Call for Abstracts

Submissions are now closed.

The American College of Surgeons issued a call for abstracts to be presented at the 2025 ACS Quality and Safety Conference, July 17-20 in San Diego, CA. The deadline for submitting abstracts was March 10, 2025.

Healthcare professionals were encouraged to submit a 250-word abstract for presentation. Abstracts are accepted as an oral presentation, poster presentation, or both.

Abstract submissions should:

• Relate to surgical quality improvement initiatives, including the development, implementation, or validation of best practices
• Follow operational best practices relating to workflows around collecting data and reporting
• Use data from a nationally recognized surgical quality registry sponsored by a surgical society

There is no limit on the number of abstracts per author.  

Please note that abstracts which have been submitted or recently presented at other meetings are eligible for presentation at the 2025 ACS Quality and Safety Conference. Previous presentation of a paper does not prohibit the presentation or publication of the material at the 2025 ACS Quality and Safety Conference.   

We welcome submissions from the following categories: 

1. Bariatric
2. Cancer
3. Collaboratives
4. Education
5. Efficiency and Value
6. Emergency General Surgery (EGS)
7. Environmental Sustainability in Surgery
8. Geriatric
9. Health Equity and Access
10. Healthcare Informatics for Quality
11. Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Surgery
12. PROs /Patient Centeredness
13. Pediatrics
14. Policy
15. Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery
16. Surgical Infection Control
17. Surgical Technology and Innovation
18. Surgical Potpourri
19. Trauma/Acute Care
20. Vascular

Please note the following:

• All acceptances will require in-person attendance at the meeting and a registration fee.
  Learn more about registration fees.

• Posters will not be printed on an author's behalf. Authors whose abstracts are accepted will be responsible for printing their own posters to bring onsite.
• Accepted speakers must complete the Conference Harvester tasks by their respected due dates.

For assistance, please contact acsqsconference@facs.org.