| News from the American College of Surgeons For Immediate Release: April 1, 2010 |
Contact: Cory Suzan Petty 312-202-5328 or |
Mark Your Calendars: ACS Clinical Congress to Convene October 3-7, 2010, in Nation's Capital
CHICAGO: The 96th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons—one of the largest international meetings of surgeons in the world—will convene October 3-7, 2010, in Washington, DC, marking the first time this meeting has been held in the nation’s capital. The Washington Marriott Wardman Park will serve as the headquarters hotel for the meeting, and the Walter E. Washington Convention Center will house the general and scientific sessions, as well as all scientific and technical exhibits.
The Clinical Congress program includes guest lectures by prominent leaders in surgery; theme- and discipline-based education tracks featuring 116 panel sessions; more than 50 hours of video-based education selections presented in 22 total sessions; more than 400 leading-edge, research-in-progress papers in all surgical specialties for presentation during the Surgical Forum and Papers Sessions; Town-Hall Meetings; “Meet the Experts” Luncheons; a series of press conferences; and a peer-reviewed poster session. Additionally, approximately 225 companies will display products or services that improve the quality of surgical patient care or enhance management practices within the surgical profession.
This year’s meeting will feature hundreds of timely educational sessions including:
- Safe Introduction of New Technology: Reducing the Learning Curve
- Optimizing the High-risk Patient for Surgery
- Contemporary Challenges to the Surgeon-Patient Relationship
- Intraoperative Complications of Laparoscopic Surgery
- Federal Incentives for EMR Implementation—How to Get Yours
- Great Debates in Surgical Oncology
- Trauma and Emergency Surgery Cases: Experts on the Hot Seat
- Translation of Military Trauma Concepts into Civilian Practice
- Challenging Surgical Emergencies: What to Do in the Middle of the Night
- Humanitarian Surgery: Surgical Skills Training for the International Volunteer Surgeon
Press registration materials will be available in June. If reporters planning to cover the Clinical Congress have any questions once press preregistration begins, they should contact Ms. Sally Garneski, ACS Communications: 312-202-5409, e-mail: sgarneski@facs.org.
The American College of Surgeons is a scientific and educational organization of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to raise the standards of surgical practice and to improve the care of the surgical patient. The College is dedicated to the ethical and competent practice of surgery. Its achievements have significantly influenced the course of scientific surgery in America and have established it as an important advocate for all surgical patients. The College has more than 77,000 members and it is the largest organization of surgeons in the world.
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Online April 5, 2010