Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Ira Leviton, MD

Controversies in Surgery for Diverticulitis – Changing Indications and Operations
Moderator – Scott J. Boley, MD

Is There a Role for Surgery for Uncomplicated Diverticulitis
David R. Flum, MD

Colitides Associated with Diverticulosis
Lawrence J. Brandt, MD

Choice of Antibiotics for Diverticulitis
Brian Currie, MD

Cecal Diverticulitis
Ronald N. Kaleya, MD

Controversies in Surgery for Diverticulitis Determinants of Recurrence after Colectomy
Eric G. Weiss, MD, FACS, FASCRS, FACG

Primary Anastomosis or Hartmann Procedure for Diverticular Peritonitis
David R. Flum, MD

Is Laparoscopy Applicable to Complicated Diverticulitis?
Morris E. Franklin, Jr., MD

Laparoscopic or Open Reconstruction After a Hartmann’s Procedure?
Sang W. Lee, M.D.

Panel Discussion
Drs. Brandt, Currie, Flum, Franklin, Hull, Kaleya, Milsom, Schoetz, Weiss

Lunch Session – New Techniques and Technology
Moderator – Scott J. Boley, MD

Endoluminal Surgery
Charles J. Filipi, MD

Intraluminal Surgery
Morris E. Franklin, Jr., MD

Transgastric Intraabdominal Surgery
Jeffrey L. Ponsky, MD

Transanal Microscopic Endosurgery
Peter A. Cataldo, MD

Fibrin Glue and Other Suture Line Reinforcements
Ricardo V. Cohen, MD

New Devices for Intraluminal Resection
Sang W. Lee, M.D.

New Techniques in Stricture Management
Jeffrey M. Marks, MD

Panel Discussion
Drs. Cataldo, Cohen, Filipi, Franklin, Marks, Milsom, Ponsky