Preliminary Program | Posters
+ = Resident Essay * = Non-member of NESS
P1.	Application of Intra Aortic Balloon Pump in High-Risk Non-Cardiac Surgeries *Amir A. Rahnemai-Azar, *Zargham H. Ahmadi, *Rozhin Naghshizadian, Brian F. Gilchrist Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY
P2.	Hepatic Artery Infusion for Recurrent orChemo Resistant Hepatic Malignancy Harold J Wanebo1, *Redy S Srinivasa2, *Charu Taneja1, *Giovanni Begossi3, *James Belliveau1, *Ritesh Rathore1 1Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, RI, 2Hurley Medical Center, Flint, MI, 3Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Oakland, CA
P3.	NOTES Transgastric Ventral Hernia Repair in a Porcine Survival Model *Maria C Mora1,2, *Rebecca Kowalski1,2, *David J Desilets1,2, John R Romanelli1,2, *David B Earle1,2 1Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, 2Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA
P4.	Incidence of Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Managed on an Enhanced Recovery Pathway Following Elective Openand Laparoscopic Colectomy *Ashley Russo, *Andrew Pellet, *Jesse Moore University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
P5.	Clinical Science Second Place Award - NESS Resident and Fellow Research Day Sponsored by the NESS Scholars Foundation Is it Time to Stop Checking Frozen Section Neck Margins During Pancreaticoduodenectomy? Neha L. Lad, Malcolm Hart Squires III, Shishir K. Maithel, Sarah B. Fisher, Vishes V. Mehta, Kenneth Cardona, Maria C. Russell, Charles A. Staley III, N. Volkan Adsay, David A. Kooby Yale School of Medicine
P6.	The Acquisition of a Community General Surgery Residency Program by a University Residency Program in New England - Planning, Execution and Early Lessons Learned *John J Tackett1, Walter E Longo1, *Geoffrey Nadzam1, *Rosemarie L Fisher2, *Ania Shea1, Robert Udelsman1, *Peter S. Yoo1 1Yale University School of Medicine-Department of Surgery, New Haven, CT, 2Yale University School of Medicine-Department of Medicine, New Haven, CT
P7.	Understanding Decision-Making in BreastReconstruction Following Mastectomy: Barriers to Follow-Through With Delayed Reconstruction *Aleksandra Ogrodnik1, Ted James2 1Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT, 2University of Vermont-Fletcher Allen Health Center, Burlington, VT
P8.	Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Does Not Improve Disease-Specific Survival in Elderly Patients With Intermediate Thickness Melanoma *Kate H Dinh, *Mary Maloney, *Dori Goldberg, *April Deng, *Mary Sullivan, Laura Lambert, Giles Whalen, *Jennifer LaFemina University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
P9.	Predicting Mortality, Length of Stay, and Readmission for Surgical Patients David E Clark, *Amy E. Haskins, Brad M. Cushing Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME
P10.	A Single Institution Experience with Percuateneous Cholecystostomy *Gabriella Grisotti, *Bishwajit Bhattacharya, *Robert Schlessel, *Joseph T King, Jr, *Gowthaman Gunabushanam, Melissa F Perkal Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
P11.	The Impact of Gender on Role Models and Mentors *Vanessa Franz, Neil Hyman University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
P12.	Utility of Lymphoscintigraphy in the Treatment of Extremity Melanoma *Mohammad Mertaban, Ted James, *Michael Cunningham University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
P13.	Appendicitis as a Critical Illness in the Elderly: Who is at Risk? *Courtney Collins, *Julie M Flahive, *Fred A Anderson, Jr, *Heena P Santry University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA
P14.	Timing of Perioperative Mortality by Cause of Death in a General Surgery Cohort: A One-Year Review of 10,807 Consecutive Patients *Breanna Y. Jedrzejewski, *Patrick M. Mulvaney, *Brian C. Drolet, William G. Cioffi, Thomas J. Miner The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
P15.	Laparoscopic Narrow Band Imaging for Detection of Occult Cancer Metastases: A Pilot Study *Thomas Schnelldorfer1, Roger L Jenkins1, Desmond H Birkett1, *Valena J Wright1, *Lori Lyn Price2, *Irene Georgakoudi3 1Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, MA, 2Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Boston, MA, 3Tufts University, Medford, MA
P16.	Prediction of discharge location in elderly women after traumatic injury. *Brandon Colvin1, *Allison Wyman2, Timothy Emhoff1, *Heena Santry1, *Jon D Dorfman1 1UMass Memorial, Worcester, MA, 2University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
P17.	Liver Transplant Outcomes in Patients with Mixed Hepatocellular-Cholangiocarcinoma: A Different Disease *Rachel Kohn, *Madhukar S. Patel, *Johannes R. Kratz, James F. Markmann, *Parsia A Vagefi Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
P18.	The Effects of Rhodiola Crenulata extract on Proliferation and Differentiation in Glioblastoma Multiforme *Maria Carmen Mora1,2,3, *Kaitlyn E Wong1,2,3, *Michael V Tirabassi4,2, Richard B. Arenas1,2,3,5, *Sallie Schneider3,5 1Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, 2Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA, 3Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute, Springfield, MA, 4Baystate Children's Hospital, Springfield, MA, 5University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
P19.	Management of Acute Cholecystitis in a National Sample of Medicare Beneficiaries *Courtney Collins, *Julie M Flahive, *Fred A Anderson, Jr, *Heena P Santry University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA
P20.	With Empyema, Size of Underlying Pneumonia Predicts Size of Empyema and Hospital Length of Stay *Piroska Kopar, *Marc Jordaan, *Bryan P Stanifer, *Zhongze Li, William Nugent, *Cherie P Erkmen Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
P21.	Risk Factors for Early Urologic Complications after Kidney Transplantation *Amir A. Rahnemai-Azar1, Brian F. Gilchrist1, *Liise K. Kayler2 1Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY, 2Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY
P22.	Lobectomy by Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) Versus Muscle Sparing Thoracotomy for Stage I Lung Cancer: A Critical Evaluation of Short and Long Term Outcomes *Anne M Kuritzky, *Bassam I Aswad, *Jason T Machan, Thomas Ng Brown University, Providence, RI
P23.	Anticoagulation Monitoring Modalities in Extracorporeal Life Support Patients: A Single Center Experience *Abdel Ghanie Abu-Samra1, *David Chu1, *Joseph Sweeney2, *Cynthia Devers2, *Corey E Ventetuolo1, Christopher S Muratore2 1Rhode Island Hospital Alpert Medical School of BrownUniversity, Providence, RI, 2Hasbro Children's Hospital / Rhode Island Hospital Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
P24.	Feasibility and Benefit of Ex-Vivo Machine Perfusion of Non-Transplantable Deceased Donor Livers *James Avruch, *Bote Bruinsma, *Pepijn Weeder, *Gautham Sridharan, *Heidi Yeh, *Korkut Uygun, James F Markmann Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
P25.	Suitability of ACS-NSQIP as a Quality-Measurement Tool for Advanced Cancer Patients *Roberto J. Vidri, *Shreyus S. Kulkarni, *Raj G. Vaghjiani, William G. Cioffi, *Daithi S. Heffernan, Thomas J. Miner Brown University, Providence, RI
P26.	Potential of Venous Ionized Calcium for Identification of High Risk Critical Care Patients *Peter Bendix, *James Whedon, Kenneth Burchard Darmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
P27.	Teaching Residents to Teach: Assessing Feedback for the Novice Educator *Elizabeth D Fox, David T Harrington, Beth A Ryder, *Manuel Garcia-Toca, Kevin P Charpentier, Thomas Ng, William G Cioffi, Thomas J Miner Rhode Island Hospital / Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
P28.	Parastomal Hernia Repair – The Unkindest Cut of All? *Neil GIbson, Steven Schechter, Nishit Shah Brown University, Providence, RI
P29.	Laparoscopic Colectomy and the Rural Surgeon *Andrew Pellet, *Jesse Moore, Neil Hyman University of Vermont/Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT
P30.	Discussion of Non-Technical Skills Through Co-Surgery: A Novel Faculty Development Program for Surgeons *Alexandra Briggs, *Steven J. Yule, Douglas S. Smink Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
P31.	Effective Triage of Early Stage Lung Cancer Patients in Community Hospitals Yields Low Surgical Mortality *Christopher T Ducko, *Carlos E Bravo-Iñiguez, *Mauricio Perez Martinez, *Katherine W Armstrong, *Jon O Wee, *Michael T Jaklitsch, *Raphael Bueno, Scott J Swanson Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
P32.	Is Smoking Cessation Counseling Prior to CD Surgery on Your Preoperative Checklist? *Adriana Olariu1, *Caitlin W. Hicks2, *Lillias Holmes Maguire1, Richard A. Hodin1, Liliana Bordeianou1 1Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
P33.	Bigger Isn't Necessarily Better: Increased Rates of Surgical Site Infection and Total Hospital Charges for Liver Transplantation at Higher Volume Centers *James E Tooley, *Daniel D Bohl, *Bryce A Basques, *Manuel I Rodriguez-Davalos, *Sanjay Kulkarni, *Sukru Emre, *David C Mulligan, *Peter S Yoo Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
P34.	Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer Increases the Rate of Breast Conservation: Results from the National Cancer Database (NCDB) *Brigid K Killelea, *Vicky Q Yang, *Sarah S Mougalian, *Nina R Horowitz, *Lajos Pusztai, Anees B Chagpar, Donald R Lannin Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
P35.	At the Edge: Anterior and Posterior Margins in Invasive Breast Disease *Lana Shikhman, *Kate Dinh, *Sanaz Leilabadi, *Alexander Christakis, *Ashling O'Connor, *Marie Ward, Anne Larkin, Robert M Quinlan University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA
P36.	The Conundrum of the Young Colon Cancer Patient *Ramzi Amri, Liliana G Bordeianou, *Patricia Sylla, David L Berger Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
P37.	Modern Experiences with Aggressive Parathyroid Tumors in a High-Volume New England Referral Center *Courtney E Quinn, Amir H Lebastchi, *James M Healy, *Taylor C Brown, *Manju L Prasad, *Glenda G Callender, *Tobias Carling, Robert Udelsman Yale University, New Haven, CT
P38.	Thioredoxin Overexpression Enhances Neovascularization and Reduces Fibrosis In Mouse Hindlimb Ischemia Model *Inam A Shaikh1,2, *Vaithinathan Selvaraju2, *Mahesh Thirunavukkarasu2, J Alexander Palesty1, *Nilanjana Maulik2 1Saint Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, CT, 2University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
P39.	Quantified Improvements in Surgical Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Within A Collaborative Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Program *Clinton Protack, *Jia Liu, *Daniel Boffa, *Frank Detterbeck, *Anthony Kim Yale University, New Haven, CT
+ = Resident Essay * = Non-member of NESS