Moretz Surgical Society Conference

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Moretz Surgical Society Conference

February 28 - March 1, 2025

J. Harold Harrison, M.D. Education Commons

Please join us for our annual Moretz Surgical Society Conference at Augusta University in Augusta, Georgia

 

Schedule

12:00 pm

Registration Opens

J. Harold Harrison, MD Education Commons, 1301 R.A. Dent Blvd, Augusta, GA  30901

1:00 pm Welcome, Alicia Arnold, DO, President-Moretz Surgical Society, Program Director-General Surgery Residency Program, MCG
  Quality Improvement and Education
1:05 pm Mikenzie Sturdevant, DO, Development of a Multidisciplinary Trauma Simulation Curriculum
1:12 pm Gabrielle Moore, MD and Jonathan McKenzie, MD, Interventions for Operating Suite Optimization: The Impact of Black Release Times on Utilization and Efficiency
1:19 pm Emily Hammond, MD, Effects of Rural Surgery Rotations on a General Surgery Training Program: The Rural Surgery Initiative
1:26 pm Jonathan McKenzie, MD, Process Improvement in Crisis Management: Sterile Processing Redesign at Wellstar MCG Health
1:33 pm Melissa Easley, MD, Comprehensive Simulation Curriculum for General Surgery Training
1:40 pm Break
1:50 pm Surgical Jeopardy: Andrew Lawson, MD
  Case Studies
2:15 pm Philip Coffey, MD, Excision of Mature Mediastinal Hematoma
2:45 pm John Curcuru, MD, Delayed Cardiac Tamponade Following Assault with Subsequent Fall
2:50 pm Nicole Brown, MD, Vesicovaginal Fistula in the Blunt Trauma Victim: Discussion and Case Report
2:55 pm Kathryne Holmes, MD, Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Breast
3:00 pm Break
  Larger Studies and Trials
3:15 pm Ankit Dhiman, MBBS, Utilizing Drainage System Data to Predict Early Chest Tube Removal
3:25 pm Imad Radi, MD, Impact of Conversion from Robotic to Open Pancreatectomiese on Oncological Outcomes
3:35 pm Ruth Lewit, MD, Prospective Development and Validation of a Novel Scoring System for Hirschsprung-Associated Enterocolitis to Maximize Sensitivity
3:45 pm Closing Remarks/Adjourn
6:30 pm

Dinner at Marion Hatcher Center

519 Greene Street, Augusta, GA  30901

7:15 am Breakfast
7:55 am Welcome, Alicia Arnold, DO, President-Moretz Surgical Society, Program Director-General Surgery Residency Program, MCG
8:00 am Joe Bowden, MD, History Lecture: Moretz Surgical Society History
8:20 am Angello Lin, MD, Innovation Using Alternative Tools
8:50 am Break
9:00 am

Arlie R. Mansberger, Jr. MD Lecture

Neil Tanna, MD, Accelerating Innovation in Breast Surgery:  Robotic Mastectomy, Robotic DIEP Flap, and Robotic Microsurgery

9:45 am Steven Colquhoun, MD, Technology in the Realm of Liver, Pancreas, Biliary and Transplant Surgery
10:15 am Break
10:30 am Omar El Shazly, MD, Grafts and Crafts (Endovascular Updates)
11:00 am James St. Louis, MD, Unification of National Congenital Heart Surgery Databases
11:30 am Department Update, William Jordan Jr.,MD, Chair, Department of Surgery, MCG
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm

Sam Richwine, MD Lecture

David Zabel, MD, Tissue Engineering in Surgical Reconstruction

1:45 pm Allison Superneau, DO, Robotics and Acute Care Surgery
2:15 pm Daniel Milgrom, MD, Artificial Intelligence in Surgery
2:45 pm Business Meeting
  Adjourn
 

Augusta Country Club

655 Milledge Road, Augusta, GA  30904

(Cocktail Attire)

6:00 pm

Cocktail Hour

6:30 pm

Reception

 

Location

Conference Location:

J. Harold Harrison, M.D. Education Common

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J. Harold Harrison Building

 

Hotel / Travel

Crowne Plaza Hotel 

1060 Center Street, North Augusta, SC 29841
(803)349-8400

MCG Surgery Annual Meeting

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Contact Us

Megan Mumford
 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA, 30912
 BI 4076
706-721-4652
mmumford@augusta.edu