Minimally Invasive and Novel Therapeutics

(MINT) 2023
Dates: September 13, 2023– September 15, 2023

Location: Mass General Brigham | 399 Revolution Drive, Somerville, MA 02145

September 13, 2023

Time Time Session/Topic Name Speaker

Start End
8:00am 8:15am Introduction to course & Welcome Charu Paranjape and Kumar
Krishnan
Redo Foregut Surgery
8:15am 8:30am Redo Paraesophageal Hernia repair:
with mesh vs without mesh Ankit Patel, MD
8:30am 8:45am Redo Paraesophageal Hernia repair:
with fundoplication vs without
fundoplication Caitlin Houghton, MD
8:45am 8:50am Ankit Patel, Caitlin Houghton,
Charu Paranjape, Ali
Panel discussion Tavakkoli, Melina Vassiliou
Revision Surgery after Bariatric
Surgery
8:50am 9:05am Paraesophageal hernia after bariatric
surgery David Spector, MD
9:05am 9:20am Conversion to RYGB Abdelrahman Nimeri, MD
9:20am 9:35am LINX after bariatric surgery Tom Tsai, MD
9:35am 9:40am Ramana, Denise Gee, Sarah
Samreen, A. Nimeri, Tom Tsai,
Panel discussion David Spector
Revision Achalasia Surgery
9:40am 9:55am POEM after Heller Myotomy Kevin El-Hayek, MD
9:55am 10:10am Redo Heller Myotomy Lana Schumacher, MD
10:10am 10:15am Matt Hutter, Uma Sachdeva,
Ozanan Meireles, Lana
Panel Discussion Schuamacher, Kevin El-Hayek
10:15am 10:25am BREAK
10:25am 10:45am Oropharyngeal strictures/obstruction Brenna Casey, MD
10:45am 11:05am POEM in 2023 Amol Bapaye, MD
11:05am 11:25am GPOEM Ji Bang, MD
11:25am 11:45am Brenna Casey, Amol Bapaye, Ji
Case discussion and panel questions Bang, Uzma Siddiqui
11:45am 12:15pm Keynote Address (GI) Uzma Siddiqui, MD
12:15pm 12:30pm Wrap up and questions
12:30pm 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm 5:15pm Afternoon Session
1:30pm 1:35pm Introduction and Welcome
Endoluminal Therapies
1:35pm 1:50pm Robotic hernia repair: is one system
better than others? Vivek Bindal, MD
1:50pm 2:05pm TIF or concomitant TIF: the pros, the
cons, & techniques Prakash Gatta, MD
2:05pm 2:15pm Prakash Gatta, Charu
Paranjape, Lana Schumacher,
10 minute Panel Discussion Kevin El-Hayek
Techniques and Role of Gastropexy
after Hiatal Closure
2:15pm 2:25pm Gastropexy is needed (10 minutes) Hugh Auchincloss, MD
2:25pm 2:30pm Gastropexy is not needed (5 minutes) Jordan Bonhen, MD
2:30pm 2:35 pm Sarah Samreen, Charu
Paranjape, Hugh Auchincloss,
5 minute Panel Discussion Jordan Bohnen, Roy Patankar
2:35pm 2:45pm BREAK
Quality Metrics and Outcomes in
Foregut Surgery
2:45pm 2:55 pm QOL and PROMS Caitlin Houghton, MD
2:55pm 3:05pm Video Data Analytics Ozanan Meireles, MD
3:05pm 3:15pm "How can I be better in my first year of
practice?" Aman Ali, MD
3:15pm 3:30pm Caitlin Houghton, Ozanan
Meireles, Aman Ali, Charu
Paranjape, Melina Vassiliou,
15 minute Panel Discussion Deep Goel
3:30pm 3:40pm BREAK
Global Perspectives on Innovative
Medicine
3:40pm 4:00pm "My surgeon wants a robot to operate Michael Llewellyn, PA-C, Hany
on me" Takla, MD
4:00pm 4:20pm How to implement new technology for
a team Denise Gee, MD
 4:20pm 4:40pm Cost of innovation in healthcare (What
is the value proposition) Elizabeth Lancaster
4:40pm 5:00pm Technology for personalized
healthcare (APPs for bariatrics, diet,
symptom trackers, hypnotherapy,
mindfulness, weight loss) - Mythili Pathipati, MD
5:00pm 5:15pm wrap up and questions
1:30PM 5:30PM HANDS-ON SESSION ROTATING
STATIONS: ROBOTIC SURGERY FOR
RESIDENTS
1:30pm 5:30pm HANDS-ON SESSION ROTATING
STATIONS: ENDOLUMINAL
POEM
POP
ESD
EMR
RFA/Cryo
Zenker
TIF
Endoscopic suturing
EndoFLIP
6:00pm 8:00pm Cocktail Reception (with passed
appetizers) at The Row Hotel

September 14th, 2023

Time Time Session Name Speaker

Start End
MGH and UCLA Collaborative Foregut
Session
8:00am 8:05am Welcome Back Charu Paranjape, Kumar
Krishnan
8:05am 8:20am Current Status of Antireflux Surgery in
Barrett's Esophagus David Chen, MD
8:20am 8:25am David Chen, Caitlin Houghton,
Panel Discussion Uma Sachdeva
8:25am 8:55am Large Hiatus Closure: Mesh debate
8:25am 8:37am Always with mesh (12 minutes) Sarah Samreen, MD
8:37am 8:50am Always without mesh (12 minutes) Elan Witkowski, MD
8:50am 8:55am B.Ramana, David Chen,
Denise Gee, Sarah Samreen,
Panel discussion Elan Witkowski
 8:55am 9:25am Surgical Keynote: The next big thing in
health care education- It's probably
not what you think Melina Vassiliou, MD
9:25am 9:35am Break
9:35am 9:55am Prognostic factors "how to identify
high risk BE" Raman Muthusamy, MD
9:55am 10:15am Stubborn BE. What do I do now burn,
freeze or give up? Norman Nishioka, MD
10:15am 10:40am EMR vs ESD in the west. What is best?
The East vs West debate Uzma Siddiqui, MD
10:40am 11:00am expert panel and case discussions
11:00am 11:25am opioids and type 3 achalasia Chris Velez, MD
11:25am 11:45am Refractory achalasia Kumar Krishnan, MD
11:45am 12:00pm Questions/ wrap up
12:00pm 1:00pm LUNCH BREAK
1:00pm 3:45pm APP/RN Break Out Session
1:00pm 1:05pm Welcome and introduction
1:05pm 1:25pm Shawn Lear, Jennifer Lopes-
Decarvalho, Barbara Brien,
Multidisciplinary case: reflux Alexandra Maltby, Priyanca
aspiration Waghmarae
1:25pm 1:40pm Setting up OR/Endo for foregut cases John Ferrandi, Ryan Zapata
1:40pm 2:00pm Multidisciplinary procedure care for
POEM & POP Priyanca Waghmarae PA-C
2:00pm 2:20pm FAQs for Manometry and pH testing:
RNs respond (and hints for difficult Jennifer Lopes-Decarvalho,
manometry patient) Barbara Brien
2:20pm 2:30pm BREAK
2:30pm 2:50pm How to Prepare patient for Mike Llewellyn PA-C, Shawn
esophagectomy (preprocedural care) Lear, PA-C
2:50pm 3:10pm Laura Shannon, Meghan
Pearls and pitfalls in the recovery area McDonald
3:10pm 3:30pm Interactive audience game
3:30pm 3:45pm Questions/ Wrap up
1:00pm 5:00 pm HANDS-ON SESSION ROTATING
STATIONS: ROBOTIC SURGERY -
FOREGUT
5:30pm 7:30pm FACULTY DINNER location TBD

September 15th, 2023

Time Time Session Name
Start End
Hernia Track
8:00am 8:05am Introduction Hany Takla, Charu Paranjape
8:05am 8:25am Eric Sheu, MD & Denise Gee,
MIS Inguinal hernia repair MD
8:25am 8:45am Ankit Patel, MD & Matt
IPUM repair lives! Hutter, MD
8:45am 9:05am TAPP ventral hernia repair, is it worth Ruben Shin, MD & Hany Takla,
it? MD
9:05am 9:25am B. Ramana, MD, & Rahul
eTEP access, concept and pitfalls Mahadar, MD
9:25am 9:45am TAR Complex solution for complex Pete Santoro, MD & Elan
hernias Witkowski, MD
9:45am 10:05am Groin Pain Diagnosis and treatment
simplified David Chen, MD
10:05am 10:25am Mickey Reinhorn, MD, Nora
Open inguinal hernia repair should we Fullington, MD, David Berger,
be doing more? MD
10:25am 10:40am Hany Takla, Charu Paranjape,
Panel discussion/ questions Denise Gee
10:40am 10:50am BREAK
10:50am 11:05am Botox as adjunct for abdominal wall
reconstruction Vedra Augenstein, MD
11:05 11:20
am am Parastomal hernias Vedra Augenstein, MD
11:20am 11:30am Atypical hernias Yusef Kudsi, MD
11:30am 11:50am PT discussion- hernia rehab program
(Does it make a difference) Christina Warne, PT, DPT
11:50am 12:00pm Yusef Kudsi, Vedra
Panel discussion/ questions Augenstein, Christina Warne
12:00pm 12:30pm Video abstract competition
12:30pm 1:15 Lunch
AWRSC Symposium at MINT
1:15 1:30 Imaging in hernias, can it change your
management? Is there a downside? Eham Arora, MD
1:30 1:45 AI and hernias, can they mix? Ashvind Bawa, MD
1:45 2:00 eTEP: use and abuse Pramod Shinde, MD
2:00 2:15 TAR, is recurrence a real problem? B. Ramana, MD
2:15 2:30 Denise Gee, Pete Santoro,
Panel discussion Vedra Augenstein
2:30 2:40 BREAK
2:40 2:55 Social media and surgical education -
present and future Sharad Sharma, MD
2:55 3:10 Surgical optimization prior to hernia
repair, dogma or data? M Kanagavel, MD
3:10 3:25 Disasters, not for the faint of heart B. Ramana, MD
3:25 3:35 Umbilical TAPP-technical issues Vinayak Mishra, MD
3:35 3:45 AWR with the Hugo platform Prem Balachandran, MD
3:45 4:00 Deepak Subramanian, MD,
AWR Kaleidoscope Vinayak Rengan, MD
3:55 4:00 Sarah Samreen, Ankit Patel,
Stephanie Maroney, B.
Panel discussion Ramana
Pancreas Track
8:00am 8:05am Introduction Kumar Krishnan, MD
8:05am 8:35am Endoscopic necrosectomy Ji Young Bang, MD
8:35am 8:55am VARD Peter Fagenholz, MD
8:55am 9:05am Q&A
9:05am 9:15am BREAK
9:15am 9:25am IR drainage Ashraf Thabet, MD
9:25am 9:45am pancreatic ERCP Uzma Siddiqui, MD
9:45am 10:05am Acute pancreatitis: the first 48 hours Yasmin Hernandez, MD
10:05am 11:00am Casey Luckhurst, MD,
Katherine Albutt, MD / Adarsh
Cases and Complications Chaudhary, MD
11:00am 11:30am Key Note: Managing severe
pancreatitis..where is the evidence? Enrique De Madaria, MD
11:30am 11:45am Panel discussion & questions Adarsh Chaudhary, MD
1:30pm 5:00pm HANDS-ON SESSION ROTATING
STATIONS: ROBOTIC SURGERY:
HERNIA REPAIRS
Inguinal hernia: creation of flap, cord
dissection, mesh placement, flap
closure
IPUM: closure of defect and mesh
placement
eTEP: access, cross over and creation
of retromuscular space
TAR: concepts, safety tips, creation of
top down and bottom-up TAR
1:00pm 5:00pm HANDS-ON SESSION ROTATING
STATIONS: PANCREAS
Pancreatic necrosis- endoscopic
ultrasound drainage
Pancreatic necrosis- endoscopic
debridement
Endoscopic gallbladder drainage
Video assisted retroperitoneal
debridement
Laparoscopic common bile duct
exploration
Sinus tract endoscopy with
debridement