Great presentation Association of VA Surgeons (AVAS) #AVAS2024 by Inaara Malick BCMHouston BCM_Surgery VA Houston SreyRam Kuy, MD Samir S. Awad 👍👏

Surgical outcomes are consistently better for veterans cared for within the VA. Fantastic session on how to maximize direct care! #avas2024 #VAsurgeons

Outstanding presentation by Emily Mosher on longterm survival benefit of surgery in normal/robust pts but not frail pts at #AVAS2024 -too engrossed to take picture! More great work to come! ⁦UPMC Vascular Surgery⁩ ⁦Pitt Surgery⁩ ⁦Katie M Reitz MD MSc⁩

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Program Day 1

Don't forget the Welcome Reception after all the fun!

2022 AVAS D&I Award winner Dr. Christy Chai discussing her Visiting Professorship to Stanford with mary hawn. Amazing work and collaboration between VA Houston and VA Palo Alto HCS

2022 AVAS Faculty Research AWARD winner Dr. Scott Robinson presenting his basic science project looking at the immunometabolism of tryptophan.

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2022 Resident Research AWARD winner Dr. Mario Figueroa presenting his funded basic science research on SGK-1 Signaling in AAA at the Charleston VAMC.

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Day 2 Program #AVAS2024

Hot off the press: the largest series on ileorectal anastomoses show a leak rate of 3%. IRA is a viable surgical option for a diverse range of indications. Stefan Holubar MD MS Tracy Hull David Liska Scott R. Steele Michael A. Valente Colorectal Disease
doi.org/10.1111/codi.1…

Emerging approach utilizing Endoscopic submucosal dissection for residual lesions/regrowths after locally advanced rectal cancers treated with TNT providing improvements in organ preservation. ASCRS New Tech Forum MidwestSurgicalAssoc CentralSurgical SSAT

What better way to commemorate International Women’s Day than by celebrating Tracy Hull legacy with Women’s Professional Staff Assn ClevelandClinicNews family! We are excited that her legacy can now reach future generation due to the dynamic support gifted Scott R. Steele Miguel Regueiro Beri Ridgeway, MD

Wear blue for colorectal cancer awareness month. Early detection saves lives! ✔️your :
#coloncancerawareness
Scott R. Steele David Liska Hannah Horne Olga Lavryk, MD Jon Mitchem Michael A. Valente Miguel Regueiro Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Clinic MD

Bob Hollis Scott R. Steele Jeremy Lipman Benjamin Cohen MD MAS Jean-Paul Achkar Miguel Regueiro Steven D Wexner MD, PhD Florian Rieder Cleveland Clinic Alessandro Fichera

KONO-S??? LOWERS postop intervention rate but not endoscopic recurrence for #Crohns #ECCO24 #SoMe4Surgery #SoMe4IBD #IBDSurgery

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Who is #obsessed enough to secure the #GoldenAnoscope this year? Find out 6/2/23 5:30 PM #ASCRS24 #Feud ASCRS_1 Alexander Hawkins “Get Screened” King-Mullins, MD Atif Iqbal, MD, FACRS Dorna Jafari, MD, FACS, FASCRS David Liska

Contestants listed below!

Looking forward to a great discussion. Tracy Hull Anna Spivak Arielle Kanters

This #SuperBowlSunday , a Case Western Reserve alumnus and former football coaching staff member will be part of the big game. 🏈 Get to know Cameron Brown, a former Spartan who now serves as a defensive quality control coach for the San Francisco 49ers: brnw.ch/21wGSo7

Important data in DCRjournal by Sudeep Banerjee & #WeissCenter FAP outcomes w/ rectum sparing TAC/IRA ➡️ low cancer risk. Patient selection&shared decision 🔑
Scott R. Steele Miguel Regueiro CGA-IGC InSiGHT ASCRS_1 Mohammad Ali Abbass josh sommovilla
Kevin Monahan
journals.lww.com/dcrjournal/ful…

Organ Preservation and Survival by Clinical Response Grade in Patients With Rectal Cancer Treated With Total Neoadjuvant Therapy: A Secondary Analysis of the OPRA Randomized Clinical Trial | Oncology | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

One of my favorite meetings each year- join us in Miami for the Association of VA Surgeons!!