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2019 Sun Valley Meeting Schedule


Friday January 25, 2019

6:30am -7:00am Breakfast

7:00am-7:30am Accountable Care Organizations, Julio Vasquez, MD

7:30am-8:00am Journey to Optimizing Health Before Surgery – ACS Strong for Surgery, Tom Varghese, MD

8:00am-8:30am Social Media and Outreach, Jamie Jones-Coleman, MD

8:30am-8:50am Break with vendors

8:50am-9:20am Medical and Surgical Treatment of Frostbite in 2019: Has anything really changed?, Amalia Cochran, MD

9:20am-9:50am Rare Breast Tumors, David Euhus, MD 9:50am-10:30am Montana-Wyoming Members Meeting

3:30pm-4:00pm A Rural Surgery Collaborative to Address the Opioid Epidemic, Lyen Huang, MD

4:00pm-4:30pm Rectal Cancer Accreditation Program, David Margolin, MD

4:30pm-4:50pm Break with vendors

4:50pm-5:20pm Indications for Colonoscopy, Michelle Murday, MD

5:20pm-6:20pm Robotic Surgery: Panel Talk

Saturday January 26, 2019

6:30am-7:00am Breakfast

7:00am-7:30am Building a Rural Pediatric Surgery Practice, Federico Seifarth, MD

7:30am-8:00am Melanoma Management, John Hyngstrom, MD

8:00am-8:30am Breast Cancer Management in 2019, Cindy Matsen, MD

8:30am-8:50am Break with vendors

8:50am-9:20am Unconscious Bias and the Care of the Surgical Patient, Heena Santry, MD

9:20am-9:50am Do Our Trauma Systems Work?, Ronald Maier, MD

9:50am-10:30am Idaho Members Meeting

3:30pm-4:00pm REBOA, Gene Moore, MD

4:00pm-4:30pm Kids will swallow just about anything: when do I need to be concerned?, Denis Bensard, MD

4:30pm-4:50pm Break with vendors

4:50pm-5:50pm Trauma Panel Talk

5:50pm-6:20pm Surgeon burnout: Notes from a survivor, an opportunity to listen, share and ask for help, Tim Wetherill, MD

6:20pm -8:00pm Exhibitor Reception: Sponsored by UMIA Join us for a delightful evening with exhibitors, filled with an assortment of tasty hors d’oeuvres and a no-host bar as you unwind with friends and colleagues.

Sunday January 27, 2019

6:30am-7:00am Continental Breakfast

7:00am-7:30am A protocolized approach to SBO, Robert McIntyre, MD

7:30am-8:00am Tips and Tricks from a Malpractice Attorney, Elizabeth Lowrance Hausbeck, JD

8:00am-8:30am Extremity Vascular Trauma, Philip Kladar, MD

8:30am-8:50am Break with vendors

8:50am-9:20am Unusual Rescue, Unusual Relationship: Case Report of a Field Amputation, Marcus Torgenson, MD

9:20am-9:40am ACS Update, Ronald Maier, MD

9:40am-10:00am PAC Update

Meeting Adjourned


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