Advances in Minimally Invasive General Surgery

December 2, 2017

This day-long educational activity is designed to educate the community, general, and plastic surgeons about the latest advances in Minimally Invasive General Surgery.

The aim of the symposium is to familiarize the audience with the current status and future directions of treatments for common and uncommon diseases of the foregut.

Diseases of the foregut include extremely common conditions like gastroesophageal reflux disease and rare motility disorders such as achalasia.  The diagnostic and treatment approaches to these conditions continue to evolve at a rapid pace.

The course will include a debate and case style format designed to highlight several of the more controversial areas in foregut surgery.  Specific patient scenarios will be presented to the audience prior to the presentations in each track.  Upon completion of each speaker’s talk and an opportunity for open debate and discussion, the audience will be polled once again as to how they might manage the same patient presented prior to the panel.  We hope to see that the audience will at least understand or consider alternatives to treatment they might not have considered prior to attending this course. 

In addition, complex abdominal wall hernias are difficult to treat. Many times patients have had multiple previous attempts at reconstruction and often present with chronic infections. The standard ventral hernia repair is often not enough to fix these patients.  Many national surgical organizations like SAGES are focusing their course content on complex hernia repair.  

 

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A $4.00 non-refundable processing fee will be assessed for all registrations. 

Cancellation refunds will be provided at 50% of the original registration fee.

Target Audience

Physicians and APPs

Learning Objectives

Participants will:

  • Discuss the pros and cons of pneumatic dilation, surgical myotomy, and POEM for achalasia
  • Describe how to perform a POEM procedure
  • Understand the different options for managing GERD including the pros and the cons of each approach
  • Describe techniques and technical tips for the surgical management of massive paraesophageal hernias and difficult reoperative foregut surgical procedures
  • Identify complex hernias that are not amenable to standard repair techniques.
  • Outline a plan for removal of the source of infection.
  • Devise a multidisciplinary approach to reconstructing the abdominal wall.
Additional information

Contact

Name: 
Heidi Brittnacher
Phone Number: 
+1 (414) 805-9427
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 4.50 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.
Course opens: 
08/11/2017
Course expires: 
03/30/2018
Event starts: 
12/02/2017 - 9:00am CST
Event ends: 
12/02/2017 - 3:00pm CST
Cost:
$4.00
MCW-Green Bay
161 Reid Street
St. Norbert College
DePere, WI
United States

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE
Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all Medical College of Wisconsin sponsored events. If you require special accommodations in order to attend this event, please contact Heidi Brittnacher at (414) 805-9427 or surgeryevents@mcw.edu.

FOR MORE INFORMATION
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Heidi Brittnacher at (414) 805-9427 or surgeryevents@mcw.edu.

Program Directors: Matthew I. Goldblatt, MD and Jon C. Gould, MD (Division of General Surgery)

 
 

Speakers:

S. Scott Davis, MD

Director, Emory Endosurgery Unit for

Minimally Invasive Surgery

Associate Professor of Surgery

Division of General and GI Surgery

Emory University School of Medicine
 

Jon C. Gould, MD

Professor and Chief

Division of General Surgery


Rana Higgins, MD

Assistant Professor

Division of General Surgery


Tammy L. Kindel, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Division of General Surgery


Kathleen Lak, MD

Assistant Professor

Division of General Surgery

 

In accordance with the ACCME standard for Commercial Support Number 6, all in control of content have NO relevant financial relationships to disclose with the exception of the following person(s):

Name

Company

Role

Jeffrey Marks, MD

Program Director, Case Surgery

Residency Program

Director of Surgical Endoscopy

Professor, Department of Surgery

University Hospitals Case Medical Center

Olympus

Boston Scientific

Consultant

Consultant

Brian Dunkin, MD

Professor, Department of Surgery

Full Member, Research Institute

Houston Methodist

Weill Cornell Medical College
 

Olympus

BSCI

Medtronic

Ethicon

Consultant

Consultant

Speaker

Speaker

Andrew Kastenmeier, MD

Associate Professor

Division of General Surgery

Gore

Speaker

Matthew Goldblatt, MD

Professor

Division of General Surgery

 

Gore

Medtronic

Bard/Davol

Merck

Consultant/Speaker

Consultant/Speaker

Research

Research

ACCME ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity a maximum of 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

HOURS OF PARTICIPATION FOR ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 4.5 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.

Available Credit

  • 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 4.50 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.

Price

Cost:
$4.00
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