Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery for Pediatric Surgeons
in Training: Second-Year Fellows Course
Second-Year Fellows Course — December 16, 17, 2011 — Chicago, IL
Facilities: The Northwestern Center for Advanced Surgical Education (N-CASE) is dedicated to education and research in minimally invasive surgery and development of new technology for training physicians. The goal of N-CASE can be stated as follows: "Safer surgery today, better surgery tomorrow."
N-CASE features a 5,200-square-foot education, research and training center. Several features of the N-CASE laboratory define a state-of-the-art education and research program, including an animate operating suite (for operations on large animals or cadavers), a MIS technical skills laboratory and a teleconference-capable classroom/auditorium. Research efforts at N-CASE focus on the acquisition of minimally invasive and basic surgical skills, analysis of patient outcomes, and the assessment of emerging technology in minimally invasive surgical procedures.
This program is made possible by the generous support of: Covidien, Inc.
Karl Storz Endoscopy-American, Inc.
Stryker Corporation and
Applied Medical
Course description: The course is designed to allow the participant who already possesses basic minimally invasive surgical skills (which have been developed during his/her general surgery residency) to progress to an understanding of the application of these skills for infants and children.
Course objectives:
- The resident will be able to describe important aspects of avoiding injury to other structures, positioning the patient and setting up the cases for an efficient operation.
- The resident will be able to discuss strategy to avoid complications of complex and advanced minimally invasive surgical procedures in pediatric patients.
- The resident will gain further knowledge of and skill in performing intracorporeal suturing and knot tying.
- The resident will gain an understanding of less common pediatric surgical conditions in children which may be amenable to the minimally invasive approach and will hear from experts in the field about how they feel these operations can best be achieved.
Recommended arrival date: Evening of Thursday, December 15, 2011.
Check-in: Affinia Chicago Hotel (Note: Your course registration online will include the hotel reservation. Please do not make a separate reservation directly with the hotel.)
Program: Friday, December 16, 2011
| 6:45 a.m. | Depart hotel, walk 1 block to lecture hall |
| 7 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:30 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction |
| 7:45 a.m. | Morning Lecture Series |
| 9:30 a.m. | Break |
| 9:45 a.m. | Mid-morning Lecture Series |
| 11 a.m. | Lunch |
| Noon | Animate Lab, Inanimate Lab and Case Conferences - NCASE |
| 4:30 p.m. | Adjourn - Free time |
| 6 p.m. | Dinner |
Saturday, December 17, 2011
| 7:30 a.m. | Depart hotel, walk 1 block to lecture hall |
| 7:45 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8 a.m. | Morning Lecture Series |
| 9:30 a.m. | Break |
| 9:45 a.m. | Mid-morning Lecture Series |
| 11 a.m. | Lunch |
| Noon | Course complete - Adjourn |
1:30 p.m. - Recommended earliest departure time for flights out of Chicago on Saturday
Register online here
Note: All registrants must be SECOND-year fellows in an RRC/ACGME approved fellowship in pediatric surgery. Do not delay registration. Space is limited to the first 36 registrants.
For additional information, please contact:
Sylene Calvacca
Course Coordinator
773.880.4340
or
Katherine A. Barsness, MD
Course Director