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SAGES 2005 Schedule at a Glance

Please note: SAGES day pattern has changed for Surgical Spring Week. The Scientific Session is now on Thursday & Friday, rather than the normal Friday & Saturday.

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Bariatric Postgraduate Course
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Hands-on Laparoscopic Colon Course
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Hands-on Digital Course: Surgeon in the Digital Age Series: Understanding Your Video System What are you going to do if the lights go out?
1:00 PM - 5:30 PM Pediatric Fellows Hands-on Course (lectures): Advanced Pediatric MIS for Fellows in Pediatric Surgery

Thursday, April 14, 2005

7:30 - 9:30 AM Forum on Biliary Injuries (SAGES/AHPBPA & SSAT)
7:30 AM - 12:00 PM Pediatric Fellows Hands-on Course (lab): Advanced Pediatric MIS for Fellows in Pediatric Surgery
9:30 - 10:00 AM SAGES Presidential Address
10:00 - 10:30 AM Gerald Marks Lecture: Changing Paradigms of Education in Surgery – Andrew L. Warshaw, MD
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM 2005 Poster Session
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Plenary Session (accepted oral & video presentations)
1:00 - 2:30 PM Expert Panel: Management of Suspected Choledocholithiasis
1:00 - 5:30 PM Concurrent Sessions (accepted oral & video presentations)
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM SAGES/ASCRS Panel: Minimally Invasive Surgery for Colorectal Diseases
5:30 - 7:00 PM SAGES/AHPBA Opening Reception
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM SAGES Industry Education Evening Events

Friday, April 15, 2005

7:30 - 9:00 AM Plenary Session (accepted oral & video presentations)
7:30 AM - 11:00 AM Allied Health Professionals Course: Advances in Gastrointestinal Minimally
Invasive Surgery and Endoscopic Techniques
9:00 - 9:30 AM Karl Storz Lecture: Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery: Latest Evolution – Professor Guy Bernard Cadiere
9:30 - 11:00 AM SAGES/AHPBA Joint Panel: Minimally Invasive Approaches to Pancreatic Disease
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM SAGES/Fellowship Council Symposium: Towards the Ideal Fellowship
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM 2005 Poster Session
11:00 SAGES Annual General Membership Business Meeting
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM BREAK: Exhibits, Posters, Learning Ctr.
12:30 - 2:00 PM SAGES Educator’s Lunch
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM The Debates: Open or Laparoscopic Treatment of Inguinal Hernia; Issues in Bariatric Surgery (SAGES/ASBS)
2:00 - 5:00 PM Concurrent Sessions (accepted oral & video presentations)
6:00 - 7:00 PM SAGES Meet the Leadership Reception for New SAGES Members, Residents and Fellows
7:30 - 11:00 PM SAGES/AHPBA Main Event: John U. Lloyd Beach State Park

Saturday, April 16, 2005

6:30 AM - 8:00 AM SAGES 2005 Industry Breakfast Events
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM Solid Organ Postgraduate Course
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM Endoluminal Therapy Postgraduate Course
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM Resident and Fellows Scientific Session
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM BREAK: Exhibits, Posters, Learning Ctr.
12:30 - 2:00 PM SAGES Technology Lunch
2:00 - 5:00 PM SAGES/ACS/AHPBA Joint Symposium: Modern Management of Colon Cancer
8:30 PM - 1:00 AM Saturday Night at Famed South Beach