ACS SPRING MEETING CONVENES IN DALLAS, TX,
APRIL 23-26, 2006

CHICAGO—The American College of Surgeons’ (ACS) 34th Annual Spring Meeting will take place in Dallas, TX, April 23-26, 2006, at the Hilton Anatole. Sponsored by the College’s Advisory Council for General Surgery, the Spring Meeting is dedicated to meeting the interests and the needs of the practicing general surgeon, and is designed to emphasize the College’s strong commitment to and support of general surgery. However, the College invites all interested physicians and individuals in the health care field to attend this year’s program. The meeting will provide four days of comprehensive learning on the latest clinical and practice management topics that are vitally important to surgeons in providing optimal surgical care.

The Spring Meeting will feature two joint sessions cosponsored by the American College of Surgeons and the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES). “ACS/SAGES 2006 Assembly: Inflammatory Bowel Disease” and “The Changing Face of Surgical Education: What Does It Mean to Surgeons in Practice?” will be held on Wednesday, April 26. These sessions are part of the 2006 Surgical Spring Week, during which the two organizations are holding their respective spring meetings consecutively to provide participants with the chance to attend each group’s meeting in one trip.

This year’s Excelsior Surgical Society/Edward D. Churchill Lecture will be delivered by Jay L. Grosfeld, MD, FACS, Indianapolis, IN, on Monday, April 24. Thirty-two general sessions are scheduled to be presented, as well as the video session Highlights from the 2005 Clinical Congress Video-Education Sessions. In addition, more than 30 companies will present products or services related to the practice of surgery in the Technical Exhibits area. Futhermore, special programs for residents will also be held. ACS Resident Members will present hypothesis-testing research at Clinical Abstract Presentations by Residents and unusual cases at Spectacular Cases from Residents. During the Surgical Jeopardy session, teams of surgical residents from across the country will compete with one another to test their surgical knowledge. 

For scientific session, exhibit, and registration information, visit the College’s Web site: http://www.facs.org/springmeeting2006/index.html(.)

The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. The American College of Surgeons designates this educational activity for a maximum of 27 category 1 credits toward the American Medical Association (AMA) Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he or she actually earned by participants in the educational activity.

The American College of Surgeons is a scientific and educational association of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to raise the standards of surgical education and practice and to improve the care of the surgical patient. Its achievements have placed it at the forefront of American surgery and have made the College an important advocate for all surgical patients. The College has more than 70,000 members and is the largest organization of surgeons in the world.

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