DESIGN YOUR OWN CURRICULUM TRACK: GYN LAPAROSCOPY
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-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                 

GYN LAPAROSCOPY:                   

Case Studies

Scientific Paper: 6 Case - Reports of Ileum Colpopoiesis by Laparoscopy, Xiaoyan Ying, MD

Open Forum: To Assess the Surgical Feasibility of Utilization of a Mesh Kit (Avaulta Plus™ Biosynthetic Support System), Radha Syed, MD

Poster: Effectiveness of Microwave Endometrial Ablation for Adenomyosis, Yasuyuki Asakawa, MD PhD

Poster: A Case of Bilateral Tubal Pregnancy After Puerperal Tubal Ligation, Takashi Yamada, MD PhD

Hysterectomy-Myomectomy
 
Laparoscopic Hysterectomy versus Mini-Laparotomy Hysterectomy: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Lindsey Michelle Cafferata, MD 

A Multicentered Series of over 1000 Laparoscopic Subtotal Hysterectomies in the UK and Greece: The New Approach to Hysterectomy, Stefanos Chandakas, MD, MBA, PhD

Can Laparoscopic Myomectomy Replace Open Myomectomy?, Richard L. Heaton, MD

Open Forum: Treatment of Severe Uterine Hemorrhage using Hydrothermal Ablation, Herbert A. Goldfarb, MD

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

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

Poster: Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Dealing with Large Uteri, Richard L. Heaton, MD

Poster: Can Laparoscopic Myomectomy Replace Open Myomectomy?, Richard L. Heaton, MD

Innovations-Tricks-Simple Methods-Unusual Cases

Scientific Paper: Single Port Laparoscopy in Gynaecology, What Can We Perform: A Series of 35 Cases, Stefanos Chandakas, MD MBA PhD

Scientific Paper: Laparoscopic Isthmic Cerclage: A Simplified Technique, Antoine A. Watrelot, Prof Dr Med

Scientific Paper: Transvaginal Application of a Laparoscopic Bipolar Cutting Forcep to Assist Vaginal Hysterectomy in Extremely Obese Endometrial Cancer Patients, James Fanning, DO

Scientific Paper: Report of the Largest Case Series of Parasitic Myomas, Ceana Nezhat, MD

Open Forum: Asymptomatic Mirena IUD Uterine Perforation and Migration into the Omentum, Raisa O. Platte, MD PhD

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

Video: Transumbilical' Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Using the Ligasure™ Device: Initial Experience of 25 Cases, Muthukumaran Rangarajan, MBBS, MS

Poster: Meckel's Diverticulum Causing Intestinal Obstruction in Third Trimester of Pregnancy, Ambujakshan Dildeep, MD

Poster: Laparoscopic Gonadectomy for Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome with Serous Gonadal Cyst, Mineto Morita, MD PhD

Poster (Open Forum): Asymptomatic Mirena Intrauterine Device Perforation and Migration into the Omentum-A Case Report, Raisa  Platte, MD

Scientific Paper: Lifelong Dysmenorrhea is Associated with Other Muscle Tension Pain Syndromes, Andrea K. Crane, MD

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

Scientific Paper: Limbic Brain Areas are Activated in Chronic Pelvic Pain, Bradford W. Fenton, MD PhD

Scientific Paper: Adhesion Prevention with a Resorbable Hydrogel Following Myomectomy, Liselotte Mettler, Prof Dr Med

Open Forum: Small Bowel Obstruction after FloSeal Use, Benjamin L. Clapp, MD

Open Forum: Laparoscopic Application of a Hyaluronate/Carboxymethylcellulose Slurry Does Not Increase Postoperative Adhesions, Bradford W. Fenton, MD PhD
 
Poster: 171 Laparoscopic Surgeries Using a Seprafilm Slurry, Jami Avellini, MD

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

Case Studies

Scientific Paper: Association of Intraoperative Cholangiography with Common Bile Duct Injury, Prasanta Raj, MD

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

Endometriosis-Oncology

Scientific Paper: Time to Diagnoses of Rectal Endometriosis May be Prolonged Among Patient with Chronic Pelvic Pain, Aileen Caceres, MD, MPH

Scientific Paper: Use of PlasmaJet System in the Laparoscopic Treatment of Endometriosis: Early Experience, Ceana Nezhat, MD

Scientific Paper: Laparoscopic Cytoreduction for Primary Advanced Ovarian Cancer, James Fanning, DO

Open Forum: Laparoscopic Cytoreduction for Advanced Primary and Recurrent Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, or Primary Peritoneal Cancer, Jennifer E. Cho, MD

Open Forum: Trans-Vaginal Ultrasound Prediction of Surgical Specimen Weight in Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy, Michael Swor, MD MBA

Video: Primary Pelvic Floor Repair with Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy, Michael Swor, MD MBA

Video: Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and Colpopexy with Polypropylene Strip, Mohammad Alkilani, MD

Innovations-Tricks-Simple Methods-Unusual Cases

Video: Treatment and Diagnosis of Uterine Adenomyoma, Olav Istre, MD PhD

Poster: Saline Infusion Sonohysterography in Elderly Patients. Risks and Feasibility, Emil L. Gurshumov, MD

Poster: To Assess the Clinical Efficacy of Integrating Sacral Neuromodulator Interstim Implants in Gynecolgical Private Practice for Treatment of Intractable Urinary Urgency, Radha Syed, MD

Multispecialty

Scientific Paper: Multi-disciplinary Approach to the Surgical Management of Deep Infiltrating Pelvic Endometriosis Involving the Recto-sigmoid, Aileen Caceres, MD, MPH

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

Scientific Paper: Dysautonomias Are Not Associated with Chronic Pelvic Pain, Andrea K. Crane, MD

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

Open Forum: Laparoscopic Appendectomy During Pregnancy, Joong Sub Choi, Prof Dr Med

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

Robotics

Scientific Paper: Robotic Surgery in a Medium-Sized Integrated Community and Academic Program in Gynecology, Karen (Carrie) S. Ballard, DO

Scientific Paper: Total Laparoscopic Radical Hysterectomy and Robotic Radical Hysterectomy with Pelvic Lymphadenectomy in Treatment of Early Cervical Cancer: Recurrence and Survival, Farr  Nezhat, MD

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