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GS01: Image-Guided Surgery: From Technology to Patient Care

Moderator: Richard M. Satava, MD, FACS, New Haven, CT

Real-Time Fluoroscopic CT Ablation (33 Slides, 6600K PDF)
Li-Ming Su, MD, Baltimore, MD

GS02: The Hernia Controversy: Why Can't We Decide on One Approach

Moderator: L. D. Britt, MD, MPH, FACS, Norfolk, VA

The Anterior Approach (62 Slides, 3100K PDF)
Robert Bendavid, MD, FACS, Haifa, Israel

The Posterior-Open Approach (Part One: 18 Slides, 4800K PDF) (Part Two: 18 Slides, 3400K PDF)
Lloyd M. Nyhus, MD, FACS, Northfield, IL

The Posterior-Closed Approach (41 Slides, 1000K PDF)
Edward L. Felix, MD, FACS, Fresno, CA (a-US Surg. Bard)

GS03 The New Member of the OR Team: The Surgical Robot

Moderator: Richard J. Shemin, MD, FACS, Boston, MA

The Development and Implementation of a Surgical Robotic Program - Where We Are Today and A Vision for the Future (52 Slides, 2300K PDF)
W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr., MD, FACS, Greenville, NC

Technological Development of Robotic Surgery - A View From NASA and the Armed Forces (37 Slides, 1900K PDF)
Jon C. Bowersox, MD, FACS, Cincinnati, OH

Robotics in Surgery - Perspectives of an Evolving Surgical Curmudgeon (29 Slides, 1050K PDF)
Donald E. Fry, MD, FACS, Albuquerque, NM

GS04: The Morbidity/Mortality Conference as an Educational and Risk Reduction Tool

Moderator: Frederick L. Greene, MD, FACS, Charlotte, NC

The M + M Matrix - Complications and the Surgical Curriculum (64 Slides, 1000K PDF)
Leo A. Gordon, MD, FACS, Los Angeles, CA (g-Hanley + Delfus, Inc.)

M and M, Loop Closure and Other Lessons Learned (The Hard Way) From A Trauma Process Improvement Program (47 Slides, 575K PDF)
David G. Jacobs, MD, FACS, Charlotte, NC

GS05: Pediatric Abdominal Emergencies for the General Surgeon

Moderator: Bradley M. Rodgers, MD, FACS, Charlottesville, VA

Pediatric Emergencies: Conditions Presenting Primarily with Pain (39 Slides, 1050K PDF)
Mark Lawrence Silen, MD, FACS, Portland, OR

GS06: Managing The Spectrum of Surgical Pain

Moderator: John M. Bohnen, MD, FACS, Toronto, ON

Managing the Spectrum of Surgical Pain (13 Slides, 175K PDF)
John M. Bohnen, MD, FACS, Toronto, ON

Acute and Postoperative Pain Management (32 Slides, 840K PDF)
Jonathan L. Schaffer, MD, FACS, Cleveland, OH

GS07: EMTALA: Surgeons in the Safety Net

Moderator: Andrew L. Warshaw, MD, FACS, Boston, MA

EMTALA: Outlook From Capitol Hill (20 Slides, 175K PDF)
Thomas R. Barker, Esq., Washington, DC
Sponsored by the Health Policy Steering Committee

GS11: The Surgeon and the Biotech Revolution

Moderator: Colleen M. Brophy, MD, FACS, Phoenix, AZ

Strategic and Financing Issues in Biomedical Technologies (39 Slides, 215K PDF)
Jonathan P. Gertler, MD, FACS, Boston, MA

Using Technology to Teach (29 Slides, 600K PDF)
Carla M. Pugh, MD, Stanford, CA

GS12: Knowledge At the Point of Care: Hand-Held Computing For Surgeons

Moderator: Jonathan C. Silverstein, MD, FACS, Chicago, IL

What's Next? (17 Slides, 3675K PDF)
Ahmad Hashem, MD, PhD, Redmond, WA

GS15: Correlative Clinic: Case No. 2: Congenital Choledochal Cyst Disease in Adults

Moderator: Lawrence W. Way, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA

Anatomic Patterns of Congenital Choledochal Cyst Disease (14 Slides, 3950K PDF)
Sang-Mo Kang, MD, San Francisco, CA

Natural History of Congenital Choledochal Cysts (Part One: 15 Slides, 4150K PDF) (Part Two: 14 Slides, 4225K PDF)
Florencia G. Que, MD, Rochester, MN

Surgical Treatment of Congenital Choledochal Cysts in Adults (28 Slides, 1950K PDF)
Henry A. Pitt, MD, FACS, Milwaukee, WI

GS16: Heroes: The Influence of Role Models in Career Choice

Moderator: Susan Kaiser, MD, FACS, Jersey City, NJ

Heroes: The Influence of Role Models in Career (14 Slides, 650K PDF)
Susan Kaiser, MD, FACS, Jersey City, NJ

Surgery - You Won't Have A Life! (48 Slides, 7300K PDF)
Anna M. Ledgerwood, MD, FACS, Detroit, MI

GS17: Carotid Endarterectomy vs. Carotid Stenting

Moderator: K. Craig Kent, MD, FACS, New York, NY

Carotid Endarterectomy Versus Carotid Stenting: A Personal View (30 Slides, 150K PDF)
Norman R. Hertzer, MD, FACS, Cleveland, OH

GS19: Correlative Clinic: Case No. 3: The Extent of Thyroid Surgery For Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Moderator: Ronald J. Weigel, MD, PhD, FACS, Philadelphia, PA

The Case For Less Than Total Thyroidectomy (33 Slides, 290K PDF)
Ashok R. Shaha, MD, FACS, New York, NY

The Effect of Extent of Surgery on Radioiodine Treatment and Follow-up For Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer (50 Slides, 2750K PDF)
I. Ross McDougall, MD, PhD, Stanford, CA

GS22: Advances in Pancreatic Cancer Care

Moderator: Douglas B. Evans, MD, FACS, Houston, TX

Laparoscopic Staging for Potentially Resectable and Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer (27 Slides, 860K PDF)
Richard S. Swanson, MD, FACS, Boston, MA

Pancreaticobiliary and Gastrointestinal Reconstruction (46 Slides, 515K PDF)
Paul L. Baron, MD, FACS, Charleston, SC

Adjuvant Therapy for Localized, Resectable Pancreatic Cancer (71 Slides, 3250K PDF)
Douglas B. Evans, MD, FACS, Houston, TX

GS24: Impact of Mid-Level Providers on Resident Surgical Education

Moderator: Peter J. Fabri, MD, FACS, Tampa, FL

Impact of Mid-Level Providers on Resident Surgical Education (25 Slides, 1235K PDF)
Lynn Chao, MD, New York, NY

View of "The Experts" (26 Slides, 265K PDF)
Paul Friedmann, MD, FACS, Springfield, MA

Issues For The Institutional Official (15 Slides, 20K PDF)
Peter J. Fabri, MD, FACS, Tampa, FL

GS26: The Role of Internet/Video/Teleconferencing in International Education

Moderator: Ronald C. Merrell, MD, FACS, Richmond, VA

The Role of the Internet/Video/Teleconferencing in International Education (19 Slides, 1100K PDF)
Ronald C. Merrell, MD, FACS, Richmond, VA

Collaborative Management of Critical Care Patients Using Web-Based Tools and Interactive Databases (47 Slides, 1700K PDF)
Peter B. Angood, MD, FACS, St. Louis, MO

Internet Assets and Their Utility for Surgical Practice and Education (52 Slides, 1200K PDF)
Douglas S. Reintgen, MD, FACS, Lakeland, FL

GS28: From Competence to Virtuosity

Moderator: Richard K. Reznick, MD, FACS, Toronto, ON

Motor Performance in Athletics and the Arts: An Overview of Current Data (21 Slides, 800K PDF)
Janet L. Starkes, PhD, Hamilton, ON

GS29: The Surgeon and the Law: Patient Confidentiality - Surgeon, Patient and Government Perspectives

Moderator: John M. Daly, MD, FACS, New York, NY

The New Peer Review Dilemma: Confidentiality vs. Disclosure (16 Slides, 20K PDF)
F. Dean Griffen, MD, FACS, Shreveport, LA

GS30: Unconventional Acts of Civilian Terrorism: Likely Agents and Strategies for Preparedness

Co-Moderator: Donald E. Fry, MD, FACS, Albuquerque, NM
Co-Moderator: Eric R. Frykberg, MD, FACS, Jacksonville, FL

Disaster Planning in the New Era of Civilian Terrorism (43 Slides, 4500K PDF)
Eric R. Frykberg, MD, FACS, Jacksonville, FL

Chemical Agents (58 Slides, 930K PDF)
William P. Schecter, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA

GS32: The Scope of Practice and the Future of the General/Trauma Surgeon

Moderator: Robert C. Mackersie, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA

The Scope of Practice & Future of the General-Trauma Surgeon (4 Slides, 55K PDF)
Robert C. Mackersie, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA

Training, Credentialing & Competence: How Will We Train, Recruit and Retain Trauma/General Surgeons? (23 Slides, 500K PDF)
Ronald V. Maier, MD, FACS, Seattle, WA

GS35: Managing Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections

Moderator: Donald E. Fry, MD, FACS, Albuquerque, NM

Polymicrobial Soft Tissue Infections (42 Slides, 1160K PDF)
Mark A. Malangoni, MD, FACS, Cleveland, OH

GS36: Year 2002 International Guest Scholar Presentations

Moderator: David C. Wherry, MD, FACS, Bethesda, MD

Guest Scholars (51 Slides, 1700K PDF)
Gareth Morris-Stiff, MB, BCh, FRCS, Pontypridd, Wales

GS37: When Do We Stop and How Do We Do It? Medical Futility and Withdrawal of Care

Moderator: Daniel B. Hinshaw, MD, FACS, Ann Arbor, MI

Introduction and Overview (17 Slides, 18K PDF)
Daniel B. Hinshaw, MD, FACS, Ann Arbor, MI

Withdrawal of Life Support - How To Do It (41 Slides, 180K PDF)
Joseph M. Civetta, MD, FACS, Farmington, CT

GS38: Surgical Antireflux Therapy

Moderator: Tom R. DeMeester, MD, FACS, Los Angeles, CA

The Selection of the Proper Patient for Antireflux Surgery (16 Slides, 40K PDF)
David W. Rattner, MD, FACS, Boston, MA

The Selection of the Proper Procedure for Patients With Reflux Disease (78 Slides, 845K PDF)
Donald E. Low, MD, FACS, Seattle, WA

The Proper Performance of Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication (25 Slides, 575K PDF)
Steven R. DeMeester, MD, FACS, Los Angeles, CA

The Proper Assessment of Long-Term Outcomes of Antireflux Surgery (29 Slides, 110K PDF)
Blair A. Jobe, MD, Portland, OR

The Proper Management of the Short Esophagus (30 Slides, 80K PDF)
Thomas Watson, MD, Rochester, NY

GS39: Bariatric Surgery

Moderator: J. Patrick O'Leary, MD, FACS, New Orleans, LA

Current Surgical Procedures to Procedures Weight Loss (29 Slides, 620K PDF)
Louis F. Martin, MD, FACS, New Orleans, LA

The Effects of Surgical Induced Weight Loss on Comorbidities (36 Slides, 1550K PDF)
Harvey J. Sugerman, MD, FACS, Richmond, VA

GS41: Surgical Frontiers

Moderator: Terry Buchmiller-Crair, MD, FACS, New York, NY

Robotics/Emerging Technologies (40 Slides, 1125K PDF)
Thomas M. Krummel, MD, FACS, Stanford, CA

Volunteerism (23 Slides, 995K PDF)
Ramon Berguer, Jr. MD, FACS, Martinez, CA

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