2024 General Surgery/Global Health Engagement/Quality Improvement Presentations

(MSS01) IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) SURGICAL MISSIONS ON THE READINESS OF MILITARY SURGEONS
Sharon Kim (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)

(MSS02) EVALUATION OF CRITICAL WAR-TIME SPECIALTY SURGICAL VOLUME DURING THE 2019 USNS COMFORT MISSION DEPLOYMENT
Margaret Shields, MS (Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD)

(MSS03) IMPROVING SURGICAL CARE AT SEA: INITIAL RESULTS OF THE MARITIME SURGERY AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
Sophia M Schermerhorn, MD (Naval Medical Center San Diego)

(MSS04) TO SCOPE OR NOT TO SCOPE? INCIDENCE OF AND RISK FACTORS FOR PERIPROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION IN PATIENTS WITH TOTAL HIP AND KNEE ARTHROPLASTY UNDERGOING COLONOSCOPY
Matthew Nealeigh, DO, MHPE, FACS (Uniformed Services University / Walter Reed National Military Medical Center)

(MSS05) OUTPATIENT SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY AT A MILITARY TREATMENT FACILITY: PROTOCOL AND INITIAL OUTCOMES
Hannah M Palmerton, MD (Madigan Army Medical Center)

(MSS06) DISCOMFORT IN THE OPERATING ROOM: HOW FEARS AND CONCERNS INFLUENCE OPERATIVE AUTONOMY AND SELF-CONFIDENCE OF RESIDENTS AND STAFF
Ama J Winland, MD (Walter Reed National Military Medical Center)

(MSS07) TRENDS IN ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS MANAGEMENT WITHIN A MATURE EGS REGISTRY
Margaret Shields (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)

(MSS08) SIMPLE VERSUS COMPLEX BILIARY PROCEDURES PERFORMED AT A RESOURCE LIMITED MILITARY TREATMENT FACILITY
Lauren M Heyda, MD (Department of Surgery, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD)