The 34th Annual Surgical Symposium will be held on April 21, 2012 at Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY. This year we have the pleasure of having Patricia Numann, MD, FACS , President of the American College of Surgeons as our John L. Madden lecturer.

7:30-8:00 am               Registration
 
7:00-8:00am               
Resident Poster Walk Around
 
7:45 am                      
Welcome Remarks
Soumitra Eachempati, MD, FACS– President
Weill Cornell Medical Center
 
8:00-9:00 am              
Surgeon's Safety and Wellbeing
John L. Madden Lecturer Keynote Speaker
Patricia Numann, MD, FACS
President, American College of Surgeons
                                                 
 
9:00 –9:45 am           
Legal Issues that can ruin your practice
Michael Schoppman,
Kern Agustine Conroy and Schoppmann, P.C.
           
10:00-10:15 am           Coffee Break & Exhibits
 
10:00-10:45 am          

Accountable care organizations and shared savings programs: what do you need to know
Paresh Shah, MD, FACS
Lenox Hill Hospital, NSLIJ and HOFSTRA
Vice Chairman of Surgery
Chief of Laparoscopic Surgery
Program Director of General Surgery Residency
 
10:45-12:00pm            Resident Paper Presentations             
 
12:00:-1:00 pm            Lunch/Annual Meeting
 
 1:00-1:45pm               

Clinical Hereditary Cancer Syndromes
Julia Smith, MD MD, PhD
Director, NYUCI Breast Cancer Screening and Prevention Program
Director, Lynn Cohen Breast Cancer Center Preventive Care Program
Associate Director, NYUCI Cancer Screening and Prevention Program
 
 
2:00-3:30pm               

Panel discussion on Disaster Preparedness at the city, state and federal level
Ronald Simon, MD, FACS
Arthur Cooper, MD, FACS
Ralph Doerr, MD, FACS
 
3:00-3:15pm              
Break/Exhibits
 
3:15-430pm               
Panel discussion on Surgical Management of Clostridium Difficile Colitis
Brian Zuckerberg, MD,FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery                               
Peter Kim, MD, FACS
 
4:30pm                

Paper contest winner announcements and closing remarks
 
Rooms for overnight accommodations have been held at the   Hilton Garden Inn Albany Medical Center
62 New Scotland Ave.
Albany, NY 12208
Direct: 518.694.3806
Main: 518.396.3500
 
Room rate for Friday and Saturday is $119.00 per night