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Friday, October 2, 2026
7:00 AM - 7:30 AM
CDT
General Surgery Discipline: Surviving Sepsis Updates
7:00 AM - 7:30 AM
CDT
General Surgery Discipline: Surviving Sepsis Updates
Zachary W. Brown, DO (he/him/his)
– Virginia Commonwealth University
General Surgery
Earn .5
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
CDT
Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery: Annual Business Meeting
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
CDT
Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery: Annual Business Meeting
Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
CDT
General Surgery: Robotics
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
CDT
General Surgery: Robotics
Carl Pesta, FACOS, FASMBS
– Mclaren Macomb Hospital, Mount Clemens Michigan. MSU!
General Surgery
Earn 1
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
CDT
General Surgery: The "Osteopathic Advantage" in Global Health
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
CDT
General Surgery: The "Osteopathic Advantage" in Global Health
Joseph R. Lewis, DO, FACOS, FACOS (he/him/his)
– Lee Health
General Surgery
Earn 1
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
CDT
Membership Committee Business Meeting
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
CDT
Membership Committee Business Meeting
General Interest
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
CDT
Morning Coffee with Exhibitors
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
CDT
Morning Coffee with Exhibitors
General Interest
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
CDT
Neurological Discipline Program
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
CDT
Neurological Discipline Program
Dawn R. Tartaglione, D.O.,DFACOS
– Bayhealth, Inc., Dover DE
Neurological Surgery
Earn 1
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
CDT
Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery : Annual Business Meeting and Breakfast
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
CDT
Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery : Annual Business Meeting and Breakfast
Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
CDT
Registration
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
CDT
Registration
General Interest
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
CDT
General Surgery: Chest Wall Reconstruction Updates
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
CDT
General Surgery: Chest Wall Reconstruction Updates
Gerard A. Baltazar, DO, FACOS, FACS
– NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island
General Surgery
Earn .5
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
CDT
Keynote Address: From Best to Better
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
CDT
Keynote Address: From Best to Better
Carly Patterson
General Interest
Earn 1
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
CDT
General Interest Critial Care Papers
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
CDT
General Interest: Critial Care Papers
Lauren E. Donatelli, DO, DFACOS, FACS
– University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Sharon Beth Larson, DO, MS, FACOS, FACS (she/her/hers)
– Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare
John J. Kowalczyk, D.O., FACOS (he/him/his)
– urology group of Southern california
Karla Witzke, DO, FACOS
– MyMichigan Medical Group
Pranamya. Mahankali
Dan Miulli, DO, FACOS
– Riverside University Health System-Neurological Surgery
General Interest
Earn 1
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
CDT
Medical Student Section - MSS
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
CDT
Medical Student Section - MSS
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
CDT
Coffee Break with Exhibitors
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
CDT
Coffee Break with Exhibitors
General Interest
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
CDT
General Surgery: Abdominl Wall
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
CDT
General Surgery: Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
Devinder Singh, MD
– University of Miami/Jackson Health Systems
General Surgery
Earn .5
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
CDT
General Surgery: Acute Care and Trauma Robotics
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
CDT
General Surgery: Acute Care and Trauma Robotics
Roberto Taarea, D.O., FACOS, FACS (he/him/his)
– Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center
General Surgery
Earn .5
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
CDT
General Surgery: Tailoring Breast Cancer Care in Extremes of Age
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
CDT
General Surgery: Tailoring Breast Cancer Care in Extremes of Age
Kristin Lupinacci, DO, FACOS, FACS (she/her/hers)
– UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
General Surgery
Earn .5
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
CDT
Neurological Discipline Program: Brain Tumor
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CDT
Neurological Discipline Program: Brain Tumor
Joel Katz, DO
– Akron Children's Hospital
Neurological Surgery
Earn .5
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
Lung Cancer Talk
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
Lung Cancer Talk
Justin Karush, DO
– Rush University Medical Center
Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Earn 1
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
Urology
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
Urology
Janice Santos, M.D.
Urological Surgery
Earn 1
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
General Surgery: BREAST (Updates in Breast Conserving Surgery)
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
General Surgery: BREAST (Updates in Breast Conserving Surgery)
General Surgery
Earn .5
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
General Surgery: Management of Breast Cancer Recurrence
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
General Surgery: Updates in Breast Conserving Surgery
Karen Louie, DO
General Surgery
Earn .5
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
Lung Cancer Talk
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
Lung Cancer Talk
General Surgery
Earn .5
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Building an Outpatient Surgery Center
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
CDT
Opening a Private Ambulatory Surgery Center
Jamie M. Moenster, DO, DFACOS, FACS (she/her/hers)
– Dermatology and Plastic Surgery of Arizona
General Surgery
Earn 1
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Integrating Robotic Data
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
CDT
General Surgery: Integrating Robotic Data
Douglas Iddings, DO, FACOS (he/him/his)
– ProMedica Health Care
General Surgery
Earn .5
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CDT
Application of Limited Leukocyte Filtrate in Pulm Resection
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CDT
Application of Limited Leukocyte Filtration in Pulmonary Resection
Albert Yurvati, DO, PhD DFACOS
– UNTHSC-TCOM
Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Earn .5
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery: De-escalation of Auxillary Surgery
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery: De-escalation of Auxillary Surgery
Marielle Ferstenberg-Osypian, DO
General Surgery
Earn .5
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Teaching Robotic Hernia Repairs to Resident Learners
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Teaching Robotic Hernia Repairs to Resident Learners
Igor Elyash, DO (he/him/his)
– Valley Health System / Valley Medical Group
General Surgery
Earn .5
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery Discipline Annual Business Meeting and Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery Discipline Annual Business Meeting and Lunch
General Surgery
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CDT
Lunch with Exhibitors
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CDT
Lunch with Exhibitors
General Interest
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
Neurological Discipline Annual Business Meeting and Lunch
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
Neurological Discipline Annual Business Meeting and Lunch
Neurological Surgery
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
CDT
Update on Vascular Trauma
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
CDT
Update on Vascular Trauma
Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Earn .5
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Breast Point/Counterpoint
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Breast Point/Counterpoint
Olutayo A. Sogunro, DO
– Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Kristin Lupinacci, DO, FACOS, FACS (she/her/hers)
– UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
Betty Fan, DO, FACOS
– University of Chicago
Allison Murray
General Surgery
Earn 1
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
Neurosurgery: Process Mapping in Neurosurgery
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
Neurological Discipline: Process Mapping in Neurosurgery
Saikiran G. Murthy, DO, MPH, MA, FACOS (he/him/his)
– Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center
Neurological Surgery
Earn 1
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
Evolution of Minimally Invasive Treatments
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
Evolution of Minimally Invasive Treatments
Nick Gabriel, D.O., FACOS
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
Fear, Flesh and Fangs: Brown Recluse Bites Revisited
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
Fear, Flesh and Fangs: Brown Recluse Bites Revisited
Christopher A. Morrissey, D.O., FACOS
– William Newton Hospital
General Surgery
Earn .5
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
Update on Cardiothoracic Trauma
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
CDT
Update on Cardiothoracic Trauma
David Lapham, DO
– Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Earn .5
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: A Benefit to Invading Greenland? Opportunity for Malpractice Reform
Jeremy H. Conklin, D.O. (he/him/his)
– Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center
General Surgery
Earn .5
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Trauma Updates
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Trauma Updates
Mike Detillo, DO
General Surgery
Earn .5
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
CDT
Neurological Discipline: Minimally Invasive vs Endoscopic Approaches to Spine
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
CDT
Neurological Discipline: Minimally Invasive vs Endoscopic Approaches to Spine
Mathew Cummock
Neurological Surgery
Earn .5
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery Program - Breast Cancer Genetics
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery Program - Breast Cancer Genetics
Allison Murray
General Surgery
Earn 1
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: Better Call Conklin: Legal Updates on Single-Accreditation
Jeremy H. Conklin, D.O. (he/him/his)
– Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center
General Surgery
Earn .5
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Soft Tissue Reconstruction/Burns
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Soft Tissue Reconstruction/Burns
Julie Caffrey, DO
– Johns Hopkins University
General Surgery
Earn .5
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
CDT
Neurological Discipline: Minimally Invasive / Same Day Brain Surgery
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
CDT
Neurological Discipline: Minimally Invasive / Same Day Brain Surgery
Rocco Dabecco
Neurological Surgery
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
CDT
Coffee Break with Exhibitors
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: Breast Reconstruction
General Surgery
Earn .5
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Managing Bariatrics Complications
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
CDT
General Surgery: Managing Bariatrics Complications
Gregory Johnston, DO, FACOS (he/him/his)
– Mercy Health Toledo
General Surgery
Earn .5
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
CDT
Geniculate Artery and Plantar Fascitis Embolization
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
CDT
Geniculate Artery and Plantar Fascitis Embolization
Eugene Tanquilut, DO, FACOS
– Vascular Specialists
General Surgery
Earn .5
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
CDT
Neurological Discipline: Endoscopic Keyhole Cranial Surgery
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
CDT
Neurological Discipline: Endoscopic Keyhole Cranial Surgery
Kevin Zhao, D.O.
– Hackensack Meridian Health
Neurological Surgery
Earn .5
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
CDT
ACOS Ceremonial Conclave
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
CDT
ACOS Ceremonial Conclave
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
CDT
ACOS President's Reception
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
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
CDT
AOCPr President's Reception and Annual Banquet
