2026 Program & Abstracts

Embargo Policy

Studies scheduled for presentation at the American Surgical Association's 146th Annual Meeting, April 23-25, 2026, in Seattle, Washington
The embargo on studies and their associated abstracts (including those posted online prior to the conference) scheduled for presentation at the American Surgical Association�s 146th Annual Meeting, April 23-25, 2026, in Seattle, Washington, is the date and time of each individual scientific presentation (not the beginning of the overall session in which it has been scheduled). News media activities are restricted until the embargo lifts. Any news media activity about a study and its associated abstract must include the following: "The complete manuscript of this study and its presentation at the American Surgical Association�s 146th Annual Meeting, April 2026, in Seattle, Washington, is anticipated to be published in the Annals of Surgery pending editorial review."

THURSDAY, APRIL 23

8:15 AM

Columbia Ballroom

OPENING SESSION
President's Opening Remarks
Secretary's Welcome & Introduction of New Fellows Elected in 2025
President's Introduction of Honorary Fellows
President's Introduction of ESA Exchange Fellows
Presentation of the Medallion for Scientific Achievement
Presentation of the Medallion for the Advancement of Surgical Care
Presentation of the Flance-Karl Award
Past President Eulogy
Report of the Committee on Arrangements

9:10 AM - 10:50 AM

Columbia Ballroom

SCIENTIFIC SESSION I
Moderator: Jeffrey A. Drebin, MD, PhD

9:10 AM - 9:35 AM

1. Transanastomotic Tube Use and Anastomotic Stricture: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial in Neonates Undergoing Repair of Type C EA/TEF
*Justin Lee^1,2, *Katie W. Russell³, *Caitlin Smith⁴, *Claudia Mueller⁵, *Zachary Kastenberg³, *Anastasia Kahan³, *David Rothstein⁴, *Stephanie Chao⁵, *Shannon Acker⁶, *Jose Diaz-Miron⁶, *Aimee Kim⁸, *Lorraine Kelley-Quon⁸, *Benjamin Keller¹⁰, *David Lazar¹⁰, *Sarah Cairo¹¹, *Natasha Corbitt¹², *Benjamin Carr¹³, *Elizabeth Fialkowski¹³, *Paul Kang¹⁴, *Jason Fraser¹, *Eric Scaife³, *Aaron Jensen¹¹, Steven Lee⁴, *Samir Pandya¹², Romeo Ignacio¹⁰, Thomas Inge⁷, Kenneth Azarow¹³, Kasper Wang⁹, *Ben Padilla¹, Daniel Ostlie²
¹Pediatric Surgery, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona; ²Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; ³Pediatric Surgery, University of Utah, Primary Children's, Salt Lake City, Utah; ⁴Pediatric Surgery, Seattle Children's, Seattle, Washington; ⁵Pediatric Surgery, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, California; ⁶Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado; ⁷Pediatric Surgery, Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; ⁸Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; ⁹Pediatric Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario; ¹⁰Pediatric Surgery, Rady Children's, San Diego, California; ¹¹Pediatric Surgery, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, California; ¹²Pediatric Surgery, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; ¹³Pediatric Surgery, Doernbecher Children's, Portland, Oregon; ¹⁴Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska

9:35 AM - 10:00 AM

2. A Randomized, Controlled Trial Evaluating Negative Pressure Therapy to Reduce Wound Complications Following Major Lower Extremity Amputation
Paul DiMuzio¹, *Cara Staley¹, *Federico Biscetti², *Dawn Salvatore¹, *Babak Abai¹, *Michael Nooromid¹, *Roberto Aru¹, *Romeo Mateo³, *Nii-Kabu Kabutey⁴, *Ellen Dillavou⁵
¹Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; ²Internal Medicine, Gemelli Hospital, Rome; ³Surgery, West Chester Medical Center, West Chester, New York; ⁴Surgery, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California; ⁵Surgery, Wake Forrest University, Raleigh, North Carolina

10:00 AM - 10:25 AM

3. Expression of the High Affinity Neurotensin Receptor (NTSR1) Defines an Immune-Cold, Poor-Prognosis Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Subtype
*Haoming Wu, *Yang Wang, *Dana Napier, *Chi Wang, *Heidi Weiss, *Jing Li, B. Mark Evers
Markey Cancer Center, Lexington, Kentucky

10:25 AM - 10:50 AM

4. Defining the Incremental Value of Endoscopic Ultrasound in Assessing Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms
*Noah X. Tocci, *Divya Deverakonda, *Chase J. Wehrle, *Breanna Perlmutter, *John McMichael, *Samer Naffouje, *Toms Augustin, *Robert Naples, *Daniel Joyce, *Robert Simon, R Matthew Walsh
Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

10:50 AM - 12:00 PM

Columbia Ballroom

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Many Roads, One Calling: Thoughts on Career Paths for Academic Surgeons

10:50 AM - 11:00 AM

Introduction of the President
Charles J. Yeo, MD

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Address by the President
Jeffrey A. Drebin, MD, PhD

1:30 PM - 5:15 PM

Columbia Ballroom

SCIENTIFIC SESSION II
Moderator: Fabrizio Michelassi, MD

1:30 PM - 1:55 PM

5. Normothermic Machine and Regional Perfusion in U.S. DCD Liver Transplantation: A Comparative Analysis Supporting Adoption as the Standard of Care
*Sergio Acuna¹, *Hiren Dayala¹, *Maggie E. Jones-Carr², *Paul MacLennan¹, Devin E. Eckhoff³, *Robert M. Cannon¹
¹Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; ²Surgery, University of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi; ³Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess, Boston, Massachusetts

1:55 PM - 2:20 PM

6. A National Assessment of Well-Being and Mistreatment Among General Surgery Faculty
*Kellie A. Brue¹, *Sarah Huber¹, *Joshua S. Eng¹, *Daniela Amortequi¹, *Natalia Mackiewicz¹, *Yue-Yung Hu^1,2, Karl Bilimoria¹, *Amy L. Holmstrom¹
¹Surgical Education Numbered Trials (SENT), Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center (SOQIC), Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; ²Surgical Education Numbered Trials (SENT), Division of Pediatric Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

2:20 PM - 2:45 PM

7. Biologic Plateau Guides Surgical Timing in KIT Exon 11 GIST: No Added Benefit from Prolonged Therapy by Site or Mutation
*Tannaz Ranjbarian¹, *Michela Del Simone², *Mark Antkowiak¹, *Shirley Sarno¹, *Shumei Kato³, *Adam M. Burgoyne³, *Elena R Fumagalli⁴, *Dario Callegaro², *Paul T. Fanta³, Alessandro Gronchi², Jason Sicklick¹
¹Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California; ²Surgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan; ³Medical Oncology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California; ⁴Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan

2:45 PM - 3:10 PM

8. A North American Multicenter Randomized Controlled Crossover Trial of Transanal Irrigation for Low Anterior Resection Syndrome
*Jessica Holland², *Marie Demian³, *Camila Oliveira¹, *Li Tang⁴, *Sahir Bhatnagar⁵, *Alexander Sender Liberman², *S�bastien Drolet⁶, *Carl Brown⁷, *Caitlin Cahill⁸, *Sepehr Khorasani⁷, *Terry Zwiep⁹, *Carol-Ann Vasilevsky², *Nancy Morin², *Allison Pang², *Richard Garfinkle², *Sami A. Chadi¹⁰, *Shafi Abdulkarim², *Gordon Best¹¹, *Julio Faria², *Gabriela Ghitulescu², *Husein Moloo¹¹, *Louise Samuel², Steven D. Wexner¹², *Julio F. Fiore², *Marylise Boutros¹
¹Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Weston, Florida; ²Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; ³Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; ⁴Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; ⁵Department of Epidemiology, Biostatics and Occupation Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; ⁶Department of Surgery, CHU de Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec; ⁷Department of Surgery, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia; ⁸Health Sciences North, Sudbury, Ontario; ⁹Department of Surgery, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario; ¹⁰Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario; ¹¹Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario; ¹²Colorectal Surgery, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia

3:10 PM - 3:35 PM

9. Ciprofloxacin Exposure Promotes Aortic Dissection and Arterial Rupture in a Mouse Model of Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Scott A. LeMaire², *Lin Zhang¹, *Chen Zhang¹, *Deborah Vela¹, Joseph S. Coselli¹, *Ying Shen¹
¹Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; ²Cardiothoracic Surgery, Geisinger, Danville, Pennsylvania

3:35 PM - 4:00 PM

10. Prophylactic Insulin to Improve Outcomes in Surgical Patients Without Diabetes: A Pilot Randomized, Controlled Trial
*Jamie S. Olapo¹, *Robert Schmicker³, *Bryan Comstock³, *Erin Fannon¹, *Sara DePaoli¹, *Isaac Knuoff¹, *Irl Hirsch⁴, *Evan Dellinger¹, David Flum¹, *Ian Jones²
¹General Surgery , University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; ²Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; ³Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; ⁴Endocrine and Diabetes Care Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

4:00 PM - 4:25 PM

11. GLP-1 Receptor Agonists vs Bariatric Surgery in Breast Cancer: A Comparative Study of Oncologic Outcomes
*Jennifer Den², *Raj Vaghjiani¹, Vicki S. Klimberg¹
¹Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas; ²Surgery, UTMB, Galveston, Texas

4:25 PM - 4:50 PM

12. The Great Divergence: Quantifying Hospital - Physician Payment Inequity in Medicare 2019-2023
*Rachel L. Wolansky, *Lorenzo Hiraldo, *Joseph Sujka, Paul C. Kuo
Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

4:50 PM - 5:15 PM

13. Tele-Robotic Surgery for Combat Casualty Care: Proof of Feasibility
Stephen T. Bartlett¹, *Francesco Bianco¹, *MAJ Christopher Dyke⁴, *Gerald Gantt¹, *Ernest Lockrow⁴, *Marko Rojnica¹, *Valentina Valle¹, *Dennis Fowler², *Kate Petty², *Yulun Wang², *Shane Farritor³, *Piet Hinoul³, Dmitry Oleynikov³, *Tasha Merchant¹, Eric Elster⁴, *Enrico Benedetti¹, *CAPT Matthew Bradley⁴
¹Surgery, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; ²Sovato Health, Goleta, California; ³Virtual Incision, Lincoln, Nebraska; ⁴Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland

FRIDAY, APRIL 24

6:30 AM - 8:00 AM

Columbia Ballroom

INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE FORUM
The International Medical Graduate Paradox
Continental Breakfast provided

Co-Moderators:

Leigh A. Neumayer, MD, MS, MBA
R. Matthew Walsh, MD

Introduction
Christian M. de Virgilio, MD
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA

Importance of International Graduates in U.S. Surgical Workforce
Ra�l J. Rosenthal, MD
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Challenges, Obstacles, and Barriers Facing International Medical Graduates Seeking U.S. Surgical Training Positions
Kamal M. Itani, MD
Boston University School of Medicine, West Roxbury, MA

The Lived Experience of IMG Trainees: Navigating Bias and Cultural Barriers
Anthony Charles, MD
University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT

Residency Program Support of IMG Trainees
Mary E. Klingensmith, MD
Accreditation Council for Grad Medical Education, Chicago, IL

8:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Columbia Ballroom

SCIENTIFIC SESSION III
Moderator: Jeffrey A. Drebin, MD, PhD

8:00 AM - 8:25 AM

14. Intra-Abdominal Bowel Dilation as a Predictor of Severity and Treatment Response in Complex Gastroschisis: Clinical Stratification, a Novel Ovine Model, and First-in-Human Fetal Repair
*Tomohiro Arai², *Mary Elizabeth Guerra¹, *Sourav Bose¹, *Michael Belfort³, *Luc Joyeux¹, *Hui Li¹, *Swathi Balaji¹, *Jan Deprest², Sundeep Keswani¹
¹Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; ²KU Leuven, Leuven; ³Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

8:25 AM - 8:50 AM

15. Anatomical and Histologic Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy: Impact on Recurrence Free Survival and Early Recurrence After Liver Resection for Colorectal Liver Metastases
*Andrea Baldo¹, *Miho Akabane¹, *Jun Kawashima¹, *Odysseas P. Chatzipanagiotou¹, *Gaya Spolverato², *Andrea Ruzzenente³, George Poultsides⁴, *Kazunari Sasaki⁴, *Itaru Endo⁵, *Minoru Kitago⁶, *Federico Aucejo⁷, Irinel Popescu⁸, *Tom Hugh⁹, *Matthew Weiss¹⁰, *Jin He¹¹, Timothy M. Pawlik¹
¹Ohio State University Wexner Medical Cen, Worthington, Ohio; ²Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, Padua, PD; ³Division of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, , University of Verona, Verona, VR; ⁴Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California; ⁵Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama; ⁶Department of Surgery, , Keio University, Tokyo; ⁷Department of Hepato-pancreato-biliary & Liver Transplant Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio; ⁸Department of Surgery, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest; ⁹Department of Surgery, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales; ¹⁰Department of Surgery, Northwell Health Cancer Institute, New York, New York; ¹¹Division of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

8:50 AM - 9:15 AM

16. Hospital-Level Variation in IVC Filter Insertion in Trauma Patients Reveals an Opportunity for a National Appropriateness Quality Improvement Initiative
*Cody L. Mullens¹, *Anne Cain-Nielsen¹, *Scott Levy¹, *Jamila Picart¹, *Elizabeth Alore¹, *John Scott², Lena Napolitano¹, Mark Hemmila¹
¹Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; ²Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

9:15 AM - 9:40 AM

17. 5x-Multiplier vs. 3-Tier Model: A Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial for Discharge Opioid Prescriptions After Intra-Abdominal Cancer Surgery
*Ching-Wei D. Tzeng¹, *Brittany C. Fields¹, *Heather A. Lillemoe¹, *Anneliese Hierl¹, *Jose A. Karam², *Surena Matin², *Larissa Meyer⁴, *Zhouxuan Li³, *Wei Qiao³, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey¹, Matthew H. Katz¹, *Timothy Newhook¹
¹Surgical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; ²Urology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; ³Biostatistics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; ⁴Gynecologic Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

9:40 AM - 10:05 AM

18. GLP-1 Demand Shock: Work Reallocation, Productivity Decline, and Training Implications Across General and Bariatric Surgery
*Ramsey M. Dallal¹, *Aditya Das¹, *Alec C. Beekley¹, *Talar Tatarian¹, *Davinder K. Malhotra², *T. D. Harrison¹, Charles J. Yeo¹
¹Surgery, Jefferson Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; ²Business, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

10:05 AM - 10:30 AM

19. What Is the Incidence of Early Antibody Formation After Resuscitation of Hemorrhage? A Comparison of RH(D)+ Whole Blood and RH(D)- Red Blood Cells in 3,531 Trauma Patients
Bryan A. Cotton, *Devi Bavishi, *Connor Purvis, *Mohammed Rigi, *Brandon Dickey, *James Williams, *Jan-Michael Van Gent, *Thomas W. Clements
Surgery, McGovern Medical School/University of Texas Houston, Houston, Texas

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

OPTIONAL TOUR (Recommended for Spouses/Partners/Non-Physician Guests)
Chihuly Garden and Glass
Price: $55 per person; add this event during the Annual Meeting registration process
Step into a world of color and light with a visit to Chihuly Garden and Glass. Explore renowned artist Dale Chihuly's iconic installations - soaring glass sculptures and immersive galleries-just steps from the Space Needle. Full details here.

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Columbia Ballroom

FORUM DISCUSSION
Translational Research: The Future Is Now
Moderator: Jeffrey A. Drebin, MD, PhD

Regenerative Medicine: New Approaches to Healthcare
Antony J. Atala, MD
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Wake Forest, NC

Xenotransplantation
Robert A. Montgomery, MD
NYU Langone Health, New York, NY

Pancreatic Cancer: Survivors to Solutions
*Vinod P. Balachandran, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute, New York, NY

1:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Columbia Ballroom

SCIENTIFIC SESSION IV
Moderator: Charles J. Yeo, MD

1:30 PM - 1:55 PM

20. Medicaid Expansion Is Associated with Decreased Mortality in Patients Diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer and Synchronous Liver Metastasis
*Julien Hohenleitner¹, *Rohin Gawdi¹, *David Hyman², *Lyudmyla Demyan³, *Angelina Lionetta⁴, *Oliver J. Standring¹, *Murtuza Hassan², *Steven M. Cohen², *Gerardo Vitiello², *Danielle K. Deperalta², Mark Talamini¹, *Sepideh Gholami², *Matthew Weiss²
¹General Surgery, Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, New York; ²Department of Surgical Oncology, Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, New York; ³Department of Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, New York; ⁴Donald and Barbara Sucker School of Medicine, Hempstead, New York

1:55 PM - 2:20 PM

21. Burn Injury Rewires Immune and Neuronal Extracellular Vesicle Communication
*Kristin Grimsrud¹, *Tajia Green³, *David Wang², *Aijun Wang², Tina Palmieri²
¹Pathology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California; ²Surgery, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California; ³Shriners Children's Hospital Northern California, Sacramento, California

2:20 PM - 2:45 PM

22. The Path to Independence: Growth in Entrustment Reflected in EPA Ratings
*Andrada Diaconescu¹, *Julia Kasmirski¹, *Erin White¹, James Korndorffer², *M Chandler McLeod¹, George A. Sarosi³, *Carol L. Barry⁴, *Andrew Jones⁴, Rebecca minter⁵, Karen Brasel⁶, Brenessa Lindeman¹
¹Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; ²Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care, The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School, Austin, Texas; ³Department of Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; ⁴American Board of Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; ⁵Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; ⁶Department of Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon

2:45 PM - 3:10 PM

23. Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion and Allograft Failure After Lung Transplantation: A National Target Trial Emulation
*Sara Sakowitz^1,4, *Syed Shahyan Bakhtiyar^4,3, *Yas Sanaiha^3,4, *Deep Mehta⁴, Richard J. Shemin³, Peyman Benharash^3,4
¹Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; ²Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; ³Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; ⁴Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Laboratories, Department of Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

3:10 PM - 3:35 PM

24. Exercise Reprograms Adiposity-Induced Immune Dysfunction in NSCLC and Non-Tumor Bearing Lungs - Implications for Lung Cancer Therapy and Interception
*Randall J. Smith¹, *Akhil Pachimatla¹, *Kayleigh Erickson², *Deschana Washington³, *Robert Zollo³, *Yeshwanth Vedire¹, *Mary Reid⁴, *Mark Hennon¹, *Nathaniel Ivanick¹, *Joseph Barbi³, *Andrew Ray², Sai Yendamuri¹
¹Thoracic Surgery, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York; ²Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York; ³Immunology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York; ⁴Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York

3:35 PM - 4:00 PM

25. Is 5.5 cm Still the Optimal Size Threshold to Treat AAA in Men? A Contemporary Cost-Utility Analysis
David H. Stone¹, *Jesse A. Columbo¹, *Anders Wanhainen³, *Aravind Ponukumati¹, Thomas Huber², *Sebastian Debus⁴, *Rebecca Scully¹, *Michol Cooper², Philip P. Goodney¹, Gilbert R. Upchurch², Salvatore T. Scali²
¹Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire; ²Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesvulle, Florida; ³Vascular Surgery, Uppsala University, Uppsala; ⁴University of Hamburg, Hamburg

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Columbia Ballroom

EXECUTIVE SESSION
ASA Fellows Only

7:00 PM

Columbia Ballroom

ANNUAL RECEPTION
Black tie/evening dress preferred, business formal acceptable

8:00 PM

Columbia Ballroom

ANNUAL BANQUET
Black tie/evening dress preferred, business formal acceptable

SATURDAY, APRIL 25

8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Columbia Ballroom

SCIENTIFIC SESSION V
Moderator: New President-Elect

8:00 AM - 8:25 AM

26. Comprehensive Evaluation of US Healthcare Spending on Injuries: First All-Payer, All-Setting, All-Mechanism Analysis of Billion in Annual Spending
*John Scott¹, Eileen M. Bulger¹, *Sawyer Crosby², *Haley Lescinsky², *Joseph L. Dieleman²
¹Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; ²Department of Health Metric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

8:25 AM - 8:50 AM

27. Swine Leukocyte Antigen DR Deletion Is a Viable Option for Donor Pigs Used in Renal Xenotransplantation
Andrew B. Adams², *Matt Tector³, *Jose Estrada¹, *Luz Reyes¹, *sabrina cospel³, *Claudia Muniz³, *Victor Novara Gennuso¹, *Neal Iwakoshi², *Michael Dryden², *David Faber², *Bryan Ray⁴, *Holly Haver⁴, *Jayasree Hariharan⁴, *Rodrigo Vianna¹, *Alfred J. Tector¹
¹surgery, university of miami, Miami, Florida; ²Surgery, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota; ³Makana Therapeutics, Miami, Florida; ⁴Werfen, Brookfield, Wisconsin

8:50 AM - 9:15 AM

28. Automated Assessment of Surgical Quality in Distal Gastrectomy: Development of a Novel Computer Vision Model Based on the Critical View of Quality (CVQ)
*Jeesun Kim¹, *Dotan Asselmann², *Tamir Wolf², *Seong-Ho Kong¹, *Do Joong Park¹, *Hyuk-Joon Lee¹, Gerald Fried³, Han-Kwang Yang⁴
¹Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul; ²Theator, Inc., Palo Alto, California; ³McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; ⁴National Cancer Center, Goyang

9:15 AM - 9:40 AM

29. Impact of Obesity on Clinical, Physiologic, and Durability Outcomes After Antireflux Surgery: A 2,171-Patient Cohort Study
*Shahin Ayazi, *Sven Eriksson, *Ping Zheng, *Michelle Bojalad, *Ahmed Aly, *Vineeth Sadda, David L. Bartlett
Surgery, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

9:40 AM - 10:05 AM

30. A New Definition of Major Trauma: Overcoming the Limitations of Anatomic Injury Scoring by Incorporating Trauma Team Actions
Samir Fakhry, *Timothy Scott, *Yan Shen, *Harun Mazunder, *Alessandro Orlando
Center for Trauma and Acue Care Surgery, HCA Healthcare, Nashville, Tennessee

10:05 AM - 10:30 AM

31. Non-Operative Management in Emergency General Surgery: Does It Matter for Surgical Quality Benchmarking in Older Adults?
*Manuel Castillo-Angeles, Ali Salim, *Joaquim M. Havens
Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, Massachusetts

10:30 AM - 10:55 AM

32. Combining Commercial Cancer Protein Biomarkers and Benign Fungal Antibodies Improves Diagnostic Accuracy in Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules
*Hudson M. Holmes¹, *Kevin C. McGann¹, *Sheau-Chiann Chen², *Cole Welch¹, *Yong Zhou¹, *Sanja Antic³, *Yency Forero³, *Samson Argaw³, *Heidi Chen², *Alex Kaizer⁴, *Anna Baron⁵, *Robert M. Meguid⁶, *Fabien Maldonado³, *Stephen Deppen¹, Eric Grogan¹
¹Department of Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; ²Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; ³Department of Pulmonology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; ⁴Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado; ⁵Department of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado; ⁶Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado

11:00 AM

ADJOURNMENT

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