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  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CT
    ACOS Bylaws Committee Meeting
    Location: Wrigleyville, 2nd Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    ACOS Trust Fund Committee Meeting
    Location: Old Town, 2nd Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    ACOS Government Affairs Committee Meeting
    Location: Wrigleyville, 2nd Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    ACOS IDEA Committee Meeting
    Location: Old Town, 2nd Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    ACOS Committee Chairs Meeting
    Location: Old Town, 2nd Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    1:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Registration Desk Hours
    Location: 7th Floor Foyer
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological SurgeryACOS Medical Student Section (ACOS MSS)
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    2:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
    Location: Printers Row, 2nd Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    2:30 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    ACOS Strategic Planning Committee Meeting
    Location: Old Town, 2nd Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    ACOS General Surgery In-Depth Review Committee Meeting
    Location: Wrigleyville, 2nd Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    3:00 PM – 6:00 PM CT
    Exhibit Hall INSTALLATION
    Location: Grand Ballroom 2-3, 7th Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    ACOS Continuing Education Committee Meeting
    Location: Wrigleyville, 2nd Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    7:00 AM – 8:00 AM CT
    ACOS Awards Committee
    Location: Wrigleyville, 2nd Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    7:00 AM – 8:00 AM CT
    Coffee Break
    Location: Chicago Ballroom Foyer
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    7:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Registration Desk Hours
    Location: 7th Floor Foyer
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological SurgeryACOS Medical Student Section (ACOS MSS)
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    7:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
    Location: Printers Row, 2nd Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CT
    ACOS Annual Members Meeting
    Location: Chicago Ballroom D-H, 5th Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    8:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Exhibit Hall INSTALLATION
    Location: Grand Ballroom 2-3, 7th Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    ACOS Journal Committee Meeting
    Location: Old Town, 2nd Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    9:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Keynote Address: Glamorizing Medical Education
    Location: Chicago Ballroom D-H, 5th Floor
    Keynote Speaker: Sampson Davis, MD, FACEP (he/him/his) – New Jersey Hospitals
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological SurgeryACOS Medical Student Section (ACOS MSS)
     CE: 1.5
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Theodore F. Classen Memorial Lecture - Spirituality and Health: Clinical and Research Implications
    Location: Chicago Ballroom D-H, 5th Floor
    Keynote Speaker: Andrew Newberg, MD – Thomas Jefferson University
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
     CE: 1
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    11:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    DOs in Plastic Surgery
    Location: Chicago Ballroom D-H, 5th Floor
    Non-Member Speaker: Gregory Greco, DO, FACS (he/him/his) – MONMOUTH PLASTIC SURGERY
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
     CE: .5
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    ACOS Ceremonial Committee Meeting
    Location: Old Town, 2nd Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT
    Lunch | Visit Exhibits | Poster Presentations
    Location: Grand Ballroom, 7th Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    11:30 AM – 3:00 PM CT
    Exhibit Hall Hours
    Location: Grand Ballroom 2-3, 7th Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    11:30 AM – 3:00 PM CT
    Poster Presentations
    Location: Grand Ballroom 1-2, 7th Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    11:30 AM – 3:30 PM CT
    ACA Scientific Poster Sessions Committee Meeting
    Location: Wrigleyville, 2nd Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    ACOS Annual Ceremonial Conclave Rehearsal
    Location: Northwestern - Ohio State- Purdue - Wisconsin, 6th Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    12:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    ACA Poster Judging
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    1:00 PM – 1:10 PM CT
    Differences in Pediatric Heart Transplant Outcomes by Payor Type Before and After the 2016 Allocation Changes
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Andrew D. Vogel, MS – Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    1:00 PM – 1:40 PM CT
    Podium Presentation - Cardiothoracic Surgery & General Vascular Surgery
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .75
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    1:10 PM – 1:20 PM CT
    Novel Interactome Networks Of Noncoding RNAs in Human Cardiomyopathic Heart Failure
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Hayden K. Roberts (he/him/his) – New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    1:20 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Clinically Significant Morphology of the Internal Thoracic Artery Branches
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Joey Marcuccilli – A.T. Still University
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    1:30 PM – 1:40 PM CT
    Anatomical Variation of the Suprascapular Artery Origin: A Cadaveric Study
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Lila A. Huston, OMS-II – University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    1:40 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Intravascular Lithotripsy: Shock Wave Angioplasty
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Ernest Zichal, DO – Riverside Medical Group
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .25
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    2:10 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Update with Ellypsis Device
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Greg Lynch, DO, FACOS – Indiana Regional Medical Center
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .25
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    2:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Coffee Break | Visit Exhibits
    Location: Grand Ballroom 2-3, 7th Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    2:40 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Current Recommendations for Treatment of Superficial Venous Disease
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: alissa Brotman O'Neil, DO – Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .25
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    3:00 PM – 3:20 PM CT
    How TCAR adoption affects CEA practice
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Lane M. Lee, DO, FACS, FACOS – Genesis Hospital
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .25
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    3:20 PM – 3:40 PM CT
    Expanded Vascular Surgical Technology - First Order Percutaneous Mechanical Arterial Advanced Thrombectomy Technology (FOPMAATT).
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Duangnapa Cuddy, DO, FACOS, RPVI. – IU Health Hospital, Bloomington IN
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .25
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    ACOS Resident Section Annual Business Meeting
    Location: Streeterville, 2nd Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Rural Surgeons Panel
    Location: Wrigleyville, 2nd Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
     CE: 1
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    5:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Doctors Hospital General Surgery Program Alumni
    Location: Michigan/Michigan State
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    5:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    OhioHealth Physician Group Doctors Alumni Event
    Location: Northwestern - Ohio, 6th Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    5:00 PM – 8:00 PM CT
    Women Surgeons Forum and Reception - Finding Happiness Through Healthy Boundaries
    Location: Chicago Ballroom A-B, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Lauren Kopicky, DO, FACOS, FACS – Cleveland Clinic
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological SurgeryACOS Medical Student Section (ACOS MSS)
     CE: 3
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    6:00 PM – 8:00 PM CT
    Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) Alumni Reception
    Location: The Signature Room at the 95th, 875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Thursday, Sep 21st
    6:30 PM – 8:00 PM CT
    ACOS Resident and Student Scientific Research Presentation and Awards Reception
    Location: Indiana - Iowa, 6th Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological SurgeryACOS Medical Student Section (ACOS MSS)
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    3:30 PM – 6:00 PM CT
    Exhibit Hall Breakdown
    Location: Grand Ballroom 2-3, 7th Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    7:00 AM – 8:00 AM CT
    ACOS Membership Committee Meeting
    Location: Old Town, 2nd Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    7:00 AM – 8:00 AM CT
    Coffee Break | Exhibit Hall Hour
    Location: Grand Ballroom 2-3, 7th Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    7:00 AM – 8:00 AM CT
    Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Discipline Annual Business Meeting and Breakfast
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    7:00 AM – 3:00 PM CT
    Registration Desk Hours
    Location: 7th Floor Foyer
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological SurgeryACOS Medical Student Section (ACOS MSS)
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    7:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
    Location: Printers Row, 2nd Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CT
    Keynote Address: health tech innovation and the evolving frontier of ai how can we transform healthcare ethically and equitably?
    Location: Chicago Ballroom D-H, 5th Floor
    Keynote Speaker: Indu Subaiya, MD, MBA, MFA – Catalyst @ Health 2.0
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological SurgeryACOS Medical Student Section (ACOS MSS)
     CE: 1
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    IDEA Committee Lecture: HIGH GROUND: CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE
    Location: Chicago Ballroom D-H, 5th Floor
    Non-Member Speaker: Barbara Ross- Lee Beverly, DO, MS, ABOFP – MARYLAND COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE AT MORGAN STATE
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological SurgeryACOS Medical Student Section (ACOS MSS)
     CE: 1
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    10:00 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Access Surgery: How to build your Practice.
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: David R. Lawrence, DO, FACOS – David R. Lawrence, D.O., LLC
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .25
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Coffee Break | Visit Exhibits
    Location: Grand Ballroom 2-3, 7th Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    10:00 AM – 3:30 PM CT
    Exhibit Hall Hours
    Location: Grand Ballroom 2-3, 7th Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    ALIFs - Doing them safely
    Location: Los Angeles - Miami - Scottsdale, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: David R. Lawrence, DO, FACOS – David R. Lawrence, D.O., LLC
    Neurological SurgeryCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .5
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Complications of ALIF's: How to Handle
    Location: Los Angeles - Miami - Scottsdale, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: David R. Lawrence, DO, FACOS – David R. Lawrence, D.O., LLC
    Neurological SurgeryCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .5
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    11:30 AM – 11:50 AM CT
    Robotics Program at Southcoast
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Tammy Lynn Gleeson, DO – Southcoast Health System
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .25
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    11:50 AM – 12:10 PM CT
    Blood based proteomic classifier for molecular characterization of pulmonary nodules.
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Tammy Lynn Gleeson, DO – Southcoast Health System
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .25
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Lunch | Visit Exhibits
    Location: Grand Ballroom 2-3, 7th Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Legally Mine Lunch Symposium: Proper Use of Legal Entities for Lawsuit Protection and Tax Reduction
    Location: Chicago Ballroom A-B, 5th Floor
    Speaker: Jason Porter
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
    Supported By 
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    1:00 PM – 1:20 PM CT
    Atherectomy Update
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Gregory Messner, DO – Messner Vascular Institute
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .25
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    1:20 PM – 1:40 PM CT
    Office Based Lab vs Ambulatory Surgery Center: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How?
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Gregory Messner, DO – Messner Vascular Institute
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .25
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    1:40 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Round Table Discussion
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    2:00 PM – 2:40 PM CT
    Lightening the Load: Debulking with Angiovac for Operative Optimization in Infective Endocarditis
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Sharon Beth Larson, DO, MS, FACOS, FACS – Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .50
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    2:40 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Get Out: A Novel Strategy for Best Practice with Impella 5.5 Bridge
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Sharon Beth Larson, DO, MS, FACOS, FACS – Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .25
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    3:00 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Coffee Break | Visit Exhibits
    Location: Grand Ballroom 2-3, 7th Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    Conclave Robing Room
    Location: 5th Floor Foyer
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    5:30 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    ACOS Ceremonial Conclave
    Location: Grand Ballroom 1- 2, 7th Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Friday, Sep 22nd
    7:00 PM – 9:00 PM CT
    ACOS President's Reception
    Location: Grand Ballroom 7th Floor Foyer
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological SurgeryACOS Medical Student Section (ACOS MSS)
  • Saturday, Sep 23rd
    7:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Registration Desk Hours
    Location: 7th Floor Foyer
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological SurgeryACOS Medical Student Section (ACOS MSS)
  • Saturday, Sep 23rd
    7:00 AM – 5:00 PM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
    Location: Printers Row, 2nd Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Saturday, Sep 23rd
    8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CT
    Keynote Address: Transition from Provider to Caregiver to Patient
    Location: Chicago Ballroom D-H, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Albert Yurvati, DO, FACOS, DFACOS – UNTHSC TCOM
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological SurgeryACOS Medical Student Section (ACOS MSS)
     CE: 1
  • Saturday, Sep 23rd
    9:00 AM – 9:20 AM CT
    PAD and the Endo-Vascular Toolbox
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Herbert E. Oye, DO, FACOS – West Virginia Vascular Institute
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .25
  • Saturday, Sep 23rd
    9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Intra-Operative Process Mapping & Surgical Education - Where We Are Headed
    Location: Chicago Ballroom D-H, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Saikiran G. Murthy, DO, FACS – Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
     CE: 1
  • Saturday, Sep 23rd
    9:30 AM – 9:50 AM CT
    Hemodialysis Access Maintenance in Office Based Lab
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: RusselL Becker, DO, FACOS – Vascular Center of Naples
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .25
  • Saturday, Sep 23rd
    10:00 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Carotid Disease Treatment Guidelines. Reviewing CEA and TCAR.
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Anu Whisenhunt – Kaiser Permanente
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .25
  • Saturday, Sep 23rd
    10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Coffee Break
    Location: 5th and 6th Floor Foyers
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Saturday, Sep 23rd
    10:20 AM – 10:40 AM CT
    TCAR Access, Tips and Tricks
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Carmen Piccolo, III, DO, .FACOS, FACS, RPVI – McLeod Regional Medical Center
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .25
  • Saturday, Sep 23rd
    10:40 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Latest Update on Immunotherapy for Non - Small Cell Carcinoma
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Peter Baik, DO, FACOS, FACS – City of Hope Phoenix
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .25
  • Saturday, Sep 23rd
    11:00 AM – 11:20 AM CT
    May-Thurner and pelvic congestion diagnosis and treatment
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Elizabeth A. Pensler, DO, FACOS, RPVI – Pensler Vein and Vascular Surgical Institute
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .25
  • Saturday, Sep 23rd
    11:20 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Insufficiency, including procedures and follow up
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Elizabeth A. Pensler, DO, FACOS, RPVI – Pensler Vein and Vascular Surgical Institute
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .75
  • Saturday, Sep 23rd
    12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Lunch
    Location: Grand Ballroom 2-3, 7th Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Saturday, Sep 23rd
    12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Lunch and iTind lab - Supported by Olympus (Non-CME Activity)
    Location: Chicago Ballroom A-B, 5th Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
    Supported By 
  • Saturday, Sep 23rd
    1:40 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Interesting Cardiac Case Study - Mitral Valve Mass
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Michael A. Bishop, DO (he/him/his) – RUSH University Medical Center
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .25
  • Saturday, Sep 23rd
    2:00 PM – 2:20 PM CT
    TEVAR- Zone 0 Case
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Ernest Zichal, DO – Riverside Medical Group
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .25
  • Saturday, Sep 23rd
    2:20 PM – 2:40 PM CT
    Endoanchors can complement Cook Fenestrated EVAR
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Shadi Abu-Halimah, MD, FACS (he/him/his) – West Virginia University-Charleston Division Charleston Area Medical Center
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .25
  • Saturday, Sep 23rd
    2:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Coffee Break
    Location: 5th and 6th Floor Foyers
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Saturday, Sep 23rd
    2:40 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Evar EndoAnchor
    Location: Denver - Houston - Kansas City, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Ernest Zichal, DO – Riverside Medical Group
    Cardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular Surgery
     CE: .25
  • Sunday, Sep 24th
    7:00 AM – 8:00 AM CT
    Military Members Forum
    Location: Old Town, 2nd Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Sunday, Sep 24th
    7:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
    Location: Printers Row, 2nd Floor
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Sunday, Sep 24th
    7:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Registration Desk Hours
    Location: 5th Floor Foyer
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
  • Sunday, Sep 24th
    8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CT
    Osteopathic Manipulation Treatment in the Surgical Patient
    Location: Chicago Ballroom D-H, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Mary Carneval, DO, FACOS (she/her/hers) – Cleveland Clinic Euclid Hospital
    Member Speaker: Grace J. Kim, DO (she/her/hers) – South Pointe Hospital
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
     CE: 1
  • Sunday, Sep 24th
    9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Transforming Burnout into Growth: Lessons from Covid and Strategies for Reinvention
    Location: Chicago Ballroom D-H, 5th Floor
    Non-Member Speaker: Michelle Gordon, DO, FACOS – Dr. Michelle Gordon Coaching
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
     CE: 1
  • Sunday, Sep 24th
    10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    The PDSA Cycle in Surgical Quality
    Location: Chicago Ballroom D-H, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Olutayo Sogunro, DO, MS (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
    Member Speaker: Shirley A. Harding, DO, FACOS (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University
    Member Speaker: Julie Caffrey, DO – Johns Hopkins University
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
     CE: 1
  • Sunday, Sep 24th
    11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    How To Become More Involved with Advocacy. . . My Road to Becoming An Elected Official
    Location: Chicago Ballroom D-H, 5th Floor
    Member Speaker: Janie L. Myers, DO, DFACOS, FACS, MDI (she/her/hers) – Myers Surgical Associates, LLC
    General InterestCardiothoracic SurgeryGeneral Vascular SurgeryGeneral SurgeryNeurological SurgeryProctologyPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryUrological Surgery
     CE: 1