Call for Abstracts, Videos, and Posters

• Surgeons and scientific investigators of all levels
• Surgical residents and fellows
• Medical students

International submissions are encouraged. Subspecialty (Neurosurgery, OB-Gyn, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic Surgery, Otolaryngology, and Urology) submissions are also encouraged, with two awards for top scoring abstracts from this group.

A 250-maximum word abstract that presents a concise summary of hypothesis-testing research—either completed or in progress—that has not been presented elsewhere or previously accepted for publication. Case reports will not be accepted and will be removed from the committee’s review. Revisions are not accepted after the deadline, including changes to the author/co-author order.

Please review the Scientific Forum Submissions Guidelines before submitting your abstract.

Accepted abstracts will be selected for ONE in-person presentation:

• Oral presentation: 8-minute presentation within Scientific Forum sessions
• Quick-shot presentation: 3-minute presentation within Scientific Forum sessions
• e-Poster: 3-minute presentation within the e-Poster sessions

Submitters should designate at the time of submission which of the presentation methods they prefer for presenting their research at Clinical Congress (if their abstracts are accepted).

March 1, 2024, 1:00 pm CT

Please note: The Committee does not accommodate or consider late abstract submissions.

Notifications will be sent in May 2024. Please make sure to add scientificforum@facs.org to your approved senders list.

Accepted abstracts will be published in a supplemental issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS).

Top-scoring abstracts will be invited via email to submit a full manuscript to JACS for expedited review. Manuscripts accepted during the expedited review process will be published in a special edition of JACS. If you are invited to submit a manuscript for expedited review, you will receive an invitation in May with a submission deadline of July 1.

Elaura Dunning
Scientific Forum Administrator
scientificforum@facs.org
312-202-5710

• Surgeons
• Surgical residents

A video that is a maximum of 10 minutes and narrated in English. The video must be compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). In addition to the video, an abstract must be submitted. The abstract requires a 250-maximum word summary of the surgical case being presented, five keywords related to your video, and one educational or technical point addressed by the video.

Please review the Video Submissions Guidelines before submitting your abstract.

March 1, 2024, 1:00pm CT

Notifications will be sent by June 1, 2024. Please make sure to add acsvideoeducation@facs.org to your approved senders list.

Accepted videos will become a part of the ACS Video Library with the author’s consent.

Christopher Ratliff
Video-Based Education Administrator
acsvideoeducation@facs.org
312-202-5113

• Medical students
• Surgical residents
• Surgeons of all levels
• Historians/Graduate Students

A 500-maximum word abstract that presents a concise summary of the historical topic being presented. Abstracts should include a layout of the historical context or background of the topic, a narrative describing the key elements of the historical subject(s) being presented, and an explanation of the significance of the topic to the history of surgery.

Please review the History of Surgery Poster Submission Guidelines before submitting your poster.

Twenty abstracts will be selected for in-person poster presentation at the ACS Clinical Congress. Successful in-person presenters will need to be available from 9am-1pm on Sunday 20^th to present their poster to the judging panel.

Additional abstracts may be considered for digital presentation only.

March 1, 2024, 1:00 pm CT

Notifications will be sent via email to the first author listed in the abstract no later than May 24.

Authors of the winning posters may be invited to submit a paper on their topic for inclusion in a future issue of the Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons.

Michael Beesley, MA, MSc
ACS Archivist
mbeesley@facs.org
312-202-5406