Course Co-Director
William O. Richards, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
University of South Alabama College of Medicine
Mobile, AL

We are in the process of developing the 2011 MISS foregut agenda.  To receive email updates regarding the MISS agenda please contact kathy.wenzler@qhc.com

Below you will find the 2010 MISS foregut agenda so that you may get a flavor for the conference.

FOREGUT SESSION I

7:00 a.m.

Breakfast & Exhibits

8:00 a.m.

Evaluating the GERD Patient - Minimum to Maximum
Blair Jobe, MD

8:20 a.m.

Laparoscopic Gastrectomy: Indications and Technique
Blair Jobe, MD

8:40 a.m.

Partial vs. Total Fundoplications
Brant Oelschlager, MD

9:00 a.m.

Question & Answer Session

9:20 a.m.

Break & Exhibits

9:40 a.m.

Reoperative Antifelux Surgery: When and How?
Lee Swanstrom, MD

10:00 a.m.

Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy
Blair Jobe, MD

10:20 a.m.

Reflux Disease and the Morbidly Obese Patient
David Rattner, MD

10:40 a.m.

Question & Answer Session

11:00 a.m.

Other Treatments for GERD
Lee Swanstrom, MD

11:20 a.m.

Best Practices: Current Techniques for Achalasia Treatment
David Rattner, MD

11:40 a.m.

Gasproparesis: A Modern Epidemic
Blair Jobe, MD

12:00 p.m.

Adjournment

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

FOREGUT SESSION II

7:00 a.m.

Breakfast & Exhibits

8:00 a.m.

Treatment of Esophageal Diverticuli
David Rattner, MD

8:20 a.m.

Treating Complications in the Postop Patient (Dysphagia, Leaks & Gastric Dysfunction)
Brant Oelschlager, MD

8:40 a.m.

Essential Technical Elements of the Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication
David Rattner, MD

9:00 a.m.

Question & Answer Session

9:20 a.m.

Break & Exhibits

9:40 a.m.

Endoluminal Treatments for Barretts and Early Cancer
Brant Oelschlager, MD

10:00 a.m.

Current Concepts in Paraesophagel Hernia Repair
Brant Oelschlager, MD

10:20 a.m.

The Future of Foregut Surgery: Endoluminal Surgery
Lee Swanstrom, MD

10:40 a.m.

Question & Answer Session

11:00 a.m.

Foregut Session Adjourns