Program Schedules
Tentative as of July 2010
The following is an outline of the meeting. Detailed information will
be available in the Advance Program in November, 2010.
Program Chair: Brian J. Dunkin, MD
- Wednesday, 3-30-2011
- Thursday, 3-31-2011
- Friday, 3-1-2011
- Saturday, 3-2-2011
| Wednesday, March 30, 2011 |
Postgraduate Course: Fundamentals for the Use of Safe Energy (FUSE)
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Postgraduate Course: Foregut
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Postgraduate Course: Minimizing MIS
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Postgraduate Course: MIS Colon Surgery
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Half Day Hands-on Course: Fundamentals for the Use of Safe Energy
(FUSE)
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Symposium: Getting Paid for What You Do – EMR, Coding, Reimbursement
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Video Session: Unexpected Intraoperative Findings
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| Symposium: Ideas to Product-How to Commercialize your Great Ideas |
| Panel: Incorporating FLS and FES Into Your Residence Training Program |
| Half Day Hands-on Course: Minimizing MIS |
Half Day Hands-on Course: MIS Colorectal Surgery
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| Session: SAGES Pearls |
| Exhibits Opening Welcome Reception: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
| Thursday, March 31, 2011 |
SAGES Scientific Sessions
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Postgraduate Course: Endoscopy for Surgeons
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| Postgraduate Course: Bariatric Sleeve and Band |
| Panel: Safety for Surgeons |
SAGES/JSES Joint Symposium: What’s New in Lower GI Surgery
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SAGES/SSAT Joint Symposium: MIS HPB – The Next Frontier
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Panel: Getting New Technology Into Your Hospital
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Session: Learning Center Rounds
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Session: Poster Rounds
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SAGES/ACS Joint Symposium: Health Care Reform Update
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Posters Open: 7:30 am - 4:00 pm
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Exhibits/Learning Center Open: 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
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Half Day Hands-on Course: Endoscopy for Surgeons
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Half Day Hands-on Course: Bariatric Sleeve and Band
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Debate: Inguinal Hernia – Laparoscopic or Open?
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Panel: When Bad Things Happen to Good Surgeons
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| Session: Managing Bariatric Surgery Emergencies for Non-Bariatric
Surgeons |
| Friday, April 1, 2011 |
SAGES Scientific and Sessions
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| SAGES Presidential Address |
Gerald Marks Keynote Lecture
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Session: Lessons Learned from Private Practice on Efficiency and
Cost Savings
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Panel: Controversies about Hernia Mesh
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Session: Robotics for General Surgeons – It’s Coming Your Way
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Exhibits/Posters/Learning Center Open: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Emerging Technology Session
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Video Symposium: Complications and Reoperations
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SAGES/ALACE Joint Symposium
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SAGES/ASCRS Joint Symposium: Laparoscopic Colon Surgery – Why Not
More?
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Session: Advanced Ventral Hernia
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Session: Difficult Problems in Reasonable Patients
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| Residents/Fellows Scientific Session |
| Saturday, April 2, 2011 |
SAGES Scientific Sessions
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Karl Storz Keynote Lecture
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Session: General Surgery in Obese Patients – Tips and Tricks
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Panel: Patient Safety
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Session: GERD and PEH
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Exhibits/Posters/Learning Center Open: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Lunch in Exhibit Hall for All Meeting Attendees: 12:00 pm - 1:00
pm
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Panel: Patient Centered Outcomes
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Session: Lessons Learned from Military Surgery
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Session: Adolescent Surgery
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| Session: Advancing Beyond Optical Imaging |