Program Schedules
(Tentative as of August 2008)
The following is an outline of the SAGES & IPEG meetings. Detailed information will be available in the Advance Program in November.
SAGES
Program Chair: L. Michael Brunt, MD
IPEG Program Chairs: Daniel J. Ostlie, MD, Benno M. Ure, MD, PhD
| Tuesday, April 21, 2009 |
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| IPEG Full Day Hands-On Course (Part 1: Didactic): Advance Endoscopic |
| Wednesday, April 22, 2009 |
| IPEG Full Day Hands-On Course (Part 2: Lab): Advance Endoscopic |
| SAGES Half Day Postgraduate Course: Colorectal |
| SAGES Half Day Postgraduate Course: Hernia |
| SAGES Half Day Postgraduate Course: Flexible Endoscopy |
| SAGES Half Day Hands-On Course: Colorectal |
| SAGES Half Day Hands-On Course: Endolumenal/NOTES™ |
| SAGES Half Day Hands-On Course: FLS Train the Trainers |
| SAGES/ASMBS Half Day Postgraduate Course: Bariatric Surgery |
| SAGES Half Day Postgraduate Course: Laparoscopic Cholysystectomy |
| SAGES/ALACE Panel |
| Exhibits Opening Welcome Reception 5:00 - 7:00 pm |
| Thursday, April 23, 2009 |
| SAGES Half Day Postgraduate Course: Foregut: SAGES Grand Rounds Master Course |
| SAGES Half Day Postgraduate Course: Advanced Laparoscopic Techniques |
| SAGES Symposium: Equipping the Surgeon/Training the Jedi |
| IPEG/SAGES Session: Hepatobiliary and Solid Organ |
| SAGES/MIRA Panel: Robotics |
| SAGES/APDS/ASE Surgical Educators Forum |
| SAGES Patient Safety Allied Health Symposium |
| IPEG Scientific Session: Clinical and Basic Science |
| IPEG Scientific Session: How I Do It |
| IPEG Presidential Address: Can Prospective Clinical Trials Be Applied to MIS in Children? |
| Exhibits/Posters/Learning Ctr. Open 9:30 am - 3:30 pm |
| SAGES Educator’s Lunch |
| SAGES Half Day Hands-On Course: Foregut |
| SAGES Half Day Hands-On Course: Advanced Laparoscopic Techniques |
| SAGES Half Day Symposium: Advances in NOTES™ and Endolumenal Therapies |
| SAGES Panel: Controversies in Laparoscopic vs. Open Solid Organ Surgery |
| SAGES Panel: Recertification in Surgery: Maintenance of Competency, Outcomes Analysis |
| IPEG Scientific Session: Thorax |
| IPEG Karl Storz Lecture: The Nuss Procedure – The First 10 Years |
| IPEG Panel: Showdown at the Anorectal Canal |
| IPEG Poster Tour |
| SAGES Debate: The Great Presidential Debate |
| Friday, April 24, 2009 |
| SAGES Panel: Evidence Based Guidelines |
| SAGES/ASCRS Debate: Laparoscopic vs. Open Colorectal Surgery |
| SAGES Panel: Surgical Treatment of Type II Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome |
| SAGES Presidential Address |
| SAGES Marks Lecture |
| SAGES Panel: How to Manage Failure: Reoperation for Laparoscopic Complications |
| SAGES Panel: Global Initiative and Opportunities for Surgeons in Service |
| SAGES Panel: From FLS to the Web Learning Center |
| IPEG Scientific Video Session: My Favorite Tricks |
| IPEG Scientific Session: Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary |
| IPEG Keynote Lecture: What is going on with MIS in China? |
| IPEG Scientific Session: Short Papers |
| IPEG Scientific Session: Robotics and Emerging Technology |
| Exhibits/Posters/Learning Ctr. Open 9:30 am - 3:30 pm |
| Lunch in Exhibit Hall for all SAGES and IPEG attendees |
| SAGES Surgeons in Service Luncheon |
| SAGES Symposium: Friday Afternoon at the Movies: Video Classics/International Olympic MIS |
| SAGES Panel: Creating the Future of Surgery: From Medical Device to Field Development |
| SAGES/AHS Panel: Hernia Problems You Wish Were Referred Elsewhere |
| SAGES Residents/Fellows Scientific Session |
| SAGES Panel: Best Practices for the Surgical Treatment of Obesity |
| IPEG Panel: Cutting Edge Genital Urinary Reconstruction |
| SAGES/IPEG Panel: Urgent and Emergent Acute Care Problems in Pediatrics and Adults |
| SAGES Panel: MIS Jeopardy |
| IPEG Simulator Session |
| Saturday, April 25, 2009 |
| SAGES Karl Storz Lecture |
| SAGES Health Policy Lecture |
| SAGES Panel: Patient Safety: Strategies for Reducing Errors in Surgical Care |
| SAGES/SLS Panel: Unexpected Findings at Laparoscopy |
| SAGES/SSAT Symposium: Therapeutic Modalilties for Upper GI Neoplasms |
| IPEG Scientific Session: Single Port Access (SPA)/NOTES™ |
| IPEG Scientific Session: Miscellaneous |
| Posters/Learning Center Open 9:30 am -1:30 pm |
| SAGES Technology Luncheon |
| SAGES Scientific Session: Emerging Technologies |