Programs:
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002


2009/Controversies at the Crossroads of Perioperative Care
Welcome and Introductions - Joseph Cleveland, MD, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Cross Cutting Challenges in Perioperative Care
“Do Geriatric Principles Matter in Perioperative Care?”
Moderator: Holly Richter, PhD, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Surgical Specialties Perspectives:
  • Functional Assessment: Alan Dardik, MD, PhD, Yale University
  • Post-operative Delirium: Deborah J. Culley, MD, Harvard Medical School
  • End-of-life: Sandhya A Lagoo-Deenadayalan, MD, PhD, Duke University Geriatrician/Generalist Perspective:
  • Peter Pompei, MD, Stanford University

Point/Counterpoint
Moderator:     Allen Seftel, MD, Case School of Medicine

Spine Surgery vs. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation for Low Back Pain in Elders
  • Surgery: Simon Mears, MD, MPD, Johns Hopkins University
  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Non-surgical Measures: Jonathan Bean, MD, MS, MPH, Harvard Medical School
Coronary Artery Bypass (CAB) vs. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) for Elders with Coronary Artery Disease
  • CAB:     David Fullerton, MD, University of Colorado
  • PCI:     Joseph Cleveland, MD, University of Colorado

Keynote: An Acorn, a Fish, and the Journey of a Thousand Miles: Geriatrics Specialty Education at the Crossroads

Andrew G. Lee MD, Chair of Ophthalmology
The Methodist Hospital, The Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas


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2008/Challenges And Opportunities In Perioperative Geriatric Medicine
Welcome and Introductions - Allen D. Seftel, MD, Case School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
  • Acute Abdominal Pain -- A Diagnostic Dilemma
    Moderator: Manish N. Shah, MD, University of Rochester Medical Center
    • Emergency Medicine: Chris Carpenter, MD, Washington University at St. Louis
    • Ophthalmology: David Friedman, MD, Johns Hopkins University
    • General Surgery: Clifford Ko, MD, MS, MSHS, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
  • Dry Mouth, Wet pants: Treating Urinary Incontinence in the Older Women
    Moderator: Joseph Cleveland, Jr, MD, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
    • Gynecology: Thomas L. Wheeler, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    • Otolaryngology: John Schweinfurth, MD, University of Mississippi
    • Geriatrics: Jane F. Potter, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Keynote: Aging Research on Cognition and Exercise

Judith A. Salerno, MD
Executive Officer, Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies


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2007/From Bench to Bedside, Adventures in Perioperative Geriatrics
Welcome and Introductions - Ronnie Ann Rosenthal, MD
Case Presentation: A Man with Urosepsis - The Bladder and Beyond - An 80 year-old man who is brought to the Emergency Department by his daughter for fever and a change in mental status.

Urosepsis is a common problem that often brings frail older persons to the emergency department. However, the astute clinician should not limit his or her focus to just the obvious problem. Other serious and potentially correctable disorders may exist that have in fact contributed to the decline in mobility and function that characterize the frail state.
  • Tip of the Iceberg: The Problems
    Moderator, Allen Seftel
    • Frailty - Martin Makary, MD
    • Vascular disease - Alan Dardik, MD, PhD
    • Urinary Retention - John A. Taylor III, MD
  • Below the Water Line: Factors Affecting the Outcome
    Moderator: Joseph Cleveland, MD
    • Cognitive changes - Deborah Culley, MD
    • Immune response - Sandhya Lagoo-Deenadayalan, MD, PhD
    • Wound healing - Lisa J. Gould, MD, PhD
      Keynote: The Shape of Things to Come:
                      Homage to H.G. Wells
                  Jeremiah A. Barondess, MD, MACP

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2006/Insights into the Difficult World of Surgery for Older Adults
Welcome and Introductions - Jeffrey H. Silverstein, MD
  • Abdominal Surgery in an Octogenarian: The Need for Comprehensive and Carefully Orchestrated Care Across a Continuum
    Multidisciplinary Panel Discussion - Moderator: Jeffrey H. Silverstein, MD
    • Surgery - John L. Tarpley, MD
    • Geriatrics - Robin Kennedy, MD
    • Nursing - Meg Bourbonniere, PhD, RN
    • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - Shanker Nesathurai, MD
  • Orthopaedic Surgery in a Septuagenarian: The Need for Comprehensive and Carefully Orchestrated Care Across a Continuum
    Multidisciplinary Panel Discussion - Moderator: Jeffrey H. Silverstein, MD
    • Surgery - John L. Tarpley, MD
    • Geriatrics - Robin Kennedy, MD
    • Nursing - Meg Bourbonniere, PhD, RN
    • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - Shanker Nesathurai, MD
  • Medicare, Quality of Care, and You: Public-Private Partnerships that Improve the Health Care Systems, David R. Hunt, MD, FACS, Senior Surgical Advisor and Paul E. McGann, Senior Geriatric Advisor, CMS Quality Improvement Group

  • 2006 Section Meeting References

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2005/Surgical Issues in Older Adults: Research Updates from the Specialties and Clinical Case-Based Discussions
Welcome and Introductions - Tomas L. Griebling, MD
  • The Specialty Research Frontiers: What is new, what is under investigation and what is needed?
    • Moderator: Tomas L. Griebling, MD
    • Geriatric Otolaryngology - Steven M. Parnes, MD
    • Geriatric Orthopedics - Susan Day, MD
    • Geriatric Rehabilitation - Hilary C. Siebens, MD
    • Geriatric Anesthesiology - Christopher J. Jankowski, MD
  • Case-Based Discussion: Abdominal surgery in an octogenarian: The need for comprehensive and carefully orchestrated care across a continuum. Moderator: Tomas L. Griebling, MD
  • Case-Based Discussion: Aortic valve surgery in an octogenarian: The need for comprehensive and carefully orchestrated care across a continuum. Moderator: Tomas L. Griebling, MD
    • Multidisciplinary Panel Discussion
    • Cardiothoracic Surgery: Nicola Francalancia, MD
    • General Surgery: Walter E. Pofahl, II, MD
    • Anesthesiology: Michael C. Lewis, MD
    • Geriatrics: Peter Pompei, MD
    • Nursing: Sarah H. Kagan, PhD, RN
    • Palliative Care Medicine: Mark Yurkofsky MD
    • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: Lois L. Deaton, MD

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2004/The Pre-Surgical Evaluation and Management of the Older Patient
Welcome and introductions Andrew G. Lee, MD
  • Overview of Section John R. Burton, MD
  • Research Agenda Setting Process Moderator: Andrew G. Lee, MD
    • New Frontiers in Geriatrics Research: An Agenda for Surgical and Related Medical Specialties
      Introduction: Ronnie Ann Rosenthal, MD, Co-editor
  • Presentations from the Specialties:
    • Geriatric Emergency Medicine Scott Wilber, MD
    • Eye Diseases and Care for Older Individuals Anne L. Coleman, MD, PhD
    • Geriatric Gynecology Karen Miller, MD
    • Geriatric Urology Tomas Griebling, MD
    • Cross-cutting Issues: Joseph LoCicero, III, MD, Co-editor
  • Panel: Pre-operative Management of the Older Patient -Moderators: Andrew G. Lee, MD and Walter E. Pofahl, II, MD
    • Pre-op Clearance for your Older Patient: What the Geriatrician Needs to Know - Peter Pompei, MD
    • Cardiology Pre-op: What to Do and When - Mathew Maurer, MD
    • Pre-op Evaluation of the Older Patient: What the General Surgeon Wants to Know from the Geriatrician - Richard M. Bell, MD, FACS
    • Anesthesia Does a Pre-op Too - Linda Liu, MD
    • The Role of Pre-hab in Improving Post-Operative Outcomes in the Aged - Hilary Siebens, MD

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2003/Challenges in the Care of the Geriatric Surgical Patient
Welcome and Introduction Walter J. Pories, MD/Walter Pofahl, MD
  • Overview of Program John R. Burton, MD
  • Panel: Surgical Judgment Moderator: Holly E. Richter, PhD, MD
    • Decision Making for Urologic Surgery in Older Women, An Evidence-based Approach - Tomas L. Griebling, MD
    • Surgical Oncologic Decision Making in the Older Patient - Frederick D. Cason, MD
    • Surgical Judgments: A Geriatrician's Perspective - Seth Landefeld, MD
    • Functional Recovery After Major Abdominal Surgery In Elders - Valerie Lawrence, MD
  • Panel: Perioperative Care: Moderator: - Walter E. Pofahl, MD
    • Mechanical Bowel Preparation in the Older Patient - Jack A. DiPalma, MD
    • Postoperative Pain Management in the Older Patient - Linda L. Liu, MD
    • Post-operative Rehabilitation of the Older Patient with a Complicated Hospital Stay - Frederick S. Frost, MD
  • Treating DVT in the Older Surgical Patient - Michael Rich, MD
  • Polypharmacy, One Pill Makes You Larger and the Other Makes You Small! Jeffrey Silverstein, MD

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2002/The Surgical Patient: Strategies for Improving Outcomes
Welcome and Introduction: John R. Burton, MD
  • Delirium in the Hospitalized Patient Moderator: Walter J. Pories, MD
    • Cognitive Levels of Function in the Perioperative Older Patient - Jeffrey Silverstein, MD
    • Elements in the Development of Perioperative Delirium - Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH
    • Methods for Prevention of Perioperative Delirium - Ronnie Ann Rosenthal, MD
    • Rehabilitation After Episodes of Perioperative Delirium - Hilary C. Siebens, MD
    • Case Presentation and Discussion - Walter E. Pofahl, MD
  • Improving Geriatric Care in the Ten Specialties Moderator: - David H. Solomon, MD
    • Evolution of the Section and its Council - David H. Solomon, MD
    • Status of Geriatric Activity in the Ten Specialties - John R. Burton, MD
    • Development of Trained Experts in Geriatric Care in the Specialties - Walter J. Pories, MD
    • An Agenda for Geriatric Research in the Specialties - David H. Solomon, MD
    • Concepts for Advancing Geriatric Research in the Specialties - Ronnie A. Rosenthal, MD
  • Hydration and Nutrition Before and After Surgery Moderator: - Paul R. Katz, MD
    • Homeostenosis: Changes to Expect in the Older Patient - Mark E. Williams, MD
    • Dehydration on Arrival and on Discharge - Andrew D. Weinberg, MD
    • Evaluation of Preoperative Status - Karen Hall, MD
    • Is Preoperative Hyperalimentation Valuable? Stanley Dudrick, MD
  • The Golden Years: Are They Just Gold-Plated? C. Everett Koop, MD, ScD

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