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February 25-27, 2010
60th Annual Meeting of the Puerto Rico Chapter of the American College of Surgeons to be held at La Concha Resort in San Juan.
February 25, 2010
30th Raffucci Memorial Lecture and Surgical Research Forum
Thursday PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
25-Feb
7:00 - 7:40 Registration / Continental Breakfast
Moderator Yvonne Baerga, MD FACS Program Chair
7:40 - 8:00
Welcoming Remarks
Ramon Sotomayor,MD FACS President
8:00 - 8:30 An Inside Look at Laparoscopic Colectomy Ramon Sotomayor
8:30 - 9:00 Single Port Laparoscopy in Gynecologic Cancer Surgery Pedro F. Escobar
9:00 - 9:30 Evolution in the Surgical Management of Diverticulitis Bruce Wolff
9:30 - 10:00 Staging of cancer: 2010 and Beyond Frederick Greene
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break & Exhibit View
10:30-11:00 The Bariatric Patient: Initial Assessment and Post Operative Surveillance Maria L. Collazo Clavell
11:00-11:30 Bariatric Surgery in PR Ana Santos
11:30-12:00 Excimer Laser Assisted Atherectomy for Infrainguinal Disease in Critical Limb Ischemia and Claudicants: Puerto Rico Experience Javier Ruiz Aburto
12:00-12:45 KEYNOTE LECTURE
The Extended duties of the Humanistic Physician Eduardo Santiago-Delpin
12:45 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 5:00 Raffucci Surgical Research Forum
Medical and Surgical Innovation in Adult and Pediatric Liver Transplantation:History and Future Prospects
Tom Heffron, MD
5:00- 6:00
Raffucci Forum Cocktail
Friday 26-Feb
7:00 - 7:45 Registration / Continental Breakfast
Moderator Jose Sorrentino, MD FACS ACS PR Chapter Governor
7:45 - 8:00 Welcoming Remarks Jose Sorrentino
8:00 - 8:30 Congenital malformations in the Operating Room- What to do if you are alone? Carmen T. Ramos Irizarry
8:30 - 9:00 What to do if you think you have injured a bile duct? Angel Alsina
9:00 - 9:30 The Surgeon's Best Friend: How can Interventional Radiology help you? Enrique Sabater
9:30 - 10:00 Incidental Surgery Bruce Wolff
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break & Exhibit View
10:30-11:15 KEYNOTE LECTURE
Minimally Invasive Techniques in Cancer Management Frederick Greene
11:15-11:45 Informed Consent Norma Santiago
11:45-12:15 Laryngeal Reconstruction in Peds Carlos Gonzalez Aquino
12:15-12:45 Changing paradigms in early detection & treatment of Prostate Cancer Ricardo Sanchez
12:45 -2:00
Lunch and Learn
Kevin Hughes
Identification and management of women at high risk of hereditary breast/ovarian cancer syndrome: Information Technology as the solution
Sponsored by: Myriad
Moderator Ramon Sotomayor
2:00-2:30 Pain Management in your Surgical Patient Luis Baerga
2:30-3:00 Management of Difficult Abdominal Wall Hernias Eduardo Parra Davila
3:00-3:30 The Present & Future Challenges of General Surgery in PR Juan J. Lojo
3:30-4:00 Pancreatic Cancer Treatment 2010: Is anything changing? Ernest Rosato
Saturday 27-Feb
7:00 - 8:00 Registration / Continental Breakfast
Moderator Yvonne Baerga, MD FACS Program Chair
8:00 - 8:15 Welcoming Remarks/Poster Session Award Announcement Yvonne Baerga
8:15 - 8:45 What is New in Hemodynamic Monitoring Gloria Rodriguez
8:45-9:15 Treatment of Sepsis in the Abdominal Surgical Patient Daniel Cullinane
9:15-10:15 KEYNOTE LECTURE
Advances in Surgical Critical Care Lena Napolitano
10:15-10:45 Coffee Break & Exhibit View
10:45 -11:15 Surgical Critical Care in the Geriatric Patient Scott P. Zietlow
11:15-11:45 The Open Abdomen: Why, When & How Daniel Cullinane
11:45-12:15 End of Life Care: the Surgeon’s Role Mariluz Rivera-Hernandez
12:15-1:00 End of Life Decision - Making in the Surgical ICU Michael Bannon
1:00 - 2:00 Lunch & Business Meeting ACS Fellows
Educational objectives
1. Bring practical information on prostate surgery, pediatric surgery, pancreatic cancer treatment, staging of cancer among others.
2. Review pediatric surgical procedures.
3. Provide updated information on laparoscopic procedures.
4. Discuss troubleshooting in the operating room.
5. Provide up to date discussion on surgical critical care.
REGISTRATION FORM
Send check payable to:
The Puerto Rico Chapter of the ACS
PO BOX 363196
San Juan, PR 00936-3196
NAME_______________________
ADDRESS Street / Box__________________________________________
City__________________________ State________ Zip Code__________
TELEPHONE__________________ FAX _________________________
EMAIL_______________________
REGISTRATION FEES
� Members: $250
Fee allows registrant to participate in
Scientific and Social Program
� Non-Members - $400.00
Fee allows registrant to participate in
Scientifica and Social Program
� Free of charge: Residents, Interns and Medical Students with appropriate identification and a letter from the Director of the Program are cordially invited to attend the Scientific Session
HOTEL ROOM RESERVATIONS
Room rate: $235 + taxes per night in single or double occupancy.
For reservations call 787-649-7681.
FOR INFORMATION
For additional information contact Aixa Vélez-Silva at (787) 649-7681,
fax (787) 277-0783 or Email to genteinc@prtc.net
SOCIAL PROGRAM
Friday February 26, 2010
11:30 a.m. – Spouses Lunch
Perla Restaurant
Saturday February 27, 2010
7:30 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. Gala Dinner
Ballroom Las Nereidas, La Concha Resort
Music by Humberto Ramírez Big Band
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