Call for Abstracts, Videos, and Posters

• Surgeons and scientific investigators of all levels
• Surgical residents
• Medical students

A 250-maximum word abstract that presents a concise summary of hypothesis-testing research—either completed or in progress—that has not been presented elsewhere or previously accepted for publication. Case reports will not be accepted and will be removed from the committee’s review. Revisions are not accepted after the deadline, including changes to the author/co-author order.

Please review the Scientific Forum Submissions Guidelines before submitting your abstract.

Accepted abstracts will be selected for ONE presentation:

• An oral (8-minute PowerPoint presentation)
• Quick shot (3-minute oral presentation)
• e-Poster format (3-minute e-poster presentation)

Submitters should designate at the time of submission which of the presentation methods they prefer for presenting their research at Clinical Congress (if their abstracts are accepted).

March 1, 2023, 11:59 pm CT

Please note: The committee does not accommodate or consider late abstract submissions.

Notifications will be sent in May 2023. Please make sure to add scientificforum@facs.org to your approved senders list.

Accepted abstracts by scientific researchers in training will be published in a supplemental issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS). Accepted abstracts by non-trainees and e-Posters will be published electronically by JACS.

Authors of top-scoring abstracts accepted as 8-minute presentations will be invited to submit a full manuscript by July 1, 2023. These selected manuscripts will be eligible for expedited review. Manuscripts accepted from the expedited review will be published in a special edition of JACS.

Shelby Thordarson
Scientific Forum Administrator
scientificforum@facs.org

• Surgeons
• Surgical residents

A video that is a maximum of 10 minutes and narrated in English. The video must be compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). In addition to the video, an abstract must be submitted. The abstract requires a 250-maximum word summary of the surgical case being presented, five keywords related to your video, and one educational or technical point addressed by the video. We also ask that you provide at least two related clinical-based questions.

Please review the Video Submissions Guidelines before submitting your abstract.

March 1, 2023, 11:59 pm CT

Notifications will be sent the first week of June 2023. Please make sure to add acsvideoeducation@facs.org to your approved senders list.

Accepted videos will become a part of the ACS Video Library at the author’s consent.

Christopher Ratliff
Video-Based Education Administrator
acsvideoeducation@facs.org
312-202-5113

• Surgeons of all levels
• Surgical residents
• Medical students

A 500-maximum word abstract that presents a concise summary of the historical topic being presented. Abstracts should include a layout of the historical context or background of the topic, a narrative describing the key elements of the historical subject(s) being presented, and an explanation of the significance of the topic to the history of surgery.

Please review the History of Surgery Poster Submission Guidelines before submitting your poster.

Twenty abstracts will be selected for in-person poster presentation at the ACS Clinical Congress.

Additional abstracts may be considered for digital presentation only.

March 1, 2023, 11:59 pm CT

Notifications will be sent no later than the first week of June 2023.

Authors of the winning posters may be invited to submit a paper on their topic for inclusion in a future issue of the Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons.

Meghan Kennedy, MSLIS, MA
ACS Archivist
mkennedy@facs.org
312-202-5270