Agenda

Friday, January 31, 2025 All times in Mountain Time
SESSION 1: COLORECTAL Co-Activity Director: Scott R. Steele, MD
	Morning Session
5:30 am	Breakfast / Exhibits
6:30 am	Introduction to Course Michael Rosen
6:40 am	Welcome Scott R. Steele
6:45 am	Hemorrhoids – Office or OR David Rosen
6:55 am	Anal Fissure – Primary & Recurrent Bradley J Champagne
7:05 am	Abscess / Fistula – Pelvic Spaces & Highways of Pus Anna Spivak
7:15 am	Evaluation & Management of Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia Arielle Kanters
7:25 am	Pilonidal Disease – Not Your Typical “Jeep Disease” Emre Gorgun
7:40 am	PANEL 1: “Welcome to My OR – How I Do It”: Review of Techniques: Hemorrhoidectomy and Thrombosed Hemorrhoidectomy David Rosen LIS +/- Flap Bradley Champagne EUA & Seton Placement / Fistulotomy / Drainage of Complex Abscess Anna Spivak PAP and HRA Arielle Kanters Pilonidal Flaps Emre Gorgun
8:40 am	Break / Exhibits
8:55 am	PANEL 2: Leaks & Tics Leaks: Overview Justin A Maykel Tics: Overview David Maron
10:00 am	Adjourn
	Afternoon Session
3:15 pm	Apres Ski Snacks / Exhibits
4:00 pm	Introduction & Morning Recap Scott Steele
4:05 pm	Advanced Endoscopy – EMR and Beyond Emre Gorgun
4:15 pm	Pelvic Floor for the General Surgeon Anna Spivak
4:25 pm	Robotics Part 1: The Complex Abdomen – Technique Arielle Kanters
4:35 pm	Robotics Part 2: Pelvis & Lateral Compartment – Technique David Rosen
4:45 pm	Colon Cancer Update Bradley Champagne
4:55 pm	Rectal Cancer Update Justin Maykel
5:05 pm	PANEL 3: Cases / Q & A / Discussion All Faculty
6:45 pm	Closing Thoughts and Recap
7:00 pm	Adjourn

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Saturday, February 1, 2025 All times in Mountain Time
SESSION 2: HERNIA Co-Activity Director: Ajita Prabhu, MD
	Morning Session
6:30 am	Morning Intro Michael Rosen
6:40 am	Shouldice! How I Do It (Videos) Michael Rosen
6:55 am	Open Inguinal Hernia Repair – How I Do It (Videos) Samuel Szomstein
7:10 am	Sports Hernia – Who, What, When, Where, Why? David Krpata
7:25 am	MIS Inguinal Hernia Repair – How I Do It (Videos) Clayton Petro
7:40 am	Chronic Groin Pain After Inguinal Hernia Repair – Now What? David Krpata
7:55 am	Hernia Alphabet Soup – Keep It Simple, Stupid Michael Rosen
8:10 am	Show Me the Money – How Do I Bill For Hernia Repair? Emanuele Lo Menzo
8:25 am	Panel Discussion
8:40 am	Break / Exhibits
8:55 am	What Type of Mesh Should I Use and When? Benjamin Miller
9:10 am	Controversies in MIS Hernia Repair Samuel Szomstein
9:25 am	Open IPOM – When and How I Do It (Videos) Emanuele Lo Menzo
9:40 am	Panel Discussion
10:00 am	Adjourn
SESSION 2: HERNIA Co-Activity Director: Ajita Prabhu, MD
	Afternoon Session
3:15 pm	Apres Ski Snacks / Exhibits
4:00 pm	Are We Over-Optimizing for Hernia Repair? Benjamin Miller
4:30 pm	Umbilical Hernias in Cirrhotics Ajita Prabhu
4:45 pm	Fight or Flight? Staging or Biting the Bullet Lucas Beffa
5:00 pm	Rosen Left Town: Dealing With Our Partner’s Complications Clayton Petro
5:30 pm	Panel Discussion
6:00 pm	Break / Exhibits
6:15 pm	Hernia Consult Clinic Lucas Beffa
7:00 pm	Adjourn

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Sunday, February 2, 2025 All times in Mountain Time
SESSION 3: RURAL & GENERAL SURGERY PART 1: POTPOURRI Co-Activity Director: Michael Rosen, MD
	Morning Session
5:30 am	Breakfast / Exhibits
6:30 am	Introduction to the Day Michael Rosen
6:35 am	Inpatient Emergency Endoscopic Tips and Tricks Jessica Philpott
6:50 am	Foreign Body Retrieval. I Can Get That Out of There, So You Don’t Have to Go in There! Hassan Siddiki
7:05 am	How to Medically Manage IBD Patients in Your Rural Surgery Practice. A Gastroenterologists Perspective Jessica Philpott
7:20 am	How to Incorporate Endoluminal Functional Lumen Imaging Probe (Endoflip) into Your Foregut Practice. A Practical Approach Luke Beffa
7:35 am	Everything You Wanted to Know About Treating Diarrhea and Constipation But Were Afraid to Ask Jessica Philpott
7:50 am	Panel Discussion All Faculty
8:05 am	Break / Exhibits
8:20 am	Managing Malignant Bowel Obstructions. When to Intervene, What to Do and How to Offer Palliative Surgical Care Dan Joyce
8:35 am	Robotics in Acute Care Surgery and Rural General Surgery. Where Do We Stand in 2025? Ajita Prabhu
8:50 am	A Practical Approach to Managing SBO. Is Gastrografin Challenge the Answer? Clayton Petro
9:05 am	Appendectomy – Is it Still a Surgical Disease? Jeff Claridge
9:20 am	How to Successfully Set Up a Medical Weight Loss Program to Supplement Your Preoperative Optimization for Your Surgical Patients Kim Marko
9:35 am	What We Do in the OR and the Effect on the Environment. A Sustainability Approach to Surgery Using Life Cycle Analysis Ben Miller
9:50 am	Panel Discussion All Faculty
10:00 am	Adjourn
SESSION 3: RURAL & GENERAL SURGERY PART 2: BILIARY EXTRAVAGANZA
	Afternoon Session
3:15 pm	Apres Ski Snacks / Exhibits
4:00 pm	Morning Recap Michael Rosen
4:35 pm	Managing Cholecystostomy Tubes: When to Put Them In and When to Operate? David Krpata
4:50 pm	Endoscopic Management of CBD Stones in Complex Cases Like Post Gastric Bypass Hassan Siddiki
5:05 pm	Laparoscopic CBDE. Making it Feasible for the Practicing Surgeon, Tips and Tricks Ben Miller
5:20 pm	Bailout Options During Difficult Cholecystectomies: Subtotal, Fenestrated, or Just Open? A Practical Algorithm Rob Simon
5:35 pm	Management of the Incidentalomas Including Liver Lesions, Gallbladder Polyps, Pancreatic Cysts, and Appendiceal Masses. What Every Practicing General Surgeon Should be Aware Of Dan Joyce
5:50 pm	Panel Discussion All Faculty
6:00 pm	Break / Exhibits
6:15 pm	Timing of Cholecystectomy Post Biliary Pancreatitis. Wait it Out or Just Get it Out? Luke Beffa
6:30 pm	Practical Pathways to Managing Biliary Disease. How We Do It Ben Miller
6:45 pm	I Just Cut the Common Bile Duct and I’m On My Own. What Should I Do? Rob Simon
7:00 pm	Operative Nightmares in Gallbladder Surgery. A Night at the Movies Rob Simon
7:20 pm	Panel Discussion All Faculty
7:30 pm	Adjourn

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Monday, February 3, 2025 All times in Mountain Time
SESSION 4: TRAUMA Activity Director: David Rosen, MD
6:00 am	Breakfast
6:30 am	Welcome David Rosen
6:35 am	Crystalloid, Colloid, Blood? Resuscitation in Trauma Cathleen Khandelwal
6:55 am	ER to OR to ICU: Reducing Infection in Trauma Patients Jeffrey Claridge
7:15 am	From Tubes to Thoracotomies: Managing Thoracic Trauma Kenji Inaba
7:35 am	Panel Discussion / Q&A 7:50 am Break
7:50 am	Break
8:05 am	It’s Hot in Here: Burn Management Cathleen Khandelwal
8:25 am	Always Straight to OR? Workup and Management of Penetrating Abdominal Trauma Jeffrey Claridge
8:45 am	Tasers, Beanbags, Pepper Spray, Oh My! Less Lethal Weapon Injuries Kenji Inaba
9:05 am	Panel Discussion / Q&A 9:30am Case Presentations
10:00 am	Adjourn

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