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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.

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2023 ESS Symposium

Ninth Annual Excelsior Surgical Society Symposium

0630-0700

ESS Networking 1: coffee/tea provided*

0700-0800 

ESS Business Meeting (ESS Members Only) - Omni Seaport Hotel, Ensemble D

0800-0830

ESS Networking II: coffee/tea provided*

0830-0900

Welcome | Presidential Address 

COL Jeremy W. Cannon, MD, SM, FACS 

Awards & Honorifics: Dr. Jonathan Woodson and Dr. Peggy Knudson 

Drs. Cannon, Gurney, Holt, Wisbach 

 

Omni Seaport Hotel, Ensemble EFG

0900-1030

NOMINATIONS CLOSE/VOTING BEGINS @ 0900 

Committee on Trauma Region 13 Paper Competition 

Introduction: COL Jennifer Gurney, MD, FACS 

Discussants: ESS Research Committee (CDR Diego Vicente, MAJ Jen Sabino) 

1030-1045

Break: coffee/tea provided

1045-1145

Major John P. Pryor Memorial Lecture 

Patrick M. Reilly, MD, FCCP, FACS 

Introduction: COL Jeremy W. Cannon, MD, SM, FACS 

1145-1200 

Introduction to Consultant Panels 

CAPT (Ret) Gordon Wisbach, MD, FACS 

1200-1300 

Consultant Lunch Session for Army, Navy, Air Force: Identifying Current Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities for Military Surgery** 

Army Consultant Breakout Panel: 

Moderator: COL Jennifer Gurney, MD, FACS 

COL Tyson Becker, MD, FACS – Army Surgical Consultant 

LTC John D. Horton, MD, FACS – Deputy Army Surgical Consultant 

COL Scott Armen, MD, FACS – Army Reserve Surgical Consultant 

COL Jamison Nielsen, DO,MBA, MCR, FACS – Army Reserve Deputy Surgical Consultant 

Navy Consultant Breakout Panel: 

Moderator: CAPT Matt Tadlock, MD, FACS 

CAPT Obie Powell, MD, FACS – Navy Surgical Specialty Leader 

CAPT Michael J. Barker, MD, FACS – Navy Reserve Surgical Specialty Leader 

Air Force Consultant Breakout Panel: 

Moderator: Lt Col Brian Gavitt, MD, FACS 

COL James Sampson, MD, RPVI, FSVS, FACS – Chief Surgical Consultant to AF/SG 

Lt Col Christopher Mahoney, MD, FACS – General Surgery Consultant to A/F

1300-1315 

Consultant Re-Group: Top Action Items, Opportunities for Synergy 

Drs. Wisbach, Gurney, Tadlock, Gavitt 

1315-1400 

Keynote Address 

Introduction: COL Jay Johannigman, MD, FACS 

Lt Gen (Ret) Paul K. Carlton, Jr, MD, FACS 

1400-1415 

Break: coffee/tea; VOTING ENDS @ 1500 

1415-1545 

Panel Session: Preparing for the Unexpected: Military Expeditionary Surgical Skills and Training for All Surgeons 

1415 

Introduction: COL Jeremy Cannon, MD, FACS 

Moderator: COL Jennifer Gurney, MD, FACS 

1420

Large-Scale Combat Operations: John Holcomb, MD, FACS 

1435 

Q & A: Ken Wilson/Matt Tadlock/Oksana Popova 

1440 

Disaster Management: Jay Doucet, MD, FACS 

1455 

Q & A: Brian Gavitt/Jamison Nielson 

1500 

Humanitarian/Global Health Engagement: Sherry Wren, MD, FACS 

1515 

Q & A: John Oh/Tamara Worlton 

1520 

Role for Rural Surgical Experience: Dustin L. Smoot, MD, FACS

1535 

Q & A: Maggie Gallagher/Dan Grabo 

1540 

Conclusion: COL Jennifer Gurney, MD, FACS 

1545-1600 

Voting Results Announced 

Adjournment 

0630-0700

ESS Networking 1: coffee/tea provided*

0700-0800 

ESS Business Meeting (ESS Members Only) - Omni Seaport Hotel, Ensemble D

0800-0830

ESS Networking II: coffee/tea provided*

0830-0900

Welcome | Presidential Address 

COL Jeremy W. Cannon, MD, SM, FACS 

Awards & Honorifics: Dr. Jonathan Woodson and Dr. Peggy Knudson 

Drs. Cannon, Gurney, Holt, Wisbach 

 

Omni Seaport Hotel, Ensemble EFG

0900-1030

NOMINATIONS CLOSE/VOTING BEGINS @ 0900 

Committee on Trauma Region 13 Paper Competition 

Introduction: COL Jennifer Gurney, MD, FACS 

Discussants: ESS Research Committee (CDR Diego Vicente, MAJ Jen Sabino) 

1030-1045

Break: coffee/tea provided

1045-1145

Major John P. Pryor Memorial Lecture 

Patrick M. Reilly, MD, FCCP, FACS 

Introduction: COL Jeremy W. Cannon, MD, SM, FACS 

1145-1200 

Introduction to Consultant Panels 

CAPT (Ret) Gordon Wisbach, MD, FACS 

1200-1300 

Consultant Lunch Session for Army, Navy, Air Force: Identifying Current Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities for Military Surgery** 

Army Consultant Breakout Panel: 

Moderator: COL Jennifer Gurney, MD, FACS 

COL Tyson Becker, MD, FACS – Army Surgical Consultant 

LTC John D. Horton, MD, FACS – Deputy Army Surgical Consultant 

COL Scott Armen, MD, FACS – Army Reserve Surgical Consultant 

COL Jamison Nielsen, DO,MBA, MCR, FACS – Army Reserve Deputy Surgical Consultant 

Navy Consultant Breakout Panel: 

Moderator: CAPT Matt Tadlock, MD, FACS 

CAPT Obie Powell, MD, FACS – Navy Surgical Specialty Leader 

CAPT Michael J. Barker, MD, FACS – Navy Reserve Surgical Specialty Leader 

Air Force Consultant Breakout Panel: 

Moderator: Lt Col Brian Gavitt, MD, FACS 

COL James Sampson, MD, RPVI, FSVS, FACS – Chief Surgical Consultant to AF/SG 

Lt Col Christopher Mahoney, MD, FACS – General Surgery Consultant to A/F

1300-1315 

Consultant Re-Group: Top Action Items, Opportunities for Synergy 

Drs. Wisbach, Gurney, Tadlock, Gavitt 

1315-1400 

Keynote Address 

Introduction: COL Jay Johannigman, MD, FACS 

Lt Gen (Ret) Paul K. Carlton, Jr, MD, FACS 

1400-1415 

Break: coffee/tea; VOTING ENDS @ 1500 

1415-1545 

Panel Session: Preparing for the Unexpected: Military Expeditionary Surgical Skills and Training for All Surgeons 

1415 

Introduction: COL Jeremy Cannon, MD, FACS 

Moderator: COL Jennifer Gurney, MD, FACS 

1420

Large-Scale Combat Operations: John Holcomb, MD, FACS 

1435 

Q & A: Ken Wilson/Matt Tadlock/Oksana Popova 

1440 

Disaster Management: Jay Doucet, MD, FACS 

1455 

Q & A: Brian Gavitt/Jamison Nielson 

1500 

Humanitarian/Global Health Engagement: Sherry Wren, MD, FACS 

1515 

Q & A: John Oh/Tamara Worlton 

1520 

Role for Rural Surgical Experience: Dustin L. Smoot, MD, FACS

1535 

Q & A: Maggie Gallagher/Dan Grabo 

1540 

Conclusion: COL Jennifer Gurney, MD, FACS 

1545-1600 

Voting Results Announced 

Adjournment 

*Attendees must purchase their own breakfast

**Boxed lunches will be provided for all ESS members in good standing Agenda and speakers are subject to change. The views expressed by the individual speakers are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the American College of Surgeons.

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Questions

Please direct all questions/concerns to excelsior@facs.org.