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state: Yale University; Stamford
Hospital; Waterbury Hospital;
Danbury Hospital; Saint Mary’s
Hospital, Waterbury; and the
University of Connecticut, Storrs.
The review was hosted by
Saint Mary’s Hospital, and surgical
residents from all residency
programs in the state were
invited. Attending surgeons from
these institutions volunteered
their time to cover high-yield
topics through interactive lectures.
The speakers included ACS
Governor Philip Corvo, MD,
MA, FACS, chairman, Stanley J.
Dudrick department of surgery
and director, surgical critical care,
Saint Mary’s Hospital; Sajid Khan,
MD, FACS, assistant professor of
surgery; Matthew O. Hubbard,
MD, MS, assistant professor of
surgery, Yale New Haven Hospital;
Scott H. Kurtzman, MD, FACS,
program director, general surgery
residency program, and chairman,
department of surgery, Waterbury
Hospital; and Sam Banerjee, MD,
FACS, a colon and rectal surgeon
and clinical associate professor of
surgery, University of Connecticut.
Despite competing with 2017’s
first blizzard, 50 residents attended
the session and agreed it was well-
organized, efficient, and targeted
toward commonly tested topics
and pitfalls. The event also offered
ample time for residents to meet
with their peers to discuss career
goals and share common problems
encountered during training.
Based on feedback from the event,
the committee is working on
organizing a regional Mock Orals
preparation program for 2018.
The Connecticut Chapter
Residents’ Committee seeks
to improve inter-residency
communication, encourage
educational and research
collaboration, encourage residents
to become active members
of surgical communities, and
engage in legislative advocacy.
Southern California
Chapter hosts three-day
conference in January
The Southern California Chapter
of the ACS (SCCACS) hosted
its annual three-day Scientific
Conference January 20–22. The
conference, which attracted 420
surgeons and residents, featured
40 plenary oral presentations,
19 oral poster presentations,
and nine subspecialty sessions.
Surgical residents from 12
surgical training programs in
Southern California participated.
The meeting featured two
invited speakers. Steven L. Lee,
MD, FACS, FAAP, professor of
clinical surgery and pediatrics
and chief, pediatric surgery,
Harbor-University of California,
Los Angeles (UCLA), presented
Non-Operative Management of
Acute Appendicitis: The Evidence
and Next Steps. Kathy Magliato,
MD, FACS, a cardiothoracic
surgeon at Providence Saint John’s
Health Center, Santa Monica,
spoke to a sold-out audience at
the Women in Surgery luncheon.
Her presentation, Leading with
Your Heart—Life Lessons in
Leadership, was live streamed.
A highlight of the conference
is the annual Surgical Jeopardy
competition at the Annual
Scientific Meeting. For the second
year in a row, the team from
the University of California,
Irvine, represented by Sarath
Sujatha-Bhaskar, MD, general
surgery, and John Gahagan,
MD, general surgery, won the
competition. In this standing-room-only session, residency
programs in Southern California
compete for a coveted prize and
bragging rights. Previous winning
programs include Harbor-UCLA; Kern Medical Center,
Bakersfield; and Cedars Sinai
Medical Center, Los Angeles.
In addition, the SCCACS
announced newly elected officers
during its annual membership
meeting January 21. Outgoing
Chapter President Christian
de Virgilio, MD, FACS, led the
meeting and announced the roster
of new chapter officers: Vincent
Rowe, MD, FACS, President; Ninh
Southern California Chapter:
Dr. de Virgilio (left) with Dr. Rowe.