SSAT Soundbites: A Podcast Series for Surgeons

JOGS Article Review: Drain Placement after pancreatic resection:  Friend or foe for surgical site infection

Tailoring Adjuvant Chemotherapy to Biologic response following neoadjuvant chemotherapy impacts overall survival in pancreatic cancer.   "Elie Ghabi et al.  J Gastrointestinal Surg 27, 2023

 "Fragmentation of Care in Pancreatic Cancer: Effects on Receipt of Care and Survival" 

SSAT Mentor of the Month Interview January 30, 2023 4 PM EST / 3 PM CST Host: Linda Qu, MD Interviewee: Rebecca Minter, MD Topic: Surgical Culture 1.    Let's start by addressing the elephant in the room, which is that many people – medical students, colleagues in other specialties – still view surgery as having an intimidating, malignant culture, which often influences how they interact with our...

A Tailored Approach to Laparoscopic Fundoplication: Outcomes in Patients with Esophageal Dysmotility

Evaluation of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Surgical Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

"Sleeve Gastrectomy Improves High-Fat Diet–Associated Hepatic Steatosis Independent of the Glucagon-like-Petpide-1 Receptor in Rats"

The episode aims to focus on the financial education for residents and fellows as they embark life as new young career surgeons. This webinar will discuss investment strategies, opportunities in innovation, gender disparity in financial compensation, and understand the financial compensation models for surgeons.

Differential Performance of Machine Learning Models in Prediction of Procedure-Specific Outcomes

Association between Preoperative Steroids and Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program"

This month, Drs. Daniel Nelson and Jessica Zaman are joined by Dr. James Ellsmere. In this episode, Dr. Ellsmere talks about the recent article published in the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery titled, "Morbid Obesity and Severe Knee Osteoarthritis: Which Should Be Treated First"

In this edition of SSAT Mentor of the Month, Dr. Young K. Hong, a member of the SSAT Resident and Fellow Education Committee, and Assistant Professor of Surgery and Assistant Director of Surgical Research in the Division of Surgical Oncology of the Department of Surgery at Cooper University Health Care in Camden, NJ, interviews Dr. Jason Hawksworth. Dr. Hawksworth is Chief of Robotic Surgery at Me...

This month, Drs. Jessica Zaman and Connie Shao are joined by Dr. Phillip Fleshner In this episode, Dr. Fleshner talk about the recent article published in the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery titled, "A Single-Center Comparative Study of Open Transabdominal and Laparoscopic Transanal Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis with Total Mesorectal Excision. Has the Bar Been Raised?"

This month, Drs. Young K. Hong and Daniel W. Nelson are joined by Drs. Ching-Wei D. Tzeng & Timothy J. Vreeland. In this episode, Drs. Tzeng & Vreeland talk about the recent article published in the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery titled, " Contemporary Assessment of Need for Palliative Bypass After Aborted Pancreatoduodenectomy Following Neoadjuvant Therapy ."

This month, Drs. Daniel Nelson and Connie Shao are joined by Dr. Russell Hodgson. In this episode, Dr. Hodgson. talks about the recent article published in the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery titled, " Reduced Laparoscopic Intra-Abdominal Pressure during Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and Its Effect on Post-Operative Pain: A Double-Blinded Randomised Control Trial ."

The SSAT "High Yield Topics for the ABSITE 2022 – Part II" webinar was hosted by the SSAT Resident & Fellow Education Committee and was presented live as a webinar on January 20, 2022. Watch the webinar  and view a copy of all the presenters slides at  SSAT.com .

This month, Dr. Young Hong and Dr. Connie Shao are joined by Dr. Annabelle Fonseca. In this episode, Dr. Fonseca talks about the recent article published in the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery titled " Surgical Resection of Colorectal Liver Metastases: Attitudes and Practice Patterns in the Deep South "

The SSAT "Education and Training in Digestive Surgery Featuring the SSAT Chapter in Italy" webinar was hosted by the SSAT International Relations Committee and was presented live as a webinar on January 12, 2022. Watch the webinar  and view a copy of all the presenters slides at  SSAT.com .

This month, Dr. Jessica Zaman and Dr. Daniel Nelson are joined by Dr. Lee M. Ocuin. In this episode, Dr. Ocuin talks about the recent article published in the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery titled " Association Between Operative Approach and Venous Thromboembolism Rate Following Hepatectomy: a Propensity-Matched Analysis "

The SSAT "High Yield Topics for the ABSITE 2022: Part I" webinar was hosted by the SSAT Resident & Fellow Education Committee and was presented live as a webinar on December 7, 2021. Watch the webinar  and view a copy of all the presenters slides at  SSAT.com .

This month, Dr. Jessica Zaman and Dr. Daniel Nelson are joined by Dr. David Watson. In this episode, Dr. Watson talks about the recent article published in the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery titled " Laparoscopic Fundoplication Is Effective Treatment for Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux and Absent Esophageal Contractility ".

The SSAT "High Yield Topics for the ABSITE 2021: Part II" webinar was hosted by the SSAT Resident & Fellow Education Committee and was presented live as a webinar on January 14, 2021. Watch the webinar  and view a copy of all the presenters slides at  SSAT.com .