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18TH SLS ANNUAL MEETING AND ENDO EXPO 2009
SEPTEMBER 9-12, 2009, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, USA

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

3:00pm-6:00pm    MASTER’S CLASSES REGISTRATION

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 • MASTER'S CLASSES & OPENING CEREMONY

7:00am-9:00am    MASTER’S CLASSES REGISTRATION 

8:00am-4:30pm    CONCURRENT MASTER’S CLASSES 

8:00am-4:30pm
Simulation Practice Lab - Supporting All Masters Classes
"Simulation Practice Lab/Introduction to the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery"

8:00am-12:00pm • Half Day
Master’s Class #1 Smart Surgeons Learn From Their Mistakes, Brilliant Surgeons Learn From Other Surgeons' Mistakes: Prevention and Management of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgical Complications

8:00am-4:30pm • Full Day
Master’s Class #2 NOSCAR, NOTES, and SPA: More Than an Incision Decision

8:00-4:30pm
Suturing Center
Supporting Master's Class #3

8:00am-4:30pm • Full Day
Master’s Class #3 Laparoscopic Suturing in the "Vertical Zone" The Next Level Beyond Triangulation

8:00am-4:30pm • Full Day
Master’s Class #4 Ways for You and Your Patients to Hurt Less:  New Insight Into the Diagnosis and Treatment of Abdominal and Pelvic Pain (Jointly with AAGL and IPPS)

12:00pm-1:00pm  Master's Class Lunch with Special Lecture: 
Gerald B. Healy, MD, presents The Challenges Facing 21st Century Surgery
Introduction: Richard M. Satava, MD, Director & Robert M. Sweet, MD, Co-Director
                     

4:00pm-5:00pm   Poster Gallery

5:00pm               OPENING CEREMONY

Presentation of Awards for the Best Scientific Papers and Videos

Recognition of Sponsors and Corporate Members and Innovations of the Year

6:40pm-8:30pm   WELCOME RECEPTION IN EXHIBIT HALL

6:40pm-8:30pm  CYBER CAFE  
   

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

6:30am-5:00pm  CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

7:00am-2:00pm  Exhibits Open
7:00am-7:30am  Complimentary Coffee and Bakery Items / Special Presentations by Exhibitors
7:00am-5:00pm  Poster Gallery Open

7:30am-8:30am  GENERAL SESSION: Best of Laparoscopy Updates

•    MultiSpecialty Committee: Duncan J. Turner • Office Cosmetic Procedures
•    Urology Committee: Thomas Sean Lendvay, MD • Pediatric Urology
•    Gynecology Committee: Steven M. Minaglia, MD, MBA • The Use of Mesh for Stress Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Prolapse 
•    Gynecology Committee: Robert K. Zurawin, MD • Pediatric Gynecology

8:30am-9:45am      MULTIDISCIPLINARY PLENARY SESSION (Gynecology, General Surgery, Urology)
Image Guided Surgical Procedures. What a Surgeon Should Know About Non-Surgical Approaches 

9:45am-10:00am   SLS WEBSITE: Paul Alan Wetter, MD

10:00am-10:30am  Refreshment Break/Visit Exhibits/Special Presentations by Exhibitors

10:30am-11:30am   MULTIDISCIPLINARY PLENARY SESSION (Gynecology, General Surgery, Urology)
Cancer and Laparoscopy—What to Do and What Not to Do

11:30am-12:30pm   MULTIDISCIPLINARY PLENARY SESSION (Gynecology, General Surgery, Urology)
The US Health Care System Is Broken. What Can We Do About It? 

12:30pm-1:45pm    Complimentary Light Snacks and Refreshments/Visit Exhibits/Special Presentations by Exhibitors

12:45pm-1:45pm  Poster Town Hall

1:45pm-5:30pm   CONCURRENT SESSIONS: Scientific Papers / Videos / Open Forum Presentations / Laparoscopy Updates (See below for a list of sessions to be presented during this time on Thursday and Friday afternoon for this track)
2:00pm               Exhibits Close
2:00pm-4:00pm   Complimentary Coffee Available in Designated Areas

6:30pm               SLS Evening Event with Faculty at Westin Copley Place featuring the 2009 Excel Award Recipient as Special Guest Speaker (Ticket Required) 
  Introduction: Richard M. Satava, MD
  2009 Excel Award Recipient: James C. "Butch" Rosser, Jr. MD

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

6:30am-5:00pm     CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
7:00am-7:30am     Complimentary Coffee and Bakery Items/Visit Exhibits
7:00am-7:30am     Top Gun Shoot Out
7:00am-2:00pm     Exhibits Open
7:00am-2:00pm     Poster Gallery Open

7:30am-8:30am     MULTIDISCIPLINARY PLENARY SESSION (Gynecology, General Surgery, Urology)
NOTES, SPA & Microrobots — a Controversy Debate

8:30am-11:00am   SURGICAL SURPRISES

9:30am-12:30pm  Spouse/Guest Beantown Trolley Tour & Boston Harbor Cruise (Ticket Required)

10:30am-11:00am Refreshment Break/Visit Exhibits

11:00am-11:30am  Awarding of Best Poster

Presentation by recipient of Michael S. Kavic Award for Best Resident Paper

11:30am-1:00pm  SLS FILM CHALLENGE: "Madden-Style" Cut-by-Cut Deconstructed Breakdown by Master Surgeons

12:00pm-12:30pm New Product Presentations by Exhibitors in Exhibit Hall

12:00pm-1:45pm Complimentary Light Snacks and Refreshments in Exhibit Hall / Special Presentations by Exhibitors

1:45pm-5:30pm  CONCURRENT SESSIONS: Scientific Papers / Videos / Open Forum Presentations / Laparoscopy Updates (See below for a list of sessions to be presented during this time on Thursday and Friday afternoon for this track)
Directors: MASH Committee Members

2:00pm               Exhibits Close
2:00pm               Poster Gallery Closes
2:00pm-4:00pm   Refreshments Available in Designated Areas
5:30pm               Adjourn for the Day

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

7:00am-11:15am     CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

7:30am-10:30am       BREAKFAST WITH KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND FUTURE TECHNOLOGY SESSION
Keynote Speaker Tim Reedman, BASc, MEng presents Robots in Space 

10:30am-10:45am   Closing Ceremony – Passing of the Presidential Gavel
10:45am-11:15am   SLS Business Meeting—Open to all SLS members
11:15am-12:15pm   SLS Committee Meetings

Innovations – Tricks – Simple Methods – Unusual Cases

Scientific Paper: Comparing Diode Laser with KTP Laser, Manuel Ferreira Coelho, MD

Scientific Paper: Comparison of Laparoscopy Training Using a Box Trainer versus a Virtual Trainer, Chandru Sundaram, MD

Video: Laparoscopic Partial Cystectomy, Joshua Griffin, MD

Video: Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty with Renal Stones Extraction with Flexible Nephroscopy, Roberto Sanseverino, MD PhD

Poster: Tissue Effects of GreenLight HPS™ and Evolve SLV Lasers on Canine Prostates: An Acute In-Vivo Model, Massimiliano Spaliviero, MD

Multispecialty

Scientific Paper: Changes in Organ Perfusion During Laparoscopy, Douglas E. Ott, MD MBA

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

Poster: Microcirculatory Changes During Pneumoperitoneum, Douglas E. Ott, MD MBA

Ureteral & Urethral Surgery

Scientific Paper: Decreased Efficiency of GreenLight HPS™ Laser Photoselective Vaporization Prostatectomy (PVP) with Long-Term 5a-Reductase Inhibition Therapy: Is it True?, Massimiliano Spaliviero, MD

Scientific Paper: Incidence, Management and Prevention of Peri-operative Adverse Events of GreenLight HPS™ Laser Photoselective Vaporization Prostatectomy: Experience in the Initial 70 Patients, Massimiliano Spaliviero, MD

Scientific Paper: Tissue Effects of GreenLight HPS™ and Evolve SLV Lasers on Canine Prostates: An Acute In-Vivo Model, Massimiliano Spaliviero, MD

Scientific Paper: GreenLight HPS™ Laser Photoselective Vaporization Prostatectomy (PVP) for Failed Prior Surgical Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), Massimiliano Spaliviero, MD

Scientific Paper: Does Age Affect the Safety and Efficacy of GreenLight HPS™ Laser Photoselective Vaporization Prostatectomy (PVP)?, Massimiliano Spaliviero, MD

Scientific Paper: Short-Term Outcomes of GreenLight HPS™ Laser Photoselective Vaporization Prostatectomy (PVP) for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), Massimiliano Spaliviero, MD

Open Forum, Ultrasound to Facilitate Clearance of Residual Stones, Anup Shah, MD

Video: Laparoscopic Repair of Retrocaval Ureter in a Solitary Kidney, Roberto Sanseverino, MD PhD

Video: Laparoscopic Ureterolithotomy for Large Proximal Ureteral Calculi, David Spencer, MD

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

Poster: Short-Term Outcomes of GreenLight HPS™ Laser Photoselective Vaporization Prostatectomy (PVP) for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), Massimiliano Spaliviero, MD

Poster: Incidence, Management and Prevention of Peri-operative Adverse Events of GreenLight HPS™ Laser Photoselective Vaporization Prostatectomy: Experience in the Initial 70 Patients, Massimiliano Spaliviero, MD

Poster: Does Age Affect the Safety and Efficacy of GreenLight HPS™ Laser Photoselective Vaporization Prostatectomy (PVP)?, Massimiliano Spaliviero, MD

Abdominal/Pelvic Pain

Poster: Allodynia in Reverse: A Quantitative Demonstration of Abdominal Wall Muscle Pain Relief Following Bladder Pain Treatment. A Case Study, Thida Nunthirapakorn, MD

Case Studies

Open Forum, Robotic Pyeloplasty with Pyelolithotomy, Mark T. Edney, MD

Video: Laparoscopic Resection of Bladder Diverticulum in Female with Preperitoneal Approach, Roberto Sanseverino, MD PhD

Innovations – Tricks – Simple Methods – Unusual Cases

Open Forum, Investigation of an Ultrasound Imaging Technique to Target Kidney Stones in Lithotripsy, Anup Shah, MD Resident

Nephrectomy – Donor Nephrectomy

Scientific Paper: Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: Caution on the Use of Kidneys with Multiple Arteries, Anil S. Paramesh, MD

Open Forum, Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy: The Massachusetts General Hospital Experience, Georgios Tsoulfas, MD PhD

Video: Transvaginal Extraction at Donor Nephrectomy, Isabel C. Green, MD

Video: Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy with Parenchimal Haemostasis with Tachosil Application, Roberto Sanseverino, MD PhD

Oncology

Scientific Paper: Margin Status of Men Undergoing Extraperitoneal, Extrafascial Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy (LRP), Gerald Louis Andriole, MD

Scientific Paper: Predictors of Gleason Sum Upgrading in Potential Candidates for Active Surveillance of Presumed Low-Risk Prostate Cancer: Time to Refine Existing Selection Criteria?, Nishant D. Patel, MD

Scientific Paper: Preoperative Renal Insufficiency is an Independent Predictor of Adverse Surgical Outcomes in Partial Nephrectomy. , A. Ari Hakimi, MD

Scientific Paper: Evaluation of Age and Adverse Outcomes in Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy, A. Ari Hakimi, MD Resident

Scientific Paper: Complications for Laparoscopic Surgery for Urologic Malignancy: A Single Surgeon Experience, Daniel R. Tare, MD Resident

Robotics

Scientific Paper: 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, Timothy J. LeRoy, MD

Scientific Paper: Results of Robotic Limited and Extended Pelvic Lymphadenectomy for Prostate Cancer, Hugh Lavery, MD

Scientific Paper: Clinical Pathway for Early Discharge After Robotic Cystectomy, Ronney Abaza, MD

Scientific Paper: Median Lobe In Robotic Prostatectomy: Bladder Neck Reconstruction and Pelvic Drain Not Routinely Required, Ronney Abaza, MD

Scientific Paper: Initial Report of Robotic Radical Nephrectomy with Vena Caval Tumor Thrombectomy, Ronney Abaza, MD

Scientific Paper: Three-Port Robotic Urologic Surgery Without a Laparoscopic Bedside Assistant, Ronney Abaza, MD

Scientific Paper: Early Results of Robotic Lymphadenectomy for Renal Cell Carcinoma, Ronney Abaza, MD

Open Forum, Transmesenteric Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty: A Simple Approach for Pediatric Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction Repair, Roger E. De Filippo, MD

Video: Individualize Management of Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction During Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Dismembered Pyeloplasty, Chandru Sundaram, MD

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

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

Video: Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Reconstruction of the Upper Urinary Tract: Tips and Tricks, David D. Thiel, MD

Video: Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Excision of Bladder Wall Leiomyoma, David D. Thiel, MD

Poster: Three-Port Robotic Urologic Survey Without a Laparoscopic Bedside Assistant, Ronney Abaza, MD

Poster: Initial Report of Robotic Radical Nephrectomy with Vena Caval Tumor Thrombectomy, Ronney Abaza, MD

Poster: Early Results of Robotic Lymphadenectomy for Renal Cell Carcinoma, Ronney Abaza, MD

Poster: Median Lobe in Robotic Prostatectomy: Bladder Neck Reconstruction and Pelvic Drain Not Routinely Required, Ronney Abaza, MD

Poster: Robotic Limited and Extended Pelvic Lymphadenectomy for Prostate Cancer, Hugh J. Lavery, MD

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