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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Membership Benefits
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Clinical Congress

Didactic Courses

All Postgraduate (PG) Courses (Didactic and Skills) are ticketed and require a separate fee in addition to registering for the meeting (required). Participation is limited and seats are filled on a first-come, first-processed basis.

Visit the Postgraduate Courses page to learn more about the course model, verification levels, and registration details.

Note: No refunds of PG Course fees will be accepted after September 29, 2023.

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Annual Update in Emergency General Surgery (DC01)

6 credits | Verification Level II
Saturday, October 21; 8:00 am–3:30 pm

Chair: Matthew J. Martin, MD, FACS, San Diego, CA
Co-Chair: Purvi P. Patel, MD, FACS, Maywood, IL

Fellow/Associate Fellow: $660 | Guest Physician: $795 | Resident: $330

Global Health Competencies for Surgeons: Cognitive and System Skills (DC02)

6 credits | Verification Level II
Saturday, October 21; 8:30 am–4:00 pm

Chair: Edgar B. Rodas, MD, FACS, Richmond, VA
Co-Chair: Jennifer Rickard, MD, FACS, Minneapolis, MN

Fellow/Associate Fellow: $605 | Guest Physician: $730 | Resident: $305

CESTE Innovation and Medical Design Thinking Course for Surgeons (DC03) 

4 credits | Verification Level II
Saturday, October 21; 9:00 am–1:15 pm

Chair: Mark S. Cohen, MD, FACS, Urbana, IL
Co-Chair: Amanda Sammann, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA

Fellow/Associate Fellow: $575 | Guest Physician: $690 | Resident: $290

CANCELED—Management of Head and Neck Cancer (DC04)

4 credits | Verification Level II
Saturday, October 21; 1:00–5:15 pm

Chair: Christopher Fundakowski, MD, FACS, Rydal, PA
Co-Chair: Joseph Goodman, MD, FACS, Silver Spring, MD

Fellow/Associate Fellow: $625 | Guest Physician: $750 | Resident: $315

Annual Trauma Update (DC05)

6 credits | Verification Level II
Sunday, October 22; 8:00 am–3:30 pm

Chair: Eric J. Ley, MD, FACS, Playa Del Rey, CA
Co-Chair: Jamie J. Coleman, MD, FACS, Louisville, KY

Fellow/Associate Fellow: $660 | Guest Physician: $795 | Resident: $330

Trauma and Critical Care Coding and Documentation Update (DC06)

6.5 credits | Verification Level II
Sunday, October 22; 9:45 am–5:45 pm

Chair: Jayme D. Lieberman, MD, FACS, Allentown, PA
Co-Chair: Christopher K. Senkowski, MD, FACS, Savannah, GA

Fellow/Associate Fellow: $605 | Guest Physician: $730 | Resident: $305

CANCELED—Workshop on Communication in High Stakes Surgery and Serious Illness (DC07)

4 credits | Verification Level II
Sunday, October 22; 1:00–5:15 pm

Chair: Timothy R. Siegel, MD, FACS, Portland, OR
Co-Chair: Pasithorn A. Suwanabol, MD, FACS, Ann Arbor, MI

Fellow/Associate Fellow: $575 | Guest Physician: $690 | Resident: $290

MIS Masters Course: Advanced Minimally Invasive and Robotic Techniques for Emergency General Surgery (DC08)

6 credits | Verification Level II
Sunday, October 22; 9:30 am–5:00 pm

Chair: Andrea M. Pakula, MD, FACS, Simi Valley, CA
Co-Chair: Michael W. Cripps, MD, FACS, Aurora, CO

Fellow/Associate Fellow: $660 | Guest Physician: $795 | Resident: $330

General Surgery Coding and Documentation Update (DC09)

6.5 credits | Verification Level II
Monday, October 23; 9:45 am–5:45 pm

Chair: Megan E. McNally, MD, FACS, Mission Hills, KS
Co-Chair: Don J. Selzer, MD, FACS, Indianapolis, IN

Fellow/Associate Fellow: $605 | Guest Physician: $760 | Resident: $305

General Surgery Review Course—(2 Days) (DC10 - 1&2)

12 credits | Verification Level II
Monday, October 23, 10:00 am–5:00 pm
Tuesday, October 24, 8:00 am–4:00 pm

Chair: Travis P. Webb, MD, FACS, MAMSE, Memphis, TN
Co-Chair: Mike K. Liang, MD, FACS, Sugar Land, TX

Fellow/Associate Fellow: $1,325 | Guest Physician: $1,590 | Resident: $665

DEI and Antiracism Fundamentals, Skills Building, and Implementation Principles for Surgeons (DC11)

4 credits | Verification Level II
Monday, October 23; 1:00–5:15 pm

Chair: Cherisse D. Berry, MD, FACS, New York, NY
Co-Chair: Valentine N. Nfonsam, MD, FACS, New Orleans, LA

Fellow/Associate Fellow: $575 | Guest Physician: $690 | Resident: $290

CANCELED—Anticoagulation Reversal following Head Trauma (DC12)

4 credits | Verification Level II
Tuesday, October 24; 8:30 am–12:45 pm

Chair: Shelly D. Timmons, MD, PhD, FACS, FAANS, Indianapolis, IN
Co-Chair: TBD

Fellow/Associate Fellow: $625 | Guest Physician: $750 | Resident: $315

Writing a Business Plan in Medicine: The Basics (DC13)

4 credits | Verification Level II
Tuesday, October 24; 1:00–5:15 pm

Chair: Nasim Hedayati, MD, FACS, Folsom, CA
Co-Chair: John G. Carson, MD, FACS, Hallowell, ME

Fellow/Associate Fellow: $575 | Guest Physician: $690 | Resident: $290

Annual Update in Surgical Critical Care (DC14)

6 credits | Verification Level II
Wednesday, October 25; 9:30 am–5:00 pm

Chair: Alicia M. Mohr, MD, FACS, Gainesville, FL
Co-Chair: Jose L. Pascual-Lopez, MD, FACS, Philadelphia, PA

Fellow/Associate Fellow: $660 | Guest Physician: $795 | Resident: $330

Surgical Education: Principles and Practice (DC15)

6 credits | Verification Level II
Saturday, October 21; 9:30 am–5:00 pm

Chair: Roy Phitayakorn, MD, FACS, Boston, MA
Co-Chair: Adnan A. Alseidi, MD, EdM, FACS, San Francisco, CA

Fellow/Associate Fellow: $605 | Guest Physician: $760 | Resident: $305