Program

Friday, May 9, 2025

Cancer Liaisons Meeting (concurrent with Trauma Meeting)

Room:

8:00 am - 8:05 am

Welcome and Introductions

James Ouellette, DO, FACS and Michael Sarap, MD, FACS

8:30 am - 9:00 am

Surgical and Systemic Approaches to Managing RCC

Fuat Bicer, MD, PhD | The Ohio State University

8:05 am - 8:30 am

Financial Toxicity of Cancer Care: Considerations, Implications and Strategies for Mitigation

Sara Myers, MD, PhD | The Ohio State University

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Break with Exhibitors

9:00 am - 9:30 am

Update on Neck Masses of Unknown Etiology

Lauren Miller, MD, MBA | The Ohio State University

9:30 am - 10:00 am

Cancer Disparities in Ohio: Who, Why and How to Change the Picture

Electra Paskett, PhD | The Ohio State University

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Emerging Role of AI in Oncology

George Simon, MD | OhioHealth

10:30 am - 11:00 am

HIPEC:  Current Indications and Techniques

Pamela Lu, MD, MPH | The Ohio State University

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Lunch / Annual Business Meeting / Break with Exhibitors

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Cryoblation of Breast Lesions

Rakshanda Rahman, MD |

7:00 am - 8:00 am

Registration / Networking Breakfast / Exhibits (Open at 7:30)

Trauma Meeting (concurrent with Cancer Liaisons Meeting)

8:00 am - 10:00 am

This year’s Ohio Committee on Trauma (OCOT) meeting aims to educate legislators, hospital administrators, and key stakeholders about Ohio’s current gaps in trauma/critical care coordination and the potential for a statewide Medical Operations Coordination Center (MOCC).

Topics will include:

- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s (WPAFB) perspective on the needs and challenges they foresee in managing large-scale patient arrivals and distribution during a '100/100' scenario or similar surge event.

- Insights into what support or resources WPAFB might require from Ohio’s civilian trauma systems would be invaluable for building an effective civilian-military framework.

- How military trauma expertise and innovations like the RMOCC could enhance Ohio’s surge readiness, and what legislative support might enable integration with civilian systems.

- How the RMOCC concept captures the need for a coordinated national health response that is scalable for everything from natural disasters, mass casualty incidents, attacks on the homeland, to large scale combat operations resulting in large influx of casualties into the US Healthcare System.

7:00 am - 8:00 am

Registration / Networking Breakfast / Exhibits (Open at 7:00)

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Panel / Open Discussion with Presenters

8:00 am - 10:00 am

Coordinating Care of Wounded Military

Valerie G. Sams, Col, USAF, MC | University of Cincinnati Medical Center
“Regional Medical Operations Center Development: A Call to Action for the Military and our Nation”

Andrew Thomas, MD, MBA | The Ohio State University
TBD

TBD | Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
TBD

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Lunch / Annual Business Meeting / Break with Exhibitors

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Break with Exhibitors

General Session

Room:

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm

Spectacularly Interesting Cases

TBD | TBD

1:45 pm - 2:30 pm

Private Equity and Medicine

Vinita Takiar, MD, PhD | University of Cincinnati

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Updates from the American College of Surgeons

Nancy Gantt, MD, FACS | ACS First Vice-President

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Ohio Oration

Randy Woods, MD, FACS | Associate Professor and Chair, Surgery, Wright State University

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Break with Exhibitors

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Reception | Resident Jeopardy!

Friday night social

Meet us at: TBD

Saturday, May 10, 2025

General Session

Room:

7:00 am - 7:30 am

Registration / Networking Breakfast / Exhibits (Open at 7:30)

9:15 am - 9:45 am

Quickshot Presentations

TBD | TBD

9:45 am - 10:45 am

Panel discussion: Leaving a Legacy, Life Outside the OR

Moderator: Jennifer Knight-Davis, MD, FACS| The Ohio State University

Speakers:
Sharon Stein, MD, FACS, FASCRS| University Hospitals
Michelle Kincaid, MD | OhioHealth
Matthew Kroh MD, FACS, FASMBS, FASGE | Cleveland Clinic

Topics will include:
- Podcasting in coaching
- Becoming an expert witness
- Device testing and development

11:00 am - 11:30 am

RAS Sponsored Session: Advocacy

Elizabeth Shaughnessy, MD, FACS, PhD | University of Cincinnati
Alisha Reiss, MD, FACS | Wayne HealthCare

A discussion of current advocacy issues in Ohio that are impacting the state’s surgeons.

7:30 am - 9:00 am

Abstract Podium Presentations

TBD | TBD

11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Papers That Changed Your Practice

Moderator: Julia Coleman, MD, MPH | Ohio State University

Speakers:
TBD | TBD

Residents will describe two papers each in colorectal, breast, trauma-acute care, and general-GI surgery as well as surgical oncology that have practice-changing implications.

9:00 am - 9:15 am

Break with Exhibitors

10:45 am - 11:00 am

Break with Exhibitors

12:30 pm - 12:45 pm

Resident Paper Competition Winners | Closing Remarks

CME Claiming

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program.

This activity is designed for physicians, affiliates, and medical students. Upon completion of this course they will be able to :
- Evaluate the impact of private equity on healthcare practice.
- Analyze opportunities to develop skills beyond the OR and clinical practice.
- Apply evidence based research outcomes to clinic practice.
- Comprehend new areas of surgical research.

CME Claiming

In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any ineligible company held in the last 24 months. Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf all other authors/ contributors, if applicable. View the disclosures by clicking the button below.