2021 Annual Meeting

2021 virtual Annual meeting

Friday, February 5 - Saturday, February 6

On behalf of Dr. Scott Helton, President of the Seattle Surgical Society, we are pleased to invite you join us for our annual meeting to be held virtually on February 5-6, 2021. The program can be viewed below. We are excited to have Dr. Danny Jacobs as our Keynote Speaker discussing OHSU’s approach to creating a more inclusive health care system. We will also include our resident abstract presentations each day. A COVID-19 session with Dr. Lisa Jackson and Dr. Cyrus Shahpar is scheduled for Friday morning.

On Saturday, we will conduct our Business Meeting with members only. Followed by more abstract presentations and a History lesson about Virginia Mason Hospital by Dr. John Ryan. We are going to play Hollywood Squares for residents instead of Jeopardy. That should be fun.

We are excited to announce that we are offering CME accreditation for this virtual meeting. We anticipate over 6 hours of credit.

We are partnering with Whova conference solutions to provide you an app that contains all the information you'll need for the Meeting. Whova has a lot to offer so we hope you'll take time to acclimate to its built-in fun. The app will be updated daily with new information, any scheduling changes, and networking.

What you'll find on the Whova app:

Daily updates and announcements
Meeting Agenda
Exhibitors
Attendee list
Community: this platform is a way to instantly connect and network with your peers. Within the "Community" tab there are session Q&As, ice-breakers, announcements, job listings, articles and more. Check this tab daily!
Speaker information
CME Evaluations
...and more

resident competition winners

Congratulations to the following for the best resident paper competition!

1st Place - Alex Lois, MD (UW): Decisional Regret After Cholecystectomy

2nd Place - Ali Haruta (HMC): Code Blade: A review of resuscitative thoracotomies done at HMC from 2008-2018

3rd Place - Whitney Wright, MD (VM): Safety Rules as Surgical Tools: A Case Report of Subtotal Cholecystectomy

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CME ACCREDITATION

In support of improving patient care, Rush University Medical Center is jointly accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Rush University Medical Center designates this internet live activity for a maximum of 6.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Click here to claim credits

final program

Please download the PDF version of the program below. Or scroll down further and see the online program.

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Keynote Speaker

Danny Jacobs, MD, MPH, FACS
President
Oregon Health Sciences University

guest speakers

Lisa A. Jackson, MD, MPH
Senior Investigator
Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute

Cyrus Shahpar, MD
Director of the Prevent Epidemics Team
Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative of Vital Strategies

NON-CME SYMPOSIA

Gattex: Overview of Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS)
Friday, February 5, 2021
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Description:

• Provide an overview of Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS)
• Discuss the treatment goals for adult patients with SBS
• Understand the role of GATTEX (teduglutide) in SBS management
• Highlight considerations for initiating GATTEX as a treatment for appropriate patients

Speaker

Mario Alcantara, MD
South Texas Colorectal Center
Colorectal Surgeon

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