The International Collaborative on Minimally
Invasive Liver Therapy
Jewish Hospital
Content
Cost Analysis
Moderators: David Geller, MD; Clark Gamblin, MD
Costs of laparoscopic surgery - direct ... Michael Abecassis; Northwestern University Economic advantages of laparoscopic approach
Ravi Chari, MD; Vanderbilt University Quality of life considerations ... C. Wright Pinson, MD; Vanderbilt University
Left lateral ... Olivier Scatton, MD; Hospital Cochin, France
Live-donor in Asia ... G. Wakabayashi; Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Speakers on DVD 9
David Geller, MD
Clark Gamblin, MD
Michael Abecassis, MD
Ravi Chari, MD
C. Wright Pinson, MD
Olivier Scatton, MD
G. Wakabayashi, MD
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ICCLLS 2008 DVD 9
Format: live documentary, color
Language: English
Number of discs: 1
Region: PC Worldwiide, DVD player NTSC
Studio and DVD Release: Medical dTV - 2009
Run Time: 0:58:39
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ICCLLS DVD 1-11 collection Content List
Language: English
Number of discs: 11
Region: PC worldwide, DVD player NTSC
Studio and DVD Release: Medical dTV - 2009
Run Time: 14 hours
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Michael Abecassis, MD
J Roscoe Miller Distinguished Professor
Surgery and Microbiology/Immunology
Chief, Division of Organ Transplantation
Dr. Abecassis is chief of the division of Organ Transplantation and medical director of the kidney and liver transplant programs at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and professor of Surgery and Microbiology-Immunology and the J. Roscoe Miller Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. He is actively involved in training medical students, residents and fellows. A member of Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Dr. Abecassis is board certified in surgery. In addition to his clinical and teaching activities, he is the principal investigator and a member of the steering committee of the Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort Study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This seven-year study will provide much-needed data on living donor liver transplantation. In addition, Dr. Abecassis is the principal investigator and a member of the steering committee for the NIH-funded Clinical Trials in Organ Transplantation Study. This five-year study will investigate molecular markers in the blood and serum that predict and accurately diagnose rejection and ischemia/reperfusion injury of transplanted organs. Dr. Abecassis also is a member of various local, regional and national committees on organ procurement, distribution and allocation and is a member and officer of many national and international professional transplantation and surgical societies.
Medical Education:
Toronto University (Canada) 1983
Residency:
Toronto University Hospital (Canada)
Fellowship:
Toronto University Hospital (Canada)
Fellowship:
Univ. of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
Board Certification:
Surgery
Specialty:
Transplantation Surgery
Clinical Interests:
Abdominal Organ Transplant, Liver Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Kidney Transplant, Liver Cancer, Liver Transplant, Pancreatic Surgery
