General Surgery « Armenian Medical World Congress

General Surgery

Location: Los Feliz

Session Co-Chairs: Armen Aboulian, MD, Kevork Kazanjian, MD, Simon Keushkerian, MD, George G. Mutafyan, MD

13:30	Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma – Redefining Boundaries Aram Demirjian, MD
13:55	Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy/Splenectomy for Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor in an Obese Patient Avo Artinyan, MD, MS
14:08	Pushing the Limits of Local Excision for Rectal Cancer: Transanal Endoscopic Surgery” Avo Artinyan, MD, MS
14:21	Challenges Limiting Liver Transplantation in the Post-MELD Era Vatche G. Agopian, MDP
14:46	Extensive Liver Resection When Malignant Tumors Occur Khachatur Badalyan, MD, PhD
14:59	Outcome of Abdominal Wall Hernia Repair with Permacol Talar Tejirian, MD
15:12	Open Circular Intra-Abdominal Ventral Herniorrhaphy Sarkis Yeretsian, MD, CSPQ, FRCS (C)
15:25	Coffee Break
15:40	Treatment of Esophageal and Lung Cancer: Current Recommendations and the Role of Minimally Invasive Surgery Harmik J. Soukiasian, MD
16:05	Awake Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery Ara Klijian, MD
16:18	Surgical Aspects of Kidney Transplantation in Armenia Ara Babloyan, MD, PhD
16:43	The Evidence for a Surgical Home Andre Atoian, MD, MBA
16:56	Open Cohort Study on Patients with Grade III and IV Hemorrhoids Using Closed Bloodless Hemorrhoidectomy (CBH) Technique Sarkis Yeretsian, MD, CSPQ, FRCS (C)
17:09	Anal Sphincter Reconstruction after Abdominoperineal Resection of Distal Rectal Cancer Aleksandr M. Aghavelyan, MD, PhD, DSc
17:22	Surgical Management of Ulcerative Colitis Armen Gregorian, MD
17:35	Adjourn