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82nd Annual Meeting Program


WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2025
3:00 pm-6:00 pm
REGISTRATION
West Foyer

THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2025
6:30 am-7:30 am
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Vienna Ballroom East & West
6:30 am-11:45 am
EXHIBITS
Vienna Ballroom East & West
6:30 am-5:00 pm
REGISTRATION
West Foyer
7:25 am-7:30 am
PRESIDENTIAL WELCOME
Vienna Ballroom North & South
C. Max Schmidt, MD, PhD, MBA
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
7:30 am-9:30 am
SCIENTIFIC SESSION I
Vienna Ballroom North & South
Carol E.H. Scott-Conner Resident Research Award Competition
Sponsored by the CSA Foundation
Moderators: C. Max Schmidt, MD, PhD, MBA
7:30 am
+1. Transversus Abdominis Release (TAR) vs Preperitoneal Repair (PPR) in Complex, Open, Abdominal Wall Reconstruction (OAWR)
*Alynna Wiley1, *Stephanie Jensen1, *Gregory Scarola1, Keith Gersin1, *Sullivan Ayuso2, *Kent Kercher1, *Vedra Augenstein1, *B. Todd Heniford1
1Atrium Health - Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC; 2Endeavor Health, Evanston, IL
7:50 am
+2. Evaluation of Axillary Ultrasound Performance on SOUND Trial Eligible Patients
Kyle R. Stephens, *Megan Wilson, *Manting Xu , Kelly McMasters, *Nicolas Ajkay
Surgery, University of Louisville, Georgetown, IN
8:10 am
+3. Initial Oncologic Efficacy of Histotripsy for Curative and Palliative Intent Treatment of Liver Tumors
Chase J. Wehrle, *Emily Knott, *Hanna Hong, *Melis Uysal, Eren Berber, R Matthew Walsh, *Jaekeun Kim, *Federico Aucejo, *David C. Kwon
General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
8:30 am
+4. Clinicopathologic Characteristics, Molecular Signatures and Outcomes of Early Versus Late Onset Colorectal Liver Metastasis Patients Undergoing Resection
*Diamantis Tsilimigras1, *Ioannis Ntanasis-Stathopoulos2, *Odysseas P. Chatzipanagiotou1, *Jun Kawashima1, *Andrea Ruzzenente4, *Irinel Popescu5, *Minoru Kitago6, *Tom Hugh7, *Nazim Bhimani7, *Jin He8, *Richard Zheng8, *Matthew Weiss9, *Sepideh Gholami9, *Luca Aldrighetti3, *George Poultsides10, *Kazunari Sasaki10, *Federico Aucejo11, *Itaru Endo12, Timothy Pawlik1
1The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; 2National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; 3San Raffaele, Italy, Italy; 4University of Verona, Verona, Italy; 5Fundeni, Romania, Romania; 6Keio University, Japan, Japan; 7Sydney University, Sydney, Western Australia, Australia; 8Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; 9Northwell University, New York, NY; 10Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; 11Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 12Yokohama University, Yokohama, Japan
8:50 am
+5. Estrogen Modulates Microvesicle Effects in Stored Murine Whole Blood
*Lindsey Wattley, *Greg Wetmore, *Ellen Becker, *Ryan Chae, *Charlotte Cox, *Rebecca Schuster, *Berandin Joseph, Michael D. Goodman, Timothy Pritts
Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
9:10 am
+6. Reducing the Use of Percutaneous Cholecystostomy Tubes in Acute Cholecystitis: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Evidence-Based Care
*Abby Gross1, *Michael Littau1, Chase J. Wehrle1, *Anas Slaibi1, *Rachel Leo2, *Sayf A. Said1, Robert Simon1, Daniel Joyce1, Sofya Asfaw1, R Matthew Walsh1, Benjamin Miller1
1Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 2Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
9:30 am-10:30 am
LOCAL PROGRAM
Vienna Ballroom North & South
Moderator: Thomas K. Maatman, MD
9:30 am
Challenges of Education Abroad and IU’s Partnership with Moi Hospital in Kenya
Kyle Carpenter, MD, MPH
9:50 am
Successful Engagement of Medical Students on the Surgery Clerkship.
Katie Jo Stanton Maxie, MD
10:10 am
Education and Mentorship of the Junior and Mid-Career Faculty
Laura Torbeck, PhD, MS
10:30 am-11:00 am
COFFEE BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITS
Vienna Ballroom East & West
11:00 am-11:45 am
SPECIAL LECTURE
Vienna Ballroom North & South
"Patience and Perseverance"
Paul (Whitey) Kapsalis
Co-Author
11:45 am-1:00 pm
LUNCH (on your own)
1:00 pm-5:30 pm
EXHIBITS
Vienna Ballroom East & West
1:00 pm-2:20 pm
SCIENTIFIC SESSION II: Concurrent A
Vienna Ballroom North & South
Moderators:
(jump forward to parallel Scientific Session II: Concurrent B)
1:00 pm
7. Understanding Unrealized Trial Enrollments Following Patient-to-Trial Matching with OncoLLM in Surgical Oncology
*Claire T. Verhagen1, *Grace Westerman1, *Haley Heaviland1, *Erin Lynch1, *Olivia Brandenburg2, *Jennifer Adams-Patton2, *Regina Schwind2, *Yongwoo D. Seo1, Callisia Clarke1, *Ben George1, Anai N. Kothari1
1Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI; 2Triomics, Incorporated, New York City, NY
1:20 pm
8. Can Autofluorescence and Artificial Intelligence Technology Help Decrease Disparities in Parathyroidectomy Outcomes by Standardizing Intraoperative Assessment of Parathyroid Glands?
*Arturan Ibrahimli, *Edip Memisoglu, *Rafael Perez-Soto, Eren Berber
Endocrine Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
1:40 pm
9. Management of the Parathyroid Gland Between Early- And Advanced-Career Surgeons Based on Visual Perception and Indocyanine Green (ICG) Fluorescence Imaging: A Prospective Cohort Study
*Nebojsa Oravec, *Emily Harris, *Rebecca Lahamm-Andraos, *Adrian Harvey, *Samantha Wolfe,
*Caitlin Yeo
University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
2:00 pm
10. Bile Acid Deconjugation Post-Biliary Stenting Worsens Pancreatic Cancer Survival
*Camilla Koczara1, *Ashutosh K. Mangalam2, Carlos H. Chan1
1Department of Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; 2Department of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1:00 pm-2:20 pm
SCIENTIFIC SESSION II: Concurrent B
Singapore A&B
Moderators:
(jump back to parallel Scientific Session II: Concurrent A)
1:00 pm
11. Adults with Isolated Low-Grade Blunt Liver Injury Rarely Require Intervention
*Justin E. Dvorak, *Esther S. Tseng, *Patrick J. Maluso, *Kaitlin A. Ritter, Marie L. Crandall
Surgery, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
1:20 pm
12. Associations Between State Gun Policies and Firearm-Related Deaths in the United States: A Mixed-Effects Analysis from 2003 to 2022
*Melissa Kendall, *Rachel Wolansky, *Joseph Sujka, Paul Kuo
Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
1:40 pm
13. Feasibility of Skin Flap as a Tool for Remote Site Monitoring of Allograft Rejection in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant
*Abhinav Seth1, *Ashish Sharma2, *Deepesh B. Kenwar2, *Parmod Kumar5, *Tarush Gupta5, Hassan Aziz3, *Ritambhra Duseja4, *Shivakumar S. Patil2, *Sarbpreet Singh2
1Surgery- Transplant, University of West Virginia, Morgantown, WV; 2Surgery- Transplant, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India; 3Surgery- Transplant, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City, IA; 4Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of medical education and Research, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India; 5Surgery- Plastic, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
2:00 pm
14. Autonomy and Intraoperative Teaching from Faculty and Resident Perspectives
*Meredith Essandoh, *Michael Chaney, Saad Shebrain
General Surgery, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI
2:20 pm-2:50 pm
COFFEE BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITS
Vienna Ballroom East & West
2:50 pm-4:10 pm
SCIENTIFIC SESSION III
Vienna Ballroom North & South
Moderators:
2:50 pm
15. Patterns and Predictors of Local Regrowth in Rectal Cancer Following Watch-and-Wait After Total Neoadjuvant Therapy
*Salih N. Karahan1, *Mustafa Oruc1, *Joshua Sommovilla1, *Smitha Krishnamurthi2, *Michael Valente1, *Hermann Kessler1, *Scott Steele1, *David Liska1, Emre Gorgun1
1Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 2Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
3:10 pm
16. Survival Benefit of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma: Impact of Log Odds of Metastatic Lymph Node Count
*Jun Kawashima1, *Miho Akabane1, *Odysseas P. Chatzipanagiotou1, *Diamantis Tsilimigras1, *Zayed Rashid1, *Mujtaba Khalil1, *Abdullah Altaf1, *Federico Aucejo2, *Hugo Marques3, *Beatriz Chumbinho3, *Tom Hugh4, *Shishir Maithel5, *Bas Groot Koerkamp6, *Andrea Ruzzenente7, *Itaru Endo8, Timothy Pawlik1
1The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; 2Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH; 3Curry Cabral Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal; 4The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; 5Emory University, Atlanta, GA; 6Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; 7University of Verona, Verona, Italy; 8Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
3:30 pm
17. Extended Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis After Bariatric Surgery Does Not Increase Postoperative Bleeding Complications
Natalie Liu, *Sullivan Ayuso, Herbert Hedberg, *Kristine Kuchta, *Ervin Denham, John Linn, *Selma Zukancic, Michael Ujiki
GI and General Surgery, Endeavor Health, Highland Park, IL
3:50 pm
18. Does Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy in Early-Stage Node-Negative HER2 Positive Breast Cancer Increase the Extent of Axillary Surgery?
*Christine C. Rogers3, *Lauren Cohen3, *Jan Irene C Lloren1, *Chiang-Ching Huang1, Adrienne N. Cobb3, Amanda L. Kong3, *Puneet Singh2, *Mediget Teshome4, Chandler S. Cortina3
1Biostatistics, Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI; 2Department of Breast Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, WI; 3Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; 4Division of Surgical Oncology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
4:15 pm-5:15 pm
YOUNG SURGEONS COMMITTEE SESSION: WHEN SURGERY GETS TOUGH: STRATEGIES FOR COMPLEX CASE MANAGEMENT
Vienna Ballroom North & South
Moderators: Alexandria McDow, MD
4:15 pm
Case 1: Help! Tackling Terrible Gallbladders
Presenters: Tyler Cohn, MD
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL

Trang K. Nguyen, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Panelists: Jennifer Colvin, MD
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Alexandra M. Roch, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine , Indianapolis, IN
4:35 pm
Case 2: Diverticulitis: Management of Smoldering and Complicated Disease
Presenters: Irena Gribovskaja-Rupp, MD
Prisma Health-Midlands, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Timothy J. Ridolfi, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Panelists: Jonathan B. Mitchem, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Peige Zhou, MD
Northside Hospital, Atlanta, GA
4:35 pm
Case 3: Incisional Hernias with Loss of Domain: Does It Mean Loss of Hope?
Presenter: Matthew Bozeman, MD
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Panelists: Courtney Collins, MD
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Aldo Fafaj, MD
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
5:30 pm-6:00 pm
NEW MEMBERS PRE-RECEPTION (by invitation)
Vienna Ballroom East & West
6:00 pm-7:00 pm
WELCOME RECEPTION
Vienna Ballroom East & West
7:00 pm-10:00 pm
CSA FOUNDATION DINNER (ticketed event)

Union 50, 620 N. East Street, Indianapolis, IN
Tickets: $300 per person
The CSA Foundation Dinner is an important component of the Annual Meeting's schedule of events. The proceeds from this optional dinner support the Foundation's mission to fund scholarship and surgical research through its awards program. Union 50 is a chef-driven restaurant and bar located in downtown Indianapolis with a dinner menu featuring innovative dishes that change seasonally. Business Attire.
Transportation to depart at 7:00 PM from the hotel and return by 10:00 PM.

FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2025
7:00 am-8:00 am
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Vienna Ballroom East & West
7:00 am-12:00 pm
EXHIBITS
Vienna Ballroom East & West
7:00 am-4:00 pm
REGISTRATION
West Foyer
7:30 am-10:10 am
SCIENTIFIC SESSION IV: CONCURRENT A
Vienna Ballroom North & South
Moderators:
(jump forward to parallel Scientific Session IV: Concurrent B)
7:30 am
19. Time to Interfacility Transfer Is Not Associated with Increased Morbidity or Mortality for Patients with Small Bowel Obstruction-Outcomes from Two High-Volume Referral Centers
*Kristen Burke, *William B. Risinger, Samuel J. Pera, Jason W. Smith, *Ryne Marshall
The Hiram C. Polk, Jr., M.D. Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
7:50 am
20. The Correlation of Radiologic and Pathologic Main Duct Dilatation in Pancreatic Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms
*Pranav Kumar2, Chase J. Wehrle1, *Abby Gross1, *Breanna Perlmutter1, *Hanna Hong3, *Jenny Chang1, Robert Naples1, *Kathryn Stackhouse1, *John McMichael1, *Samer Naffouje1, Daniel Joyce1, Robert Simon1, Toms Augustin1, *Daniela Allende1, R Matthew Walsh1
1Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH; 2Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; 3Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
8:10 am
21. Minimally Invasive Surgery for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Evolving Trade-Offs of Patient Selection and Recurrence Risk
*Miho Akabane1, *Jun Kawashima1, *Abdullah Altaf1, *Azza Sarfraz1, *Zayed Rashid1, *Mujtaba Khalil1, *Diamantis Tsilimigras1, *Odysseas P. Chatzipanagiotou1, *François Cauchy2, *Federico Aucejo3, *Irinel Popescu4, *Minoru Kitago5, *Guillaume Martel6, *Francesca Ratti7, *Luca Aldrighetti7, *George Poultsides8, *Andrea Ruzzenente9, *Itaru Endo10, *Ana Gleisner11, *Hugo Marques12, *Vincent Lam13, *Tom Hugh14, *Feng Shen15, Timothy Pawlik1
1The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; 2Hôpital Beaujon, Paris, France; 3Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 4Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania; 5Keio University, Tokyo, Japan; 6University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; 7Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; 8Stanford University, Stanford, CA; 9University of Verona, Verona, Italy; 10Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan; 11The University of Colorado, Denver, CO; 12Curry Cabral Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal; 13Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; 14The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; 15The Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Shanghai, China
8:30 am
22. CRP as a Predictor of Complications in Pancreatic Surgery
*John Henriquez, Saad Shebrain, *Gitonga Munene
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
8:50 am
23. Utilizing Local Anesthesia and Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC) Sedation in Open Inguinal Hernia Repair (OIHR) in Complex, Comorbid Patients
*Alynna Wiley1, *Alexandra Adams1, *Brittany Mead3, *Gregory Scarola1, *Sullivan Ayuso2, Keith Gersin1, *Vedra Augenstein1, *B. Todd Heniford1
1Atrium Health - Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC; 2Endeavor Health, Evanston Hospital, Evanston, IL; 3Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
9:10 am
24. Ideal Impedance Planimetry (EndoFLIP) Distensibility Ranges for Male and Female Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Fundoplication
*Sullivan Ayuso, *Jean-Christophe Rwigema, *Derrius J. Anderson, *Kristine Kuchta, *JoAnn Carbray, *Natalie Liu, Herbert Hedberg, Michael Ujiki
General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Endeavor Health, Evanston, IL
9:30 am
25. Drowning in the Silver Tsunami: Geriatric Proportion Impact on Outcomes
*Sebastian M. Boland1, *Liling Lu2, *David Silver1, *Tamara Byrd1, *Joshua Brown1
1Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; 2Surgery, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
9:50 am
26. Predictive Value of Individual Social Risk Versus Neighborhood-Level Vulnerability for Trauma Readmissions
*Pooja Podugu1, *Arnav Mahajan1, *Allison Mo2, *Vanessa P. Ho1
1Surgery, MetroHealth System, Cleveland Heights, OH; 2School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
7:30 am-10:10 am
SCIENTIFIC SESSION IV: CONCURRENT B
Singapore A&B
Moderators:
(jump back to parallel Scientific Session IV: Concurrent A)
7:30 am
27. The Natural History of Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumor (SBNET) Metastases.
*Jeremy Chang1, *Luis Borbon1, Scott K. Sherman1, *Chandrikha Chandrasekharan2, *Po Ear1, *Andrew Bellizzi3, James R. Howe1
1Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clincs, Iowa City, IA; 2Hematology-oncology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clincs, Iowa City, IA; 3Pathology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
7:50 am
28. Delays to Surgical Referral for Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism (PHPT)
*Meghan Lark1, *Caroline Vieira1, *Nathan Lin1, *Kristen N. Kaiser2, *Brittany Sloat1, *Hannah Allison2, *Signe Braafladt2, *Hadley E. Ritter3, *Anthony Yang3, Alexandria D. McDow3
1Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; 2General Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; 3Surgical Oncology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
8:10 am
29. Does Spending for Subspecialty Care in Advanced-Stage Melanoma Matter: Are Higher Access Costs Actually Associated with Increased Utilization of Immune Therapy and Improved Survival Among Low-Income Patients?
*Simon S. Park1, *Raymond A. Verm1, *Diane D. Park2, *Zaid Abdelsattar1, Fred Luchette1, Marshall S. Baker3
1Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL; 2Surgery, Ronald Reagen UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; 3Surgery, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT
8:30 am
30. Launching a Per-Oral Pyloromyotomy (POP) Practice - A Framework for Introducing Endoscopic Surgery Within a Hospital System
*Seung Hyeon Shim1, Kevin El-Hayek2, Jennifer Colvin3
1School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; 2Department of Surgery, The MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH; 3Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
8:50 am
31. Development and Implementation of an Innovative Mentoring Committee for Early Career Faculty Members
*Samantha P. Leonard1, Tracy Wang1, *Brian Lewis4, *Ryan Spellecy2, *Gwen Lomberk1, *Terri deRoon-Cassini1, *Robert Treat3, Douglas Evans1, *Philip Redlich1
1Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; 2Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; 3Academic Affairs, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; 4Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
9:10 am
32. Decoding Impact of Take-Back to Operating Room on Extended Hospitalization After Liver Transplantation: Escalating Costs and Clinical Implications
*Ayato Obana, Timothy Pawlik, *Kenneth Washburn
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
9:30 am
33. Trends and Outcomes of Surgical Interventions in De Novo Stage IV Breast Cancer
*Avia D. Wilkerson1, *Rahul Rangan2, *Praise Chovwen2, *Yanwen Chen3, *Regina Matar-Ujvary2, Zahraa Al-Hilli2
1General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland, OH; 2Breast Center, Cleveland Clinic Integrated Surgical Institute, Cleveland, OH; 3Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH
9:50 am
34. Axillary Staging Outcomes in Women Undergoing Mastectomy for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ in the Era of Gene Expression Assays
*Anna Levine1, G. Paul Wright1, Jessica Thompson1, *Amie Hop1, *Hayden Wood2, *Ibukunoluwa Omole2
1Corewell Health, Grand Rapids, MI; 2Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI
10:10 am-10:45 am
COFFEE BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITS
Vienna Ballroom East & West
10:45 am-11:15 am
NEW MEMBER INTRODUCTION AND AWARDS
Vienna Ballroom North & South
11:15 am-12:00 pm
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Vienna Ballroom North & South

Introduction of the President
Jon C. Gould, MD, MBA
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Address
C. Max Schmidt, MD, PhD
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
12:00 pm-12:45 pm
BUSINESS MEETING (Members Only)
12:45 pm - 6:30 pm
FREE AFTERNOON
1:00 pm-6:00 pm
GOLF TOURNAMENT (ticketed event)
Brickyard Crossing 4400 W. 16th Street Indianapolis, IN
Tickets/Greens Fees: $215 per person; add this event during the Annual Meeting registration process.
Brickyard Crossing opened in 1929 and has been a staple of Indianapolis for nearly a century. This 18-hole course offers one of the most unique experiences in all of sports, with four holes located inside the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway and 14 holes adjacent to the backstretch of the 2.5-mile racetrack. The Pete Dye-designed course has a strong pedigree of hosting international tours and is one of just a few courses in the United States to have hosted LPGA, PGA, and Champions Tour events. Full details.
1:00 pm-3:00 pm
EITELJORG MUSEUM TOUR (ticketed event)
Eiteljorg Museum, 500 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN
Tickets: $15 per person; add this event during the Annual Meeting registration process.
Experience the Eiteljorg Museum with a private, guided tour. The Eiteljorg Museum explores the intersection of the arts, histories, and cultures of the past and present by sharing the diverse stories of the American West and the Indigenous Peoples of North America. The museum's docents will guide participants through collections of traditional, contemporary, modern, and historical works, shedding light on the rich tapestry of Native American and Western art. Full details.
7:00 pm-10:00 pm
CSA ANNUAL RECEPTION & BANQUET
Artsgarden Balcony & Artsgarden
Business Attire

SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2025
7:00 am-8:00 am
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Vienna Ballroom West
7:00 am-1:15 pm
REGISTRATION
West Foyer
7:00 am - 8:00 am
RESIDENT AND FELLOW TASK FORCE SESSION: CONVERSATIONS WITH EDUCATIONAL LEADERS
Vienna Ballroom North & South
Moderator: Maya Hunt, MD
Topic 1: The Hidden Curriculum: Behind-the-Scenes Insights into Residency Programs
Topic 2: Contemporary Challenges in Surgical Education: Implementing Competency-Based Education
Panelists: Jennifer N. Choi, MD
Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education
Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN


Mohsen Shabahang, MD
President, Association for Surgical Education
Wellspan, Lewisburg, PA


Jeffrey J. Sussman, MD
VCE and Program Director
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
8:00 am-9:30 am
DEI COMMITTEE SESSION: THE NEXT ERA OF DEI
Vienna Ballroom North & South
Moderators: Sergio J. Bardaro, MD
Anna Tyson, MD, MPH
Panelists: Marie L. Crandall, MD, MPH
Chair of Surgery
Case Western MetroHealth, Cleveland, OH


David A. Gerber, MD
Chair of Surgery
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH


Carla F. Justiniano, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH


Chemen M. Neal, MD
Executive Associate Dean of Institutional Engagement
Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
9:30 am-11:00 am
QUICK SHOTS SESSION A
Vienna Ballroom North & South
Moderators:
(jump forward to parallel Quick Shots: Concurrent B)
9:30 am
QS1. Cytoreduction with Laparoscopic Ablation Alone for Longterm Symptom Palliation and Survival in Patients with Neuroendocrine Liver Metastases: A Comparison to SEER Database
Arturan Ibrahimli1, *Edip Memisoglu1, *Ege Akgun1, *James Bena4, *Rafael Perez-Soto1, *Kanika Nair2, *Michelle Kim3, *Bassam Estfan2, *Federico Aucejo5, *David C. Kwon5, *Jaekeun Kim5, *Mazhar Khalil5, *Mohammed Osman5, Allan Siperstein1, Eren Berber1
1Endocrine Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 2Hematology and Medical Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 3Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 4Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 5General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
9:40 am
QS2. Outcomes Among Undocumented Immigrants Undergoing Liver Transplantation: A Nationwide Analysis
*Azza Sarfraz, *Abdullah Altaf, *Mujtaba Khalil, *Zayed Rashid, *Shahzaib Zindani, *Jun Kawashima, *Miho Akabane, *Austin Schenk, Timothy Pawlik
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
9:50 am
QS3. Characterizing Liver Disease in Bariatric Surgery Patients: Prevalence and Outcomes Analysis of 180,544 MBSAQIP Cases
*Mélissa V. Wills1, *Valentin Mocanu1, *Juan Aulestia1, *Doua Elamin1, *Juan S. Barajas-Gamboa2, *Angelica Bartholomew1, *Gabriela Restrepo2, *Sol Lee3, Ricard Corcelles1, *Andrew Strong1, *Matthew Allemang1, Matthew Kroh1, *Salvador Navarrete1, Jerry Dang1
1Digestive Disease and Surgical Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH; 2General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 3General Surgery, Seoul Medical Center, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
10:00 am
QS4. Impact of Follow-Up on Bariatric Patients at a Safety Net Hospital System
*Rachel Kosic1, *Pooja Podugu2, *Sarah Haurin1, *Arnav Mahajan2, *Jesse Cheng1, *Andrew Tkacenko1, *Amelia Dorsey2, Sergio Bardaro2, Kevin El-Hayek2
1Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; 2The MetroHealth Medical System, Cleveland, OH
10:10 am
QS5. Non-Adherence to Required Preoperative Visits Does Not Adversely Affect Outcomes or Weight Loss Following Bariatric Surgery
*Thomas Boland2, *Irena Helenowski1, *Emma Sheedy1, *Jessica Diol2, *Ella Kaufmann2, *Nicolette Codispoti3, *Avery Smith2, *Mason Friesch2, *Laura Wool1, *Monica Edwards1, *Kevin Brown1, James Lau1, Tyler Cohn1
1Loyola University Health System, Maywood, IL; 2Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University, Maywood, IL; 3University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
10:20 am
QS6. The Impact of Surgery on Overall Survival Among Patients with Locally Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
*Gopika SenthilKumar1, *Mohammed Aldakkak1, *William Hall2, *Beth Erickson2, *Mandana Kamgar3, *Ben George3, Callisia Clarke1, Anai N. Kothari1, *Kathleen Christians1, Douglas Evans1, *Yongwoo D. Seo1
1Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Whitefish Bay, WI; 2Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; 3Medical Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
10:30 am
QS7. The Use of Pledget-Reinforced Sutures for Cruroplasty Leads to Similar Outcomes When Compared to No Pledgets in Paraesophageal Hernia Repair: A System-Wide Analysis
*Leo Amodu, Leena Khaitan, *Nicholas Catanzaro, *Sakib Adnan, *Mujjahid Abbas, Joshua L. Lyons
Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
10:40 am
QS8. Predicting High Risk Pathology Across the Spectrum of Resected and Surveilled Intra-ductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms.
Chase J. Wehrle, Pranav Kumar, Abby Gross, Breanna Perlmutter, Jenny Chang, Robert Naples, *Kathryn Stackhouse, *John McMichael, *Samer Naffouje, Daniel Joyce, Robert Simon, Toms Augustin, R Matthew Walsh
General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
10:50 am
QS9. The Impact of the Surgeon's Preference Card on Supply Cost and Wasted Supplies for Robotic vs. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
*Aiden Moore2, *Christa Wagner2, Jon Gould1
1Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Fox Point, WI; 2Community Health, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
9:30 am-11:00 am
QUICK SHOTS SESSION B
Singapore A&B
Moderators:
(jump back to parallel Quick Shots: Concurrent A)
9:30 am
QS10. The Utility of Routine pH Studies After Anti-Reflux Surgery
*Jean-Christophe Rwigema, *Derrius Anderson, *Sullivan Ayuso, *Miracle Burt, *Kristine Kuchta, *Natalie Liu, Herbert Hedberg, Michael Ujiki
Endeavor Health, Glenview, IL
9:40 am
QS11. Urgent Paraesophageal Hernia Repairs Can Be Performed Safely and Effectively
Joshua L. Lyons, *Jamie Benson, *Christina Boutros, *Saher-Kahra Khan, *Patrick Wieland, *Jeffrey Marks
Department of Surgery, University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
9:50 am
QS12. Association of Perioperative Patient Characteristics, Intraoperative Fluid Management, and Vasopressors with Anastomotic Leak After Esophagectomy
*Chelsea Yap1, *Rachel Warner1, *Paul Mongan2, *Ziad Awad1
1Surgery, University of Florida Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL; 2Anesthesiology, University of Florida - Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
10:00 am
QS13. Predictors of Postoperative Steroid Replacement in Patients with Mild Autonomous Cortisol Secretion After Adrenalectomy: An Analysis of 139 Patients
Arturan Ibrahimli1, *Edip Memisoglu1, *Rafael Perez-Soto1, *Pratibha Rao2, *Ricardo Correa2, *Dingfeng Li2, Eren Berber1
1Endocrine Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 2Endocrinology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
10:10 am
QS14. A National Analysis of Trauma Readmissions to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
*Kristen N. Kaiser1, *Michael Sobolic2, *Evan M. Abbey1, *Matthew P. Landman2
1General Surgery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; 2Department of Surgery, Riley Hospital, Indianapolis, IN
10:20 am
QS15. Impact of Treatment Toxicity on Interruption of Adjuvant Anti-PD1 Immunotherapy in Elderly Patients with Melanoma
*Maira Bhatty1, *Natalie Chakraborty2, *Kevin Zablonski3, *Hailey Seibert1, *Adam Wade1, *Jarred Boone3, *Trisha Lal2, *Richard Hoehn2, *Sheng Iris3, Luke Rothermel2
1School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Painesville, OH; 2Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH; 3Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
10:30 am
QS16. Outcome of Routine Discharge After a 4-Hour Post Anesthesia Care Stay Following Thyroid Lobectomy
*Ali M. Kara1, *Ramiro C. Semante1, *Susan Conte1, *Abby Turza1, *Ashwini Seghal2, Christopher R. McHenry1
1Surgery, MetroHealth, Cleveland, OH; 2Case Western University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
10:40 am
QS17. The Effect of Inpatient Transfer on Ladd Procedure Outcomes
*Eileen Peterson, Sayeed Ikramuddin, Randi Lassiter
Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
10:50 am
QS18. Open Abdominal Wall Reconstruction (OAWR) with Synthetic (SM) vs Biologic Mesh (BM): Outcomes with a Minimum of Five Years Follow Up
*Alynna Wiley1, *Stephanie Jensen1, *Alexandra Adams1, *Gregory Scarola1, Keith Gersin1, *Sullivan Ayuso2, *Kent Kercher1, *Vedra Augenstein1, *B. Todd Heniford1
1Atrium Health - Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC; 2Endeavor Health, Evanston Hospital, Evanston, IL
11:00 am-1:00 pm
SCIENTIFIC SESSION V
Vienna Ballroom North & South
Moderators:
11:00 am
35. WITHDRAWN
11:20 pm
36. Impact of Corticosteroids on Postoperative Outcomes After Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
*Abdullah Altaf, *Selamawit Woldesenbet, *Mujtaba Khalil, *Miho Akabane, *Zayed Rashid, *Jun Kawashima, *Shahzaib Zindani, *Azza Sarfraz, Timothy Pawlik
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
11:40 pm
37. Variability of Prospective Surgical Trials by Specialty: An Analysis of the National Clinical Trials Registry
*Justin Bauzon1, *Fadlullah Ba'th1, Allan Siperstein2, Gustavo Romero-Velez2
1General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH; 2Endocrine Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
12:00 pm
38. Prehabilitation Reduces Non-Home Discharge After Esophagectomy in High-Risk Esophageal Cancer Patients: A Pilot Study
*Steven Tohmasi, *Shaleen Sathe, *Yifei Xu, *Jingxia Liu, *Jennifer Cook, *Christina Kasting, *Vanessa Curtis, *Laura Carpenter, *Melanie Koenen, *Nikki Rossetti, *Whitney S. Brandt, *Varun Puri, *Bryan F. Meyers, *Dominic E. Sanford, *Benjamin D. Kozower
Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
12:20 pm
39. Prospective Standardized Surveillance of Early-Stage Cutaneous Melanoma Based on Anatomic Staging and Molecular Profiling
*Jason Aubrey, *Hannah Liefeld, *Jesse Kelley, *Mariam Khan, G. Paul Wright
Corewell Health - Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI
12:40 pm
40. Association Between Anesthesiologist Volume and Surgical Outcomes in Hepatectomy and Pancreatectomy
*Jackson A. Baril, *Emma Holler, *Cary Jo Schlick, Ryan Ellis, Thomas Maatman, Alexandra Roch, Eugene Ceppa, Michael House, Nicholas Zyromski, C. Max Schmidt
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
1:00 pm
CLOSING REMARKS
Vienna Ballroom North & South
1:05 pm
ADJOURNMENT
* NON-MEMBER
^ NEW MEMBER AWARD-ELIGIBLE
+ CAROL E.H. SCOTT-CONNER RESIDENT RESEARCH AWARD-ELIGIBLE