2026 Meeting in Wyoming at the Hotel Terra | February 20-22, 2026
Save the date for the 2027 meeting in Big Sky, Montana at the Big Sky Resort | January 29-31, 2027 | Starts 7:00am
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Idaho
Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
ABOUT THE NEXT MEETING
Join us, you won't want to miss this!
Save the Date: 2026 Meeting will be in Jackson Hole, WY at the Hotel Terra, dates are February 20-22 2026.
Have you missed the past local meetings? You are missing out! We are planning another impressive speaker line up of nationally and internationally known speakers, to present right here in our own backyard.
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Link to register for the meeting - HERE
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Details about meeting registration - HERE
Idaho ACS Chapter
What the chapter does for you.
The Idaho chapter is a 501(c)(6) not for profit corporation that provides local opportunities for continuing medical education to all physicians, which assists physicians and surgeons in the state of Idaho and surrounding states, to provide the highest quality medical care to their patients. The chapter strives to elevate the standards of the field of surgery and to establish a standard of competency and character for practitioners of surgery.
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The Idaho chapter is incorporated with the state of Idaho.
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Your dues help to support your local ACS Chapter. These dues are used to support the chapter and give us the ability to provide local continuing medical education meetings once a year in Montana and Wyoming. Please pay your dues and take this opportunity to support your chapter.
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Also, please join us at the next chapter meetings:
- 2026 Meeting at the Hotel Terra - February 20-22, 2026 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
-2027 Meeting in Big Sky, Montana at the Big Sky Resort - January 29-31, 2027.
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For general information about the American College of Surgeons go to: https://www.facs.org/
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2026 Meeting Schedule
Friday, February 20, 2026
6:30am Continental Breakfast
7:00am-7:30am Empyemas, Luis Alberton, MD, FACS
7:30am-8:00am Speed Mentoring, Jen Rosen, MD, FACS
8:00am-8:30am Wilderness Medicine, Christian Dean, MD
8:30am-8:50am Morning Networking Break
8:50am-9:20am Groin Pain After Hernia Surgery, Joanna Grudziak, MD, MPH, FACS
9:20am-9:50am Revisional Foregut, Ciara Huntington, MD, FACS
9:50am-10:30am ALL STATE BUSINESS MEETING - Discuss future meetings.
9:50am-3:30pm Break
3:30pm-4:00pm Executives in White Coats, Robert McIntyre, MD, FACS
4:00pm-4:30pm RVUs 101, Christopher Childers, MD, PhD
4:30pm-4:50pm Afternoon Networking Break
4:50pm-5:20pm AIN and HRA in High Risk Populations, Brian Cain, MD
5:20pm-6:20pm Panel Talk: Surprises On Call and Unique Pathologies, Moderator: Neal Wilkinson, MD, FACS - Panelists:
6:20pm-7:00pm Resident Poster Session, Hosted by Gordon Riha, MD, FACS
Saturday, February 21, 2026
6:30am Continental Breakfast
7:00am-7:30am Gallbladder Cancer - Guidelines and Recommendations, T. Clark Gamblin, MD, MS, MBA, FACS
7:30am-8:00am Contemporary Management of Colorectal Liver Mets, Christopher Childers, MD, PhD
8:00am-8:30am Ostomy Complications,Devi Krishnamurty, MBBS, FACRS, FACS
8:30am-8:50am Morning Networking Break
8:50am-9:20am Pre-Hospital Blood and Other Noteworthy Updates in Trauma / Critical Care, Ernest G. Moore, MD, FACS
9:20am-9:50am Sarcomas, Julia Quirion, MD
9:50am-10:30am Idaho ACS Business Meeting
9:50am-3:30pm Break
3:30pm-4:00pm Pediatric Surgery to Adult: Malrotation, Katherine Gonzalez, MD, FACS
4:00pm-4:30pm Pediatric Surgical Emergencies for Rural Surgeons: Case Presentations, Edward M. Barksdale, Jr., MD, FACS
4:30pm-4:50pm Afternoon Networking Break
4:50pm-5:50pm Panel Talk: Regional Disaster Planning, Moderator: Britani Hill, MD, FACS - Panelists: E. Gene Moore, MD, FACS,
5:50pm-7:00pm Exhibitor Reception Sponsored by: Castle Biosciences
Sunday, February 22, 2026
6:30am Continental Breakfast
7:00am-7:30am Quality measures - Surgeon Competency Across the Life Cycle, Jen Rosen, MD, FACS
7:30am-8:00am ACS Updates, Edward M. Barksdale, Jr., MD, FACS
8:00am-8:30am Aortic Diseases: Towards a Total Endovascular Era, Dimitrios Koudoumas, MD, PhD
8:30am-8:50am Morning Networking Break
8:50am-9:20am PD Cath Program, Hunter Moore, MD, PhD
Chapter Officers
President
President Elect
Treasurer
Secretary
Governor
2026 Marketing Support
Thank you to:
Castle BioSciences
Gore & Associates
Acera Surgical
Hologic
Pacira Biosciences, Inc.
Gentinge-Marquet Surgical Lights & Tables
PolyNovo
Irrisept Antimicrobial Wound Lavage
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To pay your annual membership dues
go to:
https://squareup.com/store/idaho-chapter-of-the-american-college-of-surgeons
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