Michigan Chapter
59th Annual Meeting & 61st Annual Resident Surgeons Competition
May 16-18, 2012
Park Place Hotel, Traverse City
Don't Miss This Year's Exciting Line-Up: Registration Now Open
The Michigan Chapter of the American College of Surgeons 59th Annual Meeting & 61st Annual Resident Surgeon Competition will take place May 16-18, 2012, at the Park Place Hotel in Traverse City. The MCACS Programming Committee has revamped the entire meeting this year to offer even more educational opportunities and better meet the needs of our attendees (click here for the full agenda).
The meeting will kick off Wednesday evening with a new Remarkable Cases Reception. Join your colleagues for 90 minutes of thought-provoking discussion as nine challenging and rare cases from across the state are presented.
Thursday's lineup includes three session of resident research presentations, the 15th Annual "Mo" Henig Trauma lecture on military care of the wounded; an update on the management of colorectal metastasis by Scott Helton, MD, FACS, Director of Liver and Pancreas Surgery at The Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle; an American College of Surgeons update by ACS President Patricia J. Numann, MD, FACS; and a special panel entitled "Crisscrossing the Globe: Trends in Getting Started and Giving Back" that will explore the topics of missionary medicine, US surgeon shortage remedies, implementation of internation medical education, and internation surgical education teams. The annual banquet has been moved to Thursday evening as well and will spotlight surgical residents and their talents outside of the OR as they compete in a talent show for fun and prizes.
Friday morning begins with a special presentation by Doctor Numann on the importance of organized medicine. Concurrent sessions of resident research presentations will follow and then Ira Kodner, MD, FACS, Director of the Washington University Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Values will present the Krishna K. & Pamela E. Sawhney Ethics in Surgery Lecture. The conference will wrap up with lunch, the annual MCACS business meeting and the presentation of the Resident Surgeon Competition Awards.
CLICK HERE to access the online registration form.
This year's meeting will be held at the historic Park Place Hotel in Traverse City. The room rate is $139.95 per night (plus tax and local assessment). Please call 231-946-5000 and mention this conference to receive this special rate.
If you have any questions or need more information, please contact Angie Kemppainen, MCACS Executive Director, at akemppainen@msms.org or (517) 336-7586.
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