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 relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. For additional information, please visit the ACCME website.

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 a activity, please report it on the evaluation.

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Faculty and Disclosures

Alexander T. Hawkins MD, MPH - Nothing to Disclose
Bruce Ramshaw, MD, FACS - Atrium: Consulting Fee: Consultant; Ethicon (J & J): Honoraria: Consultant; ConMed: Honoraria: Consultant; Medtronic: Honoraria: Speaker; Pacira Pharmaceutical: Honoraria: Consultant, Speaker; WL Gore: Honoraria: Consultant, Speaker
E. Christopher Ellison, MD, FACS - McGraw Hill Medical: Royalty: Author; Wolters Kluwer: Royalty: Associate Editor
Eric M. Pauli MD, FACS, FASGE - Nothing to Disclose
Gustavo G. Fernandez-Ranvier MD, PhD, FACS - Nothing to Disclose
Jared M. Slater MD, FACS - Nothing to Disclose
John A. Weigelt MD, DVM, FACS - Nothing to Disclose
Jon C. Gould, MD, FACS - Gore: Honorarium: Speaker; Torax/Ethicon: Consulting Fee: Consultant and preceptor for LINX
Jonathan Carter, MD - VERB Surgical: Consulting Fee: Consultant
Kenneth W. Sharp MD, FACS - Nothing to Disclose
Raeshell S. Sweeting MD - Nothing to Disclose
Valerie P. Grignol MD, FACS - Nothing to Disclose

Program Committee and Disclosures

CHAIR: Henri R. Ford, MD, MHA, FACS, FAAP, FRCSEng(Hon), Miami, FL - Nothing to Disclosure
VICE-CHAIR: David T. Cooke, MD, FACS, Sacramento, CA - Nothing to Disclosure

Members

David C. Borgstrom, MD, FACS, Morgantown, WV - Nothing to Disclosure
Daniel L. Dent, MD, FACS, San Antonio, TX - Nothing to Disclosure
Roger R. Dmochowski, MD, FACS, Nashville, TN - Allergen: Honoraria: Consultant
Cynthia D. Downard, MD, FACS, Louisville, KY - Nothing to Disclosure
Audra A. Duncan, MD, FACS, London, ON - Nothing to Disclosure
Mariam F. Eskander, MD, Boston, MA - Nothing to Disclosure
Paula Ferrada, MD, FACS, Richmond, VA - Nothing to Disclosure
Neil H. Hyman, MD, FACS, Chicago, IL - Nothing to Disclosure
Martin S. Karpeh, Jr., MD, FACS, New York, NY - Nothing to Disclosure
Dennis H. Kraus, MD, FACS, New York, NY - Nothing to Disclosure
Kenneth W. Sharp, MD, FACS, Nashville, TN - Nothing to Disclosure

Ex-Officios

Daniel M. Herron, MD, FACS, FASBMS, New York, NY - Nothing to Disclosure
Edith Tzeng, MD, FACS, Pittsburgh, PA - Nothing to Disclosure

Consultants

Barbara Lee Bass, MD, FACS, FRCSEng(Hon), FRCSI(Hon), FCOSECSA(Hon), Houston, TX - Nothing to Disclosure
Quan-Yang Duh, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA - Nothing to Disclosure
B. J. Hancock, MD, FACS, FRCSC, Winnipeg, MB - Nothing to Disclosure
Ronald V. Maier, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), Seattle, WA - Nothing to Disclosure