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:
  1. Recognize the components of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathways
  2. Identify the limitations of ERAS
  3. 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