Department of Surgery

18th Annual Richard L. Simmons Lecture in Surgical Science and Department of Surgery Research Day

Date

May 6, 2020 - 8:00am to 2:00pm

Event Description

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Annual Simmons Lecture, 8-9am: "Bench-to-Bedside: 1) Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia; 2) Chronic Pancreatitis; 3) Diabetes Mellitus"

Presenter: George K. Gittes, MD

Lecture to be presented VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS:

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Department of Surgery Research Day

To be presented VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS

 

8:00 to 9:00 am: Simmons Lecture, George K. Gittes, MD (see seperate Teams info above)

9:15 - 10:30 am: SESSION 1
Oral Presentations / LONG (10 minute talks / 5 minutes for discussion)
Moderator: Timothy R. Billiar, MD

9:15 – 9:30 am
Ranjeet Kalsi, DO: Pancreatic Intraductal Infusion of Adeno-Associated Virus in Non-Human Primates to Treat Diabetes Mellitus
Mentor: G. Gittes, MD

9:30 – 9:45 am
Lillian Tran, MD: Safety and Early Biological Activity of Regulatory Dendritic Cell Therapy in Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Mentors: A. Thompson, MD; A. Humar, MD

9:45 – 10 am
Sidrah Khan, MD: Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase is Critical in Maintaining the Crosstalk Between Cell Death and Autophagy During Intestinal Inflammation
Mentor: K. Mollen, MD

10:00 - 10:15 am
Christof Kaltenmeier, MD: Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Promote Immune Escape and Metastatic Growth After Surgical Stress
Mentor: S. Tohme, MD

10:15 – 10:30 am
Ricardo Ferrari, PhD, PT: Differential Expression of Canonical Mitosis without y and DNA-Damage Repair Pathways Characterize Muscle Satellite Cells Affected by Peripheral Artery Disease
Mentor: U. Sachdev, MD

10:30 - 10:45 am BREAK

10:45 am - 12:00 NOON: SESSION 2
Oral Presentations / LONG (10 minute talks / 5 minutes for discussion)
Moderator: Timothy R. Billiar, MD

10:45 – 11:00 am
Andrew-Paul Deeb, MD: Finding Goldilocks: Optimal Prehospital Crystalloid Resuscitation Volume in Trauma Patients with Hemorrhagic Shock
Mentor: J. Brown, MD

11:00 – 11:15 am
Danielle Gruen, PhD: Early Prehospital Plasma Resuscitation is Associated with Survival Primarily in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury Diagnosed by Computed Tomography
Mentor: J. Sperry, MD

11:15 – 11:30 am
Rafael Ramos-Jimenez, MD: Microbiome and Macrophage Function Mediate the Benefits of Plant-Based Nutrition in Murine Colitis
Mentor: M. Morowitz, MD

11:30 – 11:45 am
Anthony Cyr, MD, PhD: Identification of Temporal Plasma Metabolomic Response Patterns Following CLP in Young and Aged Mice
Mentor: B. Zuckerbraun, MD

11:45am – 12:00 pm
Pranav Murthy, Research Associate: Expansion of Autologous Tumor Infiltrating γδ T Cells in Peritoneal Surface Malignancies
Mentor: M. Lotze, MD

12:00 - 12:15 pm BREAK

12:15-1:00pm
SESSION 3: Oral Presentations / SHORT (3 minute talks / 2 minutes for discussion)
Moderator: Kevin Mollen, MD

12:15 - 12:20 pm
Hamza Yazdani, MD: Exercise Training Decreases Hepatic Injury and Cancer Metastases via Changes in Immune Response to Liver Ischemia/Reperfusion
Mentor S. Tohme, MD

12:22 - 12:27 pm
Ting Jiang – Medical Student: TLR4 Signaling Transcriptomically and Epigenetically Reprograms Fibroblastic Reticular Cells
Mentor: T. Billiar, MD

12:29 - 12:34 pm
Andrew Yeh, MD: Time-Dependent Displacement of Commensal Skin Microbes by Pathogens at the Site of Colorectal Surgery
Mentor: M. Morowitz, MD

12:36 - 12:41 pm
Jurgis Alvikas, MD: Comparison of Verify Now Aspirin and Whole Blood Aggregometry in Patients with Isolated Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage
Mentor: M. Neal, MD

12:43 - 12:48 pm
Ping Sun, MD: Novel Specific Inhibitor of Cardiolipin Oxidation Is Liver Protective After Hemorrhagic Shock
Mentor: M. Scott, MD, PhD

12:50 - 12:55 pm
David Silver, MD, MPH: Socioeconomic Contributors to Incisional Hernia Management
Mentor: M. Rosengart, MD, MPH

1:00 - 1:15pm BREAK

1:15 - 2:00 pm SESSION 4
Oral Presentations / SHORT (3 minute talks / 2 minutes for discussion)
Moderator: Kevin Mollen, MD

1:15 - 1:20 pm
Kathy Gonzalez, MD: Impact of Dietary Tungsten and Topical Nitrite in Diabetic Wound Healing and the Composition of the Wound Microbiome
Mentor: E. Tzeng, MD

1:22 - 1:27 pm
Weiwei Chen, Medical Student: Neuronal Activation of Lung ILC2 Promotes γδ T Cell Production of IL-17A In Sepsis
Mentor: J. Fan, MD, PhD

1:29 - 1:34 pm
Lauren Huckaby, MD: Modeling Aortic Wall Stress from Computed Tomography- and Echocardiogram-Derived Biomechanical Parameters for Clinical Risk Prediction Mentor: T. Gleason, MD

1:36 - 1:41 pm
Cindy Teng, MD: The Role of Transactive Memory Systems in Trauma Resuscitation Team Performance
Mentor: M. Khan, MD

1:43 - 1:48 pm
Amelia Lucisano, MD: Predicting Future Violent Recidivism Among Young Adolescent Firearm-Related Assault Patients
Mentor: B. Gaines, MD

1:50 - 1:55 pm
Vernissia Tam, MD: The Impact of Robotic Surgery On Functional Recovery Following Pancreatic Surgery: A Prospective Study
Mentor: A. Zureikat, MD

2:00 pm: Closing Remarks, Timothy R. Billiar, MD