Surgery News
Awards
Gloria Chang, M.D., won the best poster award in the upper GI, colorectal, and sarcoma virtual grand rounds at the annual meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology on March 9-12. Her poster was titled Effect of Hospital Safety Net Designation on Treatment Delivery and Survival on Colorectal Cancer (coauthors: Nevarez N, Hester C, Karagkounis G, Chilakamarry S, Salgado Pogacnik J, Huang E, Yopp A).
Gilbert Murimwa, M.D., won the award for best poster about disparities at the Society of Surgical Oncology annual meeting on March 9-12 for Area Deprivation Index Predicts Survival and Access to Specialized Care in Pancreatic Cancer (coauthors: Thornton M, Karalis JD, Porembka MR, Augustine M, Wang S, Mansour J, Zeh H, Yopp A, Polanco P).
Madhuri Nagaraj, M.D., won second place in an essay competition sponsored by the Resident and Associate Society of the American College of Surgeons for her article, Competency-Based Training: Is There Any Other Way?
Announcements
Sara Hennessy, M.D., chaired a session on robotics and acute care surgery at the annual meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons on March 17 in Denver, Colorado.
Gilbert Murimwa, M.D., was selected to serve on the social media committee of the Annals of Surgical Oncology.
Sam Wang, M.D., served on the National Cancer Institute career development study section on March 3-4.
John Zuniga, D.M.D., Ph.D., conducted a skills course entitled Nerve Grafts in Head and Neck Reconstruction: A Technological Advancement to Improve Quality of Life on February 22 at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas.
Grants
Xinxin Song, M.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Tang/Kang lab, has won an institutional research grant from the American Cancer Society for her proposal, Overcoming Resistance of Pancreatic Cancer Cells to Ferroptosis.
Presentations
Amr Al Abbas, M.D.
The Impact of the Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy in the Octogenerian Population
Annual meeting, International Hepatico-Pancreatico-Biliary Association
March 29, 2022 New York City
Automated Video Analysis of Robotic Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Center for Organogenesis & Trauma (CORT)
March 25, 2022 Dallas, Texas
Automatic Task Segmentation of Robotic Pancreaticojejunostomy Videos Using Deep Learning
Annual meeting, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
March 19, 2022 Denver, Colorado
Robotic Ampullectomy of an Ampullary Adenoma
Annual meeting, Society of Surgical Oncology
March 10, 2022 Dallas, Texas
The Impact of Minimally Invasive Surgery on Preoperative Outcomes in Frail Cancer Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Annual meeting, Society of Surgical Oncology
March 10, 2022 Dallas, Texas
The Impact of Minimally Invasive Surgery on Outcomes in Frail Cancer Patients Undergoing Liver Resection: An ACS NSQIP Analysis
Annual meeting, Society of Surgical Oncology
March 10, 2022 Dallas, Texas
The Development of Task Specific Metrics for the Robotic Gastrojejunostomy
Annual meeting, North Texas Chapter, American College of Surgeons
February 4, 2022 Fort Worth, Texas
Raghav Chandra, M.D.
(Coauthors: Liu C, Thornton M, Meier J, Reznik SI, Hammer S, Sanford N, Porembka MR)
Factors Associated With Treatment Failure After Definitive Chemoradiation for Esophageal/Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer: A Single Institution Case Series
Annual meeting, Society of Surgical Oncology
March 9-12, 2022 Dallas, Texas
Deborah Farr, M.D.
Prospective Pilot Study of First in Human Use of Single Port Robotic Platform in Nipple Sparing Mastectomy
Annual meeting, Society of Surgical Oncology
March 9-12, 2022 Dallas, Texas
Shruti Hegde, M.D.
(Coauthors: Namazi B, Mahnken H, Dumas R, Sankaranarayanan G)
Automated Identification of Bleeding and Bile Leakage in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Videos Using Deep Learning
Annual meeting, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
March 19, 2022 Denver, Colorado
Sara Hennessy, M.D.
FES Exam: Value Added to Surgical Education
Invited speaker, annual meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
March 19, 2022 Denver, Colorado
Sergio Huerta, M.D.
Inguinal Hernia Repair for Medical Students
Universidad de Medicina San Carlos in El Peten, Hospital Nacional de San Benito
March 18, 2022 El Peten, Guatemala
John Karalis, M.D.
Pre-Treatment Serum IL-6 Level Predicts Overall Survival in Patients With Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma
Annual meeting, Society of Surgical Oncology
March 3, 2022 Dallas, Texas
A New Anatomic Definition for Oligometastatic Disease in Pancreatic Cancer and Its Association With Survival
Annual meeting, Society of Surgical Oncology
March 3, 2022 Dallas, Texas
Optimization of a Patient-Derived Xenograft Generation Protocol for Gastric Cancer
International Gastric Cancer Congress
March 9, 2022 Houston, Texas
Madhukar Patel, M.D.
The Role of Graft to Recipient Weight Ratio on Enhanced Recovery of the Recipient after Living Donor Liver Transplantation – A Systematic Review of the Literature and Expert Panel Recommendations
The International Liver Transplantation Society Consensus Conference
January 28, 2022 Valencia, Spain (virtual)
Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Ph.D.
(Coauthors: Huang K, De S, Bowling A)
Framework for Optimal Placement of Haptic Devices in a Virtual Open Surgery Trainer to Achieve Maximum Workspace Fidelity
International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare
March 20-23, 2022 New Orleans, Louisiana
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