Program Brochure - Columbia Presbyterian Department of Surgery

The Second Annual Peter D. Stevens Course on 

Innovations in Digestive Care 

Featuring Live Surgical & Interventional Cases, Hands-on Animal Tissue Labs 

and Nursing & Pediatric Sessions 

April 25–26, 2013 

New York City 

Program Co-Directors: 

John A. Chabot, MD, FACS 

Michel Kahaleh, MD, AGAF, FACG, FASGE 

Charles J. Lightdale, MD, AGAF, MACG, FASGE 

Jeffrey Milsom, MD, FACS, FACG 

Amrita Sethi, MD, MSc 

Robbyn Sockolow, MD, AGAF 

www.gi-innovations.org 

Endorsed by 

the AGA Institute 

This course is endorsed by 

the American Society for 

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Innovations 

in Digestive Care 

n Overall Goals 

This two day course will inform participants of the latest innovations for the management 

of gastrointestinal diseases and disorders, and will offer a unique opportunity to learn 

more about the current trends in interventional endoscopic and surgical procedures. 

Internationally recognized faculty will address issues in current clinical practice, 

complications and pitfalls of newer technologies, and the evolution of the field. Attendee 

participation and interaction will be emphasized and facilitated through Q&A sessions, 

live OR and interactive case presentations, hands-on animal tissue labs and nursing and 

pediatric sessions. 

n Learning Objectives 

• Understand endoscopic drainage of 

pancreatic fluid collections 

• Update on minimally invasive techniques 

in surgery 

• Review of options in acute and chronic 

pancreatitis 

• Understand the latest progress in biliary 

and pancreatic cancer 

• Review the use of ablation therapy for 

GI cancer 

• Learn and discuss the latest in 

prevention of complications in 

endoscopy 

• Understand and discuss the endoscopic 

approach/management of surgical 

complications 

• Review the most current advances in 

pancreatic disorders 

• Understand single port laparoscopy 

• Discuss the early diagnosis of 

esophageal and gastric cancer 

n Target Audience 

• Colon and Rectal Surgeons 

• Gastroenterologists 

• Gastrointestinal Surgeons 

• General Surgeons 

• Interventional Endoscopists 

• Explore different palliation for 

pancreatic-biliary cancers 

• Review and discuss the latest advances 

in colorectal cancer surgery 

• Increase knowledge of pediatric surgery 

• Learn the latest advances in 

therapeutic endoscopy 

• Review the most current pediatric 

nutrition advances 

• Increase knowledge of optimal screening 

for pancreatic and biliary cancers 

• Understand the latest advances in 

pediatric gastroenterology 

• Understand the management of 

malignant and benign biliary strictures 

• Increase knowledge of the usage of 

interventional echoendoscopy 

• Increase knowledge of the use of 

robotics in the digestive track 

• Understand the place of NOTES and 

alternative pathways in endoscopy 

• Nurses 

• Pediatric Gastroenterologists 

• Pediatric Surgeons 

• Physician Assistants 

• Thoracic Surgeons 

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April 25-26, 2013 

n Accreditation 

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University is accredited by the 

Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical 

education for physicians. 

n AMA Credit Designation Statement 

The College of Physicians and Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of 

16.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate 

with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Nurses and physician assistants are encouraged to check with their accrediting 

organization to ensure they accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. 

Break down of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits: 

Thursday, April 25, 2013 

Friday, April 26, 2013 

Session 1 = 2.0 





Nursing Session = 3.75 

Hands-on Animal Tissue Labs = 3.0 Pediatric Session = 3.50 

Please refer to the program agenda for credit allocation. 

n Support 

We expect support for this program through grants from pharmaceutical and medical 

device companies. 

n Endorsements 

This course meets the guidelines as established in the “Framework for Post- 

Residency Surgical Education and Training” and is endorsed by the Society 

of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES). This course is also 

endorsed by the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) and the American 

Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). 

n Course Organizers 

NewYork-Presbyterian/ 

Columbia University Medical Center 

Department of Surgery, External Affairs 

400 Kelby Street, 11th Floor 

Fort Lee, NJ 07024 

Program Administrator 

Deborah Schwarz, RPA, CIBE 

Executive Director and 

Chief Communications Officer 




Program Coordinators 

Jessica Scully 

Senior Events Coordinator 




Telephone: 201-346-7007 

Fax: 201-346-7011 

E-mail: jas2134@columbia.edu 

Megan Montgomery, MPH 

Program Manager, Center for 

Advanced Digestive Care 


Weill Cornell Medical Center 

Telephone: 212-746-5579 

E-mail: mem7003@nyp.org 

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Day 1: Thursday, April 25, 2013 

6:45 am – 7:25 am Registration (Outside of Uris Auditorium*) 

Breakfast & Vendor Exhibits 

(Griffis Faculty Club and LC Corridor*) 

7:25 am – 7:30 am Opening Remarks (Uris Auditorium*) — Laura Forese, MD, MPH 

7:30 am – 7:45 am Welcome and Peter D. Stevens Memorial Remarks 

(Uris Auditorium*) 

— Michel Kahaleh, MD, AGAF, FACG, FASGE and 


7:45 am – 8:45 am Session 1: The Esophagus (Uris Auditorium*) 2.0 Credits 

Moderators: Charles J. Lightdale, MD, AGAF, MACG, FASGE and 

Timothy C. Wang, MD 

7:45 am – 8:00 am Endoscopic Mucosal Resection Versus Ablation Therapy for the 

Esophagus — Felice H. Schnoll-Sussman, MD, FACG 

8:00 am – 8:15 am Endoscopic Therapy for Reflux Diseases of the Esophagus 

— John M. Poneros, MD, FASGE 

8:15 am – 8:30 am Surgical Management of Achalasia — Nasser Altorki, MD, FACS 

8:30 am – 8:45 am Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) for Esophageal Achalasia 

— Haruhiro Inoue, MD, PhD 

8:45 am – 9:45 am Live OR Cases (Uris Auditorium*) 

Moderators: Virendra Joshi, MD and Uzma D. Siddiqui, MD, FASGE 

9:45 am – 10:00 am Break & Vendor Exhibits (Griffis Faculty Club and LC Corridor*) 

10:00 am – 11:00 am Session 2: The Pancreas (Uris Auditorium*) 2.0 Credits 

Moderators: Michael Lieberman, MD and Jong H. Moon, MD, PhD 

10:00 am – 10:15 am Ablation Therapies for the Pancreas — William R. Brugge, MD 

10:15 am – 10:30 am Endoscopic Therapy for Chronic Pancreatitis — Frank G. Gress, MD 

10:30 am – 10:45 am Surgical Management of IPMN — John D. Allendorf, MD 

10:45 am – 11:00 am Staging of Pancreatico-biliary Cancers — Vanessa M. Shami, MD 

11:00 am – 12:00 pm Live OR Cases (Uris Auditorium*) 

Moderators: Frank G. Gress, MD and 


12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch & Vendor Exhibits (Griffis Faculty Club and LC Corridor*)

Day 1: Thursday, April 25, 2013 

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Session 3: The GI Lumen (Uris Auditorium*) 3.0 Credits 

Moderators: John A. Chabot, MD, FACS and William R. Brugge, MD 

1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Advanced Imaging of the GI Lumen — Virendra Joshi, MD 

1:15 pm – 1:30 pm Laparoscopic Weight Loss Surgery: Which procedure for 

which patient? — Alfons Pomp, MD, FACS, FRCSC 

1:30 pm – 1:45 pm Staging of Upper GI Cancers — Uzma Siddiqui, MD, FASGE 

1:45 pm – 2:00 pm ESD "Global State of the Arts" — Stavros N. Stavropoulos, MD 

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Live OR Cases (Uris Auditorium*) 

Moderators: William R. Brugge, MD and John M. Poneros, MD, FASGE 

Live OR Demonstrators: 

Everson L.A. Artifon, MD, PhD, FASGE, William R. Brugge, MD, 

Tamas A. Gonda, MD, Frank G. Gress, MD, Haruhiro Inoue, MD, PhD, 

Michel Kahaleh, MD, AGAF, FACG, FASGE, Alberto Larghi, MD, PhD, 

Charles J. Lightdale, MD, AGAF, MACG, FASGE, Jong H. Moon, MD, PhD, 

Amrita Sethi, MD, MSc, Raj J. Shah, MD, FASGE, AGAF, 

Vanessa M. Shami, MD, Reem Z. Sharaiha, MD, MSc, 

Uzma D. Siddiqui, MD, FASGE and Brian G. Turner, MD 

2:30 pm – 5:30 pm Concurrent Session: Hands-on Animal Tissue Labs 3.0 Credits 

1315 York Avenue, Sub-basement 

Nursing Education Rooms 22, 23, 25, 26 & 27* 

Lab Coordinator: Kai Matthes, MD, PhD 

Station 1A & 1B: Bleeding/Perforation/Fistula 

— Tamas A. Gonda, MD (1A) and Brian G. Turner, MD (1B) 

Station 2A & 2B: Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography 

(ERCP)/Cannulation/Stone Management/Stenting 

— Everson L.A. Artifon, MD, PhD, FASGE (2A) and 

Uzma D. Siddiqui, MD, FASGE (2B) 

Station 3A & 3B: Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) 

— Felice H. Schnoll-Sussman, MD, FACG (3A) and 

Vanessa M. Shami, MD (3B) 

Station 4A & 4B: Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography 

(ERCP) Spy 

— Raj J. Shah, MD, FASGE, AGAF (4A) and Frank G. Gress, MD (4B) 

Station 5A & 5B: Single Balloon Enteroscopy 

— Virendra Joshi, MD (5A) and Stavros N. Stavropoulos, MD (5B) 

Station 6A & 6B: Endoscopic Ultrasound of Pseudocysts 

— Reem Z. Sharaiha, MD, MSc (6A) and Alberto Larghi, MD, PhD (6B) 

* Please see page 10 for meeting locations 

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Day 2: Friday, April 26, 2013 

6:45 am – 7:25 am Registration (Outside of Uris Auditorium*) 

Breakfast & Vendor Exhibits 


7:25 am – 12:00 pm Concurrent Session 1: Nursing Session (A-950*) 

See page 6 

7:25 am – 7:30 am Opening Remarks (Uris Auditorium*) — Robert E. Kelly, MD 

7:30 am – 8:30 am Session 4: The Colon and the Rectum (Uris Auditorium*) 

2.25 Credits 

Moderators: Jeffrey Milsom, MD, FACS, FACG and 

Vanessa M. Shami, MD 

7:30 am – 7:45 am Minimally Invasive Colorectal Resection — Daniel L. Feingold, MD 

7:45 am – 8:00 am Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery for Rectal Tumors 

— Govind Nandakumar, MD 

8:00 am – 8:15 am Surgery for Prolapse — Sang W. Lee, MD, FACS, FASCRS 

8:15 am – 8:30 am Drainage of Pelvic Collection — Amrita Sethi, MD, MSc 

8:30 am – 9:45 am Live OR Cases (Uris Auditorium*) 

Moderators: Virendra Joshi, MD, Raj J. Shah, MD, FASGE, AGAF and 

Jonathan Susman, MD 

9:45 am – 10:00 am Break & Vendor Exhibits (Griffis Faculty Club and LC Corridor*) 

10:00 am – 11:00 am Session 5: Hepatobiliary (Uris Auditorium*) 4.0 Credits 

Moderators: Jean C. Emond, MD and 

Michel Kahaleh, MD, AGAF, FACF, FASGE 

10:00 am – 10:15 am EUS-guided ERCP: Are we ready for prime time? 

— Everson L.A. Artifon, MD, PhD, FASGE 

10:15 am – 10:30 am EUS-guided Tissue Acquisition: Moving from cytology to histology 

— Alberto Larghi, MD, PhD 

10:30 am – 10:45 am Intraductal Therapy During Cholangioscopy for Bile Duct Lesions 

— Jong H. Moon, MD, PhD 

10:45 am – 11:00 am Advances in Management of PSC — Raj J. Shah, MD, FASGE, AGAF 

11:00 am – 12:00 pm Live OR Cases (Uris Auditorium*) 

Moderators: Virendra Joshi, MD and Alberto Larghi, MD, PhD 

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch & Vendor Exhibits (Griffis Faculty Club and LC Corridor*) 

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Concurrent Session 2: Pediatric Session (A-950*) 

See page 6 

1:00 pm – 2:45 pm Live OR Cases (Uris Auditorium*) 

Moderators: Frank G. Gress, MD and Stavros N. Stavropoulos, MD 

2:45 pm – 3:00 pm Closing Remarks 


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Day 2: Friday, April 26, 2013 

7:25 am – 12:00 pm Concurrent Session 1: Nursing Session (A-950*) 3.75 Credits 

7:25 am – 7:30 am Opening Remarks — Mary Cassai, MPA, RN 

7:30 am – 7:50 am Capsule Endoscopy — Michelle Bigg, RN 

7:50 am – 8:10 am Indications for EUS — Michelle Bigg, RN 

8:10 am – 8:30 am Intraoperative ERCP — Erika Tubridy, BSN, RN 

8:30 am – 8:50 am Pre & Postoperative ERCP — Erika Tubridy, BSN, RN 

8:50 am – 9:10 am EUS-guided ERCP — Kristen Weaver, MSN, RN 

9:10 am – 9:30 am Clinical Management of Pancreatitis 

— Armeen Jamal-Kabani, MSN, RN, FNP-BC 

9:30 am – 9:50 am Potential Complications (Pseudocyst, Necrotizing Pancreatitis) 

— Jennifer Millman, BSN, RN 

9:50 am – 10:20 am Break & Vendor Exhibits 


10:20 am – 10:40 am Pseudocyst Drainage — Armeen Jamal-Kabani, MSN, RN, FNP-BC 

10:40 am – 11:00 am Indications for and Management of PEGJ Tubes 

— Jennifer Millman, BSN, RN 

11:00 am – 11:20 am Care Coordination Across the Continuum — Kelly Ann Lynn, RN, MA, MS 

11:20 am – 12:00 pm Question & Answer — Daisy Ali, BSN, CGRN, 

Kelly Esponda, Endo Tech., Olya Sanotsky, BSN, RN and 

Celina Silverio, BSN, RN 

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch & Vendor Exhibits (Griffis and LC Corridor*) 

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Concurrent Session 2: Pediatric Session (A-950*) 3.50 Credits 

1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Welcome and Faculty Introductions 

— Robbyn Sockolow, MD, AGAF 

1:15 pm – 2:35 pm Session 1 

Moderator: Aliza Solomon, DO 

1:15 pm – 1:55 pm Pediatric Motility Diagnostic Work-up — Thomas Ciecierega, MD 

1:55 pm – 2:35 pm Laparoscopic Assisted Endoscopy, Endoscopically Assisted 

Laparoscopy — Oliver J. Muensterer, MD, PhD 

2:35 pm – 3:00 pm Break & Vendor Exhibits 


3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Session 2 

Moderator: Aliza Solomon, DO 

3:00 pm – 3:40 pm Innovations in the Management of Pediatric IBD 

— Robbyn Sockolow, MD, AGAF 

3:40 pm – 4:20 pm The Last Frontier: Capsule endoscopy of the small intestine 

— Stanley A. Cohen, MD 

4:20 pm – 4:50 pm Expert Panel: Challenging Cases in IBD — Stanley A. Cohen, MD, 

Robbyn Sockolow, MD, AGAF and Aliza Solomon, DO 

4:50 pm – 5:00 pm Closing Remarks — Robbyn Sockolow, MD, AGAF 

* Please see page 10 for meeting locations 

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Faculty List 

n Program Co-Directors 

John A. Chabot, MD, FACS 

Vice President, ColumbiaDoctors 

David V. Habif Professor of Clinical Surgery 

Columbia University College of 

Physicians and Surgeons 

Chief, Division of GI/Endocrine Surgery 

Executive Director, Pancreas Center 

NYP/Columbia 


Chief of Endoscopy 

Professor of Clinical Medicine 

Medical Director Pancreas Program 

Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology 

Department of Medicine 

Weill Cornell Medical College 

NYP/Weill Cornell 


Professor of Clinical Medicine 



Director of Clinical Research 

Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases 


Jeffrey Milsom, MD, FACS, FACG 

Jerome J. Decosse, MD Professor of Surgery 


Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery 

Executive Director, Center for 

Advanced Digestive Care 


Amrita Sethi, MD, MSc 

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine 

Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases 




Robbyn Sockolow, MD, AGAF 

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics 


Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 


n Guest Faculty 

Everson L.A. Artifon, MD, PhD, FASGE 

Associate Professor of Surgery 

University of Sao Paulo 

Brazil 

William R. Brugge, MD 

Professor of Medicine 

Harvard Medical School 

Director of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 

Massachusetts General Hospital 

Stanley A. Cohen, MD 

Director, Inflammatory Bowel Research 

Children's Center for Digestive Health Care 

Adjunct Clinical Professor of Pediatrics 

Emory University 

Frank G. Gress, MD 


Chief, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology 

Department of Medicine 

SUNY Downstate Medical Center 

Haruhiro Inoue, MD, PhD 

Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Showa University 

Northern Yokohama Hospital 

Showa University International Training Center 

for Endoscopy (SUITE) 

Digestive Disease Center, Showa University 

Northern Yokohama Hospital 

Head of Forgut Surgery and Medicine 

Japan 

Virendra Joshi, MD 

Associate Professor of Medicine 

Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery 

Director of the Endoscopy Section of 

Gastroenterology and Hepatology 

Director, Pancreatobiliary Services 

Tulane University School of Medicine 

Clinical Staff Ochsner Clinic Foundation 

Alberto Larghi, MD, PhD 

Director of the Endoscopic Ultrasound Program 

Catholic University 

Rome, Italy 

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Kai Matthes, MD, PhD 

Assistant Professor 

Harvard Medical School 

Director, Developmental Endoscopy 

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

Staff Anesthesiologist 

Boston Children's Hospital 

Jong H. Moon, MD, PhD 


Director, Digestive Disease Center 

Soon Chun Hyang University School of Medicine 

Bucheon/Seoul, Korea 

Raj J. Shah, MD, FASGE, AGAF 


University of Colorado School of Medicine 

Director, Pancreaticobiliary Endoscopy 

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus 

Vanessa M. Shami, MD 


Director of Endoscopic Ultrasound 

University of Virginia Health System 

Uzma D. Siddiqui, MD, FASGE 


Director, Endoscopic Ultrasound and Advanced 

Endoscopy Training 

Center for Endoscopic Research and 

Therapeutics (CERT) 

The University of Chicago Medicine 

Stavros N. Stavropoulos, MD 

Chief of Endoscopy 

Director, Program in Advanced GI Endoscopy (PAGE) 

Winthrop University Hospital 

n NewYork-Presbyterian 

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 

Weill Cornell Medical College Faculty 

Daisy Ali, BSN, CGRN 

Staff Registered Nurse 


John D. Allendorf, MD 

Assistant Professor of Surgery 



Director, Pancreatic Cyst Surveillance Program 

Director, Endocrine Surgery Fellowship 


Nasser Altorki, MD, FACS 

Professor of Thoracic Surgery 


Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery 


Michelle Bigg, RN 

Clinical Practice Nurse 

The Jay Monahan Center 

for Gastrointestinal Health 


Mary Cassai, MPA, RN 

Patient Care Director of Endoscopy/Bronchscopy 


Thomas Ciecierega, MD 

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics 



Jean C. Emond, MD 

Thomas S. Zimmer Professor of Surgery 

Professor of Surgery in Pediatrics 



Vice Chair and Chief of Transplantation 

Executive Director, Transplant Initiative 


Kelly Esponda, Endo Tech. 

Endo Technician 


Daniel L. Feingold, MD 

Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery 

Division of Colorectal Surgery 




Tamas A. Gonda, MD 

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine 




Armeen Jamal-Kabani, MSN, RN, FNP-BC 

Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Endoscopy 

Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology 


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April 25-26, 2013 

Sang W. Lee, MD, FACS, FASCRS 




Michael Lieberman, MD 

Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery 


Director of Surgery at The Jay Monahan Center 


Director of Surgical Oncology 


Kelly Ann Lynn, RN, MA, MS 

Clinical Program Coordinator 

Center for Advanced Digestive Care 


Jennifer Millman, BSN, RN 

Clinical Practice Nurse, Advanced Endoscopy 


Oliver J. Muensterer, MD, PhD 



Director, General Pediatric Endosurgery 


Adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery 




Govind Nandakumar, MD 

Assistant Professor of Surgery 



Alfons Pomp, MD, FACS, FRCSC 

Leon C. Hirsch Professor of Surgery 


Chief, Laparoscopy and Bariatric Surgery 


John M. Poneros, MD, FASGE 

Assistant Professor of Medicine 



Interim Director of Endoscopy 


Olya Sanotsky, BSN, RN 



Felice H. Schnoll-Sussman, MD, FACG 



Acting Director of The Jay Monahan Center 



Reem Z. Sharaiha, MD, MSc 




Celina Silverio, BSN, RN 



Aliza Solomon, DO 

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics 



Jonathan Susman, MD 

Associate Clinical Professor of Radiology 




Erika Tubridy, BSN, RN 



Brian G. Turner, MD 




Timothy C. Wang, MD 

Dorothy L. and Daniel H. Silberberg 




Chief, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases 


Kristen Weaver, MSN, RN 


NYP/Weill Cornell

Hotel Information 

n Hotel Information 

We have secured a block of rooms for our attendees at the Bentley Hotel. Please make 

your reservations directly with the Bentley Hotel. 

Bentley Hotel 

In order to take advantage of the negotiated group rate of $249/night plus tax at the 

Bentley Hotel, please make your reservation by Monday, March 25, 2013. You must 

reference NewYork-Presbyterian Innovations in Digestive Care to receive the negotiated 

group rate. The room block will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Bentley Hotel 

500 East 62nd Street at York Avenue 

New York, NY 10065 

Telephone: 212-644-6000 

www.bentleyhotelnyc.com 

To make a reservation please call: 

1-888-664-6835 

Reference: NewYork-Presbyterian 


Check-in: 3:00 pm 

Check-out: 12:00 pm 

n Parking Information (parking is not included in the registration fee) 

Parking near Weill Cornell Medical College: 

Greenberg 

525 East 68th Street 

Between York Avenue & East River 


Telephone: 212-746-2015 & 212-746-1886 

Hours of Operation: 24 Hours 

For a list of parking garages near the Bentley Hotel, and other transportation options, 

please visit www.gi-innovations.org. 

Locations 

n Location for Registration, Breakfast, Lunch, Breaks, Vendor Exhibits, 

Didactics, Live OR Cases and Nursing & Pediatric Sessions 


1300 York Avenue at East 69th Street 


Breakfast, Lunch, Breaks & 

Vendor Exhibits 

First Floor: Griffis Faculty Club and 

LC Corridor 

n Location for the Hands-on Animal Tissue Labs 

Hands-on Animal Tissue Labs 

1315 York Avenue, Sub-basement 


Nursing Education Rooms: 

22, 23, 25, 26 & 27 

0 

Helmsley 

507 East 70th Street 

Between York Avenue & East River 


Telephone: 212-746-1974 

Hours of Operation: 24 Hours 

Registration 

First Floor: Outside of Uris Auditorium 

Didactics & Live OR Cases 

First Floor: Uris Auditorium 

Nursing & Pediatric Sessions 

Ninth Floor: A-950 Auditorium

Registration Information 

n Registration Options & Fees 

TWO DAY REGISTRATION 

Option A: Didactics & Hands-on 

Animal Tissue Labs (Thursday, April 25) 

AND Didactics (Friday, April 26) 

Physicians $1,000 

Industry $1,100 

Allied Health Professionals $800 

NYP/WCMC/CUMC & Network 

Faculty & Staff $700 

NYP/WCMC/CUMC/Allen Hospital 

Faculty, Fellows & Endoscopy Nurses $500 

Fellows, Residents & Students $600 

Option B: Didactics (Thursday, April 25) 


Physicians $500 

Industry $600 


NYP/WCMC/CUMC and Network 



Faculty, Fellows & Endoscopy Nurses Free 


ONE DAY REGISTRATION 

Option C: Didactics & Hands-on Animal 

Tissue Labs (Thursday, April 25) 


Industry $950 





Faculty, Fellows & Endoscopy Nurses $500 


Option D: Didactics (Thursday, April 25) 


Industry $450 







Option E: Didactics (Friday, April 26) 


Industry $450 







These fees include: academic presentations, course 

materials, participation with the hands-on animal 

tissue labs (if applicable), meals and refreshments. 

Confirmation of registration will be sent upon receipt 

of the registration form and payment.

Registration 

The Second Annual Peter D. Stevens Course on Innovations in Digestive Care 

Please check which option you will attend: 

m Option A: Didactics & Hands-on Animal Tissue Labs (Thursday, April 25) 


m Option B: Didactics (Thursday, April 25) AND Didactics (Friday, April 26) 

m Option C: Didactics & Hands-on Animal Tissue Labs (Thursday, April 25) 

m Option D: Didactics (Thursday, April 25) 

m OptionE: Didactics (Friday, April 26) 

First Name M.I. Last Name Degree(s) 

Company/Institution 

Address 

City State Zip 

Daytime Phone 

Daytime Fax 

E-mail (for confirmation purposes) 

Specialty 

Special Needs 

Attendee Signature 

Date 

n Payment Methods 

ONLINE: To make an online credit card payment please visit: www.gi-innovations.org. 

For security purposes, credit card payments cannot be accepted in the mail or by 

phone. American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa only. 

BY MAIL: Complete the attached registration form and mail together with 

full payment to: 



400 Kelby Street, 11th Floor 

Fort Lee, NJ 07024 

Enclose a check or money order made payable to Columbia University Department 

of Surgery/GI Innovations. Checks must be in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. bank. 

PLEASE NOTE: Registration is limited and will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis. Telephone registrations and/ 

or cancellations are not accepted. If you cancel your registration at least ten business days prior to the course 

(April 11, 2013), we will refund your registration fee, less a $50 administrative charge. No refunds can be made thereafter.



400 Kelby Street, 11 th Floor 

Fort Lee, New Jersey 07024 

The Second Annual Peter D. Stevens Course on 


Featuring Live Surgical & Interventional Cases, 

Hands-on Animal Tissue Labs and Nursing 

& Pediatric Sessions 

April 25–26, 2013 

New York City 

www.gi-innovations.org 

The College of Physicians and Surgeons 

designates this live activity for a maximum of 

16.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM

Program Brochure - Columbia Presbyterian Department of Surgery

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