Course Overview

Advances and Controversies in Colorectal Surgical Oncology: Annual Update

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to

  1. Describe recent advances in rectal cancer oncology treatment pathways.
  2. Understand the indications for extended resection for colon, rectal and anal cancer.
  3. Understand treatment pathway and surveillance options for dysplastic colorectal and anal lesions
  4. Describe the importance of having multidisciplinary team input for complex cancer cases.

 

Registration Information (non CME Option)

Registration Information (non CME Option)

Registration with CME credit from Harvard Medical School  is also available, click HERE for details   

 

Full 3 Day Course (Non CME)               $950.00

Please select preferred hands on option:

Option I: Advanced Robotic Colorectal Surgery Hands On Cadaver  Workshop

Option II: Advanced Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Hands On Cadaver  Workshop

Option III: Advanced Open Colorectal Surgery Hands On Cadaver  Workshop

Option IV: High Resolution Anoscopy Hands On Workshop
 

Thursday Hands on Cadaver Workshop Only (Non CME)               $700.00

Please select preferred hands on option:

Option I: Advanced Robotic Colorectal Surgery Hands On Cadaver  Workshop

Option II: Advanced Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Hands On Cadaver  Workshop

Option III: Advanced Open Colorectal Surgery Hands On Cadaver  Workshop

 
Thursday Hands on High Resolution Anoscopy Workshop Only (Non CME)               $400.00

Friday, Saturday Lectures Only, Live (Non CME)                                   $300.00

Friday, Saturday Lectures Only, Virtual (Non CME)                              $50.00

Target Audience

Target Audience

  • General Surgeons
  • Colorectal Surgeons
  • General Surgery Residents
  • Colorectal Surgery Residents
  • Colorectal Surgery Fellows
  • Gastroenterologists
  • Related staff including:
    • Nurses
    • Nurse Practitioners
    • Physician Assistants
    • Advance Practice Nurses
    • Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses
    • Medical Assistants

Faculty

Harvard Faculty
Hugh Auchincloss, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Thoracic Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital

Ronald Bleday, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Section Colon and Rectal Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Vice Chair in Surgery for Quality and Safety
Co-Chair, Mass General Brigham Colorectal Surgery Collaborative

James Cusack, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Director  Peritoneal Surface Malignancy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital

Peter Fagenholz, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Staff Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital

Todd Francone, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Surgery, Tufts Medical School
Division Chief, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Newton Wellesley Hospital

Joel Goldberg, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Robert N. Goldstone, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital

Jennifer Irani, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency, Associate Surgeon, General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

William Kastrinakis, MD
Chief of General Surgery at the North Shore Medical Center, Salem, MA
Surgical Director of the Mass General/Northshore Cancer Center

Grace C. Lee, MD
Colorectal Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital
Salem Hospital

Neyla Melnitchouk, MD, MSc, FACS
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Program Director, Colorectal Surgery Fellowship, Director, Program in Peritoneal Surface Malignancy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Sophia McKinnley, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Staff Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital

Rocco Ricciardi, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Section Colon and Rectal Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital

Lieba Savitt, NP-C, WHNP-BC, MSN, MBA
APP Clinical Manager
Division of Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
Lead APP, Colorectal Surgery Center and Center for Pelvic Floor Disorders

Paige Walsh, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Medical Oncologist, Massachusetts General Hospital

Guest Faculty

Karim Alavi, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery/Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, UMass Chan Medical School

Jennifer S. Davids, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Section Chief of Colorectal Surgery, Boston Medical Center

Stephen Goldstone, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor in Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York
Principal Investigator of the ANCHOR Study Group

Ayca Gultekin, MD
Professor of Surgery
Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Turkey
Editor in Chief, Turkish Journal of Colorectal Disease

Jason Hall, MD, MPH
Chairman and Surgeon-In-Chief, Department of Surgery, Tufts Medical Center
Professory and Benhamin Andrews Chair of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine

Tsuyoshi Konishi, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Angela Kuhnen, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery Tufts University School Of Medicine
Fellowship Program Director, Lahey Clinic, MA

Lilias Maguire, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Colorectal Surgeon, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Memorial VA Medical Center
Director of Colorectal Research, University of Pennsylvania

Peter Marcello, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine
Chair of the Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Lahey Clinic, MA

Justin A. Maykel, MD
Chief, Division of Colorectal Surgery, UMass Memorial Health
The Joseph Streeter and Mary Streeter DeFeudis Endowed Chair in Surgery, Professor of Surgery, UMass Chan Medical School

Rodrigo Perez, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery, Chair of Colorectal Surgery Division, Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Editor in Chief, Techniques in Coloproctology

Scott Regenbogen, MD
Professor of Surgery, University of Michigan;
Chief of Division of Colorectal Surgery at University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center

Julia Saraidaridis, MD, MMSc
Staff Surgeon, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine