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Surgical Palliative Care

The ACS has resources for members to incorporate the precepts and techniques of palliative care into surgical clinical practice, education, research, and advocacy.

Surgical Palliative Care Symposium

The ACS Division of Education and the Committee on Surgical Palliative Care will host the eighth annual Surgical Palliative Care Symposium in a virtual format on Thursday, May 2, 2024, from 7:00–8:30 pm CT. The event features “quick-shot” style presentations, followed by discussion.

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SPC Symposium Schedule
(all times listed as CT)

7:00 pm

Welcome Messages

7:05 pm

Patient Perceptions of Palliative Care in the Perioperative Setting: A Qualitative Study of Seriously Ill Older Adults  

Presenter: Lyle Suh, MS4

Discussant: Amy Suwanabol, MD, FACS

7:20 pm

Guidelines Are Not Enough: The Added Impact of a Multidisciplinary Intervention on

Palliative Care Delivery for Critically Ill Trauma Patients

Presenter: Lauren McGuire, MD

Discussant: Jun Elegino, DO

7:35 pm

Surgeon Perspectives on the Role of Non-Curative Surgery for Patients with Metastatic Cancer             

Presenter: Orly Farber, MD

Discussant: Thomas Miner, MD, FACS

7:50 pm

The Language of Palliative Surgery: A Scoping Review

Presenter: Kimberly Kopecky, MD

Discussant: Elizabeth Lilley, MD

8:05 pm

Early Palliative Care following Aborted Cancer Surgery: Results of a Prospective Feasibility Trial   

Presenter: Jordan Cloyd, MD, FACS

Discussant: Fabian Johnston, MD, FACS

8:20 pm

Culminating Idea / Commentary

8:30 pm

Wrap-Up and Close

If you have any questions, please contact ACS Administrator Cassie Buchignani at cbuchignani@facs.org and 312-202-5289.

Publications

Surgical Palliative Care: A Resident's Guide

White Papers

Surgery, Palliative Care, and the American College of Surgeons

Principles and Core Competencies of Surgical Palliative Care: An Overview

Statements

Statement of Principles of Palliative Care

This statement describes extending palliative care to a broad range of patients receiving surgical care.

Advance Directives by Patients: "Do Not Resuscitate" in the Operating Room

Advance directives, including DNR orders and requests, are being used with increasing frequency and may complicate the operative consent process.

ACS Publications & Resources

Surgical Palliative Care: Considerations for Career Development in Surgery and Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Surgical palliative care has garnered increasing attention from both surgical residents and practicing surgeons.

Surgical Palliative Care Webinar

This webinar will address improving end-of-life care for surgical patients and difficult issues for those patients and their families.