December 08, 2008

RESIDENCY RECRUITMENT: Just a reminder that the second residency recruitment day will be this Thursday, December 11. All faculty and residents are encouraged to attend the welcome presentation from 7-7:45 am, followed by the M&M conference from 7:45-8:45 am, in Frank Spencer M&M Conference Room at Bellevue. Also please note that, so that the presentation will not be disrupted, faculty and residents who are not in attendance at the start of the welcome presentation will be asked not to enter M&M Conference Room while the session is in progress from 7-7:45 am. All faculty and residents also are encouraged to attend the lunch from 1-2:30 pm in the Faculty Dining Room at NYU.

DEPARTMENT HOLIDAY PARTY: Due to unforeseen conflict and also recruitment day, the Department's 2008 Holiday party will now be held on Monday, December 22nd, 6:30- 10 pm at the Twenty Four Fifth, 5th avenue between 9th and 10th streets. Please R.S.V.P to Arelis Espinal at 263-2225 or via email at Arelis.espinal@nyumc.org

GRAND ROUNDS: The next Department of Surgery Grand Rounds will be held on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 7:30am in Alumni Hall A. Dr. Ronald DeMatteo, Vice Chair in the Department of Surgery and Division Chief of General Surgical Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center will present on "Molecular and Surgical Therapy of GIST." All surgical faculty and resident must attend.

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS:
A book chapter entitled: "The Challenge of the 21st Century: Teaching Professionalism and Ethics in the Surgical Profession" has been published in Professionalism and Ethics in a Surgical Practice. Authors are Mark S. Hochberg, MD, Russell S. Berman, M.D. and H. Leon Pachter, M.D.

Dr. Stone was the Grand Rounds speaker at Bronx Lebanon Hospital, Bronx, NY on 12/3/08. The topic was Adrenal Surgery.

Anathea Powell had a paper published in this month's issue of Surgery.
Powell AC, Alexander HR, Pingpank JF, Steinberg SM, Skarulis M, Bartlett DL, Agarwal S, Cochran C, Seidel G, Fraker D, Hughes MS, Jensen RT, Marx SJ, Libutti SK. The utility of routine transcervical thymectomy in multiple endocrine neoplasia 1-related hyperparathyroidism. Surgery. 2008;144(6):878-883.

Below is a listing of the presentations and sessions by each of the MDs in the NYU Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the 35th Annual Veith Symposium on November 18-22, 2008, New York, NY

Presentations and Sessions with Neal S. Cayne, M.D.:
New Developments in the Treatment of Lower Extremity Ischemia.
Endovascular Techniques To Improve The Treatment Of Thrombosed Lower Extremity Prosthetic Bypasses.

Presentations and Sessions with Mark A. Adelman, M.D.:
Critical Evaluation of Carotid Artery Stenting (CAS).
New Developments in the Treatment of AAAS: EVAR, Open Repair.
Laparoscopic and Robotic Approaches: Interesting Debates.

Presentations and Sessions with Glenn Jacobowitz, M.D.:
Endovenous Management of Varicose Veins
CEAP: Etiology: Primary, Secondary Disease
Duplex Follow-up Of Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis: How Often Do We Really Have To Do It?

Presentations and Sessions with Patrick J. Lamparello, M.D.:
New Developments in the Treatment of Lower Extremity Ischemia.

Presentations and Sessions with Lowell S. Kabnick, M.D.:
Progress in the Treatment of Venous Disease
Endovenous Management of Varicose Veins - Part 1 and 2
Clinical and Ultrasound Evaluation of GSV Incompetence
Are There Differences Between Bare, Covered, Or Diffusion Fibers?
Compounded Sclerosants And Foam: What Should You Know About This Controversial Area?

Presentations and Sessions with Caron B. Rockman, M.D.:
New Developments, Techniques, Advances and Concepts
Serious Complications with Radial Artery Catheters and their Management

Presentations and Sessions with Thomas S. Maldonado, M.D.:
Prevention and Treatment of Complications
Incidence, Management And Outcome Of Filter Occlusion During CAS

Presentations and Sessions with Thomas S. Riles, M.D.:
New Concepts, Advances, Late Breaking Trials
Critical Evaluation of Carotid Artery Stenting (CAS)

Presentations and Sessions with Firas F. Mussa, M.D.:
Emergency Carotid Interventions: When Are CEA Or CAS Appropriate Treatments?

Presentations and Sessions with Frank J. Veith, M.D.:
New or Improved Technology, A Late Breaking Trial and a Debate
New Developments in the Treatment of AAAS: EVAR, Open Repair, Laparoscopic and Robotic Approaches.
Debate: All Should Switch To EVAR For Most Ruptured AAAs: We Don't Need A Randomized Trial
Special Presentations on the Current Status of Coronary Stenting
New Techniques, Endovascular Heart Valves, Thoracic Endografts and Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms
A Tribute to our Military and Those Helping Them
New Techniques for Treatment of AAAS and other Lesions

If you have news, announcements, papers and presentations that you want to include in the Cutting Edge, please email Kajal Desai @ kajal.desai@nyumc.org