49th Annual Meeting
SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT
May 17 – 21, 2008
San Diego Convention Center – San Diego, California
during Digestive Disease Week^®

Meet-the-Professor Luncheons
All rooms at the San Diego Convention Center unless otherwise indicated.

Register now for the SSAT Annual Meeting at Digestive Week 2008. Register for DDW as an SSAT member and save up to $350 off nonmember rates. And don’t forget to supplement your registration with the following additional ticketed events —the SSAT Postgraduate Course and SSAT-sponsored Meet-the-Professor Luncheons.

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Program and Abstracts | Posters

MONDAY, 5/19/2008
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM		MEET-THE-PROFESSOR LUNCHEONS SP5 What’s New in Liver Tumor Ablation (26A) David M. Mahvi, Madison, WI SP6 Local Therapy for Rectal Cancer (Carlsbad, South Tower, Marriott Hotel & Marina) Michael J. Stamos, Orange, CA
TUESDAY, 5/20/2008
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM		MEET-THE-PROFESSOR LUNCHEONS SP45 Laparoscopic Hepatectomy (26A) Alan Koffron, Chicago, IL SP46 Re-Classifying Acute Pancreatitis (26B) Michael G. Sarr, Rochester, MN SP47 NOTES Update (30A) Lee L. Swanstrom, Portland, OR
WEDNESDAY, 5/21/2008
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM		MEET-THE-PROFESSOR LUNCHEONS SP93 The Difficult Cholecystectomy Lygia Stewart, San Francisco, CA (26B)