Date of Annual Meeting: March 11 - 15, 2009 , Miami
Annual Meeting Providers
Content and Speakers
Postgraduate Course: Session I. How Evidence-based Medicine Can Be Used to Advance HPB Surgery in The Americas
Moderator and Introduction
Jonathan Meakins, M.D., Professor of Surgery,
McGill University, Montreal Canada
Potential Dangers From Introducing New Technology Prior
to Supporting Medical Evidence
Speaker: Steven Strasberg, M.D., Pruit Professor of Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
High Impact PRCTs in HPB Disease
Neoadjuvant trials for pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Speaker: James Moser, Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, PA
Neoadjuvant Therapy for Colorectal Liver Metastases: Whats next after EORTC 40983 ?
Speaker: Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, Professor of Surgical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Sorafenib alone and in combination with other therapies for Advanced HCC.
Speaker: Myron Schwartz, M.D., Professor of Surgery, Director of Surgical Oncology, and Associate Director of Liver Transplantation at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY
The Value and Power of Population Based Studies
Speaker: David Flum, M.D., MPH
Professor of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle Wa.
Big, Small, and Other Study Designs.
Speaker: Jeff Barkun, M.D., MPH, Professor of Surgery,
Chief, General Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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AHPBA 2009 DVD 1
Format: live documentary, color
Language: English
Number of discs: 1
Region: PC worldwide, DVD player NTSC
Studio and DVD Release: Medical dTV - 2009
Run Time: 1:46:29
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AHPBA 2009 DVD 1 - 28 collection View Content List
Language: English
Number of discs: 28
Region: PC worldwide, DVD player NTSC
Studio and DVD Release: Medical dTV - 2009
Run Time: aprox. 32 hours+
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Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Dr. Vauthey is board certified in surgery with his major interest being in hepatic, pancreatic and biliary surgery.
Fellowship
Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Gastrointestinal and Transplantation Surgery, University of Bern Inselspital Switzerland
Dr. Vauthey is Board Certified in Surgery with his major interest being in hepatic, pancreatic and biliary surgery.
Dr. J. Nicolas Vauthey received his medical degree from Lausanne University Medical School in Switzerland. He completed a surgical residency at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans followed by a fellowship in hepatobiliary surgery at the University of Bern, Switzerland, and a surgical oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
He then held the position of Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Florida and Staff Surgeon at the Gainesville Veterans Administration Medical Center. Currently, he is Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Liver Service, Department of Surgical Oncology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
Dr. Vauthey's practice focuses on hepatic, pancreatic, and biliary malignancies. He is the principal investigator of several original protocols designed for treating primary and secondary hepatic malignancies. Dr. Vauthey is the author/co–author of over 115 publications, 18 book chapters and has presented or moderated numerous presentations at national and international meetings.
