| JOURNAL
ARTICLES: |
1.
Inglis FG, Rusnak CH, Litwin
DEM: Recent
gastroplasty experience in Saskatchewan.
Canadian Journal of Surgery 1984:
27: pp. 229-31.
2.
Litwin
DEM, Taylor BR, Langer B, Greig P: Non-parasitic
cysts of the liver: The
case of conservative surgical management. Annals of Surgery 1987:
205: pp. 45-58.
3.
Litwin
DEM: Laparoscopic
cholecystectomy: An
innovative new technique. Saskatchewan
Medical Journal 1990: 1: pp. 1-3.
4.
Johnson D, Litwin
DEM, Osachoff J, McIntosh D, Bersheid B, Church D, Yip R,
Gallagher C: Postoperative
respiratory function after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Surgical Laparoscopy and Endoscopy 1992, 2(3): 221-6.
5.
Girotti MJ, Nagy AG, Litwin
DEM, Mamazza J, Poulin EC:
Laparoscopic surgery-base armamentarium.
Canadian Journal of Surgery 1992:
35: pp. 281-284.
6.
Litwin
DEM, Girotti MJ, Poulin E, Mamazza J, Nagy AG: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy:
Trans-Canada experience with 2201 cases.
Canadian Journal of Surgery 1992:
35: pp. 291-296.
7.
Nagy AG, Poulin EC, Girotti MJ, Litwin
DEM, Mamazza J: History
of laparoscopic surgery. Canadian
Journal of Surgery 1992: 35:
pp. 271-274.
8.
Poulin EC, Mamazza J, Litwin
DEM, Nagy AG, Girotti MJ:
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy:
Strategy and concerns.
Canadian Journal of Surgery 1992:
35: pp. 285-290
9.
Litwin
D, Rossi L, Oleniuk
F, Kenney B: Laparoscopic
groin hernia repair. International
Surgery 1994, 79(4): 296-9.
10.
Southerland SR,
Remedios AM, McKerrell JG, Litwin
D: Laparoscopic approaches to the lumbar vertebrae.
An anatomic study using a porcine model.
Spine, 1995, 20(14): 1620-3.
11.
Wise Unger S, Glick GL,
Landeros M, Cystic Duct Leak Study Group (Litwin
D). Cystic duct leak after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A
multi-institutional study. Surgical
Endoscopy, 1996: 10, pp. 1189-1193.
12.
Rossi L, Litwin
DEM, Gowda K: Anatomic thoracoscopic lobectomy (ATL) without
mini-thoracotomy: preliminary experience.
1996, Surg laparosc Endosc 6(1): 49-55.
13.
Hackam DJ, Saibil F,
Wilson S, Litwin D: Laparoscopic management of intussusception caused by colonic
lipomata: a case report and review of the literature. Surg Laparoscopy Endoscopy 1996, 6(2): 155-9.
14.
Cleator IGM, Litwin
DEM, Phang T, Brosseuk DT, Rae AJ:
Laparoscopic Ileogastrostomy.
Journal of Obesity, 1994, Vol 4(4): 358-360.
15.
Litwin DEM, Pham
QN, Oleniuk FH, Klulfinger AM, Rossi L: Laparoscopic groin hernia
surgery: the TAPP procedure.
Transabdominal preperitoneal hernia repair.
Canadian Journal of Surgery, 1997, 40(3):
192-8.
16.
Willsher PC, Sanabria JR, Gallinger S, Rossi L, Strasberg
S, Litwin, DEM: Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis:
A Safe Procedure. J
of Gastrointest Surg. 1999
17.
Tandan VR, Litwin D,
Asch M, Margolis M, and Gallinger S: Laparoscopic cyrosurgery for
hepatic tumors. Experimental
observations and a case report.
Surgical Endoscopy, 1997, 11(11): 1115-7.
18.
Wilmont C, Watemberg S, Landou O, Litwin
D: Of balloon axilloscopy and avoidance of iatrogenic injury
to the long thoracic nerve. Arch
Surg, 1997, 132(10): 1121-4.
19.
Saiki Y, Litwin DEM,
Brigras JL, Waddell J, Konig A, Baik S, Navasarikar A, Rebeyka,
IM: Reducing the
deleterious effects of intrauterine C02 during fetoscopic surgery.
Journal of Surg Res
69(1): 51-4.
20.
Callery MP, Litwin
DEM, Meyers WC: Laparoscopic
Surgery of the Liver Biliary Tract.
Berkshire Medical Journal 6(1): 3-8.
21.
Khoury G, Litwin D,
Shabb N, Jabbour-Khoury S, Mneimneh M:
Laparoscopic marsupialization vs. splenectomy in the
management of true cysts of the spleen. (Submitted for
publication).
22.
Willsher PC, Urbach G, Cole D, Schumacher S, Litwin
DEM: Outpatient
Laparoscopic Surgery. Australian
and New Zealand J of Surg, 68:769-773, 1998.
23.
Kelly JJ, Meyers WC, Sandor A, Litwin
DEM: Laparoscopic
Gastrectomy in the Porcine Model:
Our Initial Experience with a New Hand-assist Device.
Surg Lap & Endoscopy 1998.
24.
Southern Surgeons’ Club Study Group: Meyers WC, Foley DP,
Sandor A, Litwin DEM, et al: Handoscopic Surgery: A Prospective Multicenter
Trial of Minimally Invasive Technique for Complex Abdominal
Surgery. Arch of Surg,
May 1999, 134: 477-486.
25.
Foley D, Garrett W, Lohnes J, Mandlebaum B, Murray E,
Eliadi C, Ricciardi R, Kelly J, Gallagher K, Litwin
DEM, Callery MP, Waite R, Gilroy A, Busconi B: Management of
Severe Lower Abdominal or Inguinal Pain in High Performance
Athletes/ Amer J of Sports Med, Jun 1999.
26.
Litwin DEM,
Novitsky Y, Kercher KW, Sandor A, Yood SM, Kelly JJ, Meyers WC,
Gallagher KA. “Hand-Assisted
Laparoscopy Surgery” Surgical Technology International IX, 2000
27.
Litwin DEM,
Novitsky Y, Kercher KW, Sandor A, Yood SM, Kelly JJ, Beane RM, Ek
S, Meyers WC, Gallagher KA. “New
Device for Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery” Surgical
Technology International IX, 2000
28.
Temple LK, Litwin
DE, McLeod RS. A meta-analysis of laparoscopic versus open
appendectomy in patients suspected of having acute appendicitis.
Canadian Journal of Surgery, 42(5):377-83, Oct 1999
29.
Willsher PC, Lieberman I, Salo P, Litwin DEM: Transperitoneal Laparoscopic Exposure for Lumbar
Interbody Fusion. Spine,
2000, Feb 15, 25(4): 509-14.
30.
Litwin DEM, HALS
Study Group. Hand-assisted
laparoscopic surgery (HALS) with the HandPort™ System: initial
experience with 68 patients.
Ann Surg. 2000 May; 231(5): 715-23.
31.
Arous EJ, Nelson PR, Yood, SM, Kelly JJ, Sandor A, Litwin,
DE. Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Aortobifemoral Bypass Grafting.
Journal of Vascular Surg, 2000, June 31(6) 1142-8.
32.
MacFadyen BV, Litwin
D, Park A, Phillips EH. Symposium:
Laparoscopic Splenectomy Part 1.
Contemporary Surgery 2000, June, 56(6): 345-35
33.
MacFadyen BV, Litwin
D, Park A, Phillips EH. Symposium:
Laparoscopic Splenectomy Part 2.
Contemporary Surgery 2000, June, 56(6): 398-407
34.
Litwin DEM, HALS
Study Group. Hand-assisted
laparoscopic surgery vs standard laparoscopic surgery for
colorectal disease. Surgical
Endoscopy 2000, Oct 14(10) 896-901.
35.
Szabo Z, Avery GJ, II, Sandor A, Litwin
DEM. Suturing and knotting techniques
for thoracoscopic cardiac
surgery. Surgical
Clinics of North America, 2000, Oct,
80(5): 1555-74
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| SCIENTIFIC
PRESENTATIONS/INVITED PROFESSORSHIPS: |
1.
Greater Victoria Hospital, 1. Preceptor, 2.
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
Victoria, British
Columbia, 1990.
2.
Melfort Union Hospital, 1.
Preceptor, 2. Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy. Melfort,
Saskatchewan, 1990.
3.
Visiting Professor - MSA,
1. Preceptor,
2. Laparoscopic
Hernia Repair, 3.
Laparoscopic Left Hemicolectomy,
4. Laparoscopic
Nissen Fundoplication. Abbotsford,
British Columbia, 1991.
4.
Visiting Professor - Vancouver General Hospital and Royal
Jubilee Hospitals, 1. Preceptor,
2. Laparoscopic
Hernia Repair, 3.
Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication,
4. Laparoscopic
Taylor Procedures. Victoria,
British Columbia, 1991.
5.
Visiting Professor - Hospital St. Luc, Universite de
Montreal, 1. Preceptor,
2. Laparoscopic
Taylor. Montreal,
Quebec, 1991.
6.
North York Branson Hospital, Annual Clinic Day, Current
Management of Gallstone Diseases. Toronto, Ontario, Nov. 1989.
7.
University of Saskatchewan, 4th Annual
Highlights in Medicine Conference, GI Endoscopy:
Current roles. Saskatoon,
Jun 1989.
8.
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology: Screening:
Clinical epidemiology and prevention: A Conference for Physicians.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Apr 1990.
9.
1990 Canadian Society of Laboratory Technologists National
Congress: Hepatic Transplantation.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Jun 1990.
10.
Course: Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy: Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Aug 1990.
11.
Recent Advances in Medicine, Treatment of Gallstones in the
90’s: The pill, the
knife or the wave. University
of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Nov 1990.
12.
Course: Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy. University
of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Nov 1990.
13.
Prince Albert District Medical Society Meeting,
Investigation and Management of Biliary Tract Diseases.
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Dec 1990.
14.
Tri-Hospital City Wide Rounds, Regina General Hospital,
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Regina, Saskatchewan, Dec 1990.
15.
Course: Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy. University
of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Dec 1990.
16.
Course: Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy. Laval
University, Quebec City, Quebec, Jan 18-19, 1991.
17.
Greater Victoria Hospital, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Victoria, British Columbia, Feb 1991.
18.
North Battleford and District Medical Society Meeting,
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Feb 1991.
19.
Course: Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy: University of British Colombia, Vancouver,
British Columbia. Mar
1991.
20.
Course: Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy: University of Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Mar
1991.
21.
Annual Meeting of the Alberta Association of General
Surgeons, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy:
Banff, Alberta, Apr 1991.
22.
Course: Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy. Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, Apr 1991.
23.
Course: Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Apr
1991.
24.
Course: Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy. University
of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 1991.
25.
6th Annual Highlights in Medicine, College of
Medicine Alumni Association, University of Saskatchewan,
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Jun 1991.
26.
Course: Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy. Montreal, Quebec, Jun 1991.
27.
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy: TransCanada
experience with 2201 cases. Quebec
City, Quebec, Sep 1991.
28.
7th Annual Surgical Update, University of
British Columbia, Department of Surgery Laparoscopic Biliary Tract
Surgery. Vancouver,
British Columbia, Nov 1991.
29.
International Minimal Access Surgery Symposium,
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy:
TransCanada experience with 2201 cases.
Kansas City, Kansas, Nov 1991.
30.
Course: Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy. Vancouver, British Columbia, Nov 1991.
31.
University of Calgary, 1.
Course Director, 2.
Difficult Cholecystectomy,
3. Laparoscopic
Appendectomy, 4.
Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair.
Calgary, Alberta, March 1992.
32.
Nanaimo Regional Hospital, Laparoscopic Surgery in the
90’s. Nanaimo, British Columbia, May 1992.
33.
Visiting Professor - Grand Rounds, Vancouver General
Hospital. Laparoscopic Surgery in the 90’s. Vancouver, British Columbia, May 1992.
34.
Visiting Professor - Grand Rounds, St. Paul’s Hospital,
Laparoscopic Surgery in the 90’s.
Vancouver, British Columbia, May 1992.
35.
Surgical Rounds at Victoria Regional Hospital, Laparoscopic
Surgery in the 90’s. Victoria,
British Columbia, May
1992.
36.
11th Congress of Surgeons Italy, Laparoscopic
Inguinal Hernia Repair. Terrasini,
Italy, Jun 1992.
37.
1st European Meeting of Hospital Surgeons,
Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair.
Terrasini, Italy, Jun 1992.
38.
3rd World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery,
Performing ERCP in an animal model.
Bordeaux, France, Jun 1992.
39.
1st International “Hands-On” Therapeutic
ERCP Conference, Intraoperative ERCP, Bordeaux, France, Jun 1992.
40.
University of British Columbia, 1.
Course Director, 2. Difficult Cholecystectomy,
3. Laparoscopic
Colon Resection, 4. Laparoscopic Hernia Repair.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Jun 1992.
41.
Visiting Professor, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Laparoscopic
Surgery in the 90’s. Vancouver,
British Columbia, Jun 1992.
42.
Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Symposium on Laparoscopic
Upper GI Surgery at Royal College of Physicians Meeting, Hiatus
Hernia Repair. Ottawa,
Ontario, Sep 1992.
43.
2nd Annual Congress of the Canadian Society for
Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery, Laparoscopic Inguinal
Herniorrhaphy. Ottawa,
Ontario, Sep 1992.
44.
Universite de Montreal, 1.
Laparoscopic Sigmoid Resection,
2. Laparoscopic Taylor Procedure.
Montreal, Quebec, Sep 1992.
45.
McGill University, 1.
Laparoscopic Taylor Procedure,
2. Laparoscopic Sigmoid Resection.
Montreal, Quebec, Sep 1992.
46.
79th Annual Congress of the American College of
Surgeons, Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
New Orleans, Louisiana, Oct 1992.
47.
SAMRT 50th Anniversary Annual General
Conference, Endoscopic Cholecystectomy. Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, Oct 1992.
48.
University of California, 1.
Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration,
2. Laparoscopic
Inguinal Hernia Repair, 3.
Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication,
4. Laparoscopic
Pediatric Surgery. San
Francisco, California,
Oct 1992.
49.
American College of Surgeons - 78th Annual
Clinical Congress, Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
New Orleans, Louisiana, Oct 1992.
50.
International Minimal
Access Surgery Symposium,
1. Laparoscopic
Hernia Repair, 2.
Laparoscopic Pediatric Surgery.
Kansas City, Kansas, Nov 1992.
51.
XXVIII World Congress of the International College of
Surgeons, Laparoscopic Bowel Surgery.
Cairo, Egypt, Nov 1992.
52.
Laval University, Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery and
Therapeutic ERCP. Quebec
City, Quebec, Nov 1992.
53.
Valley Presbyterian Hospital,
Faculty: O. R.
Teaching. Van Nuys, California, Jan 1993.
54.
Lebanese Order of Physicians/Lebanese Surgical Society, 1. Inguinal Hernia Repair,
2. Taylor
Procedure, 3.
Faculty: O. R.
Teaching. Beirut,
Lebanon, Feb 1993.
55.
Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes, Hernioplastia Inguinal
Laparoscopica. Goiania, Brazil,
Feb 1993.
56.
Associazione
Chirurghi Ospedalieri Italiani, 1.
Gastrectomia Totale, 2.
Cisto-gastrostomia per pseudocisti pancreatica, 3. Perforazione
G.D., 4. Invited Panelist. Rimini,
Italy, May 1993.
57.
Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes,
1. Panel:
The Laparoscopic Management of the Sclerotrophic
Gallbladder, 2.
Difficult Cholecystectomy:
When to convert?. Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, Jul 1993.
58.
Canadian Society of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery,
Laparoscopic Gastrectomy. Vancouver,
British Columbia, Sep 1993.
59.
Canadian Association of General Surgeons, Laparoscopic
Transabdominal Preperitoneal Hernia (TAPP) Repair.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Sep 1993.
60.
16th Annual Gastroenterology Days, Endoscopy and
Minimal Access Surgery, 1. Minimal
Access Surgery for the Biliary Tract,
2. Diagnosis and Management of Complications of Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy, 3.
Minimal Access Surgery:
What are the horizons beyond the biliary tract?
Regina, Saskatchewan, Oct 199
61.
Medical Staff, Queensway General Hospital, Laparoscopic
Surgery. Etobicoke, Ontario, Oct 1993.
62.
Laparoscopic Hernia Repair Symposium - Issues and
Controversies, 1. Anatomy/Anterior
Approaches, 2.
Laparoscopic Hernia Repair.
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Nov 1993.
63.
The Lebanese Order of Physicians/The Lebanese Surgical
Society. 1. Results of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, 2.
Intra-operative Exploration of the Common Bile Duct,
3. Trans-abdominal Peritoneal Hernia Repair, 4. Laparoscopic
Management of Peptic Ulcer Disease, Laparoscopic management of
Hirshsprung’s Disease, 6.
Training Programs and Credentialing: The Canadian Experience.
Beirut, Lebanon, Jan 1994.
64.
IV Curso International de Cirurgia Laparoscopica, Hospital
Samaritano, 1.
Laparoscopic Gastrectomy,
2. Inguinal
Hernia Repair, 3.
Laparoscopic Pediatric Surgery,
4. Laparoscopic
Gastrectomy: Live
Surgery, 5. Laparoscopic
Common Bile Duct Exploration: Live
Surgery. Goiania,
Brazil, Mar 1994.
65.
University of Toronto, Department of Surgery, 1.
Laparoscopic Update on Gastroduodenal Surgery, 2. Laparoscopic
Hernia Repair, 3. The TAPP Repair: Techniques
and Results to 1994. Toronto,
Ontario, Apr 1994.
66.
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract/American
Society for GI Endoscopy, Success of Laparoscopic Surgery in
Common Bile Duct Stones. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 1994.
67.
III Congreso Nacional de Cirugia Endoscopica, 1.
Pediatric Laparoscopic Surgery,
2. Laparoscopic
Total Gastrectomy, 3.
Gastric Carcinoma Management by Laparoscopy.
Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, May 1994.
68.
International “Hands-On” Therapeutic ERCP Conference,
ERCP in the Animal Model. Baltimore,
Maryland, Jun 1994.
69.
4th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery,
1. Emergency
Laparoscopy, 2.
Anesthesia and Laparoscopy,
Panel Chairman. Kyoto,
Japan, Jun 1994.
70.
Canadian Society of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery, 1. Laparoscopic Colon Resection:
University of Toronto,
2. Laparoscopic
Bypass Procedures, 3.
General Concepts in Minimal Access Surgery, 4. Chair
Session. Montreal,
Quebec, Jul 1994.
71.
Annual Conference Day, Division of Surgery, Peterborough
Hospitals, Minimal Access Surgery in Children.
Peterborough, Ontario, Nov 1994.
72.
XXIX World Congress of the International College of
Surgeons, The Laparoscopic Assessment of Tumors of the Liver and
Pancreas. London,
England, Nov 1994.
73.
American College of Surgeons, Misericordia General
Hospital, Advances in Laparoscopic Surgery.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Nov 1994.
74.
Sunnybrook Gut Club, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre,
Current State of the Laparoscopic Art of Surgery.
Toronto, Ontario, Dec 1994.
75.
5th International Meeting of Laparoscopic
Surgeons, Hospital Samaritano, 1.
Laparoscopic Approach to Biliary Carcinoma,
2. Laparoscopic Cryotherapy of the Liver Metastases,
3. Transcholedochtomy
Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration,
4. Laparoscopic
Partial and Total Gastrectomy, 5. Laparoscopic
Gastrectomy. Goiania,
Brazil, Feb 1995.
76.
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons,
Small and Large Bowel Obstruction.
Orlando, Florida, Mar 1995.
77.
Asociacion Mexicana de Cirugia Laparoscopica,
1. Laparoscopic
Treatment of Acid-Peptic Disease,
2. Antibiotics
and Immunologic Response to Laparoscopic Surgery.
Hualtuco, Mexico, May
1995,
78.
Ontario Medical Association, Laparoscopic Surgery:
Which Procedures are Practical?
Toronto, Ontario, May 1995.
79.
International “Hands-On”
Therapeutic ERCP Conference, ERCP in the Animal Model.
Baltimore, Maryland, Jun 1995.
80.
4th GI Tract Laparoscopic Surgery International
Meeting, Routine versus Selective Intra-operative Cholangiography.
Liege, Belgium, Sep 1995.
81.
Canadian Association of General Surgeons, Annual Meeting of
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Laparoscopic Hernia
Repairs. Montreal,
Quebec, Sep 1995.
82.
Society for Minimally Invasive Therapy 7th
Annual International Conference, Modern Training Methods in
Minimal Invasive Therapy. Portland, Oregon, Sep 1995.
83.
Continuing Education, Faculty of Medicine, Gastroenterology
and General Surgery, The Role of Laparoscopy in Colorectal Cancer
Surgery; Acute Cholecystitis in the era of Laparoscopy, University
of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital, Laparoscopic surgery in IBD: Who
and when? Nov 1995.
84.
International College of Surgeons Winter Conference,
1. Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy, 2.
Laparoscopic Colon Resection:
Colon Controversies, 3.
Groin Hernia Repair, 4.
Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Procedures.
Puerto Rico, Dec 1995.
85.
Continuing Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of
Toronto, Workshop:
Laparoscopic surgery for a common duct exploration and
solid organ surgery. Toronto,
Ontario, Feb 1996.
86.
5th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery and
SAGES, 1. Moderator: Scientific
Session Adrenal, 2.
Laparoscopic Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer and the
Complications of Chronic Pancreatitis.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Mar 1996.
87.
American College of Surgeons, Laparoscopic Gastrectomy.
New York, New York, Apr 1996.
88.
Intn’l College of Surgeons, Laparoscopic Splenectomy. Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, Apr 1996.
89.
Update in General Surgery 1996, University of Toronto,
Workshop: Common Duct Exploration and Solid Organ Surgery.
Toronto, Ontario, Apr 1996.
90.
Continuing Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of
Toronto, Endoscopic exposure of the lumbar spine.
Toronto, Ontario, May 1996.
91.
5th International “Hands-On” Therapeutic
ERCP Conference, ERCP in the Animate Model.
Baltimore, Maryland, May 31, - Jun 1996.
92.
Associacao Latinoamericana de Cirurgia Endoscopica Colegio
Brasileiro de Cirurgioes, 1.
Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair,
2. Laparoscopic
Nissen Fundoplication. Sao
Paulo, Brazil, June 1996.
93.
II Congreso Latinoamericano de Cirugia Endoscopica,
1. Laparoscopic
Gastrectomy, 2.
Pancreatic Laparoscopic Treatment and Chronic Pancreatitis
Complications, 3.
Laparoscopic Gastroesophageal Surgery.
Caracas, Venezuela, South America, Jul 1996.
94.
Annual Meeting of the Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Canada, 1. Laparoscopic
Adrenalectomy, 2.
Complications of Laparoscopic Surgery.
Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Sep 1996.
95.
Cleveland Clinic, Laparoscopic Access for Spine Surgery
Day, Laparoscopic Digestive Surgeon’s Approach.
Cleveland, Ohio, Oct 1996.
96.
Cleveland Clinic, Advanced Laparoscopic Gastric Surgery
Day, Laparoscopic Gastric Surgery.
Cleveland, Ohio, Nov 1996.
97.
X Brazilian Congress of Digestive Endoscopy,
1. Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy and Common Bile Duct Exploration,
2. Results of
Laparoscopic Gastrectomy, 3.
Laparoscopic Partial Gastrectomy,
4. Laparoscopic
Total Gastrectomy, 5.
Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration:
Results. Goiania, Brazil, Nov 1996.
98.
SAGES, Faculty for training course on Common Bile Duct
stones, Intestinal Obstruction: Is there a role for laparoscopic
adhesiolysis? San
Diego, California, Mar 1997.
99.
Telemedicine Canada Faculty of Medicine, University of
Toronto, Controversies in Laparoscopic Surgery:
e.g., Inguinal
Hernia Repair and Hiatus Hernia Repair.
Toronto, Ontario, Apr 1997.
100.UMMC
- Laparoscopic Hiatal Hernia Repair and other Current Laparoscopic
Procedures, Worcester, MA, Apr 1997.
101.Update
in General Surgery, 37th Annual Course for Practicing
Surgeons, Department of Surgery, Biliary Tract.
Toronto, Ontario Apr 1997.
102.Continuing
Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto
Endoscopic Spine Surgery, Toronto, Ontario, May 16-17, 1997.
103.35th
North American Federation Congress International College of
Surgeons, Technique and Equipment for Transperitoneal Endoscopic
Lumbar Spine Exposure, Laparoscopic TAPP Procedure.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Jul 1997.
104.UMMC
- Intra-Operative Ultrasound, Worcester, MA, Jul 18, 1997 and Sep
1997.
105.ACS
Clinical Congress, SAGES GERD Course, Chicago, IL, Oct 1997.
106.Course:
Laparoscopic Spine Course, SpineTech, Inc., New York, Oct
1997.
107.48th
Annual Meeting American Association for the Study of Liver
Diseases, Panelist: Exposure
for Hepatobiliary Surgery - How I do it.
Chicago, IL Nov
1997.
108.UMMC
- Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication Conference, Worcester, MA,
Jan 1998.
109.Cleveland
Clinic, Spine Symposium, Endoscopic Lumbar Fusion Workshop,
Cleveland, Ohio, Jan 1998.
110.UMMC
– Bioengineering and Minimally Invasive Surgery Rounds, Mar 19,
1998.
111.UMMC
– Endosuturing Conference, Mar 20, 1998.
112.UMMC
– Endoscopic Lumbar Fusion Workshop, Mar 27, 1998.
113.26th
Annual Spring ACS Meeting - Post Graduate Course: “Laparoscopic
Treatment of Pancreatic Disease.
Baltimore, Maryland, April 26 - Apr 29, 1998.
114.Uncensored
Complications of Laparoscopic Surgery - “Pitfalls of
laparoscopic surgery in small bowel obstruction.” - SAGES,
Seattle, Washington, Apr 1998.
115.Cleveland
Clinic, Advances in Endoscopic Spinal Surgery, Cleveland, Ohio,
May 14 - 15, 1998.
116.SSAT/SAGES
Joint Symposium on Minimally Invasive Surgery – Digestive
Disease Week, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 17-20, 1998.
117.UMMC
– Hand-Assisted Laparoscopy with HandPort Device.
Jun 18, 1998.
118.UMMC - Endoscopic Lumbar Fusion Workshop, Jun 20, 1998.
119.New
England Spine Study Group 1998 Summer Meeting – “Surgical
Approaches.” Manchester
Village, Vermont, Aug 14, 1998.
120.X
Congresso Paraguayo de Cirugia, Asuncion, Paraguay, Sep 9-12,
1998.
121.3º
Congresso Latino-Americano de Cirurgia Endoscopica, Congresso
Paulista de Video-Cirugia da SOCIPAV, Congresso de Video-Cirugia
de Regiao Sudeste da SOBRACIL.
Sao Paulo, Brazil,
Sep 16-19, 1998.
122.Massachusetts Medical Society – 1998 American Medical
Association-Medical Student Section Conference: Surgical Advancements: Surgery
without surgery?, UMass Medical School, Worcester, MA, Oct 24,
1998.
123.ACS – 84th Annual Clinical Congress.
Postgraduate Course: Diseases of Liver, Biliary Tract, and
Pancreas: “Open
versus Laparoscopic versus Laparoendoscopic.” Orlando, Florida,
Oct 27, 1998.
124.ACS – 84th Annual Clinical Congress.
Cine’ Clinic I, Discussant:
Shouldice Inguinal Hernia Repair. Orlando, Florida, Oct 27,
1998.
125.Cleveland Clinic, , Advances in Endoscopic Spinal Surgery,
Cleveland, Ohio, Oct 28, 1998.
126.UMMC
– Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication Workshop.
Nov 1998.
127.UMMC
– Bioengineering and Minimally Invasive Surgery Rounds,
Mechanics and Materials of Spinal Fusion, Anterior placement of
cage device via laparoscopy, Nov 19, 1998.
128.UMMC
– Endoscopic Lumbar Fusion Workshop.
Nov 1998.
129.Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York: Grand Rounds, Laparoscopy
TeleConference, Nov 24, 1998.
130.6th Annual Symposium on Critical Issues in Surgery, Minimally
Invasive Surgery/Computer Assisted Surgery: Laparoscopic Spinal
Surgery, Hand-assisted Laparoscopy, and Laparoscopic Gastrectomy.
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, Dec 3-5, 1998.
131.Worcester Polytechnic Institute Biomedical Engineering Department
Seminar: An overview of Laparoscopic Surgery.
Worcester, Massachusetts, Dec 7, 1998.
132.Baystate Medical Center Surgical Grand Rounds: Laparoscopic Handport
Surgery. Springfield,
Massachusetts, Dec 17, 1998.
133.UMMS – Advanced Laparoscopic Suturing Workshop.
Jan 22, 1999.
134.UMMS - Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery (HALS) With HandPort™: a New
Hand-assist Device. Jan
29, 1999.
135.Surgical Unit of New Technology – Symposium – Karolinska Hospital,
Stockholm, Sweden. Feb
3-5, 1999.
136.UMMS – Advances in Endosurgery – 4th Year Medical
Students, Feb 11, 1999.
137.UMMS/UMASS
MEM/Worcester Polytechnic Institute
– Biomedical Engineering and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Symposium: Operating Room Set-up and Visual Perception.
Feb 11, 1999.
138.America’s Conference – Hepatobiliary Surgeons – Teleconference:
Laparoscopic Live Donor Nephrectomy Case Presentation. Feb 19,
1999.
139.UMMS - Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery (HALS) With HandPort™: a New
Hand-assist Device. Mar
5, 1999.
140.UMMS – Common Bile Duct Exploration Workshop. Mar 19, 1999
141.SAGES Scientific Session - Learning Center: Solid Organ Removal.
San Antonio, Texas, Mar 24-27, 1999.
142.UMMS - Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication Workshop.
Apr 9, 1999.
143.UMMS
- Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic
Surgery (HALS) With HandPort™: a New Hand-assist Device.
Apr 16, 1999.
144.Baystate Medical Center – Grand Rounds Teleconference.
Apr 22, 1999.
145.ACS – 27th Annual Spring Meeting – Scientific Session:
Management of Distal Common Bile Duct.
New York, NY, Apr 26, 1999.
146.UMMS – Endoscopic Lumbar Fusion Workshop, Apr 30, 1999.
147.UMMS
- Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic
Surgery (HALS) With HandPort™: a New Hand-assist Device.
Jun 10 and 11, 1999.
148.50th Anniversary of the Surgical Residency Program at
Baystate Medical Center: Minimally Invasive Surgery Now and in the
Future, Springfield, MA, Jun 19, 1999.
149.University of Saskatoon, 14th Annual Alumni Reunion
Conference: Highlights in Medicine, “Advances in Laparoscopic
Surgery,” Saskatchewan, Canada, June 24-26, 1999.
150.UMMS/UMASS
MEM/Worcester Polytechnic Institute – Bioengineering and
Minimally Invasive Surgery Rounds, “New Concepts in Hemostasis,
Oct 7,1999.
151.ACS – 85th Annual Fall Meeting – 50th Cine
Clinic Program: “Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Partial Gastrectomy”.
San Francisco, CA, Oct. 12, 1999.
152.ACS – 85th Annual Fall Meeting – Scientific Program:
“Management of the Gastric Outlet Obstruction”. San Francisco, CA, Oct. 12, 1999.
153.ACS – 85th Annual Fall Meeting – Scientific Program:
“Surgical Team Approach to the Anterior Spine”. San Francisco, CA, Oct. 14, 1999.
154.IV Brazilian Video-Surgery Congress – Video Section: 1)
“Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Gastrectomy”2) How to do it-Adrenalectomy”
3) “Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair-TAPP”. – Conference:
“Management of choledocholithiasis” – Panel: “Surgical
Treatment of inguinal hernia Kugel repair”.
Santa Catarina, BRAZIL, Oct 19 – 22, 1999
155.Hungarian Medical Association of America, Inc, 31st Annual
Scientific Meeting – Minimally Invasive Procedures: 1)”Current
State of Laparoscopic Surgery” 2)”Back to Suture! Totally
Thoracoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting”.
Sarasota, FL, October 25, 1999.
156.The Chinese University of Hong Kong – “Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic
Workshop” Shatin, Hong Kong, Nov 20, 1999.
157.UMMS/UMASS
MEM/Worcester Polytechnic Institute – Bioengineering and
Minimally Invasive Surgery Rounds, “Surgical Applications of
Engineered Tissue”, Dec 2,1999.
158.Annual Meeting, Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of
Surgeons – Video Session: “Laparoscopic Right Adrenalectomy”.
Boston, MA, December 4, 1999.
159.Southern Surgical Association, 111th Annual Session – Paper
Presentation: “Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery (HALS) with
the HandPort™ System: Initial Experience with 68 patients”.
Hot Springs, VA, Dec 7, 1999.
160.7th Annual Symposium on Critical Issues – Minimally
Invasive Surgery 1) “Laparoscopic Gastrectomy (HandPort™
Assisted)”, 2) “Laparoscopic Aortobifemoral Bypass for
Occlusive Disease”, 3) “Laparoscopic Spinal Surgery”. St.
Thomas, US Virgin Islands, Dec 9 – 11, 1999.
161.University of Pennsylvania Grand Rounds – “Hand-Assisted
Laparoscopic Surgery” Philadelphia, PA, Feb 10, 2000.
162.UMMS/UMASS
MEM/Worcester Polytechnic Institute – Bioengineering and
Minimally Invasive Surgery Rounds, “Enhancing the Optical Interface”,
Feb 10,2000.
163.*Cleveland Clinic – “Laparoscopic Approach to Interbody Fusion of
the Lumbar Spine”, Cleveland, OH, Feb 14-15, 2000.
164.SAGES 2000 – Scientific Session: Short Papers Moderator:
“Intestine”, Atlanta, GA, April 1, 2000.
165.UMMS/UMASS
MEM/Worcester Polytechnic Institute – Bioengineering and
Minimally Invasive Surgery Rounds, “Endovascular Grafting and
Laparoscopic Techniques”, April 6, 2000.
166.UMMS – “Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery”. May 19, 2000
167.New England Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons – “Hand-Assisted
Laparoscopic Surgery vs Standard Laparoscopic Surgery for
Colorectal Resection”. June 28, 2000
168.UMass Medical School’s Mini-Medical School “Neighborhood Grand
Rounds” Lecture series. “Minimally Invasive Surgery”.
Worcester, MA, Nov 1, 2000.
169.UMMS/UMASS
MEM/Worcester Polytechnic Institute – Bioengineering and
Minimally Invasive Surgery Rounds, “Instrumenting the sense of
touch: Haptic interface development”, November 2, 2000.
170.Washington University School of Medicine – Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic
Colectomy Course. St.
Louis, MO, Nov 4, 2000
171.8th Annual Symposium on Critical Issues – Current Advances
in Surgery 1) “Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy”, 2)
“Laparoscopic Spine Access”. St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands,
Dec 7-9, 2000.
172.Carolinas Medical Center – Laparoscopic Solid Organ Workshop
“Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy”.
Charlotte, NC, February 16, 2001
173.Third Biennial Americas Hepatopancreatobiliary Congress – Moderator,
Free Paper Session #6: Minimally Invasive Surgery. Miami, FL, February 25, 2001.
174.British Columbia Surgical Society Spring Meeting – “The Future
Trends in MIS Surgery”. Kamloops,
BC, March 16, 2001.
175.SAGES
2001 – “Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery”.
St. Louis, MO, April 18, 2001
176.SAGES
2001 – Moderator, Session 4: Solid Organ.
St. Louis, MO, April 20, 2001
177.Center
for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT)
“Future Trends in MIS Surgery”.
Boston, MA, May 1, 2001.
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