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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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Events

2025 Agendas

All events are in-person only. Times indicated are Eastern.

Preconference Workshops

Saturday, April 5

7:00 am-6:00 pm

Onsite Registration

5B Registration Desk (across from Independence Ballroom)

10:00 am–1:00 pm    

 

1:00–2:50 pm

Sustaining Lifelong Surgeon Competency

Todd K. Rosengart, MD, MBS, FACS, vice president for hospital operations and quality improvement, professor and chair, DeBakey Bard Chair of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Peter Angelos, MD, PhD, FACS, MAMSE, Linda Kohler Anderson Professor of Surgery and Surgical Ethics, director, Maclean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL; Jennifer Rosen, MD, FACS, chief of endocrine surgery, vice chair for research, department of surgery, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC

3:00–4:50 pm

The Human Margin: Building the Foundations of Trust

Katherine A. Meese, PhD, assistant professor, director of research, UAB Medicine office of wellness, Birmingham, AL

5:00-6:30 pm

Networking Event

Leadership Summit
Times indicated are Eastern.

Sunday, April 6

7:00 am–5:00 pm

Onsite Registration

5B Registration Desk (across from Independence Ballroom)

7:30–8:30 am

Breakfast

Independence Ballroom East FGHI  

General Session

Independence Ballroom West BCDE

8:30–8:40 am

Welcome and Agenda for the Day

Michael J. Sutherland, MD, MBA, FACS, Director, Division of Member Services, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL

Section 1 – Surgical Leadership

8:40–9:10 am

Leading at the Federal Level – How Surgeons Lead in Big Environment  

Eric Elster, MD, FACS, CAPT, MC, USN (Ret.), dean, school of medicine, EVP for medical affairs, professor of surgery, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD       

9:10–9:40 am

The Impact of Surgical Disciplines United: House of Surgery

Anthony Atala, MD, FACS, director, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, W. Boyce Professor and chair of urology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC

9:40–10:10 am

Knowing Your Worth As a Surgical Leader and Negotiating Accordingly

Joshua M. V. Mammen, MD, PhD, FACS, Merle M. Musselman Centennial Professor of Surgery, Chief, Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Sponsored by the ACS Young Fellows Association (YFA)

10:10–10:30 am

BREAK

Independence Ballroom Foyer

10:30–12:00 am

Panel Session: Benefits of Leading as a Surgeon: Learn What it Takes to Lead at Every Level  

Moderator: Kimberly M. Lumpkins, MD, FACS, assistant professor of surgery, pediatric urology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Panelists TBD

12:00-1:00 pm

Lunch – Independence Ballroom East FGHI

Section 2 – Developing & Sustaining Surgical Leaders

1:00–1:30 pm

Career Development as a Surgeon: The Value of Advanced Degrees

KMarie King, MD, MS, MBA, FACS, Henry and Sally Schaffer Chair, chief of surgery, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY

1:30–2:00 pm

Succession Planning and Promotions for Surgical Leaders

E. Christopher Ellison, MD, FACS, MAMSE, Robert M. Zollinger Professor of Surgery Emeritus, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH

2:00–3:00 pm

Panel: How Emotional Intelligence Informs Well-Being and Success of Surgeons – How to Rightsize and Balance Your Career

Moderator: Sharon L. Stein, MD, FACS, Cleveland, OH

Panelists: Carlos A. Pellegrini, MD, FACS, professor and chair emeritus, department of surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Mary T. Killackey, MD, FACS, Robert and Viola Lobrano Chair and Professor, department of surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA; Harry T. Papaconstantinou, MD, FACS, colon and rectal Surgery, Baylor Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Temple, TX

3:00–3:30 pm

Executive Director & CEO’s Update

Patricia L. Turner, MD, MBA, FACS, Executive Director & CEO, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL

3:30–4:20 pm

Advocacy and Health Policy Abstract Presentations

4:20–4:30 pm

Closing Comments

Michael J. Sutherland, MD, MBA, FACS, Director, Division of Member Services, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL

Advocacy Summit
Times indicated are Eastern.

Sunday, April 6

6:00–9:00 pm

Advocacy Summit Welcome Reception and Keynote Dinner

Monday, April 7

7:00 am-2:00 pm

Onsite Registration

5B Registration Desk (across from Independence Ballroom)

7:00–8:00 am

All Attendee Breakfast

8:00–8:15 am

Advocacy Welcome and Introductions

8:15–11:30 am

Advocacy Panels

11:30–11:45 am

Break

11:45 am–1:00 pm

Luncheon Sponsored by ACSPA - SurgeonsPAC

1:15–1:50 pm

Advocacy Panel

1:50–2:30 pm

Review of Congressional Asks

2:30–3:30 pm

Advocacy Training

3:30–5:00 pm

Congressional Speakers

7:009:00 pm

ACSPA - SurgeonsPAC Reception (2025 PAC contributors invited)

Off-site location

Tuesday, April 8

7:008:00 am

Welcome to Lobby Day Breakfast

8:00 am

Buses Depart for Capitol Hill

9:00 am–3:30 pm

Congressional Visits

11:00 am–3:30 pm

Lunch and Congressional Visit Debriefing Room

Note: Only active US/domestic ACS members are eligible to participate in the congressional visits to Capitol Hill.

Agenda and speakers are subject to change. The views expressed by the individual speakers are their own and don't necessarily reflect those of the American College of Surgeons.