The Southern California Chapter of the

American College of Surgeons presents the

2017
ANNUAL
SCIENTIFIC
MEETING
Join us JANUARY 20-22, 2017
at the Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara
in Santa Barbara, California

2016,
REGISTER BY DECEMBER 15, 2015,
FOR EARLY BIRD SAVINGS!
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
SHARON S. LUM, MD
Program Chairman
KEVORK KAZANJIAN, MD
Associate Chair
LYDIA LAM, MD
Assistant Chair
THIS MEETING IS SPONSORED BY
THE AMERICAN
COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
AMERICAN COLLEGE
OF SURGEONS
GUEST LECTURERS
JOHN HOLCOMB, MD, FACS
Director
Center for Translational Injury
Research Chief
Division of Acute Care Surgery
Bronze Star Recipient
Vice Chair
Department of Surgery
University of Texas
Houston, Texas
DAVID HOYT, MD, FACS
Executive Director
American College of Surgeons
Chicago, Illinois
KATHY MAGLIATO, MD,
MBA, FACS
Founder, CEO and CMO
of Cordex Systems Inc.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon Providence
Saint Johns Medical Ctr. Santa
Monica, California
JOHN MORTON, MD,
MPH, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Chief
Bariatric and Minimally
Invasive Surgery
Stanford University School
of Medicine
President, ASMBS
Stanford, California
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JANUARY 20-22, 2017 FOUR SEASONS RESORT THE BILTMORE SANTA BARBARA
December 2016
Dear Colleagues and Friends
We cordially invite you to attend the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Southern California
Chapter of the American College of Surgeons at the Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa
Barbara in Santa Barbara, California, January 20-22, 2017. Located on the coast south of
downtown Santa Barbara, the Four Seasons Resort is rated as one of the top resorts in North
America. We are looking forward to our return to this outstanding facility.
An outstanding program has been organized with an impressive selections of presentations.
Registered participants will be able to attend any of the sessions that are of interest. There are
41 paper presentations and 20 posters in the general sessions focusing on topics that will be
of interest to most surgeons. There are an additional 61 papers presented in Specialty Section
meetings. We have worked together to offer a Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery specialty section
meeting prior to the ASMBS Chapter meeting on Saturday. We are continuing to offer the
popular Trauma specialty session and a Breast Surgery specialty section, as well. The General
Surgery section meeting will focus on Minimally Invasive Surgery. There also are five other
specialty section meetings which will have a combination of papers and presentations on
focused topics in each surgical specialty.
A number of special events will highlight this years meeting. The Whats New in Surgery
sessions, always a popular aspect of this meeting, will again be held on Friday afternoon a
change that proved popular last year. The popular Welcome Cocktail Reception, will be held
Friday evening with our own special brand of homegrown entertainment! We will offer a
Wine and Cheese Reception on Saturday evening. All poster sessions will be oral, rapid fire
presentations. Continental breakfast is offered each morning before sessions begin. There is a
lunch with exhibitors on Friday along with additional oral poster presentations and again on
Saturday to offer a more informal atmosphere.
A breakfast with the faculty designed for Young Surgeons (under age 45) will be held on
Saturday morning to discuss issues concerning the future practice of surgery. The Young
Surgeons Committee will be putting on the annual JEOPARDY Resident Competition on
Saturday afternoon come to root for your institution. A special lunch session for Women in
Surgery will be held Saturday, as well. The Commission on Cancer Hospital Representatives
will hold a breakfast meeting on Sunday morning. The Committee on Trauma will also meet.
The reasonably priced registration fees (Early Bird rates expire December 15, 2016.) and
the below market room prices to stay at the resort should further encourage you to attend
and participate in this outstanding meeting with your family and colleagues. For your
convenience, we also have an on-line registration option at www.socalsurgeons.org.
We look forward to seeing you in beautiful Santa Barbara.
Sincerely yours,
Christian de Virgilio, MD, FACS Sharon Lum, MD, FACS
President, Southern California Chapter ACS Chairman, Program Committee
CONFERENCE INFORMATION
OBJECTIVES
FRIDAY
This program is designated for practicing surgeons involved in the care of patients. Its meant JANUARY 20, 2017
to provide an update regarding treatment in general and subspecialty surgical practice, and ALL DAY SCCACS GENERAL SESSIONS
to enhance the knowledge of participants in these areas. The program is intended to meet the
needs of surgeons in clinical practice for up-to-date information on the latest techniques in 7:00 am 4:00 pm
general and specialty surgical areas and to provide a means for surgical students and research- REGISTRATION
ers to report the results of their research.
7:00 am 8:00 am
ACCREDITATION CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST/
The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing EXHIBITORS
Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 8:00 am 8:05 am
CME CREDIT OPENING REMARKS
Christian de Virgilio, MD
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
President, SCCACS
The American College of Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of 20 AMA PRA
Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of
their participation in the activity. PAPER SESSION 1
MOC Self-Assessment
GENERAL SURGERY
Of the AMA PRA Category 1 Credits listed above, a maximum of 20 credits meet the require-
ments for Self-Assessment. Presiding Officer: Christian de Virgilio, MD
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center / Los Angeles
MEETING INFORMATION
8:05 am
REGISTER ONLINE AT WWW.SOCALSURGEONS.COM or complete the enclosed Registra- Does Distance from Hospital Affect
tion Form and mail or fax to: SCCACS, 2512 Artesia Boulevard, Suite 200, Redondo Beach, Readmission Rates following Cardiac
California 90278. Call 310.379.8261 for more information; fax to 310.379.8283; or email to: Surgery?
administrator@socalsurgeons.org. Yen-Yi Juo, MD, MPH
REGISTRATION FORM AND PAYMENT IN FULL MUST BE RECEIVED BY DECEMBER 15, University of California / Los Angeles
2016, TO QUALIFY FOR THE EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION FEES. REGISTRATION FORMS 8:13 am
RECEIVED AFTER DECEMBER 15, 2016, WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE CHARGED THE Surgical Site Infection Reduction
HIGHER LATE FEE. ALL PARTICIPANTS, AUTHORS AND PRESENTERS ATTENDING THE Bundle Implementation
MEETING MUST REGISTER. PROGRAMS AND NAME BADGES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED
Joseph Losh, DO
ON SITE.
Ventura County Medical Center
HOTEL RESERVATIONS 8:21 am
The SCCACS has arranged for a block of rooms at the Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Efficacy of Negative Pressure Wound
Barbara at special discounted rates. The rate is $365 per night, plus taxes for single/double. Vacuums in Preventing Surgical Site
Rooms at this rate are available until the block of rooms is sold out or December 14, 2016 Infections after Whipple Procedures
whichever occurs first. After that date, rooms and rates are subject to availability. Ryan Gupta, BS
NOTE: Effective for the 2017 meeting, two night Deposit of Room and Tax is required at the UC Medical Center / Irvine
time of booking. Reservation arrival and departure must be finalized no later than 2 weeks pri- 8:29 am
or to arrival (January 3, 2017). After the cancellation date of January 3, 2017, guest will be re- Mandatory Operative Re-exploration
sponsible for all nights booked and deposit will be forfeited. In addition, any guest who checks following Initial Debridement of
out prior to their scheduled departure date as confirmed upon check in, will be responsible for Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections:
those nights room & tax charges. Also effective for the 2017 meeting, the number of rooms No Longer Mandatory
an individual guest may reserve is limited to two rooms only and with the above deposit and Lara Spence, MD
cancellation rules applied to all.
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Call the Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara Reservations directly at (805)969- 8:37 am
2261, and ask for the SCCACS rate. The block sells out quickly! If the block is full when you Hyperglycemia is Associated with
call, ask the Biltmore to put you on the wait list for a room if there are cancellations. Do NOT
Surgical Site Infections among General
make your reservation online.
and Vascular Surgery Patients
MAKE YOUR ROOM RESERVATION TODAY. DONT MISS OUT! Amy Showen, BS
DEADLINE FOR HOTEL RESERVATIONS IS DECEMBER 14, 2016 Olive View / UCLA Medical Center
Kids for All Seasons Program. The resort will offer its Kids for All Seasons Program 8:45 am 9:00 am
during the Chapter Annual Meeting. Parents can attend meetings while the kids take part SENIOR AUTHOR PANEL DISCUSSION
in programmed activities offered throughout the day on Saturday of the Conference.
Contact the hotel concierge for additional information about the program and the fees and
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FRIDAY CONTINUED
PAPER SESSION 2
GENERAL SURGERY
Presiding Officer: Samir Johna, MD
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
9:00 am
The Bethesda System for Thyroid FNA
Analysis: Predictor or Alarmist?
Noah Swann, MD
Huntington Memorial Hospital
9:08 am
Percutaneous Needle Biopsies of the
Breast in Women Younger than 35 Years:
Minimally or Excessively Invasive?
Aida Abou-Zamzam
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
9:16 am
Predictors of Steal in Hemodialysis Access
Abraham Korn, MD
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
9:24 am
Outcomes of Unroofing with Limited
Excision and Structured Postoperative Jason Brill, MD
Care for Pilonidal Disease
Farees Tavangari, MD
Kaiser Permanente / Los Angeles
9:32 am
Safety and Efficacy of Electromagnetic-
guided Bedside Placement of Nasoenteral
Feeding Tubes vs Standard Placement
Husam Shadid, BS
University of California / Los Angeles
9:40 am 10:00 am
SENIOR AUTHOR PANEL DISCUSSION
10:00 am 10:30 am
REFRESHMENT BREAK / EXHIBITORS
PAPER SESSION 3
GENERAL SURGERY
Presiding Officer: Danny Shouhed, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
10:30 am
Geographic and Institutional Trends
in Ambulatory Surgery in the State of
California, 2012-2014
Sean ONeill, MD, PhD
University of California / Los Angeles
10:38 am
The Burden of Central Venous Catheter
Duration in a County Hospital
Eric Pillado, BS
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
10:46 am
Management and Outcomes of
Appendectomy during Pregnancy
Roy Won, MD
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
10:54 am
Ultrasound Accuracy in Diagnosing
Appendicitis in Obese Pediatric Patients
Bryan Love, MD
University of California / Riverside
11:02 am
Evaluation of Preoperative Weight Loss
for Elective Hernia Repair in the Veteran
Population
Beatrice Sun, BS
VA Long Beach Healthcare System
11:10 am 11:30 am
SENIOR AUTHOR PANEL DISCUSSION
11:30 am 1:00 pm
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
LUNCH MEETING
POSTER SESSION 1
Moderator: Steve Kaminski, MD
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
11:30 am
Point of Care Ultrasound vs Chest
X-Ray in Detection of Pneumothorax
Prior to Removal of Tube Thoracostomy
in Trauma Patients
Benjamin Mati, MD
Ventura County Medical Center
11:38 am
Neoadjuvant Radiation is a Significant
Risk Factor for Wound Complications
after Limb Sparing Resection for
Extremity Sarcoma: Analysis of 141 Cases
David Perrault, BS
Keck School of Medicine / USC
11:46 am
US Navy Humanitarian Aid: Redirecting
the Global Force for Good
Naval Medical Center / San Diego
12:02 pm
Characteristics of Firearm Related Suicide
Attempts in Inpatient Admissions for the
State of California
Azaria Lewis, BS
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
12:10 pm
Impact of Positive Fluid Balance on
Critically Ill Trauma Patients: A Retro-
spective Study at a Level I Trauma Center
Lara Spence, MD
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
12:18 pm
Critical Evaluation of Risk Factors of
Infection following Two-stage Implant-
based Breast Reconstruction
Chao Long, AB
Stanford University School of Medicine
12:26 pm
Emergency Department Thoracotomy
in Pediatric Trauma Patients: A Single
Center Review
Alexandra Greene, MA, MSII
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
12:34 pm
A Targeted Swallow Screen for the
Detection of Postoperative Dysphagia in
Liver Transplant Patients
Laith Mukdad, BA
David Geffen School of Medicine / UCLA
12:42 pm
Management of Pancreatic Fistula or Leak
after Pancreatectomy: Perspective from a
14-year Single Surgeon Experience
Anthony Morada, BS
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
12:50 pm
Clinical Experience of Blunt
Cardiac Injury from the National
Trauma Data Bank
Dean Spencer, BS
UC Medical Center / Irvine
12:58 pm
Pre-hospital Cervical Collar:
Clinical Patterns in Noncompliant
and Self-cleared Patients
James Tatum, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
12:15 pm 1:15 pm
LUNCH WITH EXHIBITORS
(Lunch in Exhibit Hall)
PAPER SESSION 4
TRAUMA / VASCULAR SURGERY
Presiding Officer: Vincent Rowe, MD
University of Southern California
1:15 pm
Evaluation of Single vs Dual Tube
Thoracostomy after Thoracotomy
for Trauma
Jeremy Hardin, BS
LAC+USC Medical Center / Los Angeles
1:23 pm
Current Methods and Advances in
Simulation of Hemorrhage after Trauma:
Are We There Yet?
Cayley Bowles, MS
David Geffen School of Medicine / UCLA
1:31 pm
Application of a Geriatric Injury
Protocol Demonstrates High Survival
Rates in Elderly Trauma Patients with
High Injury Acuity
Tigran Karamanukyan, MD
Kern County Medical Center
1:39 pm
A Comparative Analysis of Open
vs Endovascular Techniques
for Management of Non-aortic
Cervicothoracic Arterial Injuries
Kelsey Gray, MD
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
1:47 pm
Outcomes of Soft Tissue Reconstruction
for Open Tibial Fractures with
Compromised Vascularity
Ido Badash, BA
Keck School of Medicine / USC
1:55 pm 2:30 pm
SENIOR AUTHOR PANEL
WHATS NEW IN SURGERY
PART I
Presiding Officer: Lydia Lam, MD
LAC+USC Medical Center / Los Angeles
2:30 pm
Whats New in Vascular Surgery
Ahmed Abou-Zamzam, MD
Loma Linda University Medical Center
2:45 pm
Whats New in Hepatobiliary Surgery
Gagandeep Singh, MD
City of Hope Medical Center
3:00 pm
Whats New in Breast Surgery
Junko Ozao-Choy, MD
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
3:15 pm 3:45 pm
REFRESHMENT BREAK / EXHIBITORS
WHATS NEW IN SURGERY
PART II
3:45 pm
Whats New in Trauma Surgery
John Holcomb, MD
University of Texas / Houston, Texas
4:00 pm
Whats New in Colorectal Surgery
Elisabeth McLemore, MD
Kaiser Permanente / Los Angeles
Whats New in Surgery continues on page 4.
FRIDAY CONTINUED SATURDAY 9:08 am
Whats New in Surgery, Part II, continues. JANUARY 21, 2017 Utility of Computed Tomography
for the Evaluation of Suspected Acute
4:15 pm GENERAL & CONCURRENT Anorectal Diaganoses referred for
Whats New in Geriatrics SPECIALTY SESSIONS Emergency Surgery
Marcia McGory-Russell, MD Akihiro Sugiyama, MD
University of California / Los Angeles 7:00 am 4:00 pm Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
REGISTRATION 9:16 am
PAPER SESSION 5 7:00 am 8:00 am Emergent Abdominal Surgery:
HEPATOBILIARY SURGERY YOUNG SURGEONS BREAKFAST How do Laparoscopic and Open
7:00 am 8:00 am Approaches Compare?
Presiding Officer: Yuman Fong, MD CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST Anaar Siletz, MD, PhD
City of Hope Medical Center WITH EXHIBITORS David Geffen School of Medicine / UCLA
4:30 pm 9:24 am
Concurrent Biliary Disease Increases SCCACSGENERAL SESSION Laparoscopy can Safely be Performed
Risk of Conversion and Bile Duct Injury: in Frail Patients undergoing Colon
A Retrospective Analysis at a County Resection for Cancer
Teaching Hospital PAPER SESSION 6 Be Ho, MD
Lara Spence, MD SURGICAL ONCOLOGY Huntington Memorial Hospital
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 9:32 am
4:38 pm Presiding Officer: Naveen Solomon, MD The Growing Utilization of Laparoscopy
Early Experience with Robotic vs Loma Linda University Medical Center in Emergent Colonic Disease
Laparoscopic Minor Hepatectomy: 8:00 am Sarath Sujatha-Bhaskar, MD
Exploring the Learning Curve and Adjuvant Radiation Therapy improves UC School of Medicine / Irvine
Improving Perioperative Outcomes Patient Survival in Early-stage Merkel 9:40 am 10:00 am
Victoria OConnor, MD Cell Carcinoma: A 15-year Single SENIOR PANEL DISCUSSION
Kaiser Permanente / Los Angeles Institution Study
4:46 pm Albert Han, PhD 10:00 am 10:30 am
Optimizing the Management of David Geffen School of Medicine / UCLA REFRESHMENT BREAK / EXHIBITORS
Abnormal Liver Function Tests 8:08 am 10:30 am 11:15 am
following Orthotopic Liver Transplant: Lobular Carcinoma in Situ: INVITED PRESENTATION
A Systems-based Analysis of Health A 15-year Single Institution Review Introduction
Care Utilization Halley Vora, MD Christian de Virgilio, MD
Tara Russell, MD, MPH Cedars-Sinai Medical Center President, SCCACS
University of California / Los Angeles 8:16 am Evolution of Resuscitation
4:54 pm Increased Survival after Extended Over the Last 100-years
Comparison of Insulin Requirements Lymphadenectomy for Gastric John Holcomb, MD
in Patients undergoing Distal Cancer: Removing Stage Migration University of Texas / Houston, Texas
Pancreatectomy vs Whipple Procedure from the Equation 11:15 am 11:45 am
Adrienne Nguyen, BS Brooke Vuong, MD, MHA INVITED PRESENTATION
UC Medical Center / Irvine John Wayne Cancer Institute Introduction
5:02 pm 8:24 am Christian de Virgilio, MD
Early Contact after Hospital Discharge Prognostic Factors Associated President, SCCACS
does not Prevent Readmission in Patients with Outcomes in Small Bowel ACSUpdate
undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy Neuroendocrine Tumors David Hoyt, MD, FACS
Katherine Gebhardt, PA-C Nicholas Manguso, MD Executive Director
Kaiser Permanente / Los Angeles Cedars-Sinai Medical Center American College of Surgeons
5:10 pm 5:30 pm 9:32 am 11:45 am 12:00 pm
SENIOR AUTHOR PANEL DISCUSSION Anatomic Location is the Primary MEMBERSHIP BUSINESS MEETING
Determinant of Survival for 12:00 pm 1:15 pm
6:00 pm 7:15 pm Paragangliomas: A Review of the WOMEN IN SURGERY LUNCHEON
WELCOME COCKTAIL RECEPTION National Cancer Database Moderator
Trevan Fischer, MD Talar Tejirian
John Wayne Cancer Institute Kaiser Permanente / Los Angeles
8:40 am 9:00 am Leading with your Heart
SENIOR AUTHOR PANEL DISCUSSION Life Lessons in Leadership
Kathy Magliato, MD
Providence Saint Johns Medical Center
PAPER SESSION 7 Santa Monica, California
GENERAL AND 12:00 pm 1:15 pm
COLORECTAL SURGERY LUNCH WITH EXHIBITORS
(Lunch in Exhibit Hall)
Presiding Officer: Sang Lee MD 1:15 pm 2:30 pm
University of Southern California SURGICAL JEOPARDY ABSITE
9:00 am COMPETITION FOR RESIDENTS
Abdominal Visceral Fat Area and Moderator
Chronic Pouchitis following Ileal Brian Smith, MD
Pouch-anal Anastomosis UC Medical Center / Irvine
Vivek Pandrangi 2:30 pm 5:00 pm
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center CONCURRENT SPECIALTY SESSIONS

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SATURDAY CONTINUED
CONCURRENT SPECIALTY SESSIONS
PEDIATRIC SURGERY
Session 2:30 pm 5:08 pm
Chair: Eugene Kim, MD
Childrens Hospital / Los Angeles
2:30 pm
EP2 Receptor Blockade decreases
Intestinal Barrier Breakdown following
Cecal Ligation and Puncture
Patil Kavarian, BS
Childrens Hospital / Los Angeles
2:38 pm
Lactobacillus Murinus Protects
against Necrotizing Enterocolitis
in Neonatal Rats
Mubina Isani, MD
Childrens Hospital / Los Angeles
2:46 pm
A Review of ECMO Support
in Omphalocele Infants
Arul Thirumoorthi, MD
Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital
2:54 pm
Does Volume Matter? Comparison of
Outcomes in Severe Pediatric Trauma
at Adult Trauma Centers with different
Trauma Case Volumes
Shin Miyata, MD
Childrens Hospital / Los Angeles
3:02 pm
Management Modalities and
Outcomes following Acute Scaphoid
Fractures in Children
Ashkaun Shaterian, MD
UC Medical Center / Irvine
3:10 pm
Oleanolic Acid Confers Protection to
Gut Barrier Integrity at Low Doses
Michael U. Mallicote, MD
Childrens Hospital / Los Angeles
3:18 pm
Pearls and Pitfalls of Diagnosis and
Management of Atlanto-occipital
Dislocation in Children
Rajaie Hazboun, MD
Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital
3:30 pm 3:50 pm
REFRESHMENT BREAK / EXHIBITORS
3:50 pm 4:20 pm
INVITED SPEAKER
Regionalization of Care
for Pediatric Surgery
Charles J. Stolar, MD, FACS
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Santa Barbara, California
4:20 pm
Geographic Variation in
Perforated Appendicitis
Erin Ward, MD
Rady Childrens Hospital / San Diego
4:28 pm
Gastrostomy Tube Outcomes in
Pediatric Patients with Concomitant
Intra-abdominal Catheters
Andrew Wang, MD
Rady Childrens Hospital / San Diego
4:36 pm
Development of an Affordable and
Effective Muscle Stimulator Probe for
Repair of Anorectal Malformations:
A Tool with Worldwide Application
Philip K. Frykman, MD, PhD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
4:44 pm
Pediatric Morgagni Diaphragmatic
Hernia: A Descriptive Study
Jamie Golden, MD
Childrens Hospital / Los Angeles
4:52 pm
Neonatal Retrieval of Dislodged
Vesicoamniotic and Thoracoamniotic
Shunt Catheters Placed in Utero
Michael A. Esparza, MD
Huntington Memorial Hospital
5:00 pm
Defining the Candidate Cohort
in One Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
Applicant Pool
Rajaie Hazboun, MD
Loma Linda University Medical Center
5:08 pm
ADJOURN
CARDIOTHORASIC/VASCULAR
SURGERY
Session 2:30 pm 5:00 pm
Co-Chairs:
Afshin Molkara, MD
University of California / Riverside
Peyman Benharash, MD
University of California / Los Angeles
2:30 pm
OPENING REMARKS
AND INTRODUCTION
2:35 pm
Novel Approach to Immunomodulation
and Genetic Engineering is Protective
against Significant Consumptive
Thrombocytopenia following Cardiac
Xenotransplantation
Joshua Chan, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
2:43 pm
Lessons Learned in Developing Universal
Predictive Models for Estimating Surgical
Readmissions
Cayley Bowles, MS
David Geffen School of Medicine / UCLA
2:51 pm
Delayed Surgical Intervention for
Acute Type A Aortic Dissections:
A Single Institution Experience
Juan Ortiz, MD
University of California / Riverside
2:59 pm
Management of Multiple Rib
Fractures and Flail Chest without
Operative Rib Stabilization and
Impact on Patient Outcomes
Hanna Park, MD
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
3:07 pm
Outcome of Treatment of Venous
Insufficiency in a Pediatric Population
Shady Messiah, BS
Touro University / Vallejo, California
3:15 pm
Variations in Atherectoym Utilization
in the Southern California Vascular
Outcomes Improvement Collaborative
Yara Azar, BS
University of California / Los Angeles
3:23 pm
Postpneumonectomy Syndrome:
Providing a Better Understanding
of a Rare Syndrome through a
Systematic Review
Juan Ortiz, MD
University of California / Riverside
3:31 pm
REFRESHMENT / DISCUSSION
3:50 pm
The Effect of Atrial Fibrillation on
Cardiac Remodeling and Clinical
Outcomes following Trancatheter
Aortic Valve Replacement
Niraj Asthana, BS
David Geffen School of Medicine / UCLA
3:58 pm
Giant Hiatal Hernia Repair: A Robotic
Challenge in the Fundoplication Technique
Massimo Arcerito, MD
University of California / Riverside
4:06 pm
Impact of Race on Access to Trancatheter
Aortic Valve Replacement
Saul Barajas-Nuno, BS
David Geffen School of Medicine / UCLA
4:14 pm
Radiofrequency Ablation Heat Energy
Transfer in an Ex-vivo Model
Shivani Thakur
California State University / Stanislaus
4:22 pm
The Burden of Diabetic Foot Infections
in a County Teaching Hospital
Eric Pillado, BS
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
4:30 pm
Does a Restrictive Transfusion Bundle
improve Overall Blood Utilization in
Cardiac Surgery Patients?
Ryan Ou, BS
David Geffen School of Medicine / UCLA
4:38 pm
May-Thurner Syndrome: Case Report with
Review of Literature of Wall Stent Patency
Francisco Vega, MD
Riverside University Health Systems
4:46 pm
DISCUSSION / CONCLUDING REMARKS
5:00 pm
ADJOURN
GENERAL SURGERY
MIS BATTLE OF THE BLADES
Session 2:30 pm 5:00 pm
Co-Chairs:
Maureen Martin, MD
Kern County Medical Center
J. Craig Collins, MD
Kaiser Permanente / Los Angeles
Competence and New Technology:
are We Adept Enough to Adapt?
Moderator Maureen Martin, MD
Kern County Medical Center
Battle of the Blades continues on page 6.
SATURDAY CONTINUED
4:55 pm 5:32 pm
CONCLUDING REMARKS & AWARDS The Injured Cyclist: An Epidemiological
CONCURRENT SPECIALTY SESSIONS 5:00 pm Analysis of Cyclist Trauma and the
ADJOURN Effects of Drug and Alcohol Use on Injury
Severity and Outcome
Battle of the Blades continues. Matthew Agam
LAC+USC Medical Center / Los Angeles
2:30 pm METABOLIC AND
How do We Measure BARIATRIC SURGERY
5:40 pm
Surgeon Competence?
Unplanned Readmission following
Maureen Martin, MD Session 2:30 pm 5:00 pm
Open vs Laparoscopic Colectomy:
Kern County Medical Center Keith Scharf, DO
ACS-NSQIP Analysis
2:45 pm Loma Linda University Medical Center
Reza Fazl Alizadeh, MD
Introducing Robotics in General Surgery 2:30 pm UC School of Medicine / Irvine
Andrea Pakula, MD Results from the International
5:48 pm
Kern County Medical Center Consensus on Duodenal Switch
Creatinine Kinase and Stimulant
3:00 pm Michel Gagner, MD
Abuse in Trauma
Imaging in General Surgery President of ASMBS, Canada Chapter
Saskya Byerly, MD
Michael Stamos, MD Montreal, Canada
LAC+USC Medical Center / Los Angeles
UC School of Medicine / Irvine 3:05 pm
5:56 pm
3:15 pm Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernia
Outcomes following Traumatic
QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS Repair in the Obese Patient
Injury in Patients with Preexisting
3:30 pm 3:50 pm Keith Scharf, DO
Psychiatric Illness
REFRESHMENT BREAK / EXHIBITORS Loma Linda University Medical Center
Erika Falsgraf
3:50 pm 5:00 pm 3:30 pm 3:50 pm LAC+USC Medical Center / Los Angeles
BATTLE OF THE BLADES REFRESHMENT BREAK / EXHIBITORS
6:04 pm
Structured Debate on Four 3:50 pm Intentional Progressive
Controversial Questions in General/ Collaborative Care in Bariatric Surgery: Pneumoperitoneum as a Preoperative
Minimally Invasive Surgery Orthopedics, Cardiology and Beyond Adjunct in the Management of the
MIS Battle of the Blades Moderator John Morton, MD Frozen Abdomen
J. Craig Collins, MD Stanford University School of Medicine Sherwin Abdoli
Kaiser Permanente / Los Angeles Palo Alto, California USC Medical Center / Los Angeles
Teams from area teaching programs, each 4:20 pm 6:12 pm
with an R-5 and faculty coach to address Options to Treat Weight Regain ADJOURN
opposite sides of one of the questions in after Gastric Bypass
general/minimally invasive surgery. Each Stacy Brethauer, MD
Cleveland Clinic / Cleveland, Ohio
debate will take place in 15 minutes with
4-minute Point and Counter Point by two 5:00 pm SUNDAY
R-5s, 2 minute rebuttal by each coach, 4 ADJOURN JANUARY 22, 2017
minutes for audience participation, and 1
GENERAL & CONCURRENT
minute to select the winner.
SCCACSGENERAL SESSION SPECIALTY SESSIONS
4:00 pm
Intraoperative Cholangiography: Almost 5:00 pm 6:05 pm 7:00 am 12:00 pm
Always or Almost Never? (Foregut) WINE AND CHEESE RECEPTION REGISTRATION
Almost Always 7:00 am 8:00 am
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center CANCER LIAISON BREAKFAST
Almost Never POSTER SESSION II MEETING
Kaiser Permanente / Arrowhead 7:00 am 8:00 am
Moderator: Jonathan Hiatt, MD TRAUMA COMMISSION
4:15 pm University of California / Los Angeles
It Might be an Appy: To CT or Not to CT, BREAKFAST MEETING
that is the Question? (Midgut) 5:00 pm 7:00 am 8:00 am
To CT A Feasibility and Safety Study of the CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Loma Linda University Medical Center Immediate Use of a Regular Diet after
Elective Colorectal Surgery
Not to CT
Ino Chough SCCACSGENERAL SESSION
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
4:30 pm
Damage Control for 95% Obstructing 5:08 pm PAPER SESSION 8
Rectosigmoid Cancer: Stent or Stoma? Outcomes of Urgent Colectomy TRAUMA
(Hindgut) for Colon Cancer: Impact of
Stent Prior Chemotherapy Presiding Officer: Matt Dolich, MD
University of California / Irvine Reza Fazl Alizadeh, MD University of California / Irvine
Stoma UC School of Medicine / Irvine
8:00 am
University of Southern California 5:16 pm The Dangers of Equivocal FAST
4:45 pm Do Quality Measures Equally Apply to in Trauma Resuscitation
The Polypropylene Mesh Plug for Indirect Right and Left Side Colon Cancer? John Kleinman, BA
Inguinal Hernias: Helpful Keeper of the Ahmed Dehal, MD LAC+USC Medical Center / Los Angeles
Genie in the Bottle or Pain-inducing John Wayne Cancer Institute
8:08 am
Work of the Devil? (Hernia) 5:24 pm Extreme Interventions for Trauma
Helpful Keeper of the Genie Trends in American Society of Patients in Extremis: Variations among
in the Bottle Anesthesiologists Classification over a Trauma Centers
Kern County Medical Center 9-year Period: Analysis of Comorbidities Ara Ko, MD, MPH
Pain-inducing Work of the Devil and Outcomes after Elective Colectomy Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente / Los Angeles John Gahagan, MD
UC School of Medicine / Irvine Trauma continues on page 7.
SUNDAY CONTINUED
10:55 am ONCOLOGY/BREAST SURGERY
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
for Open Abdomen Treatment: Analysis Session 9:30 pm 12:00 pm
Trauma continues. of Outcomes and Factors affecting Chair: Danielle Hari, MD
Fascial Closure Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
8:16 am
High-Risk Injury Patterns in Tier II Trauma Geoffrey C. Darby, MD 9:30 am
Activations: An Analysis of Under-triage at Kern County Medical Center OPENING REMARKS
a Level II Trauma Center 11:05 am 9:35 am
Sergey Kozyr, MD Modern Era Management of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for
Kern County Medical Center Acute Blunt Aortic Injury: Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma:
8:24 am Open vs Endovascular Repair A Debate
Utilizing 911 Emergency Medical Stephen Thorp, MD PRO
Services for Re-triage to a Level I Trauma Loma Linda University Medical Center Nicholas Nissen, MD, FACS
Center provides Equivalent Outcomes 11:15 am Director Hepatpancreatobiliary Surgery
in Mortality CHALLENGING CASES and Liver Transplantation
Dean Spencer, BS (Trauma/Critical Care Fellows) Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
UC Medical Center / Irvine Panel Discussion CON
8:32 am Bryne Lee, MD, FACS
12:00 pm Chief, Mixed Tumor Surgery Service
Delta Shock Index in the Emergency ADJOURN
Department Predicts Resuscitation Associate Professor of Surgery / City of Hope
Volumes and Length of Stay in 10:15 am
Challenging the Treatment Paradigm
Trauma Patients COLORECTAL SURGERY
Morgan Schellenberg, MD, MPH of Oligometastatic Pancreatic
LAC+USC Medical Center / Los Angeles Adenocarcinoma with Selective use of
Session 9:30 pm 12:00 pm
8:40 am Locoregional Cytoreductive Therapies
Chair: Karen Zaghiyan, MD
SENIOR PANEL DISCUSSION Braden N. Miller, BS
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
9:15 am 9:30 am 9:30 am
REFRESHMENT BREAK 10:25 am
Hot Topic Debates
Utility of Carcinoembryonic Antigen
Moderator
(CEA) Assay in the Postoperative
9:30 am 12:00 pm Karen Zaghiyan, MD
Surveillance of Esophageal
SURGICAL SPECIALTY SECTIONS Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Adenocarcinoma Patients
9:30 am Clara Wang, BS
Refractory Crohns Proctocolitis: Keck School of Medicine / USC
CONCURRENT SPECIALTY SESSIONS
Ileal Pouch-anal Anastomosis or
10:35 am
Total Proctocolectomy?
Liver Directed Therapy for Recurrent
Phillip Fleshner, MD
TRAUMA SURGERY Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Hepatocellular Cancer after Liver
Transplantation: Is it Safe?
Session 9:30 pm 12:00 pm VERSUS
Gwen Garnett, MD
Chair: Matthew Dolich, MD Samuel Eisenstein, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
UC Medical Center / Irvine UC Medical Center / San Diego
10:45 am 11:00 am
10:15 am
9:30 am REFRESHMENT BREAK
OPENING REMARKS Surgical Management of Hemorrhoids:
Minimally Invasive or Standard? 11:00 am
Hot Topics in Trauma Surgical Outcomes after Combined
Moderator Kyle Cologne, MD
USC Medical Center HER2/NEU Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
Matthew Dolich, MD Joseph M. Losh, DO
UC Medical Center / Irvine VERSUS
Joseph Carmichael, MD Ventura County Medical Center
9:30 am UC Medical Center / Irvine 11:10 am
Current Status of REBOA Timely Access to Primary Surgery,
Molly Deane, MD 11:00 am 11:15 am
REFRESHMENT BREAK Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Radiation
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Therapy for Breast Cancer in a Public
9:50 am 11:15 am
Hospital Setting is Dependent on
Rib Fracture Fixation: Who, When, Why? Management of Locally Advanced
Payer Source
Kazuhide Matsushima, MD Rectal Cancer: Minimally Invasive
Margaret Mariella, MD
LAC+USC Medical Center / Los Angeles vs Open Proctectomy?
Kern County Medical Center
Elisabeth McLemore, MD
10:10 am Kaiser Permanente / Los Angeles 11:20 am
The Evolving Role of VERSUS A Single Visit Multidisciplinary Model
Thromboelastography (TEG) Anne Lin, MD for Managing Patient with Moderate
Jeffry Nahmias, MD UC Medical Center / Los Angeles and High-Risk Genetic Mutations in a
UC Medical Center / Irvine Community Practice Setting
12:00 pm
10:30 am 10:45 am Michael P. OLeary, MD
ADJOURN
REFRESHMENT BREAK / EXHIBITORS Kaiser Permanente / Fontana
10:45 am 11:30 am
ABSTRACT PRESENTATION New Advances in Melanoma
Moderator Mark Faries, MD, FACS
Javier Romero, MD DEADLINE FOR EARLY Director, Donald Morton Melanoma
Ventura County Medical Center Research Program
REGISTRATION IS DEC. 15, 2016 Program Director, Complex General Surgical
10:45 am
Surgical Trend in the Management PAYING BY CREDIT CARD? Oncology Fellowship Program / Professor of
Surgery, John Wayne Cancer Institute
of Duodenal Injury: A 13-year REGISTER ONLINE TODAY 11:50 am
Retrospective Analysis in the
National Trauma Data Bank AND SAVE MONEY AT CLOSING REMARKS & QUESTIONS
Alberto Aiolfi, MD 12:00 pm
LAC+USC Medical Center / Los Angeles
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SUNDAY CONTINUED
11:02 am Otology/Rhinology Topics
Optimal Timing of Radiation in Implant- 10:10 am
CONCURRENT SPECIALTY SESSIONS based Breast Reconstruction Early Operative Intervention in
Angela Kanna, BS Perilymphatic Fistula
Loma Linda University Medical Center Ashley Kita, MD
PLASTIC SURGERY 11:10 am University of California / Los Angeles
Predictors of Digit Survival following 10:18 am
Session 9:30 am 12:00 pm Replantation: Quantitative Review Single Layer Skull Base Reconstruction
Chair: Joseph Carey, MD and Analysis Fred Yoo, MD
USC Medical Center Ashkaun Shaterian, MD University of California / Los Angeles
9:30 am UC School of Medicine / Irvine 10:26 am
Bilateral Gluteal Fasciocutaneous 11:18 am Novel Surgical Procedures for Recalcitrant
Advancement Flaps: Promising Repair Investigation into the Optimal Number Chronic Sinusitis
of Recurrent Pilonidal Disease of Intercostal Nerve Transfers for Jivianne Lee, MD
Meka Uffemheimer, BS Musculocutaneous Nerve Re-innervation: Kaiser Permanente / Irvine
The Surgery Group of Los Angeles A Systematic Review 10:34 am 10:55 am
9:38 am Beina Azadgoli, MS REFRESHMENT BREAK
Exploring the Role of Antibiotics, Keck School of Medicine / USC Head and Neck Surgery Topics
Debridement and Timing of OR 11:26 am 10:55 am
Admission of Gun Shot Wounds Prognostic Factors for Sensory Recovery Complications in Jehovahs Witness
to the Extremities after Digital Nerve Repair: Systematic Patients After Major Head and Neck
Eric Tamrazian, MD, MA Review of the Literature Surgery
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Jennifer Kim, BA Daijit Mann, BS
9:46 am Keck Medical Center / USC Keck School of Medicine /USC
Soft Tissue Reconstruction and Salvage 11:34 am 11:03 am
of Infected Fixation Hardware in Lower Six Sigma Model of Surgical Process Sinonasal Verrucous Carcinoma:
Extremity Trauma Improvement: Autologous Fat Transfer A Population-based Analysis
Beina Azadgoli, BS Philip Giddings, MS, BS Jose E. Alonso, BS
Keck Shool of Medicine / USC Loma Linda University Medical Center University of California / Los Angeles
9:54 am 11:42 am 11:11 am
The Efficacy of Negative Pressure Wound Crowd-sourced Patient Experience: HPV Rates, Socioeconomic Factors, and
Therapy and Antibiotic Beads in Lower The Truth on Wounds vs the Beliefs Disease Outcomes in Oropharyngeal
Extremity Salvage Kayla Unsell, BS Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Karen Burtt, BS Loma Linda University Medical Center Tiffany V. Wang, MS
Keck School of Medicine / USC 11:50 am USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology
10:02 am DISCUSSION Facial Plastics and Reconstruction
Incidence, Risk Factors and Outcomes 12:00 pm
of Venous Thromboembolism in Lower 11:25 am
ADJOURN
Extremity Salvage Platelet-rich Plasma in Facial
Ido Badash, BA Plastic Surgery
Keck School of Medicine / USC HEAD AND NECK SURGERY Vishad Nabili, MD
10:10 am University of California / Los Angeles
The Burden of Diabetic Foot Infections Session 9:30 am 12:00 pm 11:35 am
in a County Teaching Hospital Chair: Jeffrey Suh, MD Mandible Preservation and
Eric Pillado, BS UCLA Medical Center / Los Angeles Oncologic Resection of Oral SCC:
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center A Review of Marginal vs Segmental
9:30 am
Mandibulectomies
10:18 am WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Functional Recovery after Traumatic Christopher Cheng, BS
Indocrine/Trauma Topics
Lower Extremity Salvage with Soft Tissue USC Department of Otolaryngology
9:35 am
Reconstruction 11:42 am
Split Central Venous Sampling for
Ido Badash, BA Variations of the Trapezius Branch
Non-localizing Parathyroid Disease
Keck School of Medicine / USC of the Spinal Accessory Nerve in
Tymon Tai
10:26 am Cadaver Neck Dissections
USC Medical Center
Extracranial to Intracranial Adam Howard, BS
9:43 am Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Flow through Flaps Dr. Google: The Readability and Accuracy
Beina Azadgoli, MS 11:50 am
of Patient Education Websites for Graves
Keck School of Medicine / USC QUESTIONS
Disease Treatment
10:34 am 10:46 am Amanda Purdy, BS 12:00 pm
REFRESHMENT BREAK UC Medical Center / Irvine ADJOURN
10:46 am 9:51 am
Squamous Cell Carcinoma arising Differences in Morbidity and Mortality 12:00 pm
in Breast Implant Capsules from Traumatic Subdural Hematoma CONFERENCE ADJOURNS
Thomas Willson, MD due to Ground Level Falls while on
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 12:15 pm 1:30 pm
Anticoagulation
SCCACS EXECUTIVE AND
10:54 am Peymon Mohamadi, OMS II
PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEETING
Immediate Direct to Implant Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
(Lunch provided.)
Reconstruction after Nipple-sparing 9:59 am
Mastectomy: Is this a One-staged Virtual Surgical Planning for Head
Reconstruction? A Review of 202 Cases and Neck Reconstruction DEADLINE FOR EARLY
Madeleine Burg, BA Michael Chu, MD
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