SBAS 2007 Program Highlights - the Society of Black Academic
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SBAS 2007 Program Highlights - the Society of Black Academic
Venues of Chicago -2- -3- Women’s Reception hosted by Dr. Karyn Butler Welcome Reception Drs. Higgins, Britt, Russell, Mason, and Whitaker Drs. Vickers, Fountain, and Barksdale -4- Drs. Davis, Akwari, and Britt Drs. Ford, Watkins, Williams, and Baylor -5- Program Agenda Thursday April 12, 2007 3:00-7:00 pm Registration, Wyndham Hotel - 2nd Floor Foyer 1:00-5:00 pm Executive Committee Retreat Wyndham Hotel - Illinois Boardroom 5:30-6:30 pm Women in Surgery Reception Wyndham Hotel - Lakeshore East 6:30-8:30 pm Welcome Reception, American College of Surgeons - 28th Floor Friday April 13, 2007 6:30 am-5:30 pm Registration, Wyndham Hotel - 2nd Floor Foyer 8:00-11:45 am Local Program, Rush University, Room 976* 12:30-1:30 pm Luncheon, Wyndham Hotel - Lakeshore Ballroom 1:30-3:00 pm Scientific Session 1, Wyndham Hotel - Grand Ballroom 3:15-4:00 pm ASA Yancey Lecture, Wyndham Hotel Grand Ballroom 4:15-5:30 pm Scientific Session 2, Wyndham Hotel - Grand Ballroom 7:00-9:00 pm The Chicago Experience Reception, Harold Washington Library* * Shuttle service will be provided to/from these locations. -6- Program Agenda (continued) Saturday 7:00-8:00 am 7:30-8:00 am 8:00-10:00 am 8:00-11:00 am 10:15-11:00 am 11:15 am 12:00 noon 12:00 noon 2:00 pm 2:15-3:30 pm 3:45-4:30 pm 4:30-5:30 pm 6:30-7:00 pm April 14, 2007 Registration, Wyndham Hotel - 2nd Floor Foyer Continental Breakfast, Wyndham Hotel – Grand Ballroom Foyer Scientific Session 3, Wyndham Hotel - Grand Ballroom Leadership Forum, Wyndham Hotel - Saint Clair 2 State-of-the-Art Lecture, Wyndham Hotel Grand Ballroom Business Meeting, Wyndham Hotel Grand Ballroom Luncheon with Medical Students, Wyndham Hotel - Lakeshore East Scientific Session 4, Wyndham Hotel - Grand Ballroom State-of-the-Art Lecture, Wyndham Hotel Grand Ballroom Presidential Address, Wyndham Hotel Grand Ballroom President’s Reception, Wyndham Hotel Grand Ballroom Foyer Sunday 8:00 am 12:00 noon April 15, 2007 Outcomes Research Seminar, Wyndham Hotel – Lakeshore East -7- Drs. Clarke and Butler Drs. McQuay, Davis, and Cooper -8- Drs. Higgins, Russell, Mason, Whitaker, and Britt Drs. Jackson, Matthews, and Clarke -9- Society of Black Academic Surgeons Social Program Social Program Committee: Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Michael Watkins and Dr. Paula Pinkston Steven Stain and Dr. Hyacinth Mason and Mrs. Robert Higgins and Mrs. Richard Prinz Kimberly Joseph Thursday 6:30-8:30 pm April 12, 2007 Welcome Reception, American College of Surgeons - 28th Floor Friday 12:30-1:30 p.m. 2:00-4:30 pm 7:00-9:00 pm April 13, 2007 Lunch - Wyndham Hotel “Impact of Violence in Our Communities” Sherialyn Byrdsong Tour, The Art Institute of Chicago Galleries of American Art featuring African American Highlights "The Chicago Experience" Reception Harold Washington Library Saturday 6:30-9:30 pm April 14, 2007 President's Reception and Dinner Wyndham Chicago Hotel - Grand Ballroom Speaker: S. Allen Counter, MD President, Harvard Foundation; Professor of Neurobiology and Neurology, Harvard Medical School Sunday 12:30-2:00 pm April 15, 2007 Gospel Brunch The House of Blues - 10 - Society of Black Academic Surgeons Local Program Friday April 13, 2007 8:00-11:45 am Rush University Medical Center - Local Program Room 976 Academic Facility Robert S.D. Higgins, MD, MSHA, Moderator 8:00 am Welcome Thomas A. Deutsch, MD Dean, Rush Medical College 8:05-9:00 am Trauma Experience, Stroger Cook County Hospital “Palliative Care in Trauma” Kimberly Joseph, MD “Prevention Initiatives in Trauma” Carol Reese, MSW, MDiv Samuel Garcia and Michelle Lugalia 9:00-9:30 am Ophthalmologic Trauma Tamara Fountain, MD 9:30-10:00 am Infectious Disease Issues in Urban Patient Population Kimberly Smith, MD, MPH 10:15-10:45 a.m. Cardiovascular Surgery at Cook County Hospital Anthony Perez-Tamayo, MD, PhD 10:45-11:15 a.m. Gynecologic Surgery in Urban Environment Eric Brown, MD, PhD 11:15-11:45 a.m. Liver Transplantation at Rush Forrest Dodson, MD 12:00 p.m. Return to Wyndham Hotel 12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch - Wyndham Hotel Impact of Violence in Our Communities Sherialyn Byrdsong - 11 - - 12 - Leadership Institute Local Program Dr. Richard Prinz Dr. Kimberly Joseph - 13 - Society of Black Academic Surgeons 17th Annual Scientific Session Friday April 13, 2007 Scientific Sessions, Wyndham Hotel - Grand Ballroom 1:30-3:00 pm SESSION I - Oncology 3:15-4:00 pm Asa Yancey Lecture “Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms: An Approach to Management” Andrew L. Warshaw, MD Harvard Medical School 4:15-5:30 pm SESSION II - Cardiovascular Surgery 7:00-10:00 pm The Chicago Experience Reception Harold Washington Center Featuring the Soul Children of Chicago Sponsored by Northern Trust Bank/Gift of Hope Saturday April 14, 2007 7:00-8:00 am Registration, Wyndham Hotel - 2nd Floor Foyer 7:30-8:00 am Continental Breakfast, Wyndham Hotel – Grand Ballroom Foyer 8:00-10:00 am SESSION III - Trauma/Critical Care 10:15-11:00 am State of the Art Lecture “Synthetic Copolymer Surfactants as Chaperones to Augment Cell Repair” Raphael C. Lee, MD University of Chicago 11:15 am-12:00 pm Business Meeting - 14 - Scientific Sessions Saturday 12:00-2:00 pm (continued) April 14, 2007 Lunch “Introduction of Rush Pipeline Students” Eric Whitaker, MD Illinois Department of Public Health “What you Didn't Learn in Medical School” Eric Whitaker, MD, and Terry Mason, MD, Commissioner of Health, City of Chicago Discussion Panelists 2:15-3:30 pm SESSION IV – Transplantation 3:45-4:30 pm State of the Art Lecture “New Paradigms for the Management of Infrainguinal Occlusive Disease” Glenn M. LaMuraglia, MD Harvard Medical School 4:30-5:30 pm Presidential Address “Change or Die” Michael Watkins, MD Harvard Medical School 5:30 pm Adjourn 6:30-9:30 pm Black Tie Dinner/Awards Presentation Wyndham Hotel Speaker: S. Alan Counter, MD President, Harvard Foundation; Professor of Neurobiology and Neurology, Harvard Medical School - 15 - Scientific Sessions Sunday April 15, 2007 8:00 am-12:00 noon Outcomes Research Seminar, Wyndham Hotel - Lakeshore East David C. Chang, PhD, MPH, MBA Assistant Professor of Surgery and Director of Education, Center for Surgical Outcomes Research, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 8:00-8:30 am Overview of outcomes research, how it differs from clinical trials, when to do outcomes type of research and when to do clinical trials 8:30-9:00 am Research design and analysis, and proper definition of a research question: How to construct a research question and how this facilitates analysis; define and give examples of exploratory or descriptive research, vs. analytical studies 9:00-9:30 am Review of major analytical concepts: Type I and II errors, types of statistical tests to use, interpreting logistic vs linear regression 9:30-10:00 am Common pitfalls in surgical clinical research: "Equivalent" procedure, "safe" procedure, "association", "average" survival, "prospective" study 10:00-10:30 am Break (checkout) 10:30-11:15 am Case Study #1 11:15-Noon Case Study #2 / wrap-up - 16 - - 17 - Drs. Russell, Vickers, and Stain Asa Yancey Lecture Andrew L. Warshaw, MD W. Gerald Austen Professor, Harvard Medical School Surgeon-in-Chief, Massachusetts General Hospital “Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas” State of the Art Lectures Raphael C. Lee, MD Professor of Surgery Section of Plastic Surgery University of Chicago “Synthetic Copolymer Surfactants as Chaperones to Augment Cell Repair” Glenn M. LaMuraglia, MD Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School Visiting Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital “New Paradigms for the Management of Infrainguinal Occlusive Disease” Dr. Claude H. Organ, jr. Resident Award Winners 2003 Richard E. Redlinger, Jr, BS Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Donn H. Spight, MD University of Cincinnati 2004 Zara R. Cooper, MD, MSc Brigham and Women's Hospital 2005 Sonya Walker, MD University of Pittsburgh 2006 Stephen H. Gray, MD University of Alabama at Birmingham Georgia Holder Haynes, MD Texas A&M University - 18 - Drs. Watkins and Warshaw Drs. LaMuraglia, Hall, and Evans Dr. Raphael Lee - 19 - Society of Black Academic Surgeons 17th Annual Scientific Session Sessions at a Glance Session I - Oncology Friday, April 13, 2007 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Moderators: Derrick J. Beech, MD, and Kathie-Ann Joseph, MD, MPH 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. COMBINATION THERAPY USING ANTI-DR5 TRA-8 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY IMPROVES SURVIVAL IN A METASTATIC PANCREATIC CANCER ANIMAL MODEL SM Smith, SM Vickers, JP Arnoletti, DJ Buchsbaum, SJ Bright PARTICIPATION IN SURGICAL ONCOLOGY CLINICAL TRIALS: GENDER, RACE/ETHNICITY AND AGE BASED DISPARITIES JH Stewart IV, AG Bertoni, JL Staten, CP Gross PATTERNS OF CARE ANALYSIS AMONG WOMEN WITH DCIS IN NORTH CAROLINA LC Jackson, F Camacho, RT Anderson, JH Stewart IV USING DNA METHYLATION MARKERS TO PREDICT EARLY RECURRENCE: A NEW MOLECULAR STAGING PARADIGM FOR LUNG CANCER MV Brock, CM Hooker, E Ota, Y Han, M Guo, S Ames, S Glöckner, S Piantadosi, E Gabrielson, SA Belinsky, SC Yang, SB Baylin, JG Herman IDENTIFICATION OF CXCR4 RECEPTORS ON HUMAN COLORECTAL AND BREAST CANCERS HL Bumpers, MB Huang, W Harrington, VC Bond IDENTIFICATION OF HUMAN LIVER PROGENITOR CELL POPULATIONS REGULATED BY TGF-ß SIGNALING THAT DEVELOP AN ALTERED PHENOTYPE IN HUMAN HEPATOCELLULAR CANCERS K Kitisin, Y Tang, V Katuri, N Ganesan, EA Volpe, W Jogunoori, J Mendelson, T Blake, K Shetty, B Mishra, L Mishra, L Johnson INHIBITION OF COLON TUMOR METASTASIS IN AN ORTHOTOPIC NUDE MOUSE MODEL WITH THE DUAL SELECTIVE SRC/ABL KINASE INHIBITOR, AZD0530 K Phillips, NU Parikh, T Kuwai, TP Green, GE Gallick - 20 - Society of Black Academic Surgeons 17th Annual Scientific Session Sessions at a Glance Session II CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY Friday, April 13, 2007 4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Moderators: Michael D. Crittenden, MD, and Allan Pickens, MD 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. ALPHA LIPOIC ACID ATTENUATES BAK-INDUCED MONOLAYER HYPERPERMEABILITY BY ACTING UPSTREAM OF CASPASE-3 ACTIVATION JG Holder-Haynes, B Tharakan, FA Hunter, EW Childs CLINICALLY RELEVANT POST-HOC PROTECTION BY ETHYL PYRUVATE IN THE TREATMENT OF MURINE HIND-LIMB ISCHEMIA REPERFUSION INJURY RS Crawford, H Albadawi, HJ Yoo, WG Austen Jr, MT Watkins EXTRACORPOREAL PHOTOPHERESIS MONOTHERAPY INCREASES CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT SURVIVAL VIA REDUCTION OF DONOR SPECIFIC T CELL INFILTRATION AND AN INCREASE IN SPLENIC REGULATORY T CELLS IN VIVO C Gooden, J George, LL Guo, J Kirklin STAT-3 MEDIATED PRECONDITIONING IS TRANSFERABLE VIA CARDIAC EFFLUENT ADMINISTRATION: A NOVEL METHOD OF PRECONDITIONING IN THE RAT HEART LC Huffman, SE Koch, KL Butler THE INDUCTION OF A PROTECTIVE PHENOTYPE IN VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM WITH THE CYTOKINES IL-4 AND IL-13 SM Black, BA Benson, BK Levay-Young, AP Dalmasso VARIATION IN MESH PLACEMENT FOR VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PROCESS IMPROVEMENT? SH Gray, CC Vick, L Graham, KR Finan, L Neumayer, CI Kiefe, MT Hawn - 21 - Society of Black Academic Surgeons 17th Annual Scientific Session Sessions at a Glance Session III Trauma/Critical Care Saturday, April 14, 2007 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Moderators: Dennis B. Dove, MD, and Selwyn O. Rogers, Jr, MD, MPH 14. ACUTE EFFECTS OF TASER® X26 DISCHARGES IN A SWINE MODEL DJ Valentino, AJ Dennis, RJ Walter, KK Nagy, J Winners, F Bokhari, DE Wiley, KT Joseph, RR Roberts 15. BILATERAL SAMPLING IMPROVES THE DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF BAL IN CRITICALLY ILL SURGICAL PATIENTS WITH A CLINICAL SUSPICION OF VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA S Jackson, NE Ernst, EW Mueller, KL Butler 16. EQUINE-RELATED INJURY: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF OUTCOMES OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD CN Clarke, B Tsuei, KL Butler 17. IS HYPOGLYCEMIA A PROBLEM WHEN IMPLEMENTING TIGHT GLYCEMIC CONTROL IN TRAUMA/BURN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS? N Stevkovic, K Joseph, R Roberts, K Nagy, F Bokhari, D Wiley, A Dennis, F Starr, G An, M Hanumadass, S Poulakidas 18. RACE AND ARDS: AN NTDB STUDY Carnell Cooper, MD, University of Maryland 19. HOSPITAL-BASED OUTCOMES FOR NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS IN CALIFORNIA YS Guner, P Friedlich, F Dorey, V Camerini, HR Ford, J Upperman 20. USE OF ORGANOTYPIC CO-CULTURE TO STUDY KELOID BIOLOGY P Butler, D Ly, G Yang, M Longaker - 22 - Society of Black Academic Surgeons 17th Annual Scientific Session Sessions at a Glance Session IV TRANSPLANTATION Saturday, April 14, 2007 1:00 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Moderators: Burnett S. Kelly, MD, and Carlton J. Young, MD 21. A 20 YEAR DATA ANALYSIS OF A NATIONAL DONOR EDUCATION PROGRAM CO Callender, PV Miles 22. OUTCOMES AFTER ABO INCOMPATIBLE LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN THE MODERN ERA: A SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE SA Gordon, RW Busuttil, RM Ghobrial, A Cholakians, DG Farmer 23. THE UNDERUTILIZATION OF PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN DIABETICS JK Melancon, JE Locke, CE Simpkins, RA Montgomery, DL Segev 24. INCREASED KIDNEY ACCEPTANCE RATE DOES NOT ADVERSELY EFFECT LONG-TERM GRAFT SURVIVAL CE Foster III, R Weng, C Collins, CV Smith, D Imagawa 25. INCREASED URETERAL COMPLICATIONS IN KIDNEYS FROM DONORS AFTER CARDIAC DEATH VERSUS DONORS AFTER BRAIN DEATH LB Johnson, E Preston, J Light, A Lu, CO Callendar - 23 - Drs. Joseph and Butler Drs. Watkins and Davis - 24 - Drs. Lynch, Martin, and Mason Drs. Stallion and Weaver - 25 - Society of Black Academic Surgeons 17th Annual Scientific Session Posters 1. CAR SURFING: A BRIEF LOOK AT THE PHYSICS AND TRAUMA ASSOCIATED WITH A GROWING DANGEROUS PHENOMENON S Clark, A Mangram, J Kilmer, E Dunn 2. CAROTID ARTERY IN-STENT RESTENOSIS: METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT K Hughes, V Ramaiah, O Preventza, T Palit, G Wheatley, J Rodriguez-Lopez, E Diethrich 3. CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURES IN GERIATRIC BLUNT TRAUMA PATIENTS WITH LOW ENERGY MECHANISM: ARE CLINICAL PREDICTORS ADEQUATE? SP Schrag, LJ Toedter, N McQuay 4. YOUTH PERCEPTIONS REGARDING THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH THE EMERGENCY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM M Lugalia, S Avila, S Garcia, D Levine, K Joseph 5. CURRENT TRENDS IN MANAGEMENT OF APPENDICITIS IN PREGNANCY AA Ojo, AD Ramcharan, HA DePaz, SF Oluwole 6. CLINICAL BREAST EXAMINATION SKILLS: ARE THERE GENDER DIFFERENCES? Z Domont, LH Salud, CM Pugh 7. INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING IN SEVERE PEDIATRIC BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA L Backhus, A Salim, P Hadjizacharia, L Chan, J Upperman, H Ford 8. MINIMALLY INVASIVE THORACIC SURGERY IS LESS MORBID THAN THORACOTOMY FOR RESECTION OF CLINICAL STAGE I NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER HA Tetteh, BA Whitson, RS Andrade, A Boettcher, R Bardales, RA Kratzke, PS Dahlberg, MA Maddaus 9. NON-TRAUMATIC LATERAL ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA M Castillo-Sang, B Gociman, B Almaroof, J Fath, F Cason 10. NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH ELEVATED BMIS: INCIDENCE IS NOT RELATED TO BMI WF Kendall Jr, C MacColl, RP Sticca 11. ORCHIOEPIDIDYMITIS IN PATIENTS WITH ANORECTAL MALFORMATION: A COMMON UNRECOGNIZED PROBLEM AS Frey, S Alam, MA Levitt, C Sheldon, A Pena - 26 - Society of Black Academic Surgeons 17th Annual Scientific Session Posters 12. POSTOPERATIVE ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY FOR CHILDREN WITH PERFORATED APPENDICITIS: LONG COURSE OF INTRAVENOUS ANTIBIOTICS VERSUS EARLY CONVERSION TO AN ORAL REGIMEN OO Adibe, K Barnaby, J Dobies, M Comerford, A Drill, N Walker, P Mattei 13. PREDICTORS FOR SURVIVAL OF PENETRATING TRAUMA USING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT THORACOTOMY IN AN URBAN TRAUMA CENTER SM Johnson, I Ani, WR Greene, S Siram 14. PROGRESSIVE LOSS OF ABDOMINAL WALL INTEGRITY FOLLOWING ABDOMINAL WALL RECONSTRUCTION WITH ALLODERM® GW Cole Jr, A White, MA Grevious 15. SOCIOECONOMIC AND RACIAL PATTERNS IN RESTRAINT USE IN MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS CA Martin, S Rangel, R Falcone 16. STAFF AND PATIENT PERCEPTIONS REGARDING ELDER ABUSE/NEGLECT IN AN URBAN TRAUMA CENTER S Garcia, S Avila, M Lugalia, D Levine, K Joseph 17. TREATMENT AND SURVIVAL OUTCOME FOR MOLECULAR BREAST CANCER SUBTYPES IN PRE-MENOPAUSAL AFRICANAMERICAN WOMEN CU Ihemelandu, LD Leffall Jr, RL Dewitty, TJ Naab, HM Mezghebe, WA Frederick 18. DIGITAL INTERN CLINICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ENHANCES POINT OF CARE INFORMATION AND PATIENT CARE IN CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY J Braxton, C Temenak, S Meredith, D Winkler, R Higgins - 27 - Scientific Sessions Dr. Brian Organ at the microphone Drs. Cooper, Stallion, McQuay, Perkins, and Smith - 28 - Poster Sessions - 29 - Session Moderators Derrick J. Beech, MD Professor and Chairman Department of Surgery Meharry Medical College Michael D. Crittenden, MD VA Boston Healthcare System Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital Dennis B. Dove, MD Professor and Chairman Department of Surgery Texas Tech University Health Science Center Kathie-Ann Joseph, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Surgery Breast Service, Surgical Oncology Columbia University Medical Center Burnett S. Kelly, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery Surgical Director, Pediatric Liver Transplant Program and Adult Living Donor Liver Transplant Program Vanderbilt University Medical Center Allan Pickens, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery Section of Thoracic Surgery University of Michigan Selwyn O. Rogers, Jr, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School Chief, Division of Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Director of the Center for Surgery and Public Health Carlton J. Young, MD Associate Professor of Surgery Division of Transplantation University of Alabama at Birmingham - 30 - - 31 - Local Program Lecturers Eric R. Brown, MD Assistant Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Rush University Medical Center Thomas A. Deutsch, MD Dean, Rush Medical College Provost, Rush University Senior Vice Present, Medical Affairs Rush University Medical Center S. Forrest Dodson, MD Jack Smith Fraiser Professor of Surgery Director, Section of Abdominal Transplant Rush University Medical School Tamara R. Fountain, MD Associate Professor of Ophthalmology Section Chair, Division of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department of Ophthalmology Rush University Medical Center Samuel Garcia Project Coordinator Illinois Violence Prevention Authority Grant Department of Trauma John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County Larry Goodman, MD President and Chief Executive Office Rush University Medical Center Robert S. D. Higgins, MD, MSHA The Mary and John Bent Professor and Chair Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Rush University Medical Center - 32 - Local Program Lecturers (continued) Kimberly H. Joseph, MD Division Chair Trauma Intensive Care and Prevention Department of Trauma John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County Assistant Professor Department of General Surgery Rush University Medical Center Michelle Lugalia Project Coordinator, Illinois Violence Prevention Authority Grant Department of Trauma John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County Anthony Perez-Tamayo, MD, PhD Acting Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County Assistant Professor of Surgery Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Rush University Medical Center Richard A. Prinz, MD Helen Shedd Keith Professor and Chair Department of General Surgery Rush University Medical Center Carol Reese, MSW, MDiv Chaplain, Department of Trauma Project Coordinator, Trauma Palliative Care Project Prevention Initiatives in Trauma Kimberly Y. Smith, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine Section of Infectious Diseases Rush University Medical Center - 33 - Presidential Reception Dr. S. Alan Counter - 34 - Dr. Edward Cornwell III - 35 - Passing the Baton Dr. Watkins welcomes Dr. Stain as new SBAS President Dr. Stain gives his inaugural address - 36 - Save the Date April 17-20, 2008 Intercontinental Hotel and Bank of America Conference Center Cleveland, Ohio Register online: www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/SBAS08 - 37 - Special Appreciation The Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS) expresses appreciation to: OUR HOSTS: Rush University Medical Center John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County American College of Surgeons SBAS gratefully acknowledges the following companies for their education grant in support of this program: The Northern Trust Company Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network and the following companies for their exhibitor contributions in support of this program: St. Jude Medical, S.C., Inc. Edwards Lifesciences, Inc. PDL Bio Pharma, Inc. Avocet Polymer Technologies, Inc. Cryolife Cubist Pharmaceuticals Previous SBAS Meetings 1989 Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC 1991 Harvard University, Boston, MA 1993 UC Davis-East Bay (Meeting held in Napa Valley, CA) 1994 UTMB, Galveston, TX 1995 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 1996 University of Colorado, Denver, CO 1997 State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 1998 Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC 1999 University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 2000 Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, CA 2001 Harvard University, Boston, MA 2002 Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 2003 University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 2004 Howard University, Washington, DC 2005 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 2006 University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 2007 Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, OH Future SBAS Meetings 2008 Cleveland - Cleveland Clinic, April 17-20, 2008 2009 Seattle - University of Washington Sponsored in part by a grant from - 39 -