2023 PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
WEST VIRGINIA CHAPTER
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
May 4-6, 2023
THE GREENBRIER, WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WV
15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
Go to 2023 CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM to register, or contact Ashley Wiley, 304-549-8469 or
Thursday, May 4, 2023 Moderator Benjamin Dyer, MD, FACS, Second Vice President, WV ACS
7:30 am Registration – Eisenhower Rooms
7:45 am Welcome – Andrew Stewart, MD, FACS, President WV ACS
7:50 am Governors Report – Mark Choueiri, MD, FACS, Governor WV ACS
8:00 am WV ACS Presidential Address
Dr. Andrew Stewart
8:20 am Adjunct Medical Specialties for HPB Surgery
Dr. Tejas Joshi
8:40 am Advanced Endoscopy
Dr. Shyam Thakkar
9:00 am Interventional Radiology
TBD
9:20 am Break/View exhibits
9:50am Colonic Inertia
Dr. Douglas Murken
10:10 am Cricothyroidotomy and Conversion to Tracheostomy
Dr. William Stokes
10:30 am Management of the open abdomen
Dr. Tiffany Lasky
10:50 am Esophageal Diverticuli
Dr. Ghulam Abbas
11:10 am Updates in the management of the axilla in breast cancer
Dr. Hannah Hazard
11:30 am Changes in Rural General Surgery
Dr. Ashley Parker
12:00 pm Lunch / Break
1:30 pm The Business of Surgery: Financial Counseling for Surgeons
Erik Huffman
1:50 pm Optimizing RVUs
Lea Withrow & Crystal Garret
2:10 pm Surgical Innovation
Dr. Nova Szoka
2:30 pm Acute Mesenteric Ischemia: Endovascular Options
Dr. Shadi Abu-Halimah
2:50 pm 2023 John O. Rankin Lecture
Dr. Matthew Wall
3:30 pm Student Forum
5:00 pm Council Meeting – WV ACS – Van Buren Room
6:30 pm Annual Reception – Crystal Room
Friday, May 5, 2023 Moderator Alan Thomay, MD, FACS First Vice President WV ACS
6:45 am Student Poster Rounds – 5 presentations 5 min, 2 min Q&A, 1 min transition each
7:00 am Registration – Eisenhower Rooms
7:30 am WV State Resident Trauma Competition
TBA
8:30 am 2023 WV Trauma Lecture
Dr. Matthew Wall
9:10 am Break/View exhibits
9:40 am History of Surgery Lecture: Everything Old Is New Again; Applying Lessons from Halsted’s Life and Work to Today’s Surgical Landscape
Dr. Bryan Richmond, MD, MBA, FACS
10:20 am Stump the Experts Panel – Acute Care General Surgery
Moderator: Dr. Sarang Kashyap
Dr. Jason Turner (Private Practice)
Dr. Mark Choueiri (CAMC)
Dr. Yinan Wei (Marshall)
Dr. David Borgstrom (WVU)
11:00 am Vascular Surgery
Dr. Herbert Oye
11:20 am Medical/DO student quick shot presentations – 5 presentations 8 min, 5 min Q&A, 2 min transition each
12:20 pm Awards
12:30 pm WV Plastic Surgery Society Luncheon/Meeting – Wilson Room Student-Focused Luncheon with Program Directors
1:30 pm Simulation Lab – Residents and Students
Saturday. May 6, 2023 Moderator Andrew Stewart, MD, FACS President WV ACS
7:00 am Registration – Eisenhower Rooms
7:30 am Surgery / Cancer Resident Competition
TBA
9:00 am Break/View exhibits
9:30 am Management of the breast in the transgender patient
Dr. Diane Krutzler
9:50 am Urology, transgender surgery and complications
10:10 am American College of Surgeons Update
Dr. E. Christopher Ellison
10:50 am Urology, Topic TBD
Dr. Ali Hajiran
11:10 am Surgical Jeopardy
Marshall- TBA
CAMC- TBA
WVU- TBA
12:00 pm Awards
12:05 pm Annual Business Meeting
12:30 pm Adjourn
Download PDF: 2023 Preliminary program