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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Thursday, October 1, 2026
  • 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
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM CDT
    Exhibit Hall Installation
  • 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
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CDT
    Theodore F. Classen Memorial Lecture
  • 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 - 1:00 PM CDT
    Lunch | Visit Exhibits | Quick Shots
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CDT
    Quick Shot Presentations
  • 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: Robotics
  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM CDT
    General Surgery: What's New in Rural Surgery
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    General Surgery: Updates on High Risk and Benign Breast Lesions
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    Urological Surgery Annual Business Meeting
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM CDT
    Cardiothoracic and Neurological Surgery: Stroke
  • 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    General Surgery: Evolution of Minimally Invasive Techniques
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CDT
    General Surgery - Updates in Transplant Surgery
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM CDT
    CTV - CEA v TCAR
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM CDT
    General Surgery: Closing the Best Hernia Repari Approach
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM CDT
    General Surgery: Indications for Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
    Coffee Break
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CDT
    Neurological and CTV Resident Podiums
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM CDT
    CTV - Neurointerventional
  • 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
    General Surgery: Expanding Access: Building a Breast Center in the Community Setting
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CDT
    General Surgery: Robotics Point - Counterpoint
  • 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM CDT
    AOCPr Board of Trustees Meeting
  • 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM CDT
    Aortic Dissection
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CDT
    AOCPr College Meeting
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CDT
    Neurological Discipline Program
  • 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM CDT
    Women's Surgeons Forum and Reception
  • 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM CDT
    Explanting EVAR grafts
  • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM CDT
    PCOM Alumni Reception
  • 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
    Resident and Student Scientific Research Presentation and Awards Reception