ACS Bulletin - April 2017

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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