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Thursday, October 1, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
CDT
Awards Committee Meeting
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
CDT
Awards Committee Meeting
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
CDT
Registration Desk
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
CDT
Registration Desk
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
CDT
Speaker Ready Room
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
CDT
Speaker Ready Room
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
CDT
Exhibit Hall Installation
7:30 AM - 10:30 AM
CDT
Exhibit Hall Installation
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
CDT
ACOS Annual Members Meeting
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
CDT
ACOS Annual Members Meeting
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
CDT
Keynote Address: Lift as You Climb: How to Lead by Helping Others Succeed
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
CDT
Keynote Address: Lift as You Climb: How to Lead by Helping Others Succeed
Location: Empire AB
Brandon Fleming
General Interest
Earn 1.5
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
Theodore F. Classen Memorial Lecture
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
Theodore F. Classen Memorial Lecture
General Interest
Earn 1
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
ACA Scientific Exhibit and Poster Committee Meeting
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
ACA Scientific Exhibit and Poster Committee Meeting
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
CDT
Ceremonial Committee Meeting
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
CDT
Ceremonial Committee Meeting
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
CDT
Lunch | Visit Exhibits | Quick Shots
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
CDT
Lunch | Visit Exhibits
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
CDT
Quick Shot Presentations
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
CDT
Quick Shot Presentations
General Interest
Earn 1.5
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
CDT
Ceremonial Conclave Rehearsal
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
CDT
Ceremonial Conclave Rehearsal
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Evolution of Minimally Invasive Techniques
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Evolution of Minimally Invasive Techniques
Nick Gabriel, D.O., FACOS
General Surgery
Earn .5
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Robotics
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
CDT
General Surgery: The Bariatric Robotic Approach : When and Where
Carl Pesta, FACOS, FASMBS
– Mclaren Macomb Hospital, Mount Clemens Michigan. MSU!
General Surgery
Earn .5
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
CDT
General Surgery: What's New in Rural Surgery
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
CDT
General Surgery: What's New in Rural Surgery
Chad Robbins, DO, FACOS
– Glencoe Regional Health
General Surgery
Earn .5
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Updates on High Risk and Benign Breast Lesions
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Updates on High Risk and Benign Breast Lesions
Lynette Mendoza, DO
– New York Breast Health- NYCB
General Surgery
Earn 1
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
Urological Surgery Annual Business Meeting
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
Urological Surgery Annual Business Meeting
Urological Surgeons
Earn 0
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
CDT
Cardiothoracic and Neurological Surgery: Stroke
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
CDT
CTV and Neurological Surgery: Crest 2
Malachi Sheahan, III, MD. FACS
Neurological
Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Earn 1.5
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Evolution of Minimally Invasive Techniques
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Evolution of Minimally Invasive Techniques
Nick Gabriel, D.O., FACOS
General Surgery
Earn .5
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
CDT
General Surgery - Updates in Transplant Surgery
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
CDT
Updates in Abdominal Transplant Surgery
Matthew G. Rosenwzeig, D.O.
– Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
General Surgery
Earn 1
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
CDT
CTV - CEA v TCAR
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
CDT
CEAs, TCARs, tfCAS Oh My: Which modality should you choose when?
Carmen Piccolo, III, DO, .FACOS, FACS, FSVS,RPVI
– McLeod Regional Medical Center
Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Earn .5
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Closing the Best Hernia Repari Approach
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Choosing the Best Hernia Repair Approach
Igor Elyash, DO (he/him/his)
– Valley Health System / Valley Medical Group
General Surgery
Earn .5
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Indications for Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Indications for Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy
Leslie Elmore, DO
General Surgery
Earn .5
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
CDT
Coffee Break
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
CDT
Coffee Break
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
CDT
Neurological and CTV Resident Podiums
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
CDT
Neurological and CTV Resident Podiums
Neurological
Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Earn 1
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
CDT
CTV - Neurointerventional
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
CDT
CTV - Neurointerventional
Josh Bentley, DO
– Southeast Health
Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Earn .5
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
CDT
ACOS Resident Section Annual Business Meeting
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
CDT
ACOS Resident Section Annual Business Meeting
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
CDT
Cardiovascular and Neurological: Carotid, Stroke - Guest Lecture - Panel
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
CDT
Cardiovascular and Neurological: Carotid, Stroke - Guest Lecture - Panel
Carmen Piccolo, III, DO, .FACOS, FACS, FSVS,RPVI
– McLeod Regional Medical Center
Josh Bentley, DO
– Southeast Health
Neurological
Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Earn 1
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Expanding Access: Building a Breast Center in the Community Setting
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Expanding Access: Building a Breast Center in the Community Setting
Lauren Kopicky, DO, FACOS, FACS
– Cleveland Clinic
General Surgery
Earn 1
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Robotics Point - Counterpoint
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Robotics Point - Counterpoint
Christopher Zambrano, DO
Gerard A. Baltazar, DO, FACOS, FACS
– NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island
Carl Pesta, FACOS, FASMBS
– Mclaren Macomb Hospital, Mount Clemens Michigan. MSU!
General Surgery
Earn 1
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
CDT
AOCPr Board of Trustees Meeting
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
CDT
AOCPr Board of Trustees Meeting
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
CDT
Aortic Dissection
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
CDT
Aortic Dissection
Harold Tabaie, DO (he/him/his)
– Southern California Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeons & Golden State Medical Clinic
Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Earn .5
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
CDT
AOCPr College Meeting
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
CDT
AOCPr College Meeting
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
CDT
Neurological Discipline Program
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
CDT
Neurological Discipline Program
Alexandra Beier, DO
– University of Florida- Jacksonville
Neurological Surgery
Earn 1
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
CDT
Women's Surgeons Forum and Reception
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
CDT
Women's Surgeons Forum and Reception
General Interest
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
CDT
Explanting EVAR grafts
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
CDT
EVAR Conversion: coming to an OR near you
Seyed-mojtaba Gashti, DO,FACOS, FACS,RPVI (he/him/his)
– wellington regional medical center
Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Earn .5
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
CDT
PCOM Alumni Reception
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
CDT
PCOM Alumni Reception
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
CDT
Alumni Receptions
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
CDT
Alumni Receptions
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
CDT
Neurological Surgery Discipline Reception
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
CDT
Neurological Surgery Discipline Reception
Neurological Surgery
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
CDT
Resident and Student Scientific Research Presentation and Awards Reception
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
CDT
Resident and Student Scientific Research Presentation and Awards Reception
General Interest