What's New at Clinical Congress 2024

Thousands of surgeons and medical professionals will join the ACS in San Francisco, California, for Clinical Congress 2024, October 19–22. The July/August issue of the Bulletin includes an article summarizing some of this year’s exciting features, as well as “What’s New at Clinical Congress for 2024 and Beyond,” in the Executive Director & CEO column by Patricia L. Turner, MD, MBA, FACS.

Addressing longtime feedback regarding the timeline for Clinical Congress, this year’s new Saturday-through-Tuesday meeting will provide the high-quality, innovative content attendees have come to expect—all while spending fewer days away from hospitals, clinics, and patients.

2024 will be a transformative year for Clinical Congress in more ways than one. Taking advantage of a new format over a full weekend, exciting and significant changes include additional thematic and specialty content during the conference’s first 2 days.

Specialty sessions on cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery, neurosurgery, quality, education, and artificial intelligence will be available on Sunday and Monday, further allowing surgeons across the disciplines to conveniently attend the sessions that matter to them.

In addition, there will be an even greater emphasis on multidisciplinary panels, including sessions on Fournier’s gangrene; orbital and skull-based injuries, and more.

Beyond the new content and format, surgeons can look forward to the always-impressive Convocation welcoming new Fellows, more than 100 Panel Sessions covering clinical and non-clinical topics of interest, the return of the interactive Surgical Ergonomics Clinic and Surgical Metrics Project on the Exhibit floor, and much more.