Surgery CME Course

 

IBD Surgery Ann Lowry, Victor W. Fazio and John H. Pemberton Recognize and treat fissures, hemorrhoids, and fistulae in patients with anorectal Chrohn’s disease; Develop principles for the surgical management of anorectal Chrohn’s disease; Identify indications for surgery in patients with Chrohn’s disease; Maintain surveillance for and manage the most likely complications of Chrohn’s disease; and Determined when a patient with ulcerative colitis should undergo colectomy.

 

Pancreatic Update Waddah B. Al-Redaie and James A. Schulak Differentiate intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) from other pancreatic lesions; Recognize the predictors of malignancy for IPMNs; Determine when surgery is indicated in acute or chronic pancreatitis; Utilize the algorithm for managing cystic neoplasms of the pancreas; and Describe the various approaches for pancreatic necrosectomy.

 

Changing Tide of Surgery Bradley J. Roth, David B. Hoyt Discuss the supply and demand relationship in organ donation; Describe the requirements for the creation of acute care surgery as a subspecialty; Debate the advantages and disadvantages of b-blocker in trauma patients; Describe the problem of uncontrolled bleeding in the battlefield and the steps taken by the military to solve it; and Explain the concept of damage-control resuscitation in the battlefield.

 

Obesity Surgery Scott Shikora, Bruce Schirmer, Daniel M. Herron, and Robert E. Brolin Carefully select patients for bariatric surgery, based on behavioral and medical factors, in addition to establish guidelines; List relative contraindications associated with bariatric procedures; Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of available techniques and disadvantages of available techniques and approaches to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery; Identify patients who may benefit from malabsorptive surgery; and Discuss the importance pf age as criterion for patient selection.

  

New Horizons in Surgery Jon A. Van Heerden, James Fleshman, and Scott A. Strong List issues to consider when bringing a new technology into practice; Discuss the role of evidence-based medicine in the introduction of new technologies into clinical practice; Describe ways to prevent or minimize anastomotic leaks; Explain why bowel preparation before gastrointestinal surgery is probably unnecessary; and Identify the situations on which computed tomography colonography and magnetic resonance enterography have shown the greatest benefit of colorectal surgery candidates.

 

Thyroid Surgery Electron Kebebew Perform a thorough work-up of a patient with a thyroid nodule, Utilize ultrasonography in evaluating a thyroid nodule; Recognize the importance of genetic testing in patients with MTC; Prescribe appropriate treatment for patients with clinically evident MTC and those who have no evidence of disease but are diagnostic by genetic testing; and Review the indications for report surgery for MTC.

 

GI Bleeding Jeffrey Marks and David A. Johnson Utilize the appropriate tools to manage upper GI bleeding; Determine those who are at high-risk for rebleeding; Recognize gastric antral anteriovenous malformations as causes for GI bleeding; Describe the therapies available manage GI bleeding; and Recognize the importance of proton pump inhibitors as the standard of care in the management of GI bleeding.

 

Colon and Rectal Surgery David J. Schoetz, Sonia Ramamoorthy, and Bruce G. Wolff Identify the best candidates for ileal pouches among patients with indeterminate colitis; Manage anorectal CD; Diagnose and treat colonic and cecal volvulus; Recognize appendiceal masses that indicate incidental appendectomy; and Discuss the indications for incidental cholecystectomy, omentectomy, Meckel’s diverticulectomy, and management of concomitant colorectal cancer and abdominal aortic aneurysm.

 

Laparoscopic Surgery Steven D. Wexner and Robert J. Fitzgerald Discuss data on laparoscopic colectomy; Evaluate data on laparoscopic rectal resection; Describe the types of GERD; Consider treatment options for GERD and the role of laparoscopic surgery; and Enumerate the considerations and contraindications for laparoscopic surgery in the treatment of GERD.