Recovery after Colorectal Surgery: The Afterparty

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

4:15 PM - 5:10 PM PT

Location: Ballroom 6C-F, Upper Level

Co-Moderator(s)

Joseph Carmichael, MD

Chief Medical Officer and Clinical Professor of Surgery
University of California, Irvine
Orange, CA, US

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Yosef Nasseri, MD, FACS, FASCRS

General and colorectal surgeron
Cedar-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA, United States

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All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated.

Joseph Carmichael, MD: This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Laila Rashidi, MD, FACS, FASCRS: Intuitive Surgical: Honoraria (Ongoing), Teaching (Ongoing)

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Define the key elements one needs to start an outpatient colectomy program.
Explain how to begin an effective prehabilitation program.
Recognize the best practices for patient engagement (digital or otherwise) to deliver preop information and detect early postop complications (high ileostomy output).

Over the previous 20 years, we have seen wider acceptance of the general principles of ERAS including non-narcotic pain control, minimal intravenous fluids and early resumption of diet; however, challenges continue to remain. High ileostomy output continues to remain a significant reason for readmission – how do we best detect and treat this before the ED? Length of stay has become shorter, but how do you begin an outpatient colectomy practice? We all understand the value of diet and exercise, but how do we create a highly functional pre-habilitation program in our practice when cancer can’t wait?