Enhance the physician’s core competencies and assist in improving patient care.

Topics covered:

Session 1: Hernia Update

• Abdominal wall anatomy with respect to understanding component separation
• Peri Op adjuncts to improve outcomes of hernia repair
• Best way to do TEP/TAP
• How to deal with complex inguinal hernia
• Case Studies/Algorithms for hernias (inguinal/ventral)
• Robot/Open/Case Studies

Session II: Colon and Foregut

• Updates on Colorectal Malignancy
• Mgmt. of Benign Colo-Anal Problems
• Bowel Obstruction: When to Operate; Malignant Bowel Obstruction
• Advances in Endoscopy – Guidelines
• Endoscopic POP/POEM
• Tips/tricks in Performing General Surgery on Obese Patients
• Management of Parastomal Hernias
• Laparoscopic colon surgical techniques/how low do you go?

Session III: Breast/HPB

• Updates on Breast Cancer Care
• Practice Changing Trials in Breast Cancer Surgery
• Community Practice Updates: Value in Healthcare
• Surgical Management of the Axilla
• Common Bile Duct Injuries
• Current Mgmt. of Pancreatic Cysts (IPMN)
• Hepatic incidentalomas: What To Do?

Session IV: Foregut

• Pathophysiology of GERD
• Primary Operations for GERD
• Revision Operations for GERD
• Achalasia – Endoscopic Management
• Guidelines and treatment for Barrett’s esophagus
• Current and Future Trends in Bariatric Surgery 
• Complications of Bariatric Surgery