The full program has been released for the South Florida Chapter ACS 2022 Annual meeting this Saturday, November 5th at The Renaissance Hotel Fort Lauderdale.
We look forward to seeing you there!
FULL PROGRAM (Click Here For A PDF Version)
7:00-7:50 Registration
7:50-8:00 Opening Remarks
Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, President
Moderator: Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD
8:00-8:10 Quantifying postoperative opioid over-prescription after mastectomy by
comparison to opioid prescription reduction laws
Rainya Heath, MS, Emily Swafford BS, Jenna Davis BA, Allison Draper MD
MPH, Sara Tevis MD, Jessica Crystal MD, Susan B. Kesmodel, MD Kristin E.
Rojas, MD. University of Miami, Department of Surgery
(Oral Presentation)
8:10-8:20 Spindle cell metaplastic carcinoma within a malignant phyllodes tumor
Azalia Avila, MD, Megan Cibulas-Shumway, MD, Jessica Batista, MD, Meri
Tarockoff, MD, Tania Zuluaga Toro, MD, Alejandra Ergle, MD, Aeisha Rivers,
MD. Memorial Healthcare Center, Department of Breast Surgical Oncology
(Case Presentation)
8:20-8:30 Robotic removal of a Gastric Bezoar in a Gastric Bypass Patient
Shohab Virk, MD, MBA, Tim Nowack, MD, Anthony Gonzalez, MD. Baptist
Health South Florida, Department of Surgery
(Video Presentation)
8:30-8:40 The efficacy of topical fibrin sealant in the reduction of postoperative pain after transoral surgery
Samantha M. Cleveland, MD, Stacey L. Tannenbaum PhD, Ryan H. Sobel, MD.
Broward Health Center, Department of Head and Neck Surgery
(Oral Presentation)
8:40-8:50 Intracorporeal vessel ligation in laparoscopic right colectomy for cancer is associated with increased lymph node yield
Zoe Garoufalia, MD, Sameh Hany Emile, MD, Rachel Gefen, MD, Kaylee
Watson, Jared Emolo, MD, Nir Horesh, MD, Giovanna DaSilva, MD, Eric G.
Weiss, MD, Steven D. Wexner, MD. Cleveland Clinic Florida, Department of
Colorectal Surgery
(Oral Presentation)
8:50-9:00 Gastrojejunal misadventure during a robotic Roux-en-Y bypass
Joseph Marcotte, MD, Shohab Virk, MD, MBA, Tim Nowack, MD, Anthony
Gonzalez, MD. Baptist Health South Florida, Department of Surgery
(Video Presentation)
9:00-9:10 Comparing outcomes following neonatal local circumcisions
Azalia Avila, MD, Jamie Tichauer, APRN, Lisa Riva, APRN, Shenae Samuels,
PhD, MPH, Holly Neville, MD, Tamar Levene, MD, MS. Memorial Healthcare
System, Department of Surgery
(Oral Presentation)
9:10-9:20 An Interesting Case on the Complications of Crohn’s Disease
Natalie Ceballos, MD, Michael Dolberg, MD, Victoria Lao, MD, PhD, Alan
Herline, MD. Memorial Healthcare System, Department of Surgery
(Case Presentation)
9:20-9:30 Prevalence of risk factors associated with common pediatric injuries: A pilot study
Lisa Ngo, MD MPH, Rachele Solomon, MPH, Elke Ulloa, PA, Shelique Bailey,
PA, Shenae Samuels, PhD MPH, Maymun Mohiuddin, BS, Kelsey Palladino,
MPH, BSN, RN, Tamar Levene, MD, MS. Memorial Healthcare System/Joe
DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, Department of Surgery
(Oral Presentation)
9:30-9:40 Malnourished trauma patients have longer stays in hospital and ICU
Crista E. Horton, MD, Stacey L. Tannenbaum, PhD, John Berne, MD. Broward
Health Center, Department of Surgery
(Oral Presentation)
9:40-10:00 Break and *ePosters
Moderator: Marcela Ramirez, MD
10:00-10:10 The role of laser hair removal in the management of pilonidal disease in children
Maymun Mohiuddin, BS, Azalia Avila, MD, Jill Mishkin, PA, Carrie Laituri, MD,
Tamar Levene, MD, MS. Memorial Healthcare System, Department of Surgery
(Oral Presentation)
10:10-10:20 Successful Outcome with Neoadjuvant Avelumab in Unresectable Merkel Cell Carcinoma
Michelle M. Dugan, MD, Bruce Brenner, MD. Florida Atlantic University,
Schmidt School of Medicine, Department of Surgical Oncology
(Case Presentation)
10:20-10:30 Laparoscopic retro-ileal pull-through technique for coloanal anastomosis
Zoe Garoufalia, MD, Anthony D’Andrea, MD, Nir Horesh, MD, Sameh Hany
Emile, MD, Rachel Gefen, MD, Steven D Wexner, MD. Cleveland Clinic Florida,
Department of Colorectal Surgery
(Video Presentation)
10:30-10:40 Is lower distensibility on Endoflip after partial fundoplication associated with postoperative dysphagia?
Deepika Sharad, DO, Stacey L. Tannenbaum, PhD, Eric L. Tong, MD, Nicholas
Lago, DO, Megan Rodwell, PA-C, Amanda Eukovich, MS-III, Xiao Rui Yang, MSIII,
Mark S. Shachner, MD. NCA Northwest Hospital, Department of Minimally
Invasive Surgery
(Oral Presentation)
10:40-10:50 Thoracoabdominal gunshot wounds and what to do when the blood runs dry for a patient with ultramassive transfusion?
Spencer Berman MD, Max Jackson, MD, Robert Borrego, MD, Mario Rueda,
MD, Faris Azar, MD. Florida Atlantic University, Schmidt School of Medicine,
Department of Surgery
(Case Presentation)
10:50-11:00 Stercoral perforation: minimally invasive colorectal surgery in the emergent setting
Lucia Castro Hernandez, MD, Jennifer Hernandez, MD, Michael E. Dolberg,
MD. Memorial Healthcare System, Department of Surgical Oncology
(Video Presentation)
11:00-11:10 Operative success in ioPTH monitoring during focused parathyroidectomy for sporadic primary hyperpara-thyroidism
Kelley N. Benck, Valerie Armstrong, MD, Tanaz Vaghaiwalla, MD, John I. Lew,
MD. University of Miami, Department of Surgery
(Oral Presentation)
11:10-12:10 Guest Speaker: Martin Newman, MD
The Use of Fluorescence in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
12:10- 1:10 Lunch and *ePosters
12:10-12:20 Business Meeting (during lunch)
Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD
Moderator: Victoria Lao, MD
1:10-1:20 Saving lifetimes: increasing child passenger safety education and distribution in the Emergency Department
Nicole Lyons, MD, Heidi L. Almodovar, DNP, Brianna L. Cohen, MD, Walter A.
Ramsey, MD, Christopher F. O’Neil Jr, MD, Christina Cardy, DNP, Lyse Deus,
Hector Chavez, MD, Oneith Cadiz, MD, Chad M. Thorson, MD, MSPH.
University of Miami, Department of Pediatric Surgery
(Oral Presentation)
1:20-1:30 Laparoscopic fluorescence-guided transperitoneal adrenalectomy of a giant hypersecretive pheochromocytoma associated with neurofibromatosis type 1
Joel Frieder, MD, Luis Felipe Okida, MD, Heba Schiller, MD, David Gutierrez,
MD, Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, PhD, Samuel Szomstein, MD, Raul J. Rosenthal,
MD, Cleveland Clinic Florida, General and Bariatric Surgery
(Video Presentation)
1:30-1:40 Through-and-through blunt duodenal injury in a pediatric patient: A case report
Zaineb Shatawi, MD, Rachel Pruett, MD, Carrie A. Laituri, MD, Tamar Levene,
MD, MS, Holly Leigh Neville, MD. Memorial Healthcare System/Joe DiMaggio
Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatric Surgery
(Case Presentation)
1:40-1:50 Comparing payments to surgeons from drug and medical device corporations reveals inequalities between genders and specialties
Chelsea Spector, MD, Jennifer Hernandez, MD, Heidi Bahna, MD, Joshua
Parreco, MD. Memorial Healthcare System, Department of Trauma Surgery
(Oral Presentation)
1:50:2:00 Rectal perforation with primary repair via transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS)
Rachel Pruett, MD, Michael Dolberg, MD. Memorial Healthcare System,
Department of Surgery
(Video Presentation)
2:00-2:10 Admission to a verified pediatric trauma center is associated with improved outcomes in severely injured children
Walter Ramsey, MD, Carlos T Huerta, MD, Christopher F O’Neil, MD, Rebecca
A. Saberi, MD, Gareth P. Gilna, MD, Brandon M. Parker, MD, Dante D. Yeh, MD,
Eduardo A. Perez, MD. Juan E. Sola, MD, Kenneth G. Proctor, MD, Nicholas
Namias, MD, Chad M. Thorson, MD, Jonathan P. Meizoso, MD. University of
Miami, Department of Surgery
(Oral Presentation)
2:10:3:10 Guest Speaker: Michael J. Rosen, MD
Improving outcomes through collaboration. Why is it so hard for us?
3:10-3:20 Operative management of combined tracheoesophageal and carotid artery injuries secondary to gunshot wounds
Sara Solano, MD, Rodrigo Olvera, MD, Ivy Baaba Koufie, MD, Andilys Andino,
MD, Shreya Ingle, MD, Gabriel Ruiz, MD, Howard Lieberman, MD, Valerie Hart,
MD, Shevonne S. Satahoo, MD, Antonio Marttos, MD, Dante D. Yeh, MD,
Enrique Ginzburg, MD, Patricia M. Byers, MD, Nicholas Namias, MD, Gerd
Daniel Pust, MD. University of Miami, Ryder Trauma Center
(Case Presentation)
3:20-3:30 Weighted blankets for pain and anxiety relief in acutely injured trauma patients
Shelley Warner, MD, Stacey L. Tannenbaum, PhD, Sohni Pathan, MD, Jose
Lozada, MD. Broward Health Center, Department of Surgery
(Oral Presentation)
3:30-3:40 Percutaneous dilational tracheostomy “Cuff Up” modified technique
Vincent Athas, MD, Mario Gomez, DO. Broward Health Center, Department of
Surgery
(Video Presentation)
3:40-3:50 Another teachable moment: A hospital-based secondary prevention program to improve motorcyclist safety knowledge
Lauren Thompson, DO, Jonathan Meizoso MD, Edward Lineen MD, Fernando
Andre Nombera-Bueno, Stephanie Lucce, Patricia Byers MD. University of
Miami, Department of Surgery
(Oral Presentation)
3:50-4:00 Emergency Surgical treatment and Triage Alert System: A multi-disciplinary, hospital-wide quality improvement project
Jaclyn T. Kliewer, MD, Orlando Morejon, MD. Kendall Regional Medical
Center, Department of Surgery
(Oral Presentation)
4:00-4:30 Break + *ePOSTERS
4:30-5:45 Surgical Jeopardy with Refreshments
Host: Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD
5:45-6:00 Awards Ceremony
*POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
FLUORESCENT SENTINEL LYMPH NODE MAPPING IN LUNG CANCER: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW ON POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE.
Rene Aleman, MD, Philip Bongiorno. MD, Federico Napoli, MD, Jorge Balzan, MD, Cedric Sheffield, MD, Jose Navia, MD, Nicolas Brozzi, MD. Cleveland Clinic Florida, Heart, Vascular, & Thoracic Institute.
AN ASSESSMENT FOR INDICATIONS AND INTERVENTIONS FOR RISK OF THROMBOSIS IN PLASTIC SURGERY PROCEDURES.
Justin Camacho, Heli Patel, MBA, Anastassia Schifcik, BS, Jacob Kalmanovich, BS, Emma Burke, BS, Alan Patrus, BA, Salam Harb, BA, Amir Behnam, MD. Tower Health, Department of Plastic Surgery.
A RARE CASE OF RETROPERITONEAL LIPOSARCOMA IN PREGNANCY.
Arielle Higgs, MD. Michelly Gonzalez, Nikolas Ujueta, Erin Myers, MD. Memorial Regional Hospital Department of OB/GYN
ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF TWITTER ON SURGICAL JOURNAL’S SJR INDEX.
Heli Patel, Justi Camacho, MBA, Saket Pandit, MS, Gabriella Morey, BA, Amir Behnam, MD. Nova Southeastern University, Department of Medical Education
ELECTIVE HAND SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH HISTORY OF AXILLARY NODE DISSECTION: RISKS AND PATIENT EDUCATION.
Anastassia Shifchik, Muhammad Usman Awan, Skylar Harmon, Tatevik
Malisetyan, Gary Schwartz, MD. Nova Southeastern University, Department of Allpopathic Medicine.
A MODERN REVIEW OF THE BBL AND THE SELF-REGULATION OF SURGERY.
Stephanie Yakoubovitch, MD, Kandace Kichler, MD, Jessica Buicko, MD. Florida Atlantic University, Schmidt School of Medicine, Department of Surgery.
INTRA-ABDOMINAL INJURIES FROM LIPOSUCTION: A SERIES OF NEARLY FATAL CASES.
Nicole Lyons, MD, Walter A. Ramsey, MD, Brianna L. Cohen, MD, Christopher F. O’Neil Jr, MD, Cristina Botero-Fonnegra, MD, Aris Arakelians, MD, Sinan Jabori, MD, Kenneth G. Proctor, PhD, Wrood Kassira, MD, Joyce Kaufman, MD, Edward B. Lineen, MD, Devinder Singh, MD, Nicholas Namias, MD.
University of Miami, Department of Trauma/Acute Care Surgery and Plastic Surgery.
BILATERAL PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA IN YOUNG HEALTHY FEMALE.
Shelley Warner, MD, Jose Lozada, MD. Broward Health Center, Department of Surgery.
PERICARDIAL AIR IN TRAUMA; WHAT 2 CASES ILLUSTRATE ABOUT THE DANGERS OF A RADIOGRAPHICALLY RARE FINDING.
Vincent Athas, MD, Karen Burtt, MD, Amro Mahmoud, DO, Jose Lozada, MD, John Berne, MD, MPH, Stacey L. Tannenbaum, PhD. Broward Health Medical Center,
Department of Surgery.
A NOVEL PARADIGM: APPLICATION OF EXTRACORPOREAL RANSVALVULAR AXIAL-FLOW PUMPS TO SUPPORT ADVANCED HEART FAILURE PATIENTS UNDERGOING ABDOMINAL SURGERY.
Rene Aleman, MD, Sinal Patel, MD, Mauricio Velez, MD, Jose Sleiman, MD, Tatiana Jamroz, MD, Jose Navia, MD, Cedric Sheffield, MD, Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, Nicolas Brozzi, MD. Cleveland Clinic Florida, Department of Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Surgery.
CARDIAC PROCEDURES PREDATING THORACIC BLUNT TRAUMA AFFECTS RISK OF COMPLICATIONS DURING HOSPITAL STAYS.
Vincent Athas, MD, Alexander A Fokin, MD, PhD, Stacey L. Tannenbaum, PhD, Ivan Puente, MD, FACS. Broward Health Center, Department of Surgery.
OUTCOMES OF RESECTION VERSUS ADHESIOLYSIS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION.
Kara Bowers, MD, Ashwini Paranjpe, MD, Nima Khosravani, MD, Aaron Patel, MD, Eric Johnson, MD, Nader Zalaquett, MD, Erica Junqueira, MD, Alvaro Castillo, MD, Juliet Ray. University of Miami-Palm Beach Regional Campus, Department of Surgery.
MONKEYPOX VIRUS AND INFECTIOUS PROCTITIS.
Natalie Ceballos, MD, Michael Dolberg, MD, Alan Herline, MD, Victoria Lao, MD, PhD. Memorial Healthcare System, Department of Surgery.
IMPROVED SURVIVAL OF IN-HOSPITAL CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST IN TRAUMA PATIENTS.
Brianna L. Cohen, MD, Nicole B. Lyons, MD, Walter A. Ramsey, MD, Christopher F. O’Neil Jr,. MD, Jonathan P. Meizoso, MD, Enrique Ginzburg, MD, Louis R. Pizano, MD, Carl I. Schulman, MD, Brandon M. Parker, DO, Nicholas Namias, MD, Kenneth G. Proctor, PhD. University of Miami, Department of Surgery.
SURGICAL TREATMENT OF STOMAL PROLAPSE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF THE LITERATURE.
Zoe Garoufalia, MD, Sofoklis Mavrantonis, MSc, Sameh Hany Emile, MD, Rachel
Gefen, MD, Nir Horesh, MD, Michael R. Freund, MD, Steven D Wexner, MD, PhD (Hon). Cleveland Clinic Florida, Department of Colorectal Surgery.
A RARE CASE OF EPITHELIOID ANGIOSARCOMA OF THE ADRENAL GLAND.
Anna Weinand, Simran Hamid, Keren Fishman, John Nguyen, Amanda Marsh, MD, Jessica L. Buicko, MD. Florida Atlantic University, Schmidt School of Medicine, Department of Surgery.
DIFFERENCES IN MANAGEMENT AND OUTCOMES OF MINORS SUSTAINING SOLID ORGAN INJURY FOLLOWING BLUNT ABDOMINAL TRAUMA.
Tessa Henry, MD, Rachele Solomon, MPH, Shenae Samuels, PhD, MPH, Vivian Hagerty, MD, Brenda Shaver MBA, MSN, RN, TCRN, CEN, Roberta Kopolovits, PTA, CSTR, CAISS, Kelsey Palladino, MPH, BSN, RN, Tamar Levene, MD, MS. Memorial Health Center, Department of Surgery.
NATIONWIDE OUTCOMES OF PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY FOR PANCREATIC MALIGNANCIES: CENTER VOLUME MATTERS.
Carlos T. Huerta, MD, Amber L. Collier, MD, Cindy Rodriguez, MD, Ankit Shah, MD, Joshua P. Kronenfeld, MD, Dido Franceschi, MD, Alan S. Livingstone,
MD, Danny Sleeman, MD, Chad M. Thorson, MD. University of Miami, Department of Surgery.
A DECADE OF NIPPLE-SPARING MASTECTOMY AND IMMEDIATE IMPLANT-BASED BREAST RECONSTRUCTION: LESSONS LEARNED.
Roberto Lorenzi, MD, Amy S. Colwell, MD, Alex M. Lin, MD, Juliette Van Der Hulst, Eric C. Liao, MD, PhD, William G. Austen Jr., MD, Alexandra Webster, MD,
Barbara L. Smith, MD. Florida Atlantic University, Schmidt School of Medicine and Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Surgery.
UTILIZATION OF GASTROSTOMY TUBES IN PATIENTS WITH PIERRE ROBIN SEQUENCE.
Mamun Mohiuddin, BS, Azalia Avila, MD, George Kamel, MD, Eric Stelnicki, MD, Christopher Brooks, MD, Shenae Samuels, PhD, MPH, Tamar Levene, MD, MS. Memorial Healthcare System Department of Surgery.
IMPACT OF RACE, ETHNICITY, AND SEX ON VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM AFTER TRAUMA: A NATIONWIDE ANALYSIS OF HEALTH DISPARITIES.
Christopher O’Neil, MD, Walter A. Ramsey, MD, Rebecca A. Saberi, MD, Gareth P. Gilna, MD, Enrique Ginzburg, MD, Edward B. Lineen, MD, Louis R. Pizano, MD, Carl I. Schulman, MD, Kenneth G. Proctor, MD, Nicholas Namias, MD, Jonathon P.
Meizoso, MD. University of Miami, Department of Trauma/Critcal Care.
MIDTERM BENEFITS OF BARIATRIC SURGERY ON SYMPTOM REMISSION
AND MEDICATION USE IN PATIENTS WITH PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI.
Luis Felipe Okida, MD, Rene Aleman, MD, David Romero Funes, MD, Joel Frieder MD, David Gutierrez, MD, Lisandro Montorfano, MD, Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, PhD, Samuel Szomstein, MD, Raul J. Rosenthal MD. Cleveland Clinic Florida, Department of Bariatric Surgery.
ACHIEVING BETTER COSMESIS AND PATIENT SATISFACTION IN BRACHIOPLASTY: A NEW TECHNIQUE.
Grant Schalet, MD, Oscar M. Ramirez, MD, Minji Kim, BS, Munir Patel, MD. Broward Health Center, Department of Surgery.
