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27th Annual  

The Twenty-Ninth Annual Controversies, Problems & Techniques in Surgery Symposium is designed to help the practicing surgeon in evaluating standards of care and new techniques and interventions in surgery. It is dedicated to identifying the relative strengths and weaknesses, advantages and drawbacks, of each approach.

ABOUT THE EVENT

For 28 years, Controversies, Problems & Techniques in Surgery has provided its audience a medium where they can hear expert opinions on what constitutes best-practices in surgical techniques and patient care. We are pleased that year-to-year, attendees inform us they have taken away information from the meeting, which has helped them to implement changes in their practices and positively affect patient outcomes.

Intended Audience

This conference has been designed for practicing general and oncology surgeons and other surgical health professionals in evaluating standards of care and new techniques and interventions for surgical conditions cancers and other topics in surgery.

Event Dates

Thursday, December 13, 2012
Postgraduate Course: Power Stapling Devices and Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery
Montefiore Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery

Montefiore Medical Center

Friday and Saturday – December 14-15, 2012
Controversies, Problems & Techniques in Surgery
Waldorf=Astoria Hotel New York

Location

The Waldorf=Astoria New York 301 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Telephone: 212-355-3000
Fax: 212-872-7272
Web: www.waldorfastoria.com

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

Thursday, December 13th – Held at Montefiore Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery
Postgraduate Course: Power Stapling Devices and Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery

Friday, December 14th & Saturday, December 15th – Held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel
- Topics will include Oncoplastic Surgery, Bleeding and Thrombosis, Liver Metastasis, Thoracic Lung and Esophagus and Gastric Cancer

REGISTRATION

Online registration will begin in July at www.surgerysymposium.org

QUESTIONS?

Controversies, Problems & Techniques in Surgery
5019 W. 147th Street
Leawood, KS 66224
Telephone: 913.402.7102
Fax: 913.273.1140
Email: events@lp-etc.com
Web: www.surgerysymposium.org