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Symposium

Anorectal

APP Track

Live Stream

LiveQ&A
Symposium

Fixing Complications after Anorectal Surgery: Don’t Let the Issues with #2 Be your Patient’s #1 Issue

Monday, May 12, 2025
10:15 AM – 11:05 AM PT
Location: Ballroom 6C-F, Upper Level

CME Live Q&A and Polling

    Co-Moderator(s)

  • BK

    Brian Kann, MD

    Chair, Dept of Colon & Rectal Surgery
    Ochsner Medical Center
    University of Queensland/Ochsner Clinical School
    New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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

  • Erin Teeple, MD

    Faculty
    MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
  • Recognize the functional consequences of anorectal surgery.
  • Describe treatment strategies for the management of intragenic anal stenosis and fistulae.
  • Explain the role of fecal diversion in managing complications following anorectal surgery.
CME Credit: 0.75
Self-Assessment Credit: 0.75
Contact Hours: 0.75

For those who have poor outcomes from anorectal surgery, how do we make them whole again? This symposium will focus on the prevention and management of complications arising from anorectal surgery.

Presentations:

  • 10:15 AM – 10:17 AM PT
    Introduction

    Faculty: Brian R. Kann, MD – Ochsner Medical Center

  • 10:17 AM – 10:26 AM PT
    “Things Don’t Seem the Same!” – Functional Consequences of Anorectal Surgery

    Faculty: Anyelin Almanzar, MD – NYU Langone Health

  • 10:26 AM – 10:35 AM PT
    “It’s Too Tight!” – Management of Post-hemorrhoidectomy Stenosis

    Faculty: Peter Najjar, MD, MBA – Johns Hopkins Medicine

  • 10:35 AM – 10:44 AM PT
    “There’s a Hole where there Shouldn’t Be!” – Optimal Approach to Managing Iatrogenic Fistulae

    Faculty: Nicole Wieghard, MD, FACS, FASCRS (she/her/hers) – Virginia Commonwealth University

  • 10:44 AM – 10:53 AM PT
    “I Need a Bag??” – When to Divert

    Faculty: Craig Reickert, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – Henry Ford Health

  • 10:53 AM – 11:05 AM PT
    Panel/Q&A

    Faculty: Brian R. Kann, MD – Ochsner Medical Center

    Faculty: Erin Teeple, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center

    Faculty: Peter Najjar, MD, MBA – Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Faculty: Nicole Wieghard, MD, FACS, FASCRS (she/her/hers) – Virginia Commonwealth University

    Faculty: Craig Reickert, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – Henry Ford Health