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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.

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  • 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: Physician Financial Wellness
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CDT
    Membership Committee Business Meeting (Committee Members Only)
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CDT
    Military Forum
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CDT
    Morning Coffee with Exhibitors
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CDT
    Neurological Surgery: Process Mapping
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CDT
    Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery : Annual Business Meeting and Breakfast (Committee Members Only
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CDT
    Urological Surgery: Board Clarification
  • 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM CDT
    Exhibit Hall Hours
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM CDT
    Registration Hours
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM CDT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM CDT
    General Surgery: MIS - Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CDT
    Keynote Address: From Best to Better
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
    General Interest Critical Care Papers
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CDT
    Resident Programming
  • 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM CDT
    Medical Student Section - MSS
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CDT
    Coffee Break with Exhibitors
  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM CDT
    Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery:: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and Robotic 1st Rib Resection
  • 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
    Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and General Surgery: Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CDT
    Urological Surgery: Integrative Urology
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    Neurological Discipline
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CDT
    Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery: Lung Cancer Talk
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CDT
    General Surgery: BREAST (Updates in Breast Conserving Surgery)
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    General Surgery and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: Opening a Private Ambulatory Surgery Center
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    General Surgery: Integrating Robotic Data
  • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery: 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
  • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
    Urological Surgery: Cryo Prostate
  • 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 - 1:00 PM CDT
    Safeguarding Wealth: Lawsuit Prevention and Tax Strategies
  • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    Neurological Discipline Annual Business Meeting and Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM CDT
    General Surgery: Building a Robotics Program in a Community Hospital Setting
  • 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
    Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: Managing a Gybrid Plastic Surgery Practice: Balancing Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    Urological Surgery: Controlled Substance
  • 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery: Update on Cardiothoracic Trauma
  • 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
    Fear, Flesh and Fangs: Brown Recluse Bites Revisited
  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM CDT
    Cardiovascular/Trauma Critical Care Update
  • 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
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
    Urological Surgery: Suicide Prevention
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
    AOA Advocacy Session
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
    ECMO
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
    General Surgery: Better Call Conklin: Legal Updates on Single-Accreditation
  • 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
    Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery: Geniculate Artery and Plantar Fascitis Embolization
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM CDT
    General Surgery: Anticoagulation Reversal in Emergency Surgery and Trauma
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM CDT
    General Surgery: Managing Bariatrics Complications
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM CDT
    Neurological Discipline: Endoscopic Keyhole Cranial Surgery
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM CDT
    Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: Scarless Deep Plane Facelift-Demystified
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM CDT
    Urological Surgery: Renal Masses
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM CDT
    AOCPr Board of Trustees and College Meeting
  • 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM CDT
    ACOS Ceremonial Conclave
  • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM CDT
    ACOS President's Reception
  • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM CDT
    AOCPr President's Reception and Annual Banquet