Clinical Congress Working Together Toward Humanitarian Ideals

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Dear Colleague

An outstanding educational opportunity and one of the largest international surgical meetings of the year, the 92nd Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons offers you the unique opportunity to learn the latest from the best. The 2006 meeting, “Working Together Toward Humanitarian Ideals,” will be held October 8–12, 2006, at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL. On behalf of the entire College, I would like to extend our warmest invitation to you to join us.

The Clinical Congress will afford you the opportunity, regardless of your specialty area, to advance your knowledge in the traditional surgical areas as well as learn about the latest innovations in surgery. Participants will choose from a variety of educational offerings, including named lectures, skills-oriented and didactic postgraduate courses, general session panels, specialty and multidisciplinary sessions, the Surgical Forum sessions, and video-based education sessions. Papers will be presented on leading-edge clinical research, and extraordinary scientific and technical exhibits will be on display.

The program spans virtually every area of contemporary surgical research and practice, including critical topics such as Breast Cancer Update: What Every Surgeon Needs to Know, Pancreatic Pseudocysts and Chronic Pancreatitis: Evidence-Based Management, and Surgical Simulators and Continued Learning in Surgery. Innovative and hot topics include Acquisition and Validation of New Surgical Skills, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement: An Essential Component of MOC, and Pay for Performance: The Future Is Now. Sessions will also be offered on Colorectal Hepatic Metastases: Evidence-Based Treatment Protocols, Advances in the Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Emergency Management of Head Injury in Adults and Children, Laparoscopic Entry Techniques: How Far Do You Go with a Scope?, and Complications in Surgery: Getting Out of Trouble in the Operating Room.

The Clinical Congress offers numerous didactic postgraduate courses including The Hernia Course, Benign Disease of the Gastrointestinal Tract, and Surgery of the Pancreas. Our hands-on skills courses provide a unique opportunity to learn the latest techniques from the experts in the field. Courses include Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation, Ultrasound Course for Residents, Bariatric Surgery for All Surgeons, and Preparing Your Community: How to Structure a Mass Casualty Disaster Response.

The Clinical Congress offers a wide range of educational opportunities that will enable you to keep abreast of the latest scientific developments in surgery. By attending you will learn how to meet the various professional challenges facing you today and will likely encounter in the future, and you will also be able to experience firsthand what your College is doing for you. I hope you will plan to join us in Chicago this year.

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With best wishes,
Gerald B. Healy, MD, FACS
Chair, Board of Regents