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Access Most Popular ACS Podcast Episodes of 2025

January 13, 2026

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The ACS offers three podcast series: The House of Surgery, which provides audio from high-profile ACS sessions and original discussion of timely surgical topics; The Operative Word, which highlights new research in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons; and Surgical Readings, which features discussion of recently published surgical articles. 

In 2025, these three podcast series amassed approximately 30,000 downloads. The top 10 most-listened-to episodes were:

  1. Validation of AI-Based POTTER Calculator in Emergency General Surgery Patients Undergoing Laparotomy (The Operative Word)
  2. Breast Diseases: Insights for the General Surgeon (Selected Readings)
  3. Management of Pediatric Surgical Patients (Selected Readings)
  4. Surgical Oncology, Part 2 (Selected Readings)
  5. Cost-Effectiveness of Nonoperative Management vs Upfront Laparoscopic Appendectomy for Pediatric Uncomplicated Appendicitis Over 1 Year (The Operative Word)
  6. ACS Cancer Programs Annual Report from the 2021 Participant User File (The Operative Word)
  7. Limited or Lasting: Is Preoperative Weight Loss as Part of Prehabilitation Maintained After Open Ventral Hernia Repair? (The Operative Word)
  8. Takeaways from the 2025 ATLS Global Symposium (The House of Surgery)
  9. Evaluating Outcomes of Initial Site Visits Across ACS Accreditation Programs (The Operative Word)
  10. New ACS Surgeon Leaders Focus on Engagement, Health Policy Research (The House of Surgery)

ACS podcasts are available through all major podcast apps, as well as on facs.org/podcasts.

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