Surgical Infection Society

44th Annual Meeting

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Program at a Glance

Monday, May 12th

  • President’s Fundraiser to Benefit the Society
    6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
    Union Trust: 717 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA
    Additional ticket required

Tuesday, May 13th

  • Breakfast
    7:00 am – 8:00 am
  • Abstracts & Mini-Orals
    8:00 am – 8:50 am
    Mini-Orals Session I
    Abstracts MO 1 – 10

    Mini-Orals Session II
    Abstracts MO 11 – 20

  • Abstracts & Mini-Orals
    8:55 am – 9:40 am
    Mini-Orals Session III
    Abstracts MO 21 – 29

    Mini-Orals Session IV
    Abstracts MO 30 – 38

  • Fellowship Update
    9:45 am – 10:30 am
    Fellowship Update: “State of the Art”
    Primer on Phage Therapy
    History of Antibiotics
  • Break
    10:30 am – 10:45 am
  • Scientific Session I
    10:45 am – 12:00 pm
    Top 10 Presentations
    Abstracts 1- 5
  • Lunch
    12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  • Equity Tableside Panel
    1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • President’s Address
    2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
    “Make the Impossible, Possible”

    Marc Jeschke, MD, PhD, FACS, FCAHS, FCCM, FRCS (C)
    Vice President Research – Hamilton Health Sciences
    Medical Director Burn Program – Hamilton Health Sciences
    Professor of Surgery – McMaster University

  • Break
    3:00 pm – 3:15 pm
  • Update Symposium from Fellowship
    3:15 pm – 4:00 pm
  • Scientific Session II
    4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
    Top 10 Presentations
    Abstracts 6 – 10
  • Annual Business Meeting
    5:15 pm – 6:15 pm
    (Members Only)

Wednesday, May 14th

  • Breakfast
    7:00 am – 8:00 am
  • Scientific Session III
    8:00 am – 9:00 am
    Abstracts 11-15
  • General Session
    9:00 am – 10:00 am
    “A Path Toward Precision Medicine for Sepsis”
  • Break
    10:00 am – 10:15 am
  • General Session
    10:15 am - 11:15 am
    “Translating Back to the Bedside”

    Updates of guidelines from Therapeutics and Guidelines Committee

  • Stanford and Louise Blake Lectureship
    11:15 am – 12:00 pm
    “Care of Surgical Infections in the Austere Environment”

    Abstracts MO 39 – 41

  • Lunch
    12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  • Scientific Session IV
    1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
    Abstracts 16 – 20
  • Altemeier Address
    2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
  • Break
    3:00 pm – 3:15 pm
  • Scientific Session V
    3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
    Abstracts 21 – 25
  • Mini-Orals V & VI
    4:20 pm – 5:20 pm
    Mini-Orals Session V
    Abstracts MO 42 – 50

    Mini-Orals Session VI
    Abstracts MO 51 – 60

  • Awards Banquet
    6:30 pm – 8:30 pm