CME Information

In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any commercial interest (termed by the ACCME as an “ineligible company”, defined below) held in the last 24 months (see below for definitions). Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf of all other authors/contributors, if applicable.

Ineligible company: Any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services used on or consumed by patients. Providers of clinical services directly to patients are NOT included in this definition.

Financial Relationships: Relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected.

Conflict of Interest: Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of an ineligible company with which he/she has a financial relationship.

The ACCME also requires that ACS manage any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity. Any conflicts noted below have been managed to our satisfaction. The disclosure information is intended to identify any commercial relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during the educational activity, please report it on the evaluation.

Andrew Baker, MBChB, FRCSOrth, FCSOrth SA, FACS - Dr. Baker, moderator for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Diogo Garcia, MD, FACS - Dr. Garcia, speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Maria Fernanda Jimenez, MD, FACS - Dr. Jimenez, speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Geoff Anderson, MD - Dr. Anderson, speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Kevin Sexton, MD - Qventus Inc., Hoopcare Inc., hDrop Technologies, Decisio Health | Consultancy, Healthcare application development, EMR integration plan development, Perioperative digital health assistant development | Dr. Sexton, presenter for this educational activity, has received stock options from Qventus Inc., Hoopcare Inc., hDrop Technologies, Decisio Health

Allan Peetz, MD - Dr. Peetz, speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Lara Zibners, MD, MMEd, MBA - Dr. Zibners, speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Agnieszka Gizzi - Ms. Gizzi, speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Adam Lee Goldstein, MD - Dr. Goldstein, presenter for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Tamer Jreis, MD - Dr. Jreis, presenter for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Juan Pablo Fernandez, MD - Dr. Fernandez, presenter for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Maria Soledad Ferrante, MD, FACS - Dr. Ferrante, presenter for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Ruben Daniel Algieri, MD - Dr. Algieri, presenter for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Carolina Cristina Brofman, MD, FACS -Dr. Brofman, presenter for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Samy Bendjemil, MD, MPH - Dr. Bendjemil, presenter for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Sehr Khan, MD - Dr. Khan, presenter for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Mary (Libby) Schroeder, MD - Dr. Schroeder, presenter for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Cindy Joseph, BSN, RN, CFRN, CPEN - Ms. Joseph, presenter for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Maggie Spruce, MD - Dr. Spruce, author for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Catherine Entriken, MD - Dr. Entriken, presenter for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Eileen Bulger, MD, FACS - Dr. Bulger, planner/speaker/moderator for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Claire Leidy, BA - Ms. Leidy, planner/speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Alicia Ponton-Carss, MD, FACS - Dr. Ponton-Carss, planner/speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Chris Dodgion, MD, FACS - Dr. Dodgion, planner/speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Andrea Hawk, BA, BSN, MAEd, RN, TCRN - Ms. Hawk, planner for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Nirav Patel, MD, FACS - Dr. Patel, planner for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Tam Pham, MD, FACS - Dr. Pham, planner for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Joakim Jorgensen, MD, FACS - Dr. Jorgensen, planner/speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Anita Verschure - Ms. Verschure, planner for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Guy Slater, MD, FACS - Dr. Slater, planner/presenter for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Scott D’Amours, MD, FACS - Dr. D’Amours, planner/speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Abdelhakim Elkholy, MD, FACS - Dr. Elkholy, planner/speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Mentor Ahmeti, MD, FACS - Dr. Ahmeti, planner/speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Maria Paulson, RN - Ms. Paulson, planner/speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

David Efron, MD, FACS - Dr. Efron, planner for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Juliana Cardoso, MD, PhD, FACS - Dr. Cardoso, planner for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Simon Tsang, MD - Dr. Tsang, planner for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Samir Ballouz, RN - Mr. Ballouz, planner for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

John Sutyak, MD, EdD, FACS - Dr. Sutyak, planner/speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Dany Westerband, MD, FACS - Dr. Westerband, planner/speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Cathy Wilson, MSN, RN - Ms. Wilson, planner/speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

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By attending this activity, you give us permission to share your CME data with the CME Accrediting provider and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

Diplomates of the American Board of Surgery

By attending an ACS-accredited activity, you may choose to participate in the automatic transfer of your CME credits to the ABS via the ACCME. If you are a physician and Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery (ABS). This is a free offering.

Opt in to Automatically Send your CME Data to the ABS

The direct automatic transfer applies to all learners who have an ACS profile, are Diplomates of the ABS, and have provided their ABS ID and date of birth in the ACS MyCME Portal on the Board Certification page.

Step-by-Step Instructions to Access MyCME and Opt in to Transmit Your CME Data:

1. Log in to your MyCME Portal
2. Select the Board Certification tab
3. Enter the American Board of Surgery
4. Enter your ABS ID
5. Enter your Day and Month of birth
6. Next go to the Send CME Data tab
7. Toggle to Opt In (green) “Yes! I choose to Opt-in and permit the ACS to automatically transfer all my ACS -Accredited CME data.

Once you have opted to automatically transfer your CME credits to the ABS, please allow 24 hours after transferring claiming your CME credits before you log into your ABS account to confirm the credits are in your ABS CME Repository. You may opt out at any time.

For more information or to request assistance, contact mycme@facs.org. Please note: if you have previously successfully transmitted your ACS-accredited CME credits to the ABS via ACCME, then you can skip steps 2-6, and go directly to the Send CME Data tab, and Toggle to Opt In (green).