View the up-to-date information for the 2024 Annual Meeting.
Fellows Course 2023
7:30 AM–3:30 PM
Course Description:
This free program is designed for breast surgery fellows participating in a year-long multidisciplinary breast fellowship program, as well as residents entering or interested in participating in a breast fellowship. The lectures will provide supplemental information on a number of relevant topics for those about to begin practice, including genetics, billing and coding, DCIS the nuts and bolts of building a practice, ERAS protocols, an overview of what the ASBrS offers, and salary negotiation information. No CME will be offered.
Criteria for Participation:
The Fellows Course is a special supplemental course designed to address the unique needs of current and prospective breast fellows. Participation in the program is reserved for fellows participating in a year-long multidisciplinary breast surgery fellowship program and residents entering or interested in a breast fellowship. Fellows who are registered for the annual meeting may attend this program free of charge. However, attendees must pre-register for the Fellows Course. All non-member fellows or residents must provide a letter from their program director verifying their status to register for the Fellows Course 2023 and must email registration@breastsurgeons.org to register and attach documentation.
Course Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Appropriately recommend genetic testing to patients and incorporate genetic testing into a high-risk program
- Critically read publications related to breast surgery
- Understand the critical components of building a practice including billing and coding
- Enumerate the components of an ERA protocol
- Manage patients with DCIS
Agenda:
| 7:00 AM | Check-in and Breakfast
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| 7:30 AM | Welcome and Introduction
Carinne Anderson, MD, FACS; Shawna Willey, MD, FACS |
| 7:35 AM | Industry Spotlight Presentations
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| 7:35 AM | Endomag: Thriving in Your New Practice: Using Data to Select the Best Tech
Paul Thiruchelvam, MD, PhD, FRCS |
| 7:50 AM | Hologic: Emerging Technology in Breast Surgery
Barry Rosen, MD, FACS |
| 8:05 AM | AstraZeneca: Focused Review: LYNPARZA® (olaparib) – A Targeted Adjuvant Treatment of gBRCAm, HER2-Negative, High-Risk Early Breast Cancer Patients Who Have Been Treated With Neoadjuvant or Adjuvant Chemotherapy
Eric Manahan, MD, MBA, FACS |
| 8:20 AM | DCIS: The Non-invasive Nuisance
Kristalyn Gallagher, DO |
| 8:40 AM | Genetics / High-Risk Management: Testing and Personalized Screening for All!
Carinne Anderson, MD, FACS |
| 9:00 AM | Building a Practice: Two Viewpoints on Becoming a Successful Attending Surgeon
Michael Berry, MD; Richard Gilmore, MD |
| 9:30 AM | Break
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| 9:45 AM | Breast Surgery Literature: Keeping Up With the Joneses
Helen Pass, MD, FACS |
| 10:05 AM | Building and Implementing an ERAS Protocol: Your Patients Will Love It!
Sarah Tevis, MD |
| 10:25 AM | What the ASBrS Can Do for You, and What You Can Do for the ASBrS
Lillian Erdahl, MD |
| 10:45 AM | Industry Spotlight Presentations
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| 10:45 AM | Mammotome: Four Techniques in One Platform
Lucy De La Cruz, MD |
| 11:00 AM | Exact Sciences: Oncotype DX in Clinical Practice: Follow the Guidelines!
Jennifer Racz, MD |
| 11:15 AM | Billing and Coding: If You Didn’t Code It, You Didn’t Do It
Ronda Henry-Tillman, MD, FACS |
| 11:45 AM | Wrap Up
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| 12:00 PM | Breast Fellows Luncheon With Presentations
Susan Boolbol, MD, FACS; Shawna Willey, MD, FACS |
| 1:30 PM | Hands-on Session with Industry
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| 3:30 PM | Adjourn
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