18TH SLS ANNUAL MEETING AND ENDO EXPO 2009
SCIENTIFIC AWARD WINNERS AND HONORABLE MENTIONS

BEST RESIDENT PAPER

Joshua A. Waters, MD - Laparoscopic Colectomy: Does the Learning Curve Extend Beyond Colorectal Surgery Residency?

HONORABLE MENTION RESIDENT PAPERS

Juliane Bingener, MD
- NOTES Perforated Viscus Repair is Feasible and Comparable to Laparoscopy in a Porcine Model

Vanessa Palter, MD - Validity of Resident Self-Assessment in Minimally Invasive Surgery

Khaled Khalil Elzarrok, MD - Laparoscopic Sigmoid Colectomy for Diverticulitis: A Prospective Study of 260 Patients 

HONORABLE MENTION RESIDENT VIDEOS

Andrew Sze-Yuan Wu, MD
- Single Port Access (SPA) Proximal GIST Resection

Andrew S. Wu, MD - Single Port Access (SPA) Hepatic Sling Technique

BEST GENERAL SURGERY SCIENTIFIC PAPER

Erica A. Moran, MD - NOTES Perforated Viscus Repair is Feasible and Comparable to Laparoscopy in a Porcine Model 

HONORABLE MENTION GENERAL SURGERY PAPER

Ahmed Khan Sangrasi, FCPS
- Laparoscopic Assisted Management of Impalpable Testis in Patients Older Than 10 Years

Joshua A. Waters, MD - Laparoscopic Colectomy: Does the Learning Curve Extend Beyond Colorectal Surgery Residency? 

Stefano Olmi, MD - Laparoscopic Repair of Incarcerated Incisional Hernias: Our Experience 

Khaled Khalik Elzarrok, MD
- Laparoscopic Sigmoid Colectomy for Diverticulitis: A Prospective Study of 260 Patients

George Bouras, MRCS - Types of Reconstruction and Functional Outcomes from Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer

Natale Di Martino, Prof Dr Med - The Calibrated Laparoscopic Heller’s Myotomy with Fundoplication in the Surgical Treatment of Esophageal Achalasia 

Sharona B. Ross, MD - Late Results After Laparoscopic Fundoplication Denote Durable Symptomatic Relief of GERD

Natale Di Martino, Prof Dr Med - Laparoscopic Approach to Gastrointestinal Atromal Tumors (GISTs) of the Stomach: Our Experience 

BEST GENERAL SURGERY VIDEO

Mark S. Choh, MD - Single Incision Sleeve Gastrectomy Using a Completely Intracorporeal Liver Retractor 

HONORABLE MENTION GENERAL SURGERY VIDEOS

Michel Gagner, MD - Laparoscopic Transduodenal Sphincteroplasty

Andrew Sze-Yuan Wu, MD - Single Port Access (SPA) Proximal GIST Resection

Shinobu Tsuchida, MD PhD - Development of a New Device for Displacement of the Small Intestine in Laparoscopic Rectosigmoid Surgery

Giancarlo Basili, MD - Laparoscopic Subtotal Colectomy for Multiple Colon Polyposis

Mohammad Alkilani, MD - The Sleeve Gastrectomy as a First Choice Procedure for Morbid Obesity Treatment 

Andrew S. Wu, MD - Single Port Access (SPA) Hepatic Sling Technique 

Curtis Edward Bower, MD - Single Incision Laparoscopic Incisional Hernia Repair

Sharona B. Ross, MD - Laparo-Endoscopic Single Site (LESS) Cholecysto-Hysterectomy 

BEST GYNECOLOGY SCIENTIFIC PAPER

Sean S. Tedjarati, MD -
Robotic Surgery in a Medium-Sized Integrated Community and Academic Program in Gynecology

HONORABLE MENTION GYNECOLOGY SCIENTIFIC PAPER

Maurice K. Chung, MD, RPh - The Evil Triplet of Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: Pudendal Neuralgia 

Wang Shao-Juan, Prof Dr. Med - Effects of Transvaginal Hydrolaparoscopy and Laparoscopy Operation on Enzymogram and Neuroendocrine Hormones 

BEST GYNECOLOGY VIDEO

Linus Chuang, MD - Fertility-sparing Robotic-assisted Radical Trachelectomy and Bilateral Pelvic Lymphadenectomy in Early Stage Cervical Cancer 

HONORABLE MENTION GYNECOLOGY VIDEO

Farr Nezhat, MD - Laparoscopic Modified Radical Hysterectomy and Staging for Uterine Papillary Serous Carcinoma with Cervical Involvement 

Jon Ivar Einarsson, MD - Use of Bidirectional Barbed Suture in Gynecologic Laparoscopy

BEST UROLOGY SCIENTIFIC PAPER

Carson Wong, MD - Decreased Efficiency of GreenLight HPS™ Laser Photoselective Vaporization Prostatectomy (PVP) with Long-Term 5a-Reductase Inhibition Therapy: Is It True? 

HONORABLE MENTION UROLOGY SCIENTIFIC PAPER

Timothy J. Leroy, MD - Safety and Peri-operative Outcomes During Learning Curve of Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy (RALP):  A Multi-institutional Study of Fellowship Trained (FEL) Robotic Surgeons Versus Experienced Open Radical Prostatectomy (RRP) Surgeons Incorporating RALP

Kurt Strom, MD - GreenLight HPS™ Laser Photoselective Vaporization Prostatectomy (PVP) for Failed Prior Surgical Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)

Chandru Sundaram, MD - Comparison of Laparoscopy Training Using a Box Trainer Versus a Virtual Trainer

BEST UROLOGY VIDEO

Graham T. VerLee, MD - Robotic Distal Ureterectomy with Psoas Hitch and Uretero-neocystostomy for Primary Endometriosis of the Ureter 

HONORABLE MENTION UROLOGY VIDEO

Jay K. Jhaveri, MD - Biomechanical Foundations of Total Anatomic Reconstruction: Technique for Accelerated Recovery of Urinary Continence

Michelle Lerner -  Individualized Management of Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction During Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Dismembered Pyeloplasty

BEST MULTISPECIALTY SCIENTIFIC PAPER

Neil Orzech, MD - Validity of Resident Self-Assessment in Minimally Invasive Surgery

HONORABLE MENTION MULTISPECIALTY SCIENTIFIC PAPER

Douglas Ott, MD MBA - Changes in Organ Perfusion During Laparoscopy

BEST MULTISPECIALTY VIDEO

Isabel C. Green, MD - Transvaginal Extraction at Donor Nephrectomy

HONORABLE MENTION MULTISPECIALTY VIDEO  

Daniel A. Tsin, MD - Transvaginal Cholecystectomy. From Hybrids to Pure 

William Duncan, MD - Laparoscopic Repair of Rectal Injury During Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy

BEST PEDIATRIC SURGERY PAPER

Richard J. Hendrickson, MD - Minimal Esophageal Dissection During Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication in Infants Reduces the Risk of Post-operative Hiatal Hernia and Wrap Herniation

HONORABLE MENTION PEDIATRIC SURGERY PAPER

Gloriamaria Gonzalez, MD - Ten Year Experience with Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) in Pediatric Cancer Patients

Richard J. Hendrickson, MD - Laparoscopic Gastrostomy is Safe and Beneficial in Infants Under 10 Kilograms with Congenital Heart Disease Utilizing a Multidisciplinary Approach

BEST POSTER NOMINEES / POSTER TOWN HALL PRESENTERS 

MultiSpecialty
Haytham Allabas, MD - Minimally Invasive Video-assisted Thyroidectomy with Intra-operative Recurrent Nerve Monitoring

General Surgery
Curtis E. Bower, MD - A Novel Approach to Gastric Wedge Resection Using Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS) 

Gynecology
Takashi Yamada, MD PhD
- A Case of Bilateral Tubal Pregnancy After Puerperal Tubal Ligation

Urology
Hugh J. Lavery, MD - Robotic Extended Pelvic Lymphadenectomy for Bladder Cancer: Initial Experience with Greater Nodal Yield