The AHPBA Podcast

Episode 26: Dr. David Iannitti—Innovation in Surgery and the Past, Present, and Future of Liver Ablation

We are excited to welcome Dr. David Iannitti to the podcast!  Dr. Iannitti is a hepatobiliary surgeon, professor of surgery, program director of the HPB fellowship, and the chief of the HPB Surgery Division at Atrium Health in Charlotte, North Carolina.  His clinical and research interests include the pathophysiology of hepatocellular carcinoma and other therapies for liver lesions.  We’re excited to share a fantastic conversation discussing history and innovations of electrosurgery, novel therapies for liver disease, and much more!

Papers Referenced in Episode:

1. Swan, R. Z., Tsirline, V., Sindram, D., Martinie, J. B., & Iannitti, D. A. (2012). Fundamentals of microwave physics: application to hepatic ablation. Journal of Microwave Surgery, 30, 25-40.
2. Ricker AB, Baker EH, Strand MS, Kalabin A, Butano V, Wells A, Phillips M, Wang H, McKillop I, Iannitti G, Casingal J, Martinie JB, Vrochides D, Iannitti DA. Surgical microwave ablation for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma in 791 operations. HPB (Oxford). 2024 Mar;26(3):379-388. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2023.11.009. Epub 2023 Nov 25. PMID: 38102029.
3. Wells AB, Butano VW, Phillips MC, Mckillop IH, Martinie JB, Baker EH, Iannitti DA. Outcomes after Surgical Microwave Ablation for the Treatment of Colorectal Liver Metastasis. J Am Coll Surg. 2024 Apr 23. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000001097. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38651746.
4. Davis JM, Salibi PN, Motz BM, Vrochides D, McKillop IH, Iannitti DA. Irreversible Electroporation-Assisted Resection for Locally Advanced Pancreas Cancer. Surg Innov. 2023 Jun;30(3):332-339. doi: 10.1177/15533506231157442. Epub 2023 Feb 15. PMID: 36792137.

 

ECG Overtime: Episode 7 - Getting Involved in Surgical Societies, Live from Cape Town

The early career group of IHPBA presents recording from discussions at the Early Career Retreat and ECG Lounge sessions from the 2024 IHPBA World Congress in Cape Town.

In this episode, we join the ECG Lounge where past and current presidents of HPB surgery societies talk with early career IHPBA attendees about how to get involved in surgical societies like the IHPBA. Listen to Drs. Marc Besselink (president of EAHPBA), Sean Cleary (immediate past president of AHPBA), Rebecca Minter (past president of AHPBA), and Shailesh Shrikhande (president of APHPBA) answer questions from early career surgeons and provide advice on how to engage in surgical societies. Discussions are moderated by Drs. Mary Dillhoff and Janet Kung.

ECG Overtime: Episode 6 - The New HPB Surgeon, Beyond Surgery

Join us for another episode of our series ECG Overtime, hosted by the E-AHPBA/IHPBA Early Career Group!  This episode features Dr. Sanket Srinivasa, Dr. Tay Wee Ming, and Dr. Saneya Pandrowala.  Enjoy an episode in which we continue the conversation started during the Asia/Pacific Webinar about life beyond surgery as a new HPB surgeon!  

Latín América-Episodio #35. Dr. Roberto Hernandez Alejandro. Transplante of Colorectal Liver Metastasis.

El Dr. Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro ha sido Jefe de la División de Trasplantes en la Universidad de Rochester desde agosto de 2016. Bajo su liderazgo, expandió las oportunidades de trasplante mediante el aumento del uso de órganos donados después de la muerte cardíaca. Recientemente, el Dr. Hernandez abrió un programa de trasplante hepático para metástasis hepáticas de cáncer colorrectal irresecable, siendo actualmente el centro líder en volumen y resultados en América del Norte. También tiene experiencia en resecciones hepáticas y es uno de los pocos cirujanos en Estados Unidos que realiza el procedimiento ALPPS.

ECG Overtime: Episode 5 - Live from Cape Town - International Collaborations: The GECKO Model

The early career group of IHPBA presents recording from discussions at the Early Career Retreat and ECG Lounge sessions from the 2024 IHPBA World Congress in Cape Town.

In this episode, Drs. Ewen Harrison and Deirdre Kruger review opportunities and lessons learned from international collaborations in global surgical research, using the example of the GlobalSurg network and the GECKO study, along with moderators Drs. Timothy Newhook and Julia Menso.

ECG Overtime: Episode 4 - Live from Cape Town - Taking Part in the Editorial Process

The early career group of IHPBA presents recording from discussions at the Early Career Retreat and ECG Lounge sessions from the 2024 IHPBA World Congress in Cape Town.

In this episode, we discuss challenges and controversies in the editorial process, with a focus on the involvement of trainees and early career surgeons, with Drs. Giovanni Marchegiani, Rachel Guest, and David Cavalucci, along with moderators Drs. Timothy Newhook and Julia Menso. Hear about how to get started and get credit for peer-review, select a journal for publication, and controversies about sustainability of the current publishing model. Should peer-reviewers be compensated? Should we move towards fully open access publishing? Should we get rid of impact factors?

ECG Overtime: Episode 3 - Live from Cape Town - Getting Published: Tips from the Editor

The early career group of IHPBA presents a recording from discussions at the Early Career Retreat and ECG Lounge sessions from the 2024 IHPBA World Congress in Cape Town.

In this episode, Dr. Stephen Wigmore, Editor-in-Chief of HPB, reviews tips to get a manuscript published, with moderators Drs. Timothy Newhook and Julia Menso.

Episode 25: Dr. Shah & Dr. Babicky—Pathways to HPB Practice and Perspectives in Training

Today’s episode features Dr. Anushi Shah and Dr. Michele Babicky, discussing the hot topic of training paradigms in HPB.  Dr. Babicky is a surgical oncologist and assistant professor of surgery at Providence Portland Medical Center.  She is the program director of the HPB fellowship at her institution, with a passion for surgical education. 

Dr. Babicky is accompanied by her HPB fellow, Dr. Anushi Shah.  Dr. Shah comes to us with a unique perspective in HPB training as a just recently graduated HPB fellow (after this episode was recorded) at Providence Portland Medical Center after graduating in 2022 from a transplant fellowship at MGH. 

We are very excited for an enthusiastic discussion about training pathways in HPB.  Enjoy!

 

References:

1. Miller P, Romero-Hernandez F, Mora RV, Hughes D, Babicky M, Warner S, Alseidi A, Visser B; AHPBA SWOT Taskforce. AHPBA senior leaders' assessments of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats facing fellowship training in HPB surgery: "We need to standardize our training experiences". HPB (Oxford). 2022 Dec;24(12):2054-2062. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2022.09.014. Epub 2022 Oct 1. PMID: 36270938.
2. Romero-Hernandez F, Miller P, Mora RV, Hughes D, Warner S, Alseidi A, Visser B, Babicky M; AHPBA SWOT Taskforce. AHPBA graduated fellows' assessments of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing fellowship training in HPB surgery: "HPB training excellence means volume, knowledge, and mentorship". HPB (Oxford). 2022 Dec;24(12):2063-2071. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2022.09.015. Epub 2022 Oct 1. PMID: 36333230.
3. Hughes D, Romero Hernandez F, Miller P, Warner S, Babicky M, Visser B, Alseidi A; AHPBA SWOT Taskforce. The job market for HPB surgeons: leadership perspectives on surgeon skillsets, training pathways, and hiring. HPB (Oxford). 2022 Dec;24(12):2072-2081. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2022.09.017. Epub 2022 Oct 3. PMID: 36307255.
4. Warner SG, Babicky M, Alseidi A, Visser B; AHPBA SWOT Taskforce. Conclusions and recommendations of an AHPBA-commissioned assessment of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats facing fellowship training in HPB surgery. HPB (Oxford). 2022 Dec;24(12):2082-2085. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2022.09.004. Epub 2022 Sep 27. PMID: 36243631.

Latín América-Episodio #34. Dr. George Molina. Checklist, Blackbox, Cirugia de Pancreas y mas.

El Dr. Molina se graduó de la Universidad Johns Hopkins con una licenciatura en biología celular y molecular. Obtuvo su título de médico en la Facultad de Medicina de Harvard y completó una maestría en Métodos Cuantitativos en la Escuela de Salud Pública T. H. Chan de Harvard. Realizo residencia en Cirugía General en el Hospital General de Massachusetts (MGH) y una beca en Oncología Quirúrgica General Compleja en el Hospital Brigham and Women's/MGH y el Instituto del Cáncer Dana-Farber. Con el Dr Molina, conversamos de su trabajo en Ariadne Labs, Blackbox y mucho mas. Espero disfruten la entrevista!

Episode 24: Dr. Bas Groot Koerkamp—Clinical Trials in Pancreatic Cancer and The Dutch Pancreatic Cancer Group

Today’s episode is a special in-person interview with Dr. Newhook and Dr. Bas Groot Koerkamp!  Dr. Koerkamp is a hepatobiliary surgeon and researcher within the HPB and Transplantation Surgery department of Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, Netherlands.  Dr. Groot Koerkamp leads several national clinical studies with the Dutch Pancreatic Cancer Group, including the PREOPANC studies, which we are thrilled to discuss in today’s episode!  Enjoy!

 

Papers Referenced in the Episode:

1. Versteijne E, van Dam JL, Suker M, Janssen QP, Groothuis K, Akkermans-Vogelaar JM, Besselink MG, Bonsing BA, Buijsen J, Busch OR, Creemers GM, van Dam RM, Eskens FALM, Festen S, de Groot JWB, Groot Koerkamp B, de Hingh IH, Homs MYV, van Hooft JE, Kerver ED, Luelmo SAC, Neelis KJ, Nuyttens J, Paardekooper GMRM, Patijn GA, van der Sangen MJC, de Vos-Geelen J, Wilmink JW, Zwinderman AH, Punt CJ, van Tienhoven G, van Eijck CHJ; Dutch Pancreatic Cancer Group. Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Versus Upfront Surgery for Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: Long-Term Results of the Dutch Randomized PREOPANC Trial. J Clin Oncol. 2022 Apr 10;40(11):1220-1230. doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.02233. Epub 2022 Jan 27. PMID: 35084987.
2. Janssen, Q.P., van Dam, J.L., Bonsing, B.A. et al.Total neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX versus neoadjuvant gemcitabine-based chemoradiotherapy and adjuvant gemcitabine for resectable and borderline resectable pancreatic cancer (PREOPANC-2 trial): study protocol for a nationwide multicenter randomized controlled trial. BMC Cancer 21, 300 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08031-z
3. Janssen, Q., van Dam, J. L., Besselink, M. G., Homs, M. Y., van Tienhoven, G., Wilmink, J. W., ... & Dutch Pancreatic Cancer Group. (2021). Total neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX or gemcitabine-based chemoradiotherapy and adjuvant gemcitabine for resectable and borderline resectable pancreatic cancer (PREOPANC-2): A nationwide multicenter randomized controlled trial.
4. Janssen QP, van Dam JL, Bonsing BA, Bos H, Bosscha KP, Coene PPLO, van Eijck CHJ, de Hingh IHJT, Karsten TM, van der Kolk MB, Patijn GA, Liem MSL, van Santvoort HC, Loosveld OJL, de Vos-Geelen J, Zonderhuis BM, Homs MYV, van Tienhoven G, Besselink MG, Wilmink JW, Groot Koerkamp B; Dutch Pancreatic Cancer Group. Total neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX versus neoadjuvant gemcitabine-based chemoradiotherapy and adjuvant gemcitabine for resectable and borderline resectable pancreatic cancer (PREOPANC-2 trial): study protocol for a nationwide multicenter randomized controlled trial. BMC Cancer. 2021 Mar 23;21(1):300. doi: 10.1186/s12885-021-08031-z. PMID: 33757440; PMCID: PMC7989075.
5. Versteijne E, Suker M, Groothuis K, Akkermans-Vogelaar JM, Besselink MG, Bonsing BA, Buijsen J, Busch OR, Creemers GM, van Dam RM, Eskens FALM, Festen S, de Groot JWB, Groot Koerkamp B, de Hingh IH, Homs MYV, van Hooft JE, Kerver ED, Luelmo SAC, Neelis KJ, Nuyttens J, Paardekooper GMRM, Patijn GA, van der Sangen MJC, de Vos-Geelen J, Wilmink JW, Zwinderman AH, Punt CJ, van Eijck CH, van Tienhoven G; Dutch Pancreatic Cancer Group. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy Versus Immediate Surgery for Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: Results of the Dutch Randomized Phase III PREOPANC Trial. J Clin Oncol. 2020 Jun 1;38(16):1763-1773. doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.02274. Epub 2020 Feb 27. PMID: 32105518; PMCID: PMC8265386.
6. https://www.facs.org/for-medical-professionals/news-publications/news-and-articles/bulletin/july-2022-volume-107-number-7/alliance-a021806-a-phase-iii-trial-of-perioperative-vs-adjuvant-chemotherapy-for-resectable-pancreatic-cancer/
7. Franssen, S., Van Driel, L. M., Moelker, A., & Groot Koerkamp, B. (2023). Primary percutaneous stenting above the ampulla for palliative biliary drainage of malignant hilar biliary obstruction.