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Program information as of January 12, 2026
(All information is subject to change)
Monday, March 9, 2026
8AM - 10AM
AANOS Annual Scientific Meeting: Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgery Part 1
8AM - 12PM
ICS-US Section Business Meetings (Includes annual meeting of the Executive Council and House of Delegates)
2PM - 6PM
Opening Ceremony/Session & Special Lectures
Including:
The Dr. Andre Crotti Lecture
Title TBD
Waddah B. Al-Refaie, MD
Chair of Surgery at Creighton University School of Medicine
Omaha, Nebraska
The Dr. Arno Roscher Endowed Lecture
Rethinking Surgical Certification: The ABS Nontraditional Pathway and the Future of Surgical Training
Benedict Nwomeh, MD
Director of the Global Surgery Program at The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio
The Al Zahrawi Endowed Lecture
Putting Your Best Foot Forward
Patricia Numann, MD
Past President, American College of Surgeons
Syracuse, NY
The Dr. Vijay Mittal Lecture
The Value of Short Term Surgical Missions to the Participants: Lessons Learned in 25 years
Domingo Alvear, MD
Founder, World Surgical Foundation
Mechanicsburg, PA
Session on Surgical Impact
Details coming soon!
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
8AM - Noon
AANOS Annual Scientific Meeting: Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgery Part 2
8AM - 9AM
The IMG Factor: International Medical Graduates as Agents of Global Surgical Equity
Video-Based Education, Research, and Mentorship: Critical Issues for IMG Candidates to Optimize their Application for the Match
Dr. Juan Zubillaga
A License without the Match? Mentorship and the Value of the TROGSS ITP for IMGs
Student Dr. Pedro Vega
Certification, Credentials, Privileges, and Accreditation: How Can the IMG Community Contribute to our Healthcare Needs?
Dr. Abhirami Babu
9AM - 10AM
Robotic Surgical Education and Mentorship: the CARS Curriculum and the ITP by TROGSS
At LAST - Laboratory for Augmented Surgical Training: How to Build a Low Budget Simulation Center
Dr. Christian Macías
Surgical Simulation at the TROGSS ITP: Synthetic Models Versus Biologic Tissue - Critical Appraisal of Available Tools
Dr. Nicolas Zucchini
The CARS 3.0, CALS, and CAES Curricula: The Future of Simulation with AI and Human Judgment
Dr. Michail Koutentakis
10:15AM - 12PM
Osteopathic Surgery within the Global Environment
Hiren Patel, DO Wellesley, MA
Dan Miulli, DO Colton, CA
Eric P. Miller, DO Lynchburg, VA
Lunch 12PM - 1:30PM
Presentation by Legally Mine
1:30PM - 3PM
Responsible Artificial Intelligence: Combining Ethics with Innovation
Speakers
Divya Kewalramani, MD New Brunswick, NJ
Jessie Kue Ndukwe, MD Atlanta, GA
Panelists
Robert Amajoyi, MD Marietta, GA
Ebere Azumah, MD Marietta, GA
Mayur Narayan, MD New Brunswick, NJ
3:15PM - 5:15PM
Annual Research Scholarship Competition
AI-Assisted MRI Segmentation of Cranial Meningiomas Using an EfficientNet-Gated U-Net
Abhirami Babu, BS San Antonio, TX
Seasonal Variations in Surgical Outcomes: New Interns or Just More Bugs?
Theodore Bolas, MHS Cambridge, MA
Comparing Robotic and Video-Assisted Techniques for Minimally Invasive Lobectomy: A Single-Center Experience
Cindy Lin, MD Lexington, KY
The Effect of Preoperative Carbohydrate Loading on Outcomes After Abdominal Surgery: A Pilot and Feasibility Assessment for Randomized Controlled Trial in Vietnam
Alexander Vu, MD Brooklyn, NY
Medical Student Presentations
Surgical Management and Repair of Ascending Aortic Aneurysm: A Single Center Experience
Amanuel Haile, MS Highland Heights, KY
Anatomical or Morphological? Lung Transplantation in Kartagener Syndrome
John Bodnar, BS, BA Dallas, TX
Impact of Donor-type on Long-term Graft Survival in Kidney Transplantation
Karan Nayak, BA Fort Collins, CO
A Systematic Review of the Influence of Obesity on Living Kidney Donation Outcomes
Andrea Sorenson, MS Sioux Falls, SD
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
8AM - 9:30AM
When the Scalpel Feels Heavy: Healing the Surgical Workforce
Speakers TBD
9:30AM - 11AM
Global Surgery for the Long Haul: Driving the Stake of Sustainability Deep into the Ground
Establishing an Education Program in ICS Sponsored Humanitarian Surgical Programs
Erika Fellinger, MD Cambridge, MA
Establishing a Surgical Hospital in Kigutsu, Burundi
Theo Bolas, MHS Cambridge, MA
The Mobile Operating Room: Experience over 2 Decades in Ecuador
Edgar Rodas, MD Richmond, VA
Expanding Teams Trauma to Improve Global Trauma Care
Mayur Narayan, MD New Brunswick, NJ
11:15AM - 12:30PM
General Abstract Submissions
Recurrent Lung Infection After Slipped Gastric Band in a Patient with Morbid Obesity
Akshita Patel, DO Chicago IL
Choledochocele Masquerading as a Duodenal Duplication Cyst
Varothayan Sriskantharajah, MD Sioux Falls, SD
The Hybrid Robotic TAR for Complex Hernia Repair
Jose Maria Zepeda Torres, MD Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico
Labiaplasty: Science, Barriers to Care and Surgical Responsibility
Troy Hailparn, MD San Antonio, TX
Reconstruction of an Open Calcaneus Fracture with Polyurethane Foam Matrix and a Bi-Pedicled Plantar Midfoot Flap following a Pediatric Lawnmower Injury
Zachary Lawrence, MD Sioux Falls, SD
Post Lobectomy Lung Abscess
Sarah Kim, MD Chicago, IL
Burn and Blast Injuries from a Grain Silo Explosion: Five-Patient Case Series
Maysa Shemmiyeva, MD Lubbock, TX