Podium Presentations

[Keynote] Augmented Excellence: Leveraging AI& Emerging Technologies to Advance Surgical Training, Practice, and Research

Brian Eastridge MD, FACS, Chief, Div. of Trauma & Emergency Surgery, UT Health San Antonio

Human Development Center (HDC) Auditorium

7:00 AM - 7:50 AM

Medicaid Expansion Increases Survival for Patients with Gastric Cancer: A Louisiana Tumor Registry Study

Donnell White III, PhD, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Damla Ustunsoz BS, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Conner Hartupee BS, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Denise M. Danos PhD, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Human Development Center (HDC) Auditorium

7:50 AM - 8:00 AM

Outcomes of Total Pancreatectomy for surgical Management of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Ann Byerley, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Denise Danos PhD
Kevin Sullivan MD
Aimee Galatas BS

Human Development Center (HDC) Auditorium

8:00 AM - 8:10 AM

Glucose-dependent, Gut-Brain Vagal Signaling is Disrupted in a Mouse Model of High Fat Diet-induced Obesity

Florina Corpodean MD, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
R. Leigh Townsend, Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA,
Yanlin He, Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA,
Vance L. Albaugh, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Human Development Center (HDC) Auditorium

8:10 AM - 8:20 AM

A Western Trauma Association Multi-Center Prospective Trial of Prehospital Ketamine Administration and ED Disposition in the Trauma Patients

Carolyn Cook MD, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
N. Taylor
J. Charles
L. Bellfi

Human Development Center (HDC) Auditorium

8:20 AM - 8:30 AM

Proteomic Profiling of Pancreatic Cancer Cells in Response to FOLFIRINOX versus GEMPAC Treatment: Insights into Differential Molecular Mechanisms

Sina Aslanabadi, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Conner Hartupee MD,MPH
Amirsalar Mansouri PhD
Joycelynn Coleman-Barnett MSc

Human Development Center (HDC) Auditorium

8:30 AM - 8:40 AM

Management and Outcomes of Traumatic Carotid Injuries

Priscilla Tanamal MD, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Sophia Trinh MD
Amit Chawla MD
Amanda Tullos MD

Human Development Center (HDC) Auditorium

8:40 AM - 8:50 AM

Evaluating Large Language Model Fidelity for Complex Surgical Reasoning and Planning in Rib Fracture Stabilization

Tino Castanon MD, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
K. E. Foley MD
J. Brewer MD
A. A. Smith MD

Human Development Center (HDC) Auditorium

8:50 AM - 9:00 AM

Oncolytic virotherapy as an effective tool to synergistically enhance therapeutic efficacy of standard systemic treatments for pancreatic cancer

Sina Aslanabadi, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Conner Hartupee MD, MPH
Amirsalar Mansouri PhD
Joycelynn Coleman-Barnett MSc

Human Development Center (HDC) Auditorium

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM

[Faculty Research] Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Contemporary Treatment and Outcomes

Harvey Chim MD, FACS, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Human Development Center (HDC) Auditorium

9:40 AM - 10:10 AM