Association of VA Surgeons

12:45 pm

OPENING REMARKS
Lillian Dawes, MD, Tampa, FL
AVAS President

GREETINGS AND WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

SCIENTIFIC SESSION I
(1:00 pm—2:30 pm)

Moderators: Alan Dardik, MD, PhD and Daniel Albo, MD

*Denotes resident presenter

1:00 PM

#1

MECHANISM UNDERLYING THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFICACY OF NITRIC OXIDE BASED ON SEX AND HORMONE STATUS
*Havelka G, Hogg M, Martinez J, Banjeree M, Kibbe M
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

1:15 pm

#2

EVALUATION OF HYPERSPECTRAL TECHNOLOGY FOR ASSESSING THE PRESENCE AND SEVERITY OF PAD
*Chin J, Wang E, Kibbe MR
Division of Vascular Surgery, Northwestern University, and the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center

1:30 pm

#3

ANGIOGENESIS AND APOPTOTIC SIGNALS ARE UPREGULATED IN CAROTID PLAQUE: IMPLICATIONS FOR PLAQUE INSTABILITY
*Thai J, Rychachou PG, Farrow BJ, Hunter G
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Department of Vascular Surgery, Tucson, AZ

1:45 pm

#4

PTEROSTILBENE AND TAMOXIFEN SHOW AN ADDITIVE EFFECT AGAINST BREAST CANCER IN VITRO
*Mannal P, McFadden DW
Fletcher Allen Health Care/University of Vermont

2:00 pm

#5

PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS TO REDUCE OPERATING ROOM CANCELLATIONS
Kokoska MS, Welch SB, Stevens T
Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center and Central Arkansas Veterans Health Care System

2:15 pm

#6

OUTCOMES OF CIRCULATORY ARREST PROCEDURES FOR THE TREATMENT OF THORACIC AORTIC DISEASE AT A VETERANS FACILITY
Bakaeen FG, Chu D, Huh J, Cornwell L, LeMaire SA, Coselli JS
The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, and Texas Heart Institute

2:30 pm

BREAK/VISIT EXHIBITS

SCIENTIFIC SESSION II
(3:00 PM – 4:00 PM)

Moderators: Lillian Dawes, MD and Charles Cha, MD

3:00 pm

#7

POSITIVE CORRELATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR VETERANS WITH MAJOR ABDOMINAL SURGERY
*Horner DJ, Wendel CS, Coons SJ, Rawl SM, Grant M, Schmidt CM, Ko CY, Krouse RS
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Universtiy of Arizona, Indiana University-Purdue (IUPUI), City of Hope, Richard L. Roudebush VAMC, UCLA

3:15 pm

#8

HEPATIC SURGERY AT A VA TERTIARY MEDICAL CENTER: LESSONS LEARNED
*Alemi F, Kwon E, Garrett R, Stewart L, Corvera CU
University of California, San Francisco

3:30 pm

#9

LAPAROSCOPIC RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION FOR LIVER TUMORS RESULTS IN IMPROVED SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES
*Marshall CL, Robinson CN, Balentine CJ, Awad SS, Albo D
The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

3:45 pm

#10

GENERAL SURGERY RESIDENT ATTITUDES TOWARD THE VA: REACHING OUT TO THE NEXT GENERATION
Eppstein AC, Munshi IA
Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN

Moderators: Faisal Bakaeen, MD and Melina Kibbe, MD

Q1

SURGICAL INTERVENTION FOR INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS IN A VETERAN POPULATION
Cornwell L, Chu D, LeMaire SA, Huh J, Coselli JS, Bakaeen FG
Baylor College of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas

Q2

ARE OUTCOMES OF CONCOMITANT AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT AND CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING BETTER AT ACADEMIC TEACHING INSTITUTIONS?
*Gopaldas RR, Bakaeen FG, Dao TK, Coselli JS, LeMaire SA, Huh J, Chu D
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, University of Houston

Q3

THE EFFECT OF CILOSTAZOL ON INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION IN A "REAL LIFE" VA PRACTICE
*Lee CW, Elkins MJ, Berceli SA, Beck AW and Nelson PR
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Q4

MANAGEMENT OF COMMON CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION AFTER STENT PLACEMENT. CASE REPORT
*Nurko J, Bechara CF, Lin PH, Kougias P
Baylor College of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VAMC, Houston, TX

Q5

RISK FACTORS AND MANAGEMENT OF NEW ONSET POSTOPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN NON-CARDIAC, NON-THORACIC SURGICAL PATIENTS
*Burris J, Subramanian A, Palacio CH, Awad SS
Michael E. Debakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Q6

IMPACT OF TRANSFUSION POLICY ON ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME AFTER MAJOR VASCULAR RECONSTRUCTION
Kougias P, Bechara CF, Lin PH
Baylor College of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VAMC, Houston, TX

Q7

EXTRACELLULAR PRESSURE STIMULATES ADHESION OF NON-EPITHELIAL CANCERS VIA ACTIVATION OF FAK And Akt
*Perry BC, Wang S, Basson MD
Michigan State University - College of Human Medicine, Department of Surgery, Lansing, MI

Q8

THROMBOSPONDIN-1-INDUCED RAS ACTIVATION IS DEPENDENT ON PI3 KINASE AND c-Src
Sadowitz B, Maier KG, Seymour K, Jones C, Gahtan V
Department of Veterans Affairs VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York at Syracuse

Q9

PANCREATIC DUCT LIGATION-INDUCED ACUTE PANCREATITIS IN RATS IS ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE LUNG INJURY
Yuan Z, Meyerholz D*, Kempuraj D, Williard D, Twait E, Kirch J, Samuel I
Surgical Service, VAMC, Depts. of Surgery & Pathology*, University of Iowa, Iowa city, IA

Q10

EARLY GRAFT FAILURE OF GTKO PIG ORGANS IN BABOONS IS REDUCED BY hCPRP EXPRESSION
Pierson RN1, Kelishadi S1, Ezzelarab M2, Singh AK3, Stoddard T1, Zhang T1, Burdorf L1, Avon C1, Laaris A1, Cheng X1, Ayares D4, Keith Horvath K3, Cor P
1Baltimore VAMC and University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States; 2Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, PA, United States; 3Cardiothoracic Research Program, NHLBI/NIH, Bethesda, MD, United States and 4Revi

Q11

SCHEDULING SURGERIES USING EMPIRICAL PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION OF SURGICAL AND ANESTHESIA CASE DURATIONS
Tiwari V, Ehni BL, Kougias P, Burger DH.
Baylor College of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VAMC, Houston, TX and University of Houston, College of Technology, Houston TX

Q12

RAPID INVESTIGATION OF A QUALITY ISSUE; RESPONSE OF THE VA SURGICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
Gunnar W, Fink N, Smith T, Itani K, Wilson MA
Loyola University, Hines VAMC, Denver VAMC, Boston VA HCS, Pittsburgh VA HCS

Q13

BRIEFING GUIDE (BiG) STUDY: CURRENT STATE OF THE USE OF PREOPERATIVE BRIEFING AND POSTOPERATIVE DEBRIEFING CHECKLISTS IN THE VHA MEDICAL TEAM TRAINING (MTT) PROGRAM
Wood SD, Theis MS, Paull DE, Mazzia LM, Robinson LD, Carney B, Neily J, Mills PD, Bagian JP
VA National Center for Patient Safety

Q14

NoTHING LEFT BEHIND®: ZOOMING IN ON ZERO RETAINED SURGICAL SPONGES AT THE SFVAMC
Gibbs VC, Byrd D, Cason B, Ratcliffe M
San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

Q15

THE PATIENT-PHYSICIAN RELATIONSHIP IN SURGICAL STUDENTS
*Balentine CJ, Ayanbule F, Haidet P, Rogers J, Thompson B, Chang T, Horwitz I, Tseng E, Berger DH
Michael E. DeBakey VA Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Q16

THE VA IS CRITICAL TO ACADEMIC PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
*Robinson C1, Freishlag J2, Brunicardi FC1, Berger D2
1 Baylor College of Medicine, 2 Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX

SCIENTIFIC SESSION III
(8:00 am—10:00 am)

Moderator: Edward Livingston, MD

*Denotes resident presenter

8:00 am

#11

LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY DECREASES THE COST OF CARE IN VETERANS WITH COLON CANCER
*Marshall CL, Chen GJ, Robinson CN, Balentine CJ, Berger DH, Albo D
The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

8:15 am

#12

ETHNIC DISPARITIES ARE REDUCED IN VA COLON CANCER PATIENTS
*Robinson C1, Balentine C1, Marshall C1, Anaya D2, Artinyan A2, Awad S2, Albo D2, Berger DH2
1 Baylor College of Medicine, 2 Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX

8:30 am

#13

FROM WORST TO FIRST: IMPROVING COLORECTAL CANCER CARE AT THE VA
*Hayman AV, Chang ET, Molokie RE, Kahng L, Prystowsky JB, Bentrem DJ
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL

8:45 am

#14

QUALITY OF LIFE WITH COLOSTOMY: PREDICTORS OF OUTCOMES
*Popek S, Grant M, Gemmill R, Wendel CS, Mohler MJ, Rawl SM, Baldwin CM, Ko CY, Schmidt CM, Krouse RS
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, University of Arizona, City of Hope, Indiana University, Arizona State University, UCLA, Richard L. Roudebush VAMC

9:00 am

#15

ISCHEMIC COLITIS: RISK FACTORS FOR EVENTUAL SURGERY
*Paterno F, McGillicuddy E, Schuster K, Longo W
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

9:15 am

#16

OBESITY AND PANCREATIC CANCER: CAN ADIPONECTIN HELP?
*White P, Kathryn Dalbec, Swartz-Basile D, Sue Wang S, Pitt H, Zyromski N
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

9:30 am

#17

A SINGLE INSTITUTION’S EXPERIENCE WITH REVISIONAL BARIATRIC SURGERY
*Fronza JS, Prystowsky JB, Hungness ES, Nagle AP Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

9:45 am

#18

PTSD AS A RISK FACTOR FOR INCREASED POSTOPERATIVE MORTALITY IN VHA
Gunnar W, Smith T, Itani K, Wilson MA
Loyola University, Denver VAMC, Boston VA HCS, Pittsburgh VA HCS

10:00 am

BREAK/VISIT EXHIBITS

QUICKSHOT SESSION B
(10:30 am—12:00 pm)

Moderators: George Sarosi, MD and Mary Hawn, MD

*Denotes resident presenter

Q17

MULTILAYERED MICROCAPSULES FOR THE SUSTAINED-RELEASE OF ANGIOGENIC PROTEINS FROM ENCAPSULATED CELLS
Khanna O, Moya ML, Greisler HP, Opara EC, Brey EM
Illinois Institute of Technology, Hines Veterans Hospital (Chicago), Wake Forest University

Q18

PANCREATIC MUCORMYCOSIS: A CASE STUDY WITH A MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL
*Makipour J, Shah S, O'Hare C
Oklahoma City VA Medical Centre, Oklahoma City, OK

Q19

INVESTIGATION OF APPROPRIATE USE OF PARENTERAL NUTRITION IN SURGERY PATIENTS AT THE INDIANAPOLIS VA HOSPITAL: A PILOT STUDY
Keiser S, Wilson J
R.L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN

Q20

EARLY POST-OPERATIVE OUTCOMES AFTER LIVER RESECTION FOR METASTATIC LIVER DISEASE IN THE ELDERLY
Artinyan A, Berger DH, Albo D, Subramanian A, Awad SS, Anaya DA
Baylor College of Medicine, MEDVAMC, Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Houston, TX

Q21

A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF THE COMPLICATION ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSCATHETER ARTERIAL EMBOLIZATION IN CHILD-PUGH A VS. CHILD-PUGH B LIVER PATIENTS WITH HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA AT THE SAN FRANCISCO VA MEDICAL CENTER
*Russell JS, Sawhney R, Monto A, Nanavati S, Davoren BJ, Aslam R, Corvera CU
University of California San Francisco, SF VA Medical Center

Q22

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF COLORECTAL LIVER METASTASIS: A NATIONWIDE VA COHORT STUDY
Anaya DA, Richardson PA, Berger DH, Albo D, Artinyan A, Petersen NJ, Awad SS,and Cormier JN
Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Q23

PREDICTING RECOVERY VERSUS NEED FOR ADDITIONAL THERAPY IN COLORECTAL SURGERY PATIENTS
*Balentine C, Robinson C, Marshall C, Wilks J, Haderxhanaj K, Anaya D, Artinyan A, Awad S, Albo D, Berger DH
Michael E. DeBakey VA Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine

Q24

ANTIBIOTIC IRRIGATION DOES NOT REDUCE WOUND INFECTION RATE IN MAJOR CLEAN-CONTAMINATED COLORECTAL SURGERY. RESULTS FROM A PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL
*Aragon RJ, Jaber MR, Bojalian MO, Machado GR, Kaur I, Olafsson S, Reeves ME
Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA

Q25

CONCOMITANT GENERAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES WITH INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR: HIGH COMPLICATIONS WITH MESH USE
*Gray SH, Graham LA, Snyder CW, Vick CC, Hawn MT
Birmingham VAMC; University of Alabama, Birmingham, Department of Surgery

Q26

ACUTE GROIN HERNIA: LESSONS LEARNT
*Abi-Haidar Y, Sanchez V, Itani KMF
VA Boston Health Care System, West Roxbury, MA

Q27

PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES FOLLOWING MASTECTOMY WITH OR WITHOUT RECONSTRUCTION: A PRELIMINARY REPORT
Leong M, Sandvall BK, Chike-Obi CJ, Petersen NJ, Albo D, Netscher DT
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center & Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Q28

TUMOR SIZE AND DEPTH PREDICT RATE OF LYMPH NODE METASTASIS IN COLON CARCINOIDS AND CAN BE USED TO SELECT PATIENTS FOR ENDOSCOPIC RESECTION
*Al Natour RH, Saund MS, Huang Q, Sanchez VM, Sharma AM, Boosalis VA, Gold JS
VA Boston Healthcare System, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston University School of Medicine

Q29

THE TREATMENT AND REVISED CLASSIFICATION OF GALLBLADDER PERFORATION IN ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS: THE IMPORTANCE OF INTRAHEPATIC ABSCESS FORMATION
*Wall JK, Way LW, Stewart L
UCSF / SF VAMC, San Francisco, CA

Q30

GLYCEMIC CONTROL AND INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES UNDERGOING NON-CARDIAC SURGERY
King JT, Goulet JL, Perkal MF, Rosenthal RA
VA Connecticut Healthcare System/Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

12:00 pm

LUNCH

SCIENTIFIC SESSION IV
(1:30 pm—2:30 pm)

Moderators: Seth Spector, MD and Panagiotis Kougias, MD

1:30 pm

#19

A NOVEL THERAPY: ATRAUMATIC ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE DEBULKING
*Emond ZM, Varu VN, Wang Z, Chen A, Ameer GA, Kibbe MR
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

1:45 pm

#20

ANALYSIS OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS FOLLOWING ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR: DOES CHOICE OF DEVICE INFLUENCE OUTCOME?
*Kwitkin B, Goldstein L, Martinez E, Symes J, Karas T, Karmacharya J
Veterans Affair Miami, Miami, FL

2:00 pm

#21

LOW MEDICAL RISK PREDICTS EXCELLENT OUTCOME AFTER CAROTID ANGIOPLASTY AND STENTING
*Tiwari A, Madabhushi A, Fitzgerald TN, Muhs B, Indes J, Pollak J, Dardik A
VA Connecticut, West Haven, CT; Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

2:15 pm

#22

DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT OF THE NITRIC OXIDE DONOR, DETA-NONOate, ON THROMBOSPONDIN-1 AND PDGF-INDUCED MIGRATION
*Seymour K, Han X, Sadowitz B, Maier KG, Gahtan V
Department of Veterans Affairs VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York at Syracuse, NY

2:30 pm

BREAK/VISIT EXHIBITS

SCIENTIFIC SESSION V
(3:00 pm—4:15 pm)

Moderators: Samir Awad, MD and Mark Wilson, MD

3:00 pm

#23

ONE YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE MITRAL VALVE SURGERY WITHOUT AORTIC CROSS CLAMP: THE NASHVILLE VETERANS AFFAIRS HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE
*Shukrallah B, Poteet S, Absi T, Balaguer JM, Leacche M, Salloum J, Byrne JG, Petracek M
Tennesse Valley Health Care System, the Nashville VA

3:15 pm

#24

OVERCOMING CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTING A MINIMALLY INVASIVE ESOPHAGECTOMY PROGRAM AT THE MALCOLM RANDALL VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA
*Rossidis G, Kissane NA, Zingarelli W, Sarosi GA, Ben-David K
University of Florida, Department of Surgery

3:30 pm

#25

EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHING ETHICS TO SURGICAL RESIDENTS: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACS ETHICS CURRICULUM
*Thirunuvakarasu P, Brewster L, Hall DE
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System; University of Pittsburgh, PA

3:45 pm

#26

OUTCOMES OF THE PROLENE HERNIA SYSTEM MESH (PHS) FOR THE REPAIR OF RECURRENT INGUINAL HERNIAS USING THE OPEN ANTERIOR APPROACH
*Palacio CH, Berger D, Subramanian A, Anaya D, Albo D, Artinyan A, Awad SS
Michael E DeBakey VA Hospital, Houston, TX

4:00 pm

#27

EXPERIENCE WITH PERMACOL MESH IN COMPLEX ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECTS RECONSTRUCTION
*Malireddy K, Rai V, Logue A, Van Sickle K
ALMM VA hospital & UTHSCSA, San Antonio, TX

4:15 pm

BUSINESS MEETING (Members Only)

Moderators: Alexandra Webb, MD and John Tarpley, MD

* Denotes resident presenter

7:45 am

#28

A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW COMPARING INCIDENCE OF POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS BEFORE AND AFTER IMPLEMENTATION OF ALVIMOPAN THERAPY AT A VA HOSPITAL
White T, Keiser S, George V
Richard L Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN

8:00 am

#29

MODEL OF EFFICIENCY FOR INGUINAL HERNIORRHAPHY AT A VETARANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL
Murray BW, Huerta S, Anthony T
Dallas VA Medical Center

8:15 am

#30

TRIANGULATION: APPLIED MATH FOR LOCALIZATION OF THE RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE DURING THYROIDECTOMY
*Royer M, Seifert M, Kokoska M
Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center and Indiana University School of Medicine

8:30 am

#31

URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS IN SURGICAL PATIENTS:WHAT ARE WE MEASURING?
Lerner LB, Ganick S, Uberoi V, Orlando RP
VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury, MA

8:45 am

#32

CHANGE IS HARD, POTENTIAL REWARDS ARE GREAT: ASSESSMENT OF PATIENT SAFETY CULTURE 2005 – 2009
Atkins BZ, Ernzen M, Robinson S, Tyler DS
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC

9:00 am

#33

INVESTING IN MEDICAL STUDENTS: WHICH ONES ARE WORTH A SURGEON’S TIME?
McLean TR, Haller CC, DeConick D
Eastern Kansas VA Healthcare System and the University of Kansas School of Medicine

9:15 am

BREAK/VISIT EXHIBITORS

SCIENTIFIC SESSION VII
(9:45 am—11:45 am)

Moderators: Michael Crittenden, MD and Danny Chu, MD

9:45 am

#34

IS AN AGE OF =80 YEARS AN IMPORTANT PREDICTOR OF SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES OF AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT IN VETERANS?
Bakaeen FG, Chu D, Huh J, Carabello BA
The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

10:00 am

#35

POST OPERATIVE GLYCEMIC MANAGEMENT
Vaught K, Munshi I
Richard L. Roudebush VAMC, Indianapolis, IN

10:15 am

#36

PRE-OPERATIVE SMOKING CESSATION: PROVIDER ATTITUDES ON DELAY OR REFUSAL OF ELECTIVE SURGERY BASED ON SMOKING STATUS
Vick CC1, Graham LA1,Coley H2 ,Bishop MJ3,Houston TK 4,5,Hawn MT1,6
1Birmingham VAMC; 2 University of Alabama Department of Internal Medicine; 3 VA Central Office; Seattle Puget Sound VAMC; 4 Bedford VAMC; 5 University of Massachusetts; 6 University of Alabama Department of Surgery

10:30 am

#37

PREDICTORS OF POSTOPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING IN A VETERAN POPULATION
Choi JC, Bakaeen FG, Cornwell LD, Dao TK, Coselli JS, LeMaire SA, Huh J, Chu D
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, University of Houston

10:45 am

#38

MODERN MANAGEMENT OF MEDIASTINAL INFECTION
Atkins BZ, Tetterton JK, Daneshmand M, Hurley K, Tyler DS, Wolfe WG
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC

11:00 am

#39

LONG-TERM RESOLUTION OF DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION FOLLOWING GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY
Wegner R, Samuel I, Heitshusen D, Zamba G*, Maher J, Jamal MK
Surgical Service, VAMC, Depts. of Surgery & Biostatistics*, University of Iowa, Iowa city, IA

11:15 am

#40

ADMISSION SERUM ALBUMIN PREDICTS OUTCOME IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING EMERGENT LAPAROTOMY
Ilahi ON, Pierson RN, Bochicchio GV
Maryland VA Health Care System and University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

11:30 am

#41

SURGEON-MODIFIED FENESTRATED AND BRANCHED ENDOGRAFTS FOR HIGH RISK PATIENTS WITH JUXTARENAL, PARAVISCERAL, AND THORACOABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS: EARLY EXPERIENCE AND OUTCOMES
Timaran CH, J Modrall JG, Rosero EB, Clagett GP
Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System, Dallas, TX

11:45 am

ADJOURN

12:00 pm

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE LUNCH