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Department of Surgery Annual Research Symposium

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Add to Calendar Department of Surgery Annual Research Symposium 8/20/2026 7:00:00 AM 8/20/2026 12:00:00 PM America/Los_Angeles For More Details: https://uci.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?EID=9945 Description: Department of Surgery 6th Annual Research Symposium and Competition UCI Medical Center false MM/DD/YYYY

Date & Location

Thursday, August 20, 2026, 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM, UCI Medical Center, Orange, CA

Target Audience

Specialties - Cardiothoracic Surgery, Colon & Rectal Surgery, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Hepatobiliary & Pancreas Surgery & Islet Cell Transplantation , Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Transplantation, Trauma, Critical Care, Acute Care & Burn Surgery, Vascular & Endovascular Surgery

Professions - Medical Student, Non-Physician, Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Other, Physician, Physician Assistant, Registered Dietitian, Resident Physician

Credits

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (3.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (3.00 hours)

Overview

Department of Surgery 6th Annual Research Symposium and Competition

Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, learners will be able to:

Advance understanding of current and emerging research in diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for different surgery sub-specialties.
Update attendees on the most recent developments in general surgery by showcasing cutting edge surgery research, landmark studies, and evolving research outcomes that advance patient care and surgical practice.

Accreditation

University of California, Irvine School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Additional Information

ADA Statement: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, we will make every reasonable effort to accommodate your request. For any special requests, please contact the activity administrator before the meeting date.

Event Contact: Monica Alva at [email protected]

The University of California, Irvine School of Medicine adheres to ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independance in Accredited Continuing Education regarding industry support of continuing medical education activities. Disclosure of faculty and their commercial relationships will be made prior to the activity.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Member Information

Role in activity

Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)

Jeffry Nahmias, MD
University of California, Irvine

Co-Director, Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Maheswari Senthil, MD
Professor of Clinical Surgery
University of California-Irvine

Co-Director, Faculty

Consulting Fee-GE Healthcare|Consulting Fee-On Target

Zoe N Adams, BA
UCI

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Reed Ayabe, MD
UC Irvine School of Medicine

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Applied Medical

Daniela A Bota, MD, PhD
Professor
UC Irvine Health

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

ELLIOT BOTVINICK, PhD

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

April Carlson, MD
Dr.
University of California Irvine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Emma Caudill, B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of California, Irvine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Anthony H Chau, MD, FACS
UCI

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Inari now Stryker|Grant or research support-Inari now Stryker|Grant or research support-Medtronic (Any division)|Consulting Fee-Medtronic (Any division)|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Abbott (Any division) (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Gore Medical|Consulting Fee-Asahi Intecc

Alex N Dang, MD
University of California, Irvine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Michael de Virgilio, MD
UCI

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Oliver Eng, MD
Associate Professor
UC Irvine

Faculty

Paid consultant-Dilon Technologies, Inc. and xTant Medical|Paid consultant-Applied Medical Resources Corporation|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Iovance Biotherapeutics

Nicole Finney, MD
UC Irvine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Laura F Goodman, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
CHOC/UCI

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Areg Grigorian, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
UC, Irvine Health

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Kai He, MD
Dr.
UC Irvine Medical Center

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Mallory Jebbia, MD
UC Irvine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Alyssa Joachim, MD
Rady Children's Health, Orange County

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Lorraine Kelley-Quon, MD
Associate Professor
CHLA/University of Southern California

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Hari B Keshava, MD
HS Clinical Asssistant Professor
UC, Irvine School of Medicine

Faculty

Consulting Fee-AstraZeneca (Any division)|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-DAVA Oncology|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-AstraZeneca (Any division)|Advisor-Merck (Any division)

Shray Malik, MD
Resident Physician
UC Irvine Health

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Carla I Miret Durazo, MD
MD
UCI

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Ninh T Nguyen, MD
Chair
UC, Irvine School of Medicine

Faculty

Speakers Bureau-Olympus Corporation|Speakers Bureau-Merit Medical

Peter Nguyen, MD
UCI Health

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Robert Redfield, MD

Professor & Division Chief of Transplantation, Department of Surgery
UC Irvine School of Medicine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Emika G Saito
University of California, Irvine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Brian R Smith, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Professor of Surgery
UC Irvine Health

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Lourdes Swentek, MD
Assistant Professor
UCI

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Jaya M Travis, BS
Graduate Student Researcher
University of California, Irvine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Marco Ventin, MD
Surgery Resident
University of California Irvine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Valery Vilchez, MD

Assistant Professor
UC Irvine School of Medicine

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Applied Medical

Jingjing Yu, MD
UCI

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Peter Yu, MD
Children's Hospital of Orange County

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Jeffrey Zhou, BS
UC Irvine School of Medicine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Alexandra Leone, BA, Education Manager
UC, Irvine School of Medicine

Other Planning Committee Member

Nothing to disclose

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Introduction
7:00AM - 7:05AM
Jeffry Nahmias, MD
Maheswari Senthil, MD

Plenary Presentations
7:05AM - 8:00AM
Jingjing Yu, MD (Speaker)
Peter Nguyen, MD (Speaker)
Alex N Dang, MD (Speaker)
Kai He, MD (Speaker)
Oliver Eng, MD (Moderator)
Oliver Eng, MD (Faculty)
Reed Ayabe, MD (Moderator)
Ninh T Nguyen, MD (Faculty)
Jeffry Nahmias, MD (Faculty)
ELLIOT BOTVINICK, PhD (Faculty)
Maheswari Senthil, MD (Faculty)
Jaya M Travis, BS (Speaker)

Quick Shot Presentations
8:00AM - 9:20AM
Jingjing Yu, MD (Speaker)
Peter Nguyen, MD (Speaker)
Lourdes Swentek, MD (Moderator)
Oliver Eng, MD (Faculty)
Emika G Saito (Speaker)
Michael de Virgilio, MD (Speaker)
Shray Malik, MD (Speaker)
Nicole Finney, MD (Speaker)
April Carlson, MD (Speaker)
Marco Ventin, MD (Speaker)
Jeffrey Zhou, BS (Speaker)
Mallory Jebbia, MD (Moderator)
Jeffry Nahmias, MD (Faculty)
ELLIOT BOTVINICK, PhD (Faculty)
Laura F Goodman, MD, MPH (Faculty)
Peter Yu, MD (Faculty)
Anthony H Chau, MD, FACS (Faculty)
Hari B Keshava, MD (Faculty)
Valery Vilchez, MD (Faculty)
Areg Grigorian, MD (Faculty)
Brian R Smith, MD, FACS, FASMBS (Faculty)
Alyssa Joachim, MD (Speaker)
Zoe N Adams, BA (Speaker)
Emma Caudill, B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Speaker)
Carla I Miret Durazo, MD (Speaker)

Visiting Professor Introduction
9:20AM - 9:30AM
Jeffry Nahmias, MD (Moderator)
Maheswari Senthil, MD (Moderator)

Keynote Speaker Presentation
9:30AM - 10:10AM
Lorraine Kelley-Quon, MD (Speaker)

Faculty Research Presentations
10:10AM - 10:45AM
Oliver Eng, MD (Speaker)
Reed Ayabe, MD (Speaker)
Mallory Jebbia, MD (Speaker)
Robert Redfield, MD (Moderator)

Closing Remarks
10:45AM - 11:00AM
Jeffry Nahmias, MD (Facilitator)
Maheswari Senthil, MD (Facilitator)

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