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2026 ACS Surgical Simulation Summit
On behalf of the ACS-AEI Program Committee and the Division of Education staff, we would like to thank you attending the Annual ACS Surgical Simulation Summit, in-person at the Swissôtel in downtown Chicago on March 12-13, 2026. The Summit brought together surgeons and simulation center directors, educators, administrators, engineers, and researchers to share best practices, present innovative research, and discuss the latest advances in simulation-based surgical education and training.
The 2026 Annual ACS Surgical Simulation Summit will offer attendees continuing medical education credits for their participation in this activity. Physicians are eligible to claim CME Credits. Residents and Allied Health Professionals are not eligible to claim CME Credits and may instead request a Certificate of Completion.
Target Audience
• Practicing surgeons
• Physicians (MD/DOs)
• Residents
• Allied health professionals
• Educators
• Simulation center directors, managers, technicians and staff
Learning Objectives
At the end of this educational activity, participants will be able to:
• Apply new knowledge and ideas to improve the simulation-based surgical education and training provided to learners at their institutions.
• Implement innovative teaching techniques at their institutions.
• Discuss and apply the most recent research advancements in the field of simulation education.
• Examine how surgeons, anesthesiologists, and members of the quality, safety, and risk management departments can work together to improve quality and safety at their institutes using simulation.
Contact
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].
For technical questions, please contact us at [email protected].
Disclosure Information
In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any commercial interest (termed by the ACCME as “ineligible companies”, defined below) held in the last 24 months (see below for definitions). Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf all other authors/contributors, if applicable.
Ineligible company
The ACCME defines an “ineligible company” as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services used on or consumed by patients. Providers of clinical services directly to patients are NOT included in this definition.
Financial Relationships
Relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected.
Conflict of Interest
Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of an ineligible company with which he/she has a financial relationship.
The ACCME also requires that ACS manage any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity. Any conflicts noted below have been managed to our satisfaction. The disclosure information is intended to identify any commercial relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during the educational activity, please report it on the evaluation.
Speaker/Moderator/Discussants/Author Disclosures
Francielle De Souza Antonini- Nothing to disclose
Megan Breckheimer- Nothing to disclose
Susan Guerrero- Nothing to disclose
Joey Lew- Nothing to disclose
Warda Siddiqi- Nothing to disclose
Yekaterina Zelenskaya- Nothing to disclose
Yoon-Jung Chang- Nothing to disclose
Deborah Rooney- Nothing to disclose
Erik Domas- Nothing to disclose
Souma Kundu- Nothing to disclose
Donya Mand- Nothing to disclose
Spencer Wilhelm- Nothing to disclose
Alex Contreras- Nothing to disclose
Elizabeth Svoboda- Nothing to disclose
Carlos Perez- Nothing to disclose
Kara Faktor- Nothing to disclose
Cheyenna Espinoza- Nothing to disclose
Melissa Easley- Nothing to disclose
Damilola Akinde- Nothing to disclose
Jacqueline Danisi- Nothing to disclose
Grace Pickering- Nothing to disclose
Jafar Arash Mehr- Nothing to disclose
Edvin Pepeljak- Nothing to disclose
Valentina Yunis- Nothing to disclose
Crystal Diaz- Nothing to disclose
Carter Van Horn- Nothing to disclose
Gauri Harshawardhan Godbole- Nothing to disclose
Zackery Aldaher- Nothing to disclose
Masayuki Fukumoto- Nothing to disclose
Abdulnaser Zamzami- Nothing to disclose
Jan P Gomez- Nothing to disclose
Dheeraj Baji- Nothing to disclose
Francesco Bertelli- Nothing to disclose
Jessica Santos-Parker- Johnson & Johnson; Fellowship Salary; Consultant
Jeffrey Cheung- Nothing to disclose
Mason Pearce- Nothing to disclose
Mckenzie Rowe- Nothing to disclose
Rylee McGuire- Nothing to disclose
Alex Contreras- Nothing to disclose
Matthew Bradley - Nothing to disclose
Jake Jacobs - Nothing to disclose
Christopher Decker - Nothing to disclose
Ibrahim Gomaa - Nothing to disclose
Keenan Gibson - Nothing to disclose
Stella Ng- Nothing to disclose
Brad Gable- Nothing to disclose
Edvin Pepeljak- Nothing to disclose
Jordan Raine- Nothing to disclose
Irina Kanzafarova- Nothing to disclose
Piush Choudhry- Nothing to disclose
Trevor Leon- Nothing to disclose
Juliana Cardoso- Nothing to disclose
Diego Sánchez-Pereda- Nothing to disclose
Juliana Cardoso- Nothing to disclose
Pierina Barletti- Nothing to disclose
Marlene Garcia-Neuer- Nothing to disclose
Chase Marso- Nothing to disclose
Byeol Kim- Nothing to disclose
Arsalan Javid- Nothing to disclose
Maxime Giot- Nothing to disclose
Laura Kraemer- Nothing to disclose
Noosha Deravi- Nothing to disclose
Ching Man Carmen Tong- Nothing to disclose
Cheyenna Espinoza - Nothing to disclose
Claire Ferguson- Nothing to disclose
Melissa Burns - Nothing to disclose
Justin McKone- Nothing to disclose
Jonah Thomas - Nothing to disclose
Abigail Hatcher - Nothing to disclose
Keenan Gibson - Nothing to disclose
Blake Beneville - Nothing to disclose
Tony Torres - Nothing to disclose
Megan Breckheimer - Nothing to disclose
Dena Shehata - Nothing to disclose
Mika Lindsley - Nothing to disclose
Chase Marso - Nothing to disclose
Sarah Grebennikov - Nothing to disclose
Jehad Alsamhori - Nothing to disclose
Tiffany Bellomo - Nothing to disclose
Jacqueline Hausner - Nothing to disclose
Priscila Rodrigues Armijo - Nothing to disclose
Kelley Sava - Nothing to disclose
Jeffrey Cheung - Nothing to disclose
Patty Tenofsky - Nothing to disclose
Dmitry Nepomnayshy - Nothing to disclose
Mckenzie Rowe - Nothing to disclose
Ngan Nguyen - Nothing to disclose
Katharine Jackson – Medtronic; Honorarium; Consultant
Jayfus Doswell - Nothing to disclose
Gerald Fried - Nothing to disclose
Yvonne Chan - Nothing to disclose
David Blitzer - Nothing to disclose
Dimitrios Stefanidis - Beckton Dickinson/ Intuitive foundation/ Applied medical/ Johnson and Johnson; research support/ research support/ honoraria/ honoraria
Matthew Bradley - Nothing to disclose
Lisa Caplan - Nothing to disclose
Diego Schaps - Nothing to disclose
Joey Lew - Nothing to disclose
Tara Beuscher - Nothing to disclose
Jonathan Dort - Nothing to disclose
Areti Tillou - Nothing to disclose
Ganesh Sankaranarayanan – Nothing to disclose
Pierce Plumlee – Nothing to disclose
Kyla Terhune - Nothing to disclose
Patricia Turner - Nothing to disclose
Robert Sweet – Boston Scientific, Consultant, Consultant Fees
Gretchen Blow – Maximum Fidelity Perfused Cadavers - KOL Content Reviewer, Honorarium
Fabio Morales Salas - Nothing to disclose
Kayla Gray - Nothing to disclose
Gladys Fernandez - Nothing to disclose
Jennifer Calzada - Nothing to disclose
Tamara Owens - Nothing to disclose
Bob Armstrong - Nothing to disclose
Scott Pappada- Nothing to disclose
Samuel Ordonez Ortega - Nothing to disclose
Kevin Pei - Nothing to disclose
Kyle Kleppe – Intuitive/Sanara MedTech; Honorarium/Honorarium
Brenda Armstrong - Nothing to disclose
Jonathan Imran - Nothing to disclose
Iman Ghaderi - Nothing to disclose
Ben Stobbe - Nothing to disclose
Jesika Gavilanes - Nothing to disclose
Planning & Abstract Review Committee Disclosures
Kathleen Johnson - Nothing to disclose
Danielle Taylor - Nothing to disclose
Luis Llerena - Nothing to disclose
Cristina Alvarado - Nothing to disclose
Angela Martinez - Nothing to disclose
Mark Aeder - Nothing to disclose
Laura Bonanno - Nothing to disclose
Priscila Rodrigues Armijo - Nothing to disclose
James Lau - Nothing to disclose
Glen Tinkoff - Nothing to disclose
John Loftus - Nothing to disclose
Ruy Cruz - Nothing to disclose
Jenni Bouckhuyt - Nothing to disclose
Matthew Ng - Nothing to disclose
Kendra Mickens - Nothing to disclose
Catherine Sutherland - Nothing to disclose
Vicky Yeh - Nothing to disclose
Manish Tandon - Nothing to disclose
Kevin Harrell - Nothing to disclose
Brad Gable - Nothing to disclose
Sarah Jung - Nothing to disclose
Victoria Roach - Nothing to disclose
Paul DiMusto - Nothing to disclose
Ali Cadili - Nothing to disclose
Dawn Swiderski - Society for Simulation in Healthcare; Honorarium; Lead Accreditation Site Reviewer
Vinay Singhal - Nothing to disclose
Shogik Abramyan - Nothing to disclose
Randolph Steadman - Nothing to disclose
Jeffrey Cooper - Nothing to disclose
Continuing Medical Education Credit Information
Accreditation
The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
The American College of Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of 14.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Of the AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ listed above, a maximum of 14.25 hours meet the requirements for Patient Safety.*
*The content of this activity may meet certain mandates of regulatory bodies. Please note that ACS has not and does not verify the content for such mandates with any regulatory body. Individual physicians are responsible for verifying the content satisfies such requirements.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program.
CME Credit Claiming Information
The 2026 Annual ACS Surgical Simulation Summit will offer attendees continuing medical education credits for their participation in this activity. Attendees will have the opportunity to claim AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ as well as Patient Safety Credit. Physicians are eligible to claim CME Credits. Residents and Allied Health Professionals are not eligible to claim CME Credits and may instead request a Certificate of Completion.
All attendees must complete the course evaluation before you are able to claim a CME Certificate or a Certificate of Completion. Claims for CME/Certificates of Completion are due no later than 4:00 pm CT on April 13, 2026. The course evaluation will close at that time.
For ACS Members: Certificates will be available on the MyCME member portal page.
For Non-ACS Members: Certificates will be available on the course credit page.
Available Credit
- 14.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 14.25 Certificate of Completion