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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Wednesday, April 10, 2024
  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Registration
  • Thursday, April 11, 2024
  • 6:30 AM – 7:30 AM CT
    Breakfast
  • 6:30 AM – 5:30 PM CT
    Registration
  • 7:30 AM – 7:45 AM CT
    Welcome
  • 7:45 AM – 8:30 AM CT
    Arterial Vascular Emergencies
  • 8:30 AM – 9:15 AM CT
    Venous Vascular Disease
  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM CT
    Transplant (Transplant Patient with General Surgery Problem)
  • 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Break
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Liver Masses Benign/Malignant
  • 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Burn/Wound/Necrotizing Fasciitis
  • 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM CT
    Lunch
  • 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM CT
    Critical Care 1: Respiratory Failure/Blood Gases/ECMO
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM CT
    Critical Care 2: Shock/Resuscitation
  • 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Break
  • 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM CT
    Trauma Blunt
  • 3:45 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    When Holes are More Than Holes: Work up and Management of Penetrating Trauma
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    Panel Discussion: Trauma
  • Friday, April 12, 2024
  • 6:30 AM – 7:30 AM CT
    Breakfast
  • 6:30 AM – 6:15 PM CT
    Registration
  • 7:30 AM – 8:15 AM CT
    Benign Intestine
  • 8:15 AM – 9:00 AM CT
    Malignant Anorectal
  • 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Esophageal Disorders, Workup, and Management
  • 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Break
  • 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM CT
    Stomach
  • 10:45 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Malignant Intestine
  • 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM CT
    Benign Anorectal
  • 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Lunch
  • 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM CT
    Bariatrics
  • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Surgical Antibiotic Management
  • 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM CT
    Hernia/Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
  • 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    Break
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Anesthesia: Pain Management
  • 4:30 PM – 5:15 PM CT
    Surgical Management of the Frail Patient
  • 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM CT
    Panel Discussion: Acute Care/General Surgery
  • Saturday, April 13, 2024
  • 6:30 AM – 7:30 AM CT
    Breakfast
  • 6:30 AM – 5:45 PM CT
    Registration
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM CT
    Head and Neck - Disease Process
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CT
    Thyroid/Parathyroid
  • 9:30 AM – 10:15 AM CT
    MEN/Adrenal
  • 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Break
  • 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Thoracics
  • 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Skin Cancers/Melanoma
  • 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM CT
    Lunch
  • 12:45 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Pancreas
  • 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM CT
    Biliary
  • 2:15 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Breast Imaging/Benign Breast Disease
  • 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM CT
    Breast Malignant
  • 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Break
  • 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM CT
    Breast Reconstruction
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM CT
    Panel Discussion: Benign and Malignant Breast Disease
  • Sunday, April 14, 2024
  • 6:30 AM – 7:30 AM CT
    Breakfast
  • 6:30 AM – 4:15 PM CT
    Registration
  • 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM CT
    Pediatrics
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CT
    Surgical Considerations in Rural Surgery
  • 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Break
  • 9:45 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Emergency/Trauma General Surgery for Rural Surgeon
  • 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Surgery in the Austere Environment
  • 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Panel Discussion: Rural Surgery
  • 11:45 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    Lunch
  • 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM CT
    Tips and Tricks for Passing Oral Boards
  • 1:15 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Mock Orals Board Workshop