2026 Annual Meeting – Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Surgeons

Meeting Overview

The 2026 Annual Meeting will be held at the Trumbull Marriott on 30 October, starting at 7:30am.

Our meeting theme is Surgeon Health and Wellness.

	2026 CTACSPA Annual Meeting
7:15am	Meeting registration, continental breakfast with exhibitors
7:30am	Committee on Trauma and Commission on Cancer Meetings
8:00am	Opening Remarks Royd Fukumoto, MD, FACS and Shawna Kettyle, MD, FACS
8:15am	Annual Research Paper Competitions
9:45am	Break with Exhibitors
10:15am	Michael Sutherland, MD, FACS • Updates from the College • Surgeon Wellness Initiates from the College • ACS Legislative and SurgeonsPAC Update
11:15am	Awards Ceremony, Presidential Address, Business Meeting
11:45am	Fellowship Luncheon in the Exhibit Hall
12:45pm	Jennifer Hubbard, MD, FACS Humanitarian Surgery - A First Person Perspective
1:45pm	James Foster Memorial Lecture: Paths to Physician Wellness
	• Amy Vertrees, MD, FACS – The BOSS Surgeon • David Shapiro, MD, MHCM, FAC
3:00pm	Personal Financial Wellness hosted by CT RAS and YFS
	• Chris Tasik, CFP® ACS Personal Financia Wellness Program
4:00pm	Resident Surgical Skills Competition
6:00pm	Meeting ends

Meeting Registration

Special Note to Yale Faculty, Residents, Students and Staff: Yale IT has blocked access to JOTFORM, the vendor we and many other Chapters use for abstract submission. Please use a computer that is not attached to a Yale network to submit your abstract. We have not been successful with our appeal to Yale IT.

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