Leela Prasad Memorial Debates Debate I: Coffee and Controversies: ERAS Debate II: Coffee and Controversies: VMR Monday, May 2, 5:45- 6:45 pm CME Credit Hours: 1 The Leela M. Prasad Memorial Debate is a bi-annual symposium which celebrates the art of debate pertaining to controversial topics in colon and rectal surgery. Dr. Leela Prasad believed academic debate was a powerful tool for scholarly learning and helped develop questions for future research to expand medical knowledge. Objectives At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to: Recognize the components of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathways Identify the limitations of ERAS Recognize the limitations of and alternatives to ventral mesh rectopexy Agenda Debate I: Coffee and Controversies: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Director: John Park, MD, Lake Forest, IL 5:45 pm Introduction John Park, MD, Lake Forest, IL 5:46 pm PRO Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Tonia Young-Fadok, MD, Phoenix, AZ 5:55 pm AGAINST Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Alexander Sender Liberman, MD, Montreal, QC, Canada 6:05 pm Rebuttal PRO Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Tonia Young-Fadok, MD, Phoenix, AZ 6:10 pm Rebuttal AGAINST Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Alexander Sender Liberman, MD, Montreal, QC, Canada 6:14 pm Conclusion John Park, MD, Lake Forest, IL Debate II: Coffee and Controversies: Ventral Mesh Rectopexy (VMR) Director: John Park, MD, Lake Forest, IL 6:15 pm Introduction John Park, MD, Lake Forest, IL 6:16 pm PRO Ventral Mesh Rectopexy Anders Mellgren, MD, PhD, Chicago, IL 6:25 pm AGAINST Ventral Mesh Rectopexy Liliana Bordeianou, MD, Boston, MA 6:34 pm Rebuttal PRO Ventral Mesh Rectopexy Anders Mellgren, MD, PhD, Chicago, IL 6:38 pm Rebuttal AGAINST Ventral Mesh Rectopexy Liliana Bordeianou, MD, Boston, MA 6:42 pm Conclusion John Park, MD, Lake Forest, IL 6:45 pm Adjourn