The Clinical Congress Daily Highlights video series is a showcase of peer-to-peer interviews on timely topics addressed at this year’s virtual Clinical Congress. Surgeons and their colleagues further the discussion on more than a dozen sessions in the educational program and multiple resources available through the American College of Surgeons, offering unique insights and perspectives on the featured subject areas.
Click here to access Daily Highlights videos on the following sessions.
Identifying and Addressing Inequities in Surgery Residency Training
Interviewees: Julie A. Sosa, MD, FACS, and Mallory Williams, MD, FACS
Interviewer: Steven Stain, MD, FACS
Special Session: Should the COVID-19 Vaccination Be Mandatory?
Interviewees: Sharmila Dissanaike, MD, FACS, FCCM, and Linda G. Phillips, MD, FACS
Interviewer: Kenneth W. Sharp, MD, FACS
Resident Autonomy: The Next Frontier of Surgical Education
Interviewees: Mariam Eskander, MD, and Douglas S. Smink, MD, FACS
Interviewer: Meghana Kashyap, MD
Commission on Cancer Oncology Lecture: Genetics and Genomics in the Study of Breast Cancer Disparities
Interviewee: Lisa A. Newman, MD, MPH, FACS
Interviewer: Frederick L. Greene, MD, FACS
SESAP® 17 and SESAP 17 Advanced
Interviewees: John A. Weigelt, MD, DVM, FACS, and Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC, FSACME, MAMSE
Interviewer: Rebecca Williams-Karnesky, MD
Special Session: Surgery Residency Training beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic
Interviewees: Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC, FSACME, MAMSE, and L. D. Britt, MD, MPH, DSc(Hon), FACS, FCCM, FRCSEng, MAMSE
Interviewer: Steven D. Wexner, MD, PhD, FACS, MAMSE
I.S. Ravdin Lecture in the Basic and Surgical Sciences: Targeted Nanotherapeutics for Vascular Diseases and Beyond
interviewees: Amy L. Halverson, MD, FACS, FASCRS, and Melina R. Kibbe, MD, FACS, FAHA
Interviewer: Ronald J. Weigel, MD, PhD, FACS
Special Session: Late-Breaking Quality Initiatives in Surgery
Interviewees: Zara Cooper, MD, FACS, and Rachel Kelz, MD, FACS
Interviewer: Anthony Atala, MD, FACS
Excelsior Surgical Society/Edward D. Churchill Lecture: American Surgery
interviewee: Allan D. Kirk, MD, FACS
Interviewer: Julia Coleman, MD
Olga M. Jonasson Lecture: Grit in Spite of Adversity, in the Pursuit of Excellence
Interviewee: Andrea J. Hayes, MD, FACS
Interviewer: Yewande Alimi, MD, MHS
Innovation Junction: Surgeons Have Great Ideas—How to Turn those Ideas into Products
Interviewees: Amir Szold, MD, FACS, and John M. Uecker, MD, FACS
Interviewer: Frederick L. Greene, MD, FACS
Scudder Oration on Trauma: Trauma, Education, Communication and Implementing Change
Interviewee: Lenworth Jacobs, Jr., MD, MPH, FACS
Interviewer: Joseph V. Sakran, MD, MPH, MPA, FACS
Herand Abcarian Lecture: 100 years of Quality: Lessons for the Next 100 Years
Interviewee: Heidi Nelson, MD, FACS
Interviewer: Steve Wexner, MD, FACS
Surgery Resident Program
interviewees: Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC, FSACME, MAMSE
Interviewer: Randi Ryan, MD
Charles G. Drake History of Surgery Lecture: The Evolution of Modern Day Spine Surgery: Conflict, Compromise and Collaboration
Interviewee: Edward C. Benzel, MD, FACS
Interviewer: Peter Kernahan, MD, PhD, FACS
In addition to the Daily Highlights videos, recordings of Clinical Congress 2021 sessions are available to registered attendees for on-demand viewing on the virtual meeting platform for a year.