137th Annual Meeting

MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2025
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM SCHOLAR PRESENTATIONS
Chesapeake Room
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
BUSINESS MEETING & PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Regency Ballroom

INTRODUCTION OF THE PRESIDENT
Ronda S. Henry-Tillman, MD

ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT
Dai H. Chung, MD
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
SCIENTIFIC SESSION I
Regency Ballroom
Moderators: Dai H. Chung, MD, & Rebecca C. Britt, MD
10:00 AM
1. BRAF MUTATION DRIVES EARLY MULTIFOCAL INTRAHEPATIC RECURRENCE AFTER CURATIVE RESECTION OF LIVER-LIMITED COLORECTAL METASTASES
*Miho Akabane1, *Andrea Baldo1, *Jun Kawashima1, *Azza Sarfraz1, *Odysseas P. Chatzipanagiotou1, *Selamawit Woldesenbet1, *Federico Aucejo2, *Irinel Popescu3, *Minoru Kitago5, *George Poultsides4, *Yuki Imaoka4, *Andrea Ruzzenente6, *Itaru Endo7, Timothy M. Pawlik1
1Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 2Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, 3Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, 4Stanford University, Stanford, California, 5Keio Gijuku Daigaku, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, 6Universita degli Studi di Verona, Verona, Veneto, Italy, 7Yokohama Shiritsu Daigaku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
10:30 AM
2. TARGETING MELANOMA-ASSOCIATED FIBROBLASTS TO OVERCOME CANCER STEM CELL-DRIVEN DRUG RESISTANCE
*Hongwei Shao1, *Mecker Moller2, *Nga Le1, Omaida C. Velazquez1, *Zhao-Jun Liu1
1Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 2Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
11:00 AM
3. IMPROVED OUTCOMES WITH HYPOTHERMIC MACHINE PERFUSION IN DONATION AFTER CIRCULATORY DEATH LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
*Christine Haugen1, *Catherine Pratt1, *Alex L Chang1, *Devin Guillory1, *James Guarrera2, Shimul A. Shah3, David A. Gerber1, *Ralph C. Quillin III1
1Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2Surgery, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 3Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
11:30 AM
4. IS THERE A ROLE FOR PRE-HOSPITAL PRECISION RESUSCITATION: A PROSPECTIVE MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL BLOOD ANALYSIS
Juan C. Duchesne1, *Sydney Caputo2, *Jacob Broome4, *Gerrit Holleman3, *Mark Piehl5, *Thomas Dransfield8, *Danielle Tatum3, *Caroline Taylor3, *Alison Smith15, *David Rayburn3, *Meg Marino8, *Faris Azar6, *Mario Gomez7, *Dalier Rodriguez Mederos7, *Kyle Gibson9, *David Hamilton10, *Tomas Jacome11, *Scott Branney12, *Warren Dorlac13, *Joanna Wycech Knight14
1Surgery, The University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Health Related Professions, Jackson, Mississippi, 2Surgery, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, California, 3Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 4Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 5Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 6St. Mary's Medical Center, West Palm Beach, Florida, 7Broward Healthcare System Inc, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 8New Orleans Medical Emergency Services, New Orleans, Louisiana, 9Northeast Georgia Health System Inc, Gainesville, Georgia, 10CommonSpirit Penrose Hospital, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 11Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 12CommonSpirit Saint Anthony North Hospital, Westminster, Colorado, 13Medical Center of the Rockies, Loveland, Colorado, 14Delray Beach Medical Center, Delray, Florida, 15Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
12:00 PM
5. GOALS OF CARE TRANSITIONS FOLLOWING POSTOPERATIVE UNDERTRIAGE
*Tyler Loftus, *Matthew Ruppert, *Die Hu, *Victoria Nolan, *Jeremy Balch, *Tezcan Ozrazgat-Baslanti, *Firas Madbak, *Benjamin Shickel, *Azra Bihorac, Gilbert R. Upchurch
University of Florida Health, Gainesville, Florida
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
LUNCH BREAK
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
SCIENTIFIC SESSION II
Regency Ballroom
Moderators: Rhonda S. Henry-Tillman, MD, & Rebecca C. Britt, MD
2:00 PM
6. ACA EXPANSION AND THE TRAUMA CARE PARADOX: INCREASED MORTALITY AMID IMPROVED INSURANCE COVERAGE
*Siobhan Nnorom, *Jonathan Mitchell, Edward E. Cornwell, Andrea A. Hayes Dixon, *Debra Ford, Terrence M. Fullum, *Daniel Tran, *Alexander Evans, Kakra Hughes, Mallory Williams, *May Tee, *Robin Williams, *Miriannie Rivera-Valerio, *Alexandria Curry, Quyen D. Chu
Howard University Hospital
2:30 PM
7. CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS IS A SURGICAL DISEASE: THE EVOLUTION, STANDARDIZATION, AND IMPACT OF LAPAROSCOPIC COMMON BILE DUCT EXPLORATION IN THE ACUTE CARE SURGERY SETTING
*Jeff Conner, Preston R. Miller, *Greg Stettler, *Micaela Gomez, *Hannah Carroll, *Heather Ots, *Carma Goldstein, *Lucas Neff, *Andrew Nunn
Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
3:00 PM
8. BLOOD-BASED IMMUNOGLOBULIN-BOUND NEOANTIGEN SIGNATURES ASSOCIATED WITH MEN1-RELATED DUODENOPANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR PROGRESSION
*Hiroyuki Katayama2, *Johannes Fahrmann2, *Courtney Olsen1, *Natasha Flores2, *Pawel Mazur2, *Amanda Wasylishen2, *Carla Pieterman3, *Ehsan Irajizad2, *Jody Vykoukal2, *Ranran Wu2, *Jennifer Dennison2, *Christine Peterson2, *Hua Zhao2, *Kim-Anh Do2, *Daniel Halperin2, *Sunita Agarwal4, *Jenny Blau4, *Smita Jha4, *Jaydira Del Rivero4, *Naris Nilubol4, *Mary Walter4, *James Welch4, *Lee Weinstein4, *Menno Vriens3, *Rachel van Leeuwaarde3, *Mark van Treijen3, *Gerlof Valk3, Nancy D. Perrier1, *Samir Hanash2
1Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 3UMC Utrecht Cancer Center, Utrecht, Netherlands, 4National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
3:30 PM
9. FROM BEDSIDE TO BENCH WITHOUT RETURN: THE SURGEON-TO-RESEARCHER TRANSFORMATION (2009-2024)
*Joseph Sujka, *Rachel Wolansky, Murray L. Shames, Paul C. Kuo
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
4:00 PM
10. A PORTRAIT OF DETERMINATION, RESILIENCE, AND THE POWER OF PEER SUPPORT
Walter Merrill, Sunil K. Geevarghese
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
4:30 PM
11. MINIMALLY INVASIVE PARENCHYMA-SPARING PANCREATECTOMY IS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER INCIDENCE OF POSTOPERATIVE DIABETES AND PANCREATIC EXOCRINE INSUFFICIENCY
*Dario Solinas, *Marco Dal Molin, *Brady Campbell, *Shuang Zhang, John L. Cameron, *Christopher R. Shubert, *Kelly Lafaro, *Richard A. Burkhart, *William R. Burns, Jin He
Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
5:00 PM
12. IMPACT OF DE-NOVO PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS ON LIVER TRANSPLANT OUTCOMES IN THE U.S.: A PROPENSITY-MATCHED ANALYSIS USING TRINETX
*Omar Alomar, *Adam Boukind, *Ola Ahmed, MB Majella Doyle, William C. Chapman
Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
5:30 PM
13. CHARACTERIZING CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT OF MAJOR PEDIATRIC VASCULAR TRAUMA: A MULTI-YEAR, DUAL-CENTER RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS
*Regan Williams, *Kevin Lang, *Calvin Jung, *Erin Koffman, *Saskya Byerly, *Dina M. Filiberto, *Rachel M. Landisch, *Hamda Almaazmi, Andrew J. Kerwin, *Erica L. Mitchell
Surgery, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
NEW MEMBERS RECEPTION
Commonwealth Room

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2025
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
SCIENTIFIC SESSION III
Regency Ballroom
Moderators: Dai H. Chung, MD, & Rebecca C. Britt, MD
8:30 AM
14. GENETIC RISK, HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND RISK STRATIFICATION FOR DIVERTICULITIS
*Thomas Ueland1, *Jonathan Mosley2, *Jamie Robinson1, *Eric Gamazon3, *Lillias Maguire4, *Richard Peek3, Kenneth W. Sharp1, *Alexander Hawkins1
1Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 2Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, 3Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 4Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9:00 AM
15. NATIONAL-LEVEL RESIDENT SATISFACTION WITH FEEDBACK QUANTITY ON THEIR BEST AND WORST ROTATIONS
*Andrada Diaconescu1, *Chandler McLeod1, *Daniela Munoz Wilson1, George A. Sarosi2, *Carol Barry3, *Andrew Jones3, *Rebecca Minter4, *Jo Buyske3, *Karen Brasel3, †Brenessa Lindeman1
1Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System, Birmingham, Alabama, 2Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, 3The American Board of Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 4Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
9:30 AM
*16. PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: IMPACT OF VOLUME ON OUTCOMES
Bellal Joseph, *Pranamya Mahankali-Singh, *Mohammed Al Ma'ani, *Francisco Castillo-Diaz, Louis J. Magnotti
Surgery, Banner - University Medical Center Tucson, Tucson, Arizona
10:00 AM
*17. DNA METHYLATION QUANTIFICATION FOR HCC DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS DETERMINATION
*Salar Javanshir, *Isabella Angelli-Pahim, *Anastasia Chambers, *Pavan Iyengar, *Rishi Ganguli, Steven J. Hughes, *Daiki Soma, *Thiago Beduschi, *Sergio Duarte, †Ali Zarrinpar
Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
10:30 AM
*18. TOWARD OPIOID-FREE AMBULATORY SURGERY: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY USING MACHINE LEARNING TO PREDICT POSTOPERATIVE OPIOID UTILIZATION
*Savannah Renshaw1, *Divyaam Satija1, *Abdullah Aly2, *Peter Edwards1, *Kiana Shannon1, *Michael Guertin3, *Victor Heh1, †Benjamin K. Poulose1
1Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, 2Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, 3Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio
11:00 AM
19. WHAT'S THE RUSH? CHALLENGING THE EARLY SURGERY PARADIGM FOR OLDER ADULTS IN EMERGENCY GENERAL SURGERY
*William Rice, *Jessica Burgess, Rebecca C. Britt, LD Britt
Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
11:30 AM
20. SURVIVAL IMPACT OF INTRAOPERATIVE CO2 DYSREGULATION IN PATIENTS UNDERGIONG PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY FOR PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA
*Ashley Wetzel, *Andrea Feci, *Joseph Gorman, *Isabel Lavine, *Edoardo Manca, *Richard Zheng, *Nader Hanna, *Harish Lavu, Charles J. Yeo, *Avinoam Nevler
Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
12:00 PM
21. PREDICTING PEDIATRIC SURGICAL CASE DURATION USING MACHINE LEARNING: LEVERAGING TEAM DYNAMICS AND CASE FLOW ATTRIBUTES
*Katherine Adams2, *Yang Yang3, *Gian-Gabriel Garcia4, *Arka Roy2, *Xin-Li Leong5, Dai H. Chung1, *Vishal Ahuja5
1The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, 2The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 3Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 4Georgia Institute of Technology College of Engineering, Atlanta, Georgia, 5Southern Methodist University Edwin L Cox School of Business, Dallas, Texas
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
LUNCH BREAK
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
SCIENTIFIC SESSION IV
Regency Ballroom
Moderators: John H. Armstrong, MD, & Rebecca C. Britt, MD
2:00 PM
22. ROBOTIC HELLER MYOTOMY IMPROVES OUTCOMES COMPARED TO LAPAROSCOPIC HELLER MYOTOMY
William O. Richards, *Juan Borja, *Megan McCaul
Surgery, University of South Alabama Frederick P Whiddon College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama
2:30 PM
23. TRACHEOSTOMY PLACEMENT IS SAFE IN PATIENTS WITH HIGH VENTILATOR SETTINGS: A STUDY OF 1,694 TRACHEOSTOMIES
*James B. Dickey, *Thomas Clements, *Neil G. Jayarajan, *Jan-Michael Van Gent, Bryan A. Cotton
Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston John P and Katherine G McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas
3:00 PM
24. STRUCTURAL BIASES IN RENAL ALLOGRAFT EXPECTED OUTCOMES CALCULATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES: A COUNTY-LEVEL ANALYSIS USING THE COUNTY DEPRIVATION INDEX
David B. Leeser, Eric J. DeMaria, *Carlos Marroquin, *Ashley Burch, *Jan Wong, *William Irish
Surgery, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
3:30 PM
25. A TALE OF TWO HOSPITALS: GERIATRIC SURGICAL PATHWAY IMPROVES POSTOPERATIVE LENGTH OF STAY
*Sarah Jabour1, *Oluwafemi Owodunni2, *Solimar Santiago Del Rosario3, *Dianne Russell1, *Fareeha Khan4, Tom Magnuson1, Susan L. Gearhart1
1Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 2University of New Mexico Department of Emergency Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 3Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 4Geriatrics, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
4:00 PM
26. RURAL-DWELLING PATIENTS CAN SAFELY UNDERGO LUNG AND COLON CANCER SURGERY AT THEIR LOCAL RURAL HOSPITAL WITH GOOD PERIOPERATIVE OUTCOMES
Michael E. Egger1, *Tyler Jones2, *Quinn Piamonte1, *Charlie Zhang3, *Seyed Karimi4, *Bert Little4, *Matthew Fox5, *Sandra L. Kavalukas1, Kelly M. McMasters1, *Maiying Kong6
1Hiram C Polk Jr, MD Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 2UofL Health Brown Cancer Center, Louisville, Kentucky, 3Geographic and Environmental Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 4Health Management and System Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 5Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 6Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
4:30 PM
27. THE IMPACT OF MEDICAID EXPANSION ON PANCREATIC ADENOCARCINOMA SURVIVAL IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES
*Felipe B. Maegawa1, *Kevin T. Nguyen1, *Ankit D. Patel1, *Savannah R. Smith1, *Olatunji B. Alese2, *Ari Szomstein1, Juan M. Sarmiento1, John F. Sweeney1, Edward Lin1
1Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, 2Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
5:00 PM
28. ANALYSIS OF SURGICAL OUTCOMES DURING A PERIOD OF INTRAVENOUS FLUID RESTRICTION AS A RESULT OF A NATIONAL SHORTAGE
*Jacob C. Hubbuch, *Daniel Davenport, *Alexis Nickols, *Marina Robson Chase, *Danielle Walsh, William B. Inabnet
Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
5:30 PM
29. PREDICTORS OF OUTCOMES IN 1441 VASCULAR INJURIES - A 10 YEAR EXPERIENCE IN A LARGE URBAN TRAUMA CENTER
Juan Asensio1, *Santiago A. Ceron1, *David J. Mondschein1, *Shane Martin1, *Ime Inyang1, *Carlos Bechara1, *Eduardo Smith-Singares4, Mallory Williams2, *Vincent Rowe3, *Jose Velasco1
1Rush University Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL; 2Trauma, John H Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL; 3University of California Los Angeles Gonda Vascular Center, Los Angeles, CA; 4Washington State University, Pullman, WA
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
PRESIDENTIAL RECEPTION
Grand Ballroom Foyer
Black Tie
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM
ASSOCIATION DINNER & DANCE
Grand Ballroom
Black Tie

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2025
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
SCIENTIFIC SESSION V
Regency Ballroom
Moderators: Dai H. Chung, MD, & Rebecca C. Britt, MD
8:30 AM
30. CIRCULATING INFLAMMATORY FACTORS AFTER BURN INJURY INDUCE CARDIAC MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION
*Jake Wen1, *Susana Fortich1, *Jana DeJesus1, *Geetha Radhakrishnan2, Ravi S. Radhakrishnan1
1Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch John Sealy School of Medicine, Galveston, Texas, 2Pediatrics, The University of Texas Medical Branch John Sealy School of Medicine, Galveston, Texas
9:00 AM
31. IS AGE JUST A NUMBER? ACCESS TO AND OUTCOMES IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS >65 YEARS
*Santosh Nagaraju1, *David Taber1, *Steven Hanish1, *John McGillicuddy1, *Dirk Van Der Windt1, *Diego di Sabato1, *Aurora Posadas Salas2, *Kannan Samy1, Prabhakar Baliga1
1Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 2Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
9:30 AM
32. BIOLOGY VS. BARRIERS: SOCIOECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE DECREASES OVERALL SURVIVAL IN PANCREATIC CANCER DESPITE RECEIPT OF GUIDELINE-CONCORDANT TREATMENT
*Annabelle Fonseca1, *Ioannis Liapis1, *Jaspinder Sanghera1, *Michelle Holland1, *Krisha Amin2, *Rida Ahmed2, *Sailesh Kumar1, *Archie Landrum1, *Ahmed Abdalla2, *Joshua Richman1, *Smita Bhatia1, Martin J. Heslin1
1Surgery, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, 2Medical Oncology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
10:00 AM
33. CONSEQUENCES OF PATIENT-DIRECTED BYPASS OF LOCAL SURGICAL CARE: A MULTISTATE ANALYSIS.
Anthony G. Charles3, *Mustafa Abid1, *Mark Holmes2, *Tyler Malone2
1Surgery, The University of North Carolina System, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 3Surgery, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
10:30 AM
34. EVALUATING FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH LATE-STAGE BREAST CANCER PRESENTATION IN RURAL PATIENTS - A NATIONAL CANCER DATABASE ANALYSIS
*Omolade Sogade, Julie A. Margenthaler
Surgery, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
11:00 AM
35. PARAESOPHAGEAL HERNIA REPAIR OUTCOMES IN THE ELECTIVE, URGENT AND EMERGENT PATIENT POPULATIONS
*Cody Crnkovic, *John Slaughter, *Davis Howell, *Margaret Plymale, *Daniel Davenport, William B. Inabnet, J. Scott Roth
Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
SECOND BUSINESS MEETING
Regency Ballroom
12:00 PM
ADJOURNMENT
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
PRESIDENT'S LUNCHEON
Empire & Crystal Rooms
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Corresponding Author
Presenting Author
* By Invitation
† New Member, Shipley Award Eligible Paper