Scientific Program for the 22nd Congress of the
Micheal E. DeBakey International Surgical Society
Thursday 8/23/18 | Friday 8/24/18 | Saturday 8/25/18
Thursday 8/23/18
7:00-8:00 Registration
8:-00-8:15 Welcome
General Session I – Vascular
8:15-8:30 Spinal Cord Deficit After 1114 Extent II
Open Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.
Joseph Coselli, MD
8:30-8:45 Endovascular Approach To Unstable
Subclavian Artery Injuries.
Matthew Wall, MD
8:45-9:00 Ciprofloxacin Increases Susceptibility To
Aortic Dissection And Rupture In Mice.
Scott A. LeMaire, MD
9:00-9:15 Novel Strategies For Teaching Open
Vascular Surgery.
Alexandre d’Audiffret, MD
9:15-9:30 Developing A Regional Limb Salvage Program.
Joseph Mills, MD
9:30-9:45 Panel
9:45-10:15 Break and Exhibits
General Session II – Abstracts
10:15-10:25 Using The Society For Vascular Surgery (SVS)
Wound, Ischemia, And Foot Infection (Wifi)
Classification As A Tool To Identify Patients Most Likely To Benefit From
Revascularization.
Jessica Mayor, MD
10:25-10:35 Challenging Dogma: Routine Completion
Angiography Is Not Warranted Following Lower Extremity Traumatic Arterial
Repairs.
Ahmed Khouqeer, MD
10:35-10:45 Simple Instrument Assesses Hemorrhage Control
Skills From “Stop The Bleed” In Participants With Relatively Low
College Degree Attainment.
Elizabeth H. Tilley, Ph.D.
10:45-10:55 Clinical Stage I Pancreatic Cancer: Fact Or
Fiction?
Katherine Baugh, MD
10:55-11:05 Increase In Nitric Oxide Formation And Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Values With
Arginine And Citrulline Supplementation Decreases The Rate Of Necrotizing
Enterocolitis In A Premature Piglet Model.
Patricio E. Lau, MD
11:05-11:15 Transaortic Gunshot Wound Through Perivisceral
Segment Successfully Managed By Placement Of Thoracic Stent Graft.
Cara A. Lyle, MD
11:15-11:25 Parathyroidectomy Is Underutilized In The
Treatment Of Primary Hyperparathyroidism In Veterans.
Elizabeth A. Alore, MD
Lunch Session
11:30-1:00 Fostering A Culture Of Physician Innovation.
William Cohn, MD
General Session III-Trauma/Critical Care
1:15-1:30 Impact Of The ABCDEF Initiative.
Gregory Schaefer, DO
1:30 – 1:45 Trauma Outreach In The Prehospital Setting:
A Pilot Study.
Jim Bardes, MD
1:45-2:00 Leading A
Level II Trauma Center: What I Didn’t Learn In Residency.
Rachel Keilin, MD
2:00-2:15 Pressure Ulcer Prevention In Trauma And
Acute Care Surgery Patients: From Admission To Discharge.
Ron Hekier, MD
2:15-2:30 Measuring And Correcting Coagulopathy.
John Aucar, MD
2:30-2:45 Electrophrenic
Respiration Improves Quality Of Life.
Laurens Pickard, MD
2:45-3:00 Panel
Special Session
3:00-3:30 The Kenneth L. Mattox Frontiers &
Pioneers Excellence In Innovation Lecture: Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery:
State Of The Art.
Joseph Lamelas, MD
3:30-4:00 Break & Exhibits
General Session IV- General
4:00-4:15 Cutting Edge Technology In GERD.
Tripp Buckley, MD
4:15-4:30 Lobular Breast Cancer Metastatic To The Colon
And Pericolonic Lymph Nodes.
Ronney Stadler, MD
4:30-4:45 Necrotizing Fasciitis: On The Rise.
Kimberly S. Bailey, MD
4:45-5:00 Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Right
Colectomy: Post-Operative Hemoglobin Trends From A Community Colorectal Surgery
Group.
Marc Downs, MD
5:00-5:15 Postoperative Staphylococcus Aureus Infection
In The Veterans Health Administration: Incidence And Trends From 2008-2015.
William O’Brien, MS
5:15-5:30 Panel
Reception
Friday 8/24/18
General Session V – Cardiac
8:00-8:20 Serendipity And Synergy.
Kenneth Mattox, MD
8:20-8:40 Innovation In Valve Surgery.
Vinay Badhwar, MD
8:40-9:00 State Of The Art CABG.
Faisal Bakaeen, MD
9:00-9:15 Panel
Special Session
9:15-10:00 The State Of The Department At BCM.
Todd Rosengart, MD
10:00-10:30 Break and Exhibits
General Session VI – Community/
International
10:30-10:45 Craniofacial Reconstruction In Under-Developed
Countries.
Aaron Mason, MD
10:45-11:00 Surgeon Integration/ Stop The Bleed.
Alexander Eastman, MD
11:00-11:15 Providing Care To Indigent Populations In Resource
Limited Areas.
Jarrid Collins, 1SG
11:15 -11:30 Humanitarian Aspects Of Surgery In Haiti.
Karen Kwong, MD
11:30-11:45 Panel
Special Session
11:45-12:30 Presentation Of The DeBakey Surgery Award
“The Mentor’s. Imprint: Learning At The Hand Of Michael E. DeBakey“
AWARDEE: Joseph Coselli, MD
Optional Sessions
1:30 – 3:00 Stop the Bleed Instructor Course
3:00 – 6:00 Vineyard Tour
Saturday 8/25/18
General Session VII – Abstracts
8:00-8:10 Ideal Timing Of Early Cholecystectomy For
Acute Cholecystitis: An American College Of Surgeons-National Surgical Quality
Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) Review.
Elizabeth Alore, MD
8:10-8:20 Lessons Learned From Value-Based
Pediatric Appendectomy Care: A Shared Savings Pilot Model.
Yangyang Yu, MD
8:20-8:30 Evaluation Of Isolated Facial Trauma
Transfer Patterns To A Level 1 Trauma Center.
Mirza Nayyar Ahmed, MD
8:30–8:40 National Surgical Trends In Early Stage Pancreatic Cancer.
Kathrine Baugh, MD
8:40-8:50 FVC < 1: A Mark For High Risk Patients.
Rachel L Warner, DO
8:50 – 9:00 IL-10 Regulates Perivascular Hyaluronan
Metabolism To Improve Pulmonary Hypertension In Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.
Emily H. Steen, MD
9:00 -9:10 Rib Fixation.
Kennith Coleman, MD
9:10 – 9:40 Break and Exhibits
Special Session
9:40-10:10 The History Of Vascular Surgery.
Roger Gregory, MD
10:10-10:30 Break and Exhibits
General Session VIII – Ethics and Economics
10:30-10:45 The End Of Life Conversation: The Surgeon’s
Role And Cultural Nuances.
Bruce Applebaum, MD
10:45-11:00 Organ Donation And Cultural Aspects.
Patricia Niles, President/CEO Southwest Transplant Alliance
11:00-11:15 The Board Of Medicine: It’s More Than Sex, Lies, And Videotapes.
Lori D. Conklin, MD
11:15-11:30 A New Perspective.
Todd Maxson, MD
11:30-11:45 Panel
Lunch Session
11:45-1:00 Puerto Rico After The Hurricane: Surgeons As
Leaders.
Ernesto Soltero, MD
General Session IX – Education
1:00-1:15 Changes In Surgical Education In
Saudi Arabia.
Fareed Khouqeer, MD
1:15 – 1:30 Innovation In Education: Pressured Cadaver.
Daniel Grabo, MD
1:30 – 1:45 Residency Today.
David Borgstrom, MD
1:45-2:00 Education Of Special Forces Medical
Sergeants.
Jarrid Collins, 1SG
2:00 – 2:15 Panel
2:15 – 3:00 Break and Exhibits
Resident Awards
3:00 – 3:15 Resident Awards and Scholarship Presentations
Special Session
3:15 – 4:00 Mastering Presentations: Developing
Outstanding PPT, Videos That Work And Mastering The Delivery.
Faculty: Alison Wilson, MD; Daniel Grabo, MD; Alex Eastman, MD Alison Wilson, MD; Daniel Grabo,
MD; Alex Eastman, MD
4:00 – 5:00 Reality after Residency: Q&A, Types of
Jobs, Are Fellowships Required, and Can I Really do a Variety of Cases?
5:00 – 6:00 Free
6:00 – 7:00 Cocktails
7:00 Presidential Dinner and Awards