Association of VA Surgeons

12:45 pm

OPENING REMARKS
Edward Livingston, Dallas, TX
AVAS President

GREETINGS AND WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

SCIENTIFIC ORAL SESSION I
(1:00 pm—3:00 pm)

Moderators:

*Denotes resident presenter

1:00 PM

#1

FRAILTY INCREASES POST-DISCHARGE SIX-MONTH COST FOLLOWING COLORECTAL OPERATIONS IN OLDER ADULTS
Robinson TN, Wallace JI, Wu DS, Pfister S, Sharp TJ, Buckley MJ, Moss M
Denver VA Medical Center, University of Colorado at Denver School of Medicine

1:12 pm

#2

CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY FOR VETERAN PATIENTS: A MODERN 10 YEAR EXPERIENCE
*Matthews TC, Patterson MA, Parmar GM, Taylor SM, Jordan WD, Passman MA
Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL

1:24 pm

#3

B-LYMPHOCYTES ARE REQUIRED TO INITIATE PANCREATIC CANCER GROWTH
*White PB, Swartz-Basile DA, Wang SS, Book BK, Pescovitz M, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Zyromski NJ
Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis IN

1:36 pm

#4

SUPERIOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PATENCY OF UPPER ARM ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULAE COMPARED TO FOREARM ACCESS IN A HIGH RISK POPULATION
*Chiulli LC, Vasilas P, Dardik A
Yale University School Of Medicine, VA Connecticut Healthcare System-West Haven, CT

1:48 pm

#5

IDENTIFYING RISK FACTORS FOR READMISSION FOLLOWING COLORECTAL SURGERY
*Balentine CJ, Anaya DA, Naik AD, Robinson CN, Marshall CL, Orcutt ST, Sansgiry S, Petersen NJ, Albo D, Berger DH
Michael E DeBakey VA Hospital, Houston VA HSR&D Center of Excellence, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine

2:00 pm

#6

TOTAL ENDOVASCULAR THORACOABDOMINAL ANEURYSM REPAIR: EVOLUTION OF TECHNIQUE
*Johnston PC, Grenon SM, Owens CD, Rapp JR, Reilly LM, Chuter TAM
Division of Vascular Surgery, University of California San Francisco

2:12 pm

#7

VA GENERAL SURGERY SERVICE: THE LAST BASTION OF INTEGRATED SPECIALTY CARE
*Poteet SJ, Tarpley JL, Pearson AS
Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN

2:24 pm

#8

ADVENTITIAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ERK AND AKT PATHWAYS TO NEOINTIMAL HYPERPLASIA
*Havelka GE, Hogg ME, Martinez J, Banjeree MN, Jiang Q, Kibbe MR
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

2:36 pm

#9

ROBOTIC-ASSISTED ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION IN THE TREATMENT OF RECTAL CANCER: VIDEO PRESENTATION
Artinyan A, Albo D, Anaya D
Baylor College of Medicine, Michael E. Debakey VA Medical Center

2:48 pm

#10

ISOFORM-SPECIFIC MODULATION OF PRESSURE-STIMULATED CANCER CELL PROLIFERATION AND ADHESION BY ALPHA-ACTININ
Downey C, Craig DH, Basson MD
John D. Dingell VAMC and Michigan State University

3:00 pm

BREAK/VISIT EXHIBITS

QUICKSHOT SESSION A
(3:30 PM – 5:00 PM)

Moderators:

QS1

IMPACT OF ACTIVE ALCOHOL USE ON MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WHO DEVELOP POSTOPERATIVE PNEUMONIA
*Ochoa RA, Subramanian A, Avellaneda A, Awad SS
Michael E. Debakey VA Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine

QS2

IMPLEMENTATION OF A VIRTUAL TUMOR BOARD TO IMPROVE ACCESS AND QUALITY OF CANCER CARE: A PROSPECTIVE PILOT STUDY
*Marshall CL, Petersen NJ, Naik AD, Vander Velde N, Artinyan A, Albo D, Berger DH, Anaya DA
Michael E. Debakey VA Medical Center and the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System

QS3

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS IN THE ELDERLY: USE OF CT AND CORRELATION WITH ULTRASONOGRAPHY
*McGillicuddy E, Schuster K, Maxfield M, Longo W
VA Connecticut Healthcare System/Yale University School of Medicine

QS4

SURVEY OF VA SURGEON USE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE VASQIP MORTALITY CALCULATOR
*Hayman AV, Bentrem DJ, Holtz D, Prystowsky JB
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL

QS5

SPHINCTER PRESERVATION AND LOCAL RECURRENCE USING A MULTIMODAL ALGORITHM FOR TREATMENT OF SURGICALLY DIFFICULT RECTAL CANCER
*Aragon RJ, Machado GR, Kuo IJ, Coutsoumpos A, Jaber MR, Zmaj KB, Reeves ME
Departments of Surgery, Loma Linda VA Medical Center, and Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA

QS6

SINGLE PORT LAPAROSCOPIC RIGHT COLECTOMY: A REVIEW OF THE PRELIMINARY EXPERIENCE AT THE TERTIARY CARE ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS HOSPITAL IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
*Jester AL, Waters JA, Rapp B, Guzman MJ, Robb B, Selzer DJ, George VV
Roudebush Veterans Affairs Hospital at Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Indianapolis, IN

QS7

OVERVIEW OF OUTCOMES OF LAPAROSCOPIC AND OPEN ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS IN BARIATRIC SURGERY IN THE UNITED STATES
*Masoomi H, Smith BR, Reavis KM, Stamos MJ, Nguyen NT
University of California, Irvine- Medical Center, Irvine, CA

QS8

EVALUATION OF PATIENT SURVEILLANCE MODALITIES AFTER CURATIVE-INTENT BREAST CANCER THERAPY
*Parmeshwar R, Margenthaler JA, Allam E, Chen L, Virgo KS, Johnson FE
St. Louis University, Washington University, SLVAMC, American Cancer Society, St. Louis, MO

QS9

OUTCOMES OF OPEN ABDOMEN AFTER EMERGENCY SURGERY FOR NON-TRAUMA INTRA-ABDOMINAL CATASTROPHE IN PATIENTS AT HIGH RISK FOR RELAPAROTOMY
*Kim J, Subramanian A, Liang M, Balentine CJ, Awad SS
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

QS10

THE GOOD AND THE BAD ABOUT CARDIOTHORACIC SURGICAL TRAINING AT VETERANS AFFAIRS HOSPITALS
Bakaeen FG, Chu D, Cornwell L, Stephens EH, Cmolik B, Holman, WL, Berger DH
Baylor College of Medicine and The Michael E. DeBakey VAMC; The Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas; University of Alabama and Alabama VAMC, Birmingham, Alabama; The Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC

QS11

SURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF MANDIBULAR OSTEORADIONECROSIS
*Aburto J, Netscher DT, Leong M
Michael E. Debakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Section Of Plastic Surgery and Baylor College Of Medicine, Department Of Surgery, Houston, TX

QS12

THE USE OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE TECHNIQUES IN COLON CANCER LEADS TO IMPROVED SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES WHILE MAINTAINING LONG-TERM SURVIVAL
*Orcutt ST (1), Marshall CL (1), Robinson CN (1), Balentine CJ (1), Anaya DA (1,2), Artinyan A (1,2 Awad SS (1,2), Berger DH (1,2), Albo D (1,2)
1 – Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. 2 – Department of Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX

QS13

THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG? RESOURCE AVAILABILITY AND BREAST CANCER SURGERY VOLUMES AT THE VA
*Matsen CB, Luther SL, Haun JN, Kim H, Neumayer LA
VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Department of Surgery, Salt Lake City, UT; University of Utah Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT; HSR&D/RR&D Center of Excellence: Maximizing Rehabilitation Outcomes, Tampa, FL

QS14

USE OF CYANOACRILATE GLUE FOR TEMPORARY ABDOMINAL CLOSURE DURING HYPERTHERMIC INTRA-PERITONEAL CHEMOPERFUSION
*Masi A, Sarpel U, Gouge TH, Newman E, Melis M
New York Harbor Healthcare System, Manhattan VAMC

QS15

EFFECT OF BODY MASS INDEX ON THE SIGNAL AMPLITUDE OF MAGNETOGASTROGRAM
*Chibuike O, Erickson J, Chung E, Bradshaw A, Richards W
Vanderbilt University, University of South Alabama

SCIENTIFIC ORAL SESSION II
(8:00 am—10:00 am)

Moderator:

*Denotes resident presenter

8:00 am

#11

COST AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CABG WITH RADIAL ARTERY VS. SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT: RESULTS FROM VA COOPERATIVE TRIAL
Wagner TH, Sethi G, Holman W, Lee K, Bakaeen FG, McFalls E, Tobler G, Kelly RF, Crittenden M, Thai H, Upadhyay A, Goldman S
Palo Alto VA, Southern Arizona VA, Birmingham VA, Houston VA, Minneapolis VA, Little Rock VA, St. Louis VA

8:12 am

#12

THE IMPACT OF A TAILORED PREOPERATIVE MULTIDISCIPLINARY MEETING IN PATIENTS WITH VERY HIGH SURGICAL RISK ON REDUCING VASQIP MORTALITY: “THE REAL PREOPERATIVE HUDDLE”
*Coulter AH1, Perala PR2, Nader ND2, Lall P1, Dosluoglu HH1
Division of Vascular Surgery,1 Department of Anesthesiology,2 VA Western NY Healthcare System, SUNY and Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

8:24 am

#13

ANTIOXIDANTS MODULATE THE ANTIPROLIFERATIVE EFFECT OF NITRIC OXIDE ON VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS AND ADVENTITIAL FIBROBLASTS BY REGULATING OXIDATIVE STRESS
*Gregory EK, Vavra AK, Moreira ES, Havelka GE, Jiang Q, Kibbe MR
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

8:36 am

#14

DO 6AM GLUCOSE LEVELS MEASURED 1 AND 2 DAYS AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY CORRELATE WITH OVERALL GLYCEMIC CONTROL DURING THE INDEX HOSPITALIZATION?
*Li A, Bakaeen FG, Cornwell LD, Dao TK, Coselli JS, LeMaire SA, Huh J, Chu D
Baylor College of Medicine; Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital; University of Houston

8:48 am

#15

HPV16-E6* EXPRESSION REDUCES TUMOR GROWTH IN A MOUSE XENOGRAFT MODEL OF CERVICAL CANCER
*Aragon RJ, Filippova M, Duerksen-Hughes P, Reeves ME
1. Department of Surgery, Loma Linda University School of Medicine. 2. Surgical Oncology Research Laboratory, Loma Linda VA Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA. 3. Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA

9:00 am

#16

THE ANTIPROLIFERATIVE EFFECTS OF PTEROSTILBENE ON BREAST CANCER IN VITRO ARE VIA INHIBITION OF CONSTITUTIVE AND LEPTIN-INDUCED JAK/STAT3 ACTIVATION
*McCormack D, McDonald D, McFadden D
University of Vermont, Danbury Hospital, Burlington, VT

9:12 am

#17

ELEVATED WALL TENSION IMPEDES VEIN BYPASS GRAFT REMODELING
*Manning J, He Y, Benrubi D, Nelson P, Berceli S
Malcolm Randall VAMC , University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

9:24 am

#18

THE EFFECT OF NICOTINE ON VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL CHEMOTAXIS INDUCED BY THROMBOSPONDIN-1
*Stein JJ, Seymour K, Maier KG, Gahtan V
SUNY Upstate Medical University and Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse, NY

9:36 am

#19

DIFFERENTIAL microRNA EXPRESSION COULD EXPLAIN MICROBIAL TOLERANCE IN A NOVEL CHRONIC PERITONITIS MODEL
*Kanaan Z, Gardner S, Peyton J, Cheadle W
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

9:48 am

#20

INFLUENCE OF OBESITY ON COMPLICATIONS AND COSTS FOLLOWING INTESTINAL SURGERY
*Wakefield H, Vaughan-Sarrazin M, Cullen JJ
Iowa City VA Medical Center and University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

QUICKSHOT SESSION B
(10:30 am—11:30 Am)

Moderators:

*Denotes resident presenter

Q16

COLONOSCOPY IS SAFE IN VETERANS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY OR DISORDER (SCI&D)
*Hayman AV, Fisher MJ, Anaya BC, Parachuri R, Bentrem DJ, Guihan M
Jesse Brown VAMC and Edward J. Hines, Jr. VAMC, Chicago, IL

Q17

IS CORE BIOPSY ADEQUATE FOR BENIGN PAPILLOMA OF THE BREAST?
*Hung SY, Pierce CA, Mancino AT
Central AR Veterans Healthcare System, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR

Q18

STAGE IV COLORECTAL CANCER- PREVENTABLE OR INEVITABLE
*Trombold JM, McCafferty MH
Robley Rex Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Louisville KY

Q19

ADJUNCT MEDIASTINAL PEXY IN POST LUNG TRANSPLANT LVRS
*Hermsen JL, Strieter NK, Hall TA, Cornwell RD, Maloney JD
University of Wisconsin, Middleton Memorial VA Hospital, Madison, WI

Q20

MANAGEMENT OF INCIDENTAL DUCTAL CARCINOMA-IN-SITU AFTER BREAST REDUCTION
*Aburto J, Netscher DT, Leong M
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Section of Plastic Surgery, Houston, TX

Q21

NASAL LYMPHANGIOSARCOMA ARISING IN PATIENTS WITH ROSACEA
*Olsen SP, Fosko SW, Hurley MY, Armbrecht ES, Johnson FE
Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

Q22

PREDICTORS OF RELAPAROTOMY AFTER NON-TRAUMA EMERGENCY GENERAL SURGERY WITH INITIAL FASCIAL CLOSURE
*Kim J, Awad SS, Liang MK, Balentine CJ, Subramanian A
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Q23

PREVALENCE AND BURDEN OF URINARY SYMPTOMS AMONG VETERANS EVALUATED FOR ELECTIVE SURGERY
*Deierhoi R (1), Altom LK (1,2), Poston T (1), Graham L (1), Kerby J (1,2), Hawn M (1,2)
1) Center for Surgical, Medical Acute Care Research and Transitions (C-SMART), Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL; 2) Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Q24

CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY VERSUS STENTING IN SELECTED PATIENT POPULATIONS. IS THERE ALWAYS A DILEMMA?
McCoy S, Weakley S, Chen M, Pisimisis G, Lin P, Bechara C, Kougias P
Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. DeBakey VAMC, Houston, TX

Q25

TEAM TRAINING SIMULATION PILOT FOR VHA SURGICAL SERVICES
Wolk S*, Paull DE*, Mazzia LM*, Robinson LD*, Hatwood C*, Paige JT**, Chauvin SW**, Lee C*, Bagian JP**
* The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS), Ann Arbor, MI; ** Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA; *** University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI

12:00 pm

LUNCH PROGRAM

"SAME TEAM, FEWER HOURS: THE DILEMMAS OF THE NEW ACGME INTERN REQUIREMENTS AND HOW IT WILL IMPACT THE VA"
HOST/MODERATOR: Edward Livingston, MD
WHAT EXACTLY ARE THE NEW ACGME INTERN REQUIREMENTS?
Mark Wilson, MD
CONCERNS FROM A RESIDENT PERSPECTIVE
Amanda Hayman, MD
THE HOUSTON SOLUTION
David Berger, MD
THE NASHVILLE SOLUTION
John Tarpley, MD
THE DALLAS SOLUTION
Thomas Anthony, MD

SCIENTIFIC ORAL SESSION III
(1:00 pm—3:00 pm)

Moderators:

1:00 pm

#21

NATURAL HISTORY AND OUTCOMES IN ASYMPTOMATIC MODERATE CAROTID STENOSIS
Bianchi C, *Moores T, Henderson M, Teruya TH, Chiriano J, Abou-Zamzam AM, Robles A
Loma Linda VA HealthCare System, Loma Linda, CA

1:12 pm

#22

A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO ACCOMMODATE EXPANDING OPERATIVE VOLUME AND INCREASING COMPLEXITY OF CASE LOAD IN A SINGLE INSTITUTION
Kougias P, Berger D, Pisimisis G, Weakley S, McCoy S, Abbas A, Bechara C
Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. DeBakey VAMC, Houston, TX

1:24 pm

#23

UbcH10 EXPRESSION IS DIFFERENTIALLY REGULATED BY NITRIC OXIDE IN TYPE 1 VERSUS TYPE 2 DIABETIC ENVIRONMENTS
*Rodriguez MP, Edmond ZM, Varu VN, Weng Z, Jiang T, Martinez J, Kibbe, MR
Division of Vascular Surgery and Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

1:36 pm

#24

VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL MIGRATION INDUCED BY FRAGMENTS OF THROMBOSPONDIN-1 IS DIFFERENTIALLY INHIBITED
*Seymour K, Stein JJ, Maier KG, Gahtan V
Department of Veterans Affairs VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York at Syracuse, NY

1:48 pm

#25

PTEROSTILBENE INDUCES MITOCHONDRIALLY-DERIVED APOPTOSIS IN BREAST CANCER CELLS BY INCREASING MNSOD ACTIVITY AND CYTOCHROME C AND SMAC/DIABLO RELEASE
*McCormack D, McDonald D, McFadden D
University of Vermont, Danbury Hospital, Burlington, VT

2:00 pm

#26

ENDOVASCULAR VERSUS OPEN INTERVENTION FOR LOWER EXTREMITY CLAUDICATION
*Weakley S, Bechara CF, Pisimisi G, Abbas A, Chen T, Chen A, Kougias P
Michael E. DeBakey VAMC and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

2:12 pm

#27

USE OF A PFANNENSTIEL INCISION FOR HAND ACCESS OR SPECIMEN EXTRACTION IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE COLORECTAL CANCER SURGERY LEADS TO A DECREASED RISK OF WOUND COMPLICATIONS
*Orcutt ST (1), Marshall CL (1), Robinson CN (1), Balentine CJ (1), Anaya DA (1,2), Artinyan A (1,2), Awad SS (1,2), Berger DH (1,2), Albo D (1,2)
1 - Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. 2 - Department of Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX

2:24 pm

#28

ENDOVASCULAR RECANALIZATION OF COMPLETE AORTIC AND ILIAC ARTERY OCCLUSIONS. TECHNIQUES, PITFALLS AND LESSONS LEARNED
Beadle T, Pisimisis G, Weakley S, Lin P, Kougias P, Bechara C
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

2:36 pm

#29

STEROIDS REALLY DO NOT REDUCE MORTALITY IN SEPTIC SHOCK: A SMART ANALYSIS OF THE CORTICUS CLINICAL TRIAL COMPARED WITH E5, NORASEPT, IL-1ra AND COMPASS
Slotman GJ
Department of Surgery, UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and UMDNJ/School of Osteopathic Medicine, Camden, NJ

2:48 pm

#30

THE DURABILITY AND EFFICACY OF MEDICAL TEAM TRAINING: A SERVICE SPECIFIC, 4 YEAR ANALYSIS OF 7837 CASES
Stewart L, Wolf FA
San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

3:00 pm

BREAK/VISIT EXHIBITS

SCIENTIFIC ORAL SESSION IV
(3:30 pm—4:30 pm)

Moderators:

3:30 pm

#31

EFFECT OF THE UTILIZATION OF LEAN METHODOLOGY IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND TIMELINESS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH HCC AT A VA CENTER
Gold JS, Boosalis VA, Andrews LA, Robinson K, Machalaba C, Saund MS, Jati A, John Santilli, Baytarian ML, Pedrosa MC
VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury, MA

3:42 pm

#32

INCIDENCE, PREDICTORS AND IMPACT OF GRAM (+) SURGICAL SITE INFECTION FOLLOWING COLORECTAL CANCER SURGERY
Cazares GN, Balentine CJ, Berger DH, Artinyan A, Albo D, Awad SS, Anaya DA
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

3:54 pm

#33

CLINICAL COMPARISON OF TWO ANESTHETIC PREPARATIONS FOR INTRAVITREAL INJECTION
Gregori NZ, Weiss MJ, Schiffman JC, Vega E, Kelley L, Feuer WJ, Shi W, Mattis C
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, FL, Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, FL

4:06 pm

#34

POWER IRRIGATION OF SURGICAL WOUNDS AS A MEANS OF REDUCING SUPERFICIAL INCISIONAL SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS: A PILOT STUDY
Anthony T, Parker BJ, Huerta S, Murray B, Pham T
VA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas, TX

4:18 pm

#35

IMPLEMENTATION OF PROCESS FLOW CONTROL IN THE OPERATING ROOM
Anaya DA, Balentine CJ, Berger DH
Michael E. DeBakey VAMC and the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

4:30 pm

BUSINESS MEETING (Members Only)

Moderators:

* Denotes resident presenter

8:00 am

#36

MITRAL REGURGITATION ACCELERATES LEFT VENTRICULAR REMODELING AFTER POSTERO-LATERAL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Soleimani M5, Khazalpour M5, Cheng, G1,5, Zhang Z1,5, Acevedo-Bolton G 4,5, Saloner DA 4,5, Wallace AW3,5, Guccione JM1,2,5, Ge L1,2,5, Ratcliffe MB
Departments of Surgery1, Bioengineering2, Anesthesia3, and Radiology4, University of California, San Francisco, CA and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center5, San Francisco, CA

8:12 am

#37

DRUG-ELUTING STENTS AND SUBSEQUENT NON-CARDIAC SURGERY: PROVIDER ATTITUDES AND PRACTICE HABITS
Graham LA (1), Maddox TM (2), Itani KMF (3), Hawn MT (1,4)
1) C-SMART, VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL; 2) VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO; 3) VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA; 4) Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL

8:24 am

#38

THE IMPACT OF SURGICAL SITE INFECTION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF INCISIONAL HERNIA AND SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION IN COLORECTAL SURGERY
Murray BW, Pham T, Anthony T
Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX

8:36 am

#39

ENDOVASCULAR MANAGEMENT OF LARGE TYPE 2 ENDOLEAKS WITH IMA EMBOLIZATION
Ochoa L, Chen T, Pisimisis G, Chen M, Lin P, Bechara C, Kougias P
Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. DeBakey VAMC, Houston, TX

8:48 am

#40

PREDICTING THE UNPREDICTABLE. IS IT POSSIBLE TO MODEL THE TIME LENGTH OF AN OPERATIVE INTERVENTION?
Kougias P, Berger D, Pisimisis G, Weakley S, Lin P, Bechara C
Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. DeBakey VAMC, Houston, TX

9:00 am

#41

URETERAL INJURY IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING COLORECTAL SURGERY FOR BENIGN AND MALIGNANT DISEASE: A NATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF HOSPITAL VOLUME, ACADEMIC CENTER STATUS, EMERGENCY AND OPEN SURGERY
Awad SS, Sansgiry S, Balentine CJ, Artinyan A, Anaya D, Subramanian A, Liang M, Berger DH
Michael E. DeBakey VAMC, Baylor College of Medicine, , Houston, TX

9:12 am

#42

UNCOVERING THE TRUTH ABOUT COVERED STENTS: IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COVERED VS. UNCOVERED STENTS WITH TIPS?
Golkar FC, Clark WC, Luberice K, Toomey P, Paul H, Donn N, Marcadis A, Okpaleke C, Hernandez J, Ross SB, Rakita S, Rosemurgy AS
Tampa General Hospital Digestive Disorders Center and the James A. Haley VA Hospital, Tampa, FL

9:24 am

#43

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VA CARDIOVASCULAR ASSESSMENT, REPORTING AND TRACKING SYSTEM FOR PERIPHERAL VASCULAR INTERVENTION (CART-PVI)
Nelson PR, Tsai TT
Malcom Randall North Florida/South Georgia VAMC, Denver VAMC

9:36 am

#44

LAPAROSCOPIC INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR WITH LAPAROSCOPIC TRANS-CUTANEOUS CLOSURE OF CENTRAL DEFECTS
Liang MK, Subramanian A, Awad SS
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

9:48 am

#45

DISTRIBUTION OF COMORBIDITIES IN PATIENTS AT VARIOUS STAGES OF PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE WHO NEED OPERATIVE INTERVENTION. A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
Abbas A, Weakley S, Pisimisis G, Lin P, Bechara C, Kougias P
Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. DeBakey VAMC, Houston, TX

10:00 am

BREAK/VISIT EXHIBITORS

QUICKSHOT SESSION C
(10:30 am—11:45 am)

Moderators:

QS26

CLINICAL OUTCOMES FOLLOWING ONCOLOGIC GASTROINTESTINAL RESECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH CIRRHOSIS
Artinyan A, Albo D, Berger D, Anaya D
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

QS27

OUTCOMES WITH STRATTICE VERSUS POLYPROPELENE MESH ONLAY WITH ANTERIOR COMPONENT SEPARATION (CHEVALIER) IN COMPLEX INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIRS
Subramanian A, Liang MK, Awad SS
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

QS28

PREVALENCE OF HIATAL HERNIA IN THE MORBIDLY OBESE
Smith BR, Masoomi H, Elliott C, Nguyen XM, Nguyen NT
VA Healthcare System Long Beach and University of California, Irvine Medical Center

QS29

IMPROVING FLOW FROM THE ER TO THE OR FOR HIP FRACTURE PATIENTS
Perkal M, Robinson S, Walke LM
VA CT, West Haven, CT; Yale University, New Haven, CT

QS30

DOES THE METHOD OF STERNAL REPAIR INFLUENCE LONG-TERM OUTCOME IN MANAGEMENT OF POSTOPERATIVE MEDIASTINITIS?
Atkins BZ, Onaitis MW, Hutcheson KA, Kaye K, Tyler DS, Wolfe WG
Duke University Medical Center; Durham VA Medical Center

QS31

OVARIAN CANCER PATIENT SURVEILLANCE AFTER CURATIVE-INTENT INITIAL TREATMENT
Johnson FE, Harmandayan GZ, Gao F, Virgo KS, Gibb RK, Mutch DG
Saint Louis University, Washington University, St. Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, American Cancer Society

QS32

MANAGEMENT OF MODERATE TO SEVERE GERD IN VETERAN VERSUS UNIVERSITY PATIENT POPULATIONS
Modak C1,2, Narvaez R1, Sciulla R1,2, Pham J1, Smith BR1,2, Chai J1, Reavis KM 1,2
1. VA Long Beach, Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA; 2. University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA

QS33

ACHIEVING COMPLIANCE WITH SCIP MEASURES - SUCCESS WITH A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
John P, Johnson P, Kraska CA, Winters S, Pierson R
Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

QS34

MULTI-LAYER REPAIR OF MASSIVE INCISIONAL HERNIAS IN MORBIDLY OBESE PATIENTS
Liang MK, Subramanian A, Awad SS
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

QS35

MOBILE SURGERY UNITS-AN ATTRACTIVE OPTION DURING O.R. RENOVATION
Smith JW, Berger DH
Jack C. Montgomery VAMC and Michael E. DeBakey VAMC, Houston, TX

QS36

IMPACT OF A PULMONARY NODULE PROJECT
Allison JG, Rosenthal P, Frye MD, Freedland P
Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC

QS37

IMPACT OF ANESTHESIA-DIRECTED PRE-OPERATIVE CLINIC IN OPERATING ROOM CANCELLATION IN THE VA SYSTEM
Aburto J, Leong M, Netscher DT, Nguyen JD
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX

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