2023 Annual Chapter Meeting

When: 
Friday, September 8, 2023

Location: 
The Brown Hotel            
335 W Broadway, Louisville, KY 40202

In compliance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity has disclosed all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest.  All reported conflicts are managed by a designated official to ensure a bias-free presentation.  Please see the insert to this program for the complete disclosure list. 

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:

This activity is designed for physicians. Upon completion of this course participants will be able to:

1. Identify, analyze and manage issues as new surgeon.
2. Analyze and discuss updates in pediatric trauma, advocacy, and national strategic goals of the American College of Surgeons.3. Discuss and identify issues around environment influences in Kentucky colorectal cancer rates.
4. Apply knowledge of the ACS Quality program and how it can be utilized.

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Executive Council Meeting
Objective: List key initiatives of the ACS at the national level. Correlate national ACS goals with Kentucky Chapter opportunities.

8:00 AM - Welcome and Overview
Chapter President, Alexandra Maki, MD, FACS, Louisville

8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
  "The Intersection of Pediatric Trauma, Advocacy, and National Strategic Goals"
Mary Fallat, MD, FACS
Vice President of the American College of Surgeons
University of Louisville

Objectives:
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
"Healthcare advocacy in Kentucky"
State Senator Karen Berg, District 26, Louisville Kentucky

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Panel Session: "What I learned during my first years as a surgeon"Moderator: Michael Egger, MD, University of Lousiville

Panel members: Alexis Nickols, MD, University of Kentucky, Timothy Dawson, MD, New Albany, IN, Amy Wise, MD, University of Louisville, Lindsay Arnold, MD, Louisville

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Break

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
ACS Quality Program
Michael Egger, MD, FACSUniversity of Louisville

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
ACS Foundation
Danny R. Robinette, MD, FACS

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Kentucky Trauma Care Update
Andrew Bernard, MD, FACS

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
"Environmental influence of colorectal cancer rates in Kentucky"
Sandra Kavalukas, MD, Louisville, KY and fellow     

12:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Lunch - Visit with Commerical Supporters - Poster Presentations

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Cancer Liaison Report
Alan Mullins, MD, FACS
Owensboro

Chapter Business Meeting and report on the 2023 Leadership Conference and ACS Advocacy Summit
Alexandra Maki, MD, FACS, President Kentucky Chapter of the American College of SurgeonsLouisville

1:30 PM - 4:00 PM Resident Paper Competition and "Interesting Cases"

Anna Reagan, MD, Evolving Surgical Technique for Patients with Gastric Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

Chinweotuto Vee Uma, MD, Trends in Duodenal Injury Severity, Repair and Mortality Over Time

Chinweotuto Vee Uma, MD, Cost Analysis of Operative Management of Traumatic Hemothorax

Elive Likine, MD, Does Intraoperative Fluid Pooling at the End of Drapes during Lower Extremity Trauma Lead to the Introduction of Novel Bacteria to the Surgical Field?

Hannah McDonald, MD, Early Results of a Randomized Phase II Trial Comparing Flat vs Weight based Mitomycin C In Patients Undergoing Cytoreductive Surgery and Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Advanced Colon and Appendix Neoplasms
Kyle Stephens, MD, SEER Review of Melanoma Deaths by Thickness: Most Melanoma Deaths Not Attributable to Thin Melanomas

Nicholas Caminiti, MD, Same-day Mastectomy: Factors Predicting Overnight Admission and Associated Financial Implications                

4:00 PM
Announce Award Winners, Pass the Gavel and Adjournment

4:00 PM - 6:00PM
Happy Hour

Officers:
President
Alexandra Maki, MD, FACS
Louisville

President-Elect
Murielle Brohez, MD, FACS
Winchester

Secretary-Treasurer
Michael Egger, MD, FACS
Louisville

Administrative Director
Linda Silvestri  
Lexington

Committee on Cancer Chairman
Alan Mullins, MD, FACS
Owensboro

Committee on Trauma Chairman
Andrew Bernard, MD, FACS      
Louisville

Councilors
Emily Marcinkowski, MD, FACS
Lexington

Melissa Newcomb, MD, FACS
Lexington

Joseph Kim, MD, FACS
Lexington

Malay Shah, MD, FACS
Lexington

Alexander Hou, MD, FACS
Edgewood

Dan Davis, MD, FACS
Bowling Green

Nate Liu, MD, FACS
Louisville

Governors:
Cindy Downard, MD, FACS
Louisville

Malay Shah, MD, FACS,
Lexington

Oral Presentations:
Nicholas Caminiti
Elive Likine
Anna Reagan
Chnweotuto Vee Uma
Hannah McDonald
Kyle Stephens

Poster Presentations:
Lindsay Bryant
Anthony Filson
Nicholas Demas
Matthew Bernard
Joshua Griffith
Jaewon Kang