Program
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Designed primarily for ACMS members, the purpose of the Annual Meeting is for members to attend scientific educational sessions for continuing medical education. The Annual Meeting consists of masters' panels, interactive sessions, hands-on workshop, and oral and poster abstract presentations featuring the latest developments in Mohs and dermatologic surgery. Topics will include cutaneous oncology and pathology, fundamentals of dermatologic surgery, advanced reconstruction, and more.
The target audiences for these programs include members of the ACMS, dermatology residents and Fellows-in-Training, non-member physicians and surgical assistants who work with ACMS members.
Program at a Glance
Wednesday, May 1
| 8:00 am – 3:00 pm | Fellows-in-Training Hands-on Cutaneous Flap Workshop (5.00 Credit Hours) |
| 1:00 – 6:00 pm | Registration Desk open; Speaker Ready Room available |
| 1:30 – 7:00 pm | Mohs Surgery Histotechnology and Lab Set Up Workshop (3.50 Credit Hours) |
| 4:00 – 6:00 pm | International Mohs Surgery Symposium: Perspectives from Around the World (Non-CME Session) |
Thursday, May 2
| 6:30 am – 5:00 pm | Registration Desk open; Speaker Ready Room available |
| 7:00 – 8:15 am | Concurrent Morning Mini-Sessions:
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| 8:30 – 9:00 am | Welcome & AAD Update (0.50 Credit Hour) |
| 9:00 – 10:00 am | Literature Review: What You Might Have Missed or Didn’t Have Time to Read (1.00 Credit Hour) |
| 9:30 am – 7:30 pm | Exhibit Hall open |
| 10:00 – 10:15 am | Break | Exhibit Hall (CME not offered) |
| 10:15 – 11:00 am |
Taking Tough Layers: Periocular (0.75 Credit Hour) ♦ |
| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Tromovitch Award Abstract Session (1.00 Credit Hour) |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Networking Lunch (provided) | Exhibit Hall (CME not offered) |
| 1:00 – 1:45 pm | Challenging Pathology: To Cut or Not to Cut (0.75 Credit Hour) ♦ |
| 1:45 – 2:45 pm | A Rational Approach to Reconstruction (1.00 Credit Hour) |
| 2:45 – 3:00 pm | Break | Exhibit Hall (CME not offered) |
| 3:00 – 3:45 pm | Updates in Melanoma and High-Risk SCC (0.75 Credit Hour) ♦ |
| 3:45 – 4:30 pm | Clinical & Scientific Abstract Session (0.75 Credit Hour) |
| 4:30 – 5:30 pm | Morbidity and Mortality: Unraveling Lessons from Adverse Outcomes (1.00 Credit Hour) ♦ |
| 5:30 – 7:30 pm | Exhibit Hall Grand Opening & Welcome Reception (CME not offered) |
♦ Represents advanced expertise level course
Friday, May 3
| 6:30 am – 5:00 pm | Registration Desk open; Speaker Ready Room available |
| 7:00 – 8:15 am | Concurrent Morning Mini-Sessions:
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| 8:30 – 9:30 am | How Would You Reconstruct It? (1.00 Credit Hour) |
| 9:30 am – 6:30 pm | Exhibit Hall open |
| 9:30 – 10:15 am | Taking Tough Layers: Periauricular (0.75 Credit Hour) ♦ Guest Speaker: Nirusha Lachman, PhD |
| 10:15 – 10:30 am | Break | Exhibit Hall (CME not offered) |
| 10:30 – 11:15 am | Clinical Abstract Session (0.75 Credit Hour) |
| 11:15 am – 12:00 pm | Reconstruction of Full Thickness Nasal Defects (0.75 Credit Hour) ♦ Guest Speaker: Frederick J. Menick, MD |
| 12:00 – 1:45 pm | ACMS Annual Business Meeting & Lunch (Non-CME Session) Non-members and guests: lunch on your own; visit the Exhibit Hall |
| 1:45 – 2:00 pm | Break | Exhibit Hall (CME not offered) |
| 2:00 – 3:00 pm | Excellence in Pathology: Addressing the Knowledge Gaps (1.00 Credit Hour) ♦ |
| 3:00 – 3:45 pm | Point and Counterpoint: Addressing Uncertainty in Mohs Surgery (0.75 Credit Hour) |
| 3:45 – 4:30 pm | Scientific Abstract Session (0.75 Credit Hour) |
| 4:30 – 5:15 pm | Reconstruction of the Lip (0.75 Credit Hour) ♦ Guest Speaker: Frederick J. Menick, MD |
| 5:30 – 6:30 pm | Program Directors’ Session (Non-CME Session) |
| 6:30 – 8:00 pm | Fellows-in-Training Reception (CME not offered) |
♦ Represents advanced expertise level course
Saturday, May 4
| 6:30 am – 4:00 pm | Registration Desk open; Speaker Ready Room available |
| 7:00 – 8:15 am | Concurrent Morning Mini-Sessions:
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| 8:30 – 9:30 am | Stress, Anxiety and Lawsuits (0.75 Credit Hour) Guest Speaker: Paul Giancola |
| 9:30 – 10:00 am | Rapid Pearl Abstract Session (0.50 Credit Hour) |
| 9:30 am – 4:00 pm | Exhibit Hall open |
| 10:00 – 10:15 am | Break | Exhibit Hall (CME not offered) |
| 10:15 – 11:00 am | Reconstruction of the Nose: Other Than Full Thickness (0.75 Credit Hour) ♦ |
| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Multidisciplinary Tumor Board (1.00 Credit Hour) ♦ Guest Panelists: Vasu Divi, MD; Samir H. Patel, MD; Panos S. Savvides, MD, PhD, MPH |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch (provided) | Exhibit Hall open (CME not offered) |
| 1:00 – 2:00 pm | Excellence in Pathology: How Would You Fix It? (1.00 Credit Hour) ♦ |
| 2:00 – 2:20 pm | Mohs Surgeons Leading the Future Project (0.25 Credit Hour) |
| 2:20 – 3:20 pm | Do Overs: Revising Undesirable Surgical Outcomes (1.00 Credit Hour) ♦ Guest Speaker: Frederick J. Menick, MD |
| 3:20 – 3:35 pm | Break | Exhibit Hall (CME not offered) |
| 3:35 – 4:45 pm | Billing/Coding Refresher (1.00 Credit Hour) |
| 4:45 – 5:00 pm | Fellow-In-Training Clinicopathologic Case Competition Award Winner (0.25 Credit Hour) |
♦ Represents advanced expertise level course
Sunday, May 5
| 7:00 – 10:00 am | Speaker Ready Room available |
| 7:45 – 8:45 am | Taking Tough Layers: Genital and Perianal (1.00 Credit Hour) ♦ Guest Speaker: Nirusha Lachman, PhD |
| 8:45 – 9:45 am | Tips and Tricks for Managing Acute and Chronic Wounds (1.00 Credit Hour) ♦ |
| 9:45 – 10:00 am | Break (CME not offered) |
| 10:00 – 11:00 am | Unleashing the Potential of Familiar Flaps in Unconventional Locations (1.00 Credit Hour) ♦ |
| 11:00 – 11:45 am | Incorporating IHC for NMSC (0.75 Credit Hour) ♦ |
| 11:45 am | Meeting adjourns |
♦ Represents advanced expertise level course