
Annual Meeting
Scientific Program
The SWSC 2020 Virtual Meeting will feature over 30 “on-demand” presentations that will be accessible from October 19 – December 31, 2020. View video presentations and interact on discussion boards with colleagues on your own time. Pre-registration is required to access content.

Breast
7. EXPLORING THE EFFECT OF POST-MASTECTOMY COMPLICATIONS ON 5-YEAR SURVIVAL
Presenter: Jacob Hammond MD | Mayo Clinic Arizona
22. A DECADE OF ULTRASOUND GUIDED BREAST CONSERVATION FOR MARGIN NEGATIVE RESECTION – RADIOACTIVE, AND MAGNETIC, AND INFRA RED OH MY …
Presenter: Rakhshanda Rahman MD | Texas Tech University Health Sciences, Lubbock
Colorectal
6. ENHANCED RECOVERY AFTER SURGERY FOR CYTOREDUCTIVE WITH HYPERTHERMIC PERFUSION: SAFETY AND EFFICACY
Presenter: Bryce Marshall BS | University of Louisville
11. THE EFFECT OF CANCER DIAGNOSIS ON PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING COLORECTAL OPERATIONS: A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
Presenter: Jennifer Yonkus MD | Mayo Clinic Rochester
Critical Care
3. ABDOMINAL SEPSIS PATIENTS HAVE A HIGH INCIDENCE OF CHRONIC CRITICAL ILLNESS WITH DISMAL LONG-TERM OUTCOMES
Presenter: Micheal Cox MD | University of Florida
Endocrine
33. ANALYZING THE AMERICAN THYROID ASSOCIATION STATEMENT ON OUTPATIENT THYROIDECTOMY USING THE NSQIP DATABASE
Presenter: Cheng Ma | Texas Tech University Health Sciences, El Paso
General Surgery
8. SURGICAL REFERRAL FOR CHOLECYSTECTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH ATYPICAL SYMPTOMS – A CASE FOR HELICOBACTER PYLORI TESTING AND PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR TRIAL
Presenter: Sonam Kapadia MD | Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
28. MISSED OPPORTUNITIES: VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM PROPHYLAXIS AMONG GENERAL SURGERY PATIENTS
Presenter: Joshua Billings MD | University of Colorado School of Medicine
30. IMPROVED PATIENT OUTCOMES AND REDUCED COST IN TREATING ACUTE BILIARY DISORDERS WITH A SHIFT-BASED ACUTE CARE SURGERY MODEL COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL GENERAL SURGERY CALL
Presenter: Michelle Estrada MD | Texas Tech University Health Sciences, Lubbock
34. SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF ADVANCED HIDRADENITIS SUPPURATIVA VIA A ONE STAGE PROCEDURE: A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
Presenter: Donna Ayala BS | Texas Tech University Health Sciences, Lubbock
Hernia
5. FIX IT WHILE YOU CAN… MORTALITY AFTER UMBILICAL HERNIA REPAIR IN CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS
Presenter: Charles Hill MD | The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
10. LAPAROSCOPIC HIATAL HERNIA REPAIR AS SAME DAY SURGERY: FEASIBILITY, SHORT TERM OUTCOMES, COSTS
Presenter: Colleen O’Neill | University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
HPB
29. MUCINOUS CYSTIC NEOPLASMS OF THE PANCREAS IN THE MODERN ERA: EXPERIENCE WITH 708 PATIENTS
Presenter: Maria Ahmad MD | Texas Tech University Health Sciences, El Paso
Other
27. DETECTION OF EARLY ALLOGRAPH DYSFUNCTION AT 30 MINUTES OF REPERFUSION IN LIVER TRANSPLANTATION: AN INTRAOPERATIVE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL WITH REAL TIME ASSESSMENT OF GRAFT FUNCTION
Presenter: Hunter Moore MD, PhD | University of Colorado School of Medicine
Thoracic
12. OUTCOMES OF ESOPHAGEAL STENT THERAPY FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ANASTOMOTIC LEAKS
Presenter: Shalyn Carter BS | University of Louisville
Trauma
1. DELAYS IN SURGICAL INTERVENTION AND TEMPORARY HEMOSTASIS USING RESUSCITATIVE ENDOVASCULAR BALLOON OCCLUSION OF THE AORTA (REBOA): INFLUENCE OF TIME TO OPERATING ROOM ON MORTALITY
Presenter: Ryo Yamamoto MD, PhD | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
4. EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT RE-PRESENTATION OF TRAUMA PATIENTS AFTER DISCHARGE: WHY ARE THEY COMING BACK?
Presenter: Adam Shellito MD | Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
9. DETERMINATION OF OPTIMAL DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY FOR REBOA IN PATIENTS WITH NON-COMPRESSIBLE HEMORRHAGE BELOW THE DIAPHRAGM
Presenter: Nicholas Johnson BS | University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
16. SURGICAL FACULTY PERCEPTION OF SERVICE-BASED ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDERS: A SOUTHWESTERN SURGICAL CONGRESS MULTI-CENTER SURVEY
Presenter: Barbara Eaton CRNP | University of Maryland Medical Center
17. INCIDENCE OF HYPONATREMIA IN PATIENTS GIVEN LEVETIRACETAM VS PHENYTOIN FOR EARLY POST TRAUMATIC SEIZURE PROPHYLAXIS
Presenter: Kyle McCullough MD | University of California San Francisco at Fresno
20. WORTH LOOKING! VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM IN PATIENTS WHO UNDERGO PREPERITONEAL PELVIC PACKING WARRANTS SCREENING DUPLEX
Presenter: Alicia Heelan Gladden MD, MS | Denver Health Medical Center
24. WHICH BMI IS PROTECTIVE IN BLUNT TRAUMA? THE ANSWER: NOT TOO SKINNY, NOT TOO OBESE
Presenter: James Choi MD, MA | Westchester Medical Center
25. VASOPRESSORS IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: QUANTIFYING THEIR EFFECT ON MORTALITY
Presenter: Navpreet Dhillon MD | Cedars Sinai Medical Center
31. ADMISSION BASE DEFICIT IS SUPERIOR TO LACTATE IN DETERMINING HIGH RISK TRAUMA PATIENTS
Presenter: James Davis MD | University of California San Francisco at Fresno
Vascular
2. GENERAL SURGERY RESIDENT OPERATIVE EXPERIENCE IN VASCULAR TRAUMA
Presenter: Tashinga Musonza MD | ACGME
19. OUTCOMES OF MAJOR LOWER EXTREMITY AMPUTATIONS IN DYSVASCULAR PATIENTS: ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT
Presenter: Leigh Ann O’Banion MD, FACS, RPVI | University of California San Francisco at Fresno
21. PRE-OPERATIVE EMBOLIZATION MAY BE UNNECESSARY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CAROTID BODY TUMORS
Presenter: Peter Layman DO | Saint Joseph Hospital, Denver
23. CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY SURGEON VOLUMES IN CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE: A COMPARISON TO RANDOMIZED TRIAL INCLUSION CRITERIA
Presenter: Matthew Breite MD | Mayo Clinic Arizona
26. A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF BOVINE ARTERY GRAFT PATENCY: A SINGLE SITE STUDY
Presenter: Patrick Albert MD | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center , Shreveport