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Doubletree by Hilton Nashville
Downtown
Nashville, TN
This program is designed for practicing surgeons. All presentations are intended to provide a
scientific update in surgery with application to
daily practice, to enhance the knowledge of the
participants in these areas, to improve surgical
competency, or to provide an update in the areas of
state and national socioeconomic trends in the
practice of surgery.
The American College of Surgeons is
accredited by the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide
continuing medical education for physicians.
This program has been submitted to
the American College of Surgeons for CME Approval.
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Registration Open for all Attendees and
Exhibitors
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| 10:00 |
Exhibits Open |
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| 10:00-11:30 |
Executive Council Meeting |
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| 11:30-12:00 |
Break |
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| 12:00-1:30 |
Luncheon
Speaker: C. William Schwab,
M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.
University of Pennsylvania
Medical Center |
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| 1:30-5:00 |
TN Surgical Quality Collaborative Session |
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1:30-2:30
Population Health as it Relates to
Surgery: the Michigan Experience
Skip Campbell,
MD, FACS |
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2:30-3:00
Break with Exhibitors |
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3:00-4:00
TSQC Progress Report - Improving
Patient Care
Oscar Guillamondegui, MD, FACS |
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4:00-5:00
Surgical Site Infection - Trends in TN
Hospitals
Marion Kainer, MD |
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| 5:00-6:30 |
Cocktail Reception |
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Dinner
on your own |
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7:00 |
Exhibits Open/Continental
Breakfast |
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7:30 - 8:30 |
The Employed
Surgeon - A Primer for Surgeons Who Are
Considering Employment
Panelists: Eugene Shively, MD, FACS
Others TBA |
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7:30 - 9:15 |
Networking Time for Surgical Ancillary
Groups |
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8:30 - 9:15 |
Update from ACS
Phillip Burns, MD, FACS |
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9:15 - 9:45 |
Advocacy and the American
College of Surgeons Professional
Association
Clarence
Watridge, MD, FACS |
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10:00 - 12:00 |
Cancer Committee Session
Update from TN Comprehensive Cancer
Coalition
Ingrid Meszoely, MD, FACS
Update from American Cancer Society
Speaker TBA
Update from Tumor Registrars Association
of TN
Speaker TBA |
Trauma Advisory
Council/Committee on Trauma |
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12:00 - 12:45 |
Lunch
Treating
Breast Cancer - Results of recent trials
Pat Whitworth, MD, FACS
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Lunch
Speaker
TBA |
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1:00 - 3:00 |
Cancer Paper Competition |
Resident Trauma Paper
Competition
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3:15 - 4:30 |
On the Hot Seat: Surgical
Experts Respond to Difficult Surgical
Questions Submitted by Attendees
Patricia Numann, MD, FACS; Wright
Pinson, MD, FACS (invited) |
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4:45 |
AWS/ACS Liaison Session
Communication Skills: An Important
Component on the Road to Success
Patricia Numann, MD, FACS |
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5:30 |
Reception and Dinner
Entertainment: Soul Incision |
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7:00 |
Exhibits Open |
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7:30 - 8:30 |
Prescribing
Practices Session
This session is
certified by the TMA and the Board
of Medical Examiners and will
fulfill the licensure requirement
for one hour's CME in prescribing
practices. Requires separate fee -
see registration form. |
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Adkins/Morgan Resident Paper
Competition |
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Basic Science and Clinical
Science Presentations |
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11:30 |
Business Meeting
Announcement of Competition Winners
Adjourn |
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