Clinical Congress Program Committee

The Program Committee is responsible for planning and implementing the continuing educational offerings of the College, primarily the panel sessions including debates, multi-disciplinary, and thematic sessions, scientific forum, video-based education, and didactic and surgical skills courses at the annual Clinical Congress. In addition to its 22-member Committee, more than 50 liaisons members represent the various disciplines and groups in surgery.

The Clinical Congress is the largest surgical meeting of the College. Each year, there are more than 8,000 attendees who gather to learn from leaders across the world with over 350 educational sessions within the span of three days.

Clinical Congress Program Committee Roster

Activities

Committee responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Participate in monthly conference calls to review and select proposed sessions for the annual Clinical Congress education program, including Panel Sessions, Meet-the-Expert Sessions, and Postgraduate Courses.
• Review proposals submitted for upcoming Clinical Congress.
• Attend the Program Committee summer meeting (two days) at ACS headquarters in Chicago.
• Attend the Annual Meeting of the Clinical Congress Program Committee and Liaisons during the Clinical Congress in October.

Contact

If you have any questions or comments, contact the Committee Staff Liaison, Lily Scannell, at lscannell@facs.org.