TNACS 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting

Join us for the TNACS 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting on August 8th, 2020! This event has been approved for CME by the American College of Surgeons.

Chapter members are invited to join us for an informative discussion of current events affecting surgical care.

TNACS 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Agenda

August 8th, 2020

(All Times Central)

7:00 am – 7:10 am
Welcome

Robert Maxwell, MD, FACS
President

7:10 am – 7:40 am
The Epidemiology of COVID-19 Update – What does the future hold?

Jon McCullers, MD
Dunavant Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Senior Executive Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs
Chief Operating Officer
College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Pediatrician-in-Chief, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

7:40 am – 8:10 am
COVID-19 and Surgery / COVID-19 ACS Registry

Joe Sharma, MD, FACS
Associate Professor and William C. McGarity Chair of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
Vice Chair, Quality, Patient Safety and Care Innovation, Department of Surgery, Emory University SOM

8:10 am – 8:50 am
Resident paper competition

8:50 am – 9:35 am
ACS Update

Wayne Meredith, MD, FACS
President-Elect, ACS

9:35 am – 10:20 am
TSQC Update

Surgical Readmissions in TN Hospitals – A panel discussion
Speakers TBA

10:20 am – 10:50 am
TNACS Business Meeting

Robert Maxwell, MD, FACS
President