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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

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.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

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.

Membership Benefits
ACS
Clinical Congress 2024

Skills Courses

All Postgraduate (PG) Courses (Didactic and Skills) are ticketed and require a separate fee in addition to registering for the meeting (required). Participation is limited and seats are filled on a first-come, first-processed basis.

Visit the Postgraduate Courses page to learn more about the course model, verification levels, and registration details.

Note: No refunds of PG Course fees will be accepted after September 30, 2024.

Register Today

SC01 - Essentials of Robotic Hernia Surgery - Didactic and Hands-on Course on Inguinal and Ventral Hernias for New Robotic Surgeons*

6 Credits | Verification Level III
Friday, October 18; 7:00 am–4:00 pm (includes travel time)

Chair: Ian Soriano, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA
Co-Chair: Alisa Coker, MD, FACS, Baltimore, MD

Fellow/Associate Fellow: $1,250 | Guest Physician: $1,500 | Resident Member: $625

*This course will be held at the Intuitive Sunnyvale, CA, Headquarters. Transportation to and from the Moscone Center will be provided. Additionally, learners must meet the following prerequisites:

  • Completion of five robotic cases prior to the hands-on/in-person training course with case logs submitted to ACS staff
  • Console competency for basic surgical tasks

SC02 - Practical Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound

6 Credits | Verification Level III
Saturday, October 19; 11:00 am–4:15 pm

Chair: Anthony Anagnostou, MD, FACS, Eureka, CA
Co-Chair: Daniela A. Ochoa, MD, FACS, Little Rock, AR

Fellow/Associate Fellow: $1,050 | Guest Physician: $1,260 | Resident Member: $525

SC03 - Advanced Therapeutic Colonoscopy and Endoluminal Lower GI Surgery

4 Credits | Verification Level III
Saturday, October 19; 1:00–5:15 pm

Chair: Richard L. Whelan, MD, FASCRS, FACS, New York, NY
Co-Chair: Emre Gorgun, MD, FASCRS, FACS, Cleveland, OH

Fellow/Associate Fellow: $1,250 | Guest Physician: $1,500 | Resident Member: $625

SC04 - Advanced Skills Training for Rural Surgeons: Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration and Image-Guided Interventions of Chest and Abdomen

6 Credits | Verification Level III
Sunday, October 20; 9:45 am–5:15 pm

Chair: Susan E. Long, MD, FACS, Buckhannon, WV
Co-Chair: Stefan Scholz, MD, FACS, Pittsburgh, PA

Fellow/Associate Fellow: $1,260 | Guest Physician: $1,525 | Resident Member: $630

SC05 - Advanced Techniques to Master the Uncomplicated to Complex Axilla

4 Credits | Verification Level III
Sunday, October 20; 9:45 am–5:15 pm

Chair: V. Suzanne Klimberg, MD, PhD, FACS, Galveston, TX
Co-Chair: Paul Thiruchelvam, MD, PhD, FACS, Teddington, United Kingdom

Fellow/Associate Fellow: $1,655 | Guest Physician: $1,990 | Resident Member: $830

SC06 - Fundamentals of Oncoplastic Breast Surgery

6 Credits | Verification Level III
Monday, October 21; 8:00 am–3:30 pm

Chair: Ronda S. Henry-Tillman, MD, FACS, Little Rock, AR
Co-Chair: Kristalyn K. Gallagher, DO, FACS, Chapel Hill, NC

Fellow/Associate Fellow: $1,655 | Guest Physician: $1,990 | Resident Member: $830

SC07 - Advanced Endoscopy Course

6 Credits | Verification Level III
Monday, October 21; 8:30 am–4:00 pm

Chair: James C. Ellsmere, MD, FACS, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Co-Chair: Jeffrey D. Hawel, MD, London, Ontario, Canada

Fellow/Associate Fellow: $1,250 | Guest Physician: $1,500 | Resident Member: $625

SC08 - Ultrasound-Guided Resuscitation for Trauma and Critically Ill Patients

4 Credits | Verification Level III
Monday, October 21; 1:00–5:15 pm

Chair: Paula Ferrada, MD, FACS, FCCM, MAMSE, Richmond, VA
Co-Chair: Jacob J. Glaser, MD, FACS, Mukilteo, WA

Fellow/Associate Fellow: $1,050 | Guest Physician: $1,260 | Resident Member: $525