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Welcome to Clinical Congress
ACS President J. Wayne Meredith, MD, FACS, MCCM, outlines the cutting-edge Scientific Program and engagement activities for surgeons in 2021, all designed to equip them with “the knowledge and skills to achieve the best outcomes in the ever-changing environment of health care.”
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Medical Student Program prepares potential surgery residents for the future
Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC, FASCME, MAMSE, Director, ACS Division of Education; Stephen C. Yang, MD, FACS, Chair of the Committee on Medical Student Education; and other experts offer advice for medical students.
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Panelists discuss inequities in surgery residency
Presenter Heather Yeo, MD, MHS, discusses results from the National Study of Expectations and Attitudes of Residents in Surgery (NEARS) to help inform actions to address inequity.
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New model of surgical resident autonomy coming in 2023
Keith A. Delman, MD, FACS; Gurjit Sandhu, PhD; Karen J. Brasel, MD, MPH, FACS; and Rebecca Williams-Karnesky, MD, PhD, MEdPsych, will discuss the “next frontier” in surgical education in a Clinical Congress Panel Session.
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Daily schedule-at-a-glance — Saturday, October 23
Clinical Congress provides leading-edge educational opportunities for surgeons, medical students, surgical residents, and other members of the operating room team. Today’s programming begins at 9:00 am Central Time.
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Latest advances in cancer care will be explained at Clinical Congress
ACS Cancer Programs offers sessions on a range of topics, including breast cancer outcomes, technical standards for cancer surgery, robotics, genetics, and genomics.
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Benefits of ACS involvement span all stages of surgery careers
Ten panelists—including Christopher DuCoin, MD, MPH, FACS, John H. Stewart, IV, MD, MBA, FACS, and Kenneth W. Sharp, MD, FACS—identify a variety of pathways for pursuing engagement opportunities within ACS, including opportunities for medical students, residents, and surgeons.
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Clinical Congress 2021 Continuing Medical Education opportunities
Physicians are eligible to claim CME Credits for sessions they attend during the five-day meeting as well as sessions they complete following the meeting.