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Scientific Plenary III: The Farr Nezhat Surgical Innovation Session

Sunday, March 23, 2014: 7:45 AM-9:20 AM
Ballroom B/C (Tampa Convention Center)
Description: The Farr Nezhat, MD, FACOG, FACS, in collaboration with his brothers Camran Nezhat, MD, FACOG, FACS, who developed technique of Video Assisted Endoscopy, that revolutionized modern day surgery- and Ceana Nezhat, MD, FACOG, FACS, performed some of the most advanced endoscopic procedures for the first time, including a radical hysterectomy, paraortic and pelvic node dissection, bowel, bladder, ureter, diaphragm resection Sacrocolpopexy, vesico-vaginal fistula and major vascular injury repairs and laprascopy during advanced stages of pregnancy. By doing so, they opened the path for endoscopic surgeons all over the world, to the benefit of the patients globally.
Moderator:  Fidel A. Valea, MD, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
7:45 AM
Moderator Introductions
F. A. Valea
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
 
7:50 AM
2013 Annual Meeting and 2014 Winter Meeting Award Presentation
W. K. Huh1 and J. Brown2
1University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
 
7:52 AM
2013 Annual Meeting Best Clinical Practice Poster: Evaluation of the Cost of CA125 Measurement, Office Visit and CT Scan in the Diagnosis of Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
 
7:53 AM
2013 Annual Meeting Best Basic Science Poster: Intraperitoneal Delivery of Human Natural Killer Cells for Treatment of Ovarian Cancer
 

 
7:55 AM
2013 Annual Meeting Best Surgical Film: Robotic Assisted Modified Posterior Exenteration with Total Intracorporeal Primary Sigmoid Rectal Anastomosis
 
7:56 AM
Introduction of the Farr Nezhat Surgical Innovation Session
J. P. Curtin
New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
 
7:58 AM
The Farr Nezhat Lecturer
N. R. Abu-Rustum
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
 

 
8:14 AM
The sensitivity of sentinel lymph nodes identified with robotic fluorescence imaging for detecting metastatic endometrial cancer: interim results from the FIRES trial
E. C. Rossi1, A. L. Jackson2, L. D. Kowalski3, A. Ivanova2 and J. F. Boggess2
1Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 2University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 3Nevada Surgery and Cancer Care, Las Vegas, NV
 

 
8:25 AM
Sentinel lymph node mapping for uterine cancer: a practical illustration of injection and mapping techniques
J. J. Mueller and N. R. Abu-Rustum
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
 

 
8:36 AM
Isolated sentinel lymph node biopsy with conservative management in women diagnosed with vulvar cancer
R. G. Moore1, D. R. Roque2, C. K. McCourt1, A. R. Stuckey1, P. A. DiSilvestro1, J. Sung1, M. Steinhoff3, C. O. Granai1 and K. M. Robison1
1Women & Infants Hospital, Brown University, Providence, RI, 2University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 3Women and Infants Hospital, Brown University, Providence, RI
 

 

 
8:58 AM
Debate: Sentinel Nodes (Pro: Plante, Con: Frumovitz)
M. Frumovitz1 and M. Plante2
1The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2Laval University, L'Hotel-Dieu de Quebec, Quebec City, QC, Canada
 
9:13 AM
Question & Floor Discussion
 
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