2025 Annual Chapter Meeting
Join us for this year’s annual meeting being held on Friday, April 4, 2025, 3:00pm-8:00pm at the Omaha Marriot, 10220 Regency Circle, Omaha, NE 68114
Register Now!!!
Registration rates:
Students/Residents - $25 (cancellation fee $10)
Faculty before March 18th - $125 (cancellation fee $25)
Additional Dinner Ticket - $50
Industry Support
Dear Industry Support,
You are invited to exhibit in the 2025 Nebraska Chapter Annual Meeting on April 4th, 2025, at the Omaha Marriott, regency circle location.
Skills Competition
So You Think You Can Operate!
Stations will be announced at the annual meeting. There are separate sign-up forms for Junior (PGY1&2) and Senior (PGY3-5).
Annual Meeting Disclosures
Program
*Program subject to change.
Friday April 4, 2025
3:00pm - 3:05pm
Introduction
Dr. Abbey Fingeret, ACS Nebraska Chapter President
3:05pm - 4:35pm
Scientific Session with Oral Presentation - Judges: TBD
Srineil Vuthaluru - Robotic Simulation Course Improves Incoming Surgical Resident Confidence
Sara B. Cartwright - Poor Response of Metaplastic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer to Neoadjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy: An Unmet Oncological Need
Mackenzie Jones - Pre-Treatment Tumor Collagen is Associated with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Pathological Response to Chemo-Immunotherapy
Andrew Minchow - Superomedial Reduction Mammaplasty: a Lateral Pillar Modification Described with Improved Aesthetic Outcomes
Terrence Kumar - Don’t Worry, Everything is Going According to Plan - Textbook Outcomes in Robotic LAR for Rectal Cancer
Varnica Bajaj - Walking with Pain: Real-Time Narratives Redefine Classic Claudication in Peripheral Artery Disease
P. Jeremy Nguyen-Lee - Assessment of Critical Steps in Hiatal Hernia Repair Using YouTube Videos
Stevin Lu - Comparing Clinical Outcomes Between Open Versus Percutaneous Approach for Spinopelvic Dissociation
Olivia Taylor - Single Institution Experience with Radiofrequency Ablation for Benign Thyroid Nodules: Clinical and Functional Outcomes
Grace Volk - Foregut Forecasting: Exploring the Effects of Rural Location, Social Vulnerability, and Distressed Community Index on Surgical Outcomes
Logan Peter - Predictive Factors and Outcomes of Adrenal Venous Sampling at a High-Volume Endocrine Surgery Center
P. Jeremy Nguyen-Lee - Indocyanine Green and Near-Infrared Guided Surgery Publications: An Analysis of Conflict-of-Interest Statements and Industry General Payments
4:35pm - 5:25pm
Exhibits Break/ Poster Reception (E-Posters) - Judges: TBD
Monitor 1
Jason M. Lizalek - Influence of Rurality on the association between guideline concordant treatment and survival in Gastric Cancer
Claire Malhotra - Is Age Just a Number?: Exploring the Relationship Between Patient Age and Survival Outcomes in Oral Cavity SCC
Nicole Rud - Is More Really More?: Trimodality Therapy and Overall Survival in T1-2 N2b M0 HPV-Negative Oropharyngeal SCC
Olivia Taylor - Effect of Thyroid Surgery on Weight Change
Jason M. Lizalek - Validation of a Novel Staging System for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma that Incorporates Neoadjuvant Therapy: A National Cancer Database Study
Lina M. Adwer - Comparison of Pathological Complete Response Rates in TNBC Patients Treated with Pembrolizumab + Chemotherapy vs. Chemotherapy Alone: Real-World Study
Shalmali Mirajkar - Analyzing Pediatric Penetrating Trauma Trends Over the COVID-19 Pandemic
Anna White - Axillary Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Can be Omitted in Favorable Histologic Subtypes of Breast Cancer: Mucinous, Tubular, and Secretory Carcinomas
Jason M. Lizalek - Leveraging Machine Learning Propensity Matching in Breast Cancer: Breast Conservation vs. Mastectomy
Abigail Klammer - "Anchor-type" incision for surgical stabilization of anterior rib fractures: A single center experience and evaluation
Monitor 2
Collin Dougherty - Mastectomy Rates and Survival Gaps in Rural Breast Cancer Patients
Arthur S. Lanoux-Nguyen - Surgical Denervation of the First Carpometacarpal Joint for Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review
Grace Volk - Access to Surgical Foregut Care: Wait Times Between Rural and Urban Communities
Madeline Cloonan - Preparing for the Transition to Residency: Teaching Informed Consent with Simulated Patient Scenarios
Paul Aylward - Trends in Fireworks Injuries in Pediatric Patients: A Decade-Long Study at Nebraska Trauma Centers
Henry Diers - Navigating the Storm: Unraveling the Impact of COVID-19 on Trauma Transportation by Emergency Medical Services
Matthew Ballweg - Lending “A Hand” to the Future of Elective Diverticulitis Surgery
Arthur S. Lanoux-Nguyen - Seeking a Standardized Pressure Injury Reconstruction Protocol: A Systematic Review
Jainaha Kamales Srikumar - The Effect of Surgeon and Anesthesiologist-Performed Pectoral Nerve Blocks on Postoperative Pain Management in Gender-Affirming Chest Masculinization
Paige Jeffryes - Health Disparities in Patients with Adrenal Masses Traveling Prolonged Distance to Care
Grace Volk - The Association of Preexisting and Postoperative Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease with Thirty-Day Intervention following Sleeve Gastrectomy
5:25pm - 6:45pm
Skills Competition - So You Think You Can Operate! Judges: TBD
6:50pm - 7:05pm
Dinner
7:05pm - 7:30pm
Presidential Update, Awards and Reports
Dr. Abbey Fingeret
Dr. Viren Punja
Dr. Quan Ly
Dr. Charity Evans
Dr. Joshua Mammen
7:30pm - 7:50pm
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Quan Ly
7:50pm - 8:00pm
Adjournment
Dr. Abbey Fingeret, ACS Nebraska Chapter President
