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UC San Diego Surgery Turns Out in Full Force for Academic Surgical Congress 2023

The UC San Diego Department of Surgery was well-represented at the 18th annual Academic Surgical Congress, a joint meeting of the two leading associations for academic surgery – The Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) and The Society of University Surgeons (SUS) . As President of SUS, Rebekah White, MD, FACS, of the UC San Diego Division of Surgical Oncology presided over the meeting and delivered the SUS Presidential Address on "Work-Life Integration for Academic Surgeons," a discussion of how the COVID pandemic has blurred the boundaries between work and home.

Along with Jason Sicklick, MD, FACS, also of the UC San Diego Division of Surgical Oncology, Dr. White co-taught a virtual Association of Academic Surgeons/SUS Surgical Investigators’ Course attended by more than 40 surgeons.

All told, members of the UC Department of Surgery delivered 17 presentations by 15 unique presenters representing eight divisions, including Breast, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Pediatrics, Plastic Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Transplant Surgery, Trauma, and Vascular Surgery).

Time Tuesday, February 7, 2023 Time Wednesday, February 8, 2023 Time Thursday, February 9, 2023
7:30 - 9:30 AM Oncolytic adenovirus with liposome encapsulation induces anticancer activity in CAR-deficient tumor model
PRESENTER: Nicole Goldhaber
SESSION: 1 - Basic Science: Oncology/Colorectal Quickshot Session
ROOM: 327		 7:30 - 9:30 AM Clinical Potential of Targeting Human Gastric Cancer with a Fluorescent CEA Antibody in Mouse Models.
PRESENTER: Kristin Cox
SESSION: 22 - Basic Science: Oncology Oral Session I
ROOM: 328		 7:30 - 9:30 AM Percutaneous Pigtail Catheter Drainage of Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation in Premature Infants
PRESENTER: Priyanka Jadhav
SESSION: 68 - Clinical/Outcomes: Pediatrics Oral Session IV
ROOM: 335.C
Financial Toxicity and Logistic Burden of Children with Wilms Tumor in Crowdfunding Campaigns
PRESENTER: Harold Leraas
SESSION: 11 - Clinical/Outcomes: Pediatrics Quickshot Session I
ROOM: 335.B		 Immunomodulation by Irreversible Electroporation in a PDX Model of Pancreatic Cancer.
PRESENTER: Jorge De La Torre Medina
SESSION: 22 - Basic Science: Oncology Oral Session I
ROOM: 328		 Falling from New Heights: Increased Burden of Traumatic Fractures After Border Wall Height Increase
PRESENTER: Emma Williams
SESSION: 74 - Clinical/Outcomes: Trauma/Critical Care Oral Session VIII
ROOM: 343.A
10:45 - 11:30 AM SUS Presidential Address:
Work-Life Integration for Academic Surgeons
PRESENTER: Rebekah White, MD, FACS
ROOM: Lanier G-L		 Multiple Co-mutations in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor are Associated with Worsened Overall Survival
PRESENTER: Ashwyn Sharma
SESSION: 22 - Basic Science: Oncology Oral Session I
ROOM: 328		 10:55 - 11:55 AM Pressure Enabled Drug DeliveryTM of a Class C TLR9 agonist in a Pancreatic Cancer Murine Model
PRESENTER: Benedict Capacio
SESSION: 79 - Basic Science Plenary Session
ROOM: Lanier ABDE
5:30 - 6:30 PM Pressure Enabled Drug Delivery of a Class C TLR9 agonist in a Pancreatic Cancer Murine Model
PRESENTER: Benedict Capacio
SESSION: 20 - AAS Resident/Fellow Competition Quickshot Session
ROOM: 335.B		 SERIAL HEMOGLOBIN MEASUREMENT AFTER BLUNT SPLENIC INJURY: ESSENTIAL ORINSIGNIFICANT?
PRESENTER: Harrison Chau
SESSION: 37 - Clinical/Outcomes: Trauma/Critical Care Oral Session I
ROOM: 343.A		 1:40 - 3:40 PM Expanding Application of a Dermal Substitute for Facial and Neck Soft Tissue Defect Reconstruction
PRESENTER: Caitlyn Belza
SESSION: 88 - Clinical/Outcomes: Plastics Quickshot Session
ROOM: 337.B
  2:45 - 4:45 PM Identifying ERAS Intervention Impacts on Hospital Length of Stay: a Multivariate NSQIP Analysis
PRESENTER: Karthik Ramesh
SESSION: 47 - Clinical/Outcomes: General Surgery Quickshot Session II
ROOM: 336.A		 Different Great Saphenous Graft Configurations Have Similar Amputation Free Survival in Infra-Inguinal Bypass
PRESENTER: Sina Zarrintan
SESSION: 94 - Clinical/Outcomes: Vascular Quickshot Session
ROOM: 340.B
Single-center Experience on Non-Lung Solid Organ Transplantation from SARS-CoV-2 Positive Donors
PRESENTER: Karina Covarrubias
SESSION: 54 - Clinical/Outcomes: Transplantation Quickshot Session I
ROOM: 339.B		 Non-White Patients Have Higher Risk of Stroke Following Transcarotid Artery Revascularization
PRESENTER: Rohini Patel
SESSION: 94 - Clinical/Outcomes: Vascular Quickshot Session
ROOM: 340.B
Practice Patterns of Liver Allograft Utilization from Donors after Circulatory Death
PRESENTER: Raeda Taj
SESSION: 54 - Clinical/ Outcomes: Transplantation Quickshot Session I
PROGRAM NUMBER: 54.18
ROOM: 339.B		 Impact of Labeled Surgical Caps on Team Communication at an Academic Medical Center
PRESENTER: Nicole Goldhaber
SESSION: 95 - Education: General Surgery Quickshot Session II
ROOM: 342