NORTH PACIFIC SURGICAL ASSOCIATION 102ND ANNUAL MEETING
NOVEMBER 13-14, 2015, BENSON HOTEL, PORTLAND, OR
MEETING OUTLINE
Contact: Chris Wong, NPSA Administrator, nopacsurg@aol.com ph. 206-789-0754
North Pacific Surgical Association 102nd Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, November 13-14, 2015
Friday
7:30-7:40 am Welcome by President John Vetto, MD
7:40-11:10 am First abstract session: Head/Neck and Oncology
9 abstracts (20 min each: 8-10 min primary, 5 min discussant, 5 min questions)
1. Dual-energy Computed Tomography: A Promising Novel Preoperative Localization Study That
Facilitates Neck Exploration For Treatment of Primary Hyperparthyroidism (senior author
Wiseman, Vancouver)
2. Axillary web syndrome: an underappreciated complication of sentinel node biopsy in melanoma
(senior author Vetto, Portland)
3. The Role of Early Post-Treatment Mammography after Breast Conservation Therapy (senior
author Sohn, Tacoma)
4. Prophylactic Use of Pentoxifylline (Trental) and Vitamin E to Prevent Capsular Contracture after
Implant Reconstruction in Patients Requiring Adjuvant Radiation (senior author Nathalie Johnson,
Portland)
5. Increasing tumor length is associated with node positivity and decreased survival in esophageal
cancer (senior author Dolan, Portland)
9:20-9:50 am Break
6. Segmental Duodenal Resection with Duodenojejunostomy for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
(senior author Rocha, Seattle)
7. PREOPERATIVE CT SCAN TO PREDICT PANCREATIC FISTULA AFTER DISTAL PANCREATECTOMY
USING GLAND AND TUMOR CHARACTERISTICS (senior author, Newell, Portland)
8. Surgical management of rectal carcinoids: trends and outcomes from the SEER database (19882012) (senior author McConnell, Vancouver)
9. HIV Positivity and Anal Cancer Outcomes: A Single-Center Experience (senior author Tsikitis,
Portland)
11:10-11:25 am Comments by Dr. Weigelt, visiting professor
11:25 am -12:10 pm Presidents Lecture: Dr. John Vetto
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12:10-1:10 pm. Lunch with lecture: History of Powell Books: largest independent used/new
bookstore in world
1:10-3:10 pm Second abstract session: Education/Telemedicine/Trauma
6 abstracts (20 min each: 8-10 min primary, 5 min discussant, 5 min questions)
10. ADDING REMOTE ULTRASOUND "KNOBOLOGY" CONTROL TO REMOTE JUST-IN-TIME
TELEMENTORED TRAUMA ULTRASOUND: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (senior author
Hamilton, Alberta)
11. Rigid versus articulating instrumentation for single port surgery task completion (senior author
Meneghetti, Vancouver)
12. A Statewide Teleradiology System Reduces Radiation Exposure and Charges in Transferred Trauma
Patients (senior author Kiraly, Portland)
13. A Night Float Week in a Surgical Clerkship Improves Student Team Cohesion (senior author: Kiraly,
Portland)
14. Emergent Reversal of Vitamin K Antagonists: Addressing All the Factors (senior author, Schreiber,
Portland)
15. Open abdomen with negative pressure device versus primary abdominal closure for the
management of surgical abdominal sepsis: a retrospective review (senior author Buczkowski,
Vancouver)
3:10-3:25 pm: Discussion by Dr. Weigelt, visiting professor
3:25-3:55 pm: BREAK
3:55-4:40 pm Founder’s Lecture: Dr. John A. Weigelt,
Maintenance of Certification: Who is maintaining what?
4:40-5:20 pm Executive Session – NPSA Members only
Saturday, November 14, 2015
7:30-10:10 am: Third Abstract Session: Quality/Patient Outcomes/New Techniques/Vascular
9 abstracts (20 min each: 8-10 min primary, 5 min discussant, 5 min questions)
16. Fluorescent cholangiography in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: The initial Canadian experience
(senior author Panton, Vancouver)
17. Improving access to bariatric surgery : early surgical and patient focused outcomes of a rural
obesity clinic (senior author, Birch, Alberta).
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18. Routine Intraoperative Leak Testing for Sleeve Gastrectomy: Is the Leak Test Full of Hot Air?
(senior author Martin, Tacoma)
19. Minimizing Variance in Pediatric Gastrostomy: Does a Standardized Perioperative Plan Decrease
Cost and Improve Outcomes? (senior author Azarow, Portland)
20. Colorectal SSI Reduction Strategies (senior author Faust, Bend/Portland)
9:10-9:40 am Break
21. Stoma creation: Does day of the week affect length of stay? (senior author Hawkins, Seattle)
22. The Routine Use of Prosthetic Mesh in Austere Environments: Dogma versus Data (senior author
Martin, Tacoma)
23. The Impact of 24-Hour Post Discharge Telephone Follow-up in the Treatment of Surgical Daycare
Patients (senior author Hayashi, Victoria/Alberta)
24. The changing role of axillofemoral bypass in current vascular surgery practice (senior author
Moneta, Portland)
11-11:15 am: Discussion by Dr. Weigelt, visiting professor
11:15-11:45 am: Historian’s lecture by Dr. Preston Carter
Lloyd Nyhus and Rene Stoppa: Pioneers of the Inguinal Preperitoneum
11:45 am – 12:15 pm: Lecture from Chris deGara, MD, President, Canadian Association of General
Surgeons
The CAGS President's Listening and Advocacy Tour
12:15-1:15 pm: Lunch lecture: Bridges of Portland
1:15-1:45 pm: Video sessions (2 videos, no discussants, questions/answers after each video)
1.
Trans-anal Laparoendoscopic Surgery (TALES): a novel approach to rectal lesions in
children
(Nicholas A Hamilton MD presenter, Sanjay Krishnaswami MD, Portland, OR)
2.
Video Assisted Pancreatic Debridement for Infected Pancreatic Necrosis
MD presenter, Matthew Martin MD, Tacoma, WA)
(Kevin Kniery
1:45-4:45 pm: VirtuOHSU (OHSU surgical simulation program, hands on) 2hr course/1hr travel
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