Call for Abstracts
Submissions are now open
The American College of Surgeons has issued a call for abstracts to be presented at the 2025 ACS Quality and Safety Conference, July 17-20 in San Diego, CA. The deadline for submitting abstracts is March 3, 2025.
Healthcare professionals are encouraged to submit a 250-word abstract for presentation. Abstracts are accepted as an oral presentation, poster presentation, or both.
Abstract submissions should:
- Relate to surgical quality improvement initiatives, including the development, implementation, or validation of best practices
- Follow operational best practices relating to workflows around collecting data and reporting
- Use data from a nationally recognized surgical quality registry sponsored by a surgical society
There is no limit on the number of abstracts per author.
Please note that abstracts which have been submitted or recently presented at other meetings are eligible for presentation at the 2025 ACS Quality and Safety Conference. Previous presentation of a paper does not prohibit the presentation or publication of the material at the 2025 ACS Quality and Safety Conference.
We welcome submissions from the following categories:
- Bariatric
- Cancer
- Collaboratives
- Education
- Efficiency and Value
- Emergency General Surgery (EGS)
- Environmental Sustainability in Surgery
- Geriatric
- Health Equity and Access
- Healthcare Informatics for Quality
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Surgery
- PROs /Patient Centeredness
- Pediatrics
- Policy
- Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Surgical Infection Control
- Surgical Technology and Innovation
- Surgical Potpourri
- Trauma/Acute Care
- Vascular
Please note the following:
- All acceptances will require in-person attendance at the meeting and a registration fee.
Learn more about registration fees.
- Posters will not be printed on an author’s behalf. Authors whose abstracts are accepted will be responsible for printing their own posters to bring onsite.
For assistance, please contact acsqsconference@facs.org.
Each week, S-SPIRE hosts a hybrid-model Work-In-Progress session (WIP) for faculty members and trainees to present their research and receive feedback. These run from September through May each year.
Our monthly WIP sessions (first Monday of every month) features Stanford and guest faculty presentations of well-developed projects. This WIP provides an opportunity to discuss high impact research and create synergy within the Stanford HSR/Surgery communities.
Our weekly WIP sessions feature trainees and faculty projects in every phase of development—from drafting specific aims pages, to parsing grant review committee comments, to abstracts/papers/methods in preparation.
Anyone can attend and happy hour conditions apply here too.
For inquiries, please contact Ana Mezynski <mezynski@stanford.edu>
Each week, S-SPIRE hosts a hybrid-model Work-In-Progress session (WIP) for faculty members and trainees to present their research and receive feedback. These run from September through May each year.
Our monthly WIP sessions (first Monday of every month) features Stanford and guest faculty presentations of well-developed projects. This WIP provides an opportunity to discuss high impact research and create synergy within the Stanford HSR/Surgery communities.
Our weekly WIP sessions feature trainees and faculty projects in every phase of development—from drafting specific aims pages, to parsing grant review committee comments, to abstracts/papers/methods in preparation.
For inquiries, please contact Ana Mezynski <mezynski@stanford.edu>
Each week, S-SPIRE hosts a hybrid-model Work-In-Progress session (WIP) for faculty members and trainees to present their research and receive feedback. These run from September through May each year.
Our monthly WIP sessions (first Monday of every month) features Stanford and guest faculty presentations of well-developed projects. This WIP provides an opportunity to discuss high impact research and create synergy within the Stanford HSR/Surgery communities.
Our weekly WIP sessions feature trainees and faculty projects in every phase of development—from drafting specific aims pages, to parsing grant review committee comments, to abstracts/papers/methods in preparation.
For inquiries, please contact Ana Mezynski <mezynski@stanford.edu>