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Register for September 16 Webinar on Operative Standards for Rectal Cancer
Important Dates
Presenters will share information on how the Operative Standards for Cancer Surgery provide resources for rectal cancer that can be applied internationally and how surgeons can access and utilize the standards in their practice.
The Operative Standards for Cancer Surgery manuals offer concrete, evidence-based recommendations on cancer surgery techniques critical to achieving optimal outcomes. Select recommendations from these volumes have been incorporated into the 2020 Commission on Cancer standards, making them must-haves for surgical oncologists and general surgeons.
Learn More and Register Today.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
Basic Endovascular Skills for Trauma (BEST) - Course
Trauma Events
Location City: Nashville. Location State: Tennessee. Location Country: United States. Event Category: Trauma (not including ATLS). Type/Interest: Trauma/Critical care. Contact Name: Cathy Wilson. Contact Email: catherine.s.wilson@vumc.org. Contact Phone: 615-936-0194. Event Website: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/education/basic-endovascular-skills-for-trauma/.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025.
Vanderbilt University.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET)
Trauma Events
Location City: Nashville. Location State: Tennessee. Event Category: Trauma (not including ATLS). Type/Interest: Trauma/Critical care. Contact Name: Cathy Wilson. Contact Email: catherine.s.wilson@vumc.org. Contact Phone: 615-936-0194. Event Website: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/education/asset/.
Thursday, September 18, 2025.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
New Mexico Chapter Annual Meeting
ACS CME Events
Location City: Albuquerque. Location State: New Mexico. Location Country: United States. Event Category: ACS Chapter. Event Website: https://nmchapteracs.org/events/.
Friday, September 19, 2025 – Saturday, September 20, 2025.
Sheraton Uptown Hotel
2600 Louisiana Blvd NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, 87110.
Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET)
Trauma Events
Location City: Los Angeles. Location State: California. Event Category: Trauma (not including ATLS). Type/Interest: Trauma/Critical care. Contact Name: Angela Martinez. Contact Email: angela.martinez@med.usc.edu. Contact Phone: 323-707-3363. Event Website: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/education/asset.
Friday, September 19, 2025.
Keck School of Medicine of USC.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
Webinar: Celebrating Women in Medicine Month
Important Dates
In this webinar, women surgeons from around the world share their stories of what inspires them in their surgical careers, how they got started, and what they look forward to in the future. Join us as the International Relations Committee and the Women in Surgery Committee celebrate Women in Medicine Month. There will be an audience Q&A at the end of the webinar.
Learn More and Register Today.
Monday, September 22, 2025, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET)
Trauma Events
Location City: Sacramento. Location State: California. Event Category: Trauma (not including ATLS). Type/Interest: Trauma/Critical care. Contact Name: Maya Lowden. Contact Email: mlowden@health.ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone: 916-734-8356. Event Website: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/education/asset.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025.
UC Davis Medical Center: Military-Civilian Partnership, Travis AFB.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET)
Trauma Events
Location City: St Louis. Location State: Missouri. Event Category: Trauma (not including ATLS). Type/Interest: Trauma/Critical care. Contact Name: Laura Wilson. Contact Email: laura.wilson@bjc.org. Event Website: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/education/asset.
Thursday, September 25, 2025.
Barnes Jewish Hospital.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
Basic Endovascular Skills for Trauma (BEST) - Course
Trauma Events
Location City: Sacramento. Location State: California. Location Country: United States. Event Category: Trauma (not including ATLS). Type/Interest: Trauma/Critical care. Contact Name: Maya Lowden. Contact Email: mlowden@health.ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone: 916-734-8356. Event Website: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/education/basic-endovascular-skills-for-trauma/.
Thursday, September 25, 2025.
Aggie Square.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
Basic Endovascular Skills for Trauma (BEST) - Workshop
Trauma Events
Location City: Honolulu. Location State: Hawaii. Location Country: United States. Event Category: Trauma (not including ATLS). Type/Interest: Trauma/Critical care. Contact Name: TJ Donayri. Contact Email: cdonayri@queens.org. Contact Phone: 808-691-7059. Event Website: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/education/basic-endovascular-skills-for-trauma/.
Thursday, September 25, 2025.
The Queen's Conference Center.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
Applications Due September 26 for ACS Surgeons as Educators
Important Dates
This six-day intensive course, offered by the ACS Division of Education, is designed to provide surgeons with the knowledge and skills to enhance their abilities as teachers and administrators of surgical education programs.
The course emphasizes the needs of adult learners and the techniques necessary to develop an effective learning environment for medical students, surgical residents, and colleagues. The class size is limited, and participants are carefully selected to foster highly interactive sessions.
Learn More and Register Today.
Friday, September 26, 2025.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
Clinical Congress 2025
ACS CME Events
The Clinical Congress is designed to provide individuals with a wide range of learning opportunities, activities, and experiences that will match their educational and professional development needs. The Clinical Congress will be held at the Moscone Center.
Location City: Chicago. Location State: Illinois. Location Country: United States. Event Website: https://www.facs.org/for-medical-professionals/conferences-and-meetings/clinical-congress-2025/. Maximum AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™: 196.
Saturday, October 4, 2025 – Tuesday, October 7, 2025.
McCormick Place.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET)
Trauma Events
Location City: Los Angeles. Location State: California. Location Country: United States. Event Category: Trauma (not including ATLS). Type/Interest: Trauma/Critical care. Contact Name: Crystal Edem. Contact Email: casit@mednet.ucla.edu. Contact Phone: 310-267-8262. Event Website: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/education/asset.
Thursday, October 9, 2025.
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
Brooklyn Long Island Chapter Annual Meeting
ACS CME Events
Location City: Garden City. Location State: New York. Location Country: United States. Event Category: ACS Chapter. Event Website: https://bliacs.org/events.html.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM.
The Garden City Hotel
45 Seventh Street,
Garden City,
NY 11530.
Connecticut Chapter Annual Meeting
ACS CME Events
Location State: Connecticut. Location Country: United States. Event Category: ACS Chapter.
Friday, October 17, 2025.
Basic Endovascular Skills for Trauma (BEST) - Course
Trauma Events
Location City: Los Angeles. Location State: California. Location Country: United States. Event Category: Trauma (not including ATLS). Type/Interest: Trauma/Critical care. Contact Name: Angela Martinez. Contact Email: angela.martinez@med.usc.edu. Contact Phone: 323-707-3363. Event Website: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/education/basic-endovascular-skills-for-trauma/.
Friday, October 17, 2025.
Keck School of Medicine of USC.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET)
Trauma Events
Location City: Sacramento. Location State: California. Event Category: Trauma (not including ATLS). Type/Interest: Trauma/Critical care. Contact Name: Maya Lowden. Contact Email: mlowden@health.ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone: 916-734-8356. Event Website: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/education/asset.
Wednesday, October 22, 2025.
UC Davis Medical Center: Military-Civilian Partnership, Travis AFB.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
Basic Endovascular Skills for Trauma (BEST) - Course
Trauma Events
Location City: Sacramento. Location State: California. Location Country: United States. Event Category: Trauma (not including ATLS). Type/Interest: Trauma/Critical care. Contact Name: Maya Lowden. Contact Email: mlowden@health.ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone: 916-734-8356. Event Website: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/education/basic-endovascular-skills-for-trauma/.
Thursday, October 23, 2025.
Aggie Square.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
Applications Due October 31 for ACS Surgeons as Leaders: From Operating Room to Boardroom
Important Dates
The ACS Surgeons as Leaders Course aims to address today’s evolving challenges in healthcare from a leadership perspective. Features of the course include individual meetings with expert faculty for personalized guidance, working lunches with faculty to promote networking and discussion of challenges identified by course attendees, special concurrent sessions tailored to address issues faced by leaders in community practice and those in academic practice, sessions on diversity, and more. A variety of interactive panel discussions, case-based sessions, lectures, and small group discussions will foster networking and personalized learning throughout the three-day course. The purpose of this course is to provide surgeons with an understanding of leadership at all levels of an organization and to provide them with the skills that are essential for effective leadership.
Learn More and Apply Today.
Friday, October 31, 2025.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
Basic Endovascular Skills for Trauma (BEST) - Course
Trauma Events
Location City: Baltimore. Location State: Maryland. Location Country: United States. Event Category: Trauma (not including ATLS). Type/Interest: Trauma/Critical care. Contact Name: Dora Russell. Contact Email: drussell@som.umaryland.edu. Contact Phone: 410-328-9878. Event Website: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/education/basic-endovascular-skills-for-trauma/.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025.
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET)
Trauma Events
Location City: Sacramento. Location State: California. Event Category: Trauma (not including ATLS). Type/Interest: Trauma/Critical care. Contact Name: Maya Lowden. Contact Email: mlowden@health.ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone: 916-734-8356. Event Website: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/education/asset.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025.
UC Davis Medical Center: Military-Civilian Partnership, Travis AFB.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
Basic Endovascular Skills for Trauma (BEST) - Course
Trauma Events
Location City: Nashville. Location State: Tennessee. Location Country: United States. Event Category: Trauma (not including ATLS). Type/Interest: Trauma/Critical care. Contact Name: Cathy Wilson. Contact Email: catherine.s.wilson@vumc.org. Contact Phone: 615-936-0194. Event Website: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/education/basic-endovascular-skills-for-trauma/.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025.
Vanderbilt University.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
ACS Simulation in Surgical Education Course
Important Dates
The course was developed in response to growing interest in simulation-based training, especially with advancements in laparoscopic, endoscopic, and robotic surgery. As simulation centers evolve, trained faculty are essential for teaching these technologies. The impact of the course extends beyond participants, as they can influence teaching and curriculum development at their institutions.
Learn More and Register Today.
Location City: Durham. Location State: North Carolina.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 – Saturday, November 22, 2025.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET)
Trauma Events
Location City: Nashville. Location State: Tennessee. Event Category: Trauma (not including ATLS). Type/Interest: Trauma/Critical care. Contact Name: Cathy Wilson. Contact Email: catherine.s.wilson@vumc.org. Contact Phone: 615-936-0194. Event Website: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/education/asset/.
Thursday, November 20, 2025.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
Basic Endovascular Skills for Trauma (BEST) - Course
Trauma Events
Location City: Sacramento. Location State: California. Location Country: United States. Event Category: Trauma (not including ATLS). Type/Interest: Trauma/Critical care. Contact Name: Maya Lowden. Contact Email: mlowden@health.ucdavis.edu. Contact Phone: 916-734-8356. Event Website: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/education/basic-endovascular-skills-for-trauma/.
Thursday, November 20, 2025.
Aggie Square.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET)
Trauma Events
Location City: Los Angeles. Location State: California. Event Category: Trauma (not including ATLS). Type/Interest: Trauma/Critical care. Contact Name: Angela Martinez. Contact Email: angela.martinez@med.usc.edu. Contact Phone: 323-707-3363. Event Website: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/education/asset.
Friday, November 21, 2025.
Keck School of Medicine of USC.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
Basic Endovascular Skills for Trauma (BEST) - Course
Trauma Events
Location City: Los Angeles. Location State: California. Location Country: United States. Event Category: Trauma (not including ATLS). Type/Interest: Trauma/Critical care. Contact Name: Crystal Edem. Contact Email: cedem@mednet.ucla.edu. Contact Phone: 310-267-8262. Event Website: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/education/basic-endovascular-skills-for-trauma/.
Monday, December 1, 2025.
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
Basic Endovascular Skills for Trauma (BEST) - Course
Trauma Events
Location City: Baltimore. Location State: Maryland. Location Country: United States. Event Category: Trauma (not including ATLS). Type/Interest: Trauma/Critical care. Contact Name: Dora Russell. Contact Email: drussell@som.umaryland.edu. Contact Phone: 410-328-9878. Event Website: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/education/basic-endovascular-skills-for-trauma/.
Tuesday, December 2, 2025.
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center.
For more info visit www.facs.org.
Basic Endovascular Skills for Trauma (BEST) - Course
Trauma Events
Location City: Los Angeles. Location State: California. Location Country: United States. Event Category: Trauma (not including ATLS). Type/Interest: Trauma/Critical care. Contact Name: Angela Martinez. Contact Email: angela.martinez@med.usc.edu. Contact Phone: 323-707-3363. Event Website: https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/education/basic-endovascular-skills-for-trauma/.
Friday, December 12, 2025.
Keck School of Medicine of USC.
For more info visit www.facs.org.