Registration
Premier Ballroom Pre-Function

Speaker Ready Room
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Poster Set-Up
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Exhibit Hall Hours
Premier D

Scientific Session I
Premier A&C
Co-Moderators: Sarah Mayo, Alia Aunchman

+1. POTTER-ICU: An artificial-intelligence interpretable tool to predict need for ICU admission after emergency surgery
*Anthony Gebran¹, *Annita Vapsi², *Lydia Maurer¹, *Mohamad El Moheb¹, *Leon Naar¹, *Sumiran S. Thakur², *Dania Daye³, George C. Velmahos¹, *Dimitris Bertsimas², Haytham Kaafarani^1
1Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, & Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, ³Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

+2. Preoperative Gabapentin in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Does Not Decrease Intraoperative or Postoperative Opiate Use or Length of Stay
*Chloe Williams, Richard Perugini
Surgery, UMASS, Worcester, MA

+3. Association between likelihood of undergoing liver metastasectomy and seeking care at more than one Commission on Cancer hospital for colorectal liver metastasis
*Brittany Powell¹,², *Annabelle Jones¹, Thomas Clancy¹,³, Mark Fairweather¹,³, Jiping Wang¹,³, *George Molina¹,²,^3
1Division of Surgical Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Boston, MA

+4. A rising tide lifts all boats: combined volume of complex cancer operations protects patient outcomes in a low-volume setting
*Susanna W. de Geus, *Marianna V. Papageorge, *Alison P. Woods, *Sing Chau Ng, *Andrea Merrill, David McAneny, Jennifer F. Tseng, Teviah E. Sachs
Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

5. Development and Validation of an Esophageal Anastomotic Scorecard to Predict Anastomotic Outcome
*Jay Meisner, *Ali Kamran, *Steven Staffa, *David Zurakowski, Somala Mohammed, Russell Jennings, Thomas Hamilton, *Benjamin Zendejas
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Brief 1. A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial of the effects of infusing local analgesia on post-operative pain during laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair
*Matthew Rade¹, *Anusha Jayaram², *Richard Birkett¹, *Heather Ford¹, Desmond Birkett¹, Dmitry Nepomnayshy^1
1Surgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA, ²Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

~Brief 2. Same-Day Approach to Mastectomy with Immediate Reconstruction
*Michelle C. Specht¹, *Bridget Kelly¹, *Alexandra J. Webster¹, *Olivia Abbate², *Nikki Rosado², *Caroline McGugin¹, *Barbara L. Smith¹, *Michele A. Gadd¹, Suzanne B. Coopey¹, *Eric Liao^2
1Division of Surgical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

~Brief 3. The impact of telehealth on non-scheduled post-operative patient contacts and administrative burden
*Brett Baker, Piyush Gupta, *Tiare Pimentel, Reuben Shin, *Heather Ford, Thomas Schnelldorfer, David M. Brams, Dmitry Nepomnayshy
General Surgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA

~Brief 4. Malignant Melanoma in the Elderly: Different Patient or Different Disease?
*John Smetona¹, *Daniel C. Sasson¹, *Yassmin Parsaei¹, *Marianna Papageorge¹, *Stephen Aryan¹, Kelly Olino², James Clune^1
1Yale Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, New Haven, CT, ²Surgery, Yale, New Haven, CT

~Brief 5. The Relative Increase in Appendiceal Tumors in the National Cancer Database
Michelle C. Salazar¹, *Maureen E. Canavan¹, *Sitaram Chilakamarry²,* Daniel J. Boffa¹, Kevin Schuster^1
1Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ²Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Coffee Break: Visit Exhibits & Posters
Premier D

Panel: Surgical Innovation, Education and Industry: Making Collaboration Work (not for credit)
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The panelists will discuss the opportunities and hazards experienced by clinical and educational programs when collaborating with partners in biomedical industries.

Moderator: Peter Yoo

Panelists:
Brian J. Dunkin
Boston Scientific, Marlborough, MA

Neal E. Seymour
Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA

Scientific Session II
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Co-Moderators: Muriel Cleary, Haytham Kaafarani

+6. Incidence of Delirium Among Patients Undergoing Elective vs. Emergent Bowel Resection
*Ryan Desrochers¹, Jonathan D. Gates⁴, *Robert S. Dicks³, *Daniel Ricaurte², *Lindsay Lynch⁴, *Jane Keating², *Gary Jain^4
1General Surgery, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, ²Acute Care Surgery, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, ³Geriatrics, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, ⁴Surgical Critical Care, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT

+7. Use of Regional Anesthesia in Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery: A Multi-Center Retrospective Review
*Jielin Yu¹, Mario Katigbak², *Stefan Kachala^2
1University of Connecticut, West Hartford, CT, ²Department of Surgery, Hartford Healthcare, Hartford, CT

+8. Lymphadenectomy in Gallbladder Adenocarcinoma: Are We Doing Enough?
*Marianna V. Papageorge, *Susanna W. de Geus, *Alison P. Woods, *Sing Chau Ng, *Andrea Merrill, *Michael R. Cassidy, David McAneny, Jennifer F. Tseng, Teviah E. Sachs
Department of Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

9. How Much is Too Much: Futility During Ultramassive Transfusion in Trauma Patients
*Ander Dorken Gallastegi¹, *Jordan D. Secor¹, *Lydia Maurer¹, *Walter H. Dzik², *April E. Mendoza¹, *Noelle Saillant¹, Haytham Kaafarani¹, George C. Velmahos^1
1Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

~Brief 6. Comparison of Wireless Localization Alternatives to Wire Localization for Non-Palpable Breast Lesions
*Bridget Kelly, *Alexandra J. Webster, *Caroline McGugin, Suzanne B. Coopey, *Barbara L. Smith, *Michele A. Gadd, *Kevin S. Hughes, *Michelle C. Specht
Division of Surgical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Brief 7. Resection is not required for mild pilonidal disease: resolution through clinic-based care
*Nicole K. Wynne, *Nikki M. Check, David P. Mooney
Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Brief 8. A Multidisciplinary Project to Reduce Post-operative Urinary Tract Infections at a Safety Net Hospital
*Spencer Wilson, *Pamela Rosenkranz, David McAneny
Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

State Caucus Gatherings
This year, the business matters of each state Caucus will be held virtually in the week leading up to the Annual Meeting. The time usually reserved for on-site Caucuses has evolved into several state-specific gatherings before the full Welcome Reception, at which members can catch up and network with their fellow state colleagues.
Premier E

Welcome Reception
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Registration
Premier Ballroom Pre-Function

Speaker Ready Room
Premier G

Exhibit Hall Hours
Premier D

Continental Breakfast
Premier D

Posters of Distinction Session for Best Poster Award
Premier A&C
Co-Moderators: Anne Larkin, Peter Yoo

POD1. The Big Sibling Program: Impact of a Medical Student-Resident Mentorship Program during the Surgery Clerkship
*Taylor M. Coe, *Sophia K. McKinley, *Isra Hamdi, *Robert D. Sinyard, *Kristen M. Jogerst, *Emil Petrusa, *Joy Moses, *Noelle Saillant, Roy Phitayakorn
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

POD2. Surgical Outcomes of Pulmonary Valve Infective Endocarditis: A United States Population-Based Analysis
*Yesh Datar¹, *Ramkumar Balasubramaniyan¹, *Kanhua Yin¹, *Eric Awtry¹, *Anna Cervantes-Arslanian¹, *Simeon Kimmel¹, *Maura Fagan¹, *Zoe Weinstein¹, *Karl Karlson¹, *Niloo Edwards¹, David McAneny¹, Nikola Dobrilovic^1
1Boston University Medical Center, Boston/Roxbury, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

POD3. Resident memory CD8 T cells exist in high grade sarcomas
*Jichang Han², *Jodi Wilkowski¹, *Wei Jiang¹, Christina Angeles^1
1Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Microbiology and Immunology, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH

POD4. Socioeconomic Disparities in the Surgical Management of Craniosynostosis
*Alexandra Junn, *Sacha Hauc, *Mohammad Ali Mozaffari, *Jacob Dinis, *Michael Alperovich
Plastic Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

POD5. Defining Factors Associated with Textbook Outcomes (TO) in Hepaticopancreaticobiliary Surgery
*Abdimajid Mohamed, Timothy Fitzgerald
Surgical Oncology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Portland, ME

POD6. Discharge Disposition Disparity for the Disabled - A National Trauma Data Bank Analysis
*Suraj Panjwani¹, *Amanda Fazzalari², John Alexander Palesty², Mitchell Cahan^3
1University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²St. Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, CT, ³Mount Auburn Hospital, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA

POD7. COVID-19's Initial Effect on the Solid Organ Transplant Population: Lessons Learned from the First Wave
*Constantine M. Poulos², *Heather Kutzler¹, *Faiqa Cheema¹, *David O'Sullivan¹, *Glyn Morgan¹, Caroline Rochon¹, Patricia Sheiner¹, *Oscar Serrano^1
1Surgery, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, ²Surgery, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT

POD9. Impact of COVID-19 on emergency appendectomies and cholecystectomies
*Lee Ying¹, *Shin Mei Chan², John Morton¹, Saber Ghiassi^1
1Surgery, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, ²Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

POD10. FG-4592, a prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor, improves long-term pulmonary outcomes in a murine model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia
*Lumeng J. Yu, *Scott C. Fligor, *Victoria H. Ko, *Savas T. Tsikis, *Jordan D. Secor, *Amy Pan, Mark Puder
Vascular Biology Program, Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Scientific Session III
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Co-Moderators: Andrew Loehrer, James Healy

+10. Critically Appraising the Quality of Reporting of ACS-TQIP Studies in the Era of Big Data Research
*Anthony Gebran¹, *Daniel Badin², *Antoine Bejjani², *Hadi Sabbagh², *Tala Mahmoud³, *Mohamad El Moheb¹, *Osaid Alser¹, *Bellal Joseph⁴, Haytham Kaafarani^1
1Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, & Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, ³Faculty of Medicine, University of Balamand, Beirut, Lebanon, ⁴Division of Trauma, Critical Care, Emergency Surgery, and Burns, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

+11. Characteristics of Trauma Transfer Patients from Community Affiliates of a Level One Trauma Center
*Meagan Derbyshire, *Kristina Kramer, Eleanor Winston, Edward Kelly, *Tovy Kamine
Surgery, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA

+12. Correlates of long anastomosis time and its impact on outcomes after donation after cardiac death kidney transplantation
*David Cron¹, *Naoka Murakami², *Lingwei Xiang³, *Heidi Yeh¹, James F. Markmann¹, *Joel T. Adler^1
1Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Nephrology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

+13. In Utero Intra-Amniotic Injection of Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) Microparticles Induce Tissue Coverage in the Retinoic Acid Induced Myelomeningocele Rat Model
Nathan L. Maassel¹, *Douglas Wu², *Nicholas Yung¹, *Tory Bauer-Pisani⁴, *Mary Elizabeth Guerra¹, *Sarah J. Ullrich¹, *Mark Saltzman³, David Stitelman^4
1Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ²Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, ³Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁴Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Introduction of New Members
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Paper of the Year & Scientific Session IV
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Co-Moderators: Stephanie Lueckel, Gino Trevisani

Paper of the Year
14. Variability in Patterns of Recurrence after Resection of Primary Retroperitoneal Sarcoma (RPS) A Report on 1007 Patients from the Multi-institutional Collaborative RPS Working Group
Alessandro Gronchi, MD¹, Dirk C. Strauss, MD², Rosalba Miceli, MD, PhD³, Sylvie Bonvalot, MD, PhD⁴, Carol J. Swallow, MD⁵, Peter Hohenberger, MD⁶, Frits Van Coevorden, MD⁷, Piotr Rutkowski, MD⁸, Dario Callegaro, MD¹, Andrew J. Hayes, MD, PhD², Charles Honore, MD⁴, Mark Fairweather, MD⁹, Amanda Cannell, MD⁵, Jens Jakob, MD⁶, Rick L. Haas, MD¹⁰, Milena Szacht, MD⁸, Marco Fiore, MD¹, Paolo G. Casali, MD¹¹, Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD¹², Chandrajit P. Raut, MD^9
1Department of Surgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy; ²Department of Surgery, Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; ³Department of Biostatistics, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy; ⁴Department of Surgery, Institute Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; ⁵Department of Surgical Oncology, Mount Sinai Hospital and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, and Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; ⁶Division of Surgical Oncology & Thoracic Surgery, Mannheim University Hospital, Mannheim, Germany; ⁷Department of Surgical Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; ⁸Department of Soft Tissue/Bone Sarcoma and Melanoma, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland; ⁹Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; ¹⁰Department of Radiation Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; ¹¹Department of Cancer Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy; and ¹²Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH

15. Number of worrisome features is associated with increasing risk of malignancy in Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (IPMN).
*Piotr Zelga¹, *Yasmin Hernandez-Barco², Motaz Qadan¹, *Cristina R. Ferrone¹, *Avinash Kambadakone⁴, *Asif Jah³, Andrew L. Warshaw¹, Keith D. Lillemoe¹, *Anita Balakrishnan³, Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo^1
1Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA ²Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Department of Surgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

+16. Patient Factors Associated With High Opioid Consumption Following Common Surgical Procedures Following State Mandated Opioid Prescription Regulations
*Autumn Sacklow, Ajai Malhotra, *Ethan Jones, *Peter Callas, *Mayo Fujii, Christos Colovos
Department of Surgery, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

+17. Impact of Patient Primary Language upon Immediate Breast Reconstruction after Mastectomy
*Alison P. Woods, *Marianna V. Papageorge, *Susanna W. de Geus, *Andrea Alonso, *Sing Chau Ng, *Andrea Merrill, *Michael R. Cassidy, *Daniel S. Roh, Teviah E. Sachs, David McAneny, Jennifer F. Tseng, Frederick T. Drake
Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

+18. Inhibition of lactate export suppresses growth and metabolism of anaplastic thyroid cancer
*Bixiao Zhao, *Keya Aggarwal, *Abha Viswanathan, Matthew Nehs
Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Brief 9. Nutrition Delivery and Growth Outcomes in Long-Gap Esophageal Atresia Infants who undergo the Foker Process
*Amanda W. Harrington¹, *Jane Riebold², *Kayla Hernandez², *Steven Staffa³, *Wendy J. Svetanoff⁴, *David Zurakowski³, Thomas Hamilton¹, Russell Jennings¹, *Nilesh Mehta³, *Benjamin Zendejas^1
1Department of Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO

~Brief 10. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: Staged versus Non-staged Techniques for Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy
*Yurie Sekigami, *Sina Foroutanjazi, *Joshua Bloom, *Abhishek Chatterjee
Tufts Medical Center, Cambridge, MA

Brief 11. Spouses and Domestic Partners of Residents are Effective Detectors of Burnout
Andrew C. Esposito¹, *Erin M. White¹, *Stefanie C. Rohde², *Nathan Coppersmith¹, *Kristin Oliveira¹, Walter Longo¹, Peter Yoo¹, Daniel Solomon^1
1Department of Surgery, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, ²Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Coffee Break: Visit Exhibits & Posters
Premier D

Panel: Surgical Practice in New England: The Diversification of our Workforce
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The panelists will discuss the anticipated trends in the future surgical workforce of New England. They will discuss opportunities at the levels of undergraduate medical education, graduate medical education, and practicing surgeons to ensure that the future surgical workforce reflects the diversity of New England’s communities.

Moderator: Anne C. Larkin

Undergraduate Medical Education Perspective
Margaret A. Tandoh
Medical Director, Burn Center, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT

Graduate Medical Education Perspective
James F. Whiting
Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME

Chair of Surgery Perspective
Steven C. Stain
Chair of Surgery, Lahey Hospital Medical Center, Burlington, MA

Scientific Session V
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Co-Moderators: Sarah Billmeier, Courtney Gibson

19. Wellness among New England Surgical Society Members: A Preliminary Report
Lucy Ruangvoravat
Yale University, New Haven, CT

20. Revisiting the Well-being of Surgical Residents in New England
Andrew Esposito
Yale University, New Haven, CT

+21. Lack of Workplace Support for Obstetric Complications is Associated with Greater Postpartum Depression among Female Surgeons
*Manuel Castillo-Angeles¹, *Rachel B. Atkinson¹, *Sarah R. Easter¹, *Ankush Gosain², *Yue-Yung Hu³, *Zara Cooper¹, *Eugene Kim⁴, Erika Rangel^1
1Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Children's Foundation Research Institute, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN, ³Surgery, Ann & Robert Lurie Children's Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

+22. Understanding the Mitigating Factors and Protective Qualities Needed to Become and Remain as Women Surgeons
*Bridget Olsen, *Caitlin Gutheil, *Elizabeth Blazick, Sara Mayo, *Elizabeth Turner, James Whiting, *Sivana Barron
Surgery, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME

Applying for Your First Job
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Sponsored by the GME & Candidate Membership Committee

How to Negotiate a Contract for a Job in an Academic Setting
Greg Kharabadze
Senior Director, Finance & Administration
Yale University

How to Apply for a Job in a Community Setting
Scott Kurtzman
Alliance Medical Group

Finding Your First Job: What I Wish I'd Known
Joseph D. Phillips
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Discussion

Lunch Symposium (Not for CME Credit)
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Supported by Genentech

New Members Pre-Reception (Invitation only)
Celebrity G

Women in Surgery Pre-Reception
Celebrity F

Presidents' Reception & Dinner
Reception: Premier Ballroom Pre-Function
Dinner: Premier A&C
Business Attire

Celebrating 2021 President Anne C. Larkin & 2020 President Walter E. Longo

Including the Conferment of the Nathan Smith Award

Post Dinner Speaker
Silvermoon LaRose
Tomaquag Museum

Registration
Premier Ballroom Pre-Function

Exhibit Hall Hours
Premier D

Speaker Ready Room
Premier G

Continental Breakfast
Premier D

Annual Business Meeting (Members Only)
Premier A&C

Scientific Session VI
Premier A&C
Co-Moderators: Kartik Pandya, Daniel Solomon

Clinical Science First Place Award - NESS Resident and Fellow Research Day
+23. Too Sick or Not Too Sick? Transplant Center Variability in Delisting from the Kidney Transplant Waitlist and 1-Year Mortality
*Claire M. Sokas¹, *Syed Husain³, *James R. Rodrigue², Ali Salim¹, *Joel T. Adler^1
1Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Nephrology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

+24. Cardiomyocyte-Specific Inhibition of Prolyl-4-Hydroxylase 2 (PHD-2) Leads to Increased Pro-angiogenic and Anti-apoptotic Signaling and Preservation of Cardiac Function in a Murine Genetic Myocardial Infarction Model
*Sue Ting Lim², *Pradeep S. Radhakrishna², *Mahesh Thirunavukkarasu², John Alexander Palesty¹, *Nilanjana Maulik^2
1The Stanley J. Dudrick, Department of Surgery, Saint Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, CT, ²Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT

25. Bundled Hospital-to-Home Transition Intervention Improves Post-Discharge Outcomes of Transplant Recipients
*Laura Rossi¹, *Margaret Thomas¹, *Shawna Butler¹, *Huth Kathleen², *Hotz Arda², *Liss Isabella², *Starmer Amy², Nahel Elias^1
1Surgery-Transplant, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

+26. Preoperative Transfusion Does Not Alter Surgical Outcomes in Children with Hemolytic Disorders
*Pooja Shah, Daniel Solomon, Robert A. Cowles
Pediatric Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Clinical Science First Place Award - NESS Resident Fellow Research Day
~Brief 12. Retrorectus Mesh Reinforcement of Ileostomy Closure Is Feasible, Safe and Effective: Results from the Stoma Closure and Reinforcement (SCAR) Trial
*Robert D. Shaw, Jenaya L. Goldwag, *Mark Eid, Lauren Wilson, Srinivas Ivatury, Matthew Wilson
General Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH

~Brief 13. Opioid Dependence and Overdose after Surgery: Rate, Risk Factors and Reasons
*Jennifer Wylie¹, *Lixi Kong², Richard J. Barth^3
1Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ²Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Analytics Institute, Lebanon, NH, ³Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

36th Annual Samuel Jason Mixter Lecture
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Sponsored by the NESS Scholars Foundation

Title: In the Footsteps of Mixter: Leadership and Management at the Point of Surgical Care
Thomas F. Tracy, Jr.
Executive Director, American Pediatric Surgical Association
Adjunct Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Brown University, Providence, RI

Introduction of President
Premier A&C

Edward C. Borrazzo

Presidential Address
Premier A&C

Title: A Collective Journey of Grit and Resilience
Anne C. Larkin

Adjournment