American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress 2012

The American College of Surgeons 2012 Annual Clinical Congress, scheduled for September 30–October 4, 2012, at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL. The Congress will initiate our celebration of the 100 year anniversary of the founding of the American College of Surgeons. In 2012, as at the time of our founding, the Congress will promote high quality educational programs designed to educate surgeons and directly improve the health and safety of surgical patients.

The Program Committee chaired by Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS, and the Division of Education, under the leadership of Ajit Sachdeva, MD, FACS, have put together an outstanding Scientific Program. Our President, Patricia Numann, MD, FACS, has designated her presidency year theme as Stewardship of Our Profession. In addition to other valuable educational efforts, various activities focusing on our profession will be highlighted. This includes a wide array of timely and important topics that are essential to delivery of surgical care of the highest quality. Among those are diverse Panel Sessions presented by experts from across the surgical specialties and nonsurgical disciplines, and Named Lectures delivered by top leaders in their fields. The Didactic and Skills-Oriented Postgraduate Courses will focus on important domains and will help attendees advance their knowledge and acquire new skills. Experiential, hands-on learning will be used to achieve the objectives of these courses.

The Scientific Program for the Clinical Congress will also include innovative research and surgical practices presented in Scientific Paper and Surgical Forum Sessions, as well as daily Scientific Poster Presentations. Timely Video-Based Education Presentations will highlight interesting surgical procedures from across the world. These sessions will be complemented by intimate, topic-specific Meet-the-Expert Luncheons and interactive Town Hall Meetings.

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