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

Friday, February 28, 2025  

12:00pm Registration Opens

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

 
  RESIDENT/STUDENT RESEARCH COMPETITIONS
1:00pm Welcome, Renee Hilton-Rowe, MD , President-Moretz Surgical Society, Chief, Minimally Invasive Surgery, MCG

 

 

Medical Student Research:  Battle of the Campuses!

Judges:  Dean David Hess, MD, Jennifer Tucker, MD, and Leila Stallworth, MD

 
  Wellstar Marietta Campus
1:05pm Stephanie Hayes, M4, Standardization of Sleeve Gastrectomy Technique-A Quality Improvement Project
 
  MCG Northeast Campus 
1:12pm Michelle Patel, M4, Outcomes of Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis:  A 10-Year Single Institution Retrospective Review
1:19pm Brenna Martin, M4, Racial Disparities in Hormone Receptor Positivity and Prognostic Features in Breast Cancer in Rural Georgia
 
  MCG Southeast Campus
1:26pm Kaitlyn Tice, M4, The Impact of Remote Interviews on Residency Choice for MCG Students
 
  MCG Southwest Campus
1:33pm Luke Guy, M4, Factors Associated with Surgery Refusal in Patients with Stage I-III Esophageal Cancer 
 
  MCG Augusta Campus
1:40pm Cameron Jackson, M4, Assessing General Surgery Resident Proficiency in Robotic Surgery
1:47pm Christina Bae, M4, Does Surgery Improve Outcomes in Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs) in All Sites?
1:54pm Malek Moumne, M4, Factors Associated with Refusal of Surgery in Stage I-III Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma and Their Effect on Survival
 
2:05pm Break
 
2:15pm Surgical Jeopardy:  Andrew Lawson, DO, Medical Director, SICU, Critical Care Fellowship Program Director
 
  General Surgery Residency Research Competition
2:45pm Ankit Dhiman, MBBS, PGY-3, Prognostic Implications of Somatic KRAS Mutations in Patients Undergoing Curative Resections with Stage I-IIIA NSCLC
2:52pm Zackery Aldaher, DO, PGY-2 Needs Assessment to Develop an Interactive Trauma Simulation Curriculum for the Rural Trauma Team
2:59pm

Emily Hammond, MD, PGY-4, Creating a Multidisciplinary Adrenal Center:  5 Year Review

3:06pm

Richard Tudela Aldan, MD, PGY-2, Peripheral Artery Aneurysms in Marfan Syndrome:  Beyond the Aorta

3:13pm

Melissa Easley, MD, Research Resident, Outcomes and Inequalities in Bariatric Surgery by Socioeconomic Status

3:20pm

Gabrielle Moore, MD, Research Resident, Multi-Disciplinary, Simulation-Based Massive Transfusion Protocol Curriculum

3:27 pm

Anthony Campbell, MD, Research Resident, Ex Vivo Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion (HOPE) System Enables Extended Preservation Time:  Cellular And Molecular Insights in a Porcine Model

3:34pm Brittany Fields, MD, Research Resident, CA19-9 Normalization and Yield of Laparoscopy After Neoadjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
 
3:45pm

Closing Remarks/Adjourn

 
6:30pm

Dinner at Marion Hatcher Center

519 Greene Street

Augusta, GA  30901

Saturday, March 1, 2025

7:15am Breakfast
   
7:55am Welcome, Renee Hilton-Rowe, MD, President-Moretz Surgical Society, President-Moretz Surgical Society, Chief, Minimally Invasive Surgery, MCG
8:00am Robert Nesbit, MD, Charles H. Wray, MD, FACS:  MCG Surgeon
8:20am

Arlie R. Mansberger, Jr., MD Lecture

Julie A. Freischlag, MD, FACS, FRCSEd (Hon), DFSVS, MAMSE, Leadership in Surgery

   
9:20am Break
   
9:35am Andrew Soo Hoo, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Vascular Surgery, Paging Vascular Surgery STAT
10:05am MCG Surgery Graduates, Class of 2017:  Alumni Spotlight...Where Are They Now?

Aaron Bolduc, MD, Andrew Lawson, DO, Aleta Paschal, MD, Kayla Smith, MD, and Nathaniel Walsh, MD

   
10:45am Break
   
11:00am Department Update, William D. Jordan Jr., MD, Chair, Department of Surgery, MCG
11:30am Research Panel:  Research During Residency...Time Well Spent?

Moderators:  William D. Jordan Jr., MD, Renee Hilton-Rowe, MD and Alicia Huff-Arnold, DO

Melissa Easley, MD, Gabrielle Moore, MD, Anthony Campbell, MD, Brittany Fields, MD, and Benjamin Pitt, MD

   
12:00pm

Lunch

   
1:00pm

Sam Richwine, MD Lecture

Lloyd Nanhekhan, MD, Dynamic Reconstruction of Complex Abdominal Wall Defects with the Pedicled Innervated Vastus Lateralis and Anterolateral Thigh PIVA Flap and Limiting the Fascia Incision Length in DIEP Flap:  Repercussion on Abdominal Wall Morbidity

1:45pm Swadha Guru, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology, Colorectal Surgery:  Improving Outcomes with Robotic Surgery
2:15pm Jeffrey Rogers, MD, Professor, Division of Transplant Surgery, Molecular Diagnostics in Kidney Transplantation
   
2:45pm Business Meeting
  Adjourn
 

 

 

Augusta Country Club

655 Milledge Road

Augusta, GA  30904

(Cocktail Attire)

6:30pm

Cocktail Hour

7:30pm

Reception

We are grateful to those that have already registered for the Moretz Surgical Society Conference this year.
Dr. Alicia Arnold Dr. Erin Switzer Dr. David Zabel Dr. Aaron Bolduc Dr. Gautam Agarwal
Dr. Terence O'Keeffe Dr. Kathryne Holmes Dr. Daniel Milgrom Dr. William Jordan Dr. Swadha Guru
Dr. Renee HIlton-Rowe Ms. Stephanie Hayes Dr. Janie Mckenzie Dr. America Revere Ms. Christina Bae
Dr. Bashir Koko Dr. Jeff Rogers Ms. Michelle Patel Ms. Cameron Jackson Dr. Erika Mabes
Dr. James St. Louis Mr. Luke Guy Dr. Angella Lin Mr. Christopher Vakkur Dr. Ankit Dhiman
Dr. Danny Yakoub Ms. Brenna Martin Dr. Emily Hammon Dr. Boa-Ling Adam Dr. Andrew Lawson
Dr. Phillip Ham Mr. Malek Moumne Dr. Paul Brock Ms. Hannah Wilkey Dr. Davis O'Brien
Dr. Mikenzie Sturdevant Dr. David Rivera Ms. Mahima Sangtani Dr. Natallie Domingue Dr. Austin Graf
Dr. Gabrielle Moore Ms. Betsy Bartholf Ms. Sangmin Kim Dr. AJ Soo Hoo Dr. Lloyd Nanhekhan
Dr. Julie Freischlag        

Location

Conference Location:

J. Harold Harrison, M.D. Education Commons

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J. Harold Harrison Building

 

Hotel / Travel

Crowne Plaza Hotel 

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

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Contact Us

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