The 8th Annual Indian Health Service Surgeons Conference
Join us June 5th-7th in Anchorage Alaska
Join us in Anchorage for the 8th Annual Indian Health Service Surgeons Conference.

Registration Details

Conference Registration: $200.00
Extra Dinner Guest: $50

Cancellation Policy: We apologize but we are not able to offer refunds at this time.


Location
The Captain Cook Hotel
939 W 5th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501
Date & Time
June 5, 2026, 1:00 PM, 1:00 PM - June 7, 2026, 1:00 PM
Schedule
Friday June 5th
1:00-4:00 PM
Endoscopic Suturing and Laparoscopic CBDE Skills Session
6:00 PM
Cocktails
7:00 PM
Dinner and Keynote Lecture 

Dinner Lecture – The Gut Microbiome in Colorectal Cancer - 

Liana Tsikitis, MD 

Saturday June 6th

7:00

Breakfast 






Session I – General Surgery


7:30

Value of Cholangiography in the IHS Setting

Kevin Chien

8:00

Subtotal Cholecystectomy 

Sarah Smith

8:30

Q and A





8:45

Break






Session II – Trauma


9:00

Pediatric Trauma Readiness

Liz Sanseau

9:30

Trauma Informed Care

Chidinma Tiko-Okoke

10:00

Q and A





10:15

Break






Session III 


10:30

Rural Surgery Priorities


Estin Yang

10:50

ERAS/multimodal pain control

Steve Yang

11:10

Guidelines for Perioperative Cardiac Testing  

Stephen Kaplan

11:30

Q and A





12:00

Lunch – Debate: Do You Offer Inguinal Hernia Surgery to Smokers?

Soo Han / Gregory Jarrin





Session IV – Colorectal


1:00

Updates Colonoscopy Screening Metrics 

Richard Gilroy

1:20

Colorectal Cancer in Alaska Natives

Sheridan Morgan




2:00

Q and A





2:15 

Break




Session V - Colorectal


2:30

Contemporary Rectal Cancer Management 

Liana Tsikitis 

3:10

Rectal Prolapse and Benign Anorectal Disease 

Jaqueline Heilman

3:50

Q and A






Session VI - Short Resident Presentations

John Young / Stephen Kaplan

4:00

Resident Case (10-15 minutes)


4:15

Resident Case (10-15 minutes)


4:30

Resident Case (10-15 minutes)


4:45

Resident Case (10-15 minutes)


5:00

Q and A


Sunday June 7th

Time

Topic

Speaker

7:00

Breakfast 






Session I – General Surgery


7:30

Gallbladder Cancer

Michelle Huyser

8:00

Oncoplastic Breast Surgery

Norma Walks




8:30

Q and A





8:45

Break






Session II – General Surgery


9:00

Nissen vs. Toupet – How tight should we Make our Wrap?

Irene Zhang




9:30

Ventral Hernia with loss of Domain 

Richard Stein

10:00

Q and A





10:15

Break






Session III - Systems


10:30

NSQIP: Alaska Experience

Monica Wolf/John Young

10:50

VASQIP/VA- IHS Collaboration

Gregory Jarrin

11:10









11:30

Q and A





12:00

The Future of IHS Surgery: Robotics, Recruitment, and the loss of Surgical Services

John Young


Planning for next Year; Keeping in touch in between conferences: the development of monthly IHS Surgeons Virtual Conferences 


John Young




1:00

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Join us on June 05
We look forward to seeing you!

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