This intimate industry sponsored educational program is designed for currently practicing surgeons who have a special interest in laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repairs.
The purpose is to facilitate discussion on successful solutions for managing laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair and to understand the proper use of mesh materials in the hiatus. Discussion will include review of past and current techniques for hiatal hernia repair including collis gastroplasty and diaphragmatic relaxing incisions, clinical data, and science and technology of products and current controversies. The symposium format includes a dinner discussion Thursday evening followed by observation of live cases on Friday.
For registration information, please email Dona Dumdeang at Dona.Dumdeang@crbard.com
The purpose is to facilitate discussion on successful solutions for managing laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair and to understand the proper use of mesh materials in the hiatus. Discussion will include review of past and current techniques for hiatal hernia repair including collis gastroplasty and diaphragmatic relaxing incisions, clinical data, and science and technology of products and current controversies. The symposium format includes a dinner discussion Thursday evening followed by observation of live cases on Friday.
For registration information, please email Dona Dumdeang at Dona.Dumdeang@crbard.com
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Faculty
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2018 Dates
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Steven DeMeester, MD, FACS Foregut Surgeon Gastrointestinal & Minimally Invasive Surgery The Oregon Clinic Christy M Dunst, MD, FACS
Foregut Surgeon Gastrointestinal & Minimally Invasive Surgery The Oregon Clinic |
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Agenda
THURSDAY NIGHT
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6:30 PM
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Meet course host/Bard representative at Urban Farmer Restaurant in the Nines Hotel
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7:00-10:00 PM
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Welcome dinner and didactic presentation
Steven DeMeester, MD, FACS Hiatal Hernia vs. The Surgeon |
FRIDAY
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7:30 AM
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Meet Car Service outside street-level hotel lobby for transfer to training facility at Providence Portland Medical Center
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7:45 AM
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Breakfast and introductions
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8:00 AM
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Live case observation begins
Typically two paraesophageal hernia operations are scheduled for observation via live broadcast |
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12:00 PM
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Lunch with Q&A session
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1:00 PM
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Car Service will transfer surgeons to the airport or hotel
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Hotel |
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