Agenda

Friday, February 2, 2024
SESSION 1: HERNIA Co-Activity Director: Ajita Prabhu, MD
	Morning Session
5:30 am	Breakfast / Exhibits
6:30 am	Introduction to Course Michael Rosen
6:40 am	Shouldice! How I Do It
6:55 am	MIS Inguinal Hernia Repair – How I Do It Emanuele Lo Menzo
7:10 am	Groin Pain After Inguinal Hernia Repair – What Now?? David Krpata
7:25 am	Are We Over-Optimizing for Hernia Repair? Benjamin Miller
7:40 am	Hernia Alphabet Soup – Keep It Simple, Stupid Michael Rosen
7:55 am	Open Preperitoneal Umbilical Hernia Repair – How I Do It Emanuele Lo Menzo
8:10 am	The Role of Robotics in Hernia Repair Samuel Szomstein
8:25 am	Panel Discussion
8:40 am	Break / Exhibits
8:55 am	Lap and Robotic IPOM – Oldies But Goodies Ajita Prabhu
9:10 am	Rectus Diastasis With and Without Hernia Samuel Szomstein
9:25 am	Show Me the Money – How Do I Bill for Hernia Repair? Emanuele Lo Menzo
9:40 am	Panel Discussion Michael Rosen
10:00 am	Adjourn
	Afternoon Session
3:30 pm	Apres Ski Snacks / Exhibits
4:00 pm	Open and MIS Component Separations – Who/Why/How Benjamin Miller
4:30 pm	Parastomal Hernias: How I Do It David Krpata
4:45 pm	Fight or Flight? Staging or Biting the Bullet Lucas Beffa
5:00 pm	Rosen Left Town: Dealing With Our Partner’s Complications Ajita Prabhu
5:30 pm	Panel Discussion
6:00 pm	Break / Exhibits
6:15 pm	Hernia Consult Clinic Lucas Beffa
6:45 pm	Hernia School Michael Rosen
7:30 pm	Adjourn

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Saturday, February 3, 2024
SESSION 2: RURAL & GENERAL SURGERY PART 1: FOREGUT and HEPATOBILIARY EXTRAVAGANZA Co-Activity Director: Scott R. Steele
	Morning Session
5:30 AM	Breakfast / Exhibits
6:30 am	Introduction to the Day Michael Rosen
6:35 am	ICG in Biliary Surgery. Is the Future This Bright? Samuel Szomstein
6:50 am	Endoscopic Management of Gallbladder and Pancreatic Disease: Is This the Future? Hassan Siddiki
7:05 am	Laparoscopic CBDE: Making It Feasible for the Practicing Surgeon - Tips and Tricks Benjamin Miller
7:20 am	Managing Gallbladder Diseases: How to Stay Out of Trouble and How to Get Out of Trouble. Robert Simon
7:35 am	Managing Pancreatitis in 2024. What’s New? Robert Simon
7:50 am	Panel Discussion
8:05 am	Break / Exhibits
8:20 am	Tips and Tricks for Stopping Upper GI Bleeding With the Endoscope. Lessons Learned From Your Gastroenterology Colleague. Hassan Siddiki
8:35 am	Foreign Body Retrieval. I Can Get That Out of There, So You Don’t Have To Go in There! Hassan Siddiki
8:50 am	There is a Bariatric Patient in My ER - What Do I Do? Updates for the Non-Bariatric Surgeon. Emanuele Lo Menzo
9:05 am	Top 5 Controversies in Para esophageal Hernia Repair - Wrap, Colis, Gastropexy, Mesh, and Robot. Lucas Beffa
9:20 am	Operative Nightmares in Foregut Surgery. How to Get Out of Trouble! Ajita Prabhu
9:35 am	Panel Discussion
10:00 am	Adjourn
	Afternoon Session
SESSION 3: TRAUMA Co-Activity Director: David R. Rosen, MD
3:30 pm	Apres Ski Snacks / Exhibits
4:00 pm	Introduction David Rosen
4:05 pm	Major Trauma at a Small Hospital: Preparing for Higher Level of Care Aaron Strumwasser
4:25 pm	Damage Control Laparotomy: Who, When, How? Cathleen Khandelwal
4:45 pm	Major Vascular Injury: HELP! Kenji Inaba
5:05 pm	Panel Discussion/Q&A
5:25-5:35	Break / Exhibits
5:35 pm	On an Island: Trauma Techniques When No Specialist Help Is Coming Aaron Strumwasser
5:55 pm	Liver Trauma: Nonoperative, IR, OR? Cathleen Khandelwal
6:15 pm	Resuscitative Thoracotomy: Who, When, How? Kenji Inaba
6:35 pm	Panel Discussion/Q&A/Case Discussion
6:55 pm	Recap and Wrap Up David Rosen
7:00 pm	Adjourn

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Sunday, February 4, 2024
SESSION 4: COLORECTAL Co-Activity Director: Scott R. Steele, MD
	Morning Session
5:30 am	Breakfast / Exhibits
6:30 am	Welcome & Introduction Scott Steele
6:35 am	A View From the Bottom: Hemorrhoids Bradley Champagne
6:45 am	A Crack in the Foundation: Anal Fissures David Maron
6:55 am	Boils Aren’t Just For the Skin – Perianal Abscess Justin Maykel
7:05 am	Anal Fistula: Highways Across the Perineum Arielle Kanters
7:15 am	Not Your Grandfather’s “Jeep Disease”: Pilonidal Management Emre Gorgun
7:30 am	Panel 1: Anorectal Potpourri
8:30 am	Break / Exhibits
8:45 am	Panel 2: Leaks and Tics
10:00 am	Adjourn
	Afternoon Session
3:30 pm	Apres Ski Snacks / Exhibits
4:00 pm	Introduction & Morning Recap Scott Steele
4:05 pm	Colonoscopy Technical Tips 1 – Cannot Progress, Now What? David Maron
4:15 pm	Colonoscopy Technical Tips 2 - Dealing With Bleeding- Tics, Polypectomy & More Arielle Kanters
4:25 pm	Robotics Technical Tips Part 1 – How to Expose Better David Rosen
4:35 pm	Robotics Technical Tips Part 2 - Pushing the Boundaries of Your Comfort Emre Gorgun
4:45 pm	Was Elton John Correct By Telling Us Not to Let the Sun Go Down on Me? Bradley Champagne
4:55 pm	LBO – Getting Yourself Out of Trouble Justin Maykel
5:05 pm	Panel 3: Coloproctological Boards
6:45 pm	Closing Thoughts and Recap
7:00 pm	Adjourn

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Monday, February 5, 2024
SESSION 5: RURAL & GENERAL SURGERY PART 2: POTPOURRI Activity Director: Michael Rosen, MD
5:30 am	Breakfast / Exhibits
6:30 am	Introduction to the Day Michael Rosen
6:35 am	Oncoplastic Surgery Techniques: What Every General Surgeon Should Know Stephanie Valente
6:50 am	Gyn for the General Surgeon in the Real World: A Primer on C-Sections to Emergency Gyn Surgery Lindsey Beffa
7:05 am	Top 10 Proliferative Breast Disorders and Treatment. (Nipple discharge, papilloma, atypical DH, gynecomastia and more) Stephanie Valente
7:20 am	Emergency General Surgery in a Pregnant Patient: What General Surgeons Need to Know Lindsey Beffa
7:35 am	Panel Discussion
7:50 am	Break / Exhibits
8:05 am	Thyroid and Parathyroid Pearls for the General Surgeon Joseph Scharpf
8:20 am	Wound Care Adjuncts: Powders, Potions, and VACS – What Works and What Should I Be Using? Benjamin Miller
8:35 am	Is That Urine in the Field? Managing GU Injuries to the Bladder and Ureters When You’re on Your Own Nima Almassi
8:50 am	Managing All the GU Nightmares You Were Afraid to Ask About: Testicular Torsion, Priaprism, Difficult Foley, Phimosis and Dealing with Urologic Implants Nima Almassi
9:05 am	Surgical Burnout. How Can We Feel the Way We Do in Snowmass at Work Every Day? David Krpata
9:20 am	What Every Surgeon Should Know About Emergency Airway Control Joseph Scharpf
9:35 am	Panel Discussion
10:00 am	Adjourn

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