CONFERENCE AGENDA
Friday Schedule
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm​ Annual Business Meeting
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm​ Round Table Discussion & Social
Saturday Schedule
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Open time with exhibitors
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Emergencies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Do's and Don'ts
Speaker: Maria Michailidou, MD
8:35 AM - 9:20 AM ABS Continuous Certification Update
Speaker: Anne Larkin, MD
9:25 AM - 9:55 AM Complex Hernia Management
Speaker: Tom Brady, MD
Stretch Break with Exhibitors | 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Join the program exhibitors for a short break. Visit their virtual exhibit booths and collect all the hidden codes for a chance to win the MEACS raffle. You must be listening to claim your prize!​
10:35 AM - 11:20 AM Five Things a Surgeon Needs to Know About Mental Wellness
Speaker: Greg Marley, LCSW
Resources
11:25 AM - 11:55 AM Commission on Cancer Update
Speaker: Tim Fitzgerald, MD
11:55 PM - 12:15 PM Grab lunch for luncheon presentation
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Lunch With ACS
American College of Surgeons Responds to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Speaker: Dr. Valerie Rusch, MD, FACS
President, ACS | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Stretch Break with Exhibitors | 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Join the program exhibitors for a short break. Visit their virtual exhibit booths and collect all the hidden codes for a chance to win the MEACS raffle. You must be listening to claim your prize!​
Resident Research | 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM
Aaron Barnes (Dartmouth Hitchcock) | 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
Alison Pletch (Maine Medical Center) | 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM
Obieze Nwanna-Nzewunwa (Maine Medical Center) | 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
Joseph Mack (Maine Medical Center) | 2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
Claim Your CME
The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American College of Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Creditsâ„¢. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.