Unsupported Browser
The American College of Surgeons website is not compatible with Internet Explorer 11, IE 11. For the best experience please update your browser.
Close
Member ID
Become a Member
Open Search
Menu
ACS Home
Donate to ACS Foundation
About Us
Advocacy & Policy
Quality Programs
For Surgeons
For Patients
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.

Become a Member
ACS Home
Donate to ACS Foundation
Quality Programs
For Surgeons
For Patients
Advocacy & Policy
About Us
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.

Become a Member
Popular searches
Frequent searches
ACS
Events

CME Information

Workshop #1, Leadership in Action: Making the Most of Your Communications Opportunities -From Published Research to Media Interviews, held on February 28, 2026, is designated for 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. 

Workshop #2, Building Your Leadership Brand to Increase Impact, held on February 28, 2026, is designated for 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

The 2026 Leadership Summit, held on March 1, 2026, is designated for 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

CME credits can be claimed by accessing the links below and filling out the respective forms.

An evaluation needs to be completed to obtain CME credits for the sessions attended.

The deadline to claim CME credits for all three events is May 1, 2026.

Leadership in Action: Making the Most of Your Communications Opportunities Workshop

Continuing Medical Education Credit Information

Accreditation

The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

The American College of Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Program Objectives

The Leadership in Action: Making the Most of Your Communications Opportunities Workshop provides the opportunity for you to invest in yourself through the following program objectives:

  • Share best practices for successful research manuscript submission and publication in JACS
  • Increase understanding of the manuscript review and publication process.
  • Strengthen skills for presenting published research to maximize visibility and impact.
  • Develop clear, compelling messages for scientific, public, and media audiences.
  • Improve media interview techniques through hands-on practice.
  • Identify effective strategies to promote research across presentations, media, and social platforms.
Disclosure Information

View Disclosure Information

Building Your Leadership Brand to Increase Impact Workshop

Continuing Medical Education Credit Information

Accreditation

The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

The American College of Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Program Objectives

The Building Your Leadership Brand to Increase Impact Workshop provides the opportunity for you to invest in yourself through the following program objectives:

  • Understand what a leadership brand is in the context of being a surgeon
  • Understand why a leadership brand matters to surgeons 
  • Understand the role of strategy and activation in developing a high-impact leadership brand
  • Learn about a tool that can be used to help surgeons articulate and activate their brand
Disclosure Information

View Disclosure Information

2026 Leadership Summit

Continuing Medical Education Credit Information

Accreditation

The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

The American College of Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Program Objectives

The 2026 Leadership Summit provides the opportunity for you to invest in yourself through the following program objectives:

  • Build cultures of trust and excellence
  • Understand the benefits of executive coaching for leading and developing teams
  • Lead through advocacy efforts 
  • Build a program in the community
  • Lead through technology changes
  • Redefine pathways for the modern surgeon
  • Learn from surgeons leading the future of healthcare
  • Gain insight into the current and future state of ACS from its executive director and CEO
Disclosure Information

View Disclosure Information

Successful completion of CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program.

Diplomates of the American Board of Surgery

By attending an ACS-accredited activity, you may choose to participate in the automatic transfer of your CME credits to the ABS via the ACCME. If you are a physician and Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery (ABS), this is a free offering.

Opt in to Automatically Send your CME Data to the ABS

The direct automatic transfer applies to all learners who have an ACS profile, are Diplomates of the ABS, and have provided their ABS ID and date of birth in the ACS MyCME Portal on the Board Certification page. 

Instructions to Access MyCME and Opt in to Transmit Your CME Data 

  1. Log in to your MyCME Portal
  2. Select the Board Certification tab
  3. Enter the American Board of Surgery
  4. Enter your ABS ID
  5. Enter your Day and Month of birth
  6. Next go to the Send CME Data tab
  7. Toggle to Opt In (green) “Yes! I choose to opt in and permit the ACS to automatically transfer all my ACS-accredited CME data to my chosen specialty board earned March 1, 2021, and forward.”  

Please note if you have successfully transmitted your ACS-accredited CME credits to the ABS via ACCME, then you can skip steps 2-6, and go directly to the "Send CME Data tab," and "Toggle to Opt In (green)."

Once you have opted to automatically transfer your CME credits to the ABS, please allow 24 hours after transferring your CME credits before you log into your ABS account to confirm the credits are in your ABS CME Repository.

You may opt out at any time.

For more information or to request assistance, contact mycme@facs.org 

For questions regarding claiming CME, please contact lasummit@facs.org.