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American College Of Surgeons, Division Of Education Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the American College of Surgeons and the Surgical Infection Society. The American College Surgeons is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

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The American College of Surgeons designates this educational activity for a maximum of 18 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
11:00 - 12:00
Living Room
Committees
   Informatics
   Fellowship and Awards
   Scientific Studies
12:00 - 13:00
Banyan Room
Council Lunch
13:00 - 17:00
Banyan Room
SIS Council Meeting
17:00 - 18:00
Banyan Room
Nominating Committee
19:00 - 21:30
Royal Poinciana I
President’s Dinner
(by invitation)
Thursday, May 12, 2011
08:00 - 12:00
Flagler BR
Surgical Infections Symposium: Annual Update
Moderator: John Mazuski, MD, PhD
08:00 - 08:10 Welcome
John Mazuski, MD, PhD
08:10 - 08:30 Vagal nerve stimulation and sepsis.
Jared Huston, MD
08:30 - 08:50 Routine Screening for MRSA.
Martin A. Croce, MD
08:50 - 09:20 An update in the treatment of cholera.
Fred Luchette, MD
09:20 - 09:40 Racial Differences in Sepsis.
Todd R Vogel, MD, MPH
09:40 - 10:00 Discussion
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 10:35 Adherence to SCIP measures and postoperative SSI.
Samir S. Awad MD
10:35 - 10:55 Common home medications and their influences on infections.
Sam Arbabi, MD
10:55 - 11:15 Hyperglycemia and Infection risk.
Grant Bochicchio, MD, MPH
11:15 - 11:35 Perioperative Oxygen and the control of surgical infections.
Samir Fakhry, MD
11:35 - 11:50 Discussion and Closing Remarks
Royal Poinciana BR
LUNCHEON SYMPOSIUM I
(Industry-sponsored satellite; not part of scientific program)
Considerations and Approach to the Prevention and Repair of the Infected Ventral Hernia
Kamal F. Itani, MD, FACS
VA Boston Healthcare System
Boston University and Harvard Medical School
13:30 - 16:00
Flagler BR
PLENARY SESSION
The Art and Science of Surgical Infections (Papers 1-8)
Moderators: Henri R. Ford, MD, MHA Pamela Lipsett MD, MHPE
1. EFFERENT VAGAL NERVE STIMULATION ABATES ACUTE LUNG INJURY IN POST-HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
Yan T. Ortiz-Pomales, MD, Luis G. Reys, MD, Gerald A. Cheadle, BS, Michael J. Krzyzaniak, MD, Nicole E. Lopez, MD, Ann-Marie Hageny, BS, Brian Eliceiri, PhD, Andrew Baird, PhD, Vishal Bansal, MD, Raul Coimbra, MD, PhD, University of California San Diego (resident)
Discussant: Ronald V. Maier, MD
2. OUTCOMES OF OPTIMIZED FLUID RESUSCITATION AFTER SEVERE BURN INJURY UTILIZING HEMODYNAMIC MEASUREMENTS BY TRANSPULMONARY THERMO-DILUTION
Robert Kraft, MD, David N. Herndon, MD, Ludwik Branski, MD, Celeste C. Finnerty, PhD, Marc G. Jeschke, MD, PhD, Univ. of Texas Medical Branch
Discussant: Basil Pruit, MD
3. INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-1(IRF-1) MEDIATES SPLENOCYTES AND MACROPHAGES APOPTOTIC AND AUTOPHAGIC RESPONSES IN ENDOTOXEMIA
Lemeng Zhang, MD, Pinhua Pan, MD, Jon Cardinal, MD, Gary Nace, MD, John Evankovich, Timothy Billiar, MD, Allan Tsung, MD, Department of Surgery
Discussant: Henri F. Ford, MD, MHA
4. VASCULAR CATHETER CULTURES FOR SUSPECTED CATHETER-RELATED BLOODSTREAM INFECTION IN THE ICU: A TRADITION WHOSE TIME HAS PASSED?
Lisa Flynn, MD, Lisa Hall Zimmerman, Pharm, D, Alexander Rose, MD, Jing Zhao, Pharm, D, Krista Wahby, Pharm, D, Bryan Dotson, Pharm, D, Robert Wilson, MD, Steven Tennenberg, MD, Wayne State University School of Medicine (resident)
Discussant: Lena M. Napolitano, MD
5. IMMUNE CELL APOPTOSIS IS TRIGGERED BY SHOCK MESENTERIC LYMPH AND IS MEDIATED THROUGH THE TLR4 PATHWAY
Gregory Tiesi, MD, Diego Reino, MD, Dave Palange, BS, Qi Lu, MD, Leonard Mason, MD, Sharvil Sheth, MD, Jacquelyn Tomaio, BS, Nick Arora, BS, Edwin Deitch, MD, FACS, UMDNJ-NJMS Department of Surgery (resident)
Discussant: Ori Rotstein, MD
6. FUNGUS IN THE ABDOMEN: WHO HAS IT, IS IT LETHAL, AND DOES IT MATTER IF WE TREAT IT?
Amani D Politano, MD, Tjasa Hranjec, MD, MS, Laura H Rosenberger, MD, Kristin T Campbell, MD, Lin M Riccio, MD, George J Stukenborg, PhD, Robert G Sawyer, MD, Carlos A Tache-Leon, MD, University of Virginia Department of Surgery (resident)
Discussant: Pamela A. Lipsett, MD
7. P. AERUGINOSA EXPRESSES A LETHAL PHENOTYPE IN RESPONSE TO A DELICATE BALANCE BETWEEN LOCAL PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATION AND EXPOSURE TO KAPPA OPIOIDS
Alexander V Zaborin, PhD, Christopher Holbrook, MD, Donald Liu, MD, PhD, Olga Y Zaborina, PhD, John C Alverdy, MD, University of Chicago
Discussant: William G. Cheadle, MD
8. THE CHASM BETWEEN CDC DIAGNOSIS AND BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE DIAGNOSIS OF VAP MAY AFFECT PAYMENTS FOR CRITICALLY ILL TRAUMA PATIENTS
Daithi S Heffernan, MD, Sean F Monaghan, MD, Zach Gregg, MD, Michael D Connolly, MD, Shea Gregg, MD, Charles A Adams, MD, William G Cioffi, MD, Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital
Discussant: Donald E. Fry, MD
16:00 - 16:15
Flagler BR
FELLOWSHIP AWARD RECIPIENT PRESENTATIONS
Gina Howell, MD University of Pittsburgh
Jill Cherry, MD University of Michigan
Melanie Scott, PhD University of Pittsburgh

Moderator: Craig Coopersmith, MD - Emory University, Atlanta, GA
16:15 - 17:00
Flagler BR
WILLIAM A. ALTEMEIER MEMORIAL LECTURE

Nod-like Receptors in Host Defense and Disease

Gabriel Nunez, MD
Paul H. De Kruif Professor of Pathology
University of Michigan Medical School and Health System
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Introduction by Henri R. Ford MD, MHA
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
17:00 - 18:00
Mizner Room
SIS MULTICENTER STUDY OF DURATION OF ANTIBIOTICS FOR INTRAABDOMINAL INFECTIONS
17:30 - 18:15
Ocean Terrace
SURGICAL INFECTION EDITORIAL BOARD RECEPTION
By Invitation Only
18:15 - 19:00
Ocean Terrace
SURGICAL INFECTION SOCIETY FOUNDATION MEETING
18:00 - 20:00
Poolside
WELCOME RECEPTION
Friday, May 13, 2011
Royal Poinciana Ballroom
SUNRISE SYMPOSIUM
(Industry-sponsored satellite; not part of scientific program)

The Potential Role of Antibiotic Diversity in Optimizing Antibiotic Selection
Lewis Kaplan, MD
Yale University
New Haven, CT

08:00 - 10:30
Royal Poinciana BR
PARALLEL SESSION I
Fundamental Mechanisms of Surgical Infection (Papers 9 - 16)
Moderators: William G. Cheadle, MD and Steve Lowry, MD
9. TGF BETA EXPRESSION IS REQUIRED FOR ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII-INDUCED EPITHELIAL INJURY IN A MOUSE MODEL OF NECROTIZ ING ENTEROCOLITIS
Claudia N Emami, MD, MPH, Rahul Mittal, PhD, Ford R Henri, MD, MHA, Nemani V Prasadarao, PhD, CHLA-USC Keck School of Medicine (resident, new member)
Discussant: Lawrence Diebel, MD
10. TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2 SIGNALING PREVENTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS THROUGH NEGATIVE REGULATION OF THE INNATE IMMUNE RECEPTOR TLR4
Ibrahim Yazji, MD, Sodhi Chhinder, PhD, Matthew Neal, MD, Thomas Prindle, BS, Maria Branca, BS, Anthony Russo, BS, Congrong Ma, BS, Christopher Vos, BS, David J Hackam, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh (resident)
Discussant: Jose M. Prince, MD
11. INSULIN RESTORES APOPTOSIS OF TRAUMA NEUTROPHILS (PMN) BY SUPPRESSING THE NICOTINAMIDE PHOSPHORIBOSYL TRANSFERASE (NAMPT) ACTIVITY OF PRE-B CELL COLONY-ENHANCING FACTOR (PBEF)
Sangyang Jia, Song H Jia, MD, PhD, Emmanuel Charbonney, MD, Zeenat Malam, BSc, Jean Parodo, BSc, John C Marshall, MD, St. Michaels Hospital
Discussant: Jared Huston, MD
12. NON-INVASIVE DETECTION OF PULMONARY PATHOGENS IN VENTILATOR CIRCUIT FILTERS BY PCR
Richard J Isaacs, PhD, Kenneth A Debelak, PhD, Patrick R Norris, PhD, Judith M Jenkins, MSN, Jeffery C Rooks, Matthew J Eckert, MD, Addison K May, MD, Erik M Boczko, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Discussant: Martin A. Croce, MD
13. POST-OPERATIVE MRSA CONVERSION AND INFECTION IN MRSA-NEGATIVE PATIENTS: ASSOCIATED FACTORS
Youmna E Abi-Haidar, MD, Kalpana Gupta, MD, MPH, Judith Strymish, MD, Sandra Williams, MS, Kamal MF Itani, MD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston University School of Medicine (resident, new member)
Discussant: Greg Beilman, MD
14. CALCIUM/CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT KINASES (CAMK) REGULATE ORGAN DYSFUNCTION DURINE MURINE ENDOTOXEMIA
Gina Howell, MD, Lanping Guo MD, Xianghong Zhang PhD, Richard D. Collage BS, Matthew R. Rosengart, MD, MPH. University of Pittsburgh
Discussant: James Lederer, PhD
15. MODULATION OF THE MUCUS COMPONENT OF INTESTINAL BARRIER DEFENSE IN VITRO
Mark Diebel, BS, David M Liberati, MS, Lawrence N Diebel, MD, Wayne State University (resident)
Discussant: Edwin Deitch, MD
16. THE EFFECT OF DIETARY MONOSACCHARIDES ON PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA VIRULENCE
Ryan K Nelson, BA, Valeriy Poroyko, PhD, John C Alverdy, MD, Michael J Morowitz, MD, University of Chicago
Discussant: Daithi Heffernan, MD
08:00 - 10:30
Flagler BR
PARALLEL SESSION II
Clinical Investigations in Surgical Infection (Papers 17-24)
Moderators: Lena M. Napolitano, MD Nick Namias, MD
17. SMALL POSTOPERATIVE CHANGES IN SERUM CREATININE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH POSTOPERATIVE SEPSIS AND SURGICAL INFECTIONS
Charles E Hobson, MD, Meghan Brennan, MStat, Shahab Bozorgmehri, MD, Philip A Efron, MD, Azra Bihorac, MD, University of Florida (new member)
Discussant: Samir Fakhry, MD
18. HYPOGLYCEMIA INCREASES THE RISK OF HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS IN AN SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Holly K Sheldon, MD, Joanna Ng, MD, Gustavo Bauza, MD, Juan Mella, MD, Melanie L Gainsbury, MD, Suresh Agarwal, MD, Peter Burke, MD, Boston University Medical Center (resident)
Discussant: Philip S Barie, MD, MBA
19. A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO THE INITIATION OF ANTIMICROBIALS IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED INFECTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVED SURVIVAL
Tjasa Hranjec, MD, MS, Brian R. Swenson, MD, Laura H Rosenberger, MD, Amani D Politano, MD, Lin M Riccio, MD, Rosemarie Metzger, MD, MPH, Kimberly A Popovsky, RN, Addison K May, MD, Robert G Sawyer, MD, University of Virginia (resident)
Discussant: Joseph Solomkin, MD, PhD
20. METHACILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHLOCOCCUS AUREUS AS A CAUSATIVE PATHOGEN IN EARLY VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA: CAUSE FOR CONCERN?
David M Hill, PharmD, Thomas J Schroeppel, MD, Louis J Magnotti, MD, Lesley P Clement, PharmD, Peter E Fischer, MD, MS, Timothy C Fabian, MD, Martin A Croce, MD, Regional Medical Center at Memphis
Discussant: John Mazuski, MD, PhD
21. A PROSPECTIVE, PROTOCOLIZED STUDY EVALUATING THE RELIABILITY OF SPUTUM CULTURES OBTAINED AFTER ADMINISTRATION OF ANTIBIOTICS IN INJURED PATIENTS
Matthew C Byrnes, MD, Eric Irwin, Patty Reicks, Gregory J Beilman, University of Minnesota
Discussant: Robert Sawyer, MD
22. FRESH FROZEN PLASMA TRANSFUSION IS AN INDEPENDENT RISK FACTOR FOR BACTEREMIA IN CRITICALLY ILL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY PATIENTS
Gerard P. De Castro, MD, Grant V . Bochicchio, MD, MPH, Ian R. Driscoll, MD, Deborah M. Stein, MD, MPH, Kelly M. Bochicchio, RN, MS, Shijun Zhu, PhD, Manjari Joshi, MBBS, John R. Hess, MD, MPH, Thomas M. Scalea, MD, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center - University of Maryland Medical Center (resident)
Discussant: Addison K. May, MD
23. SYSTEMIC ENDOTOXEMIA FOLLOWING MULTIPLE TRAUMA IS ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY SHOCK AND PREDICTS SUBSEQUENT MORTALITY
Emmanuel Charbonney, MD, Yangmei Li, David Klein, MD, MBA, Alexander Romaschin, PhD, Avery B. Nathens, MD, PhD, John C. Marshall, MD, Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital
Discussant: Jeffrey Claridge, MD
24. THE IMPACT OF INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS AFTER ELECTIVE SURGERY ON HOSPITAL READMISSION AND LATE MORTALITY IN THE US MEDICARE POPULATION
Todd R Vogel, MD, MPH, Viktor Y Dombrovskiy, MD, MPH, PhD, Alan M Graham, D, Stephen F Lowry, MD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Surgery, The Surgical Outcomes Research Group, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Discussant: R. Lawrence Reed II, MD
10:30 - 11:00 BREAK - VISIT EXHIBITS
11:00 - 12:00
Flagler BR
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

Passing in the Night: A Tipping Point in Surgical Training
Pamela Lipsett, MD, MHPE, FACS, FCCM
Professor of Surgery, ACCM and Nursing
Program Director, General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
Co-Director of the Surgical and Weinberg ICU
The John Hopkins Hospital
President, Society of Critical Care Medicine

Introduction by Henri R. Ford, MD, MHA
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Royal Poinciana BR
LUNCHEON SYMPOSIUM II
(Industry-sponsored satellite; not part of scientific program)
Using a Topical Skin Adhesive to Help Protect Patients Against the Risk Factors for Bacterial Contamination
Adam Singer, MD
Stony Brook, New York
13:30 - 16:00
Royal Poinciana BR
PARALLEL SESSION III
Understanding the Host Response to Surgical Infection. (Papers 25-32)
Moderators: John Alverdy, MD and Ronald V. Maier MD
25. GUT MICROFLORA IS SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERED AFTER 72 HOURS OF FORMULA FEEDING
Erica M. Carlisle, MD, Valeriy Poroyko, PhD, Michael S. Caplan, MD, John Alverdy, MD, Michael J Morowitz, MD, Liu Donald, MD, PhD, University of Chicago Medical Center (resident)
Discussant: Jeffrey Upperman, MD
26. PARALLEL MICRORNA-155 AND TNF-α PRODUCTION COULD EXPLAIN MICROBIAL TOLERANCE IN A NOVEL PERITONITIS MODEL
Ziad Kanaan, MD, PhD, Sarah Gardner, BS, Jim Peyton, MS, William G Cheadle, MD, University of Louisville (resident)
Discussant: Michael West, MD, PhD
27. ROLES OF C-TERMINAL NON-CATALYTIC DOMAIN AND ERK PHOSPHORYLATION IN RAPID PROTEOLYSIS OF THE MKP-1 PHOSPHATASE
Jin Wang, MS, Anatoly V. Grishin, PhD, Henri R. Ford, MD, MHA, CHLA
Discussant: Sam Arbabi, MD
28. CALCIUM/CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE I MEDIATES LPS-INDUCED AUTOPHAGY IN MACROPHAGES VIA AMPK AND APG7.
Lanping Gou MD, Xianghong Zhang PhD, Richard D Collages BS, Jennifer L Stripay, Stephen M Robert MD, Allan Tsung MD, Gina Howell MD, Janet S Lee MD, Matthew R Rosengart MD MPH, University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh, PA
Discussant: Lewis Kaplan, MD
29. THE IMPORTANCE OF HEME-OXYGENASE 1 IN MITOCHONDRIAL BIOGENESIS IN SEPSIS
Evie Carchman, Jay Rao, Sruti Shiva, Brian Zuckerbraun, UPMC (resident, new member)
Discussant: Daithi Heffernan, MD
30. NOVEL ALTERNATIVE SPLICE VARIANT OF THE HUMAN GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR AUGMENTS THE RESPONSE TO HYDROCORTISONE
Aaron C Baker, MS, MD, Amiri Amini, MD, Kelly Tung, MD, Victoria Chew, BS, Debora Lim, BA, Tajia Green, BS, Kiho Cho, PhD, DVM, David Greenhalgh, MD, University of California Davis Medical Center (resident)
Discussant: Marc Jeschke, MD PhD
31. METABOLOMIC PROFILING TO CHARACTERIZE ACUTE INTESTINAL ISCHEMIA/REPERFUSION INJURY
Rachel G Khadaroo, MD, PhD, FRCS(C), Thomas A Churchill, PhD, BSc, Christopher M Lukowski, MSc, Richard N Fedorak, MD, FRCPC, FRCP(London), Karen L Madsen, PhD, University of Alberta
Discussant: Jospeh Minei, MD
32. NO ASSOCIATE INCREASE IN ARDS OR SEPSIS WITH BETA-BLOCKER USE IN ADULT BURN PATIENTS: A MULTI-CENTER STUDY
Itoro E Elijah, MD, MPH, Celeste C. Finnerty, PhD, Don C Bywater, BS, Brett A Arnoldo, MD, FACS, Richard L Gamelli, MD, FACS, Nicole S Gibran, MD, FACS, Marc G Jeschke, MD, PhD, Matthew B Klein, MD, Ronald G Tompkins, MD, ScD,, David N Herndon, MD, FACS, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston Shriners Burns Hospital, TX (resident, new member)
Discussant: Brian Zuckerbraun, MD
13:30 - 16:00
Flagler BR
PARALLEL SESSION IV
Outcomes Studies in Surgical Infection. (Papers 33-40)
Moderators: Robert Sawyer, MD Philip S. Barie, MD, MBA
33. BACTEREMIA AND VAP: A MARKER FOR CONTEMPORANEOUS EXTRA-PULMONIC INFECTION
Anastasia Kunac, MD, Ziad C Sifri, MD, Alicia M Mohr, MD, Helen Horng, PharmD, Robert Lavery, MS, David H Livingston, MD, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey
Discussant: Felix Y Lui, MD
34. BLADDER PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS AND UTI IN TRAUMA PATIENTS
Therese M Duane, MD, Andrew Young, MD, William Webber, BS, Luke G Wolfe, MS, Ajai K Malhotra, MD, Michel B Aboutanos, MD, MPH, James F Whelan, MD, Julie Mayglothling, MD, Rao R Ivatury, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center (new member)
Discussant: Amy McDonald, MD
35. LOW PHOSPHORUS IS PREDICTIVE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFECTIONS AFTER SURGERY: A STUDY OF HUMANS TO PROVE MURINE DATA.
Sean F Monaghan, MD, Daithi S Heffernan, MD, Jason T Machan, PhD, David T Harrington, MD, Charles A Adams, MD, William G Cioffi, MD, Rhode Island Hospital/Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Discussant: Olga Zaborina, PhD
36. DOES ELEVATED GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN PREDICT POST-OPERATIVE INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS?
I. Michael Leitman, MD, Margaret Bower, MD, Glenn Kashan, MD, Thomas Illic, MD, Vincent De Chavez, Mathew Seigerman, MD, Warren E Enker, MD, Martin S Karpeh, JR., MD, Mariya Huralska, Albert Einstein College of Medicine- Beth Israel Medical Center (resident)
Discussant: Brian Harbrecht, MD
37. INCREASED MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY ASSOCIATED WITH POST LIVER TRANSPLANT INTRA-ABDOMINAL INFECTIONS CAUSED BY CANDIDA SPECIES AND VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT E. FAECIUM
Harry F Dorn, MD, Timothy M Schmitt, MD, Sean C Kumer, MD, PhD, Kenneth L Brayman, MD, PhD, Avinash Agarwal, MD, Robert G Sawyer, MD, University of Virginia (resident)
Discussant: Philip S. Barie, MD, MBA
38. NASAL MRSA PREDICTS VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA AND MICROBIOLOGY
Zachary A Gregg, MD, Daithi S Heffernan, MD, Sean F Monaghan, MD, Michael D Connolly, MD, Shea C Gregg, MD, Matthew S Kozloff, MD, Charles A Adams, MD, William G Cioffi, MD, Rhode Island Hospital/Alpert Medical School of Brown University (resident)
Discussant: Samir S. Awad, MD
39. VENTILATOR FREE DAYS AS A PREDICTOR FOR PNEUMONIA: IS IT ACCURATE?
Alicia M Williams, MD, Grant V Bochicchio, MD, Shijun Zhu, PhD, Kelly Bochicchio, RN, MS, Thomas Scalea, MD, Walter Reed Army Medical Center (resident)
Discussant: Nick Namias, MD
40. THE EFFECT OF ADOPTING A CLINICAL PATHWAY FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PEDIATRIC APPENDICITIS AND COMPARISON TO THE PEDIATRIC HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM DATABASE
Felix C Blanco, MD, Katherine P Davenport, MD, Evan P Nadler, MD, Anthony D Sandler, MD, CNMC
Discussant: John Davis, MD
16:00 - 17:30
Foyer/Poinciana I
Poster Session (Posters 1 - 71)
Basic and Clinical Studies in Surgical Infection

Moderators
Session 1. (Posters 1-9) David Greenhalgh, MD and Sam Arbabi, MD
Session 2. (Posters 10-19) Matthew Rosengart, MD, MPH and Heather Evans, MD
Session 3. (Posters 20-29) Marc Jeschke, MD, PhD and Lewis Kaplan, MD
Session 4. (Posters 30-39) David Blake, MD and Greg Beilman, MD
Session 5. (Posters 40-49) Jose Prince, MD and Sandra Swoboda, RN, MS
Session 6. (Posters 50-59) Gary An, MD and Evan Nadler, MD, PhD
Session 7. (Posters 60-71) Alicia Mohr, MD and Preston Miller, MD

17:30 - 18:30
Flagler BR
SIS ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
Henri R. Ford MD, MHA Presiding
19:00 - 20:00
Poolside
RECEPTION
20:00 - 22:00
Royal Poinciana BR
AWARDS BANQUET
Saturday, May 14, 2011
07:00 - 08:00
Banyan Room
SIS COUNCIL MEETING
08:00 - 10:00
Flagler BR
COMBINED SESSION I
Mechanistic Insights into the Development of Surgical Infection. (Papers 41-47)
Moderators: James Lederer, PhD Addison K. May, MD
41. PREVENTING INJURY-ASSOCIATED SEPSIS BY REDIRECTING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Akinori Osuka, MD, Sarasijhaa K. Desikan, BS, Marc Hanschen, MD, Goro Tajima, MD, James A. Lederer, PhD. Harvard Medical School-Brigham and Womens Hospital (resident)
Discussant: Heidi Frankel, MD
42. CHOLINERGIC REGULATION OF ANP SIGNALING DURING SEPSIS
Jason R. Fritz, MSBE, Robert Gersch, PhD Shu Pan, BA, Jared M. Huston, MD
Discussant: Gary An, MD
43. THE ROLE OF ANTIBIOTICS IN OPEN FRACTURES REVISITED: CHARACTERISTICS OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (SA) AND SUSCEPTIBILITY PROFILE
Carla C Saveli, MD, Steven J Morgan, MD, Robert W Belknap, MD, Erin Ross, BS, Philip F Stahel, MD, George W Chaus, MD, Walter L Biffl, MD, Connie S Price, MD, University of Colorado Denver
Discussant: Carl Hauser, MD
44. A COMPARISON OF INFECTIONS IN SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSED NON-TRANSPLANT SURGERY PATIENTS: DOES THE ALLORESPONSE MATTER?
Laura H Rosenberger, MD, Kristin C Turza, MD, Lin M Riccio, MD, Amani D Politano, MD, Robert G Sawyer, MD, University of Virginia Health System
Discussant: James Lederer, PhD
45. THE RELATIONSHIP OF STRESS-INDUCED HYPERGLYCEMIA AND INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS IN NON-DIABETIC ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA PATIENTS
Justin E Richards, MD, Rondi Kauffman, MD, MPH, William T Obremskey, MD, MPH, Addison K May, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (resident)
Discussant: Heather L. Evans, MD
46. ROLE OF FEEDING-INDUCED OXIDATIVE STRESS AND TLR-RESPONSE ON CELLULAR POPULATION DYNAMICS IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS: INSIGHTS FROM AN AGENT-BASED MODEL
Moses Kim, MD, Scott Christley, PhD, Donald Liu, MD, John Alverdy, MD, Gary An, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Chicago (resident)
Discussant: Jeffery Upperman, MD
47. THE ROLE OF HIF-1 IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF LIVER INJURY DURING SEPSIS
Brad Shrum, MSc, Tina Mele, PhD, MD, University of Western Ontario (new member)
Discussant: Brian Zuckerbraun, MD
10:00 - 10:15 BREAK - VISIT EXHIBITS
10:30 - 12:30
Flagler BR
COMBINED SESSION II
Clinical Investigations into Surgical Infections. (Papers 48 - 56)
Moderators: Donald Fry, MD Jeffrey Claridge, MD
48. INITIATIONS OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT MEASURES CAN LEAD TO DECREASING INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS IN EMERGENCY SURGICAL PATIENTS
Felix Akinbami, MBBS, MS, Jill Steinberg, RN, MPH, Maria Panizales, RN, MSN, Selwyn O Rogers, Jr, MD, MPH, Reza Askari, MD, Department of Surgery and Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA
Discussant: David T. Efron, MD
49. MONTHLY PCR SCREENING FOR POLYOMA BK VIRUS WITH PRE-EMPTIVE IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE THERAPY REDUCTION: LONG-TERM RESULTS AFTER RENAL TRANSPLANTATION
David J Conti , Michael H Gallichio, Nicholas Chandolias, Nicole Siparsky, Albany Medical College
Discussant: Robert Sawyer, MD
50. INFECTIOUS OUTCOMES IN LIVING DONOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS FOLLOWING MULTIMODAL PREOPERATIVE DESENSITIZATION TO OVERCOME HUMORAL BARRIERS
Kristin Turza Campbell, MD, Avinash Agarwal, MD, Michael Shafique, BS, Kenneth L. Brayman, MD, PhD, Robert G. Sawyer, MD, University of Virginia (resident)
Discussant: Donald E. Fry, MD
51. COMPARING A LOCALLY-DERIVED VERSUS GUIDELINE-BASED APPROACH TO TREATMENT OF HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IN THE TRAUMA INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Robert D. Becher, MD, J. JASON Hoth, MD, PhD, Jennifer L. Kendall, BA, Jerry J. Rebo, PharmD, Preston R. Miller, MD, Department of General Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine (resident)
Discussant: Phil Efron, MD
52. TLR4 PROTECTIVE ADJUVANT EFFECT TO MURINE POLYMICROBIAL SEPSIS IS TRIF, BUT NOT MYD88, DEPENDENT
Alex G Cuenca, MD, James L Wynn, MD, Kindra Kelly-Scumpia, PhD, Phillip O Scumpia, MD, PhD, Dina C Nacionales, MD, Philip A Efron, MD, Lyle L Moldawer, PhD, University of Florida (resident)
Discussant: James Lederer, PhD
53. HAND SANITIZER DISPENSERS AND ASSOCIATED HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS - FRIEND OR FOMITE?
Simon D. Eiref, MD, Robert C. Goldstein, MD, I. Michael Leitman, MD, William H. Riley, PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY (resident)
Discussant: Sandra Swoboda, RN
54. PERFORMANCE OF TWO SURGICAL SITE INFECTION RISK STRATIFICATION MODELS FOR PREDICTING INFECTION RISK IN PUBLICLY REPORTED DATA FROM A SAFETY NET HOSPITAL
Connie Savor Price, MD, Bryan Knepper, MS, M. JOSH Durfee, MS, Heather Young, MD, Walter L Biffl, MD, Denver Health and University of Colorado Denver (resident)
Discussant: Heather L. Evans, MD
55. THE EFFECT OF PROLONGED CORTISOL EXCESS ON SYSTEMIC AND CELLULAR RESPONSES TO ENDOTOXIN
Irina Bernescu, MD, Tara M Balija, MD, Michael T Reddell, Jacqueline E Calvano, Susette M Coyle, RN, Marie A Macor, RN, Steve E Calvano, PhD, Beatrice Haimovich, PhD, Stephen F Lowry, MD, RWJMS (resident)
Discussant: Grant Bochicchio, MD, MPH
56. ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IS ASSOCIATED WITH NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS AND SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS AFTER TRAUMA
Azra BIhorac, MD, Philip A Efron, MD, Darwin Ang, MD, PhD, Ronald V Maier, MD, Lyle L Moldawer, PhD, University of Florida (new membe)
Discussant: Therese M. Duane, MD
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