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regard to their contribution to the activity, and any discussions of unlabeled or investigational use of any commercial product or device not yet approved in the United States.</i> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="7" width="859"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="247"> <p style="text-align:center;"> <span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:medium;">Conference Directors<br /> </span><br /> Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, New York <br /> <br /> <b>Ronald N. Kaleya, MD</b> <i>Director</i> <br /> Vice Chairman &amp; Professor of Clinical Surgery <br /> <br /> <b>Scott J. Boley, MD, </b> <i>Co-Director </i> Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics<br /> <br /> <b>Thomas K. Weber, MD, </b> <i>Co-Director</i> Professor of Surgery and Weiler Division</p> <p style="text-align:center;"> <br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:medium;">Host Faculty</span> <br /> <br /> Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center<br /> Bronx, New York<br /> <br /> <b>Arnold Berlin, MD</b><br /> Interim Chairman and Associate Professor of Surgery<br /> <br /> <br /> <b>Burton H. Harris, MD</b><br /> Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics<br /> Chief of Surgical Services Children s Hospital at Montefiore</p> <p style="text-align:center;"> <b>Shalom Kalnicki, MD</b> <br /> <b>Randall P. Owen</b> </p> </td> <td width="11"></td> <td width="573" style="vertical-align:top;"> <p style="text-align:center;"> <span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:medium;">Guest Faculty </span></p> <p style="text-align:center;"> <b>Morris E. Franklin, Jr., MD, FACS</b> <br /> Director Texas Endosurgery Institute <br /> San Antonio, Texas <br /> Professor of Surgery <br /> San Antonio, Texas <br /> <i> <br /> Dr. Franklin is a general surgeon with 30+ years experience. He has an expertise in laparoscopic surgery with pioneering efforts in biliary tract, pancreatic and colorectal surgery.</i> </p> <p style="text-align:center;"> <b>C. William Schwab, MD, FACS</b> <br /> Professor of Surgery <br /> University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine <br /> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania <br /> Chief, Division of Traumatology &amp; Surgical Critical Care <br /> Director, Firearm Injury Center <br /> University of Pennsylvania Medical Center <br /> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania <br /> <i> <br /> Dr. Schwab is a Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Division of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care in the Department of Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Director of the Firearm Injury Center at Pennsylvania. 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