2001 Scientific Meeting
Monday Mar. 5 · Tuesday Mar. 6 · Wednesday Mar. 7

Participating Faculty List


REGISTRATION
Americas Level Registration Desk - Second Floor
Sunday, March 4, 2001
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, March 5-7, 2001
6:30 a.m. - adjournment


SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
Ballroom of the Americas B
Speaker Ready Room - Atlantic B - Second Floor

EXHIBITS AND POSTERS
Ballroom of the Americas A and Foyer - Second Floor
Monday and Tuesday, March 5-6, 2001

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Provided for meeting attendees
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday - 6:30 - 7:30 a.m.

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION LUNCHEONS
(Ticket required) (Limited availability at registration)
Monday, March 5, 1:25 p.m.
Drs. Dee Fenner, Sebastian Ford, Michael Hopkins, Nicolette Horbach, Peggy Norton, Manuel Penalver, Keith Stone, James Unger, Anne Weber

SPOUSE HOSPITALITY
Grand Republic C - Second Floor
Continental Breakfast provided for spouses and guests
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
8:00 a.m - 10:00 a.m.

PRESIDENTIAL RECEPTION
Ballroom of the Americas A - Second Floor
Monday, March 5, 2001
6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
All meeting registrants and their guests are invited to attend

FUTURE MEETINGS

March 4-6, 2002 Adams Mark Hotel
Dallas, Texas

MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2001
 
6:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. REGISTRATION
Americas Level Registration Desk

 
6:30 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST/
EXHIBITS/VIEW POSTERS

Ballroom of the Americas A
 
7:30 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. Welcome and Recognition of New Members
Sheldon Weinstein, M. D., President
 
FIRST SCIENTIFIC SESSION
Ballroom of the Americas B

Moderator: Sheldon Weinstein, M. D.

 
7:45 a.m. - 8:05 a.m. SGS MEMBER PRESIDENTIAL PRIZE PAPER
"Anterior Colporrhaphy: A Randomized Trial of Three Surgical Techniques"

Drs. Anne Weber (Member) MD Walters and MR Piedmonte
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

Discussant: Douglass Hale, M.D.

 
8:05 a.m. - 8:25 a.m. "Risk of New Onset Urinary Incontinence Following Forceps and Vacuum Delivery in Primiparous Women"
Drs. Lily Arya (Invited Guest), ND Jackson, DL Myers and A Verma
Brown University School of Medicine
Providence, Rhode Island

Discussant: John DeLancey, M.D.
 

8:25 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. CANDIDATE MEMBER PAPER
"Expression of Estrogen Receptor Isoforms A and B mRNA in Vaginal Tissue of Pre vs. Postmenopausal Women"

Drs. John Gebhart (Candidate Member), D Rickard, T Barrett, T Lesnick, M Webb, K. Podratz and T Spelsberg
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Discussant: Deirdre R. Bland, M.D.

 
8:45 a.m. - 9:05 a.m. "Correlation of Symptoms with Location and Severity of Pelvic Organ Prolapse "
Drs. R. Mark Ellerkmann (Member), GW Cundiff, AE Bent, MA Mihira and C Melick
Johns Hopkins Hospital and Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Discussant: R. Edward Varner, M.D.

 
9:05 a.m. - 9:35 a.m. REFRESHMENTS/EXHIBITS/VIEW POSTERS
Ballroom of the Americas A

 
SECOND SCIENTIFIC SESSION
Ballroom of the Americas B

Moderator: Nicolette Horbach, M. D.

 
9:35 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. THE RICHARD W. TELINDE LECTURE
Introduction by President, Sheldon Weinstein, M. D.
 
"TeLinde: Mentor, Partner, and Teacher of the Sling Operation for Incontinence of Urine"
Clifford R. Wheeless, Jr., M.D.
The John Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland
 

10:20 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. VIDEO PRESENTATION
"Overlapping Sphincteroplasty"

Drs. Geoffrey W. Cundiff (Member) and Howard S. Kaufman
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore Maryland
 

10:40 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. "Levator Ani Defects & Subsequent Development of Pelvic Pain"
Dr. MJ Quinn (Invited Guest)

Discussant: Kris Strohbehn, M.D.
 
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. REFRESHMENTS/EXHIBITS/VIEW POSTERS
Ballroom of the Americas A
 
THIRD SCIENTIFIC SESSION
Ballroom of the Americas B

Moderator: Melvin L. Gerbie, M. D.

 
11:30 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. PRESIDENTIAL PRIZE PAPER (RESIDENT/FELLOW) FIRST PRIZE "The Protective Effect of Suburethral Slings on Postoperative Cystocele Recurrence"
Drs.Roger P. Goldberg (Invited Guest), S Koduri,R Lobel, H Winkler, J Tomezsko, P Culligan and P Sand
Evanston Continence Center
Northwestern University Medical School
Evanston, Illinois

Discussant: Jeffrey L. Cornella, M.D.
 
11:50 a.m.- 12:10 p.m. ORAL POSTER PRESENTATIONS

"Use of Topical 0.01% rh-PDGF-BB in Surgical Wound Separation"
Drs. Paul Shackelford (Candidate Member), E Fackler, MK Hoffman and S Atkinson
Brody School of Medicine
Greenville, North Carolina

"Clinical Experience with Collagen-Impregnated Material (Protogen) When Used in a Suburethral Sling Operation"
Drs. Jennifer Nemunaitis-Keller (Invited Guest), W Alford and M Hopkins Northeast Ohio College of Medicine Akron, Ohio

The Austrian TVT Registry
Drs. Karl Tamussino (Member), E Hanzal, D Kolle, G Ralph and P Riss University of Graz
Graz, Austria
 
12:10 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. PANEL: "SURGICAL TECHNIQUES"
Moderator:
Raymond A. Lee, M.D.
Participants: Richard C. Bump, M.D., Mickey M. Karram, M.D. and Bob Shull, M.D.
 
1:10 p.m. ADJOURNMENT
 
1:25 p.m. ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION LUNCHEONS
(Ticket required)

 
Dee Fenner, M.D.
"Problems and Complications of Abdominal Sacrocolpopexy"

Sebastian Faro, M.D.
"The LeForte Procedure - Revisited"

Michael Hopkins, M.D.
"Route of Prolapse Surgery"

Nicolette Horbach, M.D.
"Issues of Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery"

Peggy Norton, M.D.
"Surgical Management of Early Cancer: Vulva, Cervix and Ovary"

R. Edward Varner, M.D.
"Iatrogenic Injuries in Gynecologic Surgery"

Keith Stone, M.D.
"Reconstructive or Obliterative Surgery for Total Vaginal Prolapse"

Janes Unger, M.D.
"Control of Intraoperative Bleeding"

Anne Weber, M.D.
"Vaginal Hysterectomy: Technical Tricks to Improve Surgical Outcome"

 
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. PRESIDENTIAL RECEPTION
Ballroom of the Americas A
 
 
TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2001
 
6:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. REGISTRATION
Americas Level Registration Desk
 
6:30 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST/
EXHIBITS/VIEW POSTERS

Ballroom of the Americas A
 
7:30 a.m. - 7:35 a.m. WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
G. Rodney Meeks, M.D., Secretary-Treasurer
 
FOURTH SCIENTIFIC SESSION
Ballroom of the Americas B

Moderator: W. Glenn Hurt, M. D.
 
7:35 a.m. - 7:55 a.m. "High Uterosacral Vaginal Vault Suspension with Fascial Reconstruction for Vaginal Repair of Enterocele and Vaginal Vault Prolapse"
Drs. Mickey Karram (Member), S Goldwasser, A Steele, B Vassallo and S Kleeman Good Samaritan Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio

Discussant: Michael P. Aronson, M.D.
 
7:55 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. CANDIDATE MEMBER PAPER
"Vasopressin As An Etiologic Factor For Infection in Gynecologic Surgery: A Randomized Double Blind Placebo Controlled Trial"

Drs. Rebecca Rogers (Candidate Member), D Kammerer-Doak, MT Mickelson and J Johnson Maybach University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Albuquerque, New Mexico

Discussant: Peter Thompson, M. D.
 
8:15 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. GUEST SPEAKER
Richard Reznick, M.D.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"Teaching and Assessing Technical Skills: A Laboratory Based Approach"
 
9:15 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. DISTINGUISHED SURGEON AWARD PRESENTATION
By President Sheldon Weinstein, M.D.
 
9:25 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. REFRESHMENTS/EXHIBITS/VIEW POSTERS
Ballroom of the Americas A
 
FIFTH SCIENTIFIC SESSION
Ballroom of the Americas B

Moderator: Lisa Peacock, M. D.
 
9:55 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. VIDEO PRESENTATION
"Expanded Halban Culdoplasty Vaginal Approach"

Eberhard C. Lotze, M.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

 
10:15 a.m. - 10:35 a.m. PRESIDENTIAL PRIZE PAPER (RESIDENT/FELLOW) SECOND PRIZE
"Effect of Carbon Dioxide on Human Ovarian Carcinoma Cell Growth"

Drs. Veronica Smidt (Invited Guest), DM Singh, JA Hurteau and WM Hurd
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana

Discussant: John V. Knaus, D.O.
 
10:35 a.m.- 11:00 a.m. ORAL POSTER PRESENTATIONS

"Adhesion Reduction Using Intraperitoneal Inoculation of Hyaluronic Acid-Inducing Adenoviral Vector in Murine Model"

Drs. Robert Hammer (Candidate Member), AN Morse, RS Keller, J Hentz, JL Cornella, JA McDonald and JC Loftus
Mayo Clinic Scottsdale
Scottsdale, Arizona

"The Antiangiogenic Agent, Angiostatin Does Not Impair Murine Wound Healing"
Drs. Levi Downs (Invited Guest), Y Yokoyama, L Carson, S Ramakrishnan
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

"Histologic Evaluation of Human Cadaveric Fascia Lata in a Rabbit Vagina Model"
Drs. Andrew Walter (Candidate Member), AN Morse, K Leslie, J Hentz and JL Cornella
David Grant Medical Center and Mayo Clinic-Scottsdale
Vacaville, California

 
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. REFRESHMENTS/EXHIBITS/VIEW POSTERS
Ballroom of the Americas A
 
SIXTH SCIENTIFIC SESSION
Ballroom of the Americas B

Moderator: Geoffrey W. Cundiff, M. D.
 
11:30 a.m.-11:50 p.m. CANDIDATE MEMBER PAPER
"Vaginal Creation for Mullerian Agenesis"

Drs. Carla Roberts (Candidate Member) and JA Rock
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

Discussant: Dionysios K. Veronikis, M.D.
 
11:50a.m. - 12:30a.m. GUEST SPEAKER
David Grimes, M.D.
Durham, North Carolina
"Evidence-Based Surgery: An Oxymoron No Longer"
 
12:30 p.m. ADJOURNMENT
 
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
(CLOSED SESSION - MEMBERS ONLY)
 
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2001
 
6:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. REGISTRATION
Americas Level Registration Desk

 
6:30 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Ballroom of the Americas A
 
7:30 a.m. - 7:35 a.m. WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
G. Rodney Meeks, M.D., Secretary-Treasurer
 
SEVENTH SCIENTIFIC SESSION
Ballroom of the Americas B

Moderator: Marvin H. Terry Grody, M. D.
 
7:35 a.m. - 7:55 a.m. CANDIDATE MEMBER PAPER "Harvesting Fascia Lata For Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery: Techniques and Morbidity"
Drs. Andrew Walter (Candidate Member), JG Hentz, JF Nagrina, JL Cornella
David Grant Medical Center and Mayo Clinic-Scottsdale
Vacaville, California

Discussant: Mark Walters, M.D.
 
7:55 a.m.- 8:15 a.m. ORAL POSTER PRESENTATIONS

"A Randomized Prospective Comparison of Changing Gloves During Abdomino-Vaginal Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery"
Drs. Denise Elser (Candidate Member) and JE Tomezsko Christ Hospital and Medical Center Oak Lawn, Illinois

"Racial Differences in the Incidence of Surgery For Genuine Stress Incontinence, United States 1997"
Drs. Matthew Barber (Invited Guest), T Gustilo-Ashby, A Weidner, S Datta and E Myers Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina

"Does Saline Really Decrease Blood Loss At Vaginal Hysterectomy As Much As Vasopressin?"
Drs. Paul Speer (Invited Guest) and J Unger LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport, Louisiana
 
8:15 a.m. - 8:35 a.m. "Vaginal Paravaginal Repair: One Year Outcomes"
Drs. Stephen Young (Member), J Daman, L Bony
University of Mass. Memorial Health Care
Worcester, Massachusetts

Discussant: Anne Wiskind, M. D.
 
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
 
8:35 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. "A Mentoring Society"
Sheldon Weinstein, M. D.
 
9:15 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. PASSING OF THE GAVEL
 
9:20 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. REFRESHMENTS
Ballroom of the Americas A
 
EIGHTH SCIENTIFIC SESSION
Ballroom of the Americas B

Moderator: Bob Shull, M. D.
 
9:40 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. "Historical Review"
Robert F. Porges, M. D.
NYU Medical Center
New York, New York
 
10:20 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. VIDEO PRESENTATION
"Anterior Compartment Approach To Sacrospinous Ligament Fixation"
Robert W. Lobel, M. D. (Member)
Albany Medical College
Albany, New York
 
10:40 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. "TVT vs. Laparoscopic Burch: A Retrospective Review at One to Four Years"
Drs. Brett Vassallo (Invited Guest), M Murphy, V Lucente and M Karram
Seton Center/Good Samaritan Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio

Discussant: Eberhard Lotze, M.D.
 
11:00 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. "Surgical Outcomes of Abdominal Sacrocolpopexy with Synthetic Mesh vs. Cadaveric Fascia Lata"
Drs. Lesley Otto (Candidate Member), WT Gregory, JO Bergstrom and A Clark
Oregon Health Sciences University
Portland, Oregon

Discussant: W. Allen Addison, M.D.
 
11:20 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. "The Role of Intraoperative Cystoscopy in Prolapse and Incontinence Surgery"
Drs. Corrine Jabs (Invited Guest) and HP Drutz
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

Discussant: Robert L. Summitt, Jr., M.D.
 
11:40 a.m. ADJOURNMENT
 
DISPLAYED POSTERS
 
"Suburetral Sling Using Cadaveric Dermis as a Treatment for Complicated Stress Urinary Incontinence"
John W. Spurlock, M.D. - Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
 
"Education of Primary Care Providers as a Mechanism for Enhancement of Referrals to Urogynecologists and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgeons"
Arthur C. Wittich, D.O. - Fort Belvoir, Virginia
 
"Intraoperative and Postoperative Complications of Abdominal Sacrocolpopexy vs Sacrospinous Fixation For Pelvic Support Defects"
Emery M. Salon, M.D. - Miami, Florida
 
"Pelvic Fistula Formation: Pilot Study of an Animal Model"
Christopher J. Salshe, M.D. - Honolulu, Hawaii
 
""Evaluation of the Location of Adenomyosis in Total Hysterectomy Specimens".
Charles J. Ascher-Walsh, M.D. - New York, New York
 
"Does Suspension of the Vaginal Apex Contribute to the Correction of Posterior Wall Defects in Advanced Stage Pelvic Organ Prolapse?"
Denise Howard, M.D. - Ann Arbor, Michigan
 
"Comparison of Laparoscopic Versus Open Sacral Colpopexy For the Treatment of Vaginal Vault Prolapse"
Michael T. Margolis, M.D. - Palo Alto, California
 
"Meigs-Okabayashi Radical Hysterectomy For Stage IB2 Cervical Carcinoma"
Ramin Mirhashemi, M.D. - Miami, Florida
 
"Subjective Clinical Outcome, Patient Morbidity and Satisfaction Associated with the Cadaveric Fascia Lata Pubovaginal Sling"
Holy E. Richter, Ph.D., M.D. - Birmingham, Alabama
 
"Concomitant Vaginal Surgery with Tension-Free Vaginal Tape Pubovaginal Sling For Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence and Pelvic Support Defects"
T. Russell Horton, M.D. - Allentown, Pennsylvania
 
"Assessment of Perioperative Complications During Sacrospinous Ligament Fixation: A Comparison of Three Suture Placement Techniques"
Jennifer Pollack, M.D. - Miami, Florida
 
"Correlation of Preoperative Indications with Postoperative Histology in Cervical Excision Procedures"
Kathleen A. Salus, D.O. - Greenville, North Carolina
 
"Surgical Management of Cervical Cancer: An Analysis of Retroperitoneal Radical Vaginal Hysterectomy, Operative Morbidity, ahnd Clinical Outcome"
Jeffrey B. Swart, M.D. - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 
"Hysterectomy For the Massive Leiomyomatous Uterus"
Ricky Paul, M.D. - Shreveport, Louisiana
 
"Maternal, Fetal and Obstetric Factors Associated with Clinically Overt Postpartum Urinary Retention Following Vaginal Delivery"
Michael E. Carley, M.D. - Rochester, Minnesota
 
"The Pathology of Enteroceles"
Paul K. Tulikangas, M.D. - Cleveland, Ohio
 
"Repair of Vaginal Vault Prolapse: A Meta-Analytic Review"
Margo J. Hein-Muniz, M.D. - Columbia, South Carolina
 
"Does Uterine Size Affect the Perioperative Morbidity Form Total Abdominal Hysterectomy?"
Ozgur H. Harmanli, M.D. - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 
"Vaginal Hysterectomy for the Large Uterus: A Comparative Study"
Ozgur H. Harmanli, M.D. - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 
"Patient Characteristics Associated With Urodynamically Diagnosed Urge or Stress Urinary Incontinence"
Christopher J. Klingele, M.D. - Rochester, Minnesota
 
"Hysterectomy for the Large Uterus: A Comparison Between the Abdominal and Vaginal Routes"
Ozgur H. Harmanli, M.D. - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 
"Complete Colpocleisis: Experience at a Teaching Hospital"
Gwen Webster, M.D. - Dallas, Texas
 
"The Tensile Strength of Cooper's Ligament Suturing: Comparison of Transvaginal Verus Abdominal Techniques"
Robert P. Goldberg, M.D. - Evanston, Illinois
 
"An Outcomes Analysis of Transvaginal Cooper's Ligament Slings"
Sumana Koduri, M.D. - Evanston, Illinois
 
"Long Term Efficacy of Periurethral Collagen Injections: A Retrospective Analysis"
Sumana Koduri, M.D. - Evanston, Illinois
 
"Persistent Stress Urinary Incontinence After Suburethral Sling: Success Rate of Transvaginal Sling Revision"
Mary P. Fitzgerald, M.D. - Maywood, Illinois
 
"Anterior and Central Approaches to the Sacrospinous Ligament"
Tova Ablove, M.D. - Albany, New York
 
"Rectocele Repair With Dermal Allograft"
Natalie Bowersox, M.D. - Albany, New York
 
"Vaginal Myomectomy"
Gary F. Nobert, M.D. - Avon, Connecticut
 
"Getting To Colpocleeisis"
Fleming Mattox, M.D. - Greenville, South Carolina
 
"Comparison of Three Dimensional (3D) Ultrasound Versus Conventional Two Dimensional (2D) Ultrasound For the Evaluation of Intrauterine Pathology During Sonohysterogram "
Susan J. Kerrigan, M.D. - Charleston, South Carolina
 
"The Effect of Foley Catheter Caliber on Voiding Following Anterior Colporhaphy"
Brian Hines, M.D. - New York, New York
 
"Large Paravaginal Angiomyofibroblastoma"
Mark R. Preston, M.D. - Atlanta, Georgia
 
"Cadaveric Fascia Lata Sling For Intrinsic Sphincter Deficiency: A Quality of Life Analysis"
Robert L. Holley, M.D. - Decatur, Alabama
 
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