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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Friday, March 11, 2022
  • 7:00 AM – 7:30 AM CST
    Meet the Experts: Building a Clinical Practice

    Expert: Ajay V. Maker, MD – University of California San Francisco

    Live Virtual

    non-CME

    Cross Disciplinary

  • 7:00 AM – 7:30 AM CST
    Meet the Experts: Building an Academic Division of Surgical Oncology

    Expert: Andrew Lowy, MD, FACS – UC San Diego

    Live Virtual

    non-CME

    Cross Disciplinary

  • 7:00 AM – 7:30 AM CST
    Meet the Experts: Meet the SSO Leadership

    Expert: Douglas S. Tyler, MD, MSHCT, FSSO – University of Texas Medical Branch

    Expert: Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS, FSSO FACS FASCO – Dartmouth-Hitchcock

    Live Virtual

    non-CME

    Cross Disciplinary

  • 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM CST
    Technologies That Improve Outcomes in Surgical Oncology (Medtronic Industry Forum)

    Forum Speaker: Daniel A. Anaya Saenz, MD – H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center

    Industry

    Upper GI

    Colorectal/GI

    non-CME

  • 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM CST
    American Cancer Society and SSO Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lecture: Reversing Cancer Disparities Through Greater Diversity

    Lecturer: Wayne A.I Frederick, MD, MBA, FACS – Howard University

    Lecture and Awards

    CME

  • 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM CST
    Charles M. Balch Distinguished Service Award

    Moderator: Douglas S. Tyler, MD, MSHCT, FSSO – University of Texas Medical Branch

    Moderator: Armando E. Giuliano, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center

    Lecture and Awards

    non-CME

  • 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM CST
    SSO Presidential Address: What Is a Surgical Oncologist: Evolution of Surgical Oncology and the Society of Surgical Oncology in an Era of Hyperspecialization

    Moderator: Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS, FSSO FACS FASCO – Dartmouth-Hitchcock

    Lecturer: Douglas S. Tyler, MD, MSHCT, FSSO – University of Texas Medical Branch

    Lecture and Awards

    CME

  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CST
    SSO HUB

    Networking

    HUB

  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    ACT Networking Break
  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    Management of Limited Peritoneal Metastasis from Gastric Cancer After Conversion of Positive Washing to Negative

    Session Moderator: Travis E. Grotz, MD – Mayo Clinic

    Upper GI

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CST
    Networking Refreshment Break

    Networking

    HUB

  • 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM CST
    Advanced Cancer Therapies (ACT) Exhibits

    ACT

  • 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM CST
    Oncology Training in Surgery: Are We Hitting the Mark in 2022?

    Moderator: Elizabeth G. Grubbs, MD – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Moderator: Jeffrey M. Farma, MD – Fox Chase Cancer Center

    Cross Disciplinary

    CME

  • 10:00 AM – 10:10 AM CST
    ACT 2022 Welcome

    Moderator: Charles A. Staley, MD – Emory

    Moderator: Laura Lambert, MD – Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah

    ACT

  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CST
    Transanal Excision:  Indications and Technique

    Session Moderator: Alia Abdulla, DO, FACS, FSSO – Broward Health Medical Center/Nova Southeastern University

    Colorectal

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CST
    What Is New in Parathyroid Localization, Identification and Preservation?

    Session Moderator: Heather Wachtel, MD – University of Pennsylvania

    Endocrine/Head and Neck

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CST
    Breast Parallel Session 1

    Moderator: Marie Catherine Lee, MD – H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center

    Moderator: Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, MD, MA, MPHS, FACS – The University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine

    Breast

    CME

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CST
    Clinical and Young Investigator Award Presentations

    Moderator: Darren R. Carpizo, MD, PhD – University of Rochester

    Moderator: Julie E. Lang, MD, FACS – Cleveland Clinic

    Lecture and Awards

    CME

  • 10:10 AM – 11:10 AM CST
    ACT PSM Abstract Presentations 1

    Moderator: Byrne Lee, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine

    Moderator: Travis E. Grotz, MD – Mayo Clinic

    ACT

    PSM

    CME

  • 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM CST
    Integrating Y90 into the mCRC Pathway – A Surgical Perspective (Sirtex Industry Spotlight)

    Spotlight Presenter: Rohan Jeyarajah, MD

    Industry

    HUB

    HPB

    non-CME

  • 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM CST
    Paradigm Shift in the Treatment Options of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Session Moderator: Adam Yopp, MD – UT Southwestern Medical Center

    HPB

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 10:45 AM – 11:30 AM CST
    How to Leverage Social Media to Enhance Your Practice and Career

    Session Moderator: Jordan M. Cloyd, MD – The Ohio State University

    Pan Tumor/Cross Discipline

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 11:10 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    ACT PSM: Landmark Trials in Peritoneal Surface Malignancies

    Moderator: Fabian M. Johnston, MD, MHS – Johns Hopkins University

    Moderator: Deepa Magge, MD, FACS – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    ACT

    PSM

    CME

  • 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Merkel Cell Carcinoma

    Session Moderator: Kelly Olino, MD – Yale School of Medicine

    Melanoma

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Surgeons as Entrepreneurs? The How, When and Why of Innovation

    Session Moderator: Lee G. Wilke, MD – University of Wisconsin

    Pan Tumor/Cross Discipline

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    What You Need to Know about Genetic Syndromes Associated with Sarcomas: Focus on Li-Fraumeni Syndrome and Type 1 Neurofibromatosis

    Session Moderator: Aimee Crago, MD, PhD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    HUB Presenter: Keila E. Torres, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    HUB Presenter: Huma Q. Rana, MD, MPH – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Sarcoma

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM CST
    Extended and Multivisceral Resections for Colorectal Cancer: indications, Technique and Outcome

    Moderator: Karyn B. Stitzenberg, MD, MPH – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Moderator: Matthew F. Kalady, MD – The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, The James Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Colorectal

    CME

  • 11:45 AM – 1:45 PM CST
    Lunch and HUB Programming

    Networking

    HUB

  • 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM CST
    A New Paradigm for Intraoperative Margin Visualization with OCT + Future AI (Perimeter Industry Spotlight)

    Spotlight Presenter: Beth DuPree, MD – Breast Surgeon and Clinical Investigator

    Spotlight Presenter: Amelia Tower, DO – Texas Health Breast Specialists, Texas Health Resources

    Industry

    HUB

    Breast

    non-CME

  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CST
    ACT 2022 Lunch and ePoster Presentations

    ACT

  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CST
    ACT Poster Presentations Group 1

    Poster Session Moderator: H. Richard Alexander, Jr., MD – Rutgers Cancer Institute

    ACT

  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CST
    ACT Poster Presentations Group 2

    Poster Session Moderator: Jesus Esquivel, MD – Beebe Healthcare

    ACT

  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM CST
    ACT 2022 Chair Lecture: ACT: Surgeons Leading Therapeutic Clinical Trials: An Opportunity for Multi-disciplinary Collaboration

    Presenter: Charles A. Staley, MD – Emory

    ACT

    CME

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
    Sarcoma and Endocrine Parallel Session

    Moderator: Patricia Cronin, MD, FRCS – Mayo Clinic

    Moderator: Joshua M.V Mammen, MD,PhD,MBA – University of Nebraska

    Sarcoma

    CME

  • 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM CST
    Melanoma and other Skin Cancers Parallel Session

    Moderator: Ryan C. Fields, MD – Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University School of Medicine

    Moderator: Charlotte E. Ariyan, MD, PhD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    Melanoma

    CME

  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CST
    Integration of Molecular Analysis in the Multidisciplinary Management of HPB Neoplasms

    Moderator: Melissa Hogg, MD, MS – NorthShore

    Moderator: Alexander A. Parikh, MD, MPH, FACS, FSSO – East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine

    HPB

    CME

  • 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM CST
    Tumor Board: Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy and TVEC for Melanoma

    Session Moderator: Joseph Skitzki, MD – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Immuno-Oncology

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CST
    ACT: Applied Research Abstract Presentations

    Moderator: Joseph Skitzki, MD – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Moderator: Maheswari Senthil, MD – University of California, Irvine

    ACT

    Regional Therapies

    CME

  • 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM CST
    Lumicell Industry Spotlight Session

    Industry

    HUB

    Breast

    non-CME

  • 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM CST
    Improving Surgical Outcomes Through Frailty Assessment and Prehabilitation

    Session Moderator: Christopher Scally, MD, MS – University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Pan Tumor/Cross Discipline

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM CST
    Sarcoma Great Debate: Neoadjuvant radiation therapy is useless for primary retroperitoneal sarcoma!

    Moderator: Chandrajit P. Raut, MD, MSc – Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School

    Sarcoma

    CME

  • 2:15 PM – 3:00 PM CST
    Emerging Technologies in Endocrine, Head and Neck Surgery

    Moderator: Emad Kandil, MD, MBA – Tulane University

    Moderator: Colleen M. Kiernan, MD, MPH – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Endocrine/Head and Neck

    CME

  • 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM CST
    ACT Applied Research: Intraperitoneal Drug Delivery: Current Translational Research

    Moderator: Mustafa Raoof, MD, FACS – Department of Surgery, Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics

    Moderator: Laura Lambert, MD – Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah

    ACT

    Regional Therapies

    CME

  • 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM CST
    Intraoperative Margin Assessment for Breast Cancer

    Session Moderator: Emily Siegel, MD – Keck School of Medicine of USC

    Breast

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM CST
    Palliative management of advanced gastric cancer

    Session Moderator: Timothy R. Donahue, MD – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

    Upper GI

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CST
    Networking Refreshment Break

    Networking

  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM CST
    Clinical Trials in Melanoma

    Moderator: Michael C. Lowe, MD, MA, FACS, FSSO – Emory University School of Medicine

    Immuno-Oncology

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 3:00 PM – 3:40 PM CST
    ACT Clinical Trials Abstract Presentations

    Moderator: Colette R. Pameijer, MD – Penn State Cancer Institute

    Moderator: Alissa Greenbaum, MD – University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

    ACT

    Clinical Trials

    CME

  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM CST
    John Wayne Clinical Research Lecture: Neoadjuvant immune checkpoint blockade: a pre-surgical window into treatment response and primary resistance

    Moderator: Douglas S. Tyler, MD, MSHCT, FSSO – University of Texas Medical Branch

    Lecturer: Suzanne L. Topalian, MD – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg-Kimmel Inst. for Cancer Immunotherapy

    Lecture and Awards

    CME

  • 3:40 PM – 4:00 PM CST
    ACT Clinical Trials: Update on PSM Clinical Trials

    Moderator: Colette R. Pameijer, MD – Penn State Cancer Institute

    Moderator: Alissa Greenbaum, MD – University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

    ACT

    PSM

    Clinical Trials

    CME

  • 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM CST
    Skin Cancer Tumor Board: (2 cases – Melanoma, Merkel Cell Carcinoma)

    Session Moderator: Camille L. Stewart, MD – University of Colorado School of Medicine

    Melanoma

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM CST
    Updates in Nipple Sparing and Robotic Mastectomy

    Session Moderator: Deborah E. Farr, MD – UT Southwestern Medical Center

    Breast

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM CST
    Ice Cream Social

    Networking

    HUB

  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    ACT 2022 Meet the Professors Reception

    Networking

  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM CST
    Translating Progress With Immunotherapies and Targeted Agents Into Improved Outcomes in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Surgical and Clinical Perspectives on Modern Multimodal Treatment Approaches

    Spotlight Speaker: Heather McArthur, MD – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Spotlight Presenter: Henry Kuerer