Course Co-Director
Adrian Park, MD
Chief of General Surgery
Campbell and Jeanette Plugge Professor of Surgery
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD

We are currently in the process of developing the 2011 MISS hernia agenda.  To receive email updates regarding the MISS agenda please contact  kathy.wenzler@qhc.com

Below you will find the 2010 MISS hernia agenda so that you may get a better flavor for the conference.

HERNIA SESSION I

1:00 pm 

Welcome
Bruce Ramshaw, MD

1:10 pm 

Why/When/How to do TEP and TAPP
Archana Ramaswamy, MD

1:30 pm 

Avoiding & Managing Complications for Lap Inguinal Hernia Repair
Bruce Ramshaw, MD

1:50 pm

Lap vs. Open Inguinal Hernia Repair: Experience and Evidence
Brian Jacob, MD

2:10 pm

Question and Answer Session

2:30 pm

Break/Exhibits

2:50 pm

Management of Sports Hernia for the General Surgeon
Guy Voeller, MD

3:10 pm

Materials for Inguinal Hernia Repaor: Mesh and Fixation
Bruce Ramshaw, MD

3:30 pm

Complex Cases and Future Directions for Lap Inguinal Hernia Repair
Michael Rosen, MD

3:50 pm

Question and Answer Session

4:00 pm

Break/Exhibits

HERNIA SESSION II

4:20 pm

Lap Ventral Technique Update
Guy Voeller, MD

4:40 pm

Avoiding and Managing Complications for Lap Ventral Hernia Repair
Bruce Ramshaw, MD

5:00 pm

Lap vs. Open Ventral Hernia Repair: Experience and Evidence
Archana Ramaswamy, MD

5:20 pm

Question and Answer Session

5:40 pm

Minimally Invasive Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
Michael Rosen, MD

6:00 pm

Synthetic and Biologic Mesh for Ventral Hernia Repair
Archana Ramaswamy, MD

6:20 pm

Complex Cases and Future Directions for Ventral Hernia Repair 
Brian Jacob, MD

6:40 pm

Question and Answer Session

7:00 pm

Hernia Session Adjourns