Summary of Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Pancreas Club Meeting

The 43rd Meeting of the Pancreas Club was held on May 30 and 31, 2009 at Northwestern University coincident to the meetings of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract and Digestive Disease Week. For the first time, the Pancreas Club meeting was extended to 1.5 days. There were 115 abstract submissions of which 42 were chosen for oral presentation, and 67 were assigned to the poster category. Within the oral category, 30 were allowed 10 min for presentation and 5 min for discussion, while 12 were assigned to 3-min presentations followed by 2 min for discussion. In the poster group, 20 abstracts were selected for "Professor Rounds" discussion by senior pancreatologists during the formal poster viewing sessions.