ACS Clinical Congress 2020: A Virtual Stage for Virtually Limitless Opportunities
Join us October 3–7, 2020, for the first-ever fully virtual Clinical Congress. With both live and on-demand sessions, the conference will offer the finest surgical education for medical professionals across all specialties.
This year’s conference embraces a digital approach that will unlock new opportunities for surgeons everywhere. Today, the medical community—and the world—faces many unique challenges, and Clinical Congress 2020 will help equip you with the tools and educational content you need to grow, develop, and find success no matter what stage you’re at in your career
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Access virtually limitless educational opportunities and earn more than 220 Continuing Medical Education Credits for FREE!
Access essential educational content and training to enrich yourself with the critical knowledge and skills needed to achieve the best possible outcomes for your patients. Clinical Congress 2020 offers a unique opportunity to claim more than 220 CME Credits and meet your state-specific requirements (Credit to Address Regulatory Mandates) and requirements for American College of Surgeons Accreditation/Verification Programs for FREE. Credits can be claimed both during the meeting and for a limited time when viewing the sessions after the conference is over. Content will remain online until the end of 2020.
Learn more about Accreditation and AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.
Explore the Virtual Exhibit Hall
As part of the Virtual Exhibit Hall, you can visit ACS Central any time during the conference to chat live with staff, learn about ACS products and programs, and purchase ACS-developed publications and branded items.
Register today and experience Clinical Congress like you never have before—virtually and FREE!
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For information and questions about the Clinical Congress program, please contact clinicalcongress@facs.org. For questions about registration, please contact registration@facs.org.
Presented by:
Kristen Davis, MPH, Social Science Researcher
S-SPIRE Center
Title: “NIH Grant Updates”
For dial-in instructions, please contact Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu
Greg Sacks
Speaker:
Greg Sacks, MD
Fellow, Complex General Surgical Oncology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Candidate for General Surgery Multi-Billet Search
Title: “Surgical Decision Making: Building a Research Program”
For dial-in instructions, please contact Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu.
Monthly Work-In-Progress Session
Presented by:
Nicolas Barreto, PhD, MPH
Biostatistician
S-SPIRE Center
Stanford University
Title: “Survey Research Part 1 – Fundamentals of Survey Research”
For dial-in instructions, please contact Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu
Monthly Work-In-Progress Session
Presented by:
Amy Li, MD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
General Surgery, Department of Surgery
Stanford University
Title: “Evaluating Treatment Trends, Care Fragmentation and Outcomes for Pancreatic Cancer in California”
For dial-in instructions, please contact Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu
Weekly Work-In-Progress
Presented by:
Brooke Gurland, MD
Clinical Professor, General Surgery
Stanford University Medical Center
Title: “App-Based Physical Therapy Coaching for Pelvic Floor Disorders and Stroke Rehabilitation.”
For dial-in instructions, please contact Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu
Jeffrey Kwong is an MD Student and Master’s Student in Epidemiology and Clinical Research under the mentorship of Dr. Gordon Lee, Professor of Surgery (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery) at Stanford University Medical Center.
TITLE: “Randomized Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial: Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Blocks in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Reconstruction with Abdominal Free Flap“
ZOOM DIAL IN:
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Presented by:
Elsie Gyang Ross, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Vascular Surgery, and of Medicine (BMIR) at Stanford University Medical Center
TITLE: “Developing a Cohort Study to Test Performance of
Machine Learning Models for
Peripheral Artery Disease.”
ZOOM DIAL IN:
For dial-in instructions, please contact Ana Mezynski at mezynki@stanford.edu.
Dana T. Lin, MD, FACS is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of General Surgery and Associate Program Director for the General Surgery Residency Program.
Cara A. Liebert, MD, FACS is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of General Surgery and VA Palo Alto and serves as the Assistant Clerkship Director and Director of the Balance in Life Program.
TALK TITLE: “Validity Evidence of ENTRUST for Assessment of Surgical Decision-Making.”
Please contact Ana Mezynski at mezynski@stanford.edu for Zoom dial-in instructions.