Registration
Pre-Function

Speaker Ready Room
Montpelier Salon C

Poster Set-Up
Pre-Function & Montpelier

Exhibit Hall Hours
Pre-Function

SCIENTIFIC SESSION I
Adirondack Ballroom
Co-Moderators: Feiran Lou, MD and Andrew Duffy, MD

Blood Product Utilization In Emergency Resuscitative Thoracotomy: A Nationwide Analysis
*Vahe S. Panossian MD, *Ikemsinachi Nzenwa , *Anne Hoekman , *Emanuele Lagazzi , *Wardah Rafaqat , *Suzanne Arnold , *Majed El Hechi , *Josh Ng-Kamstra , *Matthew Bartek , *Charu Paranjape , *Michael DeWane , *John Hwabejire , George Velmahos , Haytham Kaafarani MD, MPH
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

HOXA13 Overexpression Is Associated With Poor Prognosis In Colorectal Liver Metastases
*David G. Su M.D.¹, *Vadim Kurbatov MD¹, *Xujun Wang ², *Zhaoshi zeng ³, *Philip Paty ³, *Caroline Johnson ⁴, *Jun Lu ⁵, Sajid A. Khan MD^1
1General Surgery, Yale New Haven Hospital, Hamden, CT; ²SJTU-Yale Joint Center for Biostatistics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; ³³Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, NY; ⁴Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT; ⁵Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Postoperative CRP predicts pancreatic fistula formation after Whipple procedure: An internal validation study
*Pathik Aravind MD, *Leanne Brown MD, *Wendy Feng MD, *Nicholas Peters MD, Sajid A. Khan MD, Kevin G. Billingsley MD, MBA, Ronald Salem MD, John W. Kunstman MD, MHS
General Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Textbook Outcomes After Esophagectomy with Gastric Conduit for Cancer
*James J. Park ¹, *Allison Crawford MS³, Giles F. Whalen MD², *Isabel Cristina M. Emmerick PhD³, Karl F. Uy MD³, Mark W. Maxfield MD³, Feiran Lou MD^3
1UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA; ²Division of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, UMass Memorial Medical Center, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA; ³Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, UMass Memorial Medical Center, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA

The Role of Financial Toxicity Components on Long-Term Trauma Outcomes: What Matters Most?
*Saba Ilkhani MD MPH¹, *Tanujit Dey phD², *Ben Grobman ², *Wardah Rafaqat ⁵, *Sabrina Sanchez ⁶, *John Hwabejire ⁵, *Kavitha Ranganathan ³, *John W. Scott ⁴, *Juan p P. Herrera-Escobar ¹, Ali Salim MD¹, *Geoffrey Anderson MD MPH^1
1Trauma, Burn, and Surgical Critical Care, Brigham and Women's hospital, Boston, MA; ²Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; ³Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Brigham and Women's hospital, BOSTON, MA; ⁴University of Washington, Seattle, WA; ⁵Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery & Surgical Critical, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ⁶Boston Medical center, Boston, MA

National Trends in Stage-Specific Breast Cancer Incidence Rates and Surgical Treatment
*Carina Zhang , *Julia Burns MD, *Jennifer Chen B.A., M.S., *Brian Sprague PhD., Michelle Sowden MD
Surgery, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT

Management Patterns of Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis at a Safety-Net Hospital
*Akshay Ravandur , Anna Kobzeva-Herzog MD, *Sophie Chung MD, *Tracy Battaglia MD MPH, Michael R. Cassidy MD, *Amy Fitzpatrick MD, *Jordana Phillips MD, *Christine Prifti MD, *Priscilla Slanetz MD MPH, *Michael York MD, *Andrea Merrill MD
Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

Routine Use of Intraoperative Pleural Air Sealant in Minimally Invasive Lung Resections: a Single-Surgeon Analysis
*Samih Shafique MS, *Benjamin Palleiko BS, *Tanmay Patil MPH, *Allison Crawford MS, *Isabel Cristina M. Emmerick , Feiran Lou MD, Karl F. Uy MD, Mark W. Maxfield MD
Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University Of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA

Housing Insecurity Is Associated With Loss To Follow Up After Revascularization For Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia
*Thomas Mcnamara BS, *Max Zhu , *Diana Rodriguez , *Nkiruka Arinze , *Thomas Cheng , Alik Farber , *Elizabeth King MD, *Andrea Alonso MD, Jeffrey Siracuse MD, MBA
Surgery, Boston University, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA

DEI Session
Adirondack Ballroom
Co-Moderators: Jacqueline Wu, MD and Alisa Savetamal, MD

DEI Glossary, Why DEI Is Important
Kathleen A. LaVorgna, MD
Nuvance Health

Pipeline And How We Can Make Surgery More Diverse
Sabrina E. Sanchez, MD
Boston Medical Center

How To Recruit A Diverse Department
Thomas F. Tracy, Jr. MD
American Pediatric Surgical Association

Bystander Awareness, How To Be An Ally
Alaina D. Geary, MD
Boston Medical Center

COFFEE BREAK: Visit Exhibits & Posters
Pre-Function

SCIENTIFIC SESSION II
Adirondack Ballroom
Co-Moderators: John Romanelli, MD and Larson Erb, MD

The Impact of Dementia on Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Differences in Perioperative and Longer-Term Outcomes Following Emergency General Surgery
*Manuel Castillo-Angeles MD, MPH¹, *Cheryl Zogg PhD¹, *Rachel R. Adler ScD¹, *Lingwei Xiang MPH¹, Joaquim Havens MD¹, *Joel Weissman PhD¹, *Clancy J. Clark MD^2
1Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA; ²Surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

Equitable Access to Kidney Transplantation: Assessing the Effects of Race-Neutral eGFR Calculations
*Amir Ebadinejad MD¹, *Juan P. Cobar MD¹, *Pamela Cyr-Long ², Wasim Dar MD², *Bishoy Emmanuel MD², Glyn Morgan MD², Oscar K. Serrano ^2
1Department of Surgery, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT; ²Transplant & Comprehensive Liver Center, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT

Sex-Specific Improvements in Myocardial Function and Angiogenesis in a Swine Model of Metabolic Syndrome and Chronic Myocardial Ischemia with SGLT-2 Inhibitor Canagliflozin
*Dwight D. Harris , *Mark Broadwin MD, *Christopher Stone MD, *Sharif A. Sabe MD, *Meghamsh Kanuparthy MD, *Ju-woo Nho , *Jiayu Hu , *M. Ruhul Abid MD PhD, Frank Sellke MD
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Cardiovascular Research Center, Rhode Island Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI

Integrating surgeon-derived risk estimates to improve clinical data-based prediction of post-operative complications
*Margaret T. Berrigan MD, Brendin Beaulieu-Jones MD, MBA, MBI, *Alma Burbano MD, *Gabriel Brat MD, MPH
Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Financial Impact of Operative Stress and Physiologic Reserve in Surgical Patients
Timothy L. Fitzgerald ¹, Laura Nicolais MD², *Aurora Quaye MD², *Janelle M. Richard BS², *Peter Hubbs MD^2
1Surgery, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; ²Anesthesia, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME

Sternotomy vs Thoracotomy for Coarctation with Arch Hypoplasia: Prioritizing Adequate Transverse Arch Size to Optimize Long-term Arch Repair Outcomes Given Clinically Insignificant Recovery Differences
*Dominic Recco MD, *Shannen Kizilski , *Kimberlee Gauvreau , *Breanna Piekarski , *Ashwin Prakash , *David Hoganson
Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Exploring the Effects of a Hospital Violence Intervention Program on Services Upon Discharge
*Amir Ebadinejad MD¹, *Juan P. Cobar MD¹, Jonathan Gates MD¹, *David Crump ², *Ya-Huei Li PhD³, Matthew Lissauer MD¹, Jane Keating MD^1
1Department of Surgery, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT; ²Hospital Violence Intervention Program, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT; ³Department of Research Administration, Hartford HealthCare, Hartford, CT

POSTERS OF DISTINCTION
Adirondack Ballroom
Co-Moderators: Joseph Phillips, MD and Joel Goldberg, MD

WITHDRAWN

Education Challenges in Patients with End Stage Renal Disease Requiring Hemodialysis
*Nyah Patel MPH¹, *Anna Schneider ¹, *Thomas Cheng ², *Andrea Alonso MD¹, *Thomas Mcnamara BS¹, *Elizabeth King MD¹, Alik Farber ¹, Jeffrey Siracuse MD, MBA^1
1Surgery, Boston University, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA; ²Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

Pilot Study of Evidence-Based, Pragmatic Home-Based Prehabilitation Program
Timothy L. Fitzgerald ¹, Abdimajid Mohamed MD², Laura Nicolais MD¹, *Liam Trimbel MD¹, *Amy Litterini DPT^1
1Surgery, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; ²Surgery, Boston University, Boston, MA

Staged Completion Thyroidectomy Following Lost Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Signal During Index Thyroid Operation
*Jacob S. Bodde MS, Anna Kobzeva-Herzog MD, *Akshay Ravandur , *Andrea Merrill MD, Frederick T. Drake , David McAneny MD
Department of Surgery, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

The modified Frailty Index does not significantly help with Esophagectomy Risk Prediction Modelling
Hayley Reddington , *Samih Shafique MS, *Kevin Dickson , *Allison Crawford MS, Mark W. Maxfield MD, Karl F. Uy MD, *Isabel Cristina M. Emmerick , Feiran Lou MD
Surgery, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA

Urgent and Emergent Colectomy: Indications, Outcomes and Predictors of Reoperation and Death in 507 Patients
*Raisa R. Gao DO¹, *Nicholas Stevens DO¹, *Kayla Flewelling MD¹, *Clayton Wyland DO¹, *Austin Brubaker MS², *Theresa McGoff MBA, RN, CCRP², Laurence McCahill MD^1
1General Surgery, Western Michigan University School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI; ²Department of Biomedical Informatics, Western Michigan University School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI

Pain Management During Bromelain-based Enzymatic Debridement in a U.S. Adult Burn Center
*Martin Buta MD, MBA¹, *Dominic Annand BS¹, *Sarah Findeisen BA¹, *Sean Hickey MD¹, *Jonathan Friedstat MD, MPH¹, John Schulz MD, PhD¹, *Branko Bojovic MD¹, *Edward Bittner MD, PhD², Jeremy Goverman MD^1
1Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ²Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue-Derived Neural Stem Cells Promote Regeneration Following Peripheral Nerve Gap Injury
*Leah Ott , *Rhian Stavely , *Ahmed Rahman , *Christopher Han , *Abigail Leavitt , *Ryo Hotta , *Allan Goldstein
Pediatric Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brookline, MA

A Multicenter Assessment of the Accuracy of Claims Data in Appendicitis Research
Brendin R. Beaulieu-Jones MD, MBA¹, *Aksel D. Laudon ¹, *Swetha Duraiswamy ¹, *Frank Yang ², *Elizabeth Chen ³, *David R. Flum ², *Kasey Lerner ⁴, *Heather Evans ⁴, *Alex Charboneau ⁵, *Vlad Simianu ⁵, *Lauren Thompson ⁶, *Faris Azar ⁶, *Victoria Valdes ⁷, Chaitan Narsule ⁷, *Sabrina Sanchez ¹, Frederick T. Drake ^1
1General Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA; ²General Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; ³Western University of Health Services, Pomona, CA; ⁴Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; ⁵Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA; ⁶General Surgery, St. Mary's Medical Center, West Palm Beach, FL; ⁷General Surgery, Lahey Health Medical Center, Burlington, MA

Care Discontinuity in Geriatric Trauma: Can Long-Term Outcomes Better Measure Its Effect?
*Manuel Castillo-Angeles MD, MPH, *Cheryl Zogg MD PhD, *Molly P. Jarman PhD, *James C. Etheridge MD, *Christine Wu MD, Reza Askari MD, *Stephanie L. Nitzschke MD, Ali Salim MD, *Zara Cooper MD, Joaquim Havens
Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA

Welcome Reception
Pre-Function

Optional Activity: Brewery Tour (Separate Registration Required)
Departs from entrance of Hotel Champlain
Price: $160 per person. Tickets purchased for this event are a final sale.

City Brew Tours offers an unforgettable, all-inclusive, beer-focused experience. Led by a professional guide, participants will enjoy tastings of craft beer at two different breweries, with a culinary food and beer pairing session at the second stop. The event includes round-trip transportation, VIP lanyards with beer tasting guides, brewery entrance fees and taxes, and gratuities for the expert Beer Guide.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• This event is only available to those who are 21 years of age or older.
• Participants must have a valid photo ID and wear closed-toe shoes.

Registration
Pre-Function

Speaker Ready Room
Montpelier Salon C

Continental Breakfast
Pre-Function

Exhibit Hall Hours
Pre-Function

SCIENTIFIC SESSION III
Adirondack Ballroom
Co-Moderators: Donald Hess, MD and Kevin Schuster, MD

Decoding the General Surgery Match, the Effect of Applicant Characteristics, Preference Signals and Away Rotations on Match Success
*Jacob L. Kotlier ¹, *Angela P. Mihalic ^2
1Tufts University School of Medicine, Belmont, MA; ²UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX

The Effect of Cholecystectomy on Weight Loss after Metabolic Bariatric Surgery
*Juan P. Cobar , *Amir Ebadinejad , *Yin Wu , *Connie Santana , Darren Tishler , *Dale Bond , Pavlos Papasavas
Hartford Healthcare, Hartford, CT

Patient-Level Social Determinants of Health Risk Factors and Short-Term Outcomes After Major Thoracic and Abdominal Surgery Across a Statewide Academic Healthcare System
Kurt Schultz Doctor of Medicine¹, *Emily Y. Park BA¹, *Julianna Mastrorilli BS², Ira L. Leeds MD, MBA, ScM^1
1Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; ²Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT

The Application Of Machine Learning Models In Resource-Constrained Environments
*Jaewook Shin Doctor of Medicine¹, *Kemnunto Otoki MD², *Addison M. Heffernan ¹, *Robert K. Parker MD, FACS², Daithi S. Heffernan MD, FACS^1
1Surgical Research, Rhode Island Hospital/Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI; ²Department of Surgery, Tenwek Hospital, Bomet, Kenya

Introduction of New Members
Adirondack Ballroom

SCIENTIFIC SESSION IV
Adirondack Ballroom
Co-Moderators: Alia Aunchman, MD and Adena Osband, MD

Paper of the year: Frailty Cost: Economic Impact of Frailty in the Elective Surgical Patient
Timothy L. Fitzgerald
Maine Medical Center

Influence of State and Local Social and Public Health Spending on Cancer Incidence and Mortality
*Laura E. Newton M.D.¹, Andrew P. Loehrer ^2
1General Surgery, Dartmouth Health, Lebanon, NH; ²Surgical Oncology, Dartmouth Health, Lebanon, NH

The limited utility of preoperative hypoalbuminemia as an independent predictor of post-conversion and revisional bariatric surgery outcomes: an MBSAQIP registry analysis
*Pourya Medhati ¹, *Jerry Dang MD PhD², Eric Sheu ¹, Ali Tavakkoli ¹, Abdelrahman Nimeri ¹, *Thomas Shin MD^1
1Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Mutational Features and Tumor Microenvironment Alterations in High-Grade Appendiceal Cancers treated with iterative Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC)
*David G. Su M.D.¹, *Ankit Dhiman ², *Varun V. Bansal ¹, *Yuanyuan Zha ³, *Ardaman Shergill ⁴, *Blasé Polite ⁴, *Lindsay Alpert ³, Kiran Turaga MD, MPH, FACS¹, *Oliver S. Eng ^5
1General Surgery, Yale New Haven Hospital, Hamden, CT; ²Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Atlanta, GA; ³Pathology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL; ⁴Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL; ⁵Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA

Impact of nearby hospital closure on case volume and patient mix of established surgical services
*Madeline Goosman MPH, *Tynan H. Friend BA, Daithi S. Heffernan , *Andrew H. Stephen MD, FACS
Brown University, Providence, RI

Functional Significance of Exosome Therapy Improve the Outcome of a Murine Model of Sepsis: Potential role of Thioredoxin-1
*Sean Burgwardt DO¹, *Andrew Kemerley DO², *Santosh Swaminathan ¹, *Mahesh Thirunavukkarasu ², *Shayan Ahmed MD¹, Alexander Palesty ¹, *Nilanjana Maulik ^2
1Surgery, Saint Mary's Hospital/UConn School of Medicine, Waterbury , CT; ²Surgery, UConn School of Medicine, Farmington, CT

Perioperative transfusion and need for preoperative type and crossmatch in stable neonatal intensive care patients
*Olivia A. Kozel BA¹, *Emily Hensler MD⁵, *Debra Watson-Smith BSN, RN², *Mara Coyle MD³, Elizabeth Renaud MD, FACS, FAAP^4
1The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI; ²Pediatric Surgery, Brown Surgical Associates, Providence, RI; ³Pediatrics, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI; ⁴Pediatric Surgery, Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, RI; ⁵Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI

Meeting physical activity guidelines is associated with metabolic healthy obesity among patients pursuing metabolic bariatric surgery
*Amir Ebadinejad ¹, Pavlos Papasavas ¹, *Yin Wu ¹, *Juan P. Cobar ¹, *Raymond McKay ³, *Connie Santana ¹, *Lucas Carr ², *Anna Schwartz ¹, Darren Tishler ¹, *Dale Bond ^1
1Surgery, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT; ²Department of Health and Human Physiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; ³Cardiology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT

COFFEE BREAK: Visit Exhibits & Posters
Pre-Function

Conferment of the Nathan Smith Award
Adirondack Ballroom

SCIENTIFIC SESSION V
Adirondack Ballroom
Co-Moderators: Ryan Gerry, MD and Timothy Fitzgerald, MD

Overcoming Political Upheaval to Deliver Pediatric Surgical Care in Afghanistan: A Prospective Analysis of 1000 Cases
*Dunya Moghul MD², *Emma Bryce MPH³, *Yalda Obaidy MD⁵, *Philip Hsu MD, PhD⁴, *Ajmal Sherzad MD⁵, Maija Cheung MD^1
1Surgery, Yale University, Branford, CT; ²Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; ³Research, Kids Operating Room, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; ⁴Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; ⁵Surgery, Ataturk Hospital, Kabul, Afghanistan

Heart Transplant Equity: The Effects of the 2018 Allocation Policy Change on White and Black/Hispanic Recipient Mortality and Morbidity
*Alisa Pugacheva ¹, *Selena Li MD¹, *Asishana Osho MD, MPH¹, *Thais Faggion Vinholo MD, MSc², *Eriberto Michel MD¹, *Thoralf M. Sundt MD^1
1Division of Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ²Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Concordance Between Preoperative Imaging and Surgical Specimen Size in the Evaluation of Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms of the Pancreas
*Juan P. Cobar MD¹, *Amir Ebadinejad ¹, *El-Sayed Ibrahim MD², *Julia Silverman BS³, *Tony El-Jabbour MD², Lindsay Bliss MD¹, David Curtis MD¹, Bret Schipper MD¹, *Saverio Ligato MD², Oscar K. Serrano ^1
1Department of Surgery, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT; ²Department of Pathology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT; ³School of Medicine, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT

NADPH oxidase inhibition opposes pro-oxidant and apoptotic signaling and partially rescues impairment in coronary microvascular vasorelaxation in diabetic models
*Debolina Banerjee MD, *Ju-woo Nho , *Hang Xing , *Janelle Li , *Hanisah Iddrisu , *Meghamsh Kanuparthy MD, Frank Sellke MD, *Jun Feng
Surgery, Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI

The Late Career Surgeon: When Is It Time To Slow Down?
Moderator: David McAneny, MD

New England Surgical Society Members' Perspectives on Practice and Exiting from Surgery
Lucy Ruangvoravat¹, Walter Longo¹, Anne Larkin², Kristine. Olson^3
1Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; ²Surgery, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA; ³Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Presenter: Lucy Ruangvoravat, MD

The Late Career Practitioner: Results of Cognitive Assessment of 70 Year-old Physicians at Hartford HealthCare
Rocco Orlando, MD¹, Lucy Ruangvoravat, MD², Walter Longo, MD^3
1Hartford Healthcare; ²Yale School of Medicine; ³Yale University

Presenters:

Walter Longo, MD, MBA Rocco Orlando, III, MD

2nd New England ASMBS Chapter Meeting at NESS
Lake Champlain Conference Room

Optional Activity: Spirit Of Ethan Allen Cruise (Separate Registration Required)
1 College Street, Burlington, VT
Price: $33 per person. The cruise will be held rain or shine; all sales are final.

Hop aboard for a 90-minute cruise of Lake Champlain. This scenic narrated tour takes you north towards Lone Rock Point, loops around Juniper Island, passes Rock Dunder, and enters Shelburne Bay before heading back through the South End of Burlington.

Optional Activity: Golf at the Vermont National Country Club (Registration Closed / Sold Out)
1227 Dorset St, South Burlington, VT
Price: $125 per person, including cart (Registration Closed / Sold Out)

Join NESS attendees for a round of golf at the Vermont National Country Club during your free afternoon! Green fees will be collected at the pro shop.

Combined New Members & DEI in Surgery Pre-Reception
Vermont Conference Room

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: Mezzanine
Dinner: Adirondack Ballroom
Business Attire

Post Dinner Speaker: Surgeons and Medical Illustrators: History and practice of a symbiotic relationship
Francois I. Luks, MD, PhD

Registration
Pre-Function

Speaker Ready Room
Pre-Function

Continental Breakfast
Pre-Function

Annual Business Meeting (Members Only)
Adirondack Ballroom

39th Annual Samuel Jason Mixter Lecturer
Sponsored by the NESS Scholars Foundation

The 21st Century—The Renaissance Period for American Surgery: What Will Be the Aftermath?
L.D. Britt, MD, MPH
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA

SCIENTIFIC SESSION VI
Adirondack Ballroom
Co-Moderators: Nicole Cherng, MD and Edward Borrazzo, MD

Implementation of Interventions to Maximize Opioid Disposal after Surgery in Routine Clinical Practice
*Yash Deshmukh ¹, *Mateo Amezcua ¹, *Brendan Barth ¹, Robin Cotter ², Richard J. Barth MD^2
1Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, White River Junction, VT; ²Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

Appendiceal Complications Following Nonoperative Management of Complicated Appendicitis: A Retrospective Study of 3,890 Patients
*Zane J. Hellmann MD, *Matthew Hornick MD, Daniel Solomon
Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Disparities in Opioid Prescribing in Traumatically Injured Patients
*Sophia M. Smith ¹, *Rachel Adams PA-C¹, *Emily J. Ha BS², *Cara Michael BA², *Kendall Jenkins MS², *Wang Pong Chan BS², *Noelle N. Saillant MD¹, *Jeffrey Franks MSPH¹, *Sabrina Sanchez ^1
1Boston Medical Center, Quincy, MA; ²Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA

Canagliflozin Attenuates Pulmonary TGF Beta Activation in a Porcine Model of Type 2 Pulmonary Hypertension
*Meghamsh Kanuparthy MD¹, *Dwight D. Harris ², *Mark Broadwin MD³, *Christopher Stone MD¹, *Jad Hamze ¹, Frank Sellke MD^1
1Department of Surgery, Brown University, Providence, RI; ²Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; ³Department of Surgery, Lehigh Valley Medical Center, Allentown, PA

Development of a Novel Hierarchical Surgical Complexity Classification Score to Account for Procedural Heterogeneity Across Surgical Specialties
*Gabriela Esnaola BA², *Thomas Gill MD³, Ronnie A. Rosenthal MD, MS, FACS¹, Kevin M. Schuster ¹, Robert D. Becher MD, MS, FACS^1
1Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, Houston, TX, CT; ²Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; ³Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Contemporary Management of Pediatric Renal Injuries at a Level 1 Trauma Center
Zachary Ballinger MD¹, *Jahnavi Challagonda ², Muriel A. Cleary MD³, Jonathan Green MD, MSCI³, Kaitlyn Wong MD, PhD³, Jeremy T. Aidlen MD^3
1Surgery, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA; ²UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA; ³Pediatric Surgery, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA

Introduction of President
Adirondack Ballroom

M. Parker Roberts, III, MD
2023-2024 NESS Vice President

Presidential Address
Adirondack Ballroom

Lessons from the Renaissance for 21st Century Surgeons
Rocco Orlando, III, MD
2023-2024 NESS President