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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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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.

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Accredited Education Institutes

Virtual Grand Rounds

Listen to peers and connect with colleagues

Our Virtual Grand Rounds provide the opportunity for all AEI members to regularly connect and discuss relevant topics in surgery and surgical education.

Past Grand Rounds

June 2023

New Normal for Post-COVID Bootcamps

Moderator

Julie Hartman, DC, MS, CHSE

Speakers

Jacklyn Engelbart, MD, MS
Emma Vick, MA
Robert M. Rush, Jr., COL (Ret.), MD, FACS

Watch the Recording

February 2022

Using Social Media in Surgical Education: Insights from Educators and Experts

Moderator

Robert Rush, MD, FACS
 
Speakers

Julie Hartman, DC, MS, CHSE, Operations Manager, University of Iowa’s Center for Procedural Skills and Simulation, Iowa City, IA
"Starting from Scratch: One AEI’s Experience with Beginning a Social Media Presence"

Ed Bottomley, Social Media Strategist, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI
"Guidelines for a Gray Area: How to Sail the Salty Seas of Social Media"

Sean Langenfeld, MD, FACS, FASCRS, Chief, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center
"The Courtship between Surgical Education and the Powerful, Untamed Beast of Social Media" 

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SEPTEMBER 2019

A Discussion: Operationalizing Multi-Disciplinary Simulations

Speakers

Wendy Bernstein, MD, MBA, FASA, FAMWA, University of Rochester Medical School / Medical Center, NY

Jeffrey B. Cooper, PhD, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Moderator

Colonel (Ret.) Robert Rush, MD, FACS, United States Army

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January 2019

Quality Assurance of Surgical Education: Challenges and Solutions

Speakers

Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC, FSACME, MAMSE, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL

Pritam Singh, MBBS, MA, FRCS, PhD, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK

Moderator

Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD, FACS, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

Ivan George, Co-Chair AEI VGR, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

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June 2018

Let’s Talk! Insights on Effective Communications with Patient and Peers

Speakers

David Kern, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Sara Kim, PhD, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Moderators

Colonel (Ret.) Robert Rush, MD, FACS, United States Army

Ivan George, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

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December 2017

Augmented Reality: Debating its Value in Simulation and Surgery

Speakers

"Pro"—Steven Schwaitzberg, MD, FACS, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

"Con"—Lee Swanstrom, MD, FACS, Oregon Clinic/IRCAD, Portland, OR

Moderators

Colonel (Ret.) Robert Rush, MD, FACS, United States Army

Ivan George, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

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September 2017

Faulty Development: Quo Vadis?

Presenters

Diana Dolmans, PhD, Maastricht University, The Netherlands

Alice Fornari, EdD, RD, Hofstra University, Long Island, NY

Moderator

John Paige, MD, FACS, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

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February 2017

Next Generation Curriculum: Fundamentals  Robotic Surgery (FRS)

Presenter

Richard M. Satava, MD, FACS, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Recording not available.


September 2016

Surgical Coaching

Presenter

Brittany L. Anderson-Montoya, PhD, Carolinas Simulation Center, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC

Moderator

Robert Turner, PhD, SAIL Center Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, MD

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May 2016

Aviation and Health Care System Safety Briefing

Presenter

Mark Pinsky, DDS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Moderator

Adrian Park, MD, FACS, FRCSC, FCS(ECSA), SAIL Center Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, MD

Recording not available.


Contact Us

If you have questions, please contact Olivier Petinaux, MS, Assistant Director, Distance Education and E-Learning, ACS Division of Education, at opetinaux@facs.org.