Florida Chapter American College of Surgeons 2019 Annual Business - PDF document

Florida Chapter American College of Surgeons 2019 Annual Business Meeting Loews Royal Pacific Orlando, FL March 23, 2019 Agenda Call to Order Christine Laronga, MD, FACS Secretary’s Report* Christine Laronga, MD, FACS  Adoption of 2018 annual business minutes minutes Treasurer’s Report Jay Redan, MD, FACS, Nominating Committee Report* Patricia Byers, MD, FACS Awards & Recognitions Christine Laronga, MD, FACS Jose Trevino, MD, FACS Gavel Presentation Christine Laronga, MD, FACS New Business/Adjourn Christine Laronga, MD, FACS Poster Awards, Oral Abstract Presentations, and Case Studies Moderator Jose Trevino, MD, FACS Basic Science Clinical Science Commission on Cancer First Place First Place First Place Second Place Second Place Second Place Third Place Third Place Third Place Case Studies First Place *Indicates Attachment (all other reports are oral)

1 Florida Chapter, American College of Surgeons 2 Annual Business Meeting 3 Saturday, April 7, 2018 4 5 DRAFT 6 7 CALL TO ORDER Patricia Byers, MD, President, called the Florida 8 Chapter of the American College of Surgeons 9 (Chapter) annual business meeting to order at 10 5:32 PM EST. 11 12 SECRETARY’S REPORT John Armstrong, MD, Secretary, presented the 13 minutes of the 2017 Annual Business Meeting. A 14 motion was made to approve the 2017 Annual 15 Business Meeting minutes. 16 17 MOTION 18-04-01 MOTION ADOPTED TO APPROVE THE 2017 18 ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES. 19 20 TREASURER’S REPORT Deepak Nair, MD, Treasurer, presented the 21 Treasurer’s report. Dr. Nair reported that the 22 Chapter had $147,348.42 in checking as of April 23 4, 2018 and the majority of the expenses for the 24 annual meeting remain outstanding. 25 26 BYLAWS UPDATE Patricia Byers, MD presented the proposed 27 Bylaws updates from the Bylaws Review 28 Committee. Dr. Byers reported that the Bylaws 29 Review Committee sought to ensure currency, 30 consistency with ACS policy, and legal accuracy 31 in its review. A motion was made to adopt the 32 proposed bylaws. A motion to amend Article IV, 33 Section for of the proposed bylaws: 34 35 Section 4—Role, Election and Term of 36 Office of the Councilors. Four 37 Councilors shall serve as elected liaisons 38 between the College Committee on 39 Applicants regions and the Chapter. 40 There shall be one Councilor per College 41 Committee on Applicants region within 42 the College-determined boundaries of 43 the Florida Chapter and who lives in that 44 region. There shall be two at-large 45 Councilors of the Florida Chapter 46 without geographic contingency. At the 47 annual meeting, a Councilor may be 48 elected for up to a three-year term by a 49 majority of the members voting at the 1

50 annual meeting. Among the six 51 Councilors, the initial terms shall be 52 staggered, two for one year, two for two 53 years, and two for three years. A term 54 shall be by length, not by name. A 55 Councilor may serve no more than six 56 years total as Councilor and may not 57 serve concurrently as a Governor. 58 Councilors shall be recommended by the 59 Chapter for membership on their 60 respective local Committees on 61 Applicants. As members of the 62 Committees on Applicants in their 63 respective regions, Councilors shall 64 participate in the interview process of 65 prospective Fellows. A Councilor serving 66 before the adoption of these bylaws may 67 serve on the Council until the 68 completion of the elected term. 69 70 MOTION 18-04-02 MOTION ADOPTED TO AMEND ARTICLE IV, 71 SECTION FOR OF THE PROPOSED BYLAWS. 72 73 MOTION 18-04-03 MOTION ADOPTED TO PROPOSED BYLAWS, AS 74 AMENDED. 75 76 77 NOMINATING COMMITTEE Joseph Gallagher, MD, President, presented the 78 Nominating Committee report on behalf of 79 Jaime Membreno, MD, Immediate Past 80 President. The following Officers were presented 81 for election for the 2017-2018 term: 82 83 President: Christine Laronga, MD 84 President-Elect: John Armstrong, MD 85 Secretary: Deepak Nair, MD 86 Treasurer: Jay Redan, MD 87 88 Patricia Byers, MD will automatically assume the 89 role of Immediate Past President upon election 90 of a new president. 91 92 The following Councilors were presented for 93 election with the corresponding term: 94 95 1. Edwin Gonzalez, MD, COA 2 (2018-2020) 96 2. Peter Pappas, MD, COA 3 (2018-2020) 97 3. John Mullinax, MD, COA 4 (2018-2021) 2

98 4. Ali Kasraeian, MD, Councilor At-Large (2018- 99 2019) 100 5. Holly Neville, MD, Councilor At-Large (2018- 101 2021) 102 A motion was made to elect the slate of Officers 103 and Councilors. 104 105 MOTION 18-04-04 MOTION ADOPTED TO ELECT THE SLATE OF 106 OFFICERS AND COUNCILORS. 107 108 AWARDS AND RECOGNITION Dr. Byers presented Alan Pillersdorf, MD, FACS 109 with the Raymond Alexander Award for honors 110 outstanding dedication and service to the 111 medical profession in the field of surgery. 112 113 Jose Trevino, MD presented the awards for the 114 oral abstract presentations: 115 116 Basic Science • 117 Third place – Russell Hawkins, MD: Alum 118 Pretreatment Improves Survival from 119 Murine Neonatal Sepsis and Alters 120 Levels of IL-10 and pAKT 121 • Second place – Kyle Staton, MD: Early 122 Transcriptional Changes Associated with 123 the Altered Flow Environment and 124 Intimal Hyperplasia Following AVF 125 Creation • 126 First place – Anthony Ferrantella, MD: 127 Inhibition of SDF-1/CXCL12 Enhances 128 Immune Response in Pancreatic Ductal 129 Adenocarcinoma 130 131 Clinical Science 132 • Third place – Michelle Mulder, MD: 133 Significant Proportion of Small Bowel 134 Obstructions Require >48 Hours to 135 Resolve After Gastrografin 136 • Second place – David Hall, MD: Post- 137 Operative Surgical Trainee Opioid 138 Prescribing Practices (POSTOPP): A 139 National Survey • 140 First place - Juan Mira, MD: Enhanced 141 Recovery After Surgery protocol leads to 142 a significant decrease in postoperative 143 narcotic usage 144 145 Commission on Cancer 3

• 146 Second place – Danielle Henry, MD: 147 Feasibility of Radar Reflector 148 Localization of Biopsy Proven Axillary 149 Metastasis Following Neoadjuvant 150 Chemotherapy 151 • First place – Michael Gerber, MD: 152 Apratoxin S10 is a novel therapeutic 153 drug for pancreatic ductal 154 adenocarcinoma treatment 155 156 Dr. Trevino next presented the winners of the 157 poster competition: 158 159 Medical Student Poster 160 • Yao Yang, MPH 161 162 Resident Poster 163 • Andre Coombs, MD 164 165 Dr. Trevino congratulated all of the winners and 166 thanks all the abstract reviewers and judges for 167 their contributions to the competition. 168 169 GAVEL PRESENTATION Christine Laronga, MD presented Dr. Byers with 170 an award for her service and leadership as 171 President of the Florida Chapter. Dr. Laronga 172 briefly accepted the impending role as President. 173 174 ACS FOUNDATION REPORT Patricia Numann, MD presented a report on 175 behalf of the American College of Surgeons 176 Foundation. 177 178 ADVOCACY DAYS UPDATE Mark Dobbertien, DO reminded the membership 179 of the upcoming 2019 Advocacy Day program 180 scheduled for January 29-30, 2019 and invited 181 the membership to attend. 182 183 ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to discuss, the 184 meeting was adjourned by Dr. Byers at 6:04 PM 185 ET. 4

MEMORANDUM Date: March 23, 2019 To: Membership, Florida Chapter, American College of Surgeons From: Patricia Byers, MD, FACS, Chair, Nominating Committee Re: 2019 Nominating Committee Report The following is a copy of the slate of candidates presented at the 2019 annual business meeting. Officers The following members are nominated for Officer positions for the 2018-2019 term: President: John H. Armstrong, MD, FACS President-Elect: Jay A. Redan, MD, FACS Secretary: Deepak G. Nair, MD, FACS Treasurer: Mark Dobbertien, DO, FACS Christine Laronga, MD, FACS will automatically assume the role of Immediate Past President upon election of a new president. Councilors The following members are nominated for the Councilor positions with the corresponding terms: Councilor Councilor Role Term Rohan Joseph, MD, FACS Councilor (COA 2) 2019-2022 Joseph Ibrahim, MD, FACS Councilor At-Large 2019-2022 The Florida Chapter would like to thank the following for their service to the Council: • Atif Iqbal, MD, FACS • Joseph Gallagher, MD, FACS • Edwin Gonzalez, MD, FACS • Ali Kasraeian, MD, FACS • Eli Lerner, MD, FACS • Holly Neville, MD, FACS • Alan Pillersdorf, MD, FACS