7:00-7:30

Meet the Professor Breakfast

Treatment of anal fissure

Graham Williams, Stanley Goldberg

Treatment of fecal incontinence

Anders Mellgren, Carlo Ratto

Colorectal Cancer

Elizabeth Raskin

7:30-7:45

Screening – is virtual colonoscopy ready for prime time?

David Kim

7:45-7:55

Staging of rectal cancer with MRI

Thiruvenkatasam Dhurairaj

7:55-8:05

Staging of rectal cancer with ultrasound

Giulio Santoro

8:05-8:20

Nodal harvest in colon cancer - does it matter?

Nancy Baxter

8:20-8:35

Complete response after neoadjuvant treatment: is surgery necessary?

Eric Rullier

8:30-9:00

Panel

9:00-9:30

MCRF Invited Lecture

Michael Spencer

Decision making in rectal cancer

Graham Williams

9:30-10:00

Break

Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Techniques in Colorectal Cancer

Genevieve Melton-Meaux

10:00-10:15

Endoscopic resection of polyps – tricks for large polyps

Richard Karulf

10:15-10:30

Laparoscopic resection for colon cancer

Amy Thorsen

10:30-10:45

Pros and cons of laparoscopy for rectal cancer

Eric Rullier

10:45-11:15

Panel

11:15-12:00

Frykman Invited Lecture

Robert Madoff

Sacral nerve stimulation – current status and future directions

Sören Laurberg

Surgical Treatment of Colorectal Cancer

James Williams

1:00-1:15

Options for stage I rectal cancer

Peter Cataldo

1:15-1:30

Reconstructive techniques – straight, J-pouch, coloplasty

Sharon Dykes

1:30-1:45

Optimal surgical technique for rectal cancer – tips and tricks

Tom Read

1:45-2:00

Pelvic exenteration – indications & results

Robert Madoff

2:00-2:30

Panel

2:30-3:00

Break

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Stanley Goldberg

3:00-3:15

Avoiding emergency surgery

Robert McCabe

3:15-3:30

Resection or stricuroplasty?

Heather Rossi

3:30-3:45

Ileoanal pouch – 1, 2, or 3 stages?

Brett Gemlo

3:45-4:00

Medical management of IBD - When is enough enough?

John Pemberton

4:00-4:30

Panel

4:30-6:00

Consultants' Corner (Colorectal disease)

John Pemberton

Ann Lowry, Robert Madoff,
Shane McNevin, Anders Mellgren,
Ted Saclarides, James Williams