2014 Program

Program

Program is based on a minimum 25% of time allowed for questions and answers, during all panel discussion. Audience members are provided with interactive touchpads.

Thursday, April 10, 2014

0730 Registration & Continental Breakfast
0815 Welcome and Opening Remarks

ENDOSCOPY
Moderator: Helen MacRae
0830 Colonoscopy & Polypectomy: 6 Tricks to Expertise the Proficient
Gabe Kandel
0845 Upper GI: Fistulas, Barrett’s & Strictures
Carmine Simone
0900 The Lower GI Bleed- What Should the Surgeon Be Able to Offer?
Paul Kortan
0915 Quality Endoscopy: What the Surgeon Should Know in 2014
Stan Feinberg
0930 CCO Standards: Should General Surgeons Be Doing Colonoscopy?
Linda Rabeneck
0945 Panel Discussion with Audience
1015 Break with Exhibitors

COLORECTAL DISEASE – WHO NEEDS WHAT IN 2014?
Moderator: Paul Bernick
1045 Diverticular Disease- Who Needs Resection?
Marcus Burnstein
1100 Rectal Cancer- Who Needs Chemoradiation?
Erin Kennedy
1115 Anastomosis – Who Needs a Diversion?
Sandra deMontbrun
1130 Malignant Polyp- Who Needs Resection?
Nancy Baxter
1200 Lunch followed by Dessert with Exhibitors

HERNIA SESSION
Moderator: Fred Brenneman
1315 Chronic Groin Pain
Brian Jacob
1330 Incisional Hernia in the High BMI Patient
Laz Klein
1345 Infected Mesh: Diagnosis & Treatment
Fred Brenneman
1400 Recurrence Patterns in Ontario
David Urbach
1415 Panel Discussion with Audience
1445 Break with Exhibitors

MISTAKES I’VE MADE
Moderator: Lloyd Smith
1515 Dealing with Mistakes I’ve Made
Steve Gallinger
1530 Colorectal
Marcus Burnstein
1545 Breast
Jaime Escallon
1600 Pilonidal
Paul Bernick
1615 Appendix
Allan Okrainec
1630 Panel Discussion with Audience
1700 End of Day

Friday, April 11, 2014

0730 Breakfast

BREAST DISEASE
Moderator: Nancy Down
0800 Current Management of the Axilla
Patrick Borgen
0825 Fibroadenomas & Phyllodes: Should I follow or Excise?
Frances Wright
0840 Are We Overtreating DCIS?
Ralph George
0855 Does Local Control Matter?
Patrick Borgen
0915 Panel Discussion with Audience
0945 Break with Exhibitors

TOP PAPERS OF THE YEAR
Moderator: Karen Devon
1015 General Surgery
Ori Rotstein
1040 Colorectal
Helen MacRae
1105 Breast
David McCready
1130 HPB
Paul Karanicolas
1200 Lunch followed by Dessert with Exhibitors

GENERAL SURGERY: THIS AND THAT
Moderator: Tim Jackson
1315 Social Media in Surgery
Brian Jacob
1345 Thyroid
Lorne Rotstein
1400 Identifying, Analyzing & Preventing Errors: Lessons Learned from the O.R. “Black Box”
Teodor Grantcharov
1415 Panel discussion with Audience
1445 Break with Exhibitors
1515

PERIOPERATIVE ISSUES
(7 slides, 7 minutes format)
Moderator: Calvin Law

Anticoagulation/Bridging.
Erik Yeo

C. Diff.
Stan Feinberg

Reducing Costs in the O.R.
Fayez Quereshy

Fascial Closure
Peter Stotland

Anastomotic Leak
Sandra deMontbrun

Performance Metrics: Who’s Watching?
Andy Smith

Pain Management: How to Help Patients Cope at Home
Jason Sawyer
1615 Panel Discussion with Audience

Saturday, April 12, 2014

0800-0930 hours & 1000-1130 hours

Small Group Sessions (5)

Wound Care & Complex Stomas
Leslie Heath
Room: Fitzgerald

Billing Corner
Jeff Kolbasnik
Room: Casson

Laparoscopic Videos
Peter Stotland & Shady Ashamalla
Room: Carmichael/Jackson

Colorectal Case Discussions
Anand Govindarajan & Paul Karanicolas
Room: Johnston

Breast Case Discussions
Ralph George
Room: Tom Thompson