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Dear Colleagues,
I am extremely delighted to announce that the 86th Annual Surgical Update of the International College of Surgeons-United States Section (ICS-US) will be held from April 10-12, 2025 at the North Charleston Marriott Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina. I invite you to mark your calendars today and plan to join us for our US Section annual meeting.
I also extend a cordial invitation to the members of the American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons who as our educational partner for almost 20 years, will be joining us for their 48th Annual Scientific Meeting. The Academy's participation in our event has increased the overall success of our joint meetings. This collaboration between our groups has been vital to the success of both organizations.
The preliminary schedule is now available below. We plan to begin our program on Thursday afternoon, April 10th, with keynote presentations, a debate, and a session focusing on the latest in Artificial Intelligence. Additional special lectures as well as specialty sessions will be included during the remaining two days of educational programming to provide ample AMA Category 1 CME credit.
The content on this page represents our official "First Announcement" for the annual meeting. We will also send e-mail messages with meeting related links included as new information becomes available. Be sure to watch your email inbox as well as your regular mail for updates about meeting registration, hotel reservations and the latest scientific program.
Charleston is the home of the Medical University of South Carolina and a number of faculty members are scheduled to join us as invited speakers during our scientific sessions. The development of the scientific program is coming along nicely and will be finalized very soon. Scroll down to review the information currently available. Charleston is also an extremely historic city that will provide a wealth of social opportunities to all who attend our conference. No activities are currently planned for Friday evening, so you will be able to go out, explore and have some fun.
Our meeting venue the North Charleston Marriott blends modern accommodations infused with southern charm. Set just outside of historic downtown Charleston and just minutes from the Charleston International Airport (CHS), this stunning hotel is within reach of the area’s most popular attractions, beaches, and top-rated businesses. More information will be posted on FICS Online as we approach the meeting date, but if you don’t want to wait, visit the Charleston CVB website at https://www.charlestoncvb.com/
Please watch your mail and email for updates. You should also visit our website regularly as this will be your primary source for the most current information related to our conference. Whether you know about Charleston and have visited before or if you have never had a chance to visit, this is a perfect opportunity to discover everything there is to do in this beautiful part of the Eastern part of the country. An abundance of activities, fine dining, entertainment as well as top notch education will all be part of the ICSUS 86th Annual Surgical Update in Charleston this coming April.
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I hope to see you there! Sharique Nazir, MD |
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VENUE
North Charleston Marriott
4770 Goer Drive
North Charleston, SC 29406
Click HERE to reserve your room.
Rooms start at $219.
HOTEL RESERVATION DEADLINE IS March 10, 2025. After this date rates & availability can no longer be guaranteed. Make your arrangements as soon as possible to guarantee your accommodations. To ensure you receive our special room rate, please identify yourself as an attendee of the International College of Surgeons – 2025 Annual Surgical Update, when making your reservations by phone.
Preliminary CME Program
The following is being planned for the 86th Annual Surgical Update in Charleston this coming April. Sessions, speakers, topics, presentations included are tentative and subject to change. Specific finalized dates and times for each session will be provided in early 2025.
Course Sponsor
International College of Surgeons - United States Section
An ACCME Accredited Provider
Educational Programming
The following sessions and speakers are planned as of January 12, 2025 and subject to change. Speakers listed are in no particular order. Only confirmed (presentation information submitted) speakers are listed. Advance registration is now available.
Detailed Program information AVAILABLE soon!
Preliminary Program
Preconference Activity
Vascular Anastamosis Workshop
Featuring:
Syed Ali Rizvi, DO, MPH, FICS New York, NY
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Opening Ceremony & Special Lectures
Including:
Keynote Lecture (2024 Honorary Fellow)
Plotting Your Course
Patricia Numann, MD, FICS (Honorary)
Syracuse, NY
ICS World President's Lecture
Management of Strictures of Bilioenteric Anastomoses
Guido Parquet, MD, FICS (ICS World President)
Asuncion, Paraguay
Special Lecture
Median Arcuate Ligament Release- Technical Pearls
Rana Pullatt, MD Mount Pleasant, SC
ICSUS Presidential Debate
Revolution or Evolution: The Battle Between Robotic and Laparoscopic Surgery
Thavam Thambi-Pillai, MD, FICS (2021 President) Sioux Falls, SD
Sivamainthan Vithiananthan, MD, FICS (2024 President) Cambridge, MA
Artificial Intelligence Forum
Revolutionizing Medical Reporting with Artificial Intelligence
Razia Rehmani, MD, FICS New York, NY
Revolutionizing Surgical Training : The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Gamification
Alexander Barkan, MD, FICS Albertson, NY
Artificial Intelligence Meets Bariatrics: Redefining the Standard of Care
Hany Takla, MD Orlando, FL
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Friend or Foe?
Michael J. Jacobs, MD, FICS Novi, MI
Friday, April 11, 2025
Robotic & Technology Symposium
Including:
Pioneering Progress in Transanal Surgery: Innovations and Emerging Techniques
Sam Atallah, MD Orlando, Florida
Learning Robotics: A Fellow's Perspective
Muhammad Ghanem, MD Orlando, FL
A Global Mission: Robotic Surgical Education for All
Rodolfo Oviedo, MD, FICS Nacogdoches, TX
Autonomous Robotic Surgery: Current Surgeons' Perspectives and Future Trends
Yeisson Rivero-Moreno, MD Bronx, New York
AANOS Annual Scientific Meeting: Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgery Part 1
Including:
Overcoming Cervical Myelopathy: From Wheelchair to Walking again!
Zakhria Belasher, MD Bloomfield Hills, MI
Complications of spine surgery: A radiological perspective
Razia Rehmani, MD, FICS Austin, Texas
The management of civilian casualties during war
Mark Perlmutter, MD, FICS Rocky Mount, NC
Generative Language Models as Resource-Conscious Decision Aids: Triaging MRI Evaluation of Lower Back Pain in the Emergency Department
Arya Rao, BA, FICS (Jr) Boston, MA
Treatment of Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures: Don't Spare the Rod
Gerald Greenfield, Jr, MD, MS, FICS San Antonio, Texas
Stability and Decision-Making in Thoracolumbar Injuries: Insights from the Two-Column Theory
Asif Al-Rawi, FRCS(Tr&Orth) London, UK
Beyond Curvature: Evaluating Intraoperative Challenges in Adult Spinal Deformities
Asif Al Rawi, FRCS(Tr&Orth) London, UK
Flexor Digitorum Profundus Tendon Rupture. Case report and review of management
Sudhir Rao, MD Big Rapids, MI
Surgical Consortium to include:
- Global Surgery
Including:
Chronical Anticoagulant Therapy and its Impact on Surgery
Jiri Matyas, MD, FICS Pardubice, Czech Republic
Rationale for Colon Interposition as the procedure of choice to replace the Esophagus in Low Income Countries - Experience in Honduras in 20 years.
Domingo T. Alvear, MD, FICS Mechanicsburg, PA
The Small Pelvis: A Surgical Crossroads
Radek Chvatal, MD, FICS Znojmo, Czech Republic
Combatting NCDs in Low Resourced Island States
Stephen Carryl, MD Glen Cove, NY
- Too Hot To Handle: Hot Topics in Rural Surgery
Including:
Addressing the Disparities: Trauma and Surgical Care Challenges in Rural Communities in the United States
Karen Cruz, BA Seattle, Washington
Rural Surgery: Global Perspectives with a Focus on the Philippines
Abhirami Babu, MD Little Elm, TX
Managing Gallbladder Carcinoma: Surgical Challenges in Rural Healthcare
Manish Mandal, MD Patna, India
Disaster Preparedness for the Rural Surgeon
Riley Grogan, MD, FICS (Jr) Charleston, SC
- Crisis Intervention Surgery: Global Surgery in War and Conflict Zones
Including:
The war in Ukraine - Lessons learned, and still learning.
Michael Samotowka, MD Jacksonville, FL
Strengthening Trauma Care in Crisis: Advancing Emergency Surgical Response and Capacity Building through Targeted Training in Austere Enviroments
Kathryn Campos, BA, MSc Seattle, WA
Global Surgery Experience from an Austere Zone: Gaza as an Example
Alliya Qazi, MD Orange, CA
Cases from Gaza: Etiologies and Interventions
Feroze Sidhwa, MD, MPH, FICS Lathrop, CA
The Management of Civilian Casualties During War
Mark Perlmutter, MD, FICS Rocky Mount, NC
Cross Training of Surgeons During Health Crisis such as the COVID Pandemic
Ridwan Shabsigh, MD, FICS Bronx, NY
The Epidemiology of Disease Outbreak During Military Conflict
Sara Hijer, MPH New York, NY
Panelist
Mike Mallah, MD, FICS Charleston, SC
Lunch presentation by Legally Mine
Safeguarding Wealth: Lawsuit Prevention and Tax Strategies
Updates on Transplant Surgery
Including:
Expansion of the Donor Pool using Novel Technology; the rise of machines
Steven Hanish, MD Charleston, SC
Robotic surgery landscape: from ultracomplex procedures to healthcare access in remote areas
Phillipe Abreu, MD, PhD, MSc Aurora, CO
Enhancing On-Call Donor-Recipient Matching: An Innovative Workflow for Streamlined Kidney Transplant Coordination
Badi Rawashdeh, MD Milwaukee, WI
Long-Term Survival and Recurrence in HCC vs. Non-HCC Liver Transplant Recipients: A Two Decade Longitudinal Analysis
Reza Saidi, MD Syracuse, New York
The Role of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in Kidney and Liver Transplantation
Marissa Di Napoli, MD Aurora, CO
Medical Publishing Workshop
Including:
Understanding the Publishing Process from Conception to Completion
Rifat Latifi, MD Tucson, AZ
The Publisher's Position
Kristopher Spring East Hanover, NJ
Annual Research Scholarship Competition
The following list contains all applicants for the competition. Finalists will be notified and their names will be published in the registration brochure.
A Comprehensive Review of Global Surgery Programs Across the United States
Lauren Cox, BA, FICS(Jr) Charleston, SC
Use of Volumetric Analysis of Positron Emission Tomography Scans to Predict Pathologic Response in Esophageal Cancer
Eric Klipsch, MD, FICS(Jr) Charleston, SC
Sleeve Gastrectomy versus GLP-1 Receptor Agonist to Improve Access to Kidney Transplantation in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients with Obesity: A Decision Analysis
Marissa Di Napoli, MD, FICS(Jr) Aurora, CO
Stroke after CABG: A Single Center Experience
Roxana Ponce, BS, FICS(Jr) Bowling Green, KY
A National Study for the Post Operative Outcomes Assessment of PCF vs ACDF for Cervical Radiculopathy
Jaskeerat Gujral, BA, MSE, FICS(Jr) Philadelphia, PA
Developing AI Infrastructure Through the Utilization of NLP with LLM to Advance Clinical Data Extraction and
Postoperative Billing across 68,260 Records
Mert Marcel Dagli, MD, FICS(Jr) Philadelphia, PA
Generative Language Models as Resource-Conscious Decision Aids: Triaging MRI Evaluation of Lower Back Pain in the Emergency Department
Arya Rao, BA, FICS(Jr) Boston, MA
Surgical Capacity Assessment and Leverage in the Palestinian Land (SCALPEL-II) Study: The First Nationwide Surgical Capacity Evaluation in Palestine
Osaid Alser, MD, MSc(Oxon) Lubbock, TX
Clinical Outcomes of Robotic TAPP Inguinal Hernia Repair in Patients Under and Over 70: A Retrospective Cohort Study with a Systematic Review
Mathew Mendoza, BS, FICS(Jr) Katy, TX
Surgical Treatment of Cardiac Tumors: A Single Center Experience
Nicole Marker, BA, FICS(Jr) Lexington, KY
Strategies for Enhancing Breast Cancer Screening Among Afghan Refugee Women in the Unites States: Insights and Interventions
Abdul Waheed, MD Tampa, FL
Saturday, April 12, 2025
AANOS Annual Scientific Meeting: Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgery Part 2
16 Year Experience: Tibial Plateau Fracture at a Large Urban Academic Center
Luke Schwartz, BS Roslyn, NY
Nerve-Racking: Exploring the Effects of TBI on Cranial Nerve Injury
Caitlin McPartland, Medical Columbia, SC
Multi-Center Prospective Cohort of Intractable Chronic Low Back Pain Patients Treated with Restorative Neurostimulation: Outcomes from 5-Year Data
Mohan YS, MD, FICS Rochester Hills, Mi
Comparison of Packed Red Blood Cells with Cell Saver Return versus Packed Red Blood Cells-Only in Long-Segment Adult Spinal Deformity Correction Surgery
Mert Marcel Dagli, MD, FICS Philadelphia, PA
Live Cadaver Model for Surgical Training Is there spare space for cadavers in surgical training?
Emad Aboud, MD North Little Rock, AR
Advancing Radiological Automation for TCA Measurements following Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Using Whole-Spine Standing Radiographs Through Keypoint Region-Based Convolutional Neural Network
Mert Marcel Dagli, MD, FICS Philadelphia, PA
Prone Posteromedial Approach For Posterior Tibial Plateau Fractures: Safe and Effective
Luke Schwartz, BS Roslyn, NY
Utilizing the ACS NSQIP Database to Develop a Novel Artificial Intelligence Model for Prediction of Reoperation Following Surgical Site Infection for Lumbar Spine Surgeries
Jaskeerat Gujral, BS, MSE, FICS Philadelphia, PA
Osteonecrosis of the Humeral Head 3 Years Following Fracture Fixation of a 4-Part Proximal Humerus Fracture: A Case Report
Luke Schwartz, BS Roslyn, NY
Compartment Syndrome in Association with Tibial Plateau Fracture: Standardized Protocols Ensure Optimal Outcomes
Luke Schwartz, BS Roslyn, NY
Preoperative Transfusion and Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Outcomes
Vinay Bijoor, BA Briarcliff Manor, NY
ChatGPT and Neck Pain: Accuracy as a Learning Tool
Vinay Bijoor, BA Briarcliff Manor, NY
Recurrent Subdural Hematoma post-surgical evacuation treated with Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization
Sushmita Mantravadi, MD, FICS Rochester Hills, MI
Development of a Novel Artificial Intelligence Model to Predict Post-Operative Correction in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Surgery
Mert Marcel Dagli, MD, FICS Philadelphia, PA
Bariatric Surgery Forum
Including:
Sleeve Gastrectomy, the Magenstrasee - A Road to Valhalla
Rabih Nemr, MD, FICS Staten island, NY
An Efficient Bypass: How Efficiency Equals Consistency
Amit Taggar, MD Celebration, FL
Building International Consensus for Common Surgical Issues - Lessons Learned
Shanu Kothari, MD Greenville, SC
Revisiting Pre-Bariatric Surgery Prophylactic Inferior Vena Cava Filters: Unveiling Trends and Outcomes through a Robust MBSAQIP Database Analysis (2015-2021)
Narayan Osti, MBBS, FICS Bronx, NY
Dr. Andre Crotti Lecture
Robotics; A Golden Age in Surgery or the Twilight Years?
George Ferzli, MD Staten Island, NY
Professor of Surgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Dr. Arno Roscher Endowed Lecture
Aligning Surgical Services with Community Needs: A New Era for NYC Public Hospitals
Maurice Wright, MD New York, NY
Senior Associate Dean Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Assistant Clinical Professor, NYC H&H/ Harlem
American College of Surgeons President's Lecture
Title TBD
Beth Sutton, MD Wichita Falls, TX
Honors Lunch
Advances in Trauma Care
Including:
Transforming Delivery of Trauma Care: Integrating Trauma Informed Care Approach in the Resuscitation Bay and Beyond
Julie Valenzuela, MD, FICS Miami, FL
Traumatic Rhabdomyolysis, Crush Syndrome; Missed Compartment Syndrome and the Non- Traumatic "Found Down" patient
Saptarshi Biswas, MD, FICS Myrtle Beach, SC
Tracheobronchial Injuries
Loren Harris, MD New York, NY
Changes in US Trauma: The Big Picture and Changes Needed in our Headings
Peter Rhee, MD, MPH, FICS Bronx, NY
ICS Plenary Session
Including:
Primary Pulmonary Follicular Lymphoma
Sarah Kim, MD Homer Glen, IL
Non Surgical Treatments for Congenital Acyanotic Heart Surgical Diseases
Subbareddy Raghupathi, MBBS, MS, PhD Bathinda, Punjab, India
Update on Hypogonadism and Testosterone Replacement Therapy
Ridwan Shabsigh, MD, FICS Bronx, NY
ICG Imaging in Reconstructive Trauma Surgery
Anthony Dardano, DO, FICS Boca Raton, FL
The sum is better than the whole: The Multidisciplinary Endocarditis Team
Tessa London-Bounds, MD, MPH, FICS Lexington, KY
The Role of Chat GPT in the Identification of Operative CPT Codes
Jaycee Mudd, BS Springfield, MO
Surgical Oncology
Including:
Recent advances in Rectal cancer management
Mohammediyoob Mohammedilyas, MD, MS Rancho Mirage, CA
State of the art management of colorectal liver metastases.
Ioannis Hatzaras, MD, MPH, PhD Brooklyn, NY
Advocacy Workshop and Young Professional Networking & Mentoring Session (concurrent)
Early Registration available now!