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  Important Note: The conference schedule is subject to change. Updates to sessions, speakers, and timing may occur prior to the start of the conference. Please refer to this page for the latest schedule information.

Full Schedule

  • Friday, October 2, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 7:30 AM CDT
    General Surgery Discipline: Surviving Sepsis Updates
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CDT
    Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery: Annual Business Meeting
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CDT
    General Surgery: Robotics
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CDT
    General Surgery: The "Osteopathic Advantage" in Global Health
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CDT
    Membership Committee Business Meeting
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CDT
    Morning Coffee with Exhibitors
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CDT
    Neurological Discipline Program
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CDT
    Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery : Annual Business Meeting and Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM CDT
    Registration
  • 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM CDT
    General Surgery: Chest Wall Reconstruction Updates
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CDT
    Keynote Address: From Best to Better
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
    General Interest Critial Care Papers
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM CDT
    Medical Student Section - MSS
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CDT
    Coffee Break with Exhibitors
  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM CDT
    General Surgery: Abdominl Wall
  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM CDT
    General Surgery: Acute Care and Trauma Robotics
  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM CDT
    General Surgery: Tailoring Breast Cancer Care in Extremes of Age
  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM CDT
    Neurological Discipline Program: Brain Tumor
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CDT
    Lung Cancer Talk
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CDT
    Urology
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CDT
    General Surgery: BREAST (Updates in Breast Conserving Surgery)
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CDT
    General Surgery: Management of Breast Cancer Recurrence
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CDT
    Lung Cancer Talk
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    General Surgery: Building an Outpatient Surgery Center
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    General Surgery: Integrating Robotic Data
  • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    Application of Limited Leukocyte Filtrate in Pulm Resection
  • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    General Surgery: De-escalation of Auxillary Surgery
  • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    General Surgery: Teaching Robotic Hernia Repairs to Resident Learners
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
    General Surgery Discipline Annual Business Meeting and Lunch
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
    Lunch with Exhibitors
  • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    Neurological Discipline Annual Business Meeting and Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM CDT
    Update on Vascular Trauma
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    General Surgery: Breast Point/Counterpoint
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    Neurosurgery: Process Mapping in Neurosurgery
  • 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    Evolution of Minimally Invasive Treatments
  • 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    Fear, Flesh and Fangs: Brown Recluse Bites Revisited
  • 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    Update on Cardiothoracic Trauma
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM CDT
    General Surgery: A Benefit to Invading Greenland? Opportunity for Malpractice Reform
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM CDT
    General Surgery: Trauma Updates
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM CDT
    Neurological Discipline: Minimally Invasive vs Endoscopic Approaches to Spine
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
    General Surgery Program - Breast Cancer Genetics
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
    General Surgery: Better Call Conklin: Legal Updates on Single-Accreditation
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
    General Surgery: Soft Tissue Reconstruction/Burns
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
    Neurological Discipline: Minimally Invasive / Same Day Brain Surgery
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
    Coffee Break with Exhibitors
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM CDT
    General Surgery: Breast Reconstruction
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM CDT
    General Surgery: Managing Bariatrics Complications
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM CDT
    Geniculate Artery and Plantar Fascitis Embolization
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM CDT
    Neurological Discipline: Endoscopic Keyhole Cranial Surgery
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM CDT
    ACOS Ceremonial Conclave
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CDT
    ACOS President's Reception
  • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM CDT
    AOCPr President's Reception and Annual Banquet