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 (see below for definitions).

Commercial Interest

The ACCME defines a “commercial interest” 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. ACCME considers relationships of the person involved in the CME activity to include financial relationships of a spouse or partner.

Conflict of Interest

Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of a commercial interest 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.

Faculty Disclosures

Ankit Agarwal, PhD - Imbed Biosciences Inc.: Salary
Karim Alavi, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCRS - Olympus: Honorarium
Anne H. Cain-Nielson, MS - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network (a nonprofit mutual company), Michigan Department of Health and Human Services: Salary support
Jonathan T. Carter, MD, FACS - Verb Surgical: Consultant Fees
Eric C. Crawford, BS - Imbed Biosciences, Inc.: Salary
Jacob A. Greenberg, MD, EdM, FACS - BD, Medtronic: Institutional Support for Research
Stephen Haggerty, MD, FACS - Medtronic: Consulting fees, Gore: Honoraria
Mark R. Hemmila, MD, FACS - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services: Grant support
Kyle Hocking, PhD - VoluMetrix LLC: 
John Linn, MD, FACS - WL Gore and Associates: Honorarium
Rockson Liu, MD, FACS - Intuitive Surgical: Honorarium
Justin A. Maykel, MD, FACS, FASCRS - Olympus, Bard: financial Inc.ome
Robert J. McLoughlin, MD - Sunovion Pharmaceutical: Salary
Michael P. Meara, MD, MBA, FACS - Intuitive Surgical, Bard Davol: Honorarium
Adrian Park, MD, FACS - Stryker Endoscopy, Symmetry Surgical: Honorarium
Benjamin K. Poulose, MD, MPH, FACS - Bard-Davol: Research Support, AHSQC: Salary
Gaurav C. Pranami, PhD - Imbed Biosciences, Inc.: Salary
Michael J. Schurr, MD, FACS - Imbed Biosciences: Stock
Paul R. Sturrock, MD - Olympus Corporation of America: salary
Michael Ujiki, MD, FACS - Boston Scientific, Olympus: Consulting Fee, GORE: Honoraria
Vic Velanovich, MD, FACS - A-Cell, Inc.: Honoraria, Research Funding, EndoStim: Research Funding

Program Committee 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