRA	Future and Futuristic Trauma and Critical Care Surgery: Techniques, Devices, Systems that Will Change Our Practice	Audio
PS84	8:00–11:15 am	RES/MED	Surgical Jeopardy	Audio
PS85	8:00–11:15 am	INT	The College’s International Travelers, 2009	Audio
PS86	9:45–11:15 am	CRS • GEN • ONC	Cancer Survivor Follow-Up: Is Your Clinical Practice Evidence-Based?	Audio
PS87	9:45–11:15 am	VAS • HP	Coding and Reimbursement Issues for Catheter-Based Vascular Procedures	Audio
PS88	9:45–11:15 am	GEN • PLA	Pressure Sores: What You and Your Institution Can Do to Comply with the New Regulations	Audio
PS89	9:45–11:15 am	GEN • OTO	The Surgical Management of Sleep Apnea	Audio
PS90	11:30 am–1:00 pm	NEU • VAS	Carotid Stenosis Management: Current Practices and Trends for the Future	Audio
PS91	11:30 am–1:00 pm	EDU • HP	Effective Patient Education to Improve Quality and Enhance Patient Safety	Audio, Webcast
PS92	11:30 am–1:00 pm	PLA	Hand Transplantation: Lessons, Advances, and Future	Audio
PS93	11:30 am–1:00 pm	GEN • TRA	Operative Management of Complex Trauma of the Trunk	Audio, Webcast
PS94	11:30 am–1:00 pm	EDU • RES/MED	Practicing Medicine in the Information Age: Are You Prepared for What’s on the Internet?	Audio
PS95	11:30 am–1:00 pm	CTS • GEN	Preparing the Cardiac Patient for Noncardiac Surgery	Audio
PS96	11:30 am–1:00 pm	EDU • GEN	Stress and Burn-Out among Surgeons: Understanding and Managing the Syndrome	Audio
PS97	2:30–4:00 pm	VAS	Controversies in the Management of Peripheral Arterial Aneurysms	Audio
PS98	2:30–4:00 pm	GEN • ONC	Early Hepatocellular Carcinoma: What Is the Optimal Treatment?	Audio
PS99	2:30–4:00 pm	EDU	Learning from Bad Outcomes	Audio, Webcast
PS100	2:30–4:00 pm	GEN	New Techniques in Interventional Esophagoscopy	Audio
PS101	2:30–4:00 pm	GEN	Surgery for Type II Diabetes	Audio
PS102	2:30–4:00 pm	EDU	Professionalism, Communication, and Lessons Learned	Audio, Webcast
PS103	2:30–4:00 pm	CRS	Treatment of Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer	Audio
PS104	2:30–5:45 pm	EDU • GEN	Future Directions in Minimal Access Surgery: NOTES, Intraluminal Surgery, Hybrid Procedures, and Single-Port Laparoscopy	Audio, Webcast
PS105	2:30–5:45 pm	GEN • NEU • ORT • TRA • VAS	Update on Management of the War-Wounded	Audio
PS106	2:30–5:45 pm	EDU	Surgical Innovation: Issues around Evaluation, Education, Accreditation, and Reimbursement	Audio
PS107	4:15–5:45 pm	GEN	Getting Your Manuscript Published	Audio
PS108	4:15–5:45 pm	EDU	Improving Surgical Outcomes with ACS NSQIP	Audio, Webcast

Thursday, October 15

	Time	Track	Title	Multimedia
PS109	8:00–9:30 am	EDU	Minimizing Risk in Bedside Surgical Procedures	Audio
PS110	8:00–9:30 am	CRS	New Procedures for Anal Fistulas: Does Fistulotomy Still Have a Role?	Audio, Webcast
PS111	8:00–11:15 am	BTR • RES/MED	How to Succeed in the Highly Competitive World of Grant Funding	Audio
PS112	8:00–11:15 am	ONC	Surgeons’ Role in Cancer Diagnostics and Novel Procedures	Audio
PS113	9:45–11:15 am	EDU • GEN	Bugs Are Winning the Resistance Battle: The Surgeon’s Responsibility	Audio
PS114	11:30 am–1:00 pm	GEN	Breast Imaging: Do We Need It?	Audio
PS115	11:30 am–1:00 pm	GEN • PLA • TRA	State-of-the-Art Reconstruction of Traumatic and Acquired Chest Wall Defects	Audio
PS116	11:30 am–1:00 pm	GEN • VAS	Update on Venous Disease	Audio