2025 Program & Abstracts

Registration
Pre-function

Speaker Ready Room
Massachusetts

Exhibit Hall Hours
CT/RI

Scientific Session I
NH/VT
Co-Moderators: Brian Nolan, MD, MS and Joseph Phillips, MD

Variations in Management of Blunt Splenic Injury by Hospital Training Status
*Zane J. Hellmann, *Carly Thaxton, *Alexis Jones, Emily R. Christison-Lagay, Daniel G. Solomon
Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

Individual and Community-Level Predictors of Suicide Method Using Violent Death Reporting System from a Rural State
*Lucero G. Paredes¹, *Anya Cutler², *Jamie A. Wren³, Christopher G. Turner^1
1. Surgery, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME. ². Center for Interdisciplinary Population and Health Research, MaineHealth Institute for Research, Portland, ME. ³. Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME.

Same-Day Total Thyroidectomy Is Safe in a High-Volume Safety Net Hospital
*Heejoo Kang¹, *Lauren Hartnett², *Andrea Merrill², David McAneny², Frederick T. Drake^2
1. Surgery, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA. ². Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA.

Evaluating the Accuracy and Clinical Utility of AI-Generated Responses to Clinical Vignettes in Acute Care Surgery Decision-Making
*Issael Gonzalez¹, *Alan Chan², *Chloe Williams³, *Katherine Bakke⁴, *Eric Girard², Alyson Cunningham², Robert J. McLoughlin^2
1. University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT. ². Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT. ³. Department of Surgery, UH Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH. ⁴. Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.

Patient Reported Outcomes in Non-English Speaking Patients Undergoing Emergency General Surgery
*Pawan Mathew, *Samantha Linhares, Kurt S. Schultz, Kevin Schuster
Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

Reflections and Lessons Learned from a Mass Shooting in Lewiston, Maine
*Christoph A. Niederhauser¹, *Tammy Lachance², Timothy C. Counihan^2
1. University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, ME. ². Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston, ME.

Association of Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm Pathology on the Risk of Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula: Insights from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.
*Amir Ebadinejad¹, *Nora Singh², *Sara Saeidishahri¹, Oscar Serrano^1
1. Department of Surgery, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford, CT. ². Frank H. Netter School of Medicine, Hamden, CT.

Debate: Debate: GLP1s Will End Bariatric Surgery
NH/VT
Moderator: John Romanelli, MD, FACS

Mechanisms
Eric Sheu, MD,PhD

Pro GLP1s
Laurie Han, MD

Pro Bariatric Surgery
Richard Perugini, MD, FACS

Video Session
NH/VT
Moderator: Bishwajit Bhattacharya, MD

LCBDE
Allison Wilcox, MD

eTEP
Marcoandrea Giorgi, MD

Oncoplastic Breast
Naomi Kalliath, MD

Oncoplastic Breast
Jennifer Gass, MD

Colorectal Anastomotic Challenges
Haddon Pantel, MD

Coffee Break: Visit Exhibits & Posters
CT/RI

Scientific Session II
NH/VT
Co-Moderators: Adena Osband, MD and Lindsay Bliss, MD

The Impact of English Proficiency on Provider-Patient Communication and Immediate Breast Reconstruction Following Mastectomy
Khuaten Maaneb de Macedo¹, Alaina D. Geary², *Jingtong Huang³, *Alison P. Woods⁴, *Julia Danford⁵, Michael Cassidy², *Christine D. Gunn⁶, Frederick T. Drake^2
1. General Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA. ². Surgical Oncology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA. ³. School of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA. ⁴. General Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA. ⁵. Anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. ⁶. Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH.

Healthy Days at Home after Emergency General Surgery: Shifting Towards Long-Term Patient-Centered Outcomes for Older Adults
*Manuel Castillo-Angeles¹, *Cheryl K. Zogg², *Lingwei Xiang¹, *Rachel Adler¹, *Alexander Ordoobadi¹, *Emily Finlayson³, *Dae Kim⁷, *John Hsu⁴, *Samir Shah⁵, *Clancy Clark⁶, *Joel Weissman¹, Joaquim M. Havens^1
1. Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. ². Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. ³. University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. ⁴. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. ⁵. Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. ⁶. Surgery, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC. ⁷. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.

WITHDRAWN

The Financial Toxicity of Government Payers
*Bridget C. Olsen¹, Laura M. Nicolais², *Aurora Quaye³, *Janelle Richard³, *Peter Hubbs³, Timothy L. Fitzgerald^1
1. Surgery, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME. ². Surgery, Cook County Health, Chicago, IL. ³. Department of Anesthesiology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME.

The Pilonidal Care Clinic: A Decade Overview of a Dedicated Pilonidal Care Clinic
*Madelyn McArthur, *Tayana Jean-Pierre, *Ashley Stoeckel, *Kathleen Renzi, *Gheed Murtadi, *Rachael Cohen, David P. Mooney
Department of Surgey, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.

Panel: The Impaired Physician
NH/VT

Co-Moderators:	David McAneny, MD
Panelists:	Jeremy Goverman, MD Christina Finn, MD Guy Cousins, LCSW, LADC, CCS

Posters of Distinction
NH/VT
Co-Moderators: Andrea Wolffing, MD and Bruce Leavitt, MD

Drug-Induced Modified Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) Are More Potent than Unmodified Extracellular Vesicles in the Preservation of Cardiac Function in the Murine Myocardial Infarction Model
*Nicole A. Taylor¹, *Andrea Watters¹, *Mahesh Thirunavukkarasu¹, John A. Palesty², *Nilanjana Maulik^1
1. Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, CT. ². Stanley J. Dudrick Department of Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, CT.

Emergency Conversion to Open-Heart Surgery after TAVR: High Mortality and Steady Conversion Rates
*Girinandan Konireddy, *Salman Zaheer, *Sari Holmes, *Hamza Aziz, *Matthew Czarny, *Faisal Rahman, *Rani Hasan, *James Gammie, Michael Robich
Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

An Analysis of Peritoneal Aspirate - Examining the Impacts of a 90-Minute Heated Intraperitoneal Chemoperfusion in Patients with Peritoneal Malignancy
*Neelia E. Abadi
Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT.

Survival after Pathologic Complete Response in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
*Anays Murillo, *Sing Chau Ng, *Sara Myers, *Kelly Kenzik, Teviah E. Sachs
Boston Medical Center, Brookline, MA.

Reconstruction of Facial and Scalp Defects Using a Dermal Regeneration Template: A Retrospective Cohort Study
*Martin Buta, *Alexis Buckley, *Branko Bojovic
Surgery, Div. of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

Sex-Based Differences in Outcomes Following Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis
*Carly Thaxton, *Zane J. Hellmann, Daniel G. Solomon, Emily R. Christison-Lagay
Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

Low-Compute Techniques for Peritoneal Lesion Detection During Staging Laparoscopy
*Isaac Gendelman¹, *Janil Castro¹, *Sebastian Schnelldorfer², *Liping Liu², Thomas Schnelldorfer^1
1. Surgical Imaging Lab, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA. ². Computer Science, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

Impact of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy on the Rate of Clinically Significant Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula
*Sara Saeidishahri, *Amir Ebadinejad, Oscar Serrano
Department of Surgery, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT.

Goblet Cell Adenocarcinoma of the Appendix: A Single-Center Retrospective Study of Disease Course and Recurrence Patterns
Kayla R. Widdowson¹, *Arianna Markel¹, Max D. Hazeltine², *Sebastian K. Chung¹, *Nichita Kulkarni¹, *Camille Briskin¹, James M. Lindberg^1
1. Surgery, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA. ². City of Hope, Duarte, CA.

Welcome Reception
CT/RI

Registration
Pre-function

Speaker Ready Room
Massachusetts

Continental Breakfast
CT/RI

Exhibit Hall Hours
Exhibit Hall Hours

Breakfast Poster Session
CT/RI
Co-Moderators: Daniel Solomon, MD and Paige Teller, MD

Systematic Review of Psychosocial Outcomes Among Women with Breast Cancer Undergoing Mastectomy
*Lauren Raymond-King¹, *Claire R. Morton¹, *Jacqueline Moses¹, *Arshnoor Kaur², *Elizabeth L. Godfrey¹, *Safraz A. Hamid¹, *Olivia Lynch³, *Alexandria Brackett², Rachel A. Greenup¹, Elizabeth R. Berger^1
1. Department of Surgery, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT. ². Yale University, New Haven, CT. ³. Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.

Reliability of White Light Scan Technology for Evaluation of Vacuum Bell Therapy in Pectus Excavatum
*Sara Lee, P. *Nina Scalise, *Megan Z. Chiu, *Donna C. Koo, *Kelly Bartkus, Farokh Demehri
Department of General Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Perioperative Care Pathways in New Ileostomates: Can We Prevent Hospital Readmission?
*Alice Jo¹, Laura K. Barthold, MD (²), Aditi H. Jogdand, MPH ³, Matthew E. Anton, MD, MPH ¹, Natalie B. Riblet, MD, MPH ³, ⁴, Sara W. Mayo¹,^3
1General Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH.,² Department of Surgery, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, ³Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, ⁴Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mental Health Service, White River Junction, VT

Comparative Outcomes of Robotic and Laparoscopic Conversion from Sleeve Gastrectomy to Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass: An Analysis of MBSAQIP
*Sara Saeidishahri¹, *Amir Ebadinejad¹, *Devika Umashanker², *Yin Wu², Darren Tishler¹, *Dale Bond², Pavlos Papasavas^2
1. Department of Surgery, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT. ². Center for Obesity Research, Innovation, and Education, Digestive Health Institute, Hartford HealthCare, Hartford, CT.

Reasons for Delayed Hospital Discharge in Medically Ready Patients Following Elective Colorectal Surgery
*Veer S. Sawhney, *Sara Myers, *Bachar Halimeh, *Sing Chau Ng, *Samantha J. Rivard, Jennifer Davids, *Olga Beresneva
Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA.

The Effect of Bougie Size on Weight Reduction and Diabetes Remission Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Single Academic Center Retrospective Cohort Study
*Wasef Abu-Jaish, *Elizabeth O'Neill, *Keira Goodell, *Susan Campbell
Surgery, The university of Vermont Medical Center. UVM College of Medicine., Burlington, VT.

Head Injury Alerts: A Retrospective Study on the Risk of Intracranial Bleed Among Elderly Patients Presenting After Falls While on Anticoagulation vs Antiplatelet Therapy
*Meagan Kozhimala
General Surgery, Waterbury, New Haven, CT.

Widening the Gap: Financial Trends in Robotic versus Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy (2020-2023)
*Suhas Suddala, *Allison Crawford, *Katharine P. Playter, Richard A. Perugini, James E. Carroll
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Shrewsbury, MA.

Prevalence of Burnout Among Surgical Staff in Ukraine During Wartime: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
*Marta Antoniv¹, *Inesa Huivaniuk³, *Maksym Horiachok⁴, *Taras Ivanykovych⁵, *Anastasiia Liakh⁵, *Mariana Kuryk⁵, *Valeriia Chorna⁶, *Kateryna Potapova², *Viacheslav Kopetskyi³, Jennifer Davids⁷, Nelya Melnitchouk^1
1. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Chestnut Hill, MA. ². Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine. ³. Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Kyiv City Clinical Oncology Center, Kyiv, Ukraine. ⁴. Bukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine. ⁵. Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine. ⁶. Global Medical Knowledge Alliance, Boston, MA. ⁷. Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA.

Scientific Session III
NH/VT
Co-Moderators: Oscar Serrano, MD, MBA and Alisa Savetamal, MD

Expanding Access to Violence Intervention Programs: Analyzing Facility and Patient Characteristics
*Sara Larosiliere³, *Amir Ebadinejad¹, Jonathan Gates¹, Jane Keating^2
1. Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT. ². University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT. ³. Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, North Haven, CT.

Perioperative Ostomies Among Rural and Urban Patients Undergoing Colon Cancer Resection
*Sara Myers, *Elizabeth Davis, *Sing Chau Ng, Jennifer Davids, *Kelly Kenzik
Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA.

No Need to Be Testy: A Targeted Evaluation of Patients Undergoing Gastrostomy Tube Placement May Reduce Preoperative Tests Without Adversely Affecting Postoperative Outcomes
*Olivia A. Kozel¹, *Abigail Case², *Rebecca Herbert², Elizabeth Renaud^3
1. The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Orland Park, IL . ². Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. ³. Pediatric Surgery, Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, RI.

Beyond the Usual Suspects: A New Contributor to Blunt Cerebrovascular Injuries
*Pharis Sasa, *Tasneem Zaihra, *Eric Mahoney
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Waltham, MA.

Formate Confers Sex-Specific Protection Against Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
*Raihan Kabir¹, *Haley Garbus-Grant², *Obialunanma Ebenebe-Kasonde², *Nicole Taube², *Deepthi Ashok³, *Brian O'Rourke³, *Mark J. Kohr^2
1. University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT. ². Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. ³. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

Examining One-Year Readmission Rates for Recurrent Pancreatitis Following an Initial Acute Pancreatitis Episode
*Ikemsinachi C. Nzenwa, *Jack Miller, *Yasmin Arda, *Vahe S. Panossian, *Yasmin G. Hernandez-Barco, *Michael P. DeWane, *Katherine Albutt, Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo, Keith Lillemoe, Andrew Warshaw, Peter Fagenholz, *Casey M. Luckhurst
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

MGMT Deficiency Is Associated with Pathological High-Risk Features of Disease in Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
*Leanne Brown, *Joseph Misdraji, *Guannan Gong, *Sameer Pandya, *Pathik Aravind, *Lauren Raymond-King, *Theresa Marciano, *Joanna Hu, *Pamela Kunz, John Kunstman
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

Introduction of New Members
NH/VT

Conferment of the Nathan Smith Award

Panel: Managing Up - Acquiring Administrative Support for New Programs
NH/VT
Moderator: Tim Fitzgerald, MD

Chief Medical Officer MaineHealth
Adrian Moran, M.B., B.Ch

Director of Perioperative Services
Joe Portereiko, DO

Hospital Vice President
Maxwell Laurans

Rural Hospital Programmatic Challenges
Anna Royer, MD, FACS

Coffee Break: Visit Exhibits & Posters
CT/RI

Paper of the Year & Scientific Session IV
NH/VT
Co-Moderators: Rajan Gupta, MD and Elizabeth Renaud, MD

Paper of the Year: Design and Impact of a Novel Surgery-Specific Second Victim Peer Support Program
*Majed W El Hechi¹, *Jordan D. Bohnen¹, *Maggie Westfal¹, *Kelsey Han^1,2, Christy Cauley⁴, *Cameron Wright^1,2, John Schulz^1,2, *Elizabeth Mort^1,2, *Timothy Ferris^1,2, Keith D. Lillemoe^1,2, Haytham Kaafarani^1,2,3
1.Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ². Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; ³. Center for Outcomes and Patient Safety in Surgery (COMPASS), Massachusetts General Surgery, Boston, MA; ⁴. Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH"

Utility of Pre-Operative Ultrasound for Surgical Decision Making in Neonates Diagnosed with Necrotizing Enterocolitis
*Elena M. Wilson, *Zane J. Hellmann, *Connor V. Haynes, Daniel G. Solomon, Emily R. Christison-Lagay
Pediatric Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

Measuring Agreement Between Nursing Bedside and Comprehensive Preoperative Screeners for Health-Related Social Needs Before Elective Major Surgery
Kurt S. Schultz, *Samantha Linhares, *Elizabeth L. Godfrey, *Bailey Thomson Blake, *Eliza J. Epstein, *Yuqing Huang, Ira L. Leeds
Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

Retrospective Analysis of the Area Deprivation Index and the Risk of Postoperative Adverse Events
*Ali A. Nimeri, *Daniel Uzochukwu, *Obinnaya Okereke, Zachary Ballinger, *Marcus McKenzie, *Adam Skura, *AbdulAziz Khan, *Amalia PenaPerez, Richard A. Perugini
UMass Chan School of Medicine, Sharon, MA.

Outcomes After Major Amputation in Octogenarians
*Kyle Bui¹, *Anish Patel¹, *Andrea Alonso², *Elina Farber¹, Khuaten Maaneb de Macedo², Alik Farber³, *Jeffrey Kalish³, Jeffrey J. Siracuse^3
1. School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA. ². General Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA. ³. Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA.

Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Elective Pancreatoduodenectomy: A Propensity Score-Weighted Comparative Analysis
*Kaique Filardi, Oscar Serrano
Surgery, Hartford Hospital, Farmington, CT.

Successes and Challenges of Implementing Stop the Bleed Training for School Nurses and Educators in Rhode Island
*Shriya R. Perati¹, *Anita Gandhi², *Amber Sale¹, *Camille Marangi¹, *Melinda Delaney², *Brent Emigh³, Elizabeth Renaud^4
1. The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI. ². Division of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. ³. Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. ⁴. Division of Pediatrics, Department of Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.

Diagnostic Overshadowing: Delayed Intervention in Substance Use Disorder Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury
*Yasmin Arda, *Vahe S. Panossian, *Ikemsinachi C. Nzenwa, *Matthew Bartek, *Casey M. Luckhurst, *Charudutt N. Paranjape, *Joshua S. Ng-Kamstra, *Jonathan Parks, *Katherine Albutt, *John O. Hwabejire, *Michael P. DeWane, George Velmahos, Haytham Kaafarani
Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

40th Annual Samuel Jason Mixter Lecturer
Sponsored by the NESS Scholars Foundation
NH/VT

Brian Hoyer, NFL Quarterback

Free Afternoon

Optional Activity: Old Port Culinary Walking Tour (Separate Registration Required)
Departs from entrance of the Holiday Inn Portland - By the Bay
Price: $165 per person. Add this event during the Annual Meeting registration process. Tickets purchased for this event are a final sale and the event will be held rain or shine. Refunds will only be issued under the following circumstance: If the minimum number of spots has not been met by Monday, September 1st, the New England Surgical Society reserves the right to cancel the activity; attendees who have already paid for the activity will be notified of the cancellation by email, and refunded.

A leisurely-paced walking tour that carves a path through the streets of the charming Old Port, educating you on local food, drinks and history! Friendly and engaging tour guides take you on a 3-hour, ¾-mile stroll (from the tour's starting point) through Old Port and neighboring artisanal shops, restaurants, and pubs where you'll sample a delectable mix of classic Maine, Maine-inspired, up-and-coming, cultural, and fancy foods and beverages. Full details here.

New Members Pre-Reception (Invitation only)
Somerset

DEI in Surgery Pre-Reception
Somerset Please note that the New Member Pre-Reception and the DEI in Surgery Pre-Reception are a combined event. Dress is business attire (as this event leads directly into the President's Reception & Dinner). The Combined Pre-Reception is for the Executive Committee and new Active, Senior, and Associate members (and their spouses/partners) who are attending their first Annual Meeting, as well as for the DEI Committee and attendees to engage in a fun DEI networking opportunity.

President's Reception & Dinner
Reception: CT/RI
Dinner: NH/VT
Cocktail Attire

DJ and dancing following dinner

Registration
Pre-Function

Speaker Ready Room
Massachusetts

Continental Breakfast
Pre-Function

Members Meeting (Annual Business Meeting)
NH/VT

Breakfast Poster Session
NH/VT
Co-Moderators: Jill Rubinstein, MD and Sidhu Gangagharan, MD, MHCM

Evaluating the Characteristics and Outcome Differences Between Patients Admitted to the Surgical ICU versus the Step-Down Unit
Gabriel Ryb, *Sarah Bunker
Department of Surgery, Baystate Medical Center, Ludlow, MA.

Locoregional Recurrence in Women with Early Stage Triple Negative Breast Cancer (pT1 or pT2, cN0 and pN0) Treated with Mastectomy and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy with Systemic Therapy Without Radiation: An Exploratory Study
Kara Button¹, Paige Teller³, *Ian Bristol^2
1. General Surgery , MaineHealth, Portland , ME. ². Radiation Oncology, Spectrum Healthcare Partners, South Portland, ME. ³. Breast Surgery, New England Cancer Specalists, Scarborough, ME.

Shifting Coverage: Evolving Trends in Insurance for Bariatric Surgery and Persistent Disparities
*Samuel Butensky¹, *Safraz A. Hamid¹, *Elena Graetz², *Eric Schneider¹, Karen Gibbs^1
1. Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. ². Department of Biostatistics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

Post-Operative Adverse Events and the Area Deprivation Index After Sleeve Gastrectomy
*Daniel Uzochukwu, *Ali A. Nimeri, *Marcus McKenzie, Zachary Ballinger, *Obinnaya Okereke, *Katharine P. Playter, *AbdulAziz Khan, *Banafo Abbeyquaye, Richard A. Perugini
UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA.

Patterns of Firearm Injury Across a Rural State: A 10-Year Single Center Experience
*Lucero G. Paredes, *Carolyne Falank, Bryan C. Morse, Christopher G. Turner
Surgery, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME.

The Impact of a Best Practice Alert (BPA) on Executing the "Enhanced Caprini" Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prevention Protocol
Khu Aten Maaneb de Macedo², Anna J. Kobzeva-Herzog², *Jeffrey Franks², *Sing Chau Ng², *Pamela Rosenkranz¹, Jeffrey J. Siracuse², Alik Farber², *Aaron Richman², David McAneny^2
1. Department of Nursing, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA. ². Department of Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA.

Failure to Rescue in Major Hepatectomy: A Comparative Analysis Based on Operative Approach
Sara Saeidishahri, Amir Ebadinejad, Oscar Serrano
Department of Surgery, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT.

Incidence of the Development of Rectal Prolapse After Surgical Repair of Pelvic Organ Prolapse
*Laura Palmere¹, *Kris Strohbehn¹, Sara W. Mayo^2
1. Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock, Lebanon, NH. ². Colorectal Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock, Lebanon, NH.

Fellowship after General Surgery Training: Does it Pay?
Jack F. Donaghue¹, Daniel Denson¹, Kari M. Rosenkranz^2
1. Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States. ². Surgical Oncology - Breast, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH, United States.

A Digestive Cartridge Improves Survival and Reduces Intestinal Injury in a Murine Model of Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Sarah Z. Wang¹, Djanira Fernandes¹, Savas Tsikis¹, Thomas Hirsch¹, Scott Fligor¹, Amy Pan¹, Mikayla Quigley¹, Valeria Ruiz¹, Greta Loring², Stephen Davia², Carter Petty¹, Mark Puder^1
1. Surgery, Vascular Biology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States. ². Alcresta Therapeutics, Waltham, MA, United States.

Scientific Session V
NH/VT
Co-Moderators: Julie DiSano, MD and Luise Pernar, MD, MHPE

Scanner-Free Histological Image Acquisition for Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Digital Pathology
*Teagan D. Iglesias², *Sergii Domanskyi², *Todd B. Sheridan¹, *Javad Noorbakhsh², *Jeffrey H. Chuang², Jill C. Rubinstein^1
1. Hartford Healthcare, Hartford, CT. ². The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, CT.

New England Program Signaling in the General Surgery Residency Match: A Descriptive Analysis
*Samantha Ahle¹, *Kenneth Lynch¹, *Ashlie Haas-Rodriguez¹, Thomas Miner¹, Albany Medical Center Program², Mass General Brigham Program³, Boston University Medical Center Program⁴, Kari M. Rosenkranz⁵, Lahey Clinic Program⁶, Jaswin Sawhney⁷, Mass General Brigham Mass General Program⁸, Stamford Hospital Program⁹, University of Connecticut Program¹⁰, Jennifer LaFemina¹¹, University of Vermont Medical Center Program^12
1. Surgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI. ². Surgery, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY. ³. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. ⁴. Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA. ⁵. Darmouth- Hitchcock, Lebanon, NH. ⁶. Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA. ⁷. Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME. ⁸. Mass General, Boston, MA. ⁹. Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT. ¹⁰. University of Connecticut Program, Hartford, CT. ¹¹. UMass Chan School of Medicine, Boston, MA. ¹². University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT.

Examining Maternal Health and Socioeconomic Drivers Associated with Necrotizing Enterocolitis in a Safety Net Hospital
Abdimajid Mohamed¹, *Bharath Miriyam², *Rachel Allen³, Christopher Muratore^1
1. Pediatric Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA. ². Boston University, Boston, MA. ³. Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.

Validation of Prognostic Impact of Extramural Vascular Invasion in Colorectal Cancer Across Multiple Racially Distinct International Cohorts
*Swati Sonal³, *Susan McKendry⁴, *Akiyoshi Ikebata², *Kohei Shigeta², *Koji Okabayashi², *Miho Kawaida⁶, *Hajime Okita⁶, *Rama Al Masri⁵, *Mahmoud Al Masri⁵, *Paul Richardson¹, *Robert Goldstone¹, Hiroko Kunitake¹, David L. Berger^1
1. General and GI Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. ². Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. ³. Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN. ⁴. Surgery, Queen's university Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. ⁵. Surgery, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan. ⁶. Diagnostic Pathology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

Outcomes of Outpatient Thyroidectomy for High-Risk Patients: A Single-Site Retrospective Cohort Study
*Emery Boudreau¹, *Alice Jo¹, *Laura E. Newton¹, *Aidan Wright², Meredith Sorensen^1
1. General Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH. ². Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH.

Vitamin D receptor is necessary for metabolic health after sleeve gastrectomy
*Weronika Stupalkowska¹, *Lei Zhao², *Cullen Roberts¹, *Yingjia Chen¹, *Gavin Bewick³, *Francesco Rubino³, *Sloan Devlin⁴, Eric Sheu¹, *Andrei Moscalu^1
1. Laboratory for Surgical and Metabolic Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. ². Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. ³. School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom. ⁴. Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Most Impactful Papers of the Year
NH/VT
Moderator: Gino Trevisani, MD

General Surgery/ Disparities
Andrew Loehrer, MD, MPH

Adult Emergency General Surgery/Rural Surgery
Gino Trevisani, MD

General Thoracic
Francis Podbielski, MD

Breast
Alaina Geary, MD

Trauma
Alia Aunchman, MD

Surgical Oncology
John Kunstman, MD

General Pediatric Surgery
Meredith Baker, MD

Endocrine Surgery
F. Thurston Drake, MD, MPH

Abstract Awards

Presidential Address

Introduction of President
Alisa Savetamal, MD
2024-2025 NESS Vice President

Address by the President
Tail wags and belly rubs:
Lessons from a dog
Kari Rosenkranz, MD
2024-2025 NESS President

Adjournment