Clinical Congress Named Lectures

The ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators™—under the leadership of L. D. Britt, MD, MPH, FACS, MAMSE, and Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC, FSACME, MAMSE—is committed to sharing educational content, fostering life-long learning, and inspiring innovation with the wisdom of leaders from across the house of surgery. This commitment has never been stronger than during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In that spirit, the Academy Subcommittee on Novel Teaching and Assessment Methods and Innovative Educational Resources, chaired by Mohsen M. Shabahang, MD, PhD, FACS, MAMSE, is pleased to present the encore presentation of ACS Clinical Congress Named Lectures 2017–2020. This release includes a range of clinical and non-clinical topics, all presented by world-renowned experts in surgery and surgical education. As an additional benefit, each speaker has prepared a brief summary of their talk, sharing their reflections of their presentation and the relevancy of the topic to the present time. The next Named Lectures in this encore series are:

• 2017 Excelsior Surgical Society/Edward D. Churchill Lecture: Battlefield to Bedside: Bringing Precision Medicine to Surgical Care – Eric Elster, MD, FACS, FRCSEng (Hon.) CAPT, MC, USN (Ret.)
• 2017 Charles G. Drake History of Surgery Lecture: The Shifting Sands of Surgical Education – John R. Potts, III, MD, FACS, MAMSE
• 2017 Olga M. Jonasson Lecture: A Quiet Pioneer who Started a Revolution – Kathryn D. Anderson, MD, FACS, FRCS
• 2018 John J. Conley Ethics and Philosophy Lecture: Value-Based Health Care Delivery: The Strategic Agenda – Michael E. Porter, PhD

The encore presentation series of Named Lectures will be released quarterly. Please visit this section for updated content, and to read and view these internationally renowned experts deliver Named Lectures, which have served as anchors of past ACS Clinical Congresses. We know you will enjoy these lectures!