2024 Annual Chapter Meeting
Join us for this year’s annual meeting being held on Friday, May 17, 2024, 3:00pm-8:00pm at the Omaha Marriot, 10220 Regency Circle, Omaha, NE 68114
Registration deadline is Friday, May 17, 2024.
Students/Residents - $25 (cancellation fee $10)
Faculty rate before April 30 - $75 (cancellation fee $25)
Faculty rate after April 30 and onsite - $100
Faculty, please note, there is an early registration rate available until April 30th, 2024, so be sure to register before then!
REGISTER NOW !!!
Industry Support
You are invited to exhibit in the 2024 Nebraska Chapter Spring Meeting on May 17th, 2024, at the Omaha Marriott, regency location.
The Nebraska Chapter, American College of Surgeons (NCACS) is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization of board-certified surgeons who serve as a voice for all surgeons working in the frequently intense and ever-changing field of surgery.
The Nebraska Chapter Annual Spring Meeting invitations are sent to all surgeon members of the American College of Surgeons from Nebraska. Additionally, the conference will provide you with a unique opportunity to reach your target audience which will consist of surgeons, nurses, and hospital administrators.
Current 2024 Exhibitors
Ethicon - At Ethicon, a Johnson & Johnson MedTech company, putting humanity at the core of care is our passion and our purpose... In collaboration with clinicians and healthcare experts around the world, we develop innovative surgical technologies and solutions to help address some of the most pressing health challenges of our time, such as metabolic disease, cardiovascular disease and cancer.
Gore - Gore engineers medical devices that treat a range of cardiovascular and other health conditions. With more than 50 million medical devices implanted over the course of more than 45 years, Gore builds on its legacy of improving patient outcomes through research, education and quality initiatives.
Applied Medical Technology, Inc - Applied Medical Technology, Inc. (AMT) is a global leader in the development, design, and manufacture of enteral feeding devices, accessories, and surgical products. We are honored to serve the global community as we continue to introduce innovative products and materials, designed to increase patient comfort while improving patient outcomes.
Hologic - Hologic empowers people to live healthier lives everywhere, everyday. The Science of Sure reflects who we are as a leading innovator in women's health, helping healthcare professionals around the world diagnose and treat their patients with precision, certainty, and confidence.
DePuy Synthes- DePuy Synthes, the Orthopaedics Company of Johnson & Johnson, provides one of the most comprehensive orthopaedics portfolios in the world that helps heal and restore movement for the millions of patients we serve. DePuy Synthes solutions, in specialties including joint reconstruction, trauma, extremities, craniomaxillofacial, spinal surgery and sports medicine, in addition to the VELYS™ Digital Surgery portfolio, are designed to advance patient care while delivering clinical and economic value to health care systems worldwide. Building on our proud product innovation and legacy of industry firsts, we are reimagining the orthopaedic landscape with new advancements in medical technologies and digital surgery across the entire continuum of care to Keep People Moving today and tomorrow.
Elucent Medical - Elucent Medical, Inc. is radically changing the precision of surgery. Elucent has developed state-of-the-art In-Site Spatial Intelligence solutions. Our mission is to improve the clinical outcome for patients by minimizing positive margins and the need for second surgeries, reduce operative time, and preserve healthy tissue during surgical procedures. The groundbreaking EnVisio® Navigation System is designed to integrate with standard surgical tools that transforms them into Smart Tools.
SPEAKERS
Long time Creighton faculty and MIS surgeon, with special interest in global surgery, who was also awarded the ACS Surgical Humanitarianism Award 2023.
Current member on the Board of Regents Anti-Racism Committee, served as the Vice Chair of the ACS Board of Governors, past President of the ACS Ohio Chapter and past President of the Association of Women Surgeons.
All are invited to come and listen to Drs. Filipi and Gantt and enjoy dinner and drinks following the Resident Abstract presentations and Surgical Jeopardy Competition.
Program
*Program subject to change.
Friday May 17, 2024
3:00pm - 3:05pm
Introduction
Dr. Aru Panwar, ACS Nebraska Chapter President
3:05pm - 4:22pm
Resident/Student Abstract Podium Presentations - Judges: Dr. Nicole DeRosa, Dr. Sean Langenfeld, Dr. Robert Fitzgibbons Jr.
Nicole Barmettler - Impact of Clinicopathologic Factors on The Number of Lymph Nodes Examined in Patients with Melanoma
Herschel Patel - Survival Outcomes after Therapy De-Escalation in HPV- positive Oropharyngeal SCC: A Single-Arm, Open-label, Clinical Trial
Brianna Foley - International Medical Graduates Matching into U.S. General Surgery Residency: 30-Year Match Trends
Max Koss - The Impact of Systemic Therapy and Surgery Sequence in Treatment of Stage IV Colon Cancer Presenting with Liver Metastases at Diagnosis
Amanda Chiu - Venous Thromboembolism in Pelvic Exenteration Patients
Jason Lizalek - Evolving Gender Parity of Industry Research Funding to Surgical Oncologists: An Open Payments Database Analysis
Robert Hu - Disparities in hepatocellular carcinoma treatment and survival in Asian American population
Julie Kim - Association of Changes in HERQLES Scores with Objective Hernia Outcomes
Noah Wilson - The effect of operative approach on postoperative outcomes following gastrostomy tube placement
Brianna Foley - The Landscape of U.S. Academic Surgery Departments in the Corporate Medicine Era: Federal and Industry Funding Academic Output, and Corporate Medicine Revenue Analysis
Sara B. Cartwright - Real-World Oncology Experience of Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Surgery Outcomes and Pathological Responses
4:27pm - 5:12pm
Poster Reception (E-Posters) - Judges: Dr. M Shashidharan, Dr. Devi Mukkai Krishnamurty, Dr. Caleb Schroeder
Monitor 1
Ricky Rana - An unusual presentation of sigmoid cancer
Ryan Kimball - Risk Factors for Discharge to Inpatient Rehab or Skilled Nursing Facilities vs Home Health Recovery Following Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures
Max Koss - Factors influencing the incidence of postoperative dysphasia in patients undergoing laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair
Kelsey Tieken - Student, Resident, and Faculty Perceptions on Providing Excellent Surgical Education: A Qualitative Analysis
Scott R Reetz - Does Guideline Concordant Therapy Explain Disparities in Outcomes among Rural and Urban Patients with Stage III Rectal Adenocarcinoma? A Nationwide Analysis
Lucas J. Houser - Breast Cancer Care Disparities in Sexual Minority Women: An Analysis of the National Institutes of Health All of Us Research Program
Madeline Rose Cloonan - Resident Perceptions of a Residents as Teachers Curriculum: A Qualitative Assessment
Alexander Wu - Non-operative management of appendicitis in solid organ transplants
Jamal K. Salaymeh - A novel approach for transvenous para-arterial stem cell delivery in a porcine model of peripheral arterial disease
Terrence Kumar - Don’t Worry, Everything is Going According to Plan - Textbook Outcomes in RoboBc-Assisted Low Anterior ResecBon for Rectal Cancer
Monitor 2
Jillian Timperley - Health related social needs and social determinants of health: navigating the convoluted path of Health Equity in surgery
Sebastian Lane - Recurrent gallstone ileus requiring repeat enterolithotomy: a case
Arthur S. Lanoux-Nguyen - Vascularized Olecranon Free Flap for the Treatment of Kienbock’s Disease
Jacob Lin - YouTube as a source of information about lateral epicondylitis: a content quality and reliability analysis
Hannah Rud - Fibroblast Phenotypes and Their Effect on Impaired Wound Healing in Incisional Hernia
Prateek Sharma - Contemporary Iliac DVT invasive management : Lower Post-Thrombotic Syndrome Incidence Than Ever Before
Rahul Thusay - The Impact of Surgical Palliative Care in the Treatment of Early-Onset Stage IV Colon Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis of Long-Term Survival Outcomes
Stevin Lu - Utility of Routine Preoperative Urinalysis in Elective Lumbar Spine Fusion Surgery
Jason Lizalek - How Many Lymph Nodes Should We Excise in Patients with Melanoma?
Varnica Bajaj - The Number of Regional Lymph Nodes Examined Affects Nodal Positivity in Clinical Node-negative Merkel Cell Carcinoma
5:12pm - 6:12pm
Surgical Jeopardy - Hosts: Dr. Marcus Balters and Dr. Olabisi Sheppard
Jeopardy Sign-Up HERE.
6:12pm - 6:22pm
Awards
6:22pm - 8:00pm
Welcome and Dinner
6:52pm - 7:27pm
Gratitude
Dr. Charles Filipi, MD, FACS
7:27pm - 8:02pm
ACS Update
Dr. Nancy Gantt, MD, FACS
Adjournment
Dr. Aru Panwar, ACS Nebraska Chapter President
In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any commercial interest (termed by the ACCME as an “ineligible company”, defined below) held in the last 24 months (see below for definitions). Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf of all other authors/contributors, if applicable.
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The ACCME also requires that ACS manage any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity. Any conflicts noted below have been managed to our satisfaction. The disclosure information is intended to identify any commercial relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during the educational activity, please report it on the evaluation.
SPEAKERS / MODERATORS / DISCUSSANTS/AUTHORS NOTHING TO DISCLOSE
Max Koss X
Noah Wilson X
Ricky Rana X
Robert Hu X
Alexander Wu X
Jacob Lin X
Prateek Sharma X
Sebastian Lane X
Arthur S. Lanoux-Nguyen X
Jillian Timperley X
Kelsey Tieken X
Madeline Rose Cloonan X
Ryan Kimball X
Jamal K. Salaymeh X
Brianna Foley X
Rahul Thusay X
Scott R. Reetz X
Varnica Bajaj X
Nicolle Barmettler X
Sara B. Cartwright X
Herschel Patel X
Hannah Rud X
Lucas J. Houser X
Terrence Kumar X
Jason M. Lizalek X
Stevin Lu X
Julie Kim X
Charles Joseph Filipi X
Nancy L. Gantt X
PLANNING COMMITTEE NOTHING TO DISCLOSE
Devi Mukkai Krishnamurty X
Viren Premnath Punja X
Dillon Wade X
Aru Panwar X
Juan Santamaria X
Anna White X
Olabisi Ololade X
Vishal Kothari X