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ASGS Annual Meeting 2008
ASGS Rocky Mountain Advanced Surgical Symposium
An ASGS Annual Clinical Meeting
February 2-6, 2008
The Sonnenalp Resort
Vail, Colorado
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The Sonnenalp Resort is located in the heart of Vail, Colorado. Vail offers the largest single ski mountain in the world, stretching seven miles across, with over 4,000 skiable areas serviced by twenty-five lifts. Vail also offers snowboarding, snowshoeing, bobsledding, and paragliding. Vail can be exciting off the mountain, too. There are hot-air-balloon rides, moonlight sleigh rides, dog sledding, and ice-skating.
Ground Transportation & Accommodations
Hotel reservations must be made directly with the Sonnenalp Resort at Vail (800-654-8312). Rates begin at $325/ night for a hotel room and $450/ night
for a junior suite; the room block expires on January 3, 2008. Make your reservation early for the best chance to reserve a room at the lowest rate.
Van transportation from Denver International Airport to Vail is available through Colorado Mountain Express (800-525-6363 or http://ridecme.com, group code: RMSS). When making reservations for the hotel or shuttle, please state that you are attending the Rocky Mountain Advanced Surgical Symposium.
FACULTY
COURSE DIRECTOR
Michael E. Fenoglio, MD, FACS
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, CO
PROGRAM COMMITTEE-
Rebecca Knight, MD, FACS
Foothills Surgical Associates
Wheat Ridge, CO
John T. Moore, MD, FACS
Program Director, Surgery Residency Program
Chair, Dept. of Surgery
St. Joseph Hospital
Denver, CO
Thomas G. Chivetta, MD, FACS
Private Practice
Fort Collins, CO
Reginald C.W. Bell, MD, FACS
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Denver, CO
Walter L. Biffl, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Denver Health Medical Center
University of Colorado
Denver, CO
Thomas G. Chiavetta, MD, FACS
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Fort Collins, CO
B. Todd Heniford, MD, FACS
Chief - Div of Gastrointestinal & Minimally
Invasive Surgery
Carolinas Medical Center
Prof of Surgery - Univ of North Carolina
Charlotte, NC
David G. Hoffman, MD, FACS
Private Practice
Waco, TX
David A. Iannitti, MD, FACS
Chief, Hepato-Biliary Surgery
Carolinas Medical Center,
Charlotte, NC
William (Bill) Jessee, MD
President, CEO
Medical Group Management
Englewood, CO
Karl A. LeBlanc, MD, MBA, FACS
Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Institute
& Fellowship Program
Baton Rouge, LA
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Louisiana State University
New Orleans, LA |
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J. Barry McKernan, MD, PhD, FACS
President, ASGS & Clinical Professor of
Surgery
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta
Woodstock, GA
Christopher J. Nightengale, MD, ABIM
Diplomat, American Board of Anesthesiology
Private Practice
Denver, CO
Richard K. Parker, MD, FACC
Chief, CU Surgery, Rose Medical Center
Chair, Dept. of Cardiovascular Surgery
Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital
Denver, CO
Dev Paul, DO, PhD
Private Practice
Rose Medical Center & Presbyterian/ St. Luke’s
Denver, CO
David Schreiber, MD
Medical Director
Littleton Radiation Oncology
Littleton, CO
Michael Snyder, MD, FACS
Medical Director of the Bariatric Surgery Program
Rose Medical Center
Director and President of The Denver Center for Bariatric Surgery, PC
Denver, CO
Tom Trouillot, MD
Private Practice
St. Joseph Hospital & Presbyterian/ St. Luke’s
Denver, CO
Janice J. Ugale., MB, ChB, FACR
Breast Imaging Specialist
Diversifed Radiology of Colorado, P.C.
Medical Director
Sonnenalp Breast Diagnostic Imaging Center
Vail Valley, Medical Center
Vail, CO
Jeffrey Varnell, MD, FACS
Physician Risk Manager
COPIC Insurance Company
Denver, CO
Alan P. White, MD, FACS
Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Carilion Health Systems
Roanoke, VA
Rebecca L. Wiebe, MD, FACS
Foothills Surgical Associates
WheatRidge, CO
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PROGRAM INFORMATION
This course consists of two full and three half days of didactic lectures, designed to keep the surgeon abreast of the rapid changes occurring in the areas of operative laparoscopy, endoscopy and open surgical techniques.
Course Objectives
Minimally invasive surgery is an increasingly complex field of diagnostic and therapeutic techniques and procedures that requires continual education over the course of a surgeon’s career. The Rocky Mountain Surgeon’s Consortium sets to achieve the following objectives:
- Provide updates on new and evolving laparoscopic, endoscopic, and open surgical techniques, as well as non-surgical cancer treatment modalities
- Provide the data and evidence on which advances in laparoscopic, endoscopic, and open surgical principals are based
- Provide a knowledge base and instruction to facilitate the use of laparoscopic and open instruments, and the evidence-based clinical applications of these devices in medicine
At the conclusion of the conference, the participant should be able to apply this knowledge and implement the presented changes in his or her clinical practice.
Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Colorado Medical Society through joint sponsorship of Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital and Rocky Mountain Surgeons Consortium.
Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital is accredited by the Colorado Medical Society to provide continuing medical education to physicians.
Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital designates this educational activity for a maximum of 21.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosures & Sponsorship
Faculty disclosures and sponsorship information will be provided in the materials distributed on site.
Click here to print the brochure, agenda and registration form.
Click here to print the Exhibitor Registration form.
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