Anorectal

APP Track

Optimizing Patient Experience in Anorectal Surgery

Co-Moderator(s)

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  Anuradha Bhama, MD

  Associate Professor
  Cleveland Clinic
  Cleveland Clinic
  Cleveland, Ohio, United States

  All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated.
  This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.
• UP

  Uma Phatak, MD (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  University of Texas Medical Branch
  Galveston, TX, US

  All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated.
  This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.

CME Credit: 0.75
Self-Assessment Credit: 0.75
Contact Hours: 0.75

While surgery for anorectal diseases is often considered minor, many issues could lead to poor outcomes and a negative patient experience. This symposium will allow us to share best practices to optimize patient outcomes and experience.

Presentations:

• 1:15 PM – 1:17 PM PT

  Introduction
  

  Faculty: Anuradha R. Bhama, MD – Cleveland Clinic
• 1:18 PM – 1:30 PM PT

  Practice management for evaluation of anorectal disorders
  

  Faculty: Rachel Hendee, PA-C – Northwestern Medicine
• 1:30 PM – 1:42 PM PT

  Perioperative counseling: Setting Expectations for Surgery for Hemorrhoids, Fissures, and Fistulas
  

  Faculty: Grace C. Lee, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
• 1:42 PM – 1:54 PM PT

  Optimizing Postoperative Pain Control after Hemorrhoidectomy - intraoperative techniques and postoperative care
  

  Faculty: Solomon David, MD MBA – New York University
• 1:55 PM – 2:05 PM PT

  Question and Answer
  

  Faculty: Uma R. Phatak, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Texas Medical Branch